Multiverse Skill System

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Putting aside their public display of affection, the challenge in the ring continues.

There are three common misconceptions about oneself: always thinking one is different, seeing Minato Namikaze break through barriers and thinking one can too.

Reality is harsh. After five people failed in a row, although there are still challengers, they are not as enthusiastic as before.

"Don't try to wear me down. I forgot to mention, this level of combat, even if it lasts for days and nights, would be effortless for me."

Upon hearing this, many people's expressions changed slightly.

The 12th challenger failed, and finally, someone appeared who caught Yi Shuihan's attention.

"Greetings, Master. I am Ye Gusheng."

This was a young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, but at this moment he showed Yi Shuihan a look of respect, and it wasn't an act.

"Can I ask a question before the battle?"

Since he was somewhat pleasing to the eye, Yi Shuihan nodded slightly.

"Could you please accept me as your disciple, Master?"

Chapter 348, From Today On, That's Ye Gucheng

Yi Shuihan was quite surprised when someone took the initiative to ask him to become their disciple, as this was the first time such a person had approached him.

To be honest, Yi Shuihan's first impression of Ye Gusheng was quite good. He was handsome, only slightly less so than herself, and most importantly, he showed her great respect—clearly a fan.

While Yi Shuihan was thinking, the others held their breath and watched him. Some even showed expressions of frustration, as if to say that they also wanted to do the same, but were beaten to it.

The truth is that many people have thought about becoming apprentices, but they don't have the courage. If Ye Gusheng hadn't spoken up, this matter probably wouldn't have happened.

If Yi Shuihan were to agree now, they would likely follow suit and become his disciples.

Ye Gusheng was not a ninja, but a pure martial arts practitioner. It wasn't that he didn't have the opportunity to train; in fact, his social status was not low. He was the son of a great noble family in the Land of Fire, and the sole heir.

With his background, obtaining a scroll for chakra extraction would be easy. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a powerful ninja, but he failed at the very first step.

At the age of 5, he failed to refine chakra for the first time and did not succeed in refining chakra for several months. Finally, it was determined that he could not refine chakra due to his innate physique and had to give up his dream.

After that, he could only live the life of a pampered young master, occasionally reminiscing about his past dreams. When the National Martial Arts Academy appeared and he came into contact with traditional Chinese martial arts, his dreams were rekindled.

His dream wasn't to become a ninja, but rather to become a powerful ninja. In short, he wanted to become strong. The emergence of traditional Chinese martial arts gave him hope.

Despite being unable to refine chakra, he was able to cultivate martial arts. Moreover, due to his long-term use of tonics, his cultivation of martial arts progressed by leaps and bounds, as if he were a genius born specifically to cultivate martial arts. In a short period of time, he achieved the perfection of Ming Jin (明劲), and even broke through to An Jin (暗劲) on his way to participate in the martial arts tournament.

That's right, it's internal strength, not external strength. His talent is even stronger than Minato Namikaze's, but that's only in terms of martial arts. If it were a real fight, Minato Namikaze could still easily defeat him, unless he could reach the level of Dan-embracing or even higher levels of martial arts. That's how powerful the Flying Thunder God Technique is.

Ye Gucheng, who was originally at the Dark Force level, has taken a big step forward in this level after listening to Yi Shuihan's speech on Chinese martial arts. If we divide each realm into early, middle and late stages, he is at the peak of the early stage of Dark Force and is about to break through to the middle stage.

"Alright, from today onwards you are my apprentice. Well, now that you've become my apprentice, I don't care about your background. From now on, I'll call you Ye Gucheng."

"Ye Gucheng? Why? Is it a special rule?"

Ye Gusheng looked at Yi Shuihan, confused and unaware of the reference. But since he had already become Yi Shuihan's disciple, he knew that if he didn't listen to Yi Shuihan, things would probably be difficult for him in the future. So he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Master, I will be Ye Gucheng from now on."

Ye Gusheng inexplicably became Ye Gucheng. I wonder what his father would think if he found out.

"Come over here, and I will teach you the next stage of the cultivation technique."

Yi Shuihan greeted Ye Gucheng.

"and many more!"

"Master, please accept me as your disciple as well."

Seeing that Yi Shuihan was about to impart the subsequent techniques so easily, the people around him finally couldn't hold back any longer, and several people immediately jumped out and expressed their desire to become his disciples.

"Forget about you, I have no intention of taking on any more apprentices."

Just kidding, how could I possibly agree to that so easily? Do you really think my requirements for accepting apprentices aren't strict?

"Why? Why can he do it? What do I lack compared to him?"

"That's right. I believe I have good talent, and becoming your disciple shouldn't be an insult to you."

"I could actually change my name."

Naturally, these people were unwilling to accept being rejected, and immediately said resentfully.

Yi Shuihan looked around and then said, "Fine, since you all say so, I'll explain why I took him as my disciple."

Even Kakashi and the others were extremely eager to know the reason why they wanted to recruit Ye Gucheng.

"Nothing special, he's more handsome than you guys, and I find him pleasing to the eye. Besides, he happens to have a pretty good talent in martial arts."

He spoke in a serious tone, without revealing that Ye Gucheng had already reached the level of internal strength.

"I don't accept it. What's the point of being handsome? Besides, he doesn't believe he's better than me."

A young man dressed in black brocade robes spoke loudly.

"You're not convinced? It's my freedom to take on disciples, what good is it if you disagree!"

Yi Shuihan's sudden rebuttal left the boy speechless. He then glared at Yi Shuihan in anger, but dared not be presumptuous due to Yi Shuihan's strength. Finally, he turned his attention to Ye Gucheng.

"Do you dare to fight me, Minazuki Brilliant? The winner can become the master's disciple."

Upon hearing this, Yi Shuihan cursed him inwardly as an idiot. Did you get my permission to say that? You win, so I'm going to take you as my disciple?

Before Yi Shuihan could speak, Ye Gucheng stepped forward, his gaze coldly fixed on Shui Wuyue Guanghui.

"I will not agree to fight you, and whether or not to take you as my disciple is my prerogative. Even if you defeat me, I still have the right not to accept you as my disciple."

"That's right," Yi Shuihan nodded secretly.

"What a coward!"

It was a clumsy attempt at provocation, but it was very effective; many people began to look at Ye Gucheng with strange eyes.

Ye Gucheng felt a weight on his shoulder. He turned around and saw his master smiling, but the smile gave off an extremely terrifying feeling.

"They've come to bully us on our own doorstep. It's not my style to not fight back. I'll give you one minute to teach him a lesson. If you kill him, it's on me."

The domineering declaration instantly stunned everyone present, especially Mizuki Kageki, who looked at Yi Shuihan with fear.

"This is……"

Ye Gucheng's expression changed several times, not only because of Yi Shuihan's words, but also because he felt a powerful energy being transmitted from his shoulder and Yi Shuihan's hand into his body.

Is this chakra? It's so powerful.

Ye Gucheng's strength was already above Shui Wuyue Guanghui's, and now Yi Shuihan is charging him up. This is practically killing Shui Wuyue Guanghui!

Chapter 349, Fist-Scattering Ninjutsu

The energy Ye Gucheng sensed was not chakra, but a higher level of spiritual energy. He thought it was chakra only because his understanding of energy was limited to chakra.

The amount of spiritual energy that Yi Shuihan channeled into Ye Gucheng's body was not much, roughly equivalent to the amount of a low-level ninja, and it was the kind of consumable that wouldn't regenerate once it was used up.

However, the qualitative gap is not so easy to bridge. Even with the amount of spiritual energy, Ye Gucheng could easily unleash several S-rank forbidden techniques. It can be said that with this amount of spiritual energy, Ye Gucheng temporarily possessed the ability to contend with Kage-level opponents.

Knowing that Ye Gucheng didn't know how to mobilize energy, Yi Shuihan made preparations. Even if he didn't use it actively, each punch would automatically receive spiritual energy. Although this was somewhat wasteful and the power was not small, it was more than enough to deal with an elite Jonin.

Besides, he's not facing a Jonin now, but an ordinary Chunin, plus Mizuki Kageki with the power of the Ming Jin.

"If you want to fight, then come on."

With his master's support, Ye Gucheng naturally wouldn't avoid it anymore. To be honest, the reason he didn't plan to fight Mizuki Radiance at the beginning was simply because he felt it would be unfair for someone with only internal strength to fight someone with external strength.

Mizuki Mitsukuri's expression was quite bad at this moment. After all, Yi Shuihan's attitude had already explained everything. Even if he could win, he probably wouldn't be able to become his disciple.

Although his name contains the character "Mizuki," he has not awakened Ice Release. The surname is simply the same as that of the Bloodline Clan.

Having already spoken, he couldn't go back on his word. Mizuki Mitsuki still believed that Ye Gucheng was no match for him, and he wanted to vent his anger at not being able to become his disciple on Ye Gucheng.

"Kid, I'll show you the difference between a genius and an ordinary person."

As Mizuki Kageki spoke, he raised his fist and attacked Ye Gucheng.

He initially thought Ye Gucheng would be no match for his superior strength, but he soon realized he was completely wrong.

"Is this your power?"

Ye Gucheng did not dodge Shui Wuyue's first punch, which struck his chest. However, as the victim, he remained motionless and did not react at all.

"What! How is this possible?"

Mizuki Kōki stared in astonishment at Ye Gucheng. He hadn't held back at all with that punch; it would have shattered a rock, yet it had no effect on his opponent.

"I do not believe!"

Mizuki couldn't believe it, and didn't want to believe it, so she swung her fist again.

"bang bang bang"

Fists rained down on Ye Gucheng, but the result was the same as before.

With its spiritual energy, Mizuki Kōki's defense is no longer something that Mizuki Kōki's attacks can break through.

suddenly,

Mizuki Kōki jumped back and then began to form hand seals.

"Die! Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

A burst of flame shot from his mouth, and the air became scorching hot.

His movements were so fast that Ye Gucheng had almost no time to dodge.

"Using ninjutsu? How despicable!"

"careful!"

Amidst gasps of surprise, Ye Gucheng made a startling move. Instead of dodging, he squatted down, shifted his waist, and suddenly threw a punch at the flames.

Using physical strength to resist ninjutsu is undoubtedly a foolish thing to others, and even Kage-level powerhouses would not dare to do it.

Many people who saw Ye Gucheng's actions showed regret, already anticipating his fate.

The next moment, everyone stared wide-eyed at the unharmed figure.

"He actually managed to break the ninjutsu with just his fist."

"Is he even human? How did he do that?"

If Ye Gucheng had chakra fluctuations on his body and chakra in his fists, and could break up ninjutsu, people could understand it. But to be able to do this without chakra is simply unimaginable.

Aside from Yi Shuihan, only one person present could see one thing: Jiraiya.

"Am I mistaken? That moment was a fluctuation of natural energy."

Jiraiya frowned, looking at Ye Gucheng with suspicion and uncertainty.

Thinking of something, he glanced at Yi Shuihan, who showed no surprise whatsoever, and his mind was in turmoil.

"you you……"

Compared to the others, Mizuki Mitsuru was more terrified than shocked. He pointed at Ye Gucheng, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"Time is short."

Ye Gucheng muttered something, and then disappeared from Mizuki Kouki's sight in the blink of an eye. His speed was so fast that Mizuki Kouki couldn't see him at all.

"what!"

With a scream, Mizuki Kageki was seen clutching his nose, blood streaming down his face, clearly disfigured.

"Sorry, I missed. I'll be more careful next time, don't worry."

Next, Ye Gucheng relentlessly beat Shui Wuyue, each punch landing squarely on her face, while simultaneously claiming that he had missed.

At first there were screams, but later, even the screams stopped. The people around were chilled to the bone and unconsciously covered their faces. It was a kind of pain that was painful just to watch!

“It finally stopped.”

By the time Ye Gucheng stopped, Shui Wuyue's radiance had already degenerated into human form, and this was exactly one minute into the battle.

"Well done."

Yi Shuihan's praise brought a smile to Ye Gucheng's face. After he finished fighting, he felt that he might have gone a bit too far and was perhaps too brutal. He was a little breathless and afraid of leaving a bad impression. But Yi Shuihan's words put him completely at ease.

But what exactly happened just now? I shouldn't be so impulsive normally!

Ye Gucheng had no idea that Ye Gucheng's sudden gain of the power to sign contracts had caused him to lose his composure and do things he wouldn't normally do.

It's actually quite good that it stopped in exactly one minute.