signingbooks #310 - "Spiritual Archery"
#310 - "Spiritual Archery"
"Liang Yue, I did it! I can finally create shadow clones! Wahahahaha~!"
Accompanied by a burst of arrogant laughter, Naruto, who had grown half a head taller, was now standing in front of Liang Yue with his hands on his hips, his mouth stretched so wide it almost reached the roots of his ears.
Beside him, another shadow clone, looking exactly like the little blondie, was also laughing up at the sky in the same posture as the original.
It's no wonder the kid was so excited. If it were anyone else, spending two whole years doing just one thing...
Once successful, the emotions in their heart would probably be hard to suppress~
That's right~
It has been a full two years since Liang Yue told Naruto that shadow clones could help him train…
During this period, perhaps because he had himself as a role model constantly urging him on.
Naruto seemed to have lost the mischievousness and frivolousness he had in the original storyline.
He spent all day cultivating desperately, constantly trying to condense chakra in various ways.
He didn't even miss the time Iruka spent lecturing in class.
Unfortunately, although his attitude was correct, he still achieved very little at first.
This once made Naruto very depressed and dispirited.
Then finally, one day more than a year ago, Liang Yue's seemingly casual words seemed to have inspired him a lot.
"Maybe you should pray to the gods and Buddhas to bless you and get rid of all the bad luck…"
"…Invite a god into my heart? Alright, sigh~ But which god should I pray to?"
"I don't know, have you ever dreamed of anything divine while sleeping?"
"Um… I dreamed of an arrogant fox, it was so fierce~! But it doesn't look like a god."
"Be pious, it's best to get along with it…"
"Okay, I'll try."
…
I don't know what Naruto did later.
In short, a week after that conversation, the little blondie suddenly succeeded in condensing chakra…
However, Naruto's aptitude is actually not very good, especially in controlling chakra.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to use the Shadow Clone Technique until now.
However, compared to him in the original storyline, Naruto has obviously improved a lot at this time.
However, when it comes to growth, he is naturally not the only one who has changed.
Hinata has also made obvious progress in these two years.
At least in terms of courage, the little girl is no longer as shy as before. Although her personality is still kind and gentle, she is no longer so hesitant when she really starts fighting.
Under Liang Yue's sparring, she can already withstand a few moves even when facing the serious Hyuga clan leader.
It's just that when the little girl faces her sister, Hyuga Hanabi, she still can't bring herself to do it.
…
"Now that you have shadow clones, does it help you in your cultivation?"
Looking at Naruto, who was laughing wildly in front of him, Liang Yue then asked.
"Uh~ It still doesn't seem to work…"
His question immediately froze the originally ecstatic Naruto, who scratched his head sheepishly and looked at Liang Yue somewhat embarrassed.
"Hmm?"
Liang Yue's face flashed with a look of doubt when he heard this.
"Well~ Although I can't use clones to extract chakra, it's still good for fighting, practicing taijutsu, and using kunai.
Moreover, it doesn't matter if I can't condense chakra, anyway, I can already cultivate myself, hehe~ Many people in our class can't even perform the Clone Technique now~!"
"…Okay, as long as you can think it through…"
"By the way, Chunqiu, didn't you say you were researching a ninjutsu before? How's the progress now?"
"It's already completed, just a while ago."
"Huh? Really? You really completed your own ninjutsu! ?"
Naruto's eyes widened at this time. He originally just wanted to change the subject, but now he asked with a face full of disbelief.
Hinata, who was originally squatting by the river fishing with Hyuga Hanabi, but had been eavesdropping on the conversation between the two, simply dropped her fishing rod at this time.
She ran over excitedly, looking at Liang Yue with anticipation.
"What kind of ninjutsu is it? Can our Hyuga clan use it too?"
"Yes, it's a seal-less ninjutsu."
Liang Yue nodded with a smile to Hinata and Hyuga Hanabi, who was hiding behind her, and then raised his right index finger in front of the three of them.
He aimed it at a thick tree more than ten meters away, at least ten people would be needed to hug it.
Suddenly, his fingertip flicked, and a bean-sized, arrowhead-shaped shockwave shot out from it, straight forward, moving at lightning speed!
It was like a shooting star, with a spiral tail flame trailing behind it~
In the blink of an eye, it had already hit the tree trunk.
"Shua~!"
Accompanied by a short, piercing sound, a hole about the size of a one-yuan coin immediately appeared on it.
The thick and heavy tree trunk was directly pierced through!
However, this was not the end~
The blue-green spiritual energy arrow still continued forward with unabated momentum, carrying a strong force.
Wherever it passed, whether it was tree trunks, shrubs, branches, leaves, or stones, they were all directly pierced or shattered by this one strike!
By the time the power of this one strike was completely exhausted, it had traversed a distance of more than thirty meters!
Naruto, Hinata, and Hyuga Hanabi were immediately stunned.
This was actually because Liang Yue was deliberately holding back.
After nearly non-stop cultivation for these two years, he had successfully advanced his cultivation to the ninth level of the 《Evergreen Art》.
Translated into the martial arts realm, that is the level above Xiantian!
If we were to simply talk about the power of spiritual energy, it might not be as good as the martial arts zhenqi of the same realm. After all, low-level spiritual energy is a support-type of consumable energy.
In addition to being a supply for various spells, even the spiritual energy at the Xiantian level still has most of its effect on nourishing life.
Fortunately, after some reasonable development, he still managed to research this move, 《Spirit Arrow》.
It should be noted that the essence of the Spirit Arrow is Taoist magic, which is comparable to 《Fireball》, 《Palm Thunder》 and other spells, rather than a simple spiritual energy wave.
At Liang Yue's current level, this move 《Spirit Arrow》 is enough to pierce through all the trees within fifty meters under full power.
Moreover, this spirit arrow also has a certain degree of controllability.
Of course, the benchmark is only trees. If it were replaced with stones, soil, or harder objects, this distance should be shortened accordingly.
…
Looking in the direction where the spirit arrow flew, the few people could clearly observe a trend at this time.
That is, as the distance increased, the range of damage caused by the spirit arrow was also constantly increasing.
Or rather, it would be more appropriate to say it was spreading.
At the beginning, the penetrating hole caused by the spirit arrow on the tree at the forefront was only the size of a coin.
But later on, this range of damage began to expand continuously, from a coin hole to the size of a bowl, then from a bowl to the size of a basin, and then to the size of a water tank.
In the final stage, the spirit arrow could even explode directly.
It spread out like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, shooting all the branches, debris, and even the soil in that entire area within a dozen meters into sieves.
This power was truly shocking to see…