Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 203 The Art of Spiritualization
"Brother-in-law, when can I go to the battlefield?"

When Senju Nawaki saw Umino Sasuke arrive at the training ground, he stopped training.

Umino Sasuke teased, "What, you want to go back to Konoha already?"

"certainly not."

Senju Nawaki immediately fell silent, looking somewhat dejected. In the past, with his cheerful personality, he could have easily dealt with even the biggest unhappiness on his own, but now he had become a little taciturn.

Fortunately, he didn't develop mental problems like the Uchiha who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan; he simply became more mature.

"If you want to go back to see your grandmother, then cultivate diligently and master the art of erasing faces as soon as possible. When that time comes, I will also grant your wish to go to the battlefield."

"Really?"

The Thousand Hands Rope Tree suddenly became full of energy, regaining some of the cheerful temperament it had before the incident.

"Can I still lie to you?"

Sasuke Umino patted Nawaki Senju's head and laughed, "If you master the technique of erasing faces, you can return to Konoha under a different identity. Then I'll arrange for you to join my ranks, and going to the battlefield will be just a matter of a word from me."

If Senju Nawaki were to master the technique of erasing and dispelling facial expressions, coupled with a drastic change in his personality and altered chakra aura, not only would Konoha's sensory ninjas be unable to see through his disguise, but even Kagura's Mind's Eye from the Uzumaki clan might not be able to see through it.

Orochimaru's Face-Changing Technique is not a simple transformation technique; it involves more of a physical disguise technique called Yang Release. Once successful, it can be maintained permanently and will not be easily reverted to its original form like a normal transformation technique, unless one cancels it out or dies.

This technique of erasing facial features is a legendary spy skill.

If you add mind-reading abilities to the combination, you might just be able to earn a resounding title like Yakushi Nonou, the "Walking Shrine Maiden."

"Brother-in-law, how did you learn the art of erasing faces so quickly?"

With eyes full of admiration, Senju Nawaki asked Umino Sasuke for training techniques.

"As long as you learn the Sharp Stone Training Method, improve your chakra control to the level of a medical ninja, and understand a bit of Yang Release, you will naturally be able to easily master this ninjutsu."

"Oh." Senju Nawaki was a little disappointed to find that there was no shortcut.

"Now that you know the method, go and practice it."

Senju Nawaki trained quite diligently and was very self-disciplined, so Umino Sasuke didn't supervise him too much. He then used the Spore Technique to arrive at the underground Laboratory Zero.

After checking the data from the various experimental projects, he went to the cultivation chamber and began practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique.

"This spiritification technique is indeed extremely dependent on soul talent, and the risk factor is terrifyingly high."

Sasuke Umino was filled with emotion. No wonder only Dan Kato in the entire Hidden Leaf Village had mastered this forbidden technique.

"Could Orochimaru's Reanimation Jutsu be developed based on this Spirit Transformation Technique?"

Sasuke Umino discovered that this spiritification technique bore a striking resemblance to Orochimaru's Reanimation Jutsu.

More accurately, the Reincarnation Technique overshadows the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Besides allowing the soul to separate from the body and roam freely, possessing and controlling the souls of others before returning to the body, the Reincarnation Technique can also possess other people's bodies. Of course, the Reincarnation Technique is more powerful but cannot be used frequently, while the Spirit Transformation Technique can be used regularly, so each has its own advantages.

However, overall, the Reincarnation of the Corpse is more like an enhanced version derived from the Spirit Transformation Technique, and is therefore more powerful.

Currently, Orochimaru has not yet developed the Reanimation Jutsu, so it is unknown how difficult it is to cultivate. However, the cultivation difficulty of this Spirit Transformation Technique is quite high.

It requires not only incredibly precise chakra control, but also extremely strong soul talent. If chakra control is insufficient, it is impossible to separate the soul from the body.

The most dangerous part is not the separation of the soul, but the safe return of the soul to the body after its initial separation.

According to the description in the Book of Seals, many predecessors who cultivated the art of spiritual transformation failed because their souls could not return after the initial separation.

According to the descriptions of successful predecessors, after the soul is first separated, an illusion will appear, which is almost as confusing as an S-level illusion. Once the soul leaves the body, it will often be lost and unable to return effectively. By the time it realizes what is happening, the soul has already dissipated, and it is too late.

The soul wandering outside for a long time is extremely dangerous. This is the third hurdle in the cultivation of the Spirit Transformation Technique. One must maintain this state in the void for an extended period in order to gain practical combat ability.

If a soul is blown away by the wind as soon as it is separated from the body, what practical combat ability can it have?
As for the final step of controlling and eliminating the enemy, it is actually the simplest hurdle. As long as you don't stubbornly insist on going through with it, there is basically no great danger.

In general, the cultivation of the art of spiritualization is divided into four core difficulties: soul separation, maintenance, control, and finally, return.

However, Sasuke Umino is currently practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique, but he has not immediately started the first step of soul separation. Instead, he has started practicing the visualization method described above, first raising the strength of his soul to a safe threshold before taking the risk.

Although this visualization method may not be particularly profound, and the extent to which it enhances strength depends mainly on one's soul talent, it is better to have it than not.

"The ninja world actually has such a wonderful thing as visualization techniques?"

Sasuke Umino was deeply shaken, gaining a completely new understanding of the monopoly of knowledge in the ninja world.

Even among the Konoha ninja clans, there are different ranks. This kind of visualization technique that can enhance the strength of the soul is a tradition that only a few Konoha ninja clans possess.

Of course, the so-called visualization method is not some kind of divine skill or secret manual. It is more like the sharp stone cultivation method, which looks a bit like a self-cultivation scripture. How much one can gain depends entirely on talent and so-called enlightenment.

As his status rose, he gradually came into contact with some of the secrets of the ninja world. Things like visualization techniques are usually only passed down in major temples or martial arts schools in the Land of Iron, and belong to an ancient training system.

"Even if this visualization method cannot increase the strength of the soul by much, it should be beneficial to the cultivation of immortal arts."

Through various documents, he discovered that the older the cultivation method, the closer it was to immortal arts, and it even involved things like the life and death of the soul, somewhat like Yin-Yang escape.

All paths lead to the same destination.

Although this Spirit Transformation Technique belongs to the chakra cultivation system, it is not entirely so. It has already fallen into the category of Yin-Yang Release, and it shares similarities with the ancient cultivation system.

"The effect is indeed much better than the Sharp Stone Cultivation Method."

Sasuke Umino had lost track of time during his first training session. If it weren't for the timer indicating that half a day had already passed, he would have thought he had just taken a short nap.

The Sharp Stone Training Method can calm the mind and help restore chakra. This Spiritualization Visualization Method has not made much progress in enhancing the soul, but it is indeed very effective in restoring mental strength. At least it is quite effective in restoring mental fatigue caused by shadow clones.

(End of this chapter)