"Wait wait wait, we can just talk this out right?" Fang Li said while moving backwards in a hurry, but the clone didn't even pay attention to his words, the clones face was still just as cold as ever while rushing forward, jumping at him using a familiar move, Dynamic Entry...

Fang Li rolled to the side, causing the clone to fly over him, he immediately stood back up and then began to weave signs with quick speed.

Snake > Bird > Dog

"Water Release, Water Shuriken!" He yelled before awaiting the shuriken’s to be summoned, but the odd thing is, nothing happened at all, he repeated the weaving signs again.

"Water Release, Water Shuriken!" But nothing happened again, he then began to weave signs for his other abilities, clone technique, transformation technique, sexy jutsu.... He tried all his current abilities that he could use, nothing happened, all he could use now is his taijutsu techniques...

The clone then charged with quick speed towards Fang Li again, this time it didn't use dynamic entry, it rushed towards him in top speed before kicking out. This was Leaf Whirlwind, Fang Li was too slow to react, just barely dodging the first high kick but the next kick connected cleanly to his chest, then a second, and a third, Fang Li felt immense pain as consecutives kicks landed on him, all he could do was take the pain forcefully as the clone break every bone in his body. A final kick sent flying a few dozens of metres into the air before he hit the water hard, once he hit the water, he was sent rolling a few odd metres before coming to a stop. it was odd because no matter what happened, there were no splashes, the water just rippled instead when there is contact towards it. 

He was spitting out buckets of blood, his body spangled on the ground, all he could do is groan in pain while staring at the clear orange sky, there were no starry stars or moon, just a plain sky, a plain see, nothing else but the footsteps of the coming clone.

wissh wooosh wissh

The water rippled softly like little waves as the mysterious entity came forward, etching closer and closer to Fang Li, the clone's face was cold and heartless, Fang Li couldn't help but show a face of fear as he tried to crawl away with all his might, only one of his arms could move, he crawled as if his life depended on it, slowly moving an inch in each effort, leaving behind a trail of blood.

"I can't die here, not now, I haven’t lived a full life! I haven’t accomplished my dream!" He shouted with all his might, blood dyed his teeth red, he looked to be in a pathetic state but his will was burning fierce, burning with youth and vigour even at death door. 

But the clone had no reaction, it had the same facial expression as always while walking up to the bleeding boys' head before lifting a leg up and stepping down.

All Fang Li could do was close his eyes in regret, before the foot came down, his head went exploding, killing him in an instant.

.............

"I'm not dead?"

Fang Li thought as he opened his eyes in confusion, the same sight appeared in his view, the vast warm ocean and sky that was dyed orange, and in front of him was the cold looking clone, standing there as if nothing had happened before.

"Am I in hell?" He said towards the clone but he received no reply, that was expected of him, Fang Li then thought about everything that has happened, The clone had only used two moves to kill him easily, and those were moves he knew as he gained them from the Mystical Rock Lee Lootbox, but he still wondered how would he escape this 'hell' would he have to kill this clone?

He can't use any ninjutsu, he can't sneak around through the use of the cloak of invisibility skill as there was no place to hide, he had no weapons on him, he has no genjutsu, all that’s left is taijutsu, but he had no way near learned how to fight hand to hand combat, and he also wasn't proficient in his leaf whirlwind or front lotus technique, he hasn't even opened the first gate yet.

If Fang Li was to guess, this clone has already mastered these techniques and had the ability to open the first gate, but he hoped that wasn't the case, after a few moments he had to stop his thinking because the clone came rushing towards him, jumping and using dynamic entry exactly like last time.

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"Finally, I'm able to properly use leaf whirlwind, but I still haven’t landed a kick" Fang Li thought as he took his last breath as the clone’s foot crushed his head again, this was his 4th time dying.

.............

"Ha! I your father landed a kick, hummpft" Fang Li said while all bruised and battered, panting heavily but excited as he just kicked the clone a few dozen away, but that excitement quickly turned into alarm as he saw the clone looking sharper than ever before.

"First Gate of Opening!" Fang Li said while releasing while releasing the first gate for the first time, but he was too slow as the clone had unexpectedly moved behind him already, the clone was much faster than ever before, Fang Li had now died once again due to carelessness.

.............

"Hahahaha! I have now mastered the Leaf Whirlwind" Fang Li said happily while he and the clone had opened the first gate giving both of them five times their normal strength, Fang Li could dodge most of the kicks, he now has a basic understanding of taijustu, but even getting hot once is devastating before of the damage were five times more deadly, but even so he manage to trade even blows with the clone and both of them were coming out of the fight injured.

The thing was that the clone was not that intelligent, Fang Li was growing every fight while the clone wasn't, the clone just uses the same moves over and over, that was the truth, all Fang Li had to do was memories the routine that the clone played by so that he can easily predict the clones next move and prepare ahead.

But all of a sudden, the clone did something new, Fang Li predicted that the clone would do the same old Leaf Whirlwind, but it unexpectedly leaned low, ducking Fang Li prepared attack while then kicking up towards his chin.

Pfffffft

Fang Li spat out rivers of blood while clone was kicking him up into the air, like how Rock Lee did to Gaara in the Chuunin Exams, the clone then suddenly disappeared from Fang Li's sight, it was shadow of the dancing leaf, all of a sudden, he saw white bandages surrounding his body.

"Damn" He cursed out while he felt the bandages tighten, and then he could see the orange ocean for he was upside down, the clone then span around like an electric drill while flying downwards, Fang Li couldn't bear to open his eyes as he flew downwards, his head crushed open once they hit the ground, Fang Li died in his 49th fight to the legendary front lotus, but when he opened his eyes once again to see a clean slate, he was calm, deathly calm.

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53rd fight, Fang Li and the clone had a showdown up into the air, both were utilising shadow of the dancing leaf, getting behind each other each itching to use front lotus, but unfortunately, they swapped behind each other around dozens of times before the clone won, wrapping Fang Li around was dropping him onto the hard ocean ground.

.............

55th fight, Fang Li finally avoided being caught in the front lotus but died due to exhaustion from a battle of attrition.

.............

Fang Li was breathing heavily but he didn't give up, the high intense fight was unbelievable, keep in mind that both Fang Li and the clone are only level 2 in the Human Body Realm and if anyone on the outside saw this fight, they would be shocked senseless.

As they moved with high speed, each blow created a powerful sound boom, the blow created intense wind causing their mushroom hair to fly around messily, but through many repetition, Fang Li saw an opening coming up, he found a chance to kick the chin of the clone, knocking him up into the air, kick after kick, they were 30 metres high into the air. 

Not giving the clone a chance, he quickly went behind it, then bounded the clone tightly with the bandages.

"FRONT LOTUS!" He shouted with all his might, spinning with all his energy to the ground.

Splatter

The head of the clone has exploded into a million pieces, before its body turned into orange dust, disappearing from the strange world, then he felt immense pain in his head, clutching it in pain before fainting.

He finally won after his 60th fight, he didn’t have talent in taijutsu, he was pathetically weak, Team Gai also fought copy of themselves when chasing the Akatsuki members, Sasori and Deidara, they were able to beat their copies easily while Fang Li died 59 times before beating his, but don’t forget that Fang Li was just an ordinary person from earth with no fighting skills, not long ago.

The good thing is that he is now he finally able to fight hand to hand combat, he was enlightened with the secrets of his taijutsu techniques, he felt that he knows them intimately and that he can bring them to a new level, or even use them create his own original techniques.

As he opened his eyes, he saw the black sky with countless bright stars freckled across the galaxy, a full moon shined above him, the moonlight brushing against his body and he felt cold wind blowing against him, this was back into the real world, but couldn't focus at all as he still felt pain in his head, vast amount of energy burning inside his mind.

"Host, quickly absorb the yang energy into your body or else you'll explode!"

He quickly complied with the naruto systems words, utilising his will to push the extremely hot energy downwards to every inch of his body, including his organs and absorbed it, the pain was unlike anything before, and he felt death countless time in that strange world, but this was different.

15 minute later... 

Human Body Realm: 3

1 hour later... 

Human Body Realm: 4

3 hours later... 

Human Body Realm: 5

He slumped down onto the stone slab after absorbing all the energy, he was unable to move anymore, he felt exhausted, so he entered deep sleep, but someone one was watching all this happen, the old lady, granny Tzuki came forth and carried his body into one of the spare room, onto a warm cosy bed to spend the night.

Fang Li was dreaming a good dream, he was wearing an Akatsuki cloak, with 9 other people, but their faces were hidden, he was the leader of such a crew, and they were all building a village of their own, a powerful force of their own, making their mark in this cultivation world.