Afternoon, Konoha Village Training Ground
Having just eaten lunch, Naruto and Sasuke stood on opposite sides of the training ground, silently staring at each other.
Naruto squinted slightly, looking at Sasuke while sensing if there were any ninjas watching around.
The answer was… yes.
It seemed that he couldn't play too fiercely. Once he scared the higher-ups of the Konoha Village, it would be a big problem. But Sasuke's strength wasn't strong either, so Naruto didn't need to show too much power.
Besides, the higher-ups of the Konoha Village knew that he could control the power of the Nine-Tails, so he could use it casually.
On the other side, Sasuke also actively entered Spiritual Perception State. In this state, his perception greatly increased, and he became very good at controlling details. He also noticed the ninjas hidden in the dark.
Who were those guys? With Naruto's perception ability, he shouldnbe able to detect them, but he didn't react. Those people should be ninjas hidden nearby for some purpose. There was no danger.
It's best not to reveal anything about Spiritual Perception State…
It's best to save some strength during a fight
"Naruto, I have now successfully mastered a new power and my strength has greatly increased. Even if it's you, I can defeat you. Come on, let me see your full strength!" Sasuke posed and his eyes instantly turned into a one tomoe Sharingan. He continued, "Just with these eyes!"
"Oh wow, is this the Sharingan? The mysterious red eyes look very scary." Naruto smiled with his mouth slightly raised.
"Next, I will let you see the true power of these eyes." Sasuke said as he actively launched an attack.
"Bang!!"
...
Ten minutes later, Sasuke fell to the ground with a bruised nose and swollen face. He looked at the sky with a bewildered face as if he had given up thinking.
He didn't understand why, he clearly used the Sharingan and Spiritual Perception State and could clearly perceive Naruto's every move, but he still couldn't beat him and was even beaten so miserably.
Naruto was too strong in both speed and strength. He was much stronger than me.
"Not bad at all. You're actually quite powerful. You managed to maintain this state for ten minutes in battle. I thought you could only use it for three minutes at most." Naruto said appreciatively.
"Tsk!"
Sasuke turned his head away with an unhappy expression.
To outsiders, what Naruto was talking about should be the Sharingan. But in fact, it was indeed the Sharingan plus spiritual Spiritual Perception State. Using these two states at the same time actually consumed quite a lot of his own energy.
But Sasuke was different. Perhaps because of Indra's chakra or perhaps because of the strong bloodline of the Uchiha clan, his innate spiritual power was quite good and he could maintain the state of spiritual awareness for a long time.
And he was different from Ino. Ino could only activate Spiritual Perception State and couldn't cultivate elemental power. So she used chakra to activate Spiritual Perception State which consumed a lot. But Sasuke used elemental power to activate Spiritual Perception State which consumed much less compared to chakra so he could maintain it for an extra long time.
Not only that, Sasuke didn't use his full strength because he considered that there were other people hidden in the dark. If he fought with all his strength and displayed Spiritual Perception State, perhaps he could maintain it for even longer.
"You, how much strength do you have? You seem to be still at ease." Sasuke said with a slight change in his expression as he bit his lip.
"Who knows? Maybe there's still quite a bit left."
Naruto replied with a smile.
"Hmph, such monstrous power,"
Sasuke commented.
Having just mastered elemental power, he could also fight using the Sharingan and Spiritual Perception State, but only for about ten minutes. If he used it for any longer, his elemental power would be exhausted. The consumption of chakra was far greater than that of elemental power, and it also had a large mental drain.
He could only fight for a maximum of twenty minutes!
"By the way, you didn't seem to have used the Sharingan before. Is it a power you recently acquired?" Naruto asked after some thought.
"Thanks to some strange guy, I learned something unusual. So during my training, I discovered a power that had been hidden within me all along and naturally mastered it," Sasuke said quietly with his hands in his pockets.
'Some strange guy...'
Hearing this title, Naruto's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say much.
For the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan is indeed a special power hidden within them. After entering the Spiritual Perception State, users can understand themselves more clearly and control their own power. This is all preparation for mastering elemental power.
However, this power to enhance perception is very suitable for the Uchiha clan to use. It allows them to feel the sensation of opening and using the Sharingan more delicately, which is very beneficial for Sasuke's training.
Although Sasuke had already opened two tomoe Sharingan on the night of the massacre, because his physique was too weak to bear the demand of opening his eyes, he did not gain the power to use the Sharingan.
But now, the Spiritual Perception State has just allowed him to find a potential power that he could use all along but couldn't discover due to his own reasons.
"Although I lost today, I will definitely defeat you in the future," Sasuke said proudly, looking at Naruto with a bruised face and nose.
Naruto: "Hmm, Good luck."
(He laughed and gave a thumbs up)
Training elemental power strengthened Sasuke's body and allowed him, who originally couldn't fully master the Sharingan, to fully open it. This is why his Sharingan is one tomoe instead oftwo tomoe like when he opened it on the night of the massacre.
And...
Sasuke also found that he could directly use elemental power to open the Sharingan. Using elemental power to open the Sharingan consumes less energy, heal the eye, and enhances the Sharingan's strength during use.
But if chakra is used, not only can it not strengthen the Sharingan, but it will also cause a slight burden on the eyes. If his eyes level up to a higher level in the future and need more chakra supply to open a stronger Mangekyou Sharingan...
Using chakra to open stronger eyes may cause irreversible damage to the optic nerve and gradually lose sight during use. Unless his optic nerve gains strong power enough to bear stronger chakra, as long as he uses stronger eyes, he will definitely go towards the abyss of blindness.
Stronger eyes...
Sasuke recalled Itachi from before, he still remembered that more complex Mangekyou pattern in his mind, that was something he would never forget and could not be forgotten.
Itachi once said that after having the same eyes as him, come find me.
Why did that man leave me behind?
Why didn't he kill me alone?
And I have to have eyes like him...
Sasuke didn't understand before. But now after opening spiritual awareness state and understanding Sharingan better, Sasuke gradually understood Itachi's thoughts and ideas. There must be a bright path in brother's eyes.
Right? Uchiha... Itachi!
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