Konoha, Southern Border Forest.
Kakashi stood facing Shisui, directly looking into Shisui's blood-red Three Tomoe Sharingan.
"What strength level was that just now?" Kakashi asked.
He had almost instantly broken free from the genjutsu Shisui cast on him.
"Level one strength, it seems your training method is indeed effective," Shisui replied.
They had quantified their training into six levels based on the amount of Chakra injected into bending a spoon; injecting one-fifth of Chakra equaled level one strength, two-fifths equaled level two.
What was special was level six strength, which involves refining and injecting simultaneously to pursue the ultimate genjutsu strength.
In general, level one strength was actually Shisui's limit in battle, as he couldn't waste too much Chakra to strengthen a bending spoon.
Otherwise, he would have no Chakra left for using ninjutsu, which would be quite awkward.
Before undergoing genjutsu training, Shisui used genjutsu to decisively control Kakashi in an internal conflict.
After a month and a half of genjutsu training, Kakashi now can instantly break free from Shisui's genjutsu, proving the training was quite effective.
"Thanks for your help, Shisui." Kakashi sincerely thanked Shisui.
Shisui had indeed been a great help to him; Kakashi hadn't expected the training to progress so smoothly, showing significant improvement in just over a month.
Transparent World is currently his most core ability; the enhancement of Transparent World means the enhancement of his power limit.
"It's no problem, I've also honed my genjutsu," Shisui replied with a faint smile.
Although in an internal conflict they would exert all their effort to defeat each other, striving to hide their information as much as possible for a month before the conflict.
But they are ultimately comrades who have gone through life and death together, both being disciples of Mokgetsu, and would help wherever they could.
After that, Shisui had Zorua give it a try, only to find that Zorua's genjutsu had no effect on Kakashi.
"It seems the stronger Transparent World is, the harder it is to be affected by genjutsu, and the faster one can break it," Kakashi nodded thoughtfully.
The more he cultivated the ninjutsu secret techniques taught by Mokgetsu, the more he felt Mokgetsu's depth was unfathomable.
Now Kakashi even felt Mokgetsu's talent in ninjutsu surpassed that of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
Just one derived ability from the Breathing Technique had effects surpassing many renowned secret techniques in the Ninja World.
After daily genjutsu training, Kakashi continued cultivation in swordsmanship and Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation.
Currently, he is focusing on cultivating Lightning Release Blade Technique, striving to master the Thoughtless Slash as soon as possible.
As their strength increased, progress became more difficult, so Kakashi and the others discussed changing the internal conflict frequency to once every six months, which is twice a year.
He has over four months left to refine the Lightning Release Blade Technique.
Seeing Kakashi successfully test a training method that impacted Transparent World, Mokgetsu also prepared to conduct similar training on himself, using a Shadow Clone to train the main body with genjutsu.
However, Mokgetsu didn't have high hopes as his Transparent World was much stronger than Kakashi's, and compared to other abilities, his genjutsu level was quite average.
After training for half a day, Might Guy rested for twenty minutes and didn't immediately continue training but instead clenched his fist and used the Eight Gates.
"Eight Gates, Fourth Gate, Injure Gate, open!"
Currently, Might Guy was very proficient with the Eight Gates, easily opening the Fourth Gate in seconds.
"Breath of Rock Chakra Mode!"
After opening the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates, Might Guy did not pause and immediately concentrated his breathing to the extreme, entering Breath of Rock Chakra Mode.
Whoosh!!
The continually burning Chakra within him once again massively boosted Might Guy's power, drawing the eyes of other disciples to him.
"What's he doing? Training the body doesn't need such a big scene, right?" Obito curiously wondered what Might Guy intended to do.
Maintaining the Breathing Technique during training can enhance its effect, but the Eight Gates shouldn't be effective, only having side effects.
"Has his body strength met the standard?" Kakashi paused his sword-wielding and looked towards Might Guy's direction.
Might Guy had long been able to open the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates without pressure, but his body couldn't withstand the pressure of both the Fifth Gate and Breath of Rock Chakra Mode simultaneously, usually only the Four Gates would overlay with Breath of Rock Chakra Mode.
"It should be about right," Might Guy clenched his fists, sensing deeply the power surging within his body.
"Limit Gate, open!"
Might Guy roared, opening the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates, his Chakra amount surging once more, and his entire momentum strengthened again.
Clenching his fists, Might Guy injected a large amount of Chakra into them, punching straightforwardly at the big tree ahead.
Bam!!
Before Might Guy's fist could even touch the large tree, the force of his punch had already fractured it, sending the pieces flying.
Might Guy once again sensed his body and found, as he expected, that after long cultivation, his body strength was enough to support using both the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode simultaneously.
Kakashi quietly turned his head and continued his training seriously.
Actually, Might Guy wouldn't call this a breakthrough this time; both the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode were abilities he had already mastered for some time.
But this time, Might Guy's body had become stronger, finally allowing him to use them together without injury.
"As long as I can master the Thoughtless Slash, everything will turn out well." Kakashi resolutely slashed his blade again and again.
"When will internal battles forbid each other from using a certain ability?" Seeing Might Guy, who could normally stack the Five Gates and the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode, Obito felt enormous pressure.
He would rather opt out of using the Sharingan in exchange for Might Guy not being able to use the Eight Gates or the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode.
[Disciple Might Guy's strength has improved, and his reputation has risen, marking progress on the path to becoming the strongest in Taijutsu, earning a progress reward — moderate physical enhancement, Body Technique Extraction Scroll·S (Master Level), Taijutsu Mastery Scroll]
Just as Mokgetsu anticipated, Might Guy, with a progress of 29.9%, didn't need any assistance; after a period of self-cultivation, he reached a progress of thirty percent.
The specific rewards, much like before, were very characteristic of Might Guy, focusing mostly on Taijutsu or body-related aspects, reflecting the nature of life quest rewards based on the disciple's cultivation content.
Mokgetsu had no immediate need to enhance any Taijutsu with the Taijutsu Mastery Scroll, but the S-level Body Technique Extraction Scroll piqued his interest. He had received this type of scroll once before, extracting the Golden Horizon Taijutsu from it.
Because he was currently in the Southern Border Forest teaching disciples, Mokgetsu did not immediately extract the reward.
After all, walking off to wash his hands suddenly while teaching Ninjutsu to go into a daze seemed somewhat odd.
"Teacher Mokgetsu, I want to undertake real combat training!" Might Guy proactively approached Mokgetsu.
The previous battle with Teacher Chen had taught Might Guy that veterans like Teacher Chen were not easy to deal with, and if he rushed over after just breaking through, it likely wouldn't end well.
"What kind of training do you want, enduring pressure from powerful attacks, or an equal-level duel?" Mokgetsu asked.
"I want to feel the pressure!" Without hesitation, Might Guy chose the hardest option.
Because he thought that if he could withstand the pressure in front of an even stronger Mokgetsu, when he fought Teacher Chen again, it would be like shedding weighted training and going all out in the final crucial battle.
"Alright." After some thought, Mokgetsu decided to train Might Guy personally.
He rarely fought with his disciples using his true body because his shadow clone's strength was usually sufficient.
However, because Might Guy wanted to feel pressure, Mokgetsu thought pure Taijutsu might have a better effect, invalidating the use of shadow clones because of their poor defense, unsuitable for close combat.
To not disturb other disciples' training, Mokgetsu deliberately took Might Guy to one side.
Might Guy clearly understood how strong Mokgetsu was, so he went all out from the start, simultaneously utilizing the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates and the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode.
To apply pressure on Might Guy, Mokgetsu also opened the Eight Gates into the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode and activated the Transparent World.
That day, Might Guy, who had won for a year in the disciples' internal battles, experienced the terror of a Taijutsu ninja, deeply understanding why Obito and others were reluctant to engage in close-quarter Taijutsu combat with him during battles.
The strength was suppressed; with the same punch, Mokgetsu stood still while Might Guy retreated eight meters.
His speed was suppressed, each time Might Guy thought he hit Mokgetsu, he only touched an afterimage.
Each move was seen through as if Mokgetsu had predictive capabilities, countering all of his attacks effortlessly.
At that moment, Might Guy felt like he was back at the start.
Back then, he just entered the Ninja Academy, hearing about Kakashi's genius, he challenged him only to be defeated in one move.
Although he felt frustrated during the fight, Might Guy wasn't sad in the least; he was only thinking about how he could hit Mokgetsu and catch more of his moves.
Might Guy didn't manage to inflict any effective damage on Mokgetsu the entire afternoon but still felt he gained immensely, more than a whole afternoon of regular training.
"I'll challenge Teacher Chen again in a week, and this time I must win!" Might Guy set his goal.
...
After leaving the Southern Border Forest, Mokgetsu as usual went to Tsunade's house to make dinner, then returned to his home in the main district.
Glancing at the Drawing Scroll in his bag, Mokgetsu turned on the faucet to wash his hands and then clicked to draw.
[Body Technique Extraction Scroll·S has been used, reward received — True Qi Fist (Master Level)]
Once the draw was completed, a flood of memories about cultivating True Qi Fist surged in Mokgetsu's mind, as if he had been cultivating it for over ten years.
PS: Only one update today, can't keep it up, my mental state is a bit off, will see about making it up tomorrow.
This chapter was a tough one to write; my head felt like mush, the weird sleep schedule really doesn't work, should try to maintain a normal schedule, hope everyone can keep a healthy routine.