"Haaaaa!"
"Konoha Great Cyclone!"
Might Guy's green-clad body turned into a high-speed rotating hurricane, integrating an upper kick and a lower kick into a single, dazzling motion. In the end, he finished it with a powerful heel kick, unleashing a terrifying offensive!
*BOOM—*
With just one strike, the entire wooden stake was instantly broken and then blasted away!
"Wow—" Naruto and Rock Lee were stunned, their faces full of admiration.
But then, as soon as Might Guy landed on the ground, he suddenly spun around, his legs spinning rapidly, and he unleashed a spinning kick in the opposite direction, toward an imaginary enemy! This attack was extremely fast and powerful, and more importantly, it exploded with his back to the enemy, which was beyond common sense and would surely catch anyone off guard!
"Konoha Gōriki Senpū!"
*Rumble!*
With a loud bang, the powerful whirlwind suddenly erupted, smashing another wooden stake in half and directly kicking it into pieces, with wood chips flying and scattering in all directions! Only then did Might Guy land easily on the ground.
Naruto and Rock Lee were still marveling at his terrifying power. "That's so amazing…"
"Hahahaha, these two moves are similar to the Konoha Whirlwind, but they are more complicated and much more powerful! If you can fully master these three moves, integrate them thoroughly, combine them according to your own understanding, and use them freely against an enemy, not to mention a genin, even an ordinary chunin would find it difficult to resist!"
When Naruto heard this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. He couldn't even remember how he had defeated Mizuki in his previous battle. At that time, he had been completely out of control and had lost his mind. But… if he could master these three physical techniques in advance, he would be able to defeat Mizuki and save Iruka-sensei while he was still conscious!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel full of motivation, and he clenched his fists. "Thick-Eyebrows-sensei! I get it! I will definitely master all three of these taijutsu techniques as soon as possible!"
Rock Lee's eyes also blazed with fire. "Yeah! Me too, Guy-sensei!"
Might Guy laughed heartily. "Great! You have such passion and fighting spirit! You are worthy of the name of youth! However, these two moves are not so easy to master. Okay! This time next week, if I don't have any missions, I'll come back to check on the results of your training!"
Naruto and Rock Lee looked at each other, their fighting spirit high and their blood boiling. "Good!"
"I will never let Guy-sensei (Thick-Eyebrows-sensei) down!"
Might Guy showed his signature healthy smile, turned around, and left, facing the scorching midday sun. He walked a few steps, then looked back and smiled, giving the two of them a thumbs-up as his white teeth sparkled again! "Young men, let's sweat! Roar, youth!"
[Host has been detected to have acquired a new taijutsu. Please practice with an effort that surpasses Rock Lee and master it as soon as possible. If you fall behind Rock Lee, you will be baptized by the system's upgraded version of Lightning Release!]
[Warning! Countdown: 5…]
Naruto was speechless. As soon as Might Guy had left, the System in his mind started to act up. Although he was already passionate and high-spirited enough, the System seemed to be afraid that it still wasn't enough.
"I have to work harder than Rock Lee… But Rock Lee is already working like a madman! This request is simply too much!"
However, Naruto would not dare to go against the System. He thought about it, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He pounded his fist and came up with a plan. "That's right! One of me can't compare to Rock Lee's effort, but what about two of me, or three of me?!"
Thinking of this, Naruto formed the seals with his hands and directly launched the ninjutsu that he was now best at. "Shadow Clone Technique!"
Suddenly, after two streams of white smoke, three Narutos stood lined up in a row!
Rock Lee was startled. "Naruto, this is…"
Naruto was very proud. "Hehe, this is my Shadow Clone Technique! How about it, isn't it powerful?! This isn't just an ordinary Clone Technique; it's a physical one that can be used for both training and combat. Also, during training, the experience gained by each Shadow Clone can be returned to my original body! That means I'm working three times as hard!"
Rock Lee was shocked and envious. "That's… that's amazing. It's a pity that my ninjutsu is completely useless."
Naruto patted his shoulder and said, "What are you talking about, Lee! Your efforts are already several times greater than those of an ordinary person! I just don't have the confidence to surpass your efforts, so I can only use Shadow Clones!"
Rock Lee also smiled brightly. "That's true! It's precisely because I'm the last one that my efforts will not be lost to anyone else! I'm a true genius when it comes to hard work!"
Naruto couldn't help but admire him. "Lee! Well said!" He himself was being systematically supervised and persecuted. But Rock Lee was truly working hard with his own will! The word "effort" was easy to say, but how many people could actually do it?! To be honest, being able to be so self-disciplined and even work as hard as Rock Lee—this willpower itself was actually a real talent!
Naruto's blood boiled. "I will never lose to you! Let's get started!"
"Yeah!"
The two of them encouraged and competed with each other, bursting out with all their blood and passion, and began to practice madly. Even a jonin would be amazed at this level of practice! That was not training at all. It was torture. It was self-abuse, punishment, and torment! If it weren't for Naruto's systematic pressure, if it weren't for his dream of defeating Sasuke and becoming Hokage, if it weren't for the bet with Hyuga Neji, if it weren't for Rock Lee's encouragement… Naruto simply couldn't have held on. But now, he had no way out! Just as Thick-Eyebrows-sensei had said, "Young man! Let's sweat! Roar! Youth!"
Naruto had only told Rock Lee that his Shadow Clones could improve the efficiency of his training. But he hadn't told him that at the same time, they also endured the same terrible pain and risks! The first time Naruto had used a Shadow Clone to practice, he had run out of chakra and fainted. At this moment, he was also practicing with his life on the line. But even without the System's coercion, he didn't want to lose to Rock Lee. To be precise, he didn't want to lose to anyone ever again!
Naruto and Rock Lee practiced frantically throughout the afternoon, squeezing out all their passion and energy, gritting their teeth and persevering until nightfall.
Finally, Naruto heard the System's notification tone.
[Congratulations to the host for raising his Konoha Great Cyclone proficiency to 60 points, reaching the initial level of mastery!]
[Congratulations to the host for raising his Konoha Gōriki Senpū proficiency to 60 points, reaching the initial level of mastery!]
Hearing this pleasant voice, Naruto felt like he was hearing the sound of nature. Rock Lee, beside him, had also reached his absolute limit. With a *plop*, he collapsed to the ground. Seeing this, Naruto finally breathed a sigh of relief and fell beside Rock Lee.
At the same time, *bang, bang*—with two soft sounds, Naruto's two Shadow Clones could no longer hold on and disappeared into white smoke. In a moment, the training experience gained by the two Shadow Clones was instantly returned to him, allowing Naruto to improve his mastery of both the Konoha Great Cyclone and the Konoha Gōriki Senpū by another 20 points, reaching a level of 80 points of mastery!
Eighty proficiency points in one afternoon! It was a miracle! Of course, this was because Naruto had already mastered the Konoha Whirlwind, and practicing on that basis was equivalent to learning an upgraded version of a taijutsu he already knew, rather than a completely new move. On the other hand, this was also the result of his use of the Shadow Clone Technique, combined with the power of items such as his [Physical Monster] attribute.
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