Sarutobi Asuma opened his skill panel.
Substitution Technique Lv. 6 (11.03%)
Clone Technique Lv. 6 (5.69%)
Transformation Technique Lv. 6 (23.89%)
Shadow Clone Technique Lv. 5 (12.45%)
Chakra Control Lv. 8 (Extraction, Manipulation/45%)
Chakra Nature Transformation Lv. 8 (Fire Style Lv. 8 33%, Wind Style Lv. 8 45%, Earth Style Lv. 2 16%, Yin Style Lv. 2 78%, Water Style Lv. 1 18%, Lightning Style Lv. 2 89%)
Fire Style - Flame Bullet Lv. 7 (6%)
Wind Style - Great Breakthrough Lv. 4 (46%)
Genjutsu - Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique Lv. 3 (52%)
Taijutsu (Unarmed) Lv. 4 (63%)
Wind Style Sword Technique Lv. 5 (35%)
Ninja Tool Throwing Lv. 4 (7%)
Body Flicker Technique Lv. 3 (23%)
Twenty-three skill points were a lot, but there were also many skills.
However, Sarutobi Asuma already had a plan for how to allocate them.
Prioritize the basics, and prioritize skills that were difficult to improve through personal training upon reaching a bottleneck.
This time, he intended to improve his overall combat power.
Therefore, Sarutobi Asuma first allocated 2 skill points to Chakra Control.
Next, he set his sights on the Substitution Technique, allocating 4 skill points to it.
Among the three basic ninjutsu, Sarutobi Asuma had the highest hopes for this one.
At Lv. 10, Substitution Technique would be Six Paths Level according to the system's classification. Sarutobi Asuma was very curious what it would be like.
Moreover, he also needed to test what normal ninjutsu would be like at Lv. 10.
"I'll try allocating them like this for now..."
Sarutobi Asuma withdrew his thoughts, preparing to allocate the points according to this plan during his break to see the status of Lv. 10 Substitution Technique.
Soon, it was noon.
The team stopped to rest.
Hatake Sakumo personally stood guard. After eating a Ration Pill, Sarutobi Asuma began allocating points according to his plan.
First, Lv. 6 Substitution Technique was upgraded to Lv. 10.
After allocating the points, Sarutobi Asuma's body stiffened for a moment. He felt as if his mind had been instantly flooded with a massive amount of information.
It took him a full five minutes to recover, and then he was so surprised he almost wanted to laugh out loud.
Substitution Technique, an E-rank ninjutsu, was the most difficult of the three basic ninjutsu.
It wasn't because it involved space ninjutsu, as Sarutobi Asuma had speculated in his previous life.
It was because performing this technique often simultaneously utilized the Transformation Technique and the Clone Technique, especially the Transformation Technique.
For example, using wood to replace oneself.
One would first need to prepare the wood, and then use the Transformation Technique on the wood to make it look like oneself.
The most basic application often required predicting the opponent's attack in advance to allow the wood, transformed to look like oneself, to take the hit in place of the original body.
Therefore, the strength of the Substitution Technique was often closely related to the Transformation Technique.
Of course, this was the most basic application.
It could be considered a form of camouflage, not involving any spatial properties.
In more advanced applications, such as Orochimaru's snake substitution or earth substitution, clones were often used as substitutes, completing the cloning and substitution operations in a very short time.
This also did not involve space and had range limitations.
Therefore, concepts similar to Uchiha Sasuke's Amenotejikara were completely nonexistent for Substitution Technique.
However.
When Substitution Technique was raised to Lv. 10, its theoretical maximum level, the Six Paths tier, everything changed.
Lv. 10 Substitution Technique, when used in conjunction with the Clone Technique, allowed for swapping positions within a sensed range.
Space Ninjutsu!
It appeared similar to Amenotejikara or the Flying Thunder God.
But it was greatly restricted.
It must be a clone, and with the strength of a normal clone, it definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it, so a physical clone like a Shadow Clone is needed.
This way, there's a distance limitation.
Since the Shadow Clone has a limited duration, the distance from the main body also has a huge limitation.
Unless like Naruto in the future, he cultivates Sage Mode while also having the Nine-Tails.
In other words.
The power of Level 10 Substitution Technique largely depends on the mastery of Shadow Clone.
"With my current Level 5 Shadow Clone, if it's not for high-intensity combat, even just for traveling and hiding, it can last for a day or two. Even on the battlefield, if I prepare in advance, it's enough to save my life!"
Sarutobi Asuma was overjoyed.
Level 10 Substitution Technique had given him a great surprise.
"However, I still need to test it properly. After all, it's become a space Ninjutsu, and there will definitely be pressure when exchanging positions, which requires the Shadow Clone to have enough strength."
"Also, using a Shadow Clone as a substitute for death will put a lot of pressure on the mind, which must also be overcome through continuous training."
Sarutobi Asuma analyzed silently, then another thought surfaced: "If I raise Shadow Clone to Level 10, I wonder what kind of effect it will have?"
But he suppressed the urge to upgrade.
Because with his current Chakra Control ability, there was still much room for improvement in the Shadow Clone technique, especially after he raised his Chakra Control to Level 10.
Perhaps by practicing on his own, he could reach Level 8 in two to three years.
Immediately, Sarutobi Asuma added points again, upgrading his Level 8 Chakra Control (Extraction, Manipulation/45%) to Level 10 Chakra Control (Extraction, Manipulation/45%).
Two minutes later, Sarutobi Asuma's expression was somewhat dazed.
Because he discovered that Level 10 Chakra Control allowed him to control Chakra with extreme precision, able to do whatever he pleased.
The Three Basic Ninjutsu, Shadow Clone Technique, Fire Style - Flame Bullet, Wind Style - Great Breakthrough, and Level 3 Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique no longer required hand seals.
"For me now, as long as a Ninjutsu is proficient, I can completely discard hand seals or simplify them to one seal."
This change made Sarutobi Asuma feel like crying and laughing. It felt like the past four years of practicing hand seals until his hands cramped were completely wasted.
After composing himself, Sarutobi Asuma ended this point allocation.
A total of 6 skill points were consumed, leaving 17 points.
Afterward, Sarutobi Asuma began practicing the Shadow Clone technique.
With the improvement in Chakra Control, it could be rapidly improved again.
Not only the Shadow Clone Technique, but other Ninjutsu, except for Fire Style - Flame Bullet, also had room for rapid improvement.
In the blink of an eye, the half-hour rest period ended, and the group set off again.
After traveling for the entire afternoon, they rested again upon reaching nightfall.
After two hours of training, Sarutobi Asuma and Shizune were responsible for the first watch.
During the latter half of the night, Hatake Sakumo and Shizune were responsible.
The next morning, after a fish soup made by Shizune, the group set off again.
In this manner, by around five in the afternoon, the group finally arrived at their destination.
It was an outpost set up by Konoha on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers.
After handing over with another small team within the outpost, Sarutobi Asuma and the others' first mission officially began.
For the next month, they would patrol the border with this outpost as their center, to prevent ninjas of unknown identity from infiltrating the Land of Fire.
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