Naruto: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

weight!

It's getting heavier and heavier!

Each of the opponent's strikes seemed to possess endless power, and even increased with each clash!

His once-proud superhuman strength gradually began to feel the pressure. From the initial even match, after dozens of rounds, every time the weapons clashed, his arm would feel a clear soreness and numbness, his tiger's mouth would ache faintly, and the iron rod seemed to become heavier and heavier.

On the other hand, the young man opposite him, although he was also knocked back many times in the head-on collisions, his eyes became brighter and brighter, his momentum did not decrease but increased, and the power of his sword swings increased!

Is this guy a monster?!

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Yagyu Soichiro's forehead, and the trembling of his arms became increasingly difficult to control.

He never imagined that he would be forced to such a state by a young newcomer in his most prized area of ​​strength!

That power was simply not something a human should possess! Every collision was like shaking a ferocious beast that was awakening!

They exchanged another seven or eight rounds.

Each clash of knives and clubs produced a heart-stopping roar.

Sōichirō Yagyu's forehead was covered in sweat, and his breathing became heavy.

He felt as if he were not wielding an iron bar, but pushing a growing mountain.

The opponent's power seemed inexhaustible, and what was even more terrifying was the increasingly concentrated momentum contained in the sword strike. With each clash, his blood and qi surged, and the soreness and numbness in his arms spread to his shoulder blades. The knuckles of his fingers, which were gripping the iron rod tightly, turned white and stung from excessive force.

It can't go on like this!

Alarm bells rang in Yagyu Soichiro's mind. After a long battle, his stamina, chakra, and momentum were being gradually worn down and suppressed by the opponent's unreasonable power.

If we wait until we're exhausted before changing our tactics, we might not have another chance.

"Drink!"

After another straightforward head-on collision, Yagyu Soichiro used the recoil to leap back a large step, temporarily creating distance. His chest heaved violently as he stared intently at Isshin, whose eyes remained burning with unwavering intensity.

Without a word, Yagyu Souichirou frantically poured the remaining power and chakra within his body into his arms and into the dark iron rod that was connected to his mind.

The next moment, he moved!

No longer the previous frenzied combo, but instead, he concentrated all his energy and spirit into one point, raised the iron rod high above his head with both hands, and his whole body and the rod seemed to merge into one, transforming into a black lightning bolt that tore through the air, using the purest and most direct path.

"The profound secrets of the Jingxin Mingzhi School—a sudden enlightenment!!!"

This is his trump card, concentrating all his power into a single, unstoppable strike, aiming to blast through all defenses with absolute violence and dismantle the opponent's will and body.

Before the staff even landed, the immense pressure it exerted had almost solidified the air in the entire training ground. The onlookers felt their hearts clench and their breath catch in their throats!

Faced with this earth-shattering, unavoidable attack, an unprecedented glint of light burst forth in Yixin's eyes.

He exhaled and spoke, gripping the longsword, which was already covered with fine cracks, with both hands. Without dodging or avoiding, he once again chose the most fierce head-on attack, slashing upwards with a reverse strike!

"Come!!!"

clang!!!!!!

This time, the sound of the impact was far louder than ever before, so sharp it almost pierced the eardrums, followed by a teeth-grinding, glass-like "crack" sound!

Under the full force of Yagyu Soichiro's "enlightenment", Isshin's steel longsword, which had withstood many heavy blows, finally broke in two!

The broken blade spun and flew out, embedding itself deeply into the distant wall with a loud "thud".

The iron rod shattered the longsword, its momentum only weakened by a third, but it still carried a terrifying residual force, slicing through the shards of cold light sparked by the broken blade, and smashed straight down toward Isshin's head, which was wide open due to the broken weapon!

"Oh no!"

Just before the iron rod touched the other's hair, Yagyu Soichiro's heart sank.

Although he wanted to teach this hothead a lesson, he never intended to take his life. However, once he activated the "enlightenment" technique, he was so powerful that even he himself could not completely stop it at the last moment!

In that critical moment, before even a cry of alarm could be uttered...

A sudden change has occurred!

The tall young man in the arena seemed to have been paused, his body momentarily frozen, almost imperceptibly.

A strange luster suddenly swept across his entire body, a kind of deep, metallic texture, like bronze or dark gold that had been forged through countless hammerings, which flashed by in an instant!

"clang!!!"

The iron bar slammed solidly into Yixin's skull!

The sound was no longer a dull thud as it struck flesh, but a loud and awe-inspiring metallic roar, like a giant bell crashing into a bronze pillar or an iron hammer striking a hundred-refined steel anvil!

Yagyu Soichiro felt an irresistible and overwhelming force of recoil, originating from the opponent's head, rushing back along the iron rod like a tidal wave!

The power was so fierce and violent that it even surpassed his desperate "enlightenment" just now!

"What?!"

He couldn't hold on at all; his five fingers were instantly numb from the shock, and the dark iron rod that had accompanied him in battle for many years flew out of his hand for the first time, turning into a black shadow.

With a loud "boom," it flew into the sky and disappeared without a trace. After a long time, it crashed down heavily and embedded itself deeply in the ground, still trembling.

As for Yagyu Soichiro himself, it was as if he had been struck head-on by an invisible siege hammer, and his burly body flew backward uncontrollably.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

It crashed through two wooden pillars supporting the side corridor and slid for more than ten meters through a mess of rubble and dust until its back slammed heavily against the wall at the end of the dojo, finally coming to a stop.

"Cough...cough cough!" He knelt on one knee, unable to hold back his cough, which tasted of rust. His arms hung limply, trembling uncontrollably, and he could barely lift them.

He suddenly looked up, staring intently at the boy in the center of the arena who was slowly finishing his stance, seemingly unharmed except for the half-broken sword in his hand. His eyes were filled with disbelief and horror.

"What... what kind of technique is this?" Yagyu Souichirou gasped, his voice hoarse. "Ninjutsu? Or some kind of bloodline limit?"

Yixin stood still, the eerie metallic sheen on his body long gone, returning to his normal skin color.

He glanced at the broken sword in his hand, casually tossed it to the ground with a soft clatter, and shook his head in response to Yagyu Souichirou's surprised question, saying calmly:

"It is neither ninjutsu nor bloodline limit, but the ultimate secret technique of the Ashina style."

His clone, which incorporated the bloodline genes of the Ape Demon King, inherited the Ape Demon race's immense strength and domineering physique of steel bones, but did not inherit the Ape Demon race's strange characteristic of weaponizing their bodies.

However, a certain benign mutation that occurred when human blood and ape-demon blood merged at a deep level gave rise to a unique ability:

His body can metallize in an instant, its entire body exhibiting a dark, bronze luster, as if cast from bronze and iron, much like the "Diamond Staff" of the ape demon clan, which transforms the body into a weapon, raising the hardness and strength of his body to an unbelievable level.

At the same time, it can also reflect the powerful impact it receives back in the form of a more violent shock wave, and its recoil power is even greater than the original attack.

Interestingly, the shorter the duration of this "metallized" state and the more precise and timely its triggering, the stronger the resulting defensive capabilities and rebound force.

Like "Perfect Defense" and "Parry" in action games, the best time to release it is at the very moment the enemy's attack is about to hit you.

Because the form and effect of this ability were very similar to the moves of a dark horse in a game from his past life, he adopted that powerful name.

"This technique is called..." Ichishin met Yagyu Souichirou's shocked gaze and slowly uttered:

"A head of bronze and arms of iron!"