In front of the waterfall.
Sarutobi Asuma sat cross-legged, his eyes downcast as he refined his chakra.
At noon, Kurenai brought bento, but she didn't disturb him.
Another hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Sarutobi Asuma suddenly opened his eyes.
Kurenai immediately came forward and asked expectantly, "Asuma, did it work?"
"It worked!"
Sarutobi Asuma's face was full of smiles, and then he removed the Ninja Headband from his forehead.
Kurenai looked and saw that the center of Sarutobi Asuma's forehead seemed to be inlaid with a light blue rhombus-shaped gem.
This was the mark of the Yin Seal.
Seeing such a mark appear on Sarutobi Asuma, Kurenai suddenly couldn't help but laugh.
"How is it?"
"Have I become more charming?"
Sarutobi Asuma touched his forehead and asked with a smile.
"Mhm!"
Kurenai smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "After nearly a year, how much chakra have you stored?"
Sarutobi Asuma estimated and said, "It's probably about 100 times my current peak state!"
"100 times!"
Kurenai exclaimed in surprise.
This amount truly shocked her.
She knew that the amount of chakra Sarutobi Asuma currently possessed was already about 10 times hers.
Calculating it this way.
This stored chakra was equivalent to... 1000 times what she currently had!
However, unknown to her, Sarutobi Asuma still felt a little regretful at this moment.
The Yin Seal's storage of chakra was not infinite.
In his current situation, his limit was around 150 times his own chakra.
"This is meant to be used in conjunction with Lady Tsunade's S-rank Medical Ninjutsu. Without sufficient chakra, rapid regeneration of limbs and organs is not possible."
Sarutobi Asuma explained.
Tsunade's Ninjutsu - Creation Rebirth was completed about half a year ago.
The reason it was called completed was similar to what he had thought before.
There were related records passed down from the Senju Clan, from the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
Tsunade simply organized the records, and the technique became a reality naturally.
However.
Now it was Sarutobi Asuma's turn to have a headache.
In terms of Medical Ninjutsu, reaching the stage of Creation Rebirth, Sarutobi Asuma himself didn't know how to progress to resurrecting people. He could only trick Tsunade into researching cloning to temporarily escape her iron fist.
Speaking of which, it was all tears.
Putting his forehead protector back on, Sarutobi Asuma asked Kurenai, "How is your Genjutsu development coming along?"
Kurenai shook her head and sighed, "It's too difficult to develop a Ninjutsu on my own."
"But, Asuma, is the kind of Genjutsu you mentioned, where illusion becomes reality, really possible?"
Sarutobi Asuma thought for a moment and said, "Theoretically, yes."
"When we cast Genjutsu, we disrupt chakra, deceive the five senses, making the false appear real."
"This is deception through illusion."
"Cultivating flowers in a greenhouse, creating a real environment that allows flowers to bloom in all seasons, isn't this also a form of Genjutsu?"
"Perhaps it should be called deception through reality?"
Kurenai frowned and pondered upon hearing this.
Sarutobi Asuma thought for a moment and then said, "The transformation between illusion and reality is definitely difficult, but we can take it step by step."
"For example, Kurenai, you can try to make a plant bloom out of season."
"Blooming out of season?"
Kurenai mused, "Asuma, you mean, using Genjutsu to make a plant believe it's the season for blooming, and then have it bloom?"
Sarutobi Asuma snapped his fingers, "Exactly, that's what I mean!"
"I think if we can achieve this level, then Genjutsu that deceives the five senses will surely be within our grasp, and we can be called a Genjutsu Master!"
However, Kurenai felt that what Asuma said was like a fantasy.
Plants weren't people; they didn't have consciousness.
Asuma Sarutobi seemed to read Kurenai's thoughts and chuckled, "Plants also have cells."
"They are also life, and they have their own sensory systems."
"Genjutsu, perhaps, is essentially about turning the impossible into the possible, making the fake into the real!"
"Kurenai, why don't we have a competition? See who can achieve it first, what do you say?"
Upon hearing this, Kurenai immediately smiled and retorted, "Asuma, while you understand genjutsu, you're far from my level. Are you sure?"
Asuma Sarutobi smiled playfully, "Then let's make a bet?"
"What kind of bet?"
Kurenai asked.
Asuma Sarutobi immediately leaned close to Kurenai's ear and whispered.
Hearing this, Kurenai's cheeks immediately flushed. She glared at Asuma Sarutobi in mock anger, "Then let's compete, but you're destined to lose!"
"Hurry up and eat your bento, I'm going to train!"
With that, Kurenai flashed away.
Asuma Sarutobi chuckled, then opened Kurenai's heart-shaped bento and began to eat heartily.
After finishing the bento and washing the box clean, Asuma Sarutobi sat before the waterfall and opened his system, examining his attributes and skills.
The Hundred Healings Technique had been mastered, and now he could freely unleash the Adamantine Sealing Chains by relying on the vast chakra of the Yin Seal.
Following the Rasenshuriken, he now had another ultimate move.
Although this ultimate move might not be very sustainable, taking a surge once would likely require half a year to do again.
However, it was enough for him to deal with most dangers.
And in the past year, his character level had only increased by 2, reaching level 35.
There was also an achievement: [Hundred Man Killer].
Asuma Sarutobi had allocated all the attribute points he received to his Constitution.
This also allowed his Constitution to break through the 70 mark, reaching 70.2!
This was one of the reasons he could complete the training of the Hundred Healings Technique in less than a year.
"The more trump cards, the better. For regular ninjutsu, the Five Great Ninjutsu are actually sufficient for me now. If it weren't for farming experience, I wouldn't necessarily need to master more ninjutsu."
"And if I continue down this path, even with my cheat, I still need to move towards Kekkei Genkai, Kekkei Tōta, and Kekkei Mōra, until I can synthesize their Chakra Nature Transformations, master Yin-Yang Release, and create Truth-Seeking Balls!"
"Perhaps, I should try synthesizing my own Kekkei Genkai."
Asuma Sarutobi had actually considered this idea before.
However, his previous focus had been consumed by the Hundred Healings Technique, the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Medical Ninjutsu.
Otherwise, with his level 10 Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation and level 10 Fire Style Chakra Nature Transformation, he would have attempted to synthesize a Kekkei Genkai long ago.
"Then, I'll start with Scorch Release!"
Asuma Sarutobi made up his mind.
Wind Style + Fire Style could synthesize the Scorch Release Bloodline Limit.
Currently, Sunagakure had a powerful Fire Style user, the Elite Jonin Pakura.
"If I synthesize Scorch Release, then my Chakra Cloak will be fully realized, and I might even be able to form a Scorch Release Chakra Mode."
"However, what kind of Scorch Release do I want?"
Asuma Sarutobi pondered in his heart, "Or rather, what goal am I heading towards?"
"I can't just rely on luck, can I?"
"Or maybe I should go and exchange ideas with Pakura?"
His thoughts raced wildly, and after a while, he pulled them back, extinguished the messy thoughts, and then sought inspiration from Fire Style and Wind Style.
"When two Chakra Nature Transformations merge, it's bound to be a fusion of their advantages, complementing each other."
Asuma Sarutobi's mind worked at high speed: "First, wind enhances fire. The combination of Wind Style and Fire Style ninjutsu can not only expand the range of Fire Style but also increase its temperature."
"With my current level 10 Fire Style Chakra Nature Transformation, when I use Fire Style, the flame temperature won't exceed three thousand degrees, appearing orange-red."
"If Wind Style and Fire Style combine, the flame temperature must rise another level."
"So, the first goal: temperature!"
Thinking of this, Asuma Sarutobi suddenly had an inspiration: "High temperature... plasma!"
"High-temperature flames can be plasma!"
Asuma Sarutobi's thinking suddenly broadened.
Plasma cannon!
"What I need is Scorch Release in a high-temperature plasma state, with strong plasticity, or rather, morphological changes."
Asuma Sarutobi set his goal, then clapped his hands together, and began to attempt to fuse the two Chakra Nature Transformations to form a Kekkei Genkai.
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