Naruto: The Strongest Training System

Chapter 51: Taiji Palm

"Sigh, if only the power could be a bit greater. A move with this level of power isn't quite enough now!"

Orion was still a little dissatisfied with the power of his Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms. The God's Fighting Technique only increased his close-combat experience and amplified his power; it couldn't be used as a standalone taijutsu technique in battle.

But this was just Orion's own feeling. If there were any Konoha Anbu watching nearby at this moment, they would definitely be astonished. Whether it was his taijutsu, physical strength, or chakra level, none of it was something a child of this age should be able to wield.

Yet, Orion was able to achieve this step. This level of taijutsu, physical strength, and chakra had now appeared in a child who was merely six years old.

This could truly be said to be an incredible thing. But only Orion himself knew how he had gotten through this past year, what kind of life he had lived, and just how arduous it had been.

And all that hard work wasn't enough. If it weren't for a system attached to him, it would have been impossible to reach this level in just one year.

Although a year had passed now, and Orion had only grown a little bit taller than he was a year ago, his strength could be described as improving by leaps and bounds; it had increased very quickly.

In this past year, through his own frantic training, coupled with the help of the system, Orion's strength had already reached a new height.

"System, check my basic information."

"Ding! Host's information has been checked."

Host Name: Namikaze Orion

Host Gender: Male

Host Chakra Amount: Genin. Proficiency: 83,000 (Max: 300,000)

Host Ninjutsu: Basic Three Academy Jutsu (Maxed); Eye of God (Activated) Level: 2. Proficiency: 50 (Max: 100,000); Golden Bell Shield. Proficiency: 200 (Max: 100,000)

Host Taijutsu: Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms. Proficiency: 150 (Max: 10,000); God's Fighting Technique. Proficiency: 150 (Max: 100,000)

Host Physical Strength: Chunin Level. Proficiency: 50,370 (Max: 500,000)

Host Sub-Profession: None

Right now, Orion's chakra was solidly at the Genin level. He was about one-third of the way in proficiency from reaching the Chunin level.

Orion hadn't stopped his physical training either. A year ago, his physical strength was at the Genin level; now, after this one year, it had already reached the Chunin level. However, he was still far from reaching the Jonin level. He needed to train his body even harder to increase his physical strength proficiency.

Orion could still use his own efforts to increase his physical proficiency, but he had no way to increase his internal chakra reserves; he could only rely on the system to increase it automatically.

If he were to refine chakra himself, it would be even slower than the automatic increase within his body. Furthermore, if he were to refine chakra himself, the automatic growth of his chakra would also stop. This was something Orion had tested.

There was a reason why his physical proficiency had increased so quickly. Besides his own training, fighting with Guy at night also increased his physical proficiency. In addition to increasing his physical proficiency, it also increased the proficiency of his other taijutsu, such as God's Fighting Technique and Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms.

Orion was very satisfied with the God's Fighting Technique. This taijutsu not only increased his fighting skills but also amplified his power.

The Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms technique, however, had given Orion a huge headache. Although its proficiency was difficult to raise, it had finally reached its maximum value within this past year. But after this technique reached its max value, there was no follow-up.

Other taijutsu and ninjutsu, after their proficiency reached the maximum value, would either increase his chakra proficiency or upgrade into a more powerful technique. But this Gentle Fist had no reaction at all. It neither added proficiency nor upgraded to a more powerful taijutsu. Even now, Orion was still a little baffled.

"Forget it, I'll use Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms one more time. I'll just treat it as physical training."

"Hah! Gentle Fist, Eight Trigrams Palms!"

"Two Palms!"

"Four Palms!"

"Eight Palms!"

"Sixteen Palms!"

"Thirty-Two Palms!"

"Sixty-Four Palms!"

"One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms!"

Just after finishing the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms this time, Orion felt a slightly different change.

A few months ago, there had been a similar change. At that time, when Orion used the Gentle Fist, he could only execute sixty-eight palms, not having reached the level of one hundred and twenty-eight.

But after he persisted in training this taijutsu, the technique underwent some changes. The system directly allowed him to have an epiphany, letting him break through to the point where he could execute one hundred and twenty-eight palms.

The sixty-four palm stage of the Gentle Fist and the one hundred and twenty-eight palm technique, although the moves were identical, involved quickly striking and sealing the sixty-four main chakra points, and then using the technique again on the human body.

Again, one would swiftly seal the sixty-four main points on the spot to prohibit the opponent's chakra circulation.

Although both techniques aimed to stop chakra circulation, their effects were vastly different. Under the use of the Sixty-Four Palms, the opponent's chakra flow speed would be slowed. Under the use of the One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, the opponent's chakra flow speed would be more than three times slower than with the Sixty-Four Palms.

This was the difference between the Gentle Fist Sixty-Four Palms and the One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.

But now, Orion was experiencing the exact same feeling as a few months ago. A few months ago, this feeling allowed him to break through from the Sixty-Four Palms to the One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.

Now, Orion was absolutely confident that the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms was about to face a breakthrough opportunity. Before the breakthrough, the technique was already so powerful. If it were to break through again, it would definitely be an incredibly powerful taijutsu.

After feeling that change in the Gentle Fist, Orion didn't stop. He kept using the technique, hoping to allow it to break through again.

Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, half an hour passed, an hour passed.

Finally, in the second hour, the system's prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms has been fully comprehended. It will now undergo a breakthrough."

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. The breakthrough is complete. Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms has now been upgraded to Taiji Palm."

"Taiji Palm... Gentle Fist upgraded to Taiji Palm! Taiji was really famous in my past life. I just don't know how strong this Taiji Palm is now."

"Logically speaking, this taijutsu shouldn't be too weak. After all, its predecessor, the Gentle Fist, was already very strong. Now that it has been upgraded, it shouldn't be weaker than the Gentle Fist."

(End of this chapter)