"Eight Gates, Limit Gate, open!"
Might Duy excitedly opened the Fifth Gate of the Eight Gates, and his aura surged dramatically.
Might Guy's expression became extremely serious; the presence of Might Duy with the Five Gates open was overwhelming.
The two figures continually flickered, their green silhouettes darting back and forth among the trees, the large trees on the ground feeling the impact of their battle.
Boom!
The two concentrated chakra in their fists and clashed directly.
The immense force from Might Duy made Might Guy retreat repeatedly, his feet digging into the ground to barely come to a halt.
Might Guy did not use the advanced Ninjutsu he learned from Teacher Mokgetsu and Teacher Chen, but only fought with basic Taijutsu against the Five Gates-opened Might Duy. Under this tremendous pressure, he thought of the insights he gained during the day.
"Eight Gates, Injure Gate, open!"
Might Guy focused his gaze and shouted angrily, his aura suddenly changed, successfully resisting Might Duy's fierce offensive with the Five Gates.
Seeing Might Guy successfully apply the Fifth Gate properly, Might Duy soon stopped and looked at Might Guy with a comforting expression.
"Guy, your growth has truly been rapid, much faster than I expected."
But as he smiled, Might Duy's expression turned serious again, and he asked, "Guy, you're getting stronger, but do you know what true strength is?"
Although becoming stronger is worth rejoicing over, Might Duy does not want Might Guy to lose sight of his original intentions due to being consumed by power.
"To protect what's important until the very last moment!" Might Guy responded without hesitation.
Might Guy greatly enjoys battling with Kakashi and considers defeating Kakashi to be a joyous occasion, but he believes that true victory is not about defeating anyone but about safeguarding what matters to him.
Now, Might Guy understands the Eight Gates well enough to realize it's an extremely dangerous Kinjutsu. While the earlier gates are manageable, opening the Eighth Gate, the Death Gate, is certain death.
However, should a day come where he encounters a formidable foe that even Kakashi and Teacher Mokgetsu can't handle, he would open the Death Gate without hesitation, even at the cost of his life.
"You are already an excellent ninja," Might Duy said with emotion.
He felt there was nothing else he could teach Might Guy. Being able to open the Fourth Gate in such a short time, Might Guy would fully master the Eight Gates much faster than him.
Along with Might Guy's breakthrough, Mokgetsu's panel also displayed new progress in Might Guy's life mission.
[Disciple Might Guy's strength and reputation have grown; he has made a small stride on the road to being the strongest in Taijutsu, achieving progress reward - Moderate physical enhancement, any type Ninjutsu and Taijutsu Extraction Scroll (Master Level), Hirudora (Master Level)]
Once the progress exceeded 10%, Might Guy's life mission rewards were immediately settled.
Mokgetsu, having the Transparent World and Byakugan, was extremely sensitive to his body, and at the moment the reward was settled, he felt his body strengthen.
"I didn't expect it to directly enhance physique," Mokgetsu thought as he looked at the reward.
This was the first time the system directly increased his physique, and Mokgetsu had thought the system didn't have any direct physique enhancement rewards.
Mokgetsu roughly calculated and found this moderate enhancement substantial, equivalent to maintaining the Breath of Rock Constant State for three months; without the Breathing Technique, this could be measured in years since Mokgetsu's physical talent was quite average.
The Master Level Hirudora was nice, but what intrigued Mokgetsu more was the Ninjutsu Extraction Scroll; the life mission's reward extraction scroll clearly differed from the ordinary ones.
[Any type Ninjutsu and Taijutsu Extraction Scroll: Allows selection of Ninjutsu or Taijutsu type for extraction, with a high chance to yield high-level Ninjutsu or Taijutsu]
Upon clicking open, many categories emerged, and it even supported text search.
Mokgetsu pondered and searched for the word 'time.'
If there's any excessively powerful ability, it would surely be the ones related to time.
Although Mokgetsu's impression was that there weren't many time-related Ninjutsu in the Ninja World, this was still the system, and if there was one, it would be a big gain.
[None available]
Mokgetsu regretfully shook his head; across the myriad worlds, there must be many time-related abilities, but this extraction scroll seems to be based on the Naruto World.
Unable to extract time-related skills, Mokgetsu chose space-time.
Since the system noted a high probability of extracting high-level Ninjutsu, Mokgetsu figured it wouldn't yield just a Summoning Technique.
After making the choice, a big wheel appeared before Mokgetsu, and he directly clicked to start extracting.
[Space-Time Ninjutsu Extraction Scroll consumed, acquired Space-Time Ninjutsu - Flying Thunder Array Jutsu (Master Level)]
Seeing the reward, Mokgetsu felt speechless, thinking how he must have sharp eyes, for if his eyes were poor, he might have been momentarily thrilled, considering Flying Thunder God Jutsu and Flying Thunder Array Jutsu differed by only one character.
Mokgetsu had some impression of the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu; Minato wanted to pass the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to his Hokage guards, but they couldn't learn it, resulting in them successfully learning the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu, which required three people to perform for teleportation.
Because of the required number of people, the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu was evidently ineffective in combat; how could three people fight while holding hands?
Though if it cannot be used in combat, Mokgetsu didn't really mind, since his Perfect Level Breath of Thunder in battle wasn't slower than the Flying Thunder God, yet having to have three people perform together was very limiting; where would he find the other two people?
As numerous memories flowed into Mokgetsu's mind, his expression gradually changed, finding that the Master Level Flying Thunder Array Jutsu wasn't as useless as he initially thought.
After organizing his memories, Mokgetsu immediately began verifying the abilities embedded within his memory.
Mokgetsu first inscribed his Flying Thunder God Jutsu on his own desk and then walked southward to a secluded forest.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Reaching the forest, Mokgetsu immediately created two shadow clones.
Next, Mokgetsu held hands with the shadow clones, gathered chakra together, and performed the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu.
Swoosh!
In the next moment, Mokgetsu returned to his home in the main city district.
"Although it's slightly troublesome, I finally have the ability for long-distance instantaneous movement," Mokgetsu found the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu quite good.
His goal in learning the Flying Thunder God wasn't for its combat capabilities.
Mokgetsu checked his personal panel and found an unexpected gain.
[Skill: Flying Thunder God Jutsu (Not Learned: 10/100)]
Originally with no proficiency at all, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu finally had some proficiency, not just a bit, but ten points.
Mokgetsu thought for a while, combining previous system rewards, and formed a hypothesis.
"I really have no space-time talent at all, but in order for me to use the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu, this reward inherently brought some space-time talent."
In the beginning, most of Mokgetsu's chakra nature transformations were through reward Ninjutsu obtained from system rewards; if Mokgetsu didn't know Water Release, but was rewarded with it, it would inherently provide some water attribute chakra nature transformation knowledge.
Mokgetsu believed the two principles were similar, as despite diligently learning and consulting Minato, he hadn't been able to gain proficiency, likely due to having no space-time talent.
Subsequent discussions with Minato further verified Mokgetsu's hypothesis.
After two hours of learning the Flying Thunder God from Minato, Mokgetsu's Flying Thunder God proficiency increased by one.
Although it wasn't much, compared to previously having none, it was a significant difference.
Now possessing the Flying Thunder Array Jutsu, Mokgetsu decided to learn the Flying Thunder God at a leisurely pace, not dedicating too much effort into it, and slowly grind it until reaching the beginner level to later use skill proficiency scrolls to boost it to Master Level.
The time freed from learning the Flying Thunder God, Mokgetsu used to study the Breathing Technique; he aimed to develop a Breathing Technique with a high lower limit and a low upper limit for training purposes.
PS: My body has recovered quite a bit, feeling quite good today; tomorrow, I might write more, around 8,000 words.