Chapter 120 (Patreon)

“Hirudora!”

In an instant, a colossal white tiger formed from compressed air appeared above the training ground.

With a ferocious roar, it lunged straight at Yujiro!

Boom!

BOOM!

A deafening explosion shook the entire training ground.

The earth collapsed beneath the impact, sending shattered stones flying in every direction.

Smoke and dust billowed across the field, completely obscuring everything within.

Might Guy closed the Seventh Gate and stood in place, his breathing heavy from exhaustion.

At that moment, everyone watching held their breath.

The power behind that attack had been extraordinary.

If they had been the ones facing it, none of them were confident they could have withstood it.

Just then, a soft chuckle came from within the smoke.

“Not bad. That was worth testing.”

Yujiro’s voice echoed from the center of the training ground.

A powerful wave of aura suddenly swept outward, instantly blowing away the dense cloud of smoke.

A man dressed in black stood calmly at the center of the devastation, a black blade held in his hand.

His figure had not moved a single step!

Not only that, but even the ground beneath his feet remained perfectly intact!

Yujiro had blocked the full power of the Seventh Gate’s Hirudora with nothing more than his aura.

“Yujiro, you’re far too strong!”

Might Guy raised his head and stared at the completely unharmed Yujiro. His expression immediately fell.

Yujiro grinned and casually pointed a finger at him.

Might Guy suddenly cried out.

“What?! What is this?!”

“Huh?! I’ve already recovered?! That fast?!”

“This...”

“Enough,” Yujiro interrupted before Guy could become completely overwhelmed with excitement. “Go and find Kakashi.”

“Right!”

Still marveling at the incredible changes in his body, Might Guy hurried away.

Yujiro let out a quiet breath.

Aura, elementalization, physical strength, and genetic restoration—he had now verified all of those abilities.

Next were soul attacks, gravitational control, and force manipulation.

Of those three abilities, soul attacks were the only truly difficult one to test. The other two were relatively straightforward.

It was merely a question of how much power he could exert.

The Rinnegan granted its wielder a certain degree of control over gravity.

However, that power could, at most, be used to create Chibaku Tensei. Even a more powerful Rinnegan user could only create several more Chibaku Tensei at once.

The Sage of Six Paths, who possessed Six Paths Power, could perform Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.

That technique possessed enough power to create a moon.

The Tenseigan could also manipulate gravity.

However, those abilities had a fixed limit and offered little room for further growth.

What Yujiro controlled was true gravitational force—one of the four fundamental forces of the universe.

Its potential for growth was limitless!

For the moment, however, Yujiro was more interested in discovering how powerful his control over gravity currently was.

After all, he had only just acquired this ability.

Beyond gravitational force itself, he had also gained the ability to alter the strength and direction of gravity within a localized area.

Compared with controlling gravitational force on a greater scale, manipulating localized gravity was much easier.

With that thought in mind, Yujiro looked around the training ground, searching for someone who could help him test his gravity manipulation.

Before he could choose anyone, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Yujiro looked mildly surprised.

“Tsunade? What are you doing here?” he asked curiously.

“I’m going to spar with you. Weren’t you looking for an opponent?”

Tsunade rolled her wrist as she spoke.

Her strength had improved tremendously just moments ago, so she naturally wanted to find someone against whom she could test it.

“You want to fight me?”

Yujiro looked Tsunade up and down.

“What? Is there a problem?” Tsunade asked, pursing her lips.

“Not at all.”

Yujiro extended his right hand and flexed it slightly.

“I was only wondering how long you’d cry if I punched you.”

“Go to hell! I’m not some little girl who’ll start crying after one punch!”

Tsunade glared furiously at Yujiro.

“Here I come!”

The moment those words left her mouth, Tsunade activated her Chakra Enhanced Strength and charged straight at him.

She poured all of her strength into that punch.

Tsunade wanted to know whether her most powerful attack could cause even the slightest harm to Yujiro.

The next instant, Yujiro made his move as well.

He threw a single, ordinary punch.

Boom!

The simple motion created a thunderous sonic boom!

A violent shock wave, no weaker than the Hirudora Guy had unleashed after opening the Seventh Gate, crashed directly into Tsunade!

Fortunately, Tsunade’s ample chest helped cushion some of the impact, sparing her from injury.

Even so, the wind pressure generated by Yujiro’s punch sent her flying backward.

She was blown completely out of the training ground.

Kurenai Yūhi immediately rushed forward and caught Tsunade by the wrist, dispersing the remaining force behind her retreat.

Otherwise, Tsunade would have crashed to the ground and thoroughly embarrassed herself.

“Kurenai, your brother is an absolute monster!”

After regaining her balance, Tsunade pouted in dissatisfaction.

“Lady Tsunade, you were the one who challenged him...” Kurenai muttered quietly.

“Hmph!”

Tsunade snorted, rolled her eyes, and leaned close to Kurenai’s ear.

“Your brother bullied me in broad daylight.”

“Tonight, you must avenge me.”

“Ah?”

Kurenai blinked.

After spending so much time around Tsunade, she immediately understood what the older woman was implying.

Her beautiful face instantly turned crimson.

“Lady Tsunade, what are you saying...?”

Tsunade chuckled and gave her a knowing smile, as though everything she had said was entirely for Kurenai’s benefit.

Just then, Yujiro’s voice rang out once more.

“Shisui, activate your Mangekyō Sharingan. Manifest your Susanoo and fight me.”

Another wave of astonished exclamations immediately swept through the crowd.

Some of the ANBU present might not have understood exactly what Susanoo was.

Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, however, knew perfectly well.

Several years earlier, Fugaku and Shisui had each manifested Susanoo in front of them.

That terrifying pressure and the ominous chakra surrounding it were not things anyone could easily forget.

Shisui entered the training ground, but there was still a trace of hesitation on his face.

“Yujiro, I...”

“There’s no need to hesitate.”

Yujiro smiled casually and glanced sideways at Shisui.

“What? Do you really think your Susanoo could defeat me?”

“Well...”

Shisui scratched his head.

After thinking about it, he realized that Yujiro was someone capable of defeating even tailed beasts.

Moreover, Yujiro had already possessed that kind of strength several years ago.

Now, his power had become even more unfathomable.

With that realization, Shisui cast aside his remaining concerns.

His eyes began to transform.

His black pupils first became the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

A moment later, the tomoe shifted once more, transforming into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

At the same time, dark-green chakra erupted from Shisui’s body.

Sections of enormous white bones began forming around him.

Then, chakra resembling muscle fibers rapidly spread across the skeletal frame.

The first form of Susanoo was completed, and it immediately began transforming into its second form.

Yujiro did not rush him.

He merely stood there and waited quietly.

A moment later, Shisui’s Susanoo reached its second form!

The enormous dark-green Susanoo towered over the training ground.

Not only that, but it also held a massive spiral-shaped blade in its right hand.

Yujiro looked at Shisui in the distance and smiled faintly.

“This level is nowhere near enough. Keep pouring your ocular power into it and manifest the third form!”

Inside his Susanoo, Shisui took a deep breath.

“All right!”

He immediately pushed the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan to its limit.

A heart-stopping pressure slowly descended upon the entire training ground.

At the same time, Shisui let out a low shout.

“Susanoo—Third Form!”