Breakthrough in Battle!
Under the pressure from Hozuki Mangetsu, Yasuke managed to break through his training bottleneck and complete the nature transformation of his wind chakra!
Thus, the chakra attached to Yasuke's kunai wasn't just ordinary chakra anymore; it was thin and sharp wind chakra!
Moreover, even if he proceeded to the second stage of wind chakra nature transformation training, which involved "cutting" a waterfall, Yasuke, relying on the power of his wind chakra, could also use the nature transformation of his internal chakra to "cut" the waterfall just like Naruto did in the original story!
This is the sign of having mastered the wind chakra to its extreme!
However, despite sensing the flow of the "wind" and understanding the extreme transformation of wind chakra, Yasuke felt as though there was still a bottleneck above this mastery, waiting for him to break through. He believed that if he could take that crucial step, his application of wind chakra would surpass that of his teacher, the Fourth Hokage, making him the foremost wind chakra user.
But now, fighting against Hozuki Mangetsu, further breakthroughs were not what Yasuke needed to focus on!
What he truly needed to focus on now was defeating the opponent in front of him, Hozuki Mangetsu!
Using his newly achieved power to truly defeat this Mist Ninja jonin!
"The nature transformation of wind chakra is complete. My strength is no longer that of an ordinary chunin, right?"
"Not only have I stepped up in my mastery of wind chakra, but I've also grasped some of the Fourth Hokage's secret techniques!"
"So, Hozuki Mangetsu, there's no way you can defeat me now!"
"With my breakthrough in wind chakra, I'm fully capable of defeating even elite chunin and some ordinary jonin!"
"Now, let the real counterattack begin!"
Indeed!
As Yasuke thought, with his wind chakra nature transformation complete, his strength took another "qualitative" leap!
Why is that?
Because Yasuke's last "qualitative" leap in strength was due to training in the Fourth Hokage's secret techniques!
The Fourth Hokage, Yasuke's teacher, was a master in using wind chakra.
Initially, Yasuke couldn't fully master the wind chakra nature transformation, but training in the Fourth Hokage's secret techniques gave him numerous insights, further enhancing his strength. Now that Yasuke had completed the nature transformation of wind chakra, his comprehension of the Fourth Hokage's secret techniques naturally reached a higher level.
Thus, with a few insights into the Fourth Hokage's use of wind chakra, if he still couldn't defeat an ordinary jonin, wouldn't that undermine the reputation of the Fourth Hokage?
Undermine the name of the Fourth Hokage, a Kage-level powerhouse?
Of course!
Even if Yasuke could defeat an ordinary jonin, he still wasn't at the jonin level.
After all, Yasuke could only utilize the wind chakra nature transformation to barely hold his own against a jonin if he had sufficient chakra. Moreover, the nature transformation of chakra consumes a lot of chakra, so Yasuke's time for combat at the jonin level was very short.
With Yasuke's amount of chakra, he could only maintain a jonin-level combat capacity for five minutes at most.
In just five minutes, he could burst out with jonin-level combat power.
Thus, Yasuke's strength level was somewhere between chunin and jonin.
To put it more plainly, Yasuke was now a half-step jonin!
Just half a step away from having the strength of a real jonin like Kakashi or Hozuki Mangetsu!
Aware of his situation after the breakthrough, Yasuke knew he had to end the fight within five minutes. Otherwise, his chakra would be exhausted, leaving him unable even to stand before Hozuki Mangetsu, leading to a grim fate of certain death.
Fortunately, when Yasuke managed to injure Hozuki Mangetsu by using his kunai, Mangetsu's mindset indeed changed.
Especially seeing Yasuke's faint smile, feeling the pain in his arm, Mangetsu bit his lip in anger, his eyes filled with rage!
"Damned brat, you dare injure me!"
"A cooked duck, do you think I'll let you fly away?"
"Water Style!"
"Water Clone Jutsu!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Despite his young age, Mangetsu, who had become a jonin, had the necessary combat experience of a jonin, even if he was a bit impatient.
Realizing Yasuke could injure him, especially injuring him while using the Hozuki clan's "Hydration Jutsu," Mangetsu continued to underestimate Yasuke outwardly but became cautious inwardly.
So, when Mangetsu prepared for the next round of silent killing, he formed hand seals and suddenly used the Water Clone Jutsu.
In the dense fog, Mangetsu directly used the Water Clone Jutsu!
With terrifying chakra fluctuations appearing in Yasuke's perception, using the Fourth Hokage's sensing method, Yasuke noticed that Mangetsu had used the Water Clone Jutsu to create several water clones.
Those water clones were clearly not Mangetsu's trump card.
In Yasuke's view, Mangetsu's real threat was himself, and those water clones, like the Hidden Mist Jutsu, were just there to confuse Yasuke's senses.
Moreover, what Mangetsu couldn't imagine was that Yasuke, noticing his use of the Water Clone Jutsu, had a smile that became even more mocking.
Then, with a swoosh!
Mangetsu's water clones attacked Yasuke silently!
But just as the water clones were about to strike, Yasuke's smile turned mocking.
"Mangetsu, I told you, I've seen through all your tricks!"
"What Hidden Mist Jutsu? What Silent Killing Technique? None of it works on me anymore!"
"Break!"
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
As Mangetsu's water clones approached, Yasuke's internal chakra underwent wind nature transformation.
The transformed chakra, under Yasuke's control, spread around him, forming an invisible energy layer!
If the Fourth Hokage were here, he would be shocked to see Yasuke using his secret sensing technique. As Yasuke had said before, he had indeed mastered the essence of the Fourth Hokage's sensing technique, integrating his wind chakra into the environment around him.
Any change in the wind around him would alert Yasuke to any movement nearby!
Moreover, Yasuke's mental energy was exceptional, and with it alone, his sensing ability surpassed that of ordinary chunin!
So, as soon as Mangetsu's water clones appeared, Yasuke used his dual sensing methods, the wind sensing and mental energy sensing, to see through their attack paths. At that moment, Yasuke burst out with his internal chakra and used the Fourth Hokage's signature technique in front of Mangetsu!
That was the technique that made the Fourth Hokage famous, the Body Flicker Technique!
Wind Style: Body Flicker!
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