Chapter 29: Mastered Ninjutsu
Muyue fell into thought, looking at the sudden three messages.
He hadn't expected the master-disciple system to have a cultivation mission function.
So why didn't it appear when he set cultivation plans before? Could it only be triggered by disciples?
Even if it could only be triggered by disciples, some missions should have been triggered before, like Obito wanting to win first place in a real combat exercise.
Muyue guessed that this kind of cultivation mission might have many restrictive conditions to be triggered, possibly related to trust levels and such.
Since it was the first time it was triggered, he couldn't determine all the conditions. Currently, the only confirmed condition was that the disciple triggering the mission must have enough "desire" for the mission goal.
Looking at Obito's eager and expectant eyes, Muyue was very sure of this.
"Teacher Muyue, please agree to this one time. After I get first place, I'll definitely double my efforts on the tasks you assign, and I'll listen to all your training plans from now on," Obito pleaded.
He still couldn't forget the painful loss to Kakashi in front of Rin on the day of the competition.
"Alright," Muyue nodded with a seemingly helpless expression.
"Teacher Muyue, you really are the best teacher in the world!" Obito was extremely excited when Muyue agreed.
"Save the good words for after you get first place," Muyue said, tapping Obito's head with two fingers.
"Hehe, I'm just telling the truth," Obito chuckled.
He had been in school for several years; didn't he know what a good teacher was?
Muyue had a good temper, his lectures weren't boring and were easy to understand, and he was very kind to his students. What else could such a teacher be but a good teacher?
"So, Teacher Muyue, what ninjutsu are you going to teach me?" Obito asked curiously.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu," Muyue said.
"I already know the Great Fireball. I used it in the last competition and only got twenty points," Obito said, scratching his head helplessly.
During the previous competition, he used the Great Fireball and got twenty points, temporarily taking first place. However, Kakashi then came up and demonstrated Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall, controlling the entire field to rise and fall, directly earning a perfect score of thirty points.
"You wanted something imposing, didn't you? Among the Fire Release jutsu you can currently learn, the Great Fireball is the most imposing," Muyue said, then walked to the river and quickly performed hand signs.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Muyue condensed a large amount of chakra, instantly transforming all of it into flames through nature transformation as he exhaled, continuously spewing out raging fire.
The massive flames formed a giant blazing fireball ten meters high. In front of such a huge fireball, even Muyue, who was 1.8 meters tall, appeared tiny, not to mention Obito, Shisui, and the others, who were even more deeply shocked.
"It's even stronger than the last time I saw it. What exactly is Teacher Muyue's strength?!" Shisui recalled his first visit to Muyue's home.
That time, he accidentally saw Muyue practicing ninjutsu, which was also the Great Fireball, and it was very shocking, but this time it was even more shocking than the last.
Shisui instantly felt that Muyue's strength was unfathomable and that he might not even be using his full power yet.
"This... this is the Great Fireball?" Obito was dumbfounded, gazing at the giant fireball that was even taller than his house.
Compared to Shisui's Great Fireball, his could only be considered a small fireball. Compared to Muyue's, it was like a tiny spark from who knows where.
Obito found it hard to believe that Muyue had just used the same ninjutsu as him.
"It's really big. If I encounter a ninjutsu like this, I'll have to be faster and stronger," Might Guy also exclaimed, looking up at the huge fireball.
The enormous fireball crashed into the river, evaporating a large amount of water. In an instant, plumes of white mist billowed out, enveloping the surroundings, then quickly dispersed after Muyue used Wind Release.
Muyue exhaled lightly, smiled, and asked Obito, "How is it? Is the Great Fireball imposing enough?"
"Enough, enough! It looks too mighty!" Obito nodded vigorously like a pecking chick. If his Great Fireball could be a quarter of Muyue's size, he should be able to win the competition.
Muyue thought to himself,
Of course it's mighty. That attack was quite showy and also consumed a lot of chakra, burning through a thousand points of his chakra.
In normal combat, he would never use a Great Fireball of this scale, because in battles of the same level, it was indeed a bit difficult to hit someone with it.
Muyue remembered that in his previous life, some idle person had seemingly tallied it, and surprisingly found that throughout over seven hundred episodes, no matter who used the Great Fireball, it never hit a human-shaped creature.
With such an exaggerated combat record, it's no wonder it was called the "Un-hittable Person Jutsu".
"Then you try it," Muyue said to Obito.
"Okay," Obito nodded, walked to the river, quickly performed hand signs, and then forcefully blew out a stream of flame.
However, to his embarrassment, Obito's Great Fireball was only about the size of two human heads, a world of difference from the Great Fireball Muyue had just cast.
"Obito, it's okay, even small ones..."
"Guy, just spare me," Obito immediately interrupted his spell, indicating that he didn't need his strange comfort.
"Do you know why your Great Fireball is so much different from mine?" Muyue asked.
"Because I haven't mastered it skillfully?" Obito said, somewhat uncertainly.
"There are three aspects. The first is that your chakra control ability is too poor to effectively use the limited chakra you have.
The second is that your nature transformation training is too poor; you can't transform a large amount of chakra into flames all at once.
The third is that you haven't skillfully mastered the Great Fireball," Muyue summarized.
Then, Muyue took out a small booklet and handed it to Obito, saying, "These are some of my experiences in cultivating fire nature chakra transformation. If you read, remember, and practice more according to this handbook, you'll solve the nature transformation problem".
Obito's foundation was far too inferior compared to Shisui's. Muyue spent the first month basically helping Obito rebuild his foundation, and then incidentally taught him the Great Dragon Fire, so he hadn't given Obito the nature transformation handbook until now.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a cultivation mission, Muyue had planned to give it to him next semester.
After all, if Obito tried to learn too much at once, he truly wouldn't be able to.
[You have given your disciple the Fire Nature Chakra Transformation cultivation handbook. Due to the disciple's immense gratitude, you have received a major critical reward: Fire Release: Headhunter Jutsu (Mastered)]
Muyue hadn't expected Obito to be so powerful, directly giving him a mastered Fire Release jutsu.
Headhunter Jutsu wasn't just any ordinary Fire Release; it was a B-rank Fire Release ninjutsu cast by Kakuzu's fire nature mask, with considerable power. It could also be used in conjunction with the Wind Release: Pressure Damage he had drawn before, instantly creating a sea of fire capable of burning down a forest.
A large amount of cultivation memories appeared in Muyue's mind. In an instant, Muyue had a misconception that he had quietly and diligently cultivated Headhunter Jutsu for thirty years in some unknown corner, only cultivating this one ninjutsu for thirty years, mastering it to the point of complete dexterity.
"I'll definitely read it every day!" Obito clutched the handbook to his chest as if it were a treasure.
"One more thing, first, train your chakra control ability," Muyue said with a smile.
Once Obito completed the basic tree climbing and water walking training, the enhanced water walking exercise plan he had invented for Asuma would come in handy.
Although Obito didn't know what Muyue was thinking, he recalled the painful times from the weekend and knew that it was most likely some very torturous yet highly effective training plan.
However, he could only brace himself and accept it now, because this time, he had asked for it himself.