Bang bang bang...
The abandoned training ground echoed with the sounds of fists and feet colliding.
A boy and a girl, one tall and one short, were engaged in an intense Taijutsu duel.
Logically speaking, big beating small was basically weight suppression, with no suspense.
Even if they were evenly matched, it would be the smaller one dodging nimbly, using skill and speed to suppress the larger one.
But the scene on the field was the opposite.
Gojo Yoru, who had grown to 1.64 meters, was using techniques to deflect force, blocking the flurry of punches from Uzumaki Kushina, who was only 1.42 meters even with shoes on.
Looking closely at his hands, one would find that the backs of his hands were already completely red.
That was caused by clashing fists with Uzumaki Kushina.
The reason the sound of fists and feet colliding was so loud...
Was because every single punch from Uzumaki Kushina seemed to carry airflow, actually creating sonic booms.
The terrifying monstrous strength contrasted sharply with those small, tender pink fists.
Gojo Yoru wasn't just blindly blocking and deflecting force. Every few rounds, or every dozen rounds, he would clash head-on with Uzumaki Kushina.
Either two fists colliding, or two feet crashing together, emitting a loud bang.
With each collision, an invisible airflow would burst from their hands and feet, kicking up fallen leaves and dust on the ground.
Afterward, a look of pain would appear on Uzumaki Kushina's small face.
Sometimes she would even bare her teeth, as if she hadn't hit Gojo Yoru's limbs, but a steel plate.
The reality was pretty much the same.
While training Uzumaki Kushina's Taijutsu skills, Gojo Yoru was also using the mobile combat to practice Earth Release nature transformation.
After an unknown number of rounds, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina suddenly leaped backward in tacit understanding, simultaneously forming different hand seals rapidly.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"
As soon as they landed, they spat out a linear flame and a stream of water from their mouths respectively.
The two collided, evaporating into a cloud of white mist.
Before the wind could disperse the white mist, several Uzumaki Kushinas rushed out from within, each holding a Rasengan, charging towards Gojo Yoru.
Gojo Yoru also formed seals to create several phantom clones to intercept them.
Uzumaki Kushina's Shadow Clones attacked Gojo Yoru's main body first, but the attacks passed through his body without surprise.
Then the Shadow Clones split up, attacking Gojo Yoru's phantom clones one-on-one.
One of the Shadow Clones passed through Gojo Yoru's body with a Rasengan. Just as she thought it was another phantom clone, her body was suddenly swept to the ground. The Rasengan slammed into the ground, blasting out a huge crater.
Using the dust and white mist as cover, Gojo Yoru's main body, relying on his ghostly soundless Body Flicker Technique, quickly swapped positions with other phantom clones, bursting the Uzumaki Kushinas one by one into clouds of white smoke.
When there was only one Uzumaki Kushina left on the field, Gojo Yoru thought it was the main body, so he held back slightly, dodging the Rasengan sideways and restraining Uzumaki Kushina's body from behind.
But Uzumaki Kushina turned her head and smiled triumphantly at Gojo Yoru: "Foul-mouthed Yoru, you fell for it!"
Poof—
Two sounds like popping balloons rang out almost simultaneously.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Just as the Uzumaki Kushina in front of him turned into white mist, the girl's shout came from Gojo Yoru's ear.
Under the white mist not far away, a rock turned into Uzumaki Kushina, then spat out a stream of airflow towards Gojo Yoru.
The airflow rapidly expanded and spread, turning into a gale like an invisible ocean wave, instantly engulfing Gojo Yoru.
Because the range was too large, even Gojo Yoru with his astonishing Body Flicker Technique didn't have time to dodge, let alone use Earth Release to flip up a stone slab for defense.
Gojo Yoru just curled the corners of his mouth, stomped his foot on the ground, and raised his arms in a cross-block posture.
The gale engulfed Gojo Yoru as if crashing into a giant rock, unable to shake him in the slightest.
This move wasn't the Naruto version of Armament Haki hardening, Earth Release: Earth Spear, but Earth Release: Hardening Technique.
Although Earth Release: Earth Spear was only a B-rank Earth Release, it involved profound nature transformation and was a very rare Nintaijutsu.
The effect of this technique was to circulate Chakra throughout the body to achieve deep physical enhancement. Instant activation could form an indestructible body, with defense truly as hard as diamond.
Earth Release: Hardening Technique was a weakened version of Earth Release: Earth Spear.
The effect was also hardening the body, but it could only harden the surface of the skin, not as comprehensive and powerful as the Nintaijutsu type Earth Release: Earth Spear.
Even so, it was enough to defend against Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
After withstanding the gale's attack unscathed, neither Gojo Yoru nor Uzumaki Kushina continued to attack each other.
"Not bad, Tomato-na. You actually know how to use tactics now." Gojo Yoru praised generously, looking at Uzumaki Kushina with newfound respect.
"Hehe... thank me for showing mercy." Uzumaki Kushina held her head high, looking smug.
When Gojo Yoru was resisting the gale just now, Uzumaki Kushina had plenty of time to create a few Shadow Clones and use Wind Release: Great Breakthrough again to blow Gojo Yoru directly into the forest.
She just couldn't bear to do it, just as Gojo Yoru instinctively held back when he mistook that Shadow Clone for her main body.
"You've grown. I'm very happy." This time Gojo Yoru didn't mock her but said sincerely.
Although he was a bit careless just now and still hid many methods, Uzumaki Kushina's growth during this period indeed surprised Gojo Yoru.
Except for lacking Asura's Chakra, Uzumaki Kushina was now a high-spec version of Uzumaki Naruto.
The powerful vitality and Chakra brought by the Uzumaki bloodline, along with the Yin-Yang attributes and powerful recovery ability brought by the complete Nine-Tails, made Uzumaki Kushina, who was already hard to kill like a cockroach, even more resilient.
As a transmigrator, Gojo Yoru knew very well how strong Uzumaki Kushina's potential was. He wouldn't be like Namikaze Minato, only thinking about becoming strong to protect her, instead of cultivating the talented Uzumaki Kushina into a super powerhouse.
Knowing how Uzumaki Naruto cheated, Gojo Yoru directly copied Uzumaki Naruto's training method, having Uzumaki Kushina create a large number of Shadow Clones for training.
With the help of the Shadow Clone acceleration cheat, Uzumaki Kushina's strength skyrocketed every day.
It had only been two months since Uzumaki Kushina became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Except for the Body Flicker Technique, which was still hard to catch up with, Gojo Yoru had been caught up by Uzumaki Kushina in other aspects.
Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, Sealing Jutsu, Medical Ninjutsu, even nature transformation and sensing...
Just as Nagato's growth shocked Jiraiya, Uzumaki Kushina, possessing Super Kage level potential, made Gojo Yoru experience an even more intense talent suppression than Namikaze Minato.
Even more terrifying was that Uzumaki Kushina hadn't yet mastered the Cherry Blossom Impact, nor awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Heal Bite, and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Otherwise, her sensing, healing, and sealing abilities would instantly become among the strongest in the Ninja World.
If not for the Space-Time Kekkei Genkai as a cheat, Gojo Yoru would really be crushed by her, seeing no hope of reasserting his dominance as a husband.
The talent boost brought by merely the first evolution truly had no comparability with this kind of era-protagonist monster.
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