Over the next few days, under the guidance of Kakashi and Guy, Sasuke quickly grasped new knowledge.
The piercing chirp of birds came from Sasuke's palm.
White electricity coursed chaotically in his palm.
With Sasuke's talent, in just a few short days, he had already mastered Raikiri, the next level of Chidori.
"So this is Raikiri?" Sasuke gazed fascinated at the white electricity in his hand. This was the first S-Rank Ninjutsu he had mastered.
However, he still had some doubts in his heart. "What's the difference between Chidori and Raikiri?"
"Ah, actually..." Kakashi was about to explain.
Guy beside him said, "Chidori and Raikiri are the same Ninjutsu. But Kakashi once used Raikiri to cut through lightning in the sky, so he changed the name to Raikiri."
"Cut through lightning?!" Sasuke looked stunned at Kakashi.
Kakashi had always appeared very laid-back and didn't have an expert's aura at all.
Although he knew Kakashi was strong, he hadn't expected Kakashi could achieve such a feat!
Cutting through lightning in the sky!
How powerful must that be?!
"That's right. But the current you definitely can't do that." Guy said with a smile. "So you still need to keep working hard."
"I have already mastered the Gate of Pain. Should I continue with the Gate of Limit next?" Sasuke asked. "I saw Lee open the Gate of Limit, didn't I?"
"But you also saw what consequences Lee faced after opening the Gate of Limit." Guy's expression was serious. "Don't become a slave to power, master power. Otherwise, you will only ruin yourself."
"Alright." Sasuke was somewhat unwilling.
But through these days of experience, he also knew how huge the burden of the Eight Gates was on the body.
"What we can teach at this stage has all been taught to you. You now need to become proficient with them." Kakashi said. "The current you is still unable to master these powers proficiently."
"Okay, I will." Sasuke nodded. "I want to train a bit more."
"Alright then. We'll leave first. Don't strain yourself too much. You still have a lot of room for improvement." Kakashi exhorted him, then left with Guy.
Sasuke silently watched the two leave.
The black pupils in his eyes suddenly turned crimson.
The eyes that originally had only two tomoe now clearly had three tomoe.
"Finally... I have finally grasped true power!"
After confirming that Kakashi and Guy had truly left, the calm on Sasuke's face ceased to exist.
What remained was only mania.
He had waited too long for this day!
Now, he finally had power!
'I can't get impatient yet. I still need to continue working hard. The Eight Gates has eight gates. Opening four gates already has such a strong boost. How much stronger would it be if I opened all eight?!'
Sasuke struggled to calm the excitement within him.
But the crazed smile on his face was hard to conceal.
Before Kakashi and Guy, he needed to mask the overwhelming joy in his heart.
Because he knew that if he appeared too frenzied, his subsequent training would definitely be opposed by Kakashi and Guy.
Perhaps their intentions were good.
But in Sasuke's eyes, the only thing he wanted was power.
Good intentions?
Giving him power was good intentions!
"Sasuke, Guy-sensei said you've been improving rapidly lately, and you even learned the Eight Gates. How about it, want to have a spar?"
Lee suddenly appeared at this moment.
He had come specifically at this time.
As an average Shinobi incapable of using Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, he had become a Taijutsu prodigy through his own perseverance.
However, his past mediocrity had left him with a sense of resentment towards those geniuses.
He wanted to prove that one didn't need to be a genius to become an outstanding Shinobi.
As long as one worked hard, anyone could become an outstanding Shinobi.
Therefore, after hearing that Sasuke had also learned the Eight Gates, he began to think about sparring with Sasuke.
To prove that even someone as average as him could defeat a genius.
"Oh, it's you."
Sasuke turned his head, tilting his neck, his gaze slightly unsettling. "Perfect, I also want to test my current strength."
Boom! Boom!
Lee removed the weights from his body, stirring up a large cloud of dust.
He seriously assumed a stance. "Please take care of me."
"No problem!"
A frenzied smile spread across Sasuke's face.
Since Kakashi and Guy are no longer here, he didn't need to pretend.
Moreover, he needed someone to vent the accumulated ecstasy in his heart.
He needed a cathartic fight to demonstrate his current power.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom! Boom!
The training ground erupted with roars.
Lee and Sasuke, with the first four Gates of the Eight Gates opened, moved at incredible speeds, their figures impossible for the naked eye to follow.
Their collisions always produced heavy, dull thuds, and the ground became pitted under their onslaught.
After a fierce battle, Lee ultimately proved no match for Sasuke, who sent him flying with a punch.
Thud!
Crashing heavily into and breaking a tree, Lee automatically released the Eight Gates state and fell unconscious.
"Is this... my current power?"
Sasuke also released the Eight Gates, panting slightly, looking with excitement at his own slightly trembling hand.
In this fight, although he had won, the head-on clashes had been hard for him to handle too.
If not for relying on the Sharingan's extremely powerful dynamic vision, he might not have been able to defeat Lee.
But he hadn't used Raikiri in this fight, because he was afraid that if he used it, he wouldn't be able to hold back and might kill Lee.
His ultimate goal was only one.
The current Sasuke was not yet the person who would do anything to achieve his ends.
"Kehehe... Kehahaha... HAHAHAHAHA..."
In the ravaged training ground, only Sasuke's maniacal laughter spread.
No helping it, he couldn't hold it in anymore!
This was the bearing of the strong, the pleasure brought by possessing power!