It had been less than a week before the Lunar New Year.
The entire [Homura Hidden Village] had grown more and more festive.
It was already clear that many families had begun decorating their homes with lanterns and streamers.
Although the ninja world still remained shrouded in swirling storms,
Life still went on.
Even if war broke out tomorrow, today must still end with a meal on the table.
Of course, come what may in the days ahead,
At this moment, the entire village placed immense faith in their Young Master.
They firmly believed that,
Under the Young Master's leadership, no hardship could stand in their way.
The whole village, the entire Uchiha Clan,
Would surely march toward brilliance and glory!
At this very moment,
This Young Master himself was deep in training at the backyard of his home.
Certainly not loafing around soaking in hot springs.
But genuinely honing his skills.
In Shimoku's view,
Techniques such as the [Spirit Transformation Technique], [Flying Thunder God Technique], [Eight Gates], [Baryon Mode], and more—
Each and every S-rank ninjutsu was a colossal treasure waiting to be unearthed!
And each one was worth digging deeply into.
What limits the power of a technique has never been the technique itself,
But rather the ninja who wields it.
Wood Release may be strong, but in Hashirama's hands versus in Yamato's, it was practically two different dimensions.
Clay techniques aren't weak either, but without Deidara's devotion, who could ever unleash a powerful "[Art: Great Titan]"?
Therefore, even though Shimoku didn't possess the near-monstrous genius of Tobirama or Orochimaru,
And was unable to independently develop new jutsu,
He could still attempt to push existing abilities to their peak, refine them, innovate, and elevate them to perfection.
Shimoku felt he could at least give it a shot.
After all, he came from another life—
His understanding of scientific and physical fundamentals far exceeded that of anyone in the ninja world.
Such an advantage simply could not be wasted.
...
At this moment, Shimoku stretched out his hand and began his nth experiment.
Soon, a mass of crimson chakra gathered in the palm of his hand.
Then, under Shimoku's control, this chakra began slowly rotating, forming a large, thin disc of glowing red energy.
The spiraling chakra disc spun faster and faster, soon reaching hundreds of revolutions per second.
Meanwhile, Shimoku continued injecting chakra into it, compressing it intensely.
Before long, the once half-person-sized 'chakra disc' shrank down to merely fist-sized.
Its rotational speed also climbed up to 2000 revolutions per second!
The ultra-high-speed spin caused even the surrounding air to vibrate slightly.
Reaching this stage alone already made it no weaker than the [Rasengan].
After all, the [Rasengan] was essentially, an ultimate application of chakra shape transformation—by compressing chakra into multidirectional flows, forming an ultra-dense, spinning "chakra sphere."
However, when comparing pure unidirectional rotation speed, it was still far inferior to the chakra disc currently spinning in Shimoku's hand.
To put it simply,
[Chidori] is sharp and piercing.
[Rasengan] is chaotic and destructive.
This chakra disc, however, represents extreme cutting power.
But even this was just the tip of the iceberg!
For Shimoku, even fundamental techniques like Chidori and Rasengan were nothing more than child's play.
What he aimed for was something far beyond these trifles.
Next, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan – Left Eye – Setsuna
was activated!
Second Stage, fourfold speed!
The law of time acted upon the Chakra Disc in Shimoku's hand,
causing its rotational speed to quadruple instantly!
Instantly breaking through to 08,000 RPS!
In no time, the fire-elemental infused Chakra Disc gradually changed from crimson-red to orange-red!
"It's still not enough. It can be strengthened further!"
"Third Stage, eightfold speed!"
RPS increased to 16,000!
The bright red flame began transitioning into a yellowish white, while annoying buzzing sounds arose, chilling people to the bone.
...
"Fourth Stage, sixteenfold speed!"
32,000 RPS!
The swirling blade of light in Shimoku's hand had transformed into an eerie cyan-blue hue. Its high-speed rotation emitted a low-pitched sizzling sound so piercing it hurt the ears!
"One more round!"
[Fifth Stage, thirty-twofold multiplier!]
Shimoku gritted his teeth, leaning on his left eye as he furiously poured his ocular power outward, activating Setsuna once again, continuously boosting the disc.
At this moment, the Chakra Disc reached a shocking 64,000 RPS!
Ghostly violet lights danced across the surface of the blade, captivating and terrifying in equal measure.
As if they were hellish rays emanating straight from the underworld!
At such an ultra-high rotational speed,
the surrounding air seemed to be sliced into upper and lower layers by the disc.
The wind pressure alone spilling out from the blade cleaved a stone table far away cleanly in half.
That wasn't all—
everything within five meters radius was cut in two.
Even Shimoku himself relied on a surge of chakra to protect his body surface
in order to avoid being slashed apart by the wind pressure!
Even scarier was the current rate at which Shimoku consumed chakra.
To maintain the disc's extreme spin and stability,
his chakra gushed out every second as if a dam had burst—
even more frightening than continuously manufacturing Tailed Beast Ball.
Such a massive chakra consumption was merely for keeping the disc barely stable.
That alone made it clear—this weapon was absolutely terrifying.
However, ambitious Shimoku didn't stop there.
Merely this much couldn't satisfy him yet.
Nor could it justify the vast amount of chakra he had invested in experimentation.
After all, at this point, it was only an extremely sharp spiral chakra blade; as an offensive technique, it remained somewhat singular.
Thus,
the next moment,
Shimoku took an even crazier step toward death.
[Sixth Stage, sixty-fourfold speed!]
[128,000 RPS!]
The enhancement ability of Setsuna was pushed to its absolute limit by Shimoku!
At this moment, that ear-splitting 'zzz' noise vanished...
Everything around seemed to return to tranquility.
The eerie purple glow of the spiraling chakra blade in Shimoku's hand also disappeared!
Actually, it didn't disappear—
it simply became invisible...
At an inconceivable super high rotational speed, both the chakra and the air,
transformed from physical forms into non-material states!
In short,
they transcend into the fourth state of matter—the Plasma State!
The air surrounding the "Chakra Disc" instantly ionized into a plasma state upon contact.
At temperatures exceeding ten thousand degrees.
Even the glow from the heat transcended the visible spectrum, entering the invisible ultraviolet range!
Therefore, within one's field of vision,
It looked like the space was completely empty.
But undoubtedly,
At this very moment, the palm of Shimoku's hand was without a doubt one of—if not *the* most dangerous places in the entire ninja world!
...
"It worked!"
"I actually did it!"
Looking down at his palm which now seemed utterly blank, yet sensing a chilling sensation that reached the soul,
Shimoku felt an overwhelming rush of excitement surge within him!
He even wanted to reach out and touch it with his left hand.
But he knew better—if he tried, his left hand would probably vanish before he could make contact...
It all started during his previous battle against Hashirama.
Back then,
He had combined [Lightning Release Chakra], [Eight Gates], and [Setsuna]—a threefold power boost.
That single strike momentarily reached the power level equivalent to the Six Paths!
That attack surged forth like flowing light!
Although it didn't warp space itself,
That speed still caused the surrounding air, chakra, and everything else to transform into a plasma state!
And thus unleashed unimaginably terrifying power!
So powerful, in fact, that it could literally reduce substances to their molecular forms!
Clearly, such destructive force
Left a profound impression on Shimoku.
Therefore, drawing on knowledge from his past life, he was certain:
The [Rasengan] was definitely not the final evolution of chakra shape transformation!
Hadn't even reached plasma state yet—
You actually call that the "ultimate"?
Thus, immediately after that battle,
Shimoku began researching and designing ways
To push chakra into an even higher, fourth state!
Yet, such a path was anything but easy.
Under normal logic, chakra became stronger the more it was compressed. This led to the almost solid-state existence known as the [Tailed Beast Ball].
Trying to reverse this process and energize it further was nearly impossible!
In fact, the amount of chakra you'd expend might not even reach the necessary threshold...
However, just because ordinary methods failed didn't mean external forces couldn't be used!
By coincidence, one of Shimoku's Mangekyō abilities was the rare manifestation of time-space principles!
It could accelerate everything around him beyond physical laws—including chakra itself!
Hence, using [Setsuna] to catalyze the rotational acceleration of the "Chakra Disc"
Was the best solution Shimoku could think of.
It allowed maximum stimulation with minimal ocular energy consumption.
As for Shimoku's own massive reserves of chakra,
They only needed to maintain stability in the disc!
Of course, easier said than done.
This was an ultimate [Shape Transformation] ninjutsu far surpassing the [Rasengan].
The intricacies and challenges involved were beyond what most could even dream of.
Without deep knowledge of the nature of plasma states, no ordinary ninja would dare dream of attempting something so radical.
Naturally, this wasn't Shimoku's first experiment.
Previously,
There had been numerous setbacks—problems with chakra output levels, precision adjustments for the disc's stability, and much more.
He had already failed dozens of times.
Only this time.
He finally broke through 100,000 revolutions per second, transforming it into the [Plasma State]—completely intangible!
This definitely called for celebration.
At the moment, however, Shimoku didn't realize just how powerful his 'Hyper Spin Light Blade' truly was.
According to calculations, it should be sharper than any known object or attack in the ninja world!
No physical object could possibly resist it!
Even that [The Box of Paradise] would likely be sliced straight through!
But more importantly—it was intangible!
This greatly increased its stealth factor during attacks!
If necessary, he could activate Flying Thunder God and teleport right in, launching one shot directly at the target.
At that point, even using [Truth-Seeking Ball] to block might not withstand such a move.
"Not bad, not bad at all!"
"I've finally forged my very own ultimate jutsu!"
Shimoku smiled brightly with excitement.
In fact, this felt even more satisfying than acquiring a large sum of coins and exchanging them in the System for an S-rank Ninjutsu.
...
Yet, at this moment,
Shimoku realized that maintaining this terrifying Plasma-State light blade
had caused his Chakra consumption to increase exponentially.
Within mere seconds—just three or four—he had already lost most of his Chakra reserves.
Remember, this was 1926 cards.
That kind of chakra drain equaled sucking dry hundreds of Zazzie clones at once!
Even more terrifying than using a Tailed Beast Ball!
Right now, maintaining stability was practically impossible.
He had to terminate it immediately!
But...how the hell do I stop it?!
Shimoku looked confused.
It was his first success—and he hadn't even thought about stopping it yet!
The previous trials produced spiral blades of light with weaker power and lower rotational speed.
Merely by himself, he could suppress it gradually and stop it safely.
But this one was different!
This was the real finished product!
Shimoku understood well how terrifying this thing was.
Although it hadn't even incorporated Wind Release chakra nature yet;
it completely outclassed moves like [Wind Release: Rasenshuriken].
If it exploded here,
half the village would surely be destroyed...
"Damn it! This is suicide!"
"No other choice..."
Without hesitation, Shimoku swiftly raised his hand, bent his knees,
and leaped upwards with full force.
Dozens of meters high in a single bound, then he threw it as hard as he could—
sending the unstable Plasma Blade soaring into the sky from over a hundred meters up.
The next moment.
The blade exploded.
There was no sound; no visible phenomena; absolutely nothing...
Yet Shimoku clearly sensed it.
Hundreds of meters above,
the entire sky seemed, for an instant, torn into two halves—as if a mirror had shattered and split apart, sending shivers down his spine.
A moment later,
Shimoku landed on the rooftop.
Looking into the distance,
One hundred meters away: the tip of an ancient tree suddenly slid off, cut perfectly smooth.
Hundreds of meters away: a [Flying Swallow] fell lifelessly to the ground, sliced clean in two while still flapping its wings.
A kilometer away: three towering peaks simultaneously severed at their waists, now sliding downward, soil and stones rolling, dust rising endlessly.
Shimoku stared in shock at the distant collapsing mountain peaks.
To be honest, even he hadn't expected such power.
But upon reflection, it wasn't really surprising.
After all, Naruto's [Sage Art: Lava Release Rasenshuriken] had severed the entire God Tree (Shinju).
This technique of his required even greater difficulty and consumed more chakra than that.
Moreover, compared to pure destructive force, this move leaned more toward a cutting nature.
Added to that was the power boost from his [Sage Physiology].
Wait a second...
Therefore, from over a kilometer away,
cutting through several mountains was actually quite normal.
It was, after all, his original ultimate technique.
He still had plenty of faith in himself.
However, to be honest, Shimoku did feel some fear at this moment.
Thankfully, he had just now pushed it up into the high sky.
Otherwise, if he had released this move at ground level,
in an instant,
everyone in [Homuragakure] would've been sliced clean in half at the waist—no exceptions.
At that point, there'd be no need waiting for [Konoha] or Lord Madara to come attacking.
He'd have wiped out his own village and given the whole Ninja World something to laugh about.
"It definitely was too dangerous."
"I should remember to teleport farther away from the village next time I experiment with it!"
Shimoku inwardly warned himself.
Still, despite the danger,
the joy of successfully completing the jutsu filled Shimoku with satisfaction.
"In terms of sheer power alone, this technique already surpasses most S-rank Ninjutsu."
"Actually, it's even slightly superior to Onoki's [Dust Release] — though it could easily be mistaken for an earth-based technique, its actual form was atomic decomposition."
"And this isn't even its limit yet."
"In the future, as my chakra capacity and abilities improve, its power will only increase further."
"One could even call it a super S-rank forbidden technique!"
"Hmm—"
"Oh right, I should give it a name first!"
Shimoku thought excitedly.
After pondering for quite some time, he finally settled on naming it: [Dawnburst].
The meaning behind its name reflected its ability to destroy everything within one's vision just like sunlight.
It also symbolized Shimoku's aspirations for the technique to one day reach a level of radiant intensity rivaling nuclear fusion.
...
Naturally, as an initially developed forbidden technique,
[Dawnburst] still had many flaws.
Slow charging time, immense chakra consumption, instability, easily harming both others and himself, and the like...
But as Shimoku gradually became more proficient, most of these shortcomings could slowly be overcome.
These weren't major issues.
In short, gaining an additional ultra-powerful trump card of his own creation already made Shimoku very happy.
It also signified that, even without relying on the System,
he continued improving steadily, never slacking behind Hashirama or Lord Madara.
"Heh—"
Shimoku exhaled deeply, calming his excitement.
Then he nonchalantly tossed several low-grade chakra-restoring Pills into his mouth, almost like snacks.
Next, he prepared to go find someone to help repair the backyard.
After all, a lot of stuff in the backyard had been shredded by the stray shockwave from that last move—it needed fixing up.
However,
before Shimoku could issue orders,
Riyō, his personal guard, reported that another team had just arrived at the village gate.
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