Chapter 40: There's Nothing Left
"This feeling is just like the legendary unlocking of the gene lock—absolutely exhilarating!"
Li Jie xuan gently clenched his fist. Being able to control his body one hundred percent couldn't help but give him a strange illusion: he seemed to be capable of anything!
The next three gates opened just as smoothly for Li Jie xuan.
The Rest Gate eliminated fatigue, while the Life Gate and Injury Gate further boosted his strength and speed, even stimulating faint green chakra flames!
"Should I take the momentum and charge straight for the Limit Gate?"
Li Jie xuan felt that his power was at its absolute peak!
"Maybe… I should try?"
The sooner he became strong, the sooner Li Jie xuan could help Might Guy. Thinking of this, even the normally cautious Li Jie xuan couldn't help but steel his resolve!
But just as he was about to push forward in one breath and force open the Limit Gate—
A broad palm pressed down on his shoulder. "Enough…"
Hearing this voice, Li Jie xuan finally calmed down: even Rock Lee, after training so hard for so many years, ended up crippled after opening the Limit Gate at fifteen! If he recklessly forced it now, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Haa…"
As his focus loosened, the Injury Gate automatically disengaged.
The moment the Injury Gate closed, Li Jie xuan was shocked to discover that he couldn't muster even a shred of strength throughout his entire body.
He collapsed uncontrollably to the ground, and tiny spots of blood began seeping out beneath his fair skin…
"Is it already this unbearable with just the Injury Gate?"
Li Jie xuan felt as if his entire body was wailing—like an old, rickety bicycle being brutally mounted by a three-hundred-pound fat man. No wonder Might Guy hadn't announced any training tasks today. This body of his was still far too young. Although his strength was already powerful enough, he was still lacking when it came to vitality and blood energy…
It seemed that his current limit was only the Injury Gate!
"Remember, when cultivating the Eight Gates Release, never lose yourself in that overwhelming power."
Might Guy tossed Li Jie xuan into a warm medicinal bath and gently shook his head. "Youth can burn, but not in a place like this…"
If it weren't for you, you idiot, would I need to push myself this hard? Li Jie xuan rolled his eyes, shut his mouth, and ignored Might Guy's youth creed. He wasn't an idiot like Rock Lee—there was no way he'd shout those cringeworthy youth slogans along with him.
Slowly closing his eyes, Li Jie xuan curled the corner of his mouth slightly. Although I don't want to be a youth idiot, I won't allow you to burn yourself out like this either. Just wait a little longer. Give me a bit more time, and I'll be able to save you…
A silent forest…
Li Jie xuan's hands moved as three hand seals were completed within a single second.
"Earth-Style Wall!"
His chakra-filled palms struck the ground, and a gigantic earthen wall—more than ten meters thick—suddenly burst out of the earth, splitting an entire section of forest apart…
"Jie xuan-kun, your Earth-Style Wall is already perfect!"
Even after seeing such a flawless B-rank technique, there wasn't the slightest hint of surprise on Yamada Tsugiyuki's face. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with Li Jie xuan's Earth-Style Wall—it was that Yamada Tsugiyuki had already gone completely numb. In less than a month, Li Jie xuan had mastered more than ten C-rank ninjutsu with proficiency.
As for the B-rank Earth-Style Wall, it had only taken Li Jie xuan five days…
Even so, Li Jie xuan was still not very satisfied with this Earth-Style Wall. It was an extremely powerful defensive ninjutsu, and in Naruto, the person who used Earth-Style Wall most frequently was none other than Kakashi, famously known as the "Copy Ninja."
With a hand seal time of less than half a second, Kakashi had practically earned himself the nickname "the Tsuchikage"…
"Teacher Yamada, next one!"
However, further improvement would require long-term, painstaking refinement. Li Jie xuan signaled that Yamada Tsugiyuki could already begin teaching the next ninjutsu!
Yet Yamada Tsugiyuki's old face flushed red as he awkwardly shook his head. "There's nothing left…"
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