With the explosion of Might Guy's immense power, a giant tornado appeared out of thin air, gradually forming into a thick green dragon.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
In an instant, a violent wind howled as if the very air was being torn apart by this force. The storm dragon's powerful cutting force instantly shredded and sliced through all the trees surrounding Might Guy, leaving wood chips and yellow sand swirling in the air.
"Thinking you can use my technique against me, you're still too naive."
"Konoha Dragon God!"
Seeing this, Teacher Chen immediately gathered a large amount of Chakra and used the Konoha Dragon God.
His not-so-tall body burst forth with incredibly terrifying power, creating one wind blade after another through high-speed rotation, destroying the surroundings.
As trees collapsed and hurricanes howled, an even larger blue-green dragon appeared.
Watching the two dragons rampage through the forest, Ebisu and Shiranui Genma instinctively stepped back a few paces.
Even though they had witnessed Might Guy grow stronger step by step to this point, it was still hard for them to imagine that one of the ninjas fighting right now was their peer.
As time passed, the gap between them did not narrow but widened. Back in Ninja School, they could barely lose to Might Guy, and now, even the aftermath of the fight could potentially injure them.
Rumble, rumble!!
The two blue-green dragons collided, and the intense clash of their powerful forces caused a series of explosions on the ground, which couldn't withstand the ferocious power. The ground was left covered with cut marks.
Might Guy exerted all his strength, trying to overpower Teacher Chen with absolute force.
But Teacher Chen, known as the strongest in Konoha Taijutsu, didn't earn his title lightly. Even with Might Guy going all out, he couldn't break through with mere brute force.
After all, Teacher Chen was the founder of the Konoha Dragon God technique, and his understanding of it far surpassed Might Guy's.
Despite the dragon's massive size, Teacher Chen used it with incredible flexibility, leaving Might Guy in awe.
Bam!!
Teacher Chen seized the perfect opportunity to strike directly at the core of Might Guy's Konoha Dragon God. Under the powerful impact, Might Guy couldn't maintain the Konoha Dragon God and was sent flying backward.
Even though Might Guy was in the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode and used Chakra to resist the attack, Teacher Chen's swift attack still left plenty of marks.
"Since the Konoha Dragon God isn't working, I have no choice but to use Teacher Mokgetsu's Taijutsu." Might Guy decided to use the Golden Horizon.
If possible, he would rather use the Taijutsu taught by Teacher Chen to defeat Teacher Chen, as a test result for two years of guidance.
But Might Guy wasn't fixated on using only the Taijutsu taught by Teacher Chen to fight Teacher Chen; he preferred to go all out in the battle.
"Golden Horizon!"
Might Guy pushed his breathing to its limit, enhancing his strength as much as possible, then poured all his power into his index and middle fingers, finally transforming into a green light that charged violently forward.
"This move, it truly surpasses the Konoha Dragon God in Taijutsu." Noticing Might Guy's actions, Teacher Chen became immediately alert.
As Might Guy's mentor, he was well aware of the Taijutsu Might Guy had mastered.
The Golden Horizon was Might Guy's strongest Taijutsu and was considered by Teacher Chen as the strongest Taijutsu in Konoha.
With his knowledge of Konoha Taijutsu, there was no Taijutsu in all of Konoha that could surpass the Golden Horizon.
The Golden Horizon possessed immense power, and with the young and vigorous Might Guy executing it, Teacher Chen's first thought was not how to block it but how to dodge it.
With decades of experience, Teacher Chen quickly devised a counterstrategy. Under his control, the dragon infused with strong gusts of wind moved towards Might Guy, seemingly trying to have a head-on clash to decide superiority.
Might Guy's eyes flashed with excitement, his smile growing brighter.
During the charge, the exciting Might Guy drew his sword-like action with his left hand, leading his right hand in a smooth slash forward until it stretched straight, forming a fine line parallel to the ground, and finally swiftly slashing his fingers towards the blue dragon ahead.
But at this critical moment, Teacher Chen suddenly changed his move.
The blue dragon disappeared, and the strong gusts surrounding Teacher Chen all surged towards the surroundings, causing a slight deflection in Might Guy's actions.
Then, without a moment's hesitation, Teacher Chen bent over and rolled towards the left side.
Teacher Chen had studied the Golden Horizon, and although this Taijutsu was strong, it didn't have the wide attack range like the Konoha Dragon God.
So Teacher Chen first created the illusion of a head-on collision to mislead Might Guy, then used the power of the Konoha Dragon God to hamper Might Guy's attack to some extent, finally completing the dodge with a surprise maneuver.
Might Guy, taken aback by the missed attack, didn't expect Teacher Chen to avoid a direct collision but rather evade it.
Teacher Chen didn't give Might Guy time to reflect and immediately delivered a Tornado Kick, knocking Might Guy back several meters.
Then, taking advantage of his momentum, Teacher Chen swiftly launched a punch at Might Guy, attacking with the fury of a storm, which even Might Guy found challenging to withstand.
Subsequently, Might Guy was forced to shift from offense to defense, no longer possessing the capability to fight back.
He opened the Four Gates, entered the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode, and even used high-level Taijutsu like the Konoha Dragon God and Golden Horizon, severely depleting his stamina and Chakra.
"Teacher Chen wins." Finally, Ebisu announced Might Guy's defeat.
"Although Guy is strong, it's still very difficult to defeat Teacher Chen." Shiranui Genma sighed.
In fact, the battle between Might Guy and Teacher Chen was something Shiranui Genma could barely understand, so he could only judge their strength based on the final outcome.
"Your foundations are solid, but you still need to accumulate more battle experience, and you should practice various taijutsu techniques more." Teacher Chen helped Might Guy up and said.
Based on the standard of an ordinary eleven-year-old ninja, Might Guy's battle experience and various taijutsu techniques are considered top-notch and not a weakness.
But compared to Might Guy's physical strength and chakra, his battle experience and taijutsu techniques lagged quite a bit.
"Run 500 more laps around Konoha today!" Might Guy nodded in acceptance and chose to add more training for himself.
Might Guy isn't someone who looks for excuses; if he loses, he loses. What he needs to do is continue to get stronger and win.
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[Name: Might Guy]
[Life Mission: Walk the path of the strongest taijutsu]
[Main Goal: Become a top-level taijutsu expert in the Ninja World, whether through strength or fame, to prove to all ninjas that even those not skilled in ninjutsu can be strong]
[Mission Progress: 29.9%]
During regular checks of his disciples' life mission progress, Mokgetsu noticed that Might Guy's life mission was nearing the settlement point, just 0.1% short of unlocking the progress reward.
Mokgetsu closed the panel and went to the training ground to start a new day of Anbu training.
The 0.1% difference didn't require going out for mission practice; Might Guy would reach it himself with some more cultivation.
In the new week, Mokgetsu slightly altered the course content, changing Monday and Thursday to focus on nature transformation and ninjutsu, while the other days continued with the Breath of Darkness training.
Mokgetsu brought out the Five Nature Ninjutsu he had developed for teaching.
However, he didn't start with B-rank ninjutsu but taught them C-rank Five Ninjutsu first.
B-rank ninjutsu in the Konoha ninjutsu ranking is already considered advanced ninjutsu and isn't easy to learn.
To accommodate most people, Mokgetsu started teaching from C-rank ninjutsu so that learning the upgraded B-rank ninjutsu would be faster later.
[Completed an Intermediate Class]
[Evaluation: S]
[Reward: Improved understanding of Chakra Nature Transformation, Lightning Attribute Chakra Nature Changes +25, Earth Attribute Chakra Nature Changes +24, Water Attribute Chakra Nature Changes +15, Fire Attribute Chakra Nature Changes +9, Large Fireball Jutsu +35…]
After finishing a day of classes, the panel promptly gave out rewards.
Mokgetsu opened his attribute panel and took a look; both Wood Release and Ice Release increased by more than twenty points in proficiency.
[Skills: Ice Release (Proficient: 1740/3000) Wood Release (Proficient: 1042/3000)]
Because he often used Ice Release Ninjutsu on the Hidden Mist Battlefield, the proficiency in Ice Release grew considerably. As for Wood Release, it was much less, increasing only by forty-two points after reaching a thousand points when using the Nature Transformation Experience Scroll.
Mokgetsu estimated that with the class rewards and the final cultivation boost, both Ice and Wood Release should reach the master level without issue, although the proficiency wouldn't be too high.
After finishing, Mokgetsu went to Tsunade's house to cook.
"Teacher Mokgetsu, Lady Tsunade, I've successfully been promoted to Jonin!" Nohara Rin entered Tsunade's home, her face beaming, to share the good news.
Nohara Rin was grateful to Mokgetsu and Tsunade, knowing that without their combined special training, she wouldn't have been able to get promoted in such a short time.
"That's great, Shizune, you should learn from Rin. Weren't you both in the same cohort? I don't expect too much from you, just become a Jonin by the end of the year." Tsunade nodded in approval, then turned to Shizune and said.
Shizune was a bit surprised, realizing Tsunade actually cared about her ninja level so much. Knowing this touched her heart warmly, she thought even though her own strength wasn't great, she should strive to become a Jonin soon.
"The commission fees a Jonin can earn aren't something a Chunin can compare to, and it's been a while since I've had a good gamble."
Hearing Tsunade's words, the warmth in Shizune's heart froze directly, leaving her speechless as she looked at Tsunade.
"Rin, here's your Jonin gift." Mokgetsu found an opportunity to slip out and brought back an egg, handing it to Nohara Rin.
This last Pokemon Egg was the one drawn as an Obito Jonin reward.
Nohara Rin carefully received the large egg, sincerely thanking Mokgetsu.
She worked hard in part to become stronger and be more effective in battle, and also in anticipation of her Jonin gift.
After all, who could refuse a cute ninja beast? Even though Katsuyu is useful, calling it cute might be a bit of a stretch.
PS: This chapter is a bit short, it's 3k, the following ones will be 5k chapters.