The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

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Uchiha Kiyoshi himself didn't go out, but the arrangements for the ninja world still had to be carried out, and these were naturally left to his clones to do.

The main body conducts research and training on Kiyono Island, while the clones carry out missions throughout the ninja world. Perhaps this is the correct way to use clones.

Madara Uchiha was secretly plotting, and the Sage of Six Paths was also watching the ninja world. In order not to expose himself, Kiyoshi Uchiha's main body could not be dispatched, so many things could only be done by his clones.

Sometimes, Kiyoshi Uchiha would lament that developing the clone technique might have been the right choice.

Personally orchestrating it? Are you kidding me? Why would I use a clone instead of showing up myself? Do I think I haven't been exposed thoroughly enough?

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After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Uchiha Kiyoshi had been on the island for two years, perfecting various methods and even beginning to plan his path after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Needless to say, the level of body tempering is the most important point. As Uchiha Kiyoshi expected, two bloodline elimination-level transformations have once again improved his level of body tempering.

However, after a period of research, he realized that it was incorrect to call his current state the late stage of body tempering.

The two improvements were too small and did not meet Uchiha Kiyoshi's expectations at all.

After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Uchiha Kiyoshi assessed his own strength. According to his preliminary results, Foundation Establishment was essentially equivalent to the Super Kage level. Previously, the ninja world didn't have this distinction; Super Kage level individuals were extremely rare, practically nonexistent, and in some eras, there wasn't even a single Super Kage. Previously, Uchiha Kiyoshi only used the Nine-Tails as a criterion; any ninja who could defeat or fight the Nine-Tails to a draw without using sealing techniques was considered Super Kage level.

This presents a drawback: not every powerful individual has fought the Nine-Tails. For example, it's difficult to determine who would have won between Tobirama Senju and the Nine-Tails. Furthermore, the Nine-Tails' true strength remains a mystery. In the original story, it's primarily depicted during Naruto's era, when the Nine-Tails was only half-formed, making it hard to assess its true power. After the Nine-Tails became complete, it was already the final battle of the Six Paths, when the Nine-Tails and Naruto had become perfect Jinchūriki, always fighting together. Who knows what its true strength was then?

After achieving Foundation Establishment and gaining an understanding of his own strength, Uchiha Kiyoshi set the Super Kage level as his most basic strength after Foundation Establishment. This means that after Foundation Establishment, he could utilize True Essence Chakra—purified natural energy combined with spiritual energy—to form a chakra concentration far exceeding normal levels, enabling him to unleash the power of normal Five Elements Release techniques. A ninja possessing at least two of these three attributes—attack power, defense power, and evasion ability—and with the last one also being strong, would be considered Super Kage level.

In other words, the strength that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can achieve solely through the Five Elements Escape Technique is at the Super Shadow level.

Of course, this is only the threshold for the Super Shadow level.

"According to this division, the entire Foundation Establishment stage corresponds to the Super Kage level. The previous Qi Refining stage corresponds to all levels from Genin to Kage, which seems a bit unbalanced."

"But that's how it is. The division of strength in the ninja world is too general. Apart from a few bottlenecks that are relatively easy to identify and the rapid increase in strength after breaking through them, the division of realms is too arbitrary. There is almost no clear distinction between genin, chunin and genin. There is no distinction in realms, especially between genin and chunin. At least genin's will has undergone a transformation."

"The ninja world is not divided, so as the first person to make a clear distinction, it is naturally up to me. Moreover, making these distinctions is also for my own convenience in making judgments, and it is not necessary to implement them throughout the entire ninja world. After all, the ninja world does not even know what Foundation Establishment is right now, and I have no intention of letting anyone know it yet."

In this way, the Foundation Establishment stage corresponds to the Super Shadow level, which is actually quite a large span, and is still in line with the normal situation.

A newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator's strength using only the Five Elements Escape Techniques is at the threshold of the Super Shadow level. The gap between the entry level and the peak of Foundation Establishment is already large, and with the addition of various secret techniques, the strength they can exert is indeed similar to the gap between Hashirama Senju and the Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Kiyoshi himself was quite satisfied with this division.

That's why he was dissatisfied with the changes he experienced during his two Bloodline Elimination trials. To be honest, the adaptation periods during those two trials weren't enough to support such a significant leap in strength for Uchiha Seitoki.

"After the Super Shadow level comes the Six Paths level, and the Six Paths level wields the Truth-Seeking Ball. It is said that the Truth-Seeking Ball is formed from the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Does that mean that the Bloodline Limit corresponds to the realm after Foundation Establishment? Let's take the Golden Core realm for now. The Bloodline Limit corresponds to the Golden Core level."

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"But that's not right either. The Seeking the Way Jade only says it's the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, it doesn't say it's a bloodline limit. So the Seeking the Way Jade is more like an accessory, an ability you get after you break through."

"Or, on the other hand, why can't the Seeking the Dao Jade be a condition for a breakthrough?"

Only by mastering the Seeking Truth Jade can one break through, or to be more precise, mastering the abilities of the Seeking Truth Jade at the same level is a necessary condition for breaking through to the Six Paths level.

"The Truth-Seeking Ball is not a Bloodline Limit. Perhaps it is a substance synthesized from the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Or perhaps it is not perfectly fused. If one cultivates Yin and Yang Release to a certain level and then fuses the Five Elements attributes, one can successfully cultivate the Truth-Seeking Ball?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi felt that he couldn't figure it out by himself, so he could only keep experimenting.

Now that the Bloodline Elimination isn't having the effect he imagined, he should broaden his horizons. Having developed so many Bloodlines, he now has enough experience and confidence.

Perhaps it's time to consider fusing the five attributes...

Chapter 264 Disgusting Danzo

The Uchiha clan had been considering the fusion of the five attributes since early morning.

He had proposed this theory long before he established his foundation, but he hadn't really studied it.

"In the ninja world, there is no such thing as the five elements generating each other; there is only the five elements restraining each other. And according to my theory, in order to integrate the five elements, one also needs to know the order of generation."

"Wind overcomes thunder, thunder overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes wind. This forms a cycle."

Uchiha Kiyoshi drew a pentagon on a piece of paper and wrote down the five angles in the order of their mutual restraint.

"The mutual generation and mutual restraint are actually just a pentagon and a pentagram that overlap. Once the restraint is found, the mutual generation is actually easy to find."

As he spoke, Uchiha Kiyoshi drew a five-pointed star using the five vertices of a pentagon.

"It should be in this order, but the direction is still unclear, which attribute on the line generates which attribute. However, we only need to verify one of them. For example, thunder and fire, once we verify this one, the others can be drawn in order."

In truth, Uchiha Kiyoshi was also uncertain, after all, this was based on the theory of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements from his previous life. Although there is also mutual restraint in the ninja world, the five attributes are ultimately different: water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning, while metal and wood are completely absent.

However, both Metal Release and Wood Release can be formed by fusing these. Wood Release goes without saying, and Metal Release is actually Sand Release, which controls metal. Thinking of this, Uchiha Kiyoshi suddenly felt more confident.

The fact that it can be generated indicates that it possesses these characteristics, and perhaps the five elements in the ninja world really do follow the same rules.

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Fire Release: Explosive Fist

A fireball erupted beneath Obito's feet, exploded out of thin air, propelling his body forward, and then his right hand was also covered in flames.

Flames swirled around the arm, eventually converging on the fist.

"boom"

With a single punch, flames exploded, and the Sand Ninja in front was already a bloody mess, with even the smell of flesh emanating from his wounds.

"hu~hu~"

This action took a considerable toll on Obito, and his legs were also damaged.

Controlling chakra in the feet is too difficult. Even if you have practiced it quite well, you can still be injured by the aftershocks of the flame explosion. In addition, the pressure on your feet is also quite great when your body is pushed.

Although Obito was panting heavily, he was grinning and looking at Kakashi with a defiant expression.

The Sand Ninja who was just killed was a Chunin, and quite strong, probably already at the level of an elite Chunin. Yet he was still killed by Obito, which shows that Obito's combat strength is still quite good.

Of course, there are other factors as well. The opponent was too exhausted, perhaps because they had encountered more enemies than Team 7 before, and their condition was too poor. This is a common situation on the battlefield, and it is quite common for someone to be killed by a weaker ninja for this reason.

Kakashi didn't say much to Obito, he just rolled his eyes.

After a long battle, Team 7 was already quite exhausted, and with the addition of two Chunin they had just encountered, they were truly nearing their limit. Each of the three took out a soldier's ration pill from their ninja tool pouch, popped it into their mouths, and began to recover their chakra and stamina.

"Hurry up and recover your chakra, the next wave of enemies could arrive at any time."

"Huh! Huh!"

Less than five minutes after the three members of Team 7 had settled down and recovered their strength and chakra, another Sand Ninja squad spotted them.

Although it was just a battle between chunin and genin, the traces were quite obvious. Moreover, in order to recover as quickly as possible, the three members of Team 7 were racing against time and didn't have time to clean up, so it was only natural that they were found.

Kakashi suddenly shoved Obito aside, then performed a backflip, twisting his body to dodge the two kunai.

Upon seeing the three Sand Ninjas appearing opposite him and sensing their powerful chakra, Kakashi's heart sank to the bottom.

Three Chunin, and they were no weaker than the previous Chunin, and their condition was significantly better. In fact, one of them gave Kakashi the feeling of being no less capable than a Special Jonin. No, that was a Special Jonin!

At this time, Kakashi was only a Chunin, and his true strength was not yet that of a Jonin, so he naturally felt immense pressure facing his opponent.

"Leave the middle one to me, and let Obito Rin handle the remaining two quickly."

Kakashi finished making the arrangements and rushed forward first.

In battles between chunin and genin, taijutsu plays a very important role, especially now that both sides are engaged in a large-scale war. In order to survive, they must do everything they can to conserve chakra, making taijutsu clashes even more crucial.

Kakashi, wielding a long sword, faced the two Sand Ninja.

Rin and Obito quickly followed, forming hand seals. Even without Kakashi saying anything, they knew their opponent couldn't hold out much longer and they needed to finish the fight quickly so they could reach Kakashi as soon as possible.

Water Release: Water Arrow Technique

Fire Release: Explosive Fist

Rin unleashed her Water Arrow Technique, condensing water vapor in the air into a water arrow that shot towards the Sand Ninja on the opposite side. The Land of Rivers is crisscrossed by rivers, the entire country is rich in water resources, and the air humidity is very high, giving Water Release techniques a certain advantage here.

With Rin's water arrows providing cover, Obito successfully reached the Sand Ninja and unleashed his Explosive Fist before the Sand Ninja could even catch their breath after dodging the water arrows.

His right hand transformed into flames, spinning and converging on his right fist, condensing into a single point, and then suddenly erupting.

Perhaps realizing the seriousness of the situation and understanding the dangerous predicament the three of them were in, Obito's punch was more serious than ever before.

He delivered the most powerful punch in history.

Flames erupted, slamming into the Sand Ninja opposite, leaving a charred hole in his chest; it was clear he was beyond saving.

Despite the pain, Obito gathered flames in his right arm again, pushed off with his feet, and charged towards another Sand Ninja.

The flames spun, converged, and erupted—another perfect display.

However, this time, the enemy had recovered from the water arrow attack.

Earth Escape Technique: Hardening

In a panic, the Sand Ninja could only cast a Hardening Technique on themselves.

With a "bang," Obito sent his opponent flying. However, due to the Hardening Technique, although the opponent was injured by this attack, it was not serious.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough"

Seeing the three Konoha ninja fighting so hard, the Sand Ninja couldn't sit still any longer.

The opposing side used ninjutsu one after another, their purpose was self-evident: they were starting to fight desperately because they were not strong enough. The key was that the difference in strength between the two sides was not large, and the white-haired boy in front was no worse than him in taijutsu. If this continued, they would die.

Chakra should be conserved, but only if it ensures survival. Now that our lives are threatened, who cares about chakra consumption?

Let's tackle this immediate hurdle first.

He opened his mouth and suddenly exhaled a gust of wind that blew towards Kakashi, also affecting Obito and Rin.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm"

He gathered wind-style chakra in his hand and slammed it towards Kakashi.

Kakashi parried with his sword, but was sent flying by the opponent's blow and suffered serious injuries.

The opponent was ultimately a special Jonin, and when using ninjutsu, their attack power was far greater.

"Kakashi!"

Obito and Rin fought against the remaining Chunin despite the fierce winds. During the battle, Obito heard a commotion, turned his head and glanced in Kakashi's direction. His eyes widened immediately, and he shouted loudly.

"Earth Escape - Earth Rising Spear"

Suddenly, a series of earthen spears sprang up from the ground where Kakashi was standing. Upon hearing Obito's shout, Kakashi immediately braced himself with his hands, pushed off the ground, and rolled to the side.