After some testing, Shigeru finally determined that the clone's strength was related to the amount of chakra it distributed. The more chakra it distributed, the stronger the clone's strength was.
Of course, this level of strength will definitely not surpass the original body.
Also, only when the clone is mortally wounded, it turns into ice and disappears. This is much better than the shadow clone that disappears after taking a little damage.
Therefore, overall, the effect of this ice clone is almost the same as Hashirama's wood clone.
After testing the effect of the ice clone, Shigeru took the initiative to remove the ice clone jutsu and continued to develop the ninjutsu that was the goal of yesterday.
With the experience in developing ice clones, making ice soldiers was much easier.
In just a second, Shigeru created an ice man in front of him.
Unlike the ice clone, the iceman's appearance is only similar to Shigeru in outline and shape, but in other aspects, it is almost no different from the ice sculpture.
Moreover, he is not like the ice clone that has the same thinking ability as Shigeru. What this ice soldier has is a simple instinct for action, like a pre-programmed robot.
"It seems a bit monotonous…" Shigeru muttered as he looked at the appearance of the iceman in front of him.
Then, Shigeru began to circulate chakra and add things to Iceman's body.
After an unknown amount of time, an image of an ancient soldier in armor appeared, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand.
He stood there like an ice sculpture, but as Shigeru was thinking, the Iceman soldier immediately swung his sword, and the big tree beside him broke and fell.
"The speed is similar to that of a genin, but the strength is much greater than that of a genin." Shigeru nodded.
He then threw a punch, intending to test the Iceman soldier's defense.
!!
The fist containing chakra opened a hole directly in the Iceman soldier's chest. Unlike the ice clone, the Iceman soldier did not disappear and still had the ability to attack.
To test how damaged the Iceman would be before attacking, Shigeru Hagoromo began destroying him.
However, Private Iceman didn't last long. After losing his limbs and ability to attack, Iceman shattered into ice cubes.
However, to Shigeru's surprise, the remains of these ice soldiers were not abandoned, but rather quickly spread out like fluids, forming an ice zone more than one meter wide and two meters long.
Along with this, most of the chakra used to create Iceman's soldiers also returned to Shigeru's body.
This means that even if the ice soldiers are destroyed, Shigeru's chakra loss will be very small. Thanks to this feature, Shigeru can create ice soldiers almost continuously during battle.
"In order to expand the territory, Iceman's soldiers sacrificed their lives in exchange for the expansion of the territory, thus establishing their own kingdom. After the development of this ninjutsu is complete, we will call it Hyōton: Kingdom of Ice and Snow!"
Looking at the layer of ice left by the Iceman soldiers, Shigeru sighed with emotion and gave this ninjutsu a name.
With the success of the first Iceman Soldier, the next step will be much easier.
After Shigeru formed the seal, several ice soldiers began to appear in front of him one by one.
However, as more ice men continued to be created, Shigeru also discovered a problem, that is, it was very tiring to perform this ninjutsu.
Because these Iceman soldiers cannot be produced in batches at a time, but need to be produced one by one.
It also takes a long time to make these ice men. Almost all ice soldiers take between two and three seconds to make.
Therefore, these things combined make this ninjutsu somewhat impractical.
"What exactly is the problem? With the production speed of the Ice Soldiers, it is simply unrealistic to compete with Hashirama's Birth of a World Tree…"
Shigeru withdrew the ice he had created.
"I don't have to worry, I'm a reincarnated person. I have to think about the animes and video games from my past life and see if there's any way to solve this problem!"
After rubbing his cheek, Shigeru began to recall memories of his past life.
According to some video games, barracks are needed to generate soldiers. Once you have a barracks, you can create soldiers.
So you must first create a barracks that can create the troops!
Thinking of this, Shigeru suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
"But how to build a barracks to produce soldiers?"
Shigeru thought as he began to create a barracks.
The first thing he thought of was to resort to the ice wall technique and create a wall surrounded on all sides. However, it was obvious that this method would not work at all.
Therefore, Shigeru could only try little by little and keep feeling his way.
Just like that, after half a year.
In an open space in a forest, looking at the transparent crystal city gate tower at his feet, Shigeru couldn't help but shout excitedly, "I finally did it!"
Shigeru's eyes were filled with joy. With excitement, after more than five months, he finally created his first S-rank ninjutsu.
Hyōton · Kingdom of Ice and Snow!
To be honest, in order to create this barracks that could produce soldiers, Shigeru almost gave up.
Fortunately, the hard work paid off and he finally completed this ninjutsu today.
The barracks are about four metres high and about ten metres long and wide. Each barracks has five doors each less than two metres wide.
Thanks to Yin Escape's blessing, the barracks created by Shigeru now have a certain degree of autonomy.
This autonomous ability is like a program. As long as Shigeru injects chakra, he will continuously produce Iceman Soldiers, thus expanding his territory and creating a kingdom covered in ice and snow.
After being excited for a while, Shigeru released his ninjutsu and ran towards the clan territory.
Now that ninjutsu has been developed, he must find an opponent to test the power of this S-rank Hyōton ninjutsu.
As the place where Shigeru practiced was not far from the clan, he quickly found his father, Ryokawa, the clan leader who took care of clan affairs.