Seeing that even Reverse Lotus was negated by Shinji, Guy frowned.
Shinji's Taijutsu style impressed him more and more. However, this didn't seem to be the limit for the young man before him.
Guy said, "Shinji! I'm going to use an even stronger technique next. You'd better be ready."
Shinji was startled, then his face paled. He immediately disregarded the fight, quickly retreated, and said, "Guy-senpai, don't you think you're being a bit too serious?"
Guy had only opened the Third Gate, and he was already struggling to cope. Now Guy was saying he would use an even stronger technique.
Aside from the last two Gates, the most prominent technique in Guy's Eight Inner Gates was the Sixth Gate.
Guy, instead, stopped his attack and spoke with a serious expression, "It's different, Shinji. The path of Taijutsu can only be a straight one forward. There's no room for hesitation."
"Every punch you throw must carry your own conviction."
Shinji was stunned by these words, as his fighting style had always been to retreat if he couldn't win, never putting himself in danger. While it might seem cowardly, in the Ninja World, this was the way to survive.
What Guy said about the path of Taijutsu also implicitly spoke of a ninja's conviction in their own path.
Although it sounded far-fetched, almost every renowned ninja had their own conviction.
Logically, he already possessed Jonin-level strength, yet the system had been slow to evaluate him as a Jonin.
Could this be the reason?
Shinji couldn't help but consider this possibility.
"Then I'll trouble Guy-senpai." Shinji looked up at Guy and said.
"Excellent! That's the look! Shinji, I will now explore the depths of your potential."
After Guy finished speaking, he brought his hands to his abdomen, and Chakra once again gathered throughout his body. The green Chakra spread out like boiling water.
Guy shouted loudly, "Eight Inner Gates. Sixth Gate, Gate of View, Open!"
As the Chakra was released, Guy's entire skin turned blood-red, and his eyes glowed with a red light.
The bursting Chakra created a strong gust of wind that spread in all directions.
"Such Chakra! Is this what a Jonin is like?!"
Sasuke, shielding his face with his hand, struggled to open his eyes and looked at Guy in the arena, his face filled with shock.
Even Naruto felt that his Chakra, amidst Guy's outburst, was like a small boat facing a vast ocean. The difference in scale was completely unequal, almost negligible.
Kakashi stood in front of Naruto and the others, quickly forming hand signs and slamming his hands onto the ground.
Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!
An earth wall instantly rose in front of Kakashi and the others, with an exquisitely carved dog's head on it.
"For this level of battle, you should all stay safely behind me." Kakashi looked at the two combatants from the side of the earth wall and said to Naruto and the others.
As for why he didn't stop Guy, it was naturally due to their conversation just now. Guy had just explicitly stated that Shinji was still confused about his path. And since Shinji himself had agreed, Kakashi naturally couldn't stop them from continuing.
"However, it truly is… the younger generation is formidable."
Looking sideways at the arena, at Shinji, whose figure remained unshaken amidst Guy's Sixth Gate outburst, Kakashi couldn't help but exclaim.
Even though he was only a few years older than Shinji, his admiration was heartfelt.
"I'm coming, Shinji." Guy, with blood-red skin, spoke to Shinji, who was not far away.
"Ah, come on."
Shinji took a deep breath, skipping the breath-holding phase of the Crescent Moon Breathing. This was a modification he had made based on his understanding of Eternal Fist during this period.
It connected inhalation and exhalation, forming an infinite breathing chain to maximize the release of his Chakra.
Of course, the prerequisite was that his Chakra reserves were substantial and his recovery ability was good.
Shinji's body erupted with pale golden Yang Chakra as the breathing chain formed, countering Guy's Chakra fluctuations.
Guy smiled at this, giving a thumbs-up and saying, "Amazing Chakra, very good!"
"Here I come, Guy-senpai!"
The irises in Shinji's eyes flickered with a fluorescent glow as he looked at Guy.
No sooner had he spoken than Guy's figure appeared directly in front of Shinji, his right fist smashing towards him.
Shinji quickly caught Guy's movements, using Straight Punch combined with the Elbow Hammer for rapid consecutive strikes to block Guy.
Each punch unleashed Yang Chakra with maximum output, and in the final blow, the Chakra attached to Guy's body caused a chain explosion.
Guy sidestepped and retreated, wiping the blood from his mouth.
Shinji's close-quarters strangulation method, combined with Chakra vibrations, almost perfectly countered his wide-open attack style.
Thinking of this, Guy grinned and shouted loudly, "Shinji, let's settle this with one move!"
With that, Guy leaped into the air, positioning himself above Shinji.
Upon hearing this, Shinji immediately used straight punches to stack Chakra at an extremely fast speed.
Guy, while still in the air, struck the air with a blur of incredibly fast punches. The friction between his fists and the air generated flames, which, carrying the force of his punches, assailed Shinji.
"Morning Peacock!"
"Tiger Hunt!"
At the same time, Shinji also used the stacked straight punches, unleashing another profound technique of Eternal Fist.
A pale golden, tiger-headed air cannon formed, surging towards Guy's Morning Peacock.
Boom—
The collision of the two techniques unleashed a massive fluctuation, and the entire training ground and the outer perimeter of the Forest of Death seemed to have experienced a minor earthquake.
The ground of the training ground looked as if it had been plowed by artillery fire, with countless clumps of earth and shattered stones flying everywhere.
The ground within a ten-meter radius centered on Shinji was pulverized into dust.
In front of Shinji, the attack path of Tiger Hunt was a straight line forward, plowing a long and deep trench.
At the end of the trench, Guy's figure stood. He looked quite disheveled, panting heavily, and then burst into joyous laughter.
Shinji was not much better off. His entire Chunin vest was shattered, and the torn holes in his tight suit revealed wounds that were slowly recovering.
"Eight Inner Gates truly is domineering." Shinji said with a hint of helplessness.
Then, he slumped onto the crater. Even with the Yang Chakra enhancing his recovery, he still felt sharp pains throughout his body, estimating that he had probably broken some bones.
Kakashi, whose upper body vest had been torn open by the shockwave, appeared in the arena with a helpless expression, speaking to Guy and Shinji, "You two, this commotion is going to bring the Anbu here."
Guy shouted, giving a thumbs-up, "I'll leave it to you, Kakashi!"
Then he immediately collapsed. Opening the Sixth Gate was no ordinary strain for Guy, he now felt completely drained.
"Ah, Kakashi-senpai, I'll leave it to you too." Shinji said the same.
He now wished nothing more than to lie down properly and not move if he didn't have to.
"Honestly… there's no dealing with you two." Kakashi was a bit speechless, turning his head to look in the distance.
Several people were rapidly moving towards their location.
"Never mind, I'll handle it."
Kakashi turned and slowly walked forward, saying to Naruto and the others, whom he had perfectly protected, "Please take care of your teacher and that Jonin for now."
(End of Chapter)
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