Chapter 4 The road to becoming stronger starts with the basics
In the inaccessible No. 3 wilderness survival training ground, Naruto Uzumaki's feet kept moving and adjusting slightly, and his muscles tensed up like a little cheetah ready to go, staring intently at the towering tree in front of him whose trunk was so thick that it took dozens of people to join hands to hug it.
In recent days, apart from showing his face in front of the villagers as necessary, Naruto has spent almost all of his time in the vast and silent forest here...... Or rather, to be precise, on the tallest giant tree in the entire forest he explored.
"This time it must be more than a record! Ha! The immature childlike heart was full of confidence, and cheered himself up lightly, and as soon as the words fell, he slammed on the ground, leaving a small palm print that was clearly visible in the ground, and rushed straight towards the giant tree in front of him like an arrow from the string.
"Hey! It was a good start! It can be done! ”
The corners of his mouth rose and laughed, Naruto's feet and feet were filled with bursts of blue energy fluctuations, and his high-speed moving body was about to make close contact with the trunk without the slightest intention of dodging, but instead raised his right foot and stepped on the thick trunk hard, and instantly pressed his waist plate to make his whole body at ninety degrees to the ground, and at the same time, he ran and climbed quickly along the curve of the trunk against common sense!
Gathering chakras on the soles of your feet and climbing trees with only your legs is a basic skill that most ninjas in the Naruto world will know, and mastering it can effectively improve Naruto's ability to control his own chakra.
The reason why he didn't choose to practice the Flying Thunder God technique was that Naruto had found it delusional to directly practice the Flying Thunder God technique in one step after many attempts, and the only thing he needed and could do now was to lay a solid foundation before officially practicing this S-level space ninjutsu...... In this way, this set of cultivation methods that Kakashi had taught to Class Seventh in his previous life was one of the most suitable solutions for him at the moment!
"That's more...... Less...... Now is the time! Aha! Just right! ”
As the child's body steadily climbed, the blue brilliance on his feet also deepened and faded as he adjusted, and after many attempts and seemingly finally found some tricks, Naruto couldn't help but shout excitedly, but he forgot the famous aphorism left by the ancients.
"Uh-oh! No, wait! Don't do that, it's a little bit worse...... Hold on, just hold on! ”
Sensing that the body's attraction to the trunk was decreasing, the smile on Naruto's face suddenly stopped and stiffened, and the corners of his mouth twitched subconsciously trying to increase the chakra output to make up for this embarrassing situation, only to find that his chakra had already been squandered in the previous process of adjusting the output.
"Tsk, how can this be! It's only a little bit missing! ”
As the body lost its ability to absorb and the tendency to fall backwards under the influence of gravity became more and more obvious, Naruto's corner of his eye glanced unwillingly at the canopy of the tree directly in front of him, where the outline could be faintly seen.
Although Naruto wanted to rush to the top in one go, reason kept reminding him that if he continued forcibly, he would only end up with an extra bloody Naruto patty in this training ground.
“…… Ahhh I can only wait until next time to continue! ”
After taking a deep breath to calm down, Naruto summoned the last bit of chakra blessing he had left, and pressed his feet on the trunk, using his strength to make his entire body fly backwards and flip and jump. In this way, he adjusted the landing position, and at the same time, he picked up the sharp stone in the palm of his hand before climbing and slashed vigorously in the original standing position, leaving a light white scratch that was the same as on the rest of the trunk, no more, no less, just one step higher than the previous scratch at the highest point.
After doing all this, Naruto's physical strength and chakra were also completely depleted, and he was in the air, face down, and the scene in his eyes was rapidly zooming in and approaching, while stretching his body as far as possible, ready to disperse and bear the impact that was coming.
"Huh? Again?! Feed! You stinky little devil, there's no end to it! ”
“…… Well?! Who was talking about it just now...... Woooooooooooo ”
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"Hiss, pain, pain...... No, I've doubled the thickness of this pile of leaves, and the feeling of falling down is no different from before...... As long as there is a pile of grass or leaves, you can ignore the leap of faith that is highly secure! The protagonists of Assassin's Creed are definitely monsters with physical bodies that break through common sense, I say! ”
Even with the experience of the pile of leaves and dozens of previous falls, Naruto was still dizzy and his eyes were full of stars, his hands covered his belly, and he continued to caress and massage pitifully while complaining with a sad face, and after a pause, he shook all over his body and threw off the leaves on his body and flipped his body a little, and collapsed in the pile of leaves without any image, gasping for breath violently.
Speaking of which, the voice that complained just now...... Hehe, it looks like I expected it before, under the seal link, and that guy is in a one-hearted relationship......"
Thinking of something, Naruto's eyes gradually became stained with a slight smile, and he whispered to himself as he put his hand into his pocket, and after fumbling for a while, he grabbed a handful of small wild fruits that were purple and black, and most of them had been flattened and squeezed out of the juice - these were the accidental discoveries of Naruto when he was looking for food in the training ground, the taste was not satisfactory, but it could provide a large amount of nutrients needed by the human body, and it was said to be one of the main ingredients of the Bing Food Pill - raised his hand and stuffed it straight into his mouth, He didn't care about the bitter taste that gradually spread from the pulp juice and filled his mouth, and chewed and swallowed it in large gulps, so as to quickly replenish the water and energy lost by the previous strenuous exercise.
"I've figured out what level of chakra output I need to keep on my feet when climbing a tree, so that the amount of chakra wasted at the beginning of the trial can be skipped and saved...... If so, I should be able to do it all at once. ”
While estimating the plan in his heart, Naruto tilted his head a little to make himself more comfortable to lie down, but intentionally or unintentionally, he saw all kinds of remnants on the trunk of the tree that he had tossed out.
First of all, from the root of this large tree to the distance of about three meters above the ground, there were all kinds of clear footprints left by the destruction of the bark by too much force, so that there was almost no intact bark on the trunk of this section, representing the embarrassment of Naruto's difficulty in maintaining his body and falling quickly when he first practiced.
In the range of three to ten meters, although there are still footprints, a closer look reveals that the frequency of footprints appears longer and longer the further up they go, indicating that Naruto, who could not get rid of the tragic encounter of occasionally gnawing mud during this period, has gradually figured out some tricks to control the output of chakra.
Finally, there was the dividing line from ten meters, and the footprints were completely gone when they went up, replaced by pale white scratches that were finally clearly visible and climbing, indicating that Naruto had slowly mastered the technique of this practice and launched the final sprint.
Three stages, three traces, witnessing the remarkable progress that Naruto has made in exchange for hard work these days!
"Whew...... Hey, it's almost time to rest. ”
The increasing control of his chakra, coupled with the exact answers obtained after many trials, made Naruto's heart suddenly full of energy, coupled with his amazing recovery power and the unknown wild fruits that were stuffed in his mouth from time to time to replenish water and energy, it didn't take long for Naruto to sweep away his fatigue and become vigorous again, and the carp stood up neatly from the pile of leaves while the muscles in his legs tensed again, accumulating explosive power for the next challenge.
"Hehe, I, Uncle Naruto Uzumaki, am going to change the existence of this world...... The road to becoming stronger has just begun, how can you be stumped by such a small challenge all the time! ”
"This time, I'm definitely going to climb to the top and conquer this tree! Drink! ”