Earth Dragon Hiding Technique
As everyone knows, ninjutsu is divided into six levels according to the difficulty of learning.
S-Ranked Secret Techniques and Forbidden Techniques, and A-Ranked super high difficulty ninjutsu, are generally beyond the reach of ordinary ninjas.
B-Ranked for Jonin difficulty, C-Ranked for Chunin difficulty, D-Ranked for Genin difficulty, and E-Ranked for Ninja Academy difficulty.
In addition, there is another category: Bloodline Limits and special secret arts, which cannot be measured due to special learning conditions, so they are not included in the ninjutsu difficulty levels.
Normally, the higher the learning difficulty of ninjutsu, the more Chakra it consumes, the stronger the required physical fitness, and the more demanding it is on Chakra's attribute and form transformations.
The C-Ranked Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hiding Technique consumes very little Chakra compared to other Earth Release ninjutsu of the same level—
However, it still requires more than the D-Ranked Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique, and the difficulty is slightly higher.
"Fortunately, the ninjutsu I release is different from the original..." Lin Ke thought with a bit of relief, as he carefully studied the scroll of Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hiding Technique.
A considerable portion of it was actually dedicated to explaining the best posture for digging, which was a bit disillusioning.
With his Chakra control ability, Chunin-level ninjutsu was not difficult at all. After all, the minimum requirement for Medical Ninjutsu is Jonin-level, and Medical Ninja Bai Cao believes that he could become a Medical Ninja as long as he had enough Chakra.
After studying the ninjutsu scroll a bit, Lin Ke became thoroughly familiar with the entire process of releasing Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hiding Technique, and stood in an empty space.
Refine Chakra, form hand seals, release—
Just like when he released ninjutsu before, the standard Earth Dragon Hiding Technique scale of Chakra instantly disappeared within his body, vanishing before it even left.
Immediately afterward, the ground in front of him trembled slightly, and countless ochre particles rose from the ground, quickly assembling in the air to form a semi-transparent monster with two wings on its back, distinct scales, and a rocky texture and color throughout. Its bright yellow eyes gradually gained vitality.
[Why… does it feel inexplicably familiar?]
Isn't this the Earth Dragon wild monster from a game in his previous life?! Earth Dragon Hiding Technique = Earth Dragon can hide? While Lin Ke was in a daze, a young consciousness flooded into his mind, expressing a vague sense of intimacy.
At the same time, the rocky monster floating in front of him flapped its wings and landed on his shoulder—
This thing is only about the size of a crow!
[It can turn invisible, fly, and spit rocks to attack by consuming Chakra. It's quite powerful as a Summoned Beast, but it's way too small!]
Lin Ke felt the details of the abilities conveyed by the Earth Dragon and touched the little guy that was affectionately nuzzling his cheek. Its small head felt quite rough. The monster from the game, after being shrunk so much, looked ugly and cute, which was quite interesting.
[It seems like, just like the Transformation Jutsu, it needs more Chakra to increase its size and strength…]
About thirty seconds later, the little Earth Dragon flapped its wings and turned into dust, landing on his vest.
[That's my new vest!] He felt a bit of heartache. The standard vest was free the first time, but the second time you had to pay for it. He hadn't even fought yet, and it was already damaged.
Lin Ke took off his vest, patted off the dust, and put it back on. After calming down, he began to think—
First of all, a standard unit of Earth Dragon Hiding Technique consumes about 10% of his current Chakra. The consumption is definitely high, making it the most Chakra-consuming ninjutsu he knows, without exception. (Specifically, the standard unit)
The Headhunter Technique is also slightly less.
Secondly, although both it and the Substitution Jutsu are summoning types, the Earth Dragon Hiding Technique is stable and comprehensive. Whether it's invisibility or flight, it can gain a great advantage in ninja battles, and it definitely has value for future development.
If he could consume more Chakra to break through the size limit, just like with the Transformation Jutsu, maybe he could ride on the dragon's back to attack in the future, directly giving most ninjas a dimensionality reduction strike.
He just didn't know how its attack ability was; it remained to be tested.
Finally—
[Should I go home and change my clothes, wash my vest, and then go eat…]
Lin Ke looked at his shoulder, which was stained ochre, and rubbed it with his hand. Obviously, the attached dirt couldn't be rubbed off by hand.
The thought of not being able to wear his vest to show off while eating barbecue made him feel like he was losing out.
[Forget it, I'll test the ninjutsu first] He sighed inwardly and refined Chakra again. This time, he refined about 20% of his Chakra, preparing to invest twice as much Chakra to see the effect.
If the effect was really too poor, he could temporarily give up. His Chakra was really not enough. The role that a crow-sized Earth Dragon could play in battle was definitely not as strong as using the Substitution Jutsu (one-minute version) one more time.
Form hand seals, release—
The same special effects, the ground rose with ochre granular things (suspected to be dust), flying into the air to form an Earth Dragon the size of an adult dog.
The Chakra investment was more worthwhile than he had imagined. From the size of a crow to the size of a dog, he only paid the Chakra required for one standard unit of Earth Dragon Hiding Technique.
It's just that after being enlarged from a small dot, the Earth Dragon's face didn't have the ugly-cute feeling anymore; it looked a bit ugly…
A feeling of grievance was transmitted through their shared consciousness.
[?!]
Lin Ke was stunned, realizing that the Earth Dragon before him actually had a self-awareness. Had his ninjutsu created a life? But were the two Earth Dragons he had summoned, one last time and one this time, both of different sizes, the same consciousness?
The Earth Dragon quickly conveyed an affirmative thought.
This little guy is much smarter than I imagined...
Lin Ke licked his lips (thanks to the high collar of the Konoha vest, dirt hadn't gotten on his face). Perhaps this technique had even more value than he realized.
A Summoned Beast that could communicate telepathically, possessed a certain level of intelligence, could fly, and could turn invisible...
Its intelligence value alone was already very, very high!
It was just that its existence time was a bit short...
As he felt a sense of regret in his heart, Lin Ke was surprised to find that the Earth Dragon vaguely indicated that as long as he continued to provide Chakra, it could continue to exist.
He tentatively reached out and placed his hand on the Earth Dragon, slowly and steadily inputting Chakra, until a standard unit of Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hiding Technique's worth of Chakra had been poured in, before he stopped to catch his breath.
Now, more than half of his Chakra had been consumed. Correspondingly, after losing half of his stamina, fatigue and muscle soreness began to appear, and his body felt heavy.
"Next is the test..."
Lin Ke thought to himself, timing it as he pondered.
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