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Chapter 114 Status bar changes, Shengshu's assessment! (Subscribe for monthly tickets)

Time passed quickly in the boring research of sealing techniques, and before I knew it, it was time to refresh the status bar again.

I am looking forward to the show under the stars.

When the time is up, the status bar is refreshed.

The tremendous effort did not disappear.

"Finally solidified another one!"

Xingxiaxiu was quite happy. This was the fifth permanent state.

Then he looked at the new state.

Current status: Wind escape expert
Note: You are professional and specialized in Wind Escape. In this state, you have expert-level Wind Escape talent.
Refresh countdown: 29 days 23:59:22
Xingxia Xiu frowned at first, then his pupils shrank.

The refresh time has changed.

"It's now refreshed once a month...why?"

Xing Xiaxiu looked at his own solidification status bar, thoughtfully: "Five permanent solidification states, is this why the refresh time has increased?"

Longer refresh times have both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is naturally that when you encounter a good state, you can have more time to solidify it. Seven days is still too short, and there is not even enough time to study many states.

The downside is that some bad situations may last too long.

For example, mental disorders are very risky.

However, after thinking about it, Xingxiaxiu felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

But...what the hell is this [Wind Escape Expert] in front of me?

I'm already a Wind Style Master, and you want to give me a [Wind Style Expert]?
Xing Xiaxiu looked away with disdain.

Silent all night.

The next day, after Hoshita Hide sent out his clone to go about his business, the real body did not come to the Root base, but came to see Uzumaki Kushina.

Of course, he has accumulated a lot of problems in sealing techniques in recent days, which need to be solved.

And he also needs to solve Uzumaki Kushina's problem with illusion.

In addition, Xingxia Xiu also stopped by to chat with Jiuwei.

But this time he brought Uzumaki Kushina with him.

Emotionally speaking, he still hoped that Uzumaki Kushina could get along better with the Nine-Tails and master its chakra mode.

If it really doesn't work and the Nine-Tails is stubborn, then just use force. Use the balls and wind style Rasenshuriken to attack the Nine-Tails and steal its chakra.

When the time comes to practice the Yin Seal, Xing Xiaxiu will also take advantage of it.

Regular days pass quickly.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

There is information coming from outside.

Hanzo indeed defeated the warriors of the Iron Country, and the young Admiral Mifune also became Hanzo's defeated opponent.

But more importantly.

The Sand Village has sent troops to the Rain Country.

As the news of the Sand Village sending troops to the Rain Country came, Hoshita Hide clearly felt that the atmosphere in Konoha had changed.

However, neither Sarutobi Hiruzen nor Danzo gave any orders.

So Xing Xia Xiu just paid attention to the developments of the war while practicing and training with peace of mind.

Time passes day by day.

Konoha's troop deployments became more frequent.

Battle reports from the front lines were constantly transmitted back to Konoha.

As predicted by Hoshita Hide, Hanzo was full of confidence. He used the invasion of the Rain Country as an excuse to launch wars against Konoha, Sand Village, and Iwagakure at the same time.

But it must be said that Hanzo and the Rain Village are quite powerful.

One against three, he was not at a disadvantage for a moment.

At the same time, Xing Xiaxiu also saw from the intelligence that although the Rain Village was facing three opponents at once, Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure were not working together to deal with the Rain Village. Instead, they were fighting each other on their own while secretly stabbing each other.

To describe the current situation of the Rain Country in one sentence, it is: The Rain Country has become a mess!

Time flies and it is February.

This day.

In the Forest of Death, Xing Xiaxiu stood on a big tree with a rope.

"Rope Tree, from now on, this Death Forest is a battlefield."

Xingxia Xiu said: "Anything could happen here, traps, enemy ambushes, etc."

"Your mission is to find the Heaven and Earth Scroll hidden here. This is the intelligence you need to obtain, and it is also the ultimate goal of this assessment."

"If you successfully obtain the scroll, you will pass the test."

Sheng Shu nodded seriously: "I understand."

"Brother Xiu, I will definitely pass the test."

Xing Xiaxiu said noncommittally: "Then let's get started!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.

Nawaki took out a kunai from his ninja tool bag, held it in his hand, and then leaped forward.

Xing Xiaxiu, who had just left, reappeared, followed quietly behind, and silently observed Sheng Shu's actions.

As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature.

Sheng Shu's carefree and nervous personality has already been formed and is difficult to change, but the training during this period has indeed made him different.

When he gets serious, he really acts like a ninja, not as reckless as before.

Rope Tree noticed the first trap and bypassed it perfectly.

There was no way to circumvent the second trap, so Shengshu used his clone to wade through a path.

Xing Xiaxiu, who was following, nodded slightly, and finally did not rush directly into the trap.

However, the detonation of the trap also alerted the ambushers. Shengshu, who had just carefully passed through the trap, shrugged his ears and immediately used the Instant Body Technique to disappear from the spot.

Beep!
Shurikens were nailed to the branches where the rope tree originally stood.

The rope tree that had just dodged was still in the air when the attack came whizzing from the side.

clang!
Mars is everywhere.

The kunai and the ninja sword collided, and Rope Tree fell on a branch, but then his expression changed. There was a detonating tag next to him, which was burning at the moment.

The rope tree flew into the air, and then the detonating talisman exploded.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Qinglan, dressed in root clothes, was fighting fiercely with Shengshu at this moment. He swung the ninja sword at high speed, making Shengshu sweat on his forehead.

"So fast..."

"Is this the Root Elite?"

Sheng Shu was frightened. While dealing with the attack, he also had to observe his surroundings and watch out for traps.

Sure enough, he landed on the ground again, and the sound of breaking through the air came from behind him.

Nawaki rolled forward and avoided the dense shuriken attack, but as soon as he jumped up, he was covered by dense senbon.

Shengshu hooked his left hand, picked up a kunai, swung both hands, and danced.

Ding Ding Dang~~
There were dense collision sounds, and soon a circle of Senbon appeared around Rope Tree.

puff!
A thousand swords passed by, and a blood mark immediately appeared on Shengshu's shoulder.

He then jumped up and exchanged a few moves with Qinglan who had suddenly attacked him. Then he hid behind a big tree, but suddenly many double images appeared in front of his eyes.

"Oh no, the thousand books are poisonous..."

Sheng Shu gritted his teeth and quickly took out the antidote pill and swallowed it. As soon as he finished eating, he felt his eyelids heavy and drowsy. "This poison is so strong, my sister's antidote pill is... No, it's an illusion!"

Sheng Shu reacted, shuddered, and quickly bit his lips, blood flowing down. His brain became a little clearer, and then he saw a figure rushing towards him from the front, and he immediately swung out the kunai in his right hand.

Bang!
The figure that was rushing towards him exploded into a cloud of smoke, and then a black figure attacked from the left.

clang!
Rope Tree made an accurate prediction and blocked the ninja sword with a kunai, while raising his right hand: Release!
The illusion was broken, Shengshu cheered up and fought with Qinglan at high speed again, then hid in the grass and gasped for breath.

It’s not because of excessive physical exertion, but because of mental stress.

He shrugged his ears, he was discovered.

Shengshu immediately formed seals and then rushed out to meet the attacker.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Gold and iron mingled, and sparks shot out.

Rope Tree looked at the masked, black-robed ninja in front of him and thought to himself, "This guy's swordsmanship must have been taught by Brother Xiu..."

After dozens of moves, Shengshu couldn't keep up with the speed, the kunai in his hand was knocked away, and then he was kicked away with a bang, and he exploded into a cloud of smoke in the air.

Shadow clone!
Behind Qinglan, Shengshu flew over with the Rasengan in his right hand.

While in the air, Qinglan turned around and swung his sword.

The next moment, the Rasengan was pressed on Qinglan's ninja sword.

"So strong!"

Under the mask, Qinglan's expression changed.

But Shengshu pressed hard, and with a snapping sound, the ninja sword broke into pieces and the fragments pierced into Qinglan's body.

Bang!
Qinglan's body exploded into smoke, also a shadow clone.

Sheng Shu landed on the ground, looked around carefully, then jumped up, found a safe place to land, treated the wound on his shoulder, and continued to move forward to look for the scroll.

Xing Xiaxiu was slightly satisfied watching all this.

If Nawaki could maintain this attitude, he believed that with Orochimaru's care, it would not be difficult for him to survive on the battlefield.

Afterwards, Naoki fought against Gekko Ichi's shadow clone and used seduction techniques to decide the outcome at the moment when Gekko Ichi was stunned.

Then, based on the clues left behind, Shengshu quickly found the Scroll of Earth, and was then ambushed by Kurama Ryuun again.

However, Kurama Ryuun is also a shadow clone.

This time, Kurama Ryuyun did not use hypnosis, but used the family's illusion technique, successfully trapping Nawaki in an illusion.

However, something unexpected happened.

In the illusion, Shengshu used a seduction technique, which caused Kurama Ryuyun's shadow clone to bleed profusely from the nose. The technique was instantly lifted and the illusion disappeared.

When Kurama Ryuyun received the memories fed back by the shadow clone, his face turned red and he wanted to find a hole to hide in out of shame.

But why does such a technique exist?

……

After getting rid of Kurama Ryuun's shadow clone, Nawaki finally got the Scroll of Heaven.

"Hey, I told you I'll definitely pass the test."

Rope Tree held the Scroll of Heaven with a silly grin on his face.

Xingxia Xiu suddenly appeared behind him and put a kunai on his neck: "You are dead."

"This is a battlefield."

"Complacent and completely oblivious to their surroundings."

"How do you know there are no enemies around?"

Sheng Shu's smile froze, and he lowered his head sadly: "Brother Xiu, I was wrong."

Xing Xiaxiu offered no comfort, saying calmly, "If you make a mistake now, you'll only lose a test. If you lose on the battlefield or during a mission, you'll lose your life."

"The S-level ninjutsu is ruined, but I can teach you another ninjutsu."

"Let's go back first."

Shengshu followed obediently.

I lost an S-rank ninjutsu, and I feel really bad.

However, when Xingxia Xiu taught him the air step, Nawaki had forgotten about the S-level ninjutsu.

Xingxia Xiu had no intention of teaching the Rope Tree Tianmeng Walker technique immediately. He chose the air step in the hope that the boy would have more ability to protect himself on the battlefield.

If you can't win, you can still use air steps and run away.

(End of this chapter)