Chapter 204: The Crane Clan
Samehada could also restore spiritual energy, but it focused more on physical recovery. The Spiritualization Technique, on the other hand, allowed for the rapid restoration of spiritual energy through visualization.
'Kato Dan was able to fight continuously for so long, probably thanks to the restorative power of this visualization technique,' Sasuke thought. The soul was exposed to the void, consuming itself every second. Continuous combat would be impossible without a strong recovery ability.
After practicing for most of the day, he felt a slight swelling between his eyebrows. For greater safety, he planned to set a fixed daily period for training, gradually increasing his soul's strength before beginning the practice of separating it from his body. He tasked Hiruko with designing a "soul-caging" device to mitigate the risks.
He concluded his training and took several cloned skins with him for Nawaki. Seeing the face of his young apprentice, now neither human nor pig, covered in oil, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Nawaki, you seem to be making good progress. Here's the human skin I cloned. Take it and practice."
"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Nawaki was overjoyed. "Why does this human skin look a bit like you? Brother-in-law, you didn't take the skin from your illegitimate child for me to practice with, did you? I'm very touched."
"I think cloning a Nawaki should be cuter," Sasuke said ominously.
"Get out, go practice quickly," he urged him.
As his strength grew, his perceptions sharpened, and he discovered that he had gradually developed abilities similar to the Kagura's Mind's Eye. Especially after practicing the Spiritualization Technique, his perception of chakra auras became even clearer. He could sense Kakuzu's malevolent aura and the mixture of hot and cold in Hiruko's. Nawaki's chakra was as hot as the sun, but it also possessed a strong sense of coldness, similar to Orochimaru's.
After leaving the training ground, Sasuke used the Flying Thunder God to return to the Land of Grass front.
"Captain, another group of Iwagakure reinforcements has arrived, and among them are ninjas from the Kamizuru clan," Ryo shared.
The Kamizuru clan, also known as the Divine Crane Clan, was a clan of insect users from Iwagakure. While they shared the same rank as the Aburame clan, their status in the Hidden Rock Village was quite high. The reason Iwagakure could produce so many ninjas was that the power of its main clans was not particularly strong, which posed fewer challenges for Onoki.
In Konoha, the Kamizuru clan might be a second-tier clan, but in the Hidden Rock Village, they were an undisputed force, rivaled only by Gari's clan. They possessed the resources to master the secret techniques of the Hidden Rock and the Honeycomb, and, crucially, they were rich. The spiritual honey they produced was renowned throughout the ninja world.
The Kamizuru clan controlled such a large source of wealth, so the status of its ninjas was naturally high. Faced with this potential threat that could seize the Tsuchikage's power, Onoki, even more cunning than Hiruzen, naturally spared no effort to suppress them. Now that Iwagakure Village had been defeated and had lost its aerial advantage, they had released the Kamizuru clan and transferred them to the front.
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