After a conversation with Orochimaru, Yeruashi left the camp alone and headed towards the frontline camp at the border of the Wind Country.
However, this time, he did not rush to the battlefield, but spent time training, not worrying too much about the time of battle.
With an acceleration of four times, the practice progressed quite quickly.
In the previous three days of camp, he had also been training, with the main goal of getting used to the long sword and adapting to the characteristics of the Chokutō sword, during which time the Hatake Kenjutsu had already undergone some changes.
The difference between the white light chakra sword and the Kusanagi-Chokutō sword is only its length, so the key point is the power application point.
The power application points of a short and long sword are very different.
Applying force when swinging a long sword, just like when swinging a short sword, is not the best choice, the striking power will decrease and the cut will not be powerful enough, so you should make some changes in technique.
...
Somewhere in the forest.
"It's still not perfect, but it's getting harder and harder to keep improving..."
Holding his Kusanagi sword, Yeruashi performed the simplest of moves to train his Kenjutsu.
During the three days of training at the camp, he completed the Hatake Kenjutsu change by eighty percent, but as time passed, it became increasingly difficult to advance, two days had passed since he left the camp, but his progress had only reached ninety percent.
Further improvement depends on pure skill, he must repeat the basic exercises over and over again, adapting to the blade and bringing his skill to the top little by little.
In fact, this repetitive training is the most convenient for Yeruashi.
Due to the existence of time acceleration, he can perform simple exercises four times faster, eight days of such practice in the accelerated state will be equivalent to only two days of real time.
When he started to learn Hatake Kenjutsu, Yeruashi needed to do at least one million sword movements, to reach the 1st stage, it took him about a month.
At that time, he could only speed up time by one and a half times, and his physical training and chakra were very weak, at most at the Genin level, now it is completely different.
A million sword movements in a standing position of four times acceleration will take no more than a week of real time.
But that was just a rough estimate, roughly calculated from the number of sword strikes per minute, so it could take even less time, and there was already some training in the time he spent in camp.
"Three thousand two hundred and eighty-one, three thousand two hundred and eighty-two..."
"Seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven..."
"Twenty thousand... how many there were... forget..."
Soon Yeruashi quickly stopped counting.
He simply continued swinging the sword monotonously in the middle of the forest for three days, during which time he ate quite a few wild animals and finally stopped feeling uncomfortable swinging the sword, finally adjusting the Chokutō sword.
Whoosh!
Yeruashi sharply swung his sword in a state with a fourfold acceleration.
A white crescent-shaped slash flashed out, cutting in half the trees a few dozen meters in front of Yeruashi, and struck about eight more trees behind, falling to the ground with a clatter.
"The cutting power has increased by at least twenty percent compared to when I was using the white light chakra sword."
"If I were to face Pakura now, I would most likely be able to directly overcome his Shakuton's defenses, there would be no need for a battle of attrition and the use of the time reversal skill..."
Yeruashi nodded, appreciating the fruits of his practice.
Now, the fifth gate of the Hachimon Tonko could not be opened soon, so he was happy to increase his strength in any aspect, especially if it was an attack.
With enough speed and the ability to reverse time, he doesn't need to think about defense and evasion, his attack power is the most important aspect.
"It's time to go."
Yeruashi put away the sword and looked in the direction of the Wind Country, soon his figure became a blur, quickly disappearing from the clearing and moving in the direction of Konoha's front camp.
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Fire Country.
Somewhere in the forest.
There was a battle between two teams of ninja, one belonging to Konoha and the other to Sunagakure.
"..."
Shinku Yuhi looked grim.
He did not expect that having gone on a simple reconnaissance mission, he would encounter a Sunagakure ninja hiding here and engage in a battle with a Jounin.
On the other hand, his team, consisting of Kurenai and two other Genins, plus Yuzuru, a Tokubetsu Jounin, who accompanied them on this mission, were facing another Jounin.
Although there is a numerical advantage, their Tokubetsu Jounin specializes in intelligence and doesn't have much combat power, and Kurenai and the others are just Genins, barely approaching Chuunin level, so even when they joined forces, they were still at a disadvantage and barely hanging on.
"We're in trouble..."
Shinku Yuhi frowned.
He now had two choices.
The first is to defeat his opponent and help the others, but it's hard to say if he can win before Kurenai and the others are defeated.
The second option is to delay the enemy Jounins with Genjutsu, creating an opportunity for Kurenai and the others to retreat safely.
"It's better to retreat."
Shinku Yuhi finally made up his mind.
On the one hand, Kurenai is Shinku's daughter and her position inevitably affects her combat ability, on the other hand, the mission is one of exploration, not battle, the current situation is too dangerous for her team.
Whoosh! Whoosh!!!!
After parrying the opponent's attack, Shinku jumped in the direction of his team and said, "Kurenai, Yuzuru.... stand down!"
"Yes!"
Hearing the order, Kurenai and the others immediately began to retreat, and Shinku performed a series of hand seals, preparing a powerful illusion to temporarily restrain two of the Sunagakure Jounins at once.
At this moment, although Kurenai is now a fairly strong Genin, but facing Jounin, even with the support of her team, she still felt a very strong pressure, she had a slight injury on her right shoulder, if her teammates did not come to help her at that moment, the injury would probably have been much more serious.
"After all, this is a Jounin like my father..."
Taking a deep breath, her back was covered in cold sweat, during the battle with this Jounin, Kurenai was in a state of extreme tension.
His teammates were also in the same state, the tension had reached an extreme point.
It is not clear why.
But at this point, his mind began to think about Yeruashi.
Although they were all students of the same year, but if Yeruashi was in his place, he wouldn't be in such a bad state. right?
At the moment of this brief hesitation, Shinku Yuhi's urgent shout echoed behind her.
"Kurenai!!!"
Kurenai immediately came to her senses and felt a cold sensation coming from her right side, and as she looked out of the corner of her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar figure appear, already striking with a kunai, Unexpectedly it was one of the two Jounins of Sunagakure!
Oh no!
He didn't have time to dodge, a brief moment of distraction was a fatal mistake!