REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 50: Who's Strongest? Method for Strengthening Genjutsu Resistance
"—Rasengan!"
Another round of survival exercises.
Using the dust fog Kushina raised with Wind Release as cover, Yoru threw several kunai at Orochimaru.
Though somewhat blurred, Orochimaru still easily dodged the kunai assault.
The next second, his pupils contracted sharply.
Yoru's figure had already appeared before Orochimaru without warning, holding a blue-white energy sphere in his hand, stopping mere centimeters from his stomach.
Orochimaru broke out in cold sweat for the first time.
Simultaneously, his eyes filled with delight: "You learned Flying Thunder God Technique?"
"Actually, I learned this technique the day we returned." Yoru laughed lightly, then used Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish, pressing the Rasengan against a large tree and instantly blasting it apart.
Watching the tree fall and dust fly, Orochimaru rarely felt somewhat envious, murmuring: "So this is Flying Thunder God Technique? No wonder Sarutobi-sensei so desperately wanted to see this technique's revival. Truly terrifying."
When Orochimaru was young, neither the First nor Second Hokage had yet died.
However, by the time he could stand on his own, Konoha had long entered Hiruzen Sarutobi's era.
He'd never witnessed either Wood Release or Flying Thunder God Technique.
Experiencing Flying Thunder God Technique's power for the first time, Orochimaru finally comprehended Space-Time's strength and understood why Tokiya had no time to even react before being dismembered.
Because knowing Yoru wanted to hide his Space-Time bloodline and definitely wouldn't use Space-Time power during survival exercises, Orochimaru had been somewhat careless just now, completely failing to notice anything unusual about the kunai.
If Yoru had actually pressed that Rasengan forward, even Orochimaru couldn't have reacted.
That warning-less teleportation plus nearly zero wind-up seal-less jutsu was simply enemies' nightmare.
Moreover, Orochimaru knew Yoru possessed an even stronger technique—Dimensional Slash—which truly matched Flying Thunder God Technique as the ultimate killing move.
Anyone without prior intelligence encountering Yoru's combination technique faced certain death.
Yoru returned before Orochimaru, smiling while asking: "Orochimaru-sensei, how was my performance this time? Didn't disappoint you, right?"
"More than not disappointing—in combat aspects, I have nothing left to teach you." Orochimaru smiled. "From now on, your combat style and tactics can revolve around Flying Thunder God Technique. Whether Flying Thunder God paired with Rasengan, Flying Thunder God paired with chakra blade, or Flying Thunder God paired with sealing techniques... all will leave enemies defenseless!"
"I still have much to learn from you, Orochimaru-sensei." Yoru smiled modestly.
"Of course. I still have plenty to teach you." Orochimaru smiled. "Though your trump card and Flying Thunder God Technique are both extremely formidable—in life-or-death battles, you can catch anyone lacking your intelligence off-guard—if someone successfully escapes, your intelligence will definitely spread throughout the entire shinobi world at maximum speed."
"At that point, achieving Rain Country-level instant kills won't be so easy."
"They'll also rapidly identify your weaknesses for countering you. And once they strike, they'll definitely come fully prepared."
"Your chakra isn't yet strong enough to instantly break powerful genjutsu. Strong genjutsu specialists can use various incredible methods to trap you in genjutsu worlds without your awareness. Like the Uchiha clan's Sharingan—just one eye contact can pull you into genjutsu worlds, even creating illusions that you've already broken the genjutsu."
"Moreover, this clan's eyes can use Sharingan to deploy binding techniques like paralysis jutsu, equally impossible to defend against."
"Like Phantom Rain Tokiya you faced before—he could deploy genjutsu through rainwater and rain sounds."
"Your attacks must close distance for lethality, yet closing distance often gives opponents chances to deploy fatal strikes. So this genjutsu weakness—you must strengthen it quickly."
Hearing this, Yoru immediately asked humbly: "Orochimaru-sensei, do you have suggestions?"
Kushina, arriving beside Yoru, obediently didn't disturb them.
"To strengthen genjutsu resistance, first understand genjutsu principles."
Orochimaru brought Yoru and Kushina to sit beneath a tree, beginning to teach them: "Genjutsu is a technique activated using Yin Release chakra. Effects include manipulating chakra flow in enemies' brain neurons, thereby achieving mental attacks, illusion construction, confusion, hypnosis, and so on..."
"However, regardless of genjutsu type, invisible Yin Release chakra must infiltrate enemies' brains through the five senses."
"So genjutsu has only five most common types: visual, olfactory, auditory, taste, and tactile."
"If someone could seal off all five senses, they'd basically be immune to all mainstream genjutsu—but that's obviously impossible."
"So countering genjutsu has only one method: disrupting your own internal chakra flow so genjutsu specialists can't manipulate chakra in your brain neurons."
Reaching this point, Orochimaru suddenly changed topics: "Do you know who's currently the shinobi world's strongest?"
"Uh, isn't the strongest the Hokage?" Kushina responded blankly.
Even living overseas, she knew Fire Country and Konoha were the shinobi world's strongest nation and village. As the strongest shinobi village's leader, the Hokage should reasonably be strongest.
"The Hokage is indeed strongest—but strongest in ninjutsu." Orochimaru smiled. "Throughout the current shinobi world, no one surpasses the Hokage in understanding and applying the five elemental techniques."
"But regarding personal strength, the Hokage isn't the strongest."
Orochimaru began educating them: "Currently, six existences stand at the shinobi world's pinnacle—the current Five Kage plus Amegakure's Hanzo of the Salamander."
"Among them, four are publicly acknowledged as strongest."
"They are the Hokage—strongest in five elemental techniques; Hanzo of the Salamander—strongest in strategic deterrence; the Third Tsuchikage—strongest in aerial threat; and possessing the strongest individual ability... the Third Raikage."
Orochimaru spoke solemnly: "The Hokage masters five elemental techniques' nature transformation, able to fuse all five nature transformations into compound jutsu for release—extremely formidable. Hanzo of the Salamander's summoning beast—the salamander—possesses the shinobi world's most terrifying poison ability. Combined with Hanzo's strength, one man and one beast can battle an entire nation alone. The Third Tsuchikage masters Dust Release—a Kekkei Tota formed by fusing three nature transformations—capable of decomposing everything touched into atomic state. Plus Iwagakure's Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique allows flight, making him invincible in aerial combat."
"But regarding individual ability, only the Third Raikage is called strongest. Do you know why?"
Kushina shook her head blankly.
Yoru grasped Orochimaru's meaning, eyes brightening: "Orochimaru-sensei, you mean... Lightning Release?"
"Correct." Orochimaru smiled and nodded. "The Third Raikage is very strong—called the man with strongest offense, defense, and speed. Rumor says he can fight the Eight-Tails to a draw. No jutsu can break his defense, and even genjutsu is ineffective against him."
"Such a powerful person possesses no bloodline limit, no Kekkei Tota, doesn't need summoning beasts, and only excels at Kumogakure's Lightning Release taijutsu."
"You don't need to train Lightning Release to his level. You only need to master Lightning Release, using Lightning Release chakra to keep your internal chakra disrupted. This can strengthen genjutsu resistance while further enhancing speed."
Pointing at Yoru, Orochimaru said: "So your next stage is training Lightning Release nature transformation."
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