Because his body grows much faster than his resistance develops, his current Thunder Massage can only relieve some fatigue, and in terms of enhancing physical strength, it's almost negligible—like a mosquito's leg.
Therefore, the Third Raikage's physique must have been formed under special circumstances and with the aid of secret medicines; ordinary people could never reach that level.
Still, even a mosquito's leg is meat—it can relieve some fatigue—so Shali could still use it.
Next, there's the electromagnetic field. He can now maintain an electromagnetic field of a certain strength around himself and use electromagnetic acceleration, but the power of an electromagnetic gun… is still far off.
Most importantly, the electromagnetic field gives Xia Li tremendous control potential. For example, Flying Thunder God kunai can travel behind an opponent—or pierce them directly.
However, using kunai for this purpose isn't very effective. Xia Li had craftsmen custom-make some extremely sharp iron shards that had no blind spots, yet most of them went unused before even being deployed. They vanished.
There were also ordinary iron marbles, which could be used to slightly block enemy attacks.
In short, it's still a long way from the super electromagnetic Flash kunai Shali imagined. Yet he could already use ordinary Lightning kunai with enough speed, though from Shali's perspective, it wasn't nearly enough.
Xia Li was also thinking about this. It seems he can't just continue researching the field's strength. After all, this depends on the changes in his lightning nature, and a significant improvement in a short time is unlikely.
Could we approach this from the electromagnetic field perspective? Lightning arcs flickered around Shali. If the distance is too great, control becomes difficult…
Xia Li nodded. He remembered that Sasuke later developed the Chidori, which seemed to have a similar effect. He could first learn the Chidori and then apply its principles to expand his attack range.
If the range could truly be expanded, he imagined countless Flying Thunder God kunai flying around within the field—that would truly be a terrifying "domain."
As for Raikiri, Xia Li rarely used the simple Raikiri. His most common weapon was the Chidori Blade, later developed by Sasuke. It was easier to use and didn't have the side effects of Raikiri.
The situation with Thunder Release was basically the same. The direction was clear; the problem was how to expand the range.
Feng Dun and Shali had some ideas. With his current chakra reserves, using a full Wind Release: Rasenshuriken might be difficult, but he could use a mini-version. If he had used the full version, it would be a waste of chakra.
Even so, Xia Li's impression of Feng Dun's Shuriken wasn't the most impressive. What left the deepest impression was the Rasengan's frequency and repetitions—like a neurotoxin. But Xia Li felt the flashy extras weren't necessary; one decisive strike was enough.
Currently, Xia Li's most used techniques were not Wind Release Rasenshuriken, but Wind Release Vacuum Wave and Wind Slash. To him, that was what Wind Slash should truly be, though Vacuum Wave had already become a pinnacle of ninjutsu, which troubled Xia Li.
If he really needed it, he would have to create it himself. To extend the path of the Vacuum Wave, he needed an ultimate one-time slash—a decisive jutsu capable of cutting through anything.
Though the Vacuum Wave was already sufficient, Xia Li decided to study the monsters he envisioned appearing later.
As for Wind Slash techniques, he could now perform them without any seals, often attaching them to his sword to create effects similar to sword energy—very practical.
Before diving deeper, he decided to first study the original Wind Release Rasenshuriken as a reference. Even without Sage Mode, he need not worry about injury, as he could dodge attacks using the Flying Thunder God's power.
Unbeknownst to Xia Li, the reason Naruto's Rasenshuriken couldn't be thrown was that it was only a half-finished technique.
Additionally, Wind Release Fierce Palm was basically useless to Xia Li, but he still considered whether he could further study its principles to enhance his external techniques.
However, all this required time. Xia Li felt his head ache and decided to set aside Wind Release Gale Palm for now. Even if he researched more refined methods, his power would increase, but he likely couldn't perform it yet. Perhaps it would be useful later…
Shali looked at the colorless wind in her hands and realized she still had much to learn.
There were other scattered techniques, like sealing jutsu. Xia Li had no idea how to create his own seals. Ninjutsu alone was already taxing, and now he wanted to create sealing techniques…
So Shali decided to proceed step by step, mastering the Eight Trigrams Seal and Four Symbols Seal first before moving on.
Xia Li wasn't in a rush. Naruto's sealing techniques existed; he could quickly learn them. He could already use them but needed extensive preparation. Over the past year and a half, Xia Li hadn't spent much time learning seals.
On the other hand, there was medical ninjutsu. Yes, Xia Li was self-taught in medical ninjutsu. Initially, he just wanted basic healing for himself, but he later found he was suited to it, thought it simple, and completed the study…
Medical ninjutsu brought the greatest surprises to Shali, though it also left some unresolved questions.
Chapter 111 (Continued) – Medical Ninjutsu and the Appointment
Why did Xia Li make it look easy? Because medical ninjutsu requires precise chakra control and sharp thinking—both of which Xia Li had in abundance.
Before studying medical ninjutsu, Shali had also studied human anatomy to understand Thunder Massage and medical techniques.
Thus, after a few attempts, Xia Li could practically use medical ninjutsu, including A-rank medical techniques—minor sage jutsu.
In short, medical ninjutsu allows the user to stimulate cells with chakra to heal wounds. By altering chakra shapes, it can also detoxify or attack.
In fact, it consumes not only the user's chakra but also the patient's natural recovery ability. If someone's energy is exhausted and cells are dead, even medical ninjutsu might be ineffective.
For Xia Li, this wasn't difficult. He felt like he was using a sage palm technique to heal himself, removing the east wall to compensate for the west wall's absence.
Chakra itself is a combination of physical and spiritual energy. Since physical energy comes from cells, the extracted energy is used to stimulate the cells themselves for recovery.
Why not skip a step and directly control the body's energy to heal wounds? Since ninjas can extract physical energy and combine it with spiritual energy, they should be able to transfer just physical energy to a wound…
Unfortunately, Shali had tried this alone but never succeeded.
He had hoped that if successful, he could inject pure physical energy into others' wounds to see if the body could tolerate it or if other methods would be needed.
Sadly, he failed before even taking the first step. Yet, the experiment yielded something else: he could directly use chakra to heal from within without external strikes.
This was a useful result, though Xia Li didn't give up. He felt there might be other ways to use physical and mental energy.
Among medical ninjutsu methods, Xia Li was most proficient with chakra surgical knives, having merged them with wind-based cutting.
Thus, blocking Xia Li's sword was no easy task. His chakra surgical knife could not only penetrate the surface but also cut inside the body, and disrupt the opponent's chakra flow, even preventing ninjutsu release.
"Body energy…" Xia Li muttered, thinking of the concepts of Yang and Yin release, though he couldn't recall clearly.
He only knew the concept existed, though he wasn't sure what it consisted of—it might involve physical and spiritual energy…
After roughly planning his future path, he began specialized training. He needed to recreate the Wind Release Rasenshuriken from the original as a reference.
He extended his hand, and countless Rasengan formed in his palm, condensed using the basic properties of wind.
His goal was to maximize the cutting power of Wind Release. Each strand of chakra forming the Rasengan needed to be as sharp as needles…
Soon, a piercing noise filled the training field. The Rasengan in his hands was increasingly wrapped in dense chakra, but…
Xia Li paused, and the Rasengan dissipated. He wasn't surprised.
Even with his strong chakra control and mastery of nature transformation, it was impossible to grasp immediately.
He then took a ration pill. Throwing Rasenshuriken required many rations, but money wasn't an issue—he had enough.
"Rasengan and wind properties are difficult to master. No wonder the Fourth Hokage didn't create it quickly…" Shali said while feeling the cooling effect of the rations and recovering chakra.
A thought flashed in her mind—adding wind? What about lightning? Could he forcibly condense a lightning Rasengan with his current control?
Shali had a flash of inspiration but didn't pursue it. Lightning control in the air was too difficult. The power was too intense. Instead of controlling it directly, it might be better to combine it with the escape properties of lightning, forming Raikiri…
Or better yet, combine them? Use lightning chakra's acceleration properties to launch Rasengan directly?
Xia Li thought of his lightning-nature ninja sword—the strike that made opponents think the sword had disappeared…
Perhaps.
He produced another Rasengan—this time the standard version—and infused it with lightning chakra. This time, it succeeded.
Shali observed the lightning dancing in the Rasengan's core. Maintaining the Rasengan's power was key. The speed had to be fast to preserve most of the power…
Next, the Rasengan shot out.
In an instant, it seemed to vanish, then reappeared, hitting a wooden stake wrapped in wire.
Boom!
The explosion rang out, and Shali approached the shattered wood, observing the marks left by the lightning.
Its raw power wasn't as strong as a standard Rasengan, though the speed was high, and the damage was slightly reduced. But overall, it was sufficient.
It might also induce a paralyzing effect…
Shali felt this was somewhat unnecessary. Since the electromagnetic field was already set up, directly throwing electromagnetically accelerated kunai might be more efficient. The power might be slightly lower, but penetration would be better, and chakra could be saved.
However, the electromagnetic field made noise, so perhaps a lightning Rasengan was better for ambushes. It also consumed less chakra than Raikiri kunai, so it was still useful…
Xia Li had figured out the lightning Rasengan method. What concerned him more was whether the Vacuum Wave could also have lightning properties.
Could an ultimate cutting technique disappear from sight at incredible speed?
Xia Li paused, began forming seals, trying slowly to inject lightning chakra while sealing…
However, he failed immediately, frowning. The difficulty was entirely different.
Rasengan is a non-elemental jutsu with high tolerance. It was created by the Fourth Hokage with unlimited potential.
Even this jutsu system alone could reach A-rank. No wonder the Fourth Hokage, in just three years, created such an all-encompassing technique—truly a genius.
Vacuum Wave maximized wind properties, with almost no margin for error. Injecting lightning chakra into it was many times harder than into Rasengan.
Yet Xia Li thought for a moment and decided to continue fusion, starting by combining Wind Technique with Vacuum Wave first. If his envisioned jutsu was ever created, he could continue fusing it.
Cutting and speed complemented each other, and Shali wasn't willing to give up lightly.
Time was tight; there was no room to relax.
He continued training. Though he lacked Naruto's chakra, the cooling rations were sufficient.
Training was always tedious, and Xia Li tried again and again after each failure.
Time flowed like water, and soon it was the day of his appointment with Sasuke.
Shali checked the time and walked in the familiar direction.
"You finally came!"
As soon as Xia Li stepped into the familiar place, a determined voice rang out.
"Long time no see, Sasuke," Shali said, seeing him but not knowing when he had arrived.
"Hmph, come fight me, Xia Li!" Sasuke said, already ready.
"Don't worry. How about you tell me about yourself first? Like your grades? I remember we talked about this before," Xia Li said with a smile.
Sasuke fell silent, then muttered, "Why are you asking that…"
"Oh, judging by your expression, it seems you didn't take over my position after I graduated." Xia Li already knew but wanted to see Sasuke's current state.
"After you left, I've always been the top in the class. Always!" Sasuke said bluntly.
"Oh? And theory knowledge? And physical training?" Xia Li asked knowingly. He had previously asked Ino about these.
Sasuke had no response—he hadn't achieved his goals in this area…
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