Naruto: My setting is above yours

Chapter 11 Chakra Mode

The following day, Genma and Kakashi skipped class on time.

Kakashi was studying Lightning Release, while Genma went into a lush forest and plopped down on the grass to try out a new chakra refining technique.

His senses expanded, and Xuanma lowered his eyes to perceive them carefully.

A moment later, he sensed the energy contained within the plant cells of the weeds scattered all over the ground.

Grab it and refine it!

But it failed!

The energy contained in the cells of a weed is too little.

Xuanma opened his eyes, thought for a moment, then got up and leaped onto a branch of a large tree.

Place your right palm on the trunk of the big tree and let your senses spread out.

Compared to those weeds, the cells of these towering trees contain abundant energy, especially now that it is springtime and everything is growing.

Refining Chakra!

This time, there was no doubt that it was a success.

The refined chakra flowed from the tree's body into Genma's body through his palm.

He was very careful; he didn't consume all the cellular energy of the entire tree in one go, but only extracted 5%.

Genma roughly estimated that the chakra extracted from these 5% was only 1% of his own chakra.

Not much, but not a small amount either.

How many such large trees are there in Konoha and the Land of Fire?

In other words, in areas with lush vegetation, Genma can quickly replenish his chakra.

However, that's not what he's most concerned about right now.

The inherent characteristic of chakra is that it cannot be preserved for long except through sealing techniques. If it is extracted and not used, it will decompose back into physical and mental energy.

At this moment, Genma actively decomposed the "plant chakra" within his body.

Xuanma carefully sensed that his spiritual power had returned, while the other part, the power of the tree's cells, had not flowed out of his body but had instead merged into his physical body.

Xuanma felt his strength returning.

Become!

This is exactly what he wanted.

However, is it simply about restoring physical strength, or can it promote physical growth?

Or is it simply about restoring chakra, or can it increase the maximum chakra limit?

Genma leaped onto another large tree, created a shadow clone, and then used the shadow clone to refine plant chakra, decompose it, and continue to restore his stamina.

This process is repeated.

Soon, the shadow clone "ate too much" and exceeded a certain critical point. Under Genma's gaze, its body began to gradually turn into wood.

Xuanma's pupils contracted: "I knew this would happen!"

Bang!

Xuanma attacked and destroyed the shadow clone, and the remaining power returned, but his main body did not turn into wood due to the power of the plant cells.

As we can see from the situation with the shadow clones, plant cells will only turn into wood if their power exceeds that of the shadow clones themselves.

Another point is that this does not mean that the power of plant cells cannot promote its growth; further observation is needed.

They changed to a different big tree.

This time, Xuanma is making another attempt.

Chakra is refined from spiritual power, physical power, and plant cell power in a 1:1:1 ratio.

Yes, it's modeled after Sage Mode!

For safety's sake, Xuanma first created a shadow clone to test the waters.

A moment later, Xuanma saw blue eyeshadow appear on the face of the shadow clone.

"It really works!"

Xuanma was secretly delighted.

After the shadow clone stopped, he immediately said, "Let's see if this chakra has any special effects on plants."

Nodding, the shadow clone leaped down from the tree and landed, clasping its hands together under Genma's gaze.

The next moment, a sapling less than a meter tall suddenly grew rapidly in the distance, its branches swaying like snakes and coiling towards Xuanma.

With a hum, Genma raised his hand and chakra covered his palm, forming a chakra scalpel. With a wave of his hand, the branches were immediately cut off and scattered.

The shadow clone quickly stopped its attack: "Looks like you got what you wanted."

Xuanma smiled broadly: "There are clues to follow, just as expected."

"This mode is called... Wood Release Chakra Mode!"

The shadow clone suggested, "There should still be room for exploration in this Wood Release chakra. What I did just now was simply to accelerate and control the growth of existing saplings, which is very different from the First Hokage directly creating trees."

Xuanma knew this too, and nodded: "I understand."

After disbanding his shadow clones, Genma chose another large tree.

This time, he personally refined the Wood Release chakra, entered the Wood Release chakra mode, and carefully felt the Wood Release chakra within his body.

As the Shadow Clone said, this special kind of chakra is worth exploring.

Perhaps this could be used to develop Wood Release.

After all, chakra has very special characteristics; it carries the genetic information of the human body and can carry mental consciousness and memories.

Therefore, whether it is plant chakra or the later wood release chakra, it naturally carries plant genetic information.

In theory, it would be entirely feasible to create wood and trees directly using chakra, just like the First Hokage's Wood Release.

……

As time went by, the emergence of the Wood Release Chakra Mode led Genma to devote all his enthusiasm and energy to its development, to the point that his training in genjutsu and medical ninjutsu came to a standstill.

Summer vacation has arrived in the blink of an eye.

After leaving Kakashi's house, Genma bought a chilled watermelon and then went to Tsunade's house.

The chirping of insects outside did not disturb Tsunade's afternoon nap.

Shizune, who was sitting behind the table on the other side, immediately smiled with delight when she saw Genma, but she covered her mouth just as she was about to speak, and carefully glanced at Tsunade, who was still sleeping.

Genma smiled but didn't say anything. After making a gesture, he went to the kitchen to get a knife, cut the watermelon, and plated it.

When they returned with the watermelon, they saw Tsunade yawning and stretching.

Upon seeing the watermelon, Tsunade's eyes lit up immediately, and she said without any hesitation, "Bring it over here quickly."

"You are Lady Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Shouldn't you maintain your dignity?"

Genma couldn't help but complain, first placing a plate of watermelon at Tsunade's place, and then serving the other plate to Shizune.

Tsunade took the food without hesitation and ate it, while Shizune was much more polite, smiling and thanking her.

After swallowing the chilled watermelon, Tsunade felt instantly refreshed. Wiping her mouth, she said, "Kid, you're too old-fashioned."

Rolling his eyes, Genma sat down opposite Tsunade, and then Shizune also came over with her plate of watermelon and sat down next to her, handing her a slice of watermelon.

"Lady Tsunade, is there any new progress in the Yang Release nature transformation?"

Xuanma accepted the watermelon, thanked him, and then asked...

While eating watermelon, Tsunade mumbled a reply: "No."

Silently, she helped explain, "Lady Tsunade has been researching new techniques recently."

New technique?

Yin Seal?

Should we develop the Hundred Healings Technique, or create the Regeneration Technique?

Xuanma asked curiously, "What kind of technique?"

Tsunade tossed away the watermelon rind and let out a satisfied sigh: "An S-rank medical ninjutsu. If I master it, it will be easier to advance the Yang Release nature transformation further."

As she spoke, Tsunade glanced at Genma and asked, "How's your training going?"

Genma said, "It's about the same as Lady Tsunade's; we've reached our limit."

"Amazing!" exclaimed Shizune.

Tsunade was also somewhat surprised: "Your talent is indeed quite good."

"However, you will need tremendous physical strength to support this in the future, so you need to be mentally prepared."

She now understands Genma fairly well; in terms of chakra reserves, this kid's talent is only so-so.

Genma nodded: "I understand, so medical ninjutsu is not my main focus."

"However, I've figured out a method for training chakra control that should be suitable for Shizune. Lady Tsunade can also give it a try."