vncnus Chapter 213 Response, Spiritualization
Chapter 213 Response, Spiritualization
Chapter 213 Response, Spiritualization
The Land of Rivers, Sunagakure Camp, Central Army Tent.
As soon as one topic ends, another one begins.
"We just received news from the village that a group of about 30 people from the Cloud Village infiltrated the country not long ago. They disguised themselves as a caravan and gathered a lot of intelligence in the country. They also attacked our ninjas who were returning to the village, but most of them were killed by an unknown ninja."
"An unknown ninja?" Chiyo asked in surprise. Could there really be a ninja from another clan who would be so kind as to help Sunagakure eliminate external enemies?
"Yes, an unknown ninja. At first, the Sand Village ninja who discovered it thought it was one of their own people who had done it by chance, but after returning to the village to check, they found that it wasn't. None of our people were in that area at that time." This is exactly what puzzled the village.
"Could it be... Matsushita Taichi or Namikaze Minato?" Ebizo said hesitantly, then offered his explanation, "These two are strong enough and have the motive to incite conflict between Sunagakure and Kumogakure."
"Although it sounds reasonable, judging from the scene, the attacker, Kane, is skilled in using Wind Release. His Wind Release skills are among the best even in Sunagakure. Matsushita Taichi and Namikaze Minato have not yet shown any particularly strong Wind Release skills."
This is why Taiyi often holds back a trick up his sleeve; it can truly mislead the opponent at crucial moments.
A moment of silence fell over the scene as everyone pondered what exactly was going on.
a long time.
"Regardless of who that unknown ninja is, we can be certain that Kumogakure harbors ill intentions towards us. We must be wary of this. We can't afford to have our battles with Konoha raging while they steal our spoils from us!"
No longer getting bogged down in the minutiae of the details, Chiyo went straight to the heart of the matter, instantly enlightening the other two people present.
Indeed, the focus should be on the Cloud Village. If they were to attack the Sand Village at this time, the Cloud Village would be in a very passive position.
"Furthermore, although there's no real evidence to prove who that unknown ninja is, I have a feeling it's definitely Matsushita Taichi!"
This is a woman's intuition, which is completely illogical. Although Taiyi can keep a trick up his sleeve, he is helpless against people who judge based on intuition!
Rasa and Ebizo looked at each other, but they both believed Chiyo's judgment, simply because it was Chiyo who said it, and such emotional judgments based on reality are often very accurate.
At the same time, their opinion of Matsushita Taichi improved once again; this guy really knows too many things.
Time flies, and a week has passed since the last battle. Konoha and Sunagakure have once again returned to their usual routine of offense and defense.
During this week, Taiyi did not go out to perform other missions after developing the antidote; instead, he stayed obediently in the camp.
Apart from having two shadow clones stationed at the medical camp and one shadow clone conducting research in the Land of Wind, he devoted all his energy to improving himself.
Of course, the main reason was that he wanted to take advantage of this rare free time to learn the spiritification technique that the village had previously rewarded him with.
Judging from the new poisons that keep appearing every day, Chiyo, that old woman, hasn't realized that her poisons have been completely countered by Taiichi. She's just playing a game of wits with thin air.
As long as Taiichi is careful, he can use this to distract Chiyo. This way, he can neutralize a high-ranking member of Sunagakure without lifting a finger. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Taiyi's Spirit Transformation Technique on his panel has now reached Lv0 (97/100). At this rate, he will be considered to have mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique by today. At that time, he will have another trump card and his strength will surely be further enhanced.
The Spirit Transformation Technique, as expected of a ninjutsu involving the soul, was something Taiichi had never encountered before. After passing through the initial period of rapid progress, every subsequent improvement took a considerable amount of Taiichi's time.
In the grove of trees near the camp, Taiyi's main body sat in the center, surrounded by his three shadow clones arranged in a triangle, each engaged in their own training.
Some had lightning flashing in their hands, some had mud churning in front of them, and some had a chilling aura all around them.
They were both training and protecting the body in the middle. After all, once the spiritification technique was successful, the soul would leave the body. At that time, the unprotected body would be a lamb to the slaughter, and anyone could bully it.
Therefore, protection is essential, given the painful consequences of past mistakes.
Taiyi formed hand seals at a slow pace, sensing the changes in chakra brought about by each seal. When the last seal, Mao, was completed, the chakra flowed through his body along a specific path, and a pulling force acted on him.
No, to be precise, it doesn't affect his body, but rather his soul.
This wasn't the first time he had felt this pulling force. The first time he felt it, he was extremely nervous, causing the spell's effect to dissipate immediately. However, with the increase in practice, Taiyi is now able to deal with it calmly and even cooperate with this force.
This is not because Taiichi is cowardly, but because of the instinctive fear that comes with the soul before it leaves the body. When the soul is in the body, it is protected by the body and can face the harm from the outside world with equanimity.
But once separated from the physical body, the soul can sense the full malice from the world.
An ordinary breeze turned into a bone-scraping steel knife, and the warm sunlight became a molten lava inferno.
Therefore, before the soul leaves the body, it will instinctively feel fear and unconsciously resist the continuation of the technique. This is one of the difficulties of spiritualization techniques. Overcoming the instinct from the soul is not as simple as it sounds.
Following that pulling force, Taiichi imagined himself leaping forward. Instantly, a layer of pale blue chakra light appeared on Taiichi's body, and a semi-transparent figure emerged, as if trying to break free from some kind of restraint.
Just as the figure was halfway out of the body, seemingly having exhausted its momentum, a sudden pulling force caused the pale blue figure to retreat back into the body at an even faster speed.
"Ugh, another failure, so close!" Taiyi punched the ground beside him, leaving a clear fist mark, showing how hard he had put in.
However, this attempt was not without its successes.
【Spiritualization Technique Lv0 (99/100)】
He's just one step away from success; he'll definitely succeed next time he tries.
After resting for half an hour to allow his shaken soul to calm down, Taiyi prepared to try again, which was another challenge of the Spirit Transformation Technique.
Every failed attempt in learning causes a shock to the soul. At best, it causes dizziness and blurred vision; at worst, it damages the soul. The recovery time alone is unknown, so how can one continue practicing?
Fortunately, Taiichi's mental attribute has reached 29 points, which is comparable to those Kage-level ninjas. Naturally, his soul is also quite powerful, which gives him a significant advantage in practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique.
Once again, the hand seals were formed, following the same steps. When the soul once again left half of the body, the level of the Spirit Transformation Technique on the panel silently changed from Lv0 to Lv1.
As if given a boost, Taiyi's soul burst forth from his body, enveloped in pale blue chakra, giving his spirit a faint blue hue.
At this moment, everything was different in the eyes of the spirit Taiyi. The vision of a normal person still existed, but the colors were as if covered with a layer of gray, like a black and white television with a certain degree of color.
The difference is that from this perspective, he can actually see the soul, or rather, the soul's power.
Just like now, even though there is no one here, Taiyi can see the various soul flames of different sizes all around him, which are all kinds of small creatures hidden on the leaves and grass around him.
Those clusters, some as small as sesame seeds and others as large as peanuts, were pale white flames so fragile, as if they would be extinguished by a gust of wind.
Taiyi crouched down and carefully examined the soul flame of a beetle on the ground. Although it was weak, it was as stable as a rock under the protection of its physical body and was not affected by the outside world at all.
Looking at myself again, although I was protected by chakra, that feeling of being adrift made me seem unstable. Furthermore, the external stimuli, like sunlight and wind, though not very noticeable, were undeniably real and uncomfortable.
The commotion quickly attracted the attention of the shadow clones scattered around. Three shadow clones instantly arrived, each looking at the semi-transparent light blue figure in the air with great interest.
One of the shadow clones even boldly pierced through Taiyi's spirit body with its hand, leaving Taiyi speechless. It was indeed his shadow clone; it certainly didn't lack the spirit of research and exploration.
"Can you see me?"
Taiyi asked a stupid question, and all he got in return were the idiotic looks from his shadow clones.
He chuckled to himself and tried to control his spirit. Soon, he grasped the knack, and his figure gradually disappeared from their sight.
The three shadow clones exchanged bewildered glances, searching for Taiyi's whereabouts. Now, without them saying a word, Taiyi knew they truly couldn't see him anymore.
"Take care of myself, I'll be right back!"
Controlling his chakra to vibrate the air, Taiyi left a message, and his spirit body moved through the trees at an extremely fast speed. At such a high speed, it could reach the target in an instant, just like the Flying Thunder God Technique, even over short distances.
In the blink of an eye, Taiyi arrived above the Konoha camp.
In his eyes, the entire camp was filled with clusters of burning soul flames, which varied in size and color, thus catching Taiyi's attention.
He floated down and began to observe carefully, discovering that those with large flames were also quite powerful. The color of the flames indicated the type of ninjutsu they were skilled in.
Take this Chunin in front of him, for example. Taiyi is quite familiar with him, after all, Taiyi saved his life. He mainly cultivates Fire Release and secondarily Wind Release. The color of his soul flame is mostly fiery red and a little bit blue.
Through constant observation and comparison, Taiyi gradually discovered that not only could he discern clues about the ninjutsu he was skilled in through the soul flames, but he could also roughly discern the emotions of the person involved.
When happy, the flame glows with a soft orange light. Anger is scarlet, and sadness is grayish-blue. Generally speaking, positive emotions tend to be warm colors, while negative emotions tend to be cool colors.
This made Taiyi realize once again how incredibly powerful the Spirit Transformation Technique was. He wondered if everyone who knew the Spirit Transformation Technique possessed such an ability, or if he was uniquely special.
This ability to see people so clearly is truly abnormal. It seems I need to be careful. First, I must not reveal this matter. Second, I need to see if there is any way to disguise my soul state.
Otherwise, if someone with the same ability sees it next time, it will be seen through immediately.
Wandering around the camp, Taiyi collected the data he needed while also pondering how to further develop and utilize the Spirit Transformation Technique.
When he unknowingly drifted to the central army camp, the largest soul flame he had ever seen appeared in Taiyi's eye. Its size was more than twice that of an ordinary Jonin, and its overall color was red, blue, cyan, yellow, and some faint green and black.
Upon closer inspection, Tai realized that the one with such strength must be Jiraiya. However, Jiraiya knew quite a few elemental ninjutsu, possessing all elements except for lightning.
Just as Taiichi was about to observe further, Jiraiya seemed to sense something as well. His previously calm soul flame contracted violently, as if it were about to explode. At the same time, a loud shout rang out: "Who's there? Show yourself!"
Taiyi was taken aback. It turned out that even in a soul state, one could be detected by ninjas with strong senses.
Without hesitation, his chakra vibrated through the air. "Jiraiya-sensei, it's me!" At the same time, his figure slowly appeared.
"Taiichi!" Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, but upon seeing Taiichi manifest, he immediately understood. "You've learned the Spirit Transformation Technique!"
"Yes, I was just testing my ninjutsu and disturbed you, teacher!" Taiichi quickly apologized, since he was the one who was caught spying on others and was in the wrong from the start.
Jiraiya got up and kept examining Taichi's spirit body while making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds.
"Your spirit looks quite solid. Back then, Kato Dan's spirit looked so ethereal and unreliable."
Taiichi raised his hand and looked at himself, and then he understood. Kato Dan was at most an elite Jonin back then. Even if his mental strength was stronger than that of an ordinary elite Jonin, it would not exceed 25 points of Kage level. How could it be comparable to his 29 points of mental strength?
Of course, it's enough for you to understand this yourself; there's no need to explain everything. Jiraiya obviously knew this as well, so he didn't pry.
"I heard that after learning this technique, your mental strength will be greatly enhanced. You should make the most of this opportunity," Jiraiya reminded him. As expected of a veteran ninja, he knows a lot; this information wasn't even mentioned in the ninjutsu scrolls.
Afterwards, Taichi chatted with Jiraiya for a while about his feelings about ninjutsu, until he felt a strange calling and knew that his time had come.
After greeting Jiraiya, he vanished from his spot in a flash. This wasn't the Flying Thunder God Technique; it was simply because he was too fast.
When the soul returns to the body, an unprecedented sense of security fills the entire heart; that satisfaction is like a baby returning to its mother's embrace.
Immediately, a continuous stream of power emerged from his spirit; this was probably what Jiraiya meant by the enhancement of his spiritual power.
Taiyi quickly entered a meditative state, accepting and consolidating this spiritual power.
An hour later, Taiyi emerged from meditation, checked his eye panel, and a smile immediately bloomed on his face.
[Learning the art of spiritualization stimulates the soul, increasing spirit by 1]
[Learn the art of spiritualization, meditate through contemplation, and advance your meditation experience by 1000]
"Haha, this is truly a double blessing! I never expected that a spiritification technique would bring me so many benefits."
Standing up and looking at the world with my naked eyes again, I suddenly felt a pang of longing for the vision I had in my soul state. The ability to see the true nature of everything from that perspective was truly captivating.
It seems I could study how to use the Soul Vision technique in a normal state. It would definitely be an excellent sensory ninjutsu that could come in handy in many situations.