Chapter 37

Boom!!

A punch fell, and the wooden stake in front of him was directly pulverized.

The effect of this punch made Feng's heart tremble.

Hachimon does not have an ability to attack from a distance until the Sixth Gate is opened. Once you open the Sixth Gate, the punches you throw are so fast, that they are set ablaze by the sheer speed and friction which in turn creates a peacock-like fan of flames around the opponent and release a long-range physical technique-towards your enemies - Morning Peacock!

"Hut!"

After Feng gave a low roar, as his fist suddenly exploded and he punched forward once again.

A flame-like light appeared around his fist, but it was not enough to make a flaming projectile.

After punching his fists dozens of times, Feng stopped.

"Still not enough..."

Feng withdrew the Hachimon and calmed down his rampaging chakra. He took a breath, there was no frustration in his eyes, but a trace of excitement.

The Third Gate of Hachimon brought a bigger benefit to him than expected!

The Triple Speed state together with the Third Gate of Life, is already close enough to the level of the Sixth Gate, that he can already cast half of the Morning Peacock!

"It is impossible to fully perform a long-range attack and it's still a lot worse compared to the real deal, but since my fist can create flames, the power should be at least a third of the real Morning Peacock."

Feng took a deep breath.

His fist can generate flames so it could be regarded as taijutsu, but it seemed a bit difficult to name this taijutsu skill.

Incomplete Morning Peacock...

What should I name it?

It seems that there is no suitable animal name for it, let's just call it Fire Fist.

"Due to the Cell Activation technique, my body's resilience and vitality are really strong... even the side effects of opening the Third Gate are negated to the point that only a tiny bit of body soreness can be felt."

After Feng stretched his body, he could feel the soreness and weakness of his limbs recovering quickly..

You must know that this is the very first time he has opened the Gate of Life!

After further training and the more the physical body adapts to the Gate of Life, the side effects are further reduced, but now, with the effects of Cell Activation technique perhaps it will be completely negated!

Orochimaru is indeed a genius to be able to develop this technique.

Feng couldn't help but sigh.

The Cell Activation technique is based on many techniques, there are soft transformations, molting techniques, etc., but he doesn't have much interest in these. He doesn't want his body to look like a snake. The only thing that suits him is this one.

"Ohh!"

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed in Feng's mind.

He took out his Chakra Sword, made a seal with one hand, and injected his chakra on the sword. At that instant a flash of thunder and loud cracking sound appeared on the sword

"Lightning Release...Thunder Blade!"

After casting Thunder Blade, Feng took a breath and suddenly opened the Third Gate once again..

After opening the Third Gate the chakra inside him surged frantically once again. The thunder enveloping the Chakra sword showed signs of unstable fluctuations, but there was no sign of collapsing.

"That's it! I can first use Lightning Release and then enter Hachimon!"

Feng was relieved.

Without hesitation, while the Gate of Life was opened he also activated the Triple Speed state. While holding the Chakra sword he slashed it forward.

With the combination of the Third Gate along with the Triple Speed state, when the blade fell, a crescent arc of light flew out in an instant.

Weng!

This crescent arc of light was about three feet long, cutting out a ravine in front of Feng, spreading all the way up to five meters, and then gradually disappeared!

"Finally."

Seeing this scene, Feng couldn't help but smile.

This is the effect that can only be achieved once you reached the second stage of Hatake Swordsmanship!

With Lightning Blade, and the combined activation of both the Gate of LIfe and the Triple Speed state, he relied on his speed and strength to forcefully break into the second stage of Hatake swordsmanship!

"Although its power should still be a little weaker compared to a slash by someone who really stepped on the second stage, if such an attack was used in an instant. Even a Jonin would find it difficult to parry or even evade. Even for me, if I am not vigilant enough, I might be decapitated in a single slash."

Feng made a judgment on the power of this slash.

It may not be easy to use this against an elite Jonin who has experienced many battles, or someone who's speed and jutsus are close to that of a Kage, but if a regular Jonin encounters this trick, there is a great probability that he will be killed in an instant!

"Finally, a secret technique that can be used in times of crisis."

"...Let's call it Crescent Slash."

Feng murmured and withdrew Hachimon.

After opening the Gate of Life twice in a short duration naturally came with the side effects that are obviously very big. Even with the help of Cell Activation technique it still cannot fully suppress it. This time, Feng clearly felt the soreness of his limbs and muscles.

But it was not that strong, and after enduring it for about ten minutes it gradually began to recover.

"Speaking of which, my current level of strength is still unclear."

In general, even a Jonin rank shinobi would not last a few rounds against him. If he uses "Crescent Slash" he can probably kill one instantly.

Even against a slightly stronger Jonin, he is sure to gain the upper hand, even defeating and killing the opponent in a short amount of time. But against an elite Jonin? That's hard to say.

If he can't defeat his opponent in a short amount of time, then that would be bad for him, but as long as the other party doesn't use any forbidden techniques, he's confident that he can escape, after all, ordinary people would find it difficult to even catch up to him.

Probably somewhere between Jonin and an elite Jonin?

Feng roughly made his judgment.

So what does he have to do to have the strength to surpass a Jonin? The answer is simple - continue training!

The Ninja world is too dangerous, even with the strength of a Jonin, it's still not enough for him to just casually roam around.

"Next is the Fourth Gate... If I can perform the Morning Peacock after opening the Fourth Gate, then my strength should be comparable to that of a Kage."

There is a huge gap between an elite upper Jonin and a Kage. Although there are some elite upper Jonins in a village, there are only a few who have the strength of a Kage..

In Feng's view, after all of your statistics have reached the peak of Jonin and then mastering some secret techniques, only then can one be regarded as someone who has a strength of or close to that of the Kage's. This vague position can be barely defined as Quasi Kage. Between the upper elite Jonin and the Kage level, it should be like the strength of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist

However the strength levels of the Seven Ninja swordsmen are not the same. Some of them are at the elite upper Jonin and after mastering their weapon, their strength increased to that of Quasi Kage, such as Fuguki Suikazan with his Samehada.

Furthermore.

There's also a gap in strength between Kage's. They can be further divided by being an ordinary Kage, the stronger Kage's, and the existence that stands at the top of being a Kage.

The Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Gaara's Father,is considered as an ordinary Kage. Orochimaru's strength when he defected from Konoha, is considered as being in the strong Kage level, while Sarutobi Hiruzen in his peak state belongs to the top standard of being a Kage. And he has the ability to kill Orochimaru at the time.

If you want to have a certain degree of self-protection in the upcoming third Ninja World War, your strength must at least reach the level of Kage's, or if you can reach the level of a strong class Kage it would be relatively safer, but it is only relatively, after all, even the monstrous Third Raikage was killed by the ninjas of Hidden Rock village.

In the ninja world, there is no absolute safety unless you reach strength beyond Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"There's still a long way for me to go..."

Feng exhaled.