Chapter 91 Mastery Level Fire Extinguishing Arrow (25)

“Teacher, I want to challenge the River Surface Sprint!” Obito found Muzuki and told him his desire to try again.

It had been four full days since his last failed attempt.

Within these four days, he had learned Muzuki’s special speed-increasing cultivation techniques, and had also broken his speed limit in a competition against Might Guy. Obito felt that he now had the strength to pass the challenge.

Of course, the main reason was that Obito felt his continuous failures in speed competitions were due to not having learned Shave.

Moreover, the special training for the next week included a combat test, and Obito wanted to master Shave this week so that the combat next week wouldn’t be so passive.

He wanted to defeat Might Guy once.

So far, in formal combat duels with Might Guy, Obito had never won a single time, always just barely missing.

If Might Guy mastered Shave and he didn’t, Obito felt he would have even less chance of winning this combat.

If the gap was too big, he wouldn’t mind, but always being just a little bit off really annoyed Obito.

“Alright, follow me.” Muzuki nodded and led Obito to the riverbank.

The second stage was different from the first; there was no need to set up traps beforehand, and the challenge could be started directly.

Muzuki created a large number of Shadow Clones, and then released a large number of Water Dragon Bullets onto the river surface.

“Teacher Muzuki, I’m ready.” Obito took a deep breath and began to gather Chakra, preparing to sprint.

“Start!”

Obito’s eyes were fixed on the Water Dragon Bullets, trying to discern the hidden pattern within them.

After his last failure, Muzuki had hinted to him that the many Water Dragon Bullets weren’t just randomly crashing back and forth, but were moving in a regular pattern.

If it were just a normal fifteen-meter water walk, Obito could sprint across instantly, but with the interference of the Water Dragon Bullets, rushing directly was clearly not feasible and he could easily be sent flying.

After observing for two seconds, Obito finally discovered the secret within.

There were a total of twelve water dragons on the river surface, with three water dragons forming a group. The water dragons in the same group had similar advance and retreat patterns, meaning that the twelve water dragons could actually be seen as four large water dragons.

And there was also a pattern between the four large water dragons: approximately every one and a half seconds, a brief safe zone would appear between two large water dragons, but the time was very short, almost gone in the blink of an eye.

Understanding this, Obito instantly dashed out; there was no more time for observation.

On the surface, it seemed like a ten-second completion time, but in reality, the time available for action might not even be half a second. This stage tested observation skills and instant action speed.

Once the pattern was understood, passing the challenge became much easier. Obito would stop after passing every four water dragons and wait for that fleeting moment.

Standing on the water, Obito’s eyes were fixed on the ferocious-looking water dragons, not daring to be careless in the slightest. He could not make any mistakes; the second stage had much less room for error compared to the first.

Muzuki looked at Obito like this and thought that if Obito could always maintain such a calm and cautious attitude, it would definitely improve his combat power no less than learning a high-level Ninjutsu.

“I succeeded!” When he rushed past the last four water dragons and reached the shore, Obito couldn’t help but cheer.

“Teacher Muzuki, the time didn’t exceed, did it?” Obito asked, a little uneasy.

Muzuki nodded and replied with a smile, “No, you successfully completed the taijutsu challenge.”

“That’s great! So I can learn Shave now?” Obito immediately jumped up happily. He had been so envious watching Might Guy and Shisui flash around.

“This is the cultivation method and experience for Shave. Remember to read it carefully.” Muzuki handed Obito a scroll.

“I’ll definitely read it carefully, until I can memorize all this content.” Obito excitedly opened the scroll and found that some of the content felt familiar to him.

Upon closer thought, wasn’t some of this content the Chakra technique Muzuki had taught him earlier to improve his speed?

Obito instantly understood everything.

It wasn’t that Muzuki didn’t want to teach him Shave; in fact, from the moment he challenged Muzuki’s taijutsu challenge, Muzuki had already begun planning to teach him Shave.

The first stage, the forest sprint, tested his physical fitness, and the second stage directly taught him part of Shave.

“Teacher Muzuki, you are truly the best teacher in the world!” Obito understood Muzuki’s painstaking efforts and was deeply moved.

【You gifted your disciple the Shave cultivation scroll. Your disciple is very grateful and a big crit reward is granted: obtained Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation (Mastery)】

Today’s reward for teaching his disciple was better than Muzuki had expected, a direct big explosion, yielding a mastery-level Ninjutsu, and a powerful Great Fire Annihilation at that.

“Almost forgot, this is your admission fee. I forgot to give it to you at first.” Muzuki smiled and took out three test papers, handing them to Obito.

Obito’s smile froze on his face. He knew something felt missing; it was the test papers!

This was the one thing he wished Muzuki’s memory was a bit worse about.

“Since it’s forgotten, let it be in the past.” Obito’s head already started spinning at the sight of the test papers.

Muzuki tapped Obito with two fingers held together and said, “You wish, but while I can’t exempt you, I can give you one interest-free installment.”

Hearing that it was interest-free, Obito became happy again, as this meant he could do fewer problems.

Next, Muzuki took Obito to practice Shave.

Finally being able to cultivate the cool Body Flicker Technique, coupled with the hardship of obtaining the process, Obito cultivated very seriously.

…

Anko felt that her two brothers had been acting strangely lately, always huddled together, secretly giggling about who knows what.

“Are you hiding something fun from me?” The straightforward Anko directly confronted Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki.

“There’s nothing fun. We’re just preparing for next week’s combat test,” Kotetsu Hagane explained.

“Really?” Anko looked at Kotetsu Hagane with suspicion.

“Don’t insult our honest character with your suspicious gaze.” Izumo Kamizuki stated that they were indeed preparing for the combat test.

“Then how are you preparing?” Anko asked.

Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki exchanged glances for a moment, then finally replied, “The content of this preparation is not suitable for you.”

Although they were good brothers, they wouldn’t mistake Anko’s gender.

“If you won’t tell me, then don’t. I’ll see what tricks you pull on Monday.” Anko puffed out her cheeks.

She decided that if they met during the combat test on Monday, she would definitely hit them hard and punish the riddle-tellers.

As the combat test approached, everyone was preparing for the exam.

Some people wanted to advance to a higher-level group through their performance, while others wanted to show off for someone they cared about.

On Saturday afternoon, Asuma requested Muzuki to increase his training volume.

There are three more updates to come.