Today, it was pouring rain in the Land of Bears. A three-person Konoha squad was moving through the rain near the Kirigakure camp.
Suddenly, a cloud of mist emerged from the forest ahead, and more than a dozen Kirigakure Ninja darted out from all directions, charging towards the trio.
"Asana!" the leading young man shouted behind him.
"I know." The Byakugan girl behind him bit her finger and formed hand seals: "Summoning Technique!"
A several-meter-long gray giant snake was summoned. The giant snake swung its tail, knocking away most of the charging Kirigakure Ninja.
One of the Jonin among the Kirigakure Ninja leaped up, dodging the giant snake's attack, then charged towards the leading young man of the three-person squad.
However, halfway through his charge, the Kirigakure Jonin suddenly stiffened, unable to move freely.
The young man instantly appeared in front of the Kirigakure Jonin and beheaded him with a single slash.
With the leading Jonin eliminated, the remaining Chunin and Genin were no match. The three-person squad quickly dealt with all of them.
After dealing with the ambushing Kirigakure Ninja, the three-person squad continued on their journey.
"Kagetsu, your Mind Body Switch Technique is getting more and more proficient. You can invade a Jonin's body so easily," said the Byakugan girl, Asana.
"One of you became Lord Orochimaru's disciple, and the other can already defeat Jonin and directly confront the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. If I don't make some progress, I probably won't be worthy of being your teammate," Yamanaka Kagetsu added.
"Confronting is an exaggeration. The last time we met Kurosuki Raiga, I only barely managed to hold him off," said the black-haired young man, Uchiha En, who was leading the group.
Indeed, this squad was Uchiha En and his teammates.
It had been a year since the last major battle between Kirigakure and Konoha ended.
Not long after the battle ended a year ago, the Village sent Anbu Ninja to announce Might Duy's promotion to Jonin and that his name would be carved on the Memorial Stone.
The Anbu Ninja from the Village also spoke with Guy privately. Since then, Guy's treatment in all aspects had improved significantly. The Village even specifically sent people to guide Guy in his Taijutsu training and help him heal internal injuries left by his previous over-training.
With the Village's resources, Might Guy's Taijutsu improved rapidly.
Uchiha En wasn't even sure he could beat Guy if they only used Taijutsu.
And Asana became Orochimaru's disciple a week after the war ended.
Since then, apart from missions together, Uchiha En and Yamanaka Kagetsu rarely saw Asana, and she no longer trained with them.
However, Asana's strength improved very quickly. Not long after Asana became a disciple, Orochimaru had her sign a Summoning Contract with Ryūchi Cave, giving her the authority to summon snake Summoned Beasts.
Then, Orochimaru had Hiruzen Sarutobi intervene with the Main Family to acquire the parts of the Hyuga Clan's Taijutsu that Asana had previously been unable to learn, supplementing her deficiencies in Gentle Fist.
Finally, Orochimaru began systematically teaching Asana Lightning Release Ninjutsu. In Orochimaru's view, Taijutsu-type Ninja were very suitable for Lightning Release, as Lightning Release could stimulate Chakra to greatly increase the speed of Taijutsu-type Ninja, allowing them to exert greater strength.
Thus, under Orochimaru's guidance, in just half a year, Asana also gained the strength to directly confront a Jonin.
With two Ninja in one squad capable of directly confronting Jonin, there was naturally no need for Aburame Shibi, their instructor, to remain.
Aburame Shibi was called back by the Village and assigned to another battlefield.
Three months ago, Uchiha En's level reached 30, but this time he received no rewards, and even the roulette wheel could no longer be spun.
It is worth mentioning that after Uchiha En opened the previous Level 25 purple gift box, he obtained a Chakra-conducting metal, estimated to be enough to forge about 20 Kunai.
Now, only a countdown remained in his mind, with 100 days left.
It seemed the roulette wheel was upgrading.
Unable to gain points, Uchiha En's stats had barely changed for three months. Currently, his stats were as follows:
Chakra Amount: 266
Constitution: 145
Eye power: 260
Vitality: 29
Nature Affinity: 4
Level: lv30 (?/?)
Attribute Points: 0
During the roulette wheel's upgrade period, Uchiha En's Eye power did not improve much. His Chakra and Vitality each increased by 15 points due to daily persistent training and improved constitution.
Uchiha En guessed that the reason for the roulette wheel's upgrade was probably because his strength had reached the Jonin level, he had left the "novice period" and become an "old hand." An upgrade at this point was normal.
However, according to the usual routine, there should be some compensation after an upgrade, right? Otherwise, not being able to accumulate points for a full 100 days would be a huge loss!
Moreover, he hadn't even claimed his Level 30 gold gift box yet!
Currently, there were 9 days left on the countdown in his mind. Uchiha En was very much looking forward to what surprises the end of the upgrade would bring him in 9 days.
It is worth mentioning that Uchiha En's existing skills also upgraded with increased usage frequency.
First, the Teleportation skill, which previously allowed spatial jumps within 100 meters, consumed 10 Chakra.
After one upgrade, the jump distance of Teleportation increased by 100 meters, allowing jumps within 200 meters, and the Chakra consumption changed from 10 to 9.
According to this upgrade rule, Teleportation can be upgraded 10 times, meaning at Level 10, Teleportation can jump within a 1000-meter range, and the Chakra consumption will only be 1 point.
Next is Insight. After Insight upgraded, its skill effect remained unchanged, but the Chakra consumption changed from 1 point every 10 seconds to 1 point every 20 seconds.
Insight also has 10 levels. After reaching Level 10, it should consume 1 Chakra point every 100 seconds, which is almost negligible.
Minds Eye also increased by one level, with its perception range increasing from 40 meters to 80 meters.
However, Minds Eye has a maximum of 5 levels, meaning the best level of Minds Eye will only have a perception range of 320 meters.
But with the upgrade of Minds Eye,
It should have other changes after reaching max level.
Besides the skills provided by the text game, Uchiha En also learned some Water Release and Wind Release Ninjutsu.
Uchiha En has now mastered most basic Water Release and Wind Release Ninjutsu, but more advanced Water Release and Wind Release are not so easy to learn.
Unlike B-rank and C-rank Ninjutsu, A-rank Ninjutsu circulates very little in the Ninja World. Uchiha En has not yet learned any A-rank Ninjutsu, although Asana has learned two A-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
However, Uchiha En does not have Lightning Release Chakra, so even if Asana wanted to teach him Lightning Release, he wouldn't be able to learn it.
But although Uchiha En didn't learn A-rank Ninjutsu, he did learn an A-rank Genjutsu from Uchiha Cai.
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