Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 120 Three Limits

"Shikamaru……."

Locke Li looked at Shikamaru who kept kicking the tree trunk with his right leg in silence. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

It was only one day before the official selection began. Although Shikamaru quickly learned the technique of shadow seam and shadow summoning, he still didn't master the method of "opening the door" among the eight doors in his body.

At this time, even Rock Li lost the mood of practicing by the side and having nothing to do with himself. He has seen Shikamaru's physical training for nearly a month. There is resentment for being famous, but now there is only sincere respect in my heart.

Such hard work can't be exchanged for results, which makes Rock Li feel a little bit unwilling for Shikamaru.

Don't wait for me!

Compared with Rock Li's worries, Shikamaru only had a sense of urgency in his heart at this time, and he was not depressed because of this. Two lives, plus years of hard practice, had honed his will to be extremely firm, Even if it is only one day before the official selection, he will not give up on himself or stop practicing.

Not resting on the grounds that the official selection will be tomorrow, nor giving up on the fact that there is one day left, Shikamaru is still frantically but methodically carrying out a day of taijutsu practice.

Sweat had already soaked his whole body, as if he had just finished taking a bath.The coat had already been taken off, revealing a pure black thick vest inside, but the vest contained not cotton, but lead strips, and a thick metal piece was wrapped around the wrists of both hands and the ankles of both feet. Ring, this thing was found with the help of Rock Li.

The slightly loose weight-bearing vest will move every time Shikamaru moves. The vest made of rough cloth constantly rubs against his shoulders, and the metal rings on his limbs also slightly bump and rub against each other. With every movement of his , There were bursts of pain.

The pain and repeated training quickly consumed Shikamaru's physical strength, making his breath gradually disordered, panting heavily.

Although he was sweating profusely, panting like a cow, and looked extremely embarrassed, on the contrary, Shikamaru's eyes were very clear.

Shikamaru is making progress.

Bit by bit, every day, every kick is so insignificant, but when I look back, I can easily find the degree of progress. From the first day of extreme training, I can only kick a thousand times. With a load of more than a hundred catties, he can still reach this amount—and try his best every time—he really feels this, so he can continue to maintain this persistent attitude.

"Snapped!"

With the powerful lower body strength combined with the inertia brought by the heavy metal ring on the ankle, the swing of the right leg made a whistling sound in the air, like a big ax flying, cutting through the airflow and slashing at the big tree on the tree trunk.

The tree fiber and sap splashed in all directions, fell on Shikamaru's leg, and the sweat that was continuously secreted on it solidified into a ball, but there was no bright red blood on it-now the skin on his calf was not easily covered by bark. and tree fibers punctured.

"Shikamaru!"

After another side kick, Shikamaru finally stopped, put his hands on his knees, panting heavily, and Rock Li screamed when he saw this.

"I'm fine!" Panting heavily, Shikamaru barely raised his hand to stop Rock Li next to him, and slowly straightened his waist.

Sweat dripped from his forehead and slipped into his eyes, but Shikamaru could no longer feel the stinging pain. His bones and muscles seemed to be moaning loudly, begging to stop his movements, and his lungs were in pain as if being cut by countless blades , the heart seems to be about to explode, in comparison, this mere sweat is insignificant.

"It's not enough!" Shikamaru muttered to himself, he didn't want to stop, his rationality told him that he might no longer be able to maintain efficient and mechanical kicking after this stop, and he didn't know what his limit was Where, because of this, the potential of the body must be continuously squeezed.

"Snapped!"

Shikamaru raised his leg and kicked hard on the tree trunk, only to feel that the iron ring on his ankle was as heavy as a mountain.

"Snapped!"

Shikamaru's movements slowly sped up, the pain in the thigh muscles eased slightly, replaced by a tingling feeling, as if there were countless ants crawling inside.

Constantly kicking and hitting all parts of the body, the pain began to ease, and the feeling of fatigue returned to the body. Shikamaru was overjoyed, and for some reason, he understood that this must be the opportunity to open the "open door"!

"Snapped!"

After kicking again, Shikamaru suddenly felt his heart constrict, and his brain went into a trance for a moment, as if a hot current flowed from the heart along the blood vessels throughout the whole body, sweeping away the fatigue and pain in the body, and bringing back the stored energy. Power, he didn't have time to think about whether it was an illusion, he let out a low drink, swept his right leg across, brought a gust of wind, and chopped heavily on the trunk of the big tree in front of him.

Snapped!After a crisp sound came from the trunk of the big tree, it didn't stop shaking immediately. It shook continuously, followed by a series of birdsong and the sound of branches breaking.

"Boom!"

Locke Li stared dumbfounded at the broken big tree. Although Shikamaru's continuous kicks for nearly a month had already worn down the trunk of the big tree, the sudden blow broke it just now. This kind of explosive power is also really amazing.

Locke Li hurriedly turned his head to look at the place where Shikamaru was. The big tree crashed down, bringing up waves of dust and mist, broken leaves and broken branches, covering Shikamaru's figure. Even so, Locke Li could still see a blue light in the dust and mist. It flashed away, and then there was another hearty laugh, accompanied by the sound of trees colliding.

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Locke Li looked at the messy forest, scratched his head involuntarily, and set his sights on Shikamaru who was already unconscious.

The sequelae of opening the door, coupled with the large amount of physical energy consumed before, had already exhausted Shikamaru, and after barely using the spiral pill, he fell into a coma involuntarily.

Locke Li deliberately took a look at the trunk of the big tree that was broken by Shikamaru with the spiral pill, and his expression was complicated. If he could have similar ninjutsu when he was fighting Gaara, he wouldn't even need to use "Li Lianhua" "You can easily defeat your opponent.

Thinking of this, Rock Li felt a little jealous, but he was not a scheming person, and this negative emotion disappeared quickly. After a sigh, he lifted up the unconscious Shikamaru and went to the prosperous Konoha Village. area.

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When Shikamaru regained consciousness, the sky was already dark.

Shikamaru opened his eyes in a little confusion, woke up in an instant, looked around, and found that he was in his own room. After jumping up from the bed, he was surprised to find that there was no discomfort in the whole body. Afterwards, it was confirmed that the body must have been treated by a medical ninja.

And the healer must be Chiba Gen.

As Shikamaru guessed, he had been in a coma for nearly a day, and after Rock Lee sent him home, he left with the thanks of Yoshino Nara.Soon afterwards, Chiba Gen came to Shikamaru's home to help train as usual, and after seeing Shikamaru's condition, he used medical ninjutsu to treat his body.

Shikamaru rubbed his stomach and felt hungry, so he got up and walked out of the room, went to the kitchen to find some food, he had done a lot of physical training yesterday, and he didn't eat dinner because he was in a coma. After rest, I was already hungry.

The food left by Yoshino Nara was already cold, Shikamaru rummaged through the refrigerator for a while, but found some ingredients, and was about to make breakfast by himself, when he suddenly heard the sound of gentle footsteps approaching Looking at himself, he quickly looked back.

"You're awake!" Shikamaru couldn't help but sneered when he saw the person coming, and asked.

Nara Yoshino raised her brows upside down, and stared at Shikamaru with an unhappy expression. Thinking of the miserable appearance of Rock Lee when he came back, she felt pity, but also a little annoyed. Desperate practice is not a bad thing, endure it, suppress your anger, go forward and snatch the ingredients in Shikamaru's hand, and said fiercely: "Next time this happens again, you will never want to eat the food I cooked Already!"

"I can do it by myself." Shikamaru said while looking around, not daring to answer Nara Yoshino's words directly.

"Talk less!" Nara Yoshino ordered Shikamaru: "Eat a little less to rest your stomach, and take a rest after eating later. You have an exam today, so you need to recharge your spirits."

"By the way." Nara Yoshino seemed to think of something suddenly, and asked Shikamaru: "There will be a welcoming ceremony at around nine o'clock. The lords or lord representatives of various countries will enter from the main entrance one by one under the welcome of Konoha. Do you want to go to see it? one time?"

Hearing this, Shikamaru refused without even thinking about it: "Not interested."

Nara Yoshino didn't say anything anymore when he heard the words, just made breakfast quickly, and put the cheese sandwich in front of Shikamaru after a while.

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"Uchiha Sasuke is ranked behind Gaara!" While Shikamaru was wolfing down breakfast at home, outside of Konoha Village, Orochimaru, who had successfully killed the Fourth Kazekage and disguised his identity, was lightly Knocking on the armrest of the wooden chair, thinking thoughtfully.

Sasuke Uchiha's opponent is Ino Yamanaka, a little-known female ninja in the eyes of Orochimaru, and promotion is not a problem.The only thing Orochimaru cares about is Gaara's opponent, Nara Shikamaru.

Even if Shikamaru feels a familiar figure, Orochimaru doesn't think that he can really defeat Gaara who is the guardian of the crane Jinchuriki. The only thing to worry about is what kind of situation he will push Gaara, Exposing the strength of guarding the crane in advance will inevitably reduce the success of the operation.

Orochimaru wants Gaara and Uchiha Sasuke to fight against each other to verify the potential of his dream body, but on the other hand, he is worried that Shikamaru may expose the already unstable Gaara to Shuzuru in advance The power of Konoha was on guard.

"When will I make the gesture?" Orochimaru muttered to himself.