I'm in Konoha, and I have ten skill slots.

Chapter 29 Swordsmanship and Accelerated Thinking

The grove of trees outside Konoha Village.

old place.

Shigure arrived here with his ninja sword, and this place has clearly become Shigure's secret training base.

Basically, no one will bother you.

Shigure drew his ninja sword and casually tossed the scabbard to a nearby tree.

Boom!

A crisp sound rang out as the scabbard pierced directly into the tree trunk.

With his current pure physical strength, Shigure's casual strikes could probably carry the force of over a thousand pounds.

His physical strength is basically ten times that of an ordinary ninja.

In terms of physical strength alone, he's already about the same as Captain America!

Holding his ninja sword, he arrived at the center of the open space, where the surrounding lawns had long since disappeared.

It turned into a bare, rocky area.

These are all traces left by Shiyu's cultivation here.

Moonlight streamed down from above.

Shigure's shadow was stretched very long.

Holding the sword in one hand, Shigure gently exhaled a breath towards the front.

"Then let's try it out now! Let's see if the computing power can achieve the effect I want!"

[Great Sage: Activate Accelerated Thinking?]

Thinking faster?

Shi Yu was stunned again.

"This is also... a new ability?"

[The Great Sage: This was an ability I always possessed; it was simply damaged before.]

Shi Yu sighed. "Are there any other abilities that have been restored?"

[The Great Sage: That's all.]

"If any ability is fixed next time, please let me know as soon as possible!"

[The Great Sage: I understand]

I had to actively apply for activation before, so why didn't you tell me that the ability has been restored?

The Great Sage skill has left Shigure somewhat speechless.

What is the ability to accelerate thinking?

[Great Sage: As the name suggests, it increases the speed of perception by a thousand times, and at the same time can enhance the host's thinking ability to a certain extent. It can also have a good effect on developing new abilities.]

Perceptual speed increased a thousandfold!

That's like a beam of light flying by; others only feel a sudden flash of light.

Shigure, however, could see the light, how many strands it was divided into, and when each strand was seen by him.

Shiyu is able to perceive far more objective information than others.

It is naturally effective in developing new skills.

[Calculation begins]

[Initial calculations are being performed based on the host's ideas and skills.]

[Currently combined skill: Leaf-style Swordsmanship - Escape]

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Okay, let's begin!

Doesn't it require me to do anything?

[Great Sage: Host, you can use the Leaf Style swordsmanship while incorporating Escape techniques into the swordsmanship as much as possible. I will then process and analyze the resulting data and information to speed up the calculation process.]

Shiyu watched the calculation progress remain unchanged.

We're just waiting here, not knowing when the calculations will be finished.

You should just cooperate!

With the added ability to accelerate his thinking, Shigure discovered that he could do even better when using the Konoha-ryu swordsmanship.

At the same time, he seemed to have complete ease in controlling chakra to perform nature transformations.

He unleashed his full swordsmanship while simultaneously performing chakra nature transformation.

Chakra is attached to the blade.

Trying to release it doesn't seem to cause any major problems.

Shigure had previously thought that it would take him a long time to barely achieve this.

I never expected to succeed so quickly.

A blue light shimmered on the blade, and a faint current flowed along it.

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The calculation speed suddenly increased, catching Shiyu somewhat off guard.

However, such computational speed is something that Shi Yu desperately wants but cannot obtain.

By fusing elemental chakra to unleash the first form of the Leaf-style swordsmanship, the elemental chakra begins to change.

Even with Shigure's complete focus on controlling his power, he still couldn't prevent the attachment of elemental chakra from being temporarily removed.

It seems that simultaneously unleashing the power of chakra nature transformation while performing swordsmanship is indeed not an easy task.

Otherwise, this kind of swordsmanship would probably have become commonplace long ago.

However, Shiyu's failure caused the calculation progress to increase dramatically by %.

This left Shiyu speechless!

How come it's a good thing that I failed?

However, Shigure was not convinced. With her thoughts racing, Shigure seemed to have grasped something.

The second time he combined his elemental power with the Leaf Style swordsmanship, the elemental chakra remained firmly attached to the blade.

However, this process consumes a lot of chakra!

From the first move to the second to the tenth move, Shigure only managed to maintain the state for half of the time, starting from the fifth move.

The consumption of chakra also exceeded Shigure's expectations.

The power unleashed by simply combining swordsmanship with chakra nature transformation is not particularly significant.

Compared to the chakra consumed, Shigure felt that fusing sword techniques with chakra attributes was a complete waste of chakra, which explained why there were hardly any sword techniques in the ninja world that incorporated chakra attributes.

Since the gains don't outweigh the losses, naturally no one is willing to put in the effort in this area.

[Calculation complete]

[Combined with the skill Leaf-style swordsmanship - Escape]

[According to the host's intentions, the calculation of the new skill "Breathing" has been successful.]

[Congratulations, host, you have acquired a new skill: Breathing Swordsmanship]

In an instant, it was as if a memory explosion occurred in Shigure's mind, and countless breathing techniques suddenly appeared.

"Did it really... succeed?"

Shigure gripped his ninja sword tightly, his gaze instantly turning fierce, before he stared ahead.

A swift slash was unleashed, and the sound of the blade rang out the instant it was drawn.

First Form - Face Slash!!

Shiyu felt a slight blockage and discomfort.

But in the instant the current swept through, the wooden stake in front of him was cut in half at the waist, the cut being very clean.

Shigure's blade didn't even touch the wooden stake; it was all thanks to the elemental chakra.

Second Form - Chariot! Third Form - Flowing Dance! Fourth Form - Tide of Strike! Fifth Form - Heavenly Rain! Sixth Form - Twisting Vortex! Seventh Form - Droplet Ripple Strike! Eighth Form - Waterfall Pot! Ninth Form - Flowing Foam! Tenth Form - Life Flow!

And finally... the Eleventh Form - Nagi!!!

After using the entire set of breathing techniques, the moves were becoming increasingly consistent with what Shigure remembered.