Chapter 288: Blaze Release
Chapter 288: Blaze Release
After more than a month of transformation, Ogura Saki's Kekkei Genkai fusion finally ended. Looking at the little girl who seemed to have been reborn, Ishiro was also happy for her.
Saki's progress this time was immense. She not only completed her Kekkei Genkai development but also completed her promotion. The ninja way she had persisted in for many years was finally realized, and the path she insisted on was indeed the correct one. This allowed Ogura Saki to become an Elite Jonin in one fell swoop.
Feeling the changes in her body, Saki began to test her Kekkei Genkai.
Standing opposite Saki, Ishiro first cast an Earth Release, and then Saki used a Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu against Ishiro's earth wall.
"Blaze Release: Breakthrough." This was a ninjutsu similar to Wind Release: Breakthrough.
However, after Saki cast it with her Kekkei Genkai, the Blaze Release chakra, the effect was completely different from before.
Originally, Wind Release: Breakthrough, as a relatively strong offensive jutsu among C-rank ninjutsu, could also break an earth wall defense, but after breaking it, it wouldn't have much power left.
But Blaze Release was different. When the Blaze Release hit the earth wall, it did not charge through like Wind Release but began to devour the chakra within the earth wall. The chakra in the wall was stripped away by the Blaze Release and ignited, then became fuel for the Blaze Release to grow stronger.
And the earth wall, having lost its chakra, quickly fell apart. At this time, the Blaze Release, which had been blocked for a moment by the earth wall, not only hadn't weakened but had instead become stronger.
Seeing this scene, everyone present, including Ishiro and Ōnoki, was greatly astonished.
This Kekkei Genkai was incredible.
This was much more formidable than a Kekkei Genkai like Storm Release. If not for the fact that Porcelain Release could be coordinated with sealing jutsu, in front of Blaze Release, it was just trash.
"Good, great! The potential of Blaze Release is immense. If developed well, its effect might even be above Explosion Release."
The power of Explosion Release lay in the explosion, but explosions could still be blocked. Unless it reached the level of Deidara's from the original story, capable of destroying a large area, Explosion Release wasn't really that useful.
But Blaze Release was different. From the very beginning, it had the ability to devour the chakra of others' ninjutsu to strengthen itself. In a sense, this was considered an unstoppable type of Kekkei Genkai.
This would be a Kekkei Genkai that was strong from the early stages all the way to the late stages.
Even Ishiro couldn't help but sigh, "If only the first Kekkei Genkai I developed had been Blaze Release."
Before Light Release and Sage Jutsu, Ishiro had always lacked a powerful offensive ninjutsu. If his Porcelain Release had been replaced with Blaze Release back then, he wouldn't have been forced into battles of attrition when encountering strong enemies.
"Saki, develop your Blaze Release well. You can try to control the offensive direction of the flames. If you can control the flames at will, the utility of Blaze Release can be taken a step further," Ishiro proposed a direction for Saki's subsequent research.
Because Saki had developed the Wind Tornado series of ninjutsu very early on, and Wind Tornado was a control-type ninjutsu, Ishiro had proposed that Saki develop in this direction.
Saki nodded. She was very excited now. The purpose of developing Blaze Release was to change her physical constitution and raise the upper limit of her body and spirit. But the unexpected power of Blaze Release had directly raised her combat power by a level, which she had not expected.
Joy upon joy made Saki ecstatic.
Ishiro was also happy, not only gratified by his disciple's achievement but also more determined about his own future development direction of wind and fire dual attributes.
Ishiro was incredibly clear about the development process of Saki's Blaze Release. He could also walk this path. It was just that his proficiency in the wind attribute was still far from reaching Saki's level.
The difficulty of improving the proficiency of the fifth attribute far exceeded Ishiro's imagination. He was already one of the top ninjutsu masters in the ninja world. His development of four attributes had each surpassed that of the vast majority of Jonin. The fusion of three Kekkei Genkai had made his understanding of ninjutsu and chakra attributes arguably the best in the entire ninja world.
But perhaps Ishiro's talent for the wind attribute was really too poor. Up to now, Ishiro's wind attribute chakra amount could at most cast one A-rank Wind Release jutsu, and what was even more infuriating was that he hadn't even learned an A-rank Wind Release yet.
Saki's Blaze Release was not like Pakura's Scorch Release. Scorch Release was mainly fire-based, while Blaze Release was mainly wind-based. When Blaze Release came into contact with an enemy's chakra, the first to take effect was the wind attribute. The wind attribute would autonomously strip away the enemy's chakra, and then the fire attribute would burn it.
After absorbing the enemy's chakra, the advance of the Blaze Release still had to rely on the wind attribute.
It could be said that the wind attribute was the main body that gave Blaze Release its unstoppable characteristic.
Ishiro's current wind attribute, let alone reaching Saki's level, was still far from even the minimum level for training in chakra fusion.
Ishiro's path to Blaze Release was long and distant. For now, he could only look forward to it with a little anticipation.
Ōnoki, on the other hand, was carefully inquiring about the training method for Blaze Release because he himself had the three attributes of wind, fire, and earth, and had completed the training of Dust Release through these three.
Originally, Ōnoki would not have coveted a Kekkei Genkai like Blaze Release, nor did he think he could learn a Kekkei Genkai. Because before Mei Terumi in the original story, no ninja had ever been able to learn two Kekkei Genkai through their own efforts.
But this life was different. With Ishiro as a living example before him, Ōnoki felt he could still be salvaged.
With Ōnoki's attainments in the wind and fire attributes, it was indeed enough to train in Blaze Release. After listening to Saki's detailed description, Ōnoki felt it was necessary to properly develop this Blaze Release.
Although Ōnoki's Dust Release was strong, its usage was too monotonous. Apart from using Dust Release as an ultimate move, Ōnoki used Earth Release for normal combat. Although his Earth Release power was not weaker than a Kage-level's, it was far inferior to Dust Release. He always felt that there was a lack of a transitional technique between Earth Release and Dust Release.
The unstoppable characteristic of Blaze Release was just right. Ōnoki expressed that he was very tempted.
But this way, Ōnoki also felt that time was a bit insufficient; he hadn't even mastered Sage Mode yet. Both Sage Jutsu training and Kekkei Genkai development were very time-consuming training contents.
At this moment, Ikura suddenly interjected, "Can Blaze Release burn chakra of any attribute? Can it burn the chakra of a Kekkei Genkai? And does it have any effect on the chakra of a Tailed Beast?"
Ikura's words startled everyone. That's right, what was the upper limit of Blaze Release? Setting aside whether it had an effect on Kekkei Genkai, if it was also useful against Tailed Beasts, then Iwagakure would have hit the jackpot. When a Tailed Beast rampages, the biggest difficulty lies in its vast and suffocating amount of chakra.
If Blaze Release could burn the Tailed Beast's chakra and convert it for its own use, then the status of Blaze Release could be called a "bug."
No sooner said than done. Ishiro himself had five attributes and two Kekkei Genkai.
Water Release: Water Shockwave, Water Release: Violent Water Wave, Water Release: Water Clone Jutsu, Earth Release: Earth Flow Crushed Stone, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, Earth Release: Earth Clone, Lightning Release: Lightning Guide, Lightning Release: Lightning Clone, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Wind Release: Breakthrough, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Shadow Clone Jutsu...
Ishiro used all the C-rank and B-rank ninjutsu he knew once and finally came to a conclusion: Blaze Release was not omnipotent.
First: Blaze Release did indeed have the effect of stripping the chakra from an enemy's ninjutsu and burning it, but this process required time. If facing a swift ninjutsu like Lightning Release, the effect of Blaze Release would be much worse.
When clashing with Lightning Release, Blaze Release could only play a weakening role and could not completely burn it before the Lightning Release hit him.
But against defensive ninjutsu, the effect of Blaze Release was surprisingly good.
Second, there was an upper limit to the chakra Blaze Release could burn from an enemy. After experiments, the level of chakra Blaze Release could burn could be increased by almost one tier. A C-rank Blaze Release jutsu could completely burn the chakra in a B-rank ninjutsu. This did not surprise Ishiro and the others. After all, it was a Kekkei Genkai, and the ninja world's positioning of a conventional Kekkei Genkai was that it was one level stronger.
Then, Blaze Release was not very effective against chakra of the same level. When Ishiro used a Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu to fight against Blaze Release, he found that it still had some burning effect, but compared to the obvious effect against normal attribute ninjutsu, this effect could be ignored.
Although everyone was regretful, they were not disappointed; this was within their expectations.
The last item was the Tailed Beast chakra test. This was also easy to handle. Ishiro directly called over the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han. Han could now mobilize the Five-Tails Kokuō's chakra very easily. Kokuō not only didn't obstruct him but was also very cooperative.
However, the test result disappointed everyone. The level of the Five-Tails' chakra seemed to be even above that of a Kekkei Genkai. Blaze Release had almost no effect on the Five-Tails' chakra.
Thinking about it, that made sense. The Five-Tails itself could use Boil Release; its chakra level was at least at the Kekkei Genkai level.
Ishiro recalled the original story. The ones who appeared most were the Nine-Tails and the One-Tail. The One-Tail could help the successive Kage of the Sand learn Magnet Release. And the Nine-Tails even looked down on Sage Jutsu.
More importantly, Tailed Beast chakra also seemed to have a healing effect. Many Jinchuriki, despite being severely injured, could recover very easily with the help of Tailed Beast chakra.
In any case, Blaze Release, to a certain extent, had increased the foundation of Iwagakure and was very good news.
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After finishing the Blaze Release test, Ogura Saki, Han, and the others each dispersed. Ishiro and the group of advisors chatted at the training ground.
"Mei, have the Uchiha clan children who joined the village this time been settled in?" Ōnoki asked Mei.
"They have all been settled. According to Ishiro's request, every family that adopted an Uchiha child is a cheerful and sunny family. The parents of these children are all civilians or ninjas who have many friends, deep bonds, and frequent and close contact with other villagers. The Anbu just did a check on these children a few days ago," Mei replied.
Saka said, "How is their talent?"
Mei said, "Their talent is better than ordinary people's, but not particularly outstanding. However, the strength of the Uchiha clan is not in their bodies, so it's hard to say what their true talent is now."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Ishiro's focus was different. He asked Ōnoki, "Lord Third, how is Uchiha Sakai's situation?"
Ōnoki said, "Much better than before. The addition of these children has made him mature a lot. With a change in mentality, his grades in theoretical studies have also improved."
"However, because his Sharingan is sealed by you, his strength has not improved much. He is still that dead-last."
Ishiro nodded. With Obito Uchiha as a precedent, it was not a big deal for an Uchiha to be the dead-last.
What Ishiro cared more about was Sakai's mentality. Only if Sakai's feelings for the Uchiha clan could be transferred to Iwagakure with the addition of these children would the Uchiha clan be considered to have truly joined Iwagakure.
Of course, the premise was that the Uchiha clan would still be annihilated as in the original story.
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