Although Hachimon Tonko is a fairly simple technique that even Genin can figure out, yet Yeruashi is unable to create it from scratch in a short time.
He had no problem finding the necessary tenketsu, but the most important point is how to train to loosen them, for a free opening at any moment, this was the true key to Hachimon Tonko.
"You have to try it in practice or..."
Yeruashi pondered.
He pondered whether to copy the training method from Maito Daya, or even to consult him directly, even if it is crude, after all Hachimon Tokno is an extremely dangerous technique, there could be risks in developing it yourself.
Today's test was about physical training, climbing trees, running with weights and so on, it was not a very difficult task for students of the shinobi academy, even Obito passed the test relatively easily.
After completing the test, Eruashi returned home.
After a quick bite to eat, Eruashi left the house and went in search of Maito Gai, unfortunately he appeared to have gone on a mission because Maito Gai was alone at their usual training spot.
Eruashi was going to "accidentally" meet Maito Dai and "accidentally" consult about some things, but not finding Maito Dai, he wasn't too upset, sooner or later their meeting would happen.
Yeruashi returned home, took the White Fang Blade, and went to the forest in Konoha territory.
"I'm getting close..."
Arriving at the place where he usually trains, Yeruashi clutched the white fang blade tightly in his hand and took a deep breath. This time he didn't use shadow cloning to train kenjutsu, but did it himself.
After yesterday's battle with Kakashi, he returned home, ate and practiced kenjutsu, in the course of which he felt that he was on the verge of mastering chakra flow!
Hatake's Kenjutsu, which has considerable fame in the shinobi world, consists of a total of two stages.
The basic element of the first stage is precisely chakra flow.
This method consists in enveloping the blade with a flow of chakra to increase its sharpness and strength, after mastering the flow of chakra, the power of Hatake's Kenjutsu will take a big step forward.
As for the basic element of the second stage, this is an extended version of chakra flow based on the transformation of the chakra form!
The second step is to condense the chakra flow and give it a sharper form, after which the power of Hatake's Kenjutsu will take another big step forward!
Regardless of the practitioner's personal strength, after mastering the first stage, he will have strength at the level of Chuunin, and after mastering the second stage, at the level of Joonin!
As for higher levels of strength, it depends on personal talent.
One should not underestimate Hatake's Kenjutsu because after fully mastering it the shinobia only reaches the level of Joonin, in fact most techniques that can surpass Hatake's Kenjutsu are either forbidden or extremely difficult to master, like Hiraishin.
Eruashi has never stopped practicing Kenjutsu Hatake, as this technique is very good for increasing chakra control and does not conflict with techniques like Hachimon Tonko and Sage Mode, which are very interesting to him.
Phew! Phew!
Yeruashi swung his blade time after time, with each swing, the white fang blade vaguely flashed with white light.
After practicing this way for a few hours, Yeruashi stopped, after returning home for lunch, he came here again and continued practicing.
Seven hours...
Eight hours...
Nine hours...
While in a state of triple time acceleration, Yeruashi continued to perform basic kenjutsu movements, while trying to combine them with chakra flow techniques.
Gradually, the ragged and intermittent chakra flow was becoming stable; during another swing of the blade, Yeruashi felt the chakra flow combine perfectly with the cutting edge of the blade, he stopped abruptly.
"This is it!"
Yeruashi's eyes flashed, he tried to remember this state as best he could, and then he swung his blade again.
After swinging his blade a few dozen more times, and making sure that his mastery of Hatake's Kenjutsu met the required standard, Yeruashi sighed contentedly and relaxed his body.
The 1st stage Kenjutsu Hatake training is complete!
"Let's see the strength..."
Calming his emotions, Yeruashi walked over to a training pole nearby, eyes flaring, the blade of his white fang moved sharply, drawing a white line in the air.
Whew!!!
The pillar was cleaved by Yeruashi's blade like soft tofu, his hand met with absolutely no resistance, part of the pillar slipped silently and fell to the ground.
"That's really amazing...if I meet an opponent who doesn't have chakra flow, he won't even have a chance to block this blow with a regular kunai."
Eruashi appreciated this power of the blow.
As stated earlier, with the completion of the 1st stage practice of Hatake Kenjutsu, it is indeed possible to reach the level of Chuunin without problems and even have an advantage over a regular Chuunin.
Yeruashi's ninjutsu and taijutsu have long since reached the level of Chuunin, having mastered the 1st stage of Hatake's Kenjutsu, he can be considered an elite Chuunin even without time acceleration!
"Now I'll try it...in a state of time acceleration."
Eruashi felt a sense of excitement.
In the normal state he could cut through the tree without any resistance, in the accelerated state it must be even more powerful!
Yeruashi entered a state of threefold acceleration.
If you look at him from the side, you can see that at this moment it was as if Yeruashi entered a state of accelerated rewind, the pace of all his movements, including his breathing rate, seemed abnormal.
While in this state, Eruashi firmly clenched the white fang blade in his palm, activated the chakra flow, and swung it sharply in the direction of the pillar.
Whew!!!
Moving in a state of triple acceleration, the blade seemed to leave residual images behind.
As it swung, the short blade flashed brightly, and cut the rather thick pillar in half!
"That's..."
A tinge of shock flashed in Eruasha's eyes.
In a state of time acceleration, he could clearly see how his blade released a small white slash, increasing the range of the attack several times!
This can be achieved by mastering the 2nd stage of Hatake's Kenjutsu!
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Eruashi walked around the pillar and saw a perfectly straight and thin line dividing it in two, then looked at the ground behind the pillar and saw there a clearly visible small cut.
"It must not be as powerful as Stage 2, but still I can really increase my attack range noticeably in an accelerated state!"
Yeruashi sighed and reassessed his strength.
Tokubetsu Joonin!
Tokubetsu Joonin specializing in speed!
It would still be difficult for him to deal with a Joonin, but with that kind of speed and attack, he should be able to kill a Chuunin or even an elite Chuunin in a couple of moments!
And one of the characteristics of shinobi who specialize in speed is that they are not afraid to face more than one opponent.
For example, a Tokubetsu Joonin who specializes in genjutsu or has mastered some forbidden technique would probably not be able to handle three or four elite Chuunin, but in Eruashi's case, even if he cannot kill them quickly, there would be no difficulty in retreating.