Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 56 Physical Liberation
"Everything he said was true."

Just as Akai was wondering how to explain to Hui Li, a slightly lazy voice came from afar.

The two looked over.

Kakashi Hatake, already fully dressed, walked out of the room behind him.

"Kakashi, you're awake!"

Matt Kai said with delight.

"It's hard for him not to wake up!"

Kakashi yawned, his eyes still blurry with tears: "Ha~ Guy, were you just teaching Kairi the Eight Gates?"

Matt Kai certainly understood what his best friend meant.

Yesterday, Kakashi told him that there was something unusual about Hairi's identity and that he should be careful not to reveal the Eight Gates Formation. For this reason, he even put the scroll in Kakashi's hands for safekeeping.

It's perfectly normal to subtly inquire about something after waking up in the morning and finding that he had broken the agreement.

"I have already apologized to Akai."

Hui Li smiled at Kakashi, indicating that she had already confessed to Might Guy.

"Oh……"

Kakashi looked at Guy and saw him nod, so he simply stopped bothering with Guy's affairs.

As long as Akai genuinely agrees and isn't deceived.

It's their own family's secret technique, they can teach it to whomever they want, and the Hokage has no right to interfere.

"Can the Eight Gates Formation really be mastered through training alone?"

Seeing that Kakashi had given up trying to find out more, Hui Li directly asked Kakashi the same question she had just asked.

In the original work, besides Guy and Lee, only Kakashi mastered the Eight Gates. Although he only opened one gate, he was still better than her.

One or two lessons can be learned from experience.

"Hmm~"

Kakashi thought for a moment and then offered a straightforward suggestion:

"The power of the Eight Gates comes from the release of life force."

The first three gates, which involve relinquishing control of the brain over the body, are relatively simple. The further you progress, the more difficult it becomes. Given your talent, I don't think it's necessary to practice this secret technique; it would be a waste of your potential.

Kakashi's advice makes a lot of sense.

The power of the Eight Gates is meant to allow ninjas with less talent to gain power by releasing their life force through sheer willpower. Someone with exceptional talent like her doesn't need to practice such a secret technique with such severe side effects.

But Hui Li had her own considerations.

She strongly agrees with Iruka Umino's theory of the limitation of life force.

Especially as her physical body grows stronger, in order to maintain the strength of her body, she needs to reserve a large portion of her chakra to power her body.

They traveled across the ocean from the Land of Water to Konoha.

Over the course of this month, her physique has been continuously strengthening, and her structure has been getting closer and closer to perfection through repeated optimization.

Her chakra, which had reached the level of a Jonin, was silently declining.

According to her own rough estimate.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, her future chakra reserves will likely be sufficient to reach the Kage level, which would be roughly the limit.

no way.

Without chakra as a support, even if she completely fused the seven chakra natures, she probably wouldn't be able to condense a Truth-Seeking Ball.

Devouring the flesh of a tailed beast would be difficult and dangerous for her before she reached the Kage level.

The remaining options are either to find a way to obtain the cells between the columns.

Alternatively, one can only focus on mastering the Eight Gates Formation.

She had no choice.

"The Eight Gates is indeed the ninjutsu I need, and I can accept any price."

Hui Li said solemnly.

Seemingly infected by the determination in Hui Li's tone, even Kakashi couldn't help but become more serious.

Ah Kai, standing to the side, needs no further explanation.

The flames of youth were already burning brightly in Guy's eyes: "That's right, that's exactly it! The most important thing in training the Eight Gates is this do-or-die spirit!" Kakashi glanced at the hot-blooded idiot beside him, but didn't refute him. Facing the puzzled Hui Li, he slowly said:

"The human body possesses a switch called a limiter, and the name of this switch is—the will to survive!"

"Survival instinct?"

Hui Li seemed to have realized something.

"All living things in the world possess the same survival instinct. The so-called Eight Gates Formation is about constantly torturing the mind and body, training the will, and utilizing this survival desire that we have since the beginning of life."

"Muscles can get injured when they exert their full power, so the brain subconsciously hides that power and tries its best to protect you."

"Burning your life will lead to death; your body instinctively resists this power. Only through constant training, taming your instincts, and achieving physical liberation can you obtain infinite power that transcends life and death."

There are absolutely no shortcuts!

Kakashi finished explaining his understanding of the Eight Gates in one breath, his tone resolute.

When he was learning the Eight Gates from Kai, he had already tried to take shortcuts, but unfortunately even he could not break through the limitations of biological instincts without arduous training.

Matt Kai nodded in deep agreement.

Temper your will, tame your instincts, and liberate your body.

This is the secret of the Eight Gates Formation!
To think you can take a shortcut to master the Eight Gates Formation is pure fantasy.

After the two of them explained together.

This time, Hui Li finally understood.

The purpose of tempering one's will and opening the eight gates is probably to tame some kind of unconscious behavior.

Human survival instincts are unconscious behaviors.

The body instinctively doesn't want to open the Eight Gates because it believes this ability is harmful. The true location of the Eight Gates can never be found through subjective consciousness alone.

This instinct is the fundamental logic of life, something that even the person themselves may not be aware of.

Training the body and tempering the will are to push the body to its limits and artificially create adversity.

In adversity, the will to survive erupts.

In order to survive, life will briefly loosen these shackles, getting through the immediate difficulties before worrying about what comes next.

Only now can the main consciousness finally touch this switch.

The practice of the Eight Gates Formation is about constantly turning on and off switches.

Eventually, the body will remember this feeling, and over time, it will be able to control it freely, so that you no longer have to push yourself into a corner every time.

The principles of the Eight Gates Formation have been understood.

Hui Li calmed herself down once again.

Gudong!

Gudong!

The heart pumps slowly and powerfully, and blood flows through the body along the blood vessels. Nutrients enter the cells and are converted into energy, while metabolic waste is released from the cells and enters the blood to complete the circulation.

A perfectly normal metabolic process.

Hui Li's eyes narrowed.

Roll your eyes!!

The deathly pallor in his eyes suddenly spread downwards.

It was as if a refrigerator that had been shut down for a long time had suddenly been plugged in. The perfectly normal flesh and blood were rapidly activated by the stimulation of the pupil power, emitting bursts of buzzing.

Blood vessels crawl, fascia surge.

The tissues and organs begin to deform and activate, rejoicing.

Faced with the twisted and chaotic state within her body, which resembled a raging inferno, Hui Li remained calm. This horrifying hellish scene was simply her daily routine.

Next comes the highlight!

Since the essence of the Eight Gates is to push the body to the brink and break through its limits.

Why don't I just put my body in a desperate situation?
hum!
With the enhancement of his pupil power, the invisible will swiftly took control of these bodies that had already submitted.

However, the shackles that Akai mentioned have yet to appear.

Pursue the limits, create adversity!

Hui Li silently recited the profound meaning of the Eight Gates Formation, his will like that of a demon king reigning supreme, issuing commands to the chaotic monsters of flesh and blood within his body:
Flesh and blood erupted!!!
(End of this chapter)