Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The chakra he is currently using is the non-attribute type. When this non-attribute chakra is fused with natural energy, its color is almost transparent, like clear water. Only when chakra of different attributes is fused with natural energy will there be a difference in color.

Now things have changed.

He could clearly feel that the Sage Chakra released by this wisp of pale golden Sage Chakra was stronger than the Sage Chakra he had created before.

To verify the effect of this wisp of pale golden Sage Chakra, Kirito immediately absorbed it into his body and continued to create new pale golden Sage Chakra.

Before long, the pale golden Sage Chakra within his body gradually filled up, but it only covered a small portion of his body. Without activating the Yin Seal, he still couldn't enter Sage Mode.

Even so, Kirito discovered that his ability to sense natural energy had increased once again, reaching eleven kilometers.

Moreover, he could deeply feel that as the pale golden Sage Chakra flowed through his body, his physical attributes were now significantly enhanced.

Suddenly, a feeling of being filled with power surged into his heart.

"It's surprising that it has already significantly boosted my strength without me even entering Sage Mode. If I were to activate Sage Mode with this pale golden Sage Chakra, I wonder to what extent my strength would increase."

Kirito was pleasantly surprised to discover the changes that the pale golden Sage Chakra was causing to his strength.

Previously, before he officially entered Sage Mode, the small amount of Sage Chakra within him only served to nourish his body; there was no significant increase in power like that of the pale gold Sage Chakra.

"I really want to find someone to fight and test my current strength."

Kirito said, his heart itching with anticipation.

As soon as he thought this, an astonishing surge of chakra erupted from his body, causing a strong wind to blow through the room.

Fortunately, he had set up a sealing barrier in the room; otherwise, his chakra surge would have been enough to destroy the wooden room.

"Forget it, it's only right for a ninja to keep something in reserve. Revealing your trump card too early will only increase your danger. By the way, I still have one enhancement point. Where should I use it?"

Kirito had great self-control. He quickly suppressed the fighting spirit surging within him, regained his composure, and looked at the last enhancement point on the attribute panel, frowning slightly as he thought.

He hasn't decided where to use this enhancement point yet.

But one thing is certain: this enhancement point must be placed in the most suitable location.

With this thought in mind, his eyes began to scan the many options on the attribute panel that could still be upgraded.

Suddenly, his eyes widened as he saw something unbelievable.

That is, a skill option that he thought would never have a "+" sign actually appeared, allowing him to add points to enhance it.

"Am I seeing things? Can this really be upgraded with just one upgrade point?"

Kirito murmured.

Chapter 167: The Secret of Adding Points, Key Areas of Development

Kirito possesses seven powerful ninjutsu: Sealing Technique: Reverse Four Symbols Sealing, Sealing Technique: Reaper Death Seal, Sealing Technique: Four Red Yang Formation, Sealing Technique: Yin Sealing, Sealing Technique: Vajra Lock (Modified), Spirit Transformation Technique, and Sage Mode.

Among them, this person has an outstanding talent for sealing techniques, and he successfully upgraded the level of five powerful sealing techniques without relying on enhancement points.

Among these, the Four Red Yang Formation, Corpse Demon Sealing, and Inner Four Symbols Seal are level 2, while the Vajra Lock (modified) and Yin Seal are level 3.

Kirito never dared to slack off on the ninjutsu taught by his teacher. When he was in Konoha, he would send a shadow clone to work in the sealing team every day, but in reality, he was there to persistently study sealing techniques.

All five sealing techniques are S-rank sealing techniques with extremely high value and are very difficult to learn. Even with Kirito's current sealing technique abilities, it is impossible for him to release them instantly without seals like other ninjutsu. He must spend some time preparing.

As for improving and upgrading them, that would be even more difficult.

For more than a year, he has been focusing on researching and improving the sealing techniques: Vajra Seal (Modified) and Yin Seal, and finally managed to raise their levels to level 3.

Therefore, in Kirito's view, the upgrades to these five S-rank sealing techniques would require a great many enhancement points.

But the result was not what he had imagined.

Nowadays, all five S-rank sealing techniques have a "+" sign after them, indicating that they can all be strengthened with one enhancement point.

"What's going on? Even level 3 Vajra Sealing Technique and Yin Sealing Technique can be enhanced with just one enhancement point. Are these two S-rank sealing techniques really that weak?"

Kirito looked at the two S-rank sealing techniques on the attribute panel, both of which were already at level 3, and felt quite confused.

He knew all too well how difficult it was to improve these two S-rank sealing techniques. The memories fed back by his shadow clones, who were dedicated to studying sealing techniques every day, were giving him a headache and he needed some time to digest them.

However, since his intelligence in his virtuous attribute increased to 5, his speed in researching and improving these two S-rank sealing techniques has increased significantly.

Suddenly, Kirito realized a possibility: the reason why these two S-rank sealing techniques only required one enhancement point was likely related to his talent for learning sealing techniques.

With 5 points of intelligence, he is among the most intelligent people in the world. 3 points of intelligence made him a sealing technique genius favored by Mito. Now that he has 5 points of intelligence, to what extent will his talent for learning sealing techniques reach?

"It might actually be true. This attribute panel corresponds to my main body, not other clones. Now that I think about it, the difficulty of upgrading such a powerful S-rank soul ninjutsu as Spirit Transformation Technique should be very high, but I upgraded it two levels in a row and only used 2 enhancement points to complete it smoothly."

In retrospect, the reason why I was able to improve my Spirit Transformation Technique so easily was largely due to my talent for cultivating it. My teacher had always said that my soul was exceptionally powerful from birth, and that I had a great talent for cultivating Spirit Transformation Technique.

Kirito pondered carefully, his brain, with its 5 intelligence points, working at high speed, and gradually discovered some similar patterns.

The next moment, his eyes swept over the Puppet Technique on the attribute panel.

Since discovering his exceptional talent in puppetry, he has been creating a shadow clone every day to practice. With a wealth of puppet materials to hone his skills, his progress in puppetry has been phenomenal.

His puppetry skill level has reached level 8, and his puppet creation skill and puppet mechanism skill have also been upgraded to level 6.

Now, this puppetry skill has reached level 8, and it also has a "+" sign at the end.

What level does level 8 Puppetry belong to?

Kirito wasn't really sure, but he discovered that by using Gentle Fist to open up all the chakra points in his body, he could create 20 chakra threads from his body at once and then control 20 puppets to fight simultaneously without any problem.

"The talent to learn a certain ninjutsu makes it easier to learn that ninjutsu, which in turn reduces the enhancement points required by the system. This logic makes sense."

Kirito came to this conclusion.

Then, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

To be honest, he studied a wide variety of things, including sealing techniques, ninjutsu, medical ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, sage techniques, and even puppet techniques. He dabbled in all of them and did them very well, even reaching the top level in the ninja world in some areas.

Generally speaking, other ninjas don't have such a wide range of interests as he does; they usually specialize in a particular area and then hone their skills to the highest level.

Even so, these ninjas were already among the best in the ninja world.

In retrospect, if he had focused his time on specializing in a particular area of ​​expertise, he might have already reached the pinnacle in that field, such as sealing techniques.

"No, I'm different from others. I have enough time and energy to learn these things, and I have good talent. Those powerful ninjas who are proficient in a certain field can certainly achieve great success in a short period of time, but that's about it. Kage level is their ceiling, and they usually have fatal weaknesses."

I'm different. I'm involved in various fields. Although I'm not the strongest in any one field, I have no weaknesses. I can use effective methods from other fields to deal with enemies. Moreover, my potential is higher. Roughly speaking, I have the potential to become a Super Kage. It's hard to say about the Six Paths level, but as long as I continue on my current path of strength improvement, I might have a chance.

When a slight wavering occurred to him, Kirito immediately shook his head and firmly reaffirmed his current choice to pursue the path of improving his strength.

What he learned was somewhat eclectic, and he didn't develop a very systematic attack method or a fixed fighting style. However, his methods were diverse, and to some extent, he could come up with all sorts of tricks, making his fighting style ever-changing.

He can easily integrate several different combat modes from what he has learned.

In fact, what he lacks now is rich practical experience. In previous battles, he basically used White Zetsu clones and Lightning Release clones. Because he didn't want to reveal his identity, he didn't use many of his methods and fought with limited freedom.

Things are different now. He's on the battlefield, and many of his methods are working properly. The only thing he lacks is someone to give him tips and spar. But that's easy to solve. There are plenty of enemies on the battlefield to give him tips and spar.

If it weren't for taking care of Rope Tree, he would actually prefer to act alone.

"However, everything must have a priority. Since I am so talented in learning sealing techniques and puppetry, I will focus on cultivating sealing techniques, puppetry, and sage techniques in the future, and use other ninjutsu as a supplement. Once these three areas are improved, my combat power will be greatly enhanced, and then I can give back to the other areas."

After recognizing his own strength and path, Kirito decided to make some small changes based on his previous abilities.

His gaze then returned to the five S-rank sealing techniques.

A second later, all he could see were the sealing techniques: Vajra Lock and Yin Seal.

Among the five S-rank sealing techniques, in terms of value, they are actually quite similar.

The value of the Yin Seal, a purely auxiliary sealing technique, is self-evident. It can store chakra that is not usually used and take it out to use at critical moments. Moreover, it can enhance the user's strength and speed attributes, keep the user young forever, and keep the body's functions in optimal condition. It's simply amazing.

The Four Red Yang Formation is an extremely powerful defensive sealing technique, strong enough to withstand the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball attack, making it a truly life-saving divine skill.

As for the Inner Four Symbols Seal, Corpse Demon Seal, and Vajra Lock, these three are all offensive sealing techniques with excellent sealing effects.

In particular, the Corpse Demon Seal can almost always achieve a one-for-one trade with the enemy by sacrificing its own life.

However, for Kirito, the three S-rank sealing techniques—the Inner Four Symbols Seal, the Four Red Yang Formation, and the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique—are rarely used in battle. Among them, the Four Red Yang Formation is a life-saving technique that he can only use alone when he needs to activate the Yin Seal.

Therefore, in normal combat, the only sealing techniques that can be effectively used are Yin Seal and Vajra Lock.

Which one should we choose?

Kirito was in a very conflicted state of mind at this moment.

Kirito knew very well how useful the Yin Seal was. The level three Yin Seal could not only create a chakra pool that could accommodate tailed beast-level chakra, but also create a slightly larger chakra pool.

If the level of the Yin Seal is raised again, it might be possible to open up a new chakra pool and further increase his chakra reserves.

All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

Kirito naturally wants as much chakra as possible; ideally, he should have enough chakra to sustain him in Sage Mode for a whole day and night.

Unfortunately, reaching this level of chakra is very difficult unless he can become a perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

In terms of chakra reserves, Kurama's chakra should be equal to that of the other eight tailed beasts combined, making it a super-tailed beast level chakra.

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The Adamantine Sealing Technique is also good. This sealing technique, originally exclusive to individuals with special constitutions of the Uzumaki clan, is itself an extremely powerful offensive sealing technique. It not only has the powerful effect of imprisoning the chakra of tailed beasts, but it is also suitable for dealing with ninjas.

The ninja who masters this sealing technique can use the chakra chains they create as weapons. Because of its ability to imprison chakra, it can easily break through various ninjutsu released by the ninja. If it hits the enemy, the enemy will be temporarily unable to mobilize the chakra within their body.

The only drawback is that this move consumes a lot of chakra.

Karin, a girl from the Uzumaki clan, used Wood Release: Thousand Hands Technique once during the Fourth Shinobi World War to repel the enhanced Yamato who was possessed by Tobi, and then she became weak.

Kirito improved this sealing technique so that ordinary people could use it. He then continued to research it, raising the level of the sealing technique by 3. The effect was that it reduced the chakra consumption by one-third, reduced the number of hand seals, increased the release speed, and significantly enhanced the ability to imprison chakra.

If it continues to be upgraded, the reduction in chakra consumption, release speed, and immobilization effect will definitely be improved, and it might even become a regular skill that can be used in daily battles.

After much deliberation, Kirito finally focused his attention on the sealing technique, Adamantine Lockdown.

"The stronger the Adamantine Locket is, the better, as a tool for capturing tailed beasts."

Kirito's face turned serious.

He had already made up his mind that in order to continue to improve his strength and break through to the fifth level of various chakra natures, capturing the tailed beasts was a must.

All of this is for some grand plan.

With one enhancement point, the level of Sealing Technique: Vajra Lockdown immediately becomes level 4.

In an instant, Kirito's mind flashed with many ideas for improving the Adamantine Sealing Technique. His brain started working rapidly, and he closed his eyes to begin refining and improving the Adamantine Sealing Technique.

A moment later, Kirito rubbed his temples with his fingers, let out a long breath, and reopened his eyes.