Chapter 553: Teaching Blue Flame, Riolu Evolves

After a simple explanation, Muzuki began to demonstrate.

A large amount of Chakra condensed on Muzuki’s palm, followed by a Azure Flame appearing above his hand.

When the Azure Flame on Muzuki’s palm reached the size of a fist, Shisui and Obito could clearly feel the heat it emitted.

“This flame, the temperature is so high,” Shisui thought to himself, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The Azure Flame released by Muzuki looked only the size of a fist, but the energy contained within it was astonishing.

“What a cool flame!” The more Obito looked at the flame in Muzuki’s hand, the more he liked it.

Ordinary Fire Release were red; just by looking at the color of the Azure Flame, Obito knew this Fire Release was not simple.

Then Muzuki threw the Azure Flame onto a rock.

To Obito and Shisui’s surprise, the rock rapidly melted into lava, while the Azure Flame continued to burn, with the fire showing signs of spreading to the surroundings.

“The compressed Azure Flame has an extremely high temperature and can easily melt metal and rock,” Muzuki said, then called Yamato over.

“Yamato, use your Water Release with full power and see if you can extinguish the Azure Flame.”

Yamato nodded, began to form hand seals, and condensed Chakra.

Obito felt a little excited; could it be that this flame was a flame that was not afraid of Water Release?

Teacher Muzuki no longer has to worry about me being restrained!

Obito felt that he had previously wronged Fire Release; it wasn’t that Fire Release Ninjutsu was bad, but that he hadn’t learned truly powerful Fire Release Ninjutsu yet.

“Fire Release, you are the best Ninjutsu,” Obito silently repented in his heart.

“Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!”

Since it was to extinguish the fire, Yamato used a wide-range Water Release with sufficient water volume.

A huge water ball was spat out by Yamato, smashing onto the burning Azure Flame on the ground.

Hiss!

A large amount of water was evaporated, and white mist permeated the air before quickly dissipating.

“Teacher Muzuki, is this flame inextinguishable?” Obito asked excitedly, looking at the still fiercely burning Azure Flame.

If it was a Fire Release that couldn’t be extinguished, then it would be a sure-kill ultimate move; as long as it hit, the opponent would either be burned to death or immediately cut off the hit part.

“It’s not truly inextinguishable, but most Water Release Ninja in the Ninja World don’t have the ability to extinguish it.”

Saying that, Muzuki used Water Release Ninjutsu to extinguish the Azure Flame.

“Oh, I see,” Obito was a bit disappointed; he had thought it was a flame completely unafraid of water.

“Can Hanzo extinguish the Azure Flame?” Obito thought for a moment and asked.

Although he had never interacted with Hanzo, Hanzo was someone Obito really wanted to challenge.

There were two main reasons: the first was that after defeating Hanzo, he could show off in front of Jiraiya, because a young Jiraiya had lost to Hanzo, and that was even with his teammates.

The second was that after defeating Hanzo, he might get a cool title.

“Probably not,” Muzuki replied.

Obito’s eyes lit up; at least when dealing with Hanzo, the Azure Flame could be considered an inextinguishable flame.

“Teacher Muzuki is truly humble; Hanzo can’t even extinguish the Azure Flame with Water Release, so there won’t be more than three people in the Ninja World who can extinguish the Azure Flame with Water Release,” Shisui thought to himself.

Shisui felt that even including Muzuki, who had just shown off his Water Release, three might even be a bit too many.

Because Hanzo was already a very famous top-tier Water Release Ninja in the Ninja World, since Hanzo couldn’t do it, Shisui estimated that only the Third Mizukage had some hope.

The reason for estimating three was to consider that there might be hidden Water Release powerhouses.

“Besides this method of compressing the flame to increase its temperature and burning power, the Azure Flame can also be released like ordinary Fire Release.”

After saying that, Muzuki condensed Chakra in his throat and spat out a blue pillar of fire.

Everything swept by the pillar of fire was incinerated.

“If your control over the Azure Flame reaches a certain level, you can even perform more manipulations.”

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Great Fireball Technique!”

Muzuki formed a Tiger hand seal and spat out a large area of Azure Flames, forming a fireball.

Boom!

The blue fireball crashed to the ground, erupting with a terrifying power far exceeding that of an ordinary Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

When the explosion smoke dissipated, Obito and Shisui looked, only to see a large pit where the flat ground had been, and everything around it had turned to black ash.

“It seems the control is very free; if the level is sufficient, it can be strengthened in terms of shape transformation,” Shisui thought to himself.

The principle of the Ninjutsu Muzuki had just demonstrated was not to merge Ninjutsu and release them, but to use the Azure Flame as a base and release the Azure Flame using the method of the Great Fireball Technique.

“This means all the Fire Release I learned before can be upgraded!” Obito became even more excited.

Learning this Azure Flame Fire Release was equivalent to pulling up other Fire Release from the bottom.

Due to the larger commotion this time, it attracted the attention of other disciples and Pokémon who were training.

“Azure Flames.” Kakashi immediately noticed the unique characteristic of the Azure Flame.

“Owooo!” Charizard let out a worried cry.

If Obito learned such a powerful Fire Release, then him beating Obito, oh no, helping Obito train, wouldn’t it be dangerous?

Thinking of this, Charizard trained even harder; it had to have stronger power than Obito, otherwise, the hard-won good situation might turn into Obito making it suffer again.

“And then, it can also be like this.”

Muzuki changed his breathing, switching to Flame Breathing, and then concentrated his breathing into the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Flame Fist!”

Muzuki condensed a large amount of Chakra on his palm, then compressed it, and finally performed Nature Transformation, throwing out a fist enveloped in Azure Flames.

Boom!

Another pitch-black pit appeared on the ground struck by Muzuki’s fist.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Blazing Impact!”

The next moment, Muzuki condensed Chakra throughout his body, and the Azure Flame rapidly rose from his body, making Muzuki look like a man of fire.

Obito’s eyes widened; this was much cooler than the ordinary Blazing Impact.

Muzuki’s demonstration reignited Obito’s motivation to learn the Azure Flame to a new peak.

Both strong and cool, this must be learned; it’s much stronger than any Fire Emperor.

“First, I must state that with your current Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation ability, it is not enough to learn and use the Azure Flame,” Muzuki reminded them.

As a Tier 1 God’s exclusive skill, the localized Azure Flame possessed extraordinary power but also had quite high requirements.

Obito remained silent, listening to Muzuki continue.

After all, Muzuki had just completed a series of demonstrations; it was impossible for him to suddenly stop teaching, there must be a twist.

“But fortunately, you have mastered the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode; the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode can enhance your Nature Transformation ability, allowing you to barely meet the requirements,” Muzuki continued.

“This means that in future studies, you may often need to use the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, which will be very hard, so you need to be prepared.”

Learning theory can be done by just listening to lectures, but Ninjutsu not only has theory but also requires long periods of practice and experimentation.

The Breathing Technique Chakra Mode, as the disciples’ trump card currently, consumes a lot of Chakra and stamina when used; describing it as hard work when used for Normalization training is not an exaggeration at all.

“Teacher Muzuki, I can endure this hardship, and are there any other equally strong Fire Release? I can even endure a little more hardship,” Obito said with a chuckle.

Obito had always held one belief: no matter how hard or tiring the training, as long as he could defeat Kakashi and make Rin Nohara show an expression of admiration and happiness, then it was all worth it.

Slap!

“Talk about it after you can skillfully use the Azure Flame,” Muzuki said, bringing his index and middle fingers together and accurately tapping Obito’s head.

He himself didn’t even have a Fire Release as strong as the Azure Flame yet.

“The key to the Azure Flame lies in the concentration of Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation…” Muzuki officially began teaching the Azure Flame.

The moment he started lecturing, Muzuki enlightened both Shisui and Obito.

The cooldown for enlightenment was one week, and its duration was two days, so Muzuki generally applied the enlightenment buff to his disciples based on the situation.

If there was new content or techniques to teach, he would use it immediately.

If not, he would wait until the last two days to use it.

To maximize the effect of the enlightenment buff.

“Don’t keep your doubts to yourselves; just ask,” Muzuki said during a break.

He also had a clarification skill; if Obito and the others had doubts and asked, it would be a superposition of three skills: teaching, enlightenment, and clarification.

However, even with the triple superposition, due to the inherent difficulty of the Azure Flame, it was not easy for Obito and Shisui to learn.

It wasn’t until the afternoon training was almost over that Obito’s proficiency with the Azure Flame barely reached one point.

Shisui reached one point at the beginning of the afternoon training, but it was still one point near the end of the afternoon, and he hadn’t broken through to two points.

Clearly, learning a powerful skill like the Azure Flame was not a simple matter; it was a long-term battle.

“So hard, as expected of the strongest Fire Release!” The difficulty of the Azure Flame did not diminish Obito’s enthusiasm; instead, he looked forward even more to the improvement in his strength after successfully learning it.

After witnessing the power of the Azure Flame, Obito unilaterally declared that the Azure Flame was the strongest Fire Release, and Fire Release: Fire Dragon Dance was at most second.

Taking a long breath, Obito looked at the other disciples.

Kakashi was still running and practicing combined attacks with Rockruff, Yamato was diligently training his Breathing Technique, Rin Nohara was training Water Release with Milotic, and Might Guy was wiping the sweat off the panting Riolu.

“Another fulfilling day, huh? Once my injuries are completely healed, we can do high-intensity training together,” Might Guy encouraged.

Due to his injuries not being fully recovered, Might Guy’s training volume was not much at the moment.

However, Might Guy wasn’t just standing by; he would wipe Riolu’s sweat and give him water, then use words of encouragement to give him the strength to continue training.

“Riolu.” Riolu relaxed its body and showed a happy smile.

Although most of its daily life with Might Guy involved various training, Riolu was very happy.

The next moment, a dazzling white light bloomed from Riolu’s body.

The sudden white light attracted the attention of everyone and every Pokémon present.

“Guy’s Nin-Beast has evolved too,” Obito stared at the white light with curious eyes, wondering what Riolu would look like after evolving.

Would it be a near-complete metamorphosis like Milotic, or a rapid development like Rockruff, where some features of Rockruff could still be vaguely seen?

At the same time, Obito also felt a bit regretful that his idea of learning the Azure Flame and teaming up with Charizard to defeat Might Guy would ultimately not be realized.

“I wonder what abilities Riolu will gain after evolving,” Kakashi was also very interested in Riolu’s evolution.

Although he didn’t know why, it was certain that every Pokémon could learn some Ninjutsu and Taijutsu after evolving.

Milotic had the most, going from knowing no Ninjutsu to mastering numerous Water Release, and also mastering Medical Ninjutsu.

Although Charizard and Rockruff’s improvements were not as significant as Milotic’s, they were still very noticeable.

Thinking of this, Kakashi glanced at Zorua next to Shisui.

In fact, Kakashi was very much looking forward to Zorua’s evolution.

Because Zorua’s Genjutsu ability was truly special; if its strength was sufficient, it would definitely play a big role in combat.

But for some reason, Shisui’s Zorua hatched relatively early, yet it hadn’t evolved until now.

Originally, Zorua had Riolu to accompany it, but now Riolu had also evolved, leaving only Zorua that hadn’t evolved yet.

Noticing Kakashi’s gaze, Zorua widened its eyes and stared back, “What are you looking at?”

Kakashi silently averted his gaze and continued to watch the evolving Riolu.

Zorua proudly puffed out its chest and held its head high; it had won.

Slap!

Shisui tapped the part of Zorua’s head with raised fur with his finger; why was it getting so proud?

When the white light dissipated, the majestic Lucario appeared in everyone’s sight.

Compared to the cute Riolu, Lucario had a cool handsomeness.

The round lumps on the back of its claws during its Riolu stage had turned into sharp bone spikes, and a slightly smaller bone spike also grew on its chest.

Furthermore, Lucario’s body changes were more about growth, with many traces of Riolu still visible.

“It doesn’t look like a very big change,” Obito commented.

Compared to the evolution of other Pokémon, Lucario and Riolu’s changes were not significant, giving the impression that Riolu had simply grown up.

Kakashi nodded; what Obito said was indeed true.

Rockruff evolving into Rockruff, although it didn’t grow wings like Charizard, its body’s fur underwent considerable changes, while Riolu and Lucario still had the same color scheme.

“It became strong all of a sudden,” Might Guy said happily, giving Lucario a thumbs-up, feeling happy for Lucario.

If it weren’t for his injuries not yet recovered, Might Guy would have wanted to test Lucario’s strength through combat.

With examples like Milotic, Charizard, and Rockruff, all the disciples knew that Pokémon would greatly improve in strength after evolving.

“Riolu!” Lucario also mimicked Might Guy, giving him a thumbs-up with its paw.

Now, it felt very strong.

After evolving, it not only learned a large number of skills but also significantly increased its Aura power.

“Want to test your strength, have a battle with Manewra?” Kakashi looked at Might Guy and Lucario.

PS:

Embarrassing, I just said yesterday I’d maintain updates, but today it’s 4k again.

A bit of writer’s block, the outline written a while ago has been exhausted, and I haven’t had time to add new ones yet.