Chapter 07 Chakra amount doubled, all attributes improved

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"Sharingan, activate!"

Sasuke found himself on Naruto Bridge once again. Without taking a moment to look around, he immediately activated his Sharingan.

One eye had a single tomoe, and the other had two.

Just as before, a thick fog began to form around him, quickly obscuring his vision.

Even with the Sharingan, Sasuke's visibility was greatly impaired.

"Secret Technique: A Thousand Needles of Death!"

He's coming, he's coming!

Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he went on full alert.

This time, he chose not to retreat and avoid the puddles on the ground. Otherwise, he would be frozen and slowed down again.

Swish, swish, swish!

Thousands of sharp needles, formed from cold air, quickly materialized and shot toward Sasuke from all directions, leaving no blind spots.

This time, Sasuke was prepared and had already activated his Sharingan, allowing him to see the clearly.

Moreover, the speed at which the needles moved seemed much slower through Sasuke's Sharingan-enhanced vision.

This is the power of the Sharingan's dynamic vision!

Swish!

Sasuke tentatively gathered chakra at the soles of his feet and quickly maneuvered through the gaps between the Haku.

Although he had not yet undergone tree-climbing training, which would limit his chakra control ability, he managed to increase his speed a bit by casually gathering chakra at his feet.

Slash!

Despite his efforts, there were too many needle, and their speed was greater than his movements. A needle scratched Sasuke's face, and a trickle of blood floated in the air.

Nevertheless, this outcome was much better than his previous instant defeat.

"You have some skill," Haku's figure emerged from the mist, holding a few ice needles. Looking at Sasuke, Haku spoke lightly, "Though I don't wish to kill you, for the sake of Zabuza-sama's ambition, you must die here!"

Oh my god! We can actually interact?

Sasuke was a bit surprised. Haku seemed no different from a real person. The system was indeed impressive!

However, before he could ponder this further, Haku's figure suddenly flashed and appeared in front of him the next moment.

Sasuke's Sharingan caught the movement, but he had no time to react.

He felt a sharp pain in his chest as several needles pierced his heart.

"So...fast!" Sasuke's eyes widened as blood flowed from his mouth.

The feeling of death was fleeting. Even before he fully realized it, his vision dimmed.

[Challenge failed!]

The words appeared before his eyes, and his sight returned to the chaotic gray space from before.

"Hiss! What the heck..." Sasuke covered his chest, taking a deep breath.

They're not even on the same level!

His current strength was much weaker than it had been when he fought Haku in the original story. Furthermore, Haku in this dungeon space was using his full strength without holding back.

Such a result wasn't surprising.

It was just that I died so quickly; there was no chance to gain any experience!

This can't be considered training at all; it's just asking for trouble!

Sasuke felt very frustrated. Couldn't the first opponent have been someone simpler, like Uzumaki Naruto, the "Ninja Student"?

But on second thought, there wouldn't be much point in challenging a weaker opponent like Naruto from his academy days.

[Ding! Personal information has been updated!]

Name: Uchiha Sasuke 

Age: 12 

Identity: Student of Konoha Ninja Academy 

Body: 5 

Endurance: 5 

Ninjutsu: 3 

Chakra: 158 

Overall Strength: Genin 

Abilities: 

- Transformation Technique (E) 

- Substitution Technique (E) 

- Clone Technique (E) 

- Shuriken Technique (D) 

- Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique (C) 

- Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Technique (C) 

- Sharingan (One Tomoe, Two Tomoe) 

Points: 500 

Challenge Coins: 0 

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"What's the difference?"

Sasuke scanned the information several times and finally noticed what had changed in his personal details.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. His chakra had increased from 153 to 158... What good is that!

Wait!

After some thought, Sasuke realized something.

During the first challenge against Haku, he was killed instantly without doing anything, so he gained nothing.

In the second challenge, he evaded Haku's initial attack but was defeated by the second one.

Has my chakra only increased a little due to this? It seems unlikely!

The most plausible reason is that by using chakra to enhance his speed at the soles of his feet, his chakra control slightly improved, thus increasing his overall chakra a bit.

Sasuke believed this hypothesis made sense.

To verify this, he decided to start experimenting immediately.

Although there were no trees to climb, he could concentrate his chakra at his feet like before to increase his speed.

Without Haku's threat here, Sasuke could calmly adjust and refine his control.

Recalling the original description of the training, it wasn't complicated. It involved gathering a specific amount of chakra and maintaining its stability.

Thus, the process had to be completed in two steps: if too much chakra was gathered, it would become unstable; too little, and there would be no effect.

After condensing the chakra and maintaining its stability, the challenge was to mobilize the chakra within his body without causing fluctuations.

This was the key, and it required practice to adapt, continually separating and condensing chakra at his feet without letting it waver.

The quantity of chakra was relatively easy to adjust, but maintaining stability was the challenging part.

This was also why Sasuke and Naruto took several days to complete this training in the original series.

However, in this dungeon space, Sasuke felt his talent had somehow been enhanced.

After about an hour of practice, he could perform basic applications.

Though he wasn't yet very skilled, he felt confident that if he were asked to climb a tree now, he could likely run up several meters in one breath, even if he couldn't stay there stably.

Achieving this level in an hour was quite impressive.

Looking at his personal information panel, Sasuke saw a significant increase in his chakra.

It had soared from 158 to 325, more than doubling.

As his chakra increased, other attributes like his physique, defense, and speed also improved.

As a result, his overall strength had risen from Genin to Chunin level.

"No wonder tree-climbing training brings such a dramatic change in strength."

"It seems that improving chakra control also increases chakra quantity, enhancing all physical attributes!"

Feeling the changes from an hour of training, Sasuke almost grinned like a delighted dragon.

However, he also understood that not everyone could boost their strength so much just from tree-climbing practice.

The main reason was his extraordinary background and bloodline as the protagonist and the second male lead.

"So, what's next..." Sasuke turned his attention back to the dungeon challenges.

His strength had at least doubled now. Although it still wasn't as high as it had been after completing tree-climbing training in the original story, he should be able to exchange a few moves with Haku, right?

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