Whoosh—!
A flame dragon that wasn't small in scale surged from Mikami Yuu's mouth and roared into another stone pillar not far away, producing a thunderous blast. Although it did not look as astonishing as Sarutobi Hiruzen's demonstration, it still blew the stone pillar apart, sending fragments flying.
"Not bad."
Hiruzen nodded. "To reach this level on your first attempt, your talent in Fire Release really is extraordinary. Your chakra reserves and explosive output are excellent too. However, the shape can still be refined further. Focus on the key point: condensed but not scattered, moving but not chaotic…"
As Hiruzen explained,
Yuu let out a soft breath and split off a thread of attention toward the galgame system.
[Gift: Limited Skin · Fire Dragon Flame Bullet Fragment → Dragon Fire Technique]
[Dragon Fire Technique affection +4. Current affection: 59/100]
It seemed that skin fragments really did increase affection less than a complete skin. A normal skin should add around 8 points at once.
However, the benefit of a skin was that it could directly raise proficiency to a baseline level and receive the traits of the original technique. Dragon Fire Technique's trait was Piercing Flame, which increased range and stability. If that trait were applied to Fire Dragon Flame Bullet…
At this moment,
Yuu felt the understanding of Fire Dragon Flame Bullet that had appeared in his mind out of nowhere, along with a not particularly obvious but undeniably present sense of control over flames. He formed the seals again.
This time, he slowed down the speed of his hand seals. After completing the seals and gathering chakra in his throat, he did not immediately spit it out. Instead, he paused for about three seconds to charge it. Only when the pressure in his mouth gradually increased and became difficult to suppress did he suddenly open his mouth.
Boom—!!
A ferocious dragon head appeared, dragging a long flame body behind it as it shot out like a comet striking the moon. With a loud explosion, a massive granite target dozens of meters away was blasted apart. The scorching flames continued with remaining force, rushing into the farther forest and burning fiercely.
"Oh?!"
A sharp light flashed in Hiruzen's eyes. He even forgot to smoke his pipe. True surprise appeared on his face.
"Only the second attempt… and you can already reach this level? This range and penetration… have improved by a large margin compared to before! Incredible!"
Beside him, Minato could not hide his surprise either.
One had to know…
Although Hiruzen could not possibly use his full strength during a demonstration, the effect he had shown was still something ordinary ninja could not compare with.
Yuu's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet might not have the same overwhelming suppression as Hiruzen's, but in terms of penetration and explosive force, it faintly surpassed it.
It seemed…
"Yuu's comprehension in Fire Release really is astonishing."
Comprehension was something that could not be explained.
It could not be measured purely by logic.
Minato himself was like that. Before him, it wasn't as if no one in Konoha had tried to learn Flying Thunder God, including Jiraiya and Orochimaru. But even those two had failed. Then Minato appeared, not only learning Flying Thunder God quickly, but even surpassing his predecessor.
Considering Yuu had long since been able to independently "improve" Great Fireball, what he had done now was not without precedent.
"Hoo…"
Yuu gently exhaled a breath of scorching air tinged with faint sulfur and suppressed the somewhat surging chakra inside his body.
It seemed…
There were no bad traits. It only depended on whether they were properly matched.
The original Piercing Flame was honestly a bit useless.
Because Dragon Fire Technique required steel wire as a medium to trigger. Its attack route was a straight line between two points and was extremely easy to predict. Without charging, it might not even hit the enemy, let alone when charging. So he had almost never used that trait.
But Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was different.
This technique was a wide-area suppression ninjutsu with a certain degree of flexibility. Charging for one or two seconds, or even longer, did not greatly affect its hit rate. Unless the opponent judged from the start that they could not clash head-on and dodged in advance, it would be difficult to escape unscathed.
"Very good, Yuu!"
Hiruzen praised him without reservation. "In just two attempts, you grasped the essence of Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and integrated your own understanding. In terms of Fire Release comprehension alone, among all the younger generations I have personally instructed, I would call you the strongest. I can rest assured leaving this technique to you."
"Next, let us try the Water Severing Wave left behind by the Second Hokage."
At this moment,
Hiruzen beckoned. Two masked Anbu appeared and, at his instruction, set up several Earth-Style Walls in the training ground as targets. The nearest was about twenty meters away, and the farthest was more than fifty meters away. They were arranged in staggered positions with varying heights.
Then,
Hiruzen explained again, this time in even more detail and with more patience. After that, he began forming seals. After a somewhat complicated sequence of hand seals, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat.
Hiss—!!!
A pale blue water line as thin as a chopstick shot from Hiruzen's mouth and sliced across an Earth-Style Wall twenty meters away.
The wall was smoothly split in half as if cut by the sharpest laser. The upper section slowly slid down and collapsed with a crash.
Immediately afterward, Hiruzen lifted his chin. That slender water line moved through the air like a living thing, tracing an arc. With several hissing sounds, it pierced or cut through several other Earth-Style Walls farther away one after another. The entire process was swift, precise, and sharp, carrying a deadly beauty.
At this moment,
the galgame system text box jumped as expected.
[Ding! Giftable legendary limited skin fragment detected — Wild Water Wave: Water Severing Wave!]
[Note: Legendary limited skins can only be gifted after affection reaches 90. There is a significant difference between fragments and complete skins. It is recommended to prioritize gifting the complete skin.]
Unlike Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, Water Severing Wave was not a B-rank ninjutsu.
It was top-tier S-rank!
So, like Flying Thunder God, it was one of only two legendary limited skins Yuu had seen so far. It was even a level above Mystical Palm Technique's advanced limited category.
In terms of raw power, Water Severing Wave might not be two whole levels above Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
But when it came to training difficulty, they could not be compared at all.
Because Water Severing Wave's principle was similar to an ultra-high-pressure water cutter. It required compressing chakra to the extreme to obtain ultimate sharpness and precision. Its requirements for chakra control were extremely high, far above medical ninjutsu.
Because of this,
Yuu did not immediately gift the fragment. Instead, he first tried a few times with his own ability, following the explanation he had just heard.
As expected…
These attempts were nowhere near as smooth as Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
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