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Chapter 186: Gains

The moon set, and the sun rose. Another night passed.

It was now the morning of the second day.

Inside the temporary camp, Seimei opened his eyes and activated his proficiency panel.

The familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 11

Physique: 11

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 14200 (23572 -> 25012)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three-Tomoe ((9999/10000)

Skills:

* Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv4 (1823/2000) -> Lv4 (1912/2000)

* Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: Lv4 (230/2000)

* Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: Lv4 (210/2000)

* Wind Style: Breakthrough: Lv3 (502/1000)

* Wind Style: Wind Blade: Lv1 (2/200)

* Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lv2 (101/500)

* Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (1050/5000) -> Lv5 (1230/5000)

* Rasengan: Lv3 (660/1000)

* Mystical Palm Technique: Lv2 (120/500)

* Chakra Scalpel: Lv2 (20/500)

* Genjutsu: Sharingan: Lv6 (2310/10000) -> Lv6 (5045/10000)

* Mind Reflection Technique: Lv7 (4885/20000)

* Swordsmanship: Lv5 (1690/5000) -> Lv5 (2710/5000)

* Chakra Control: Lv4 (830/2000) -> Lv4 (980/2000)

* Three Basic Techniques: Lv3 (0/0)

* Body Flicker Technique: Lv4 (0/0)

* Shuriken Throwing Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Healing Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)]

Over the past ten days, apart from significant progress in "Genjutsu: Sharingan" and "Swordsmanship," the other skills hadn't changed much.

The former was because he had used all his recovered chakra on it during the first few days of their journey, leading to greater improvement.

The latter was due to the continuous fierce battles, allowing him to hone his skills in actual combat, resulting in considerable progress.

As for the other skills...

Due to the circumstances, they hadn't changed much, mainly gaining proficiency through normal use in battles.

However, overall, the changes on the panel were quite substantial.

Firstly, his Healing Jutsu had reached mastery after these days of use and no longer needed further practice.

Secondly, he had acquired a new Wind Style jutsu, the Wind Style: Wind Blade, copied from Koharu Shuji using his Sharingan's copying ability.

Lastly, he had added two new medical ninjutsu - Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel.

Although these were newly learned skills, due to the perfect timing, their proficiency increased rapidly.

Last night, he worked until late, almost exhausting his chakra, and finally managed to raise both of them to Lv2.

Although this gain wasn't huge, it was definitely not small.

Moreover...

It was foreseeable that he would maintain this rapid growth in the coming days.

After all, over three hundred wounded wouldn't be fully treated in a short time.

There weren't many medical ninja who had set out with the team, and they had lost some in the past few days, leaving even fewer.

So, in the next few days, he would definitely have to fill the gap.

This naturally meant he could continue to accumulate proficiency quickly.

Seimei closed the panel, formed hand seals, and used the Mystical Palm Technique to restrain the condensed Yang Release chakra within his body.

Then, he channeled it through his chakra pathways to permeate his entire body, strengthening his cells.

A warm sensation washed over him, making him close his eyes in comfort.

Time passed by...

Several minutes later, he opened his eyes again.

He glanced at the panel and shook his head in disappointment.

As expected, his "Physique" attribute hadn't increased.

Even the effect of this strengthening was inferior to that of the Healing Jutsu.

"Is it because the level is too low?"

Seimei pondered, closed the panel, and started packing his belongings.

The team would be setting off soon, and he could only verify these questions later.

However, Seimei was almost certain of his guess.

After all, the Mystical Palm Technique and Healing Jutsu were essentially the same, both utilizing Yang Release chakra to stimulate human cells and accelerate wound recovery.

So, once the proficiency increased, the strengthening effect would naturally surpass that of the Healing Jutsu. Now, it depended on whether it was at Lv3 or Lv4.

If it was Lv3, he could reach it soon and verify his theory.

But if it was Lv4, he would have to wait.

As Seimei was thinking, a Konoha Chunin responsible for delivering messages came to him, informing him to attend a meeting.

Seimei responded and quickly headed over.

The meeting's content was simple. It mainly outlined their next destination and the areas each Jonin would be responsible for.

Due to concerns about being surrounded by Iwa ninja again, after urgent communication with headquarters last night, they had been granted permission to retreat.

Next, they would abandon their plan to go to Tiger Mountain camp and instead retreat directly to a former Iwa frontline base located ahead of it. They would defend their position there.

In other words, they had to give up a large area of land they had just captured not long ago.

However, this was ultimately the Land of Rain's territory, and abandoning some land wasn't a big deal. The most important thing was to preserve their forces.

That was the information regarding their destination.

There were also their tasks as Jonin.

The others' tasks remained largely unchanged, except for some positions that needed to be filled due to casualties.

Only Seimei's task changed. Because he knew some medical ninjutsu, and there were too many wounded in the team, Nara Shikamaru directly transferred him from the combat team.

From now on, he would work with the medical ninja to treat the wounded during their breaks along the way.

This aligned perfectly with Seimei's intentions, and he had no reason to refuse.

So, for the next three days, Seimei stayed with the medical ninja, treating the injured Konoha ninja.

During this time, the Iwa ninja, as expected, caught up, and both sides fought several more battles.

As a result, the number of wounded in the team increased instead of decreasing.

This exhausted both Seimei and the other medical ninja.

However, the gains were also significant.

When they finally reached their destination three days later, his Mystical Palm Technique had reached Lv3 (102/1000).

Now, when he used this technique to condense Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body, the effect was no weaker than the Lv5 (0/0) Healing Jutsu.

Seimei estimated that after one more level up, he should be able to see more obvious results.

This filled him with hope.

As for the Chakra Scalpel...

Although it hadn't reached Lv3 in the past three days, it was also on the verge of leveling up, currently at Lv2 (420/500).

The rapid progress of these two medical ninjutsu was thanks to the Iwa ninja's persistent pursuit.

It wasn't that they created more wounded; there were already enough injured in the team for him to practice on. Rather, their continuous pursuit gave Seimei the opportunity to replenish his chakra.

Originally, after the Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel reached Lv2, the bonus from Healing Jutsu became less noticeable.

With the amount of chakra he could recover each day, it wasn't enough to gain so much proficiency.

But with the supplement of this external chakra, it was no longer a problem.

That's why Seimei said it was thanks to them.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 187: Back to the Old Trade

Within the Iwa hideout, Seimei was treating the wounded ninja when he suddenly heard an explosion, followed by a second, then a third...

He was very familiar with this sound - the detonation of explosive tags.

"Here we go again..." he muttered, calmly finishing the treatment and stepping out of the infirmary.

Looking down from the window, he saw dozens of Konoha ninja emerging from various buildings, all rushing towards the direction of the explosions.

They were undoubtedly going to provide support.

As for the enemy...

It was naturally the Iwa ninja.

Today was the seventh day since they had occupied this base, and over the past seven days, the Iwa ninja hadn't stopped harassing them.

Not to mention the sporadic skirmishes, there had been four large-scale battles with over a hundred participants on each side.

Although this provided Seimei with ample opportunities to practice his medical ninjutsu, it also put a tremendous strain on their team, barely holding on.

However, the Iwa ninja weren't doing much better either. After several major battles, their losses were comparable to Konoha's.

In fact, due to their lower average combat strength, they had lost even more ninja in terms of numbers.

Therefore, the Iwa ninja could no longer organize large-scale battles like they did a few days ago. Now, they mainly relied on small-scale harassment tactics.

Overall, both sides were in a stalemate.

Why didn't Iwa send more ninja?

Simple, they didn't have enough manpower.

It wasn't just their team that launched the attack, but all the Konoha ninja along the entire frontline were counterattacking.

Currently, nearly two-thirds of the Iwa's frontline bases facing Konoha had been captured, and these Konoha teams were still advancing, attacking the second line of defense.

Compared to their location, those areas undoubtedly needed more manpower.

If that were all, it would be fine. Iwa had a large number of ninja and could still spare some.

But the key was that Konoha's sudden counterattack had also given Suna and Kumo an opportunity, and they were becoming restless.

Suna, also fighting in the Land of Rain, had already started attacking the neighboring Iwa bases.

And Kumo, although in some internal turmoil due to the Third Raikage's death, hadn't forgotten that he died at the hands of Iwa. Their desire for revenge was strong.

So, the Kumo forces were already attacking Iwa's border troops.

With three fronts to fight on, Iwa naturally couldn't spare extra forces to deal with them specifically.

Even Han, their strongest asset, had been redeployed.

It could be said that they had stabilized their position and no longer needed to consider further retreat.

Moreover...

It was foreseeable that they would be staying here for a considerable time.

Therefore, Seimei planned to return to his old trade.

What was it?

Secretly capturing enemy ninja to serve as "chakra batteries," of course. The twenty-one thousand chakra points he could recover daily weren't enough for his training.

Only with sufficient external chakra supplements could he maintain his rapid growth in strength.

So, capturing prisoners was imperative.

Seimei looked at the distant battlefield, thinking that today might be a good opportunity.

As for where to hide these prisoners...

He had already found suitable locations in the past few days. Now, all that was left was to put people in place.

With this in mind, Seimei left the temporary hospital and quietly headed towards the battlefield.

...

In the dense forest, at the edge of the battlefield.

Two Iwa Chunin had just killed a Konoha Chunin and were about to rest and treat their injuries.

At that moment, footsteps approached from nearby.

"Who's there?"

One of the Iwa Chunin exclaimed in alarm, looking up in the direction of the sound.

But in the next moment, he froze, unable to move.

His companion asked, "What's wrong?"

He also looked towards the source of the sound and immediately saw Seimei.

The iconic Sharingan, the short sword at his waist, and his young age allowed him to instantly recognize Seimei's identity. "Demon Sword Seimei!" he shouted.

He immediately looked away and heightened his senses, becoming wary of his surroundings, especially his blind spots.

Clearly, as Seimei made more moves, Iwa had started researching him and informed their ninja about his fighting style and habits.

That's why he had inexplicably gained the title "Demon Sword."

Seimei didn't care about this.

If his tactics were so easy to counter, so many Jonin wouldn't have fallen victim to them.

Looking at the vigilant Iwa Chunin, Seimei didn't choose to throw kunai, use ninjutsu, or draw his sword. Instead, he directly used the Body Flicker Technique to appear before him.

Then, he swiftly formed the seven hand seals - Snake, Ox, Tiger, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Ram - and used the Chakra Scalpel jutsu.

Instantly, a faint chakra coated his right hand. As he swung his palm, it penetrated the Iwa Chunin's body.

Even though Seimei's palm didn't physically touch him, it caused his right arm to lose control.

This was one of the effects of the Chakra Scalpel - severing the opponent's muscles and chakra pathways, making them lose control of certain body parts.

"Ah! What did you do?" the Iwa Chunin screamed as he realized he couldn't control his right arm.

However, Seimei completely ignored him and flashed to the other side of his body, then struck again with a hand chop.

The Iwa Chunin dodged in time, preventing Seimei from touching him, but it was useless.

As the chakra invaded his body, another part of him lost control.

His defensive movements became distorted.

Seizing this opportunity, Seimei appeared before him and, with a glance, cast a genjutsu, putting him to sleep.

Both Iwa Chunin were now incapacitated.

This was Seimei's current strength. Those who hadn't reached the Jonin level weren't even qualified to make him take them seriously.

Ordinary Chunin rarely lasted ten moves against him.

Unless they were Chunin with the potential to become Jonin, they would be easily defeated by him, just like these two Iwa Chunin.

Seimei glanced at them and knocked them unconscious with two blows.

Then, he used the Chakra Scalpel to sever the muscles and nerves in their limbs, completely eliminating any chance of escape.

After that, he formed hand seals again and used the Shadow Clone Jutsu to create a clone.

He ordered the clone to take the two away and then started looking for his next target.

That's right, he had no intention of stopping here. Now, unlike before, he could take this opportunity to capture more prisoners.

This way, he could focus on training for a while.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 188: Level Up

Da-da-da

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed.

An Iwa ninja was sprinting through the forest, glancing back from time to time, his eyes filled with nervousness and unease.

His name was Andino, a Chunin. Today, he and three teammates were ordered by their superiors to harass the Konoha ninja who had occupied their village's base.

Everything had been going smoothly. At the cost of one teammate sustaining minor injuries, they had surrounded and eliminated a Konoha Chunin and a Konoha Genin on the outskirts of the battlefield.

But just as they were about to clean up the battlefield and leave, a figure suddenly appeared. In an instant, he took down their strongest member.

Then, in close combat, he moved like a ghost, continuously dodging their attacks and quickly defeating two more of them.

In the end, only Andino managed to escape.

Recalling the battle scene, Andino couldn't help but shiver. "As expected, there's a reason for his nickname."

"Demon Sword Seimei..."

Andino gritted his teeth, his voice filled with hatred and unconcealable fear.

"What? Are you looking for me?"

Suddenly, a voice came from above, carrying a hint of amusement and mockery.

"What?"

Startled by the voice, Andino instinctively looked up.

Then, he saw a pair of blood-red Sharingan.

Thump

Hit by the genjutsu, Andino fell to the ground.

Seimei used the Body Flicker Technique to approach him, formed hand seals, and skillfully severed the muscles and nerves in his limbs with the Chakra Scalpel, rendering him unable to escape.

After that, Seimei said to the back, "Alright, come out."

Two shadow clones appeared. One was holding an Iwa ninja in each hand, while the other was holding one in its right hand.

Clearly, these were Andino's three teammates.

Now, including him, the entire four-man team was here.

Seimei tossed Andino to the second shadow clone and said, "You can go now. Be careful on the way and don't get spotted."

"Okay."

The two shadow clones nodded and left without any further words.

After they left, Seimei scanned the area, confirming that no one was watching and no traces were left behind, then disappeared from the scene.

...

That night, inside the base.

Seimei left a shadow clone to deal with any potential emergencies. His main body carefully avoided the patrolling Konoha ninja and quietly headed towards the secret base.

Well...

Calling it a secret base was a bit of an exaggeration.

It was actually a hidden cave in the mountains, which Seimei had cleaned up. It was about seventy to eighty square meters in size.

He didn't plan on enjoying himself there anyway; having a place to stay was enough.

As he approached the base, a figure quietly appeared. It looked exactly like Seimei - it was one of his shadow clones.

The two exchanged glances, and the shadow clone dispelled, transforming into chakra and memories that flowed into Seimei's mind.

He quickly browsed through the clone's memories, confirming there were no abnormalities, and then entered the cave.

Looking at the seven unconscious people on the ground, Seimei nodded in satisfaction.

This was his harvest for today, a total of seven Iwa Chunin. If he pushed them to their limits, he could extract seven to eight thousand chakra points from each of them daily.

Of course, he wouldn't exhaust their resources completely.

Even considering sustainable development and reducing the pressure on these captives, he could still extract five thousand chakra points from each of them per day.

So, seven people meant thirty-five thousand points, which was more than half of the twenty-one thousand chakra points he could recover daily on his own.

Although this wasn't a huge number, it was definitely not small. With proper allocation, it could significantly accelerate his strength improvement.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to allocate the chakra yet. It had been ten days since he learned the Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel.

Now, his Chakra Refinement Technique was on the verge of leveling up. Seimei planned to raise it to Lv5 first before allocating his daily usable chakra.

With that in mind, Seimei went to the training room his shadow clone had specifically prepared, sat down cross-legged, and silently circulated the Chakra Refinement Technique.

As a skill he had mastered from the very beginning, coupled with daily practice, he could now perform it effortlessly.

He used his consciousness to extract strands of physical energy from his cells, then skillfully mixed them with spiritual energy, finally transforming them into chakra points.

These chakra points then flowed into his meridians, circulating along with his other chakra.

At this moment, Seimei was like an observer, silently watching this process, his mind free of any distractions, simply observing.

Time seemed to slow down, making him unaware of its passage.

Suddenly, Seimei's mind jolted, and he gained a new understanding of the process before him.

With a thought, the process of physical and spiritual energy mixing to form chakra suddenly accelerated. The time it took to refine the same amount of chakra was shortened by more than half.

Seimei knew that his Chakra Refinement Technique must have leveled up.

He stopped his training and glanced at the panel.

As expected, his Chakra Refinement Technique had increased from Lv4 (1998/2000) to Lv5 (1/5000).

Recalling the process of refining chakra just now, Seimei felt that his natural chakra recovery speed had more than doubled.

If expressed numerically, it had gone from recovering eight hundred chakra points per hour to two thousand per hour.

At the same time, the maximum chakra he could gain per hour using the Chakra Absorption Technique had also increased from sixteen to thirty-two.

The only downside was that the Lv5 Chakra Refinement Technique put a greater burden on his body. If his "Physique" and "Spirit" attributes didn't improve, he could only maintain it for a maximum of six hours per day.

Nevertheless, his total chakra recovery had increased from twenty-one thousand points per day to twenty-seven thousand points, a significant boost of six thousand points.

His chakra limit had also increased from a maximum of one hundred and forty-four points per day to one hundred and ninety-two points.

Based on these calculations, in about a month and a half, he could fully tap into his body's potential and reach the theoretical chakra limit of thirty-five thousand points.

However, this was assuming his potential didn't increase further.

But given the current situation, this was almost impossible. His "Physique" attribute was bound to improve within a month and a half.

After all, through dedicated practice over the past week, his Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel had both reached Lv4.

The former's proficiency was now Lv4 (350/2000), and the latter's was Lv4 (25/2000).

Now, when he used the Mystical Palm Technique to condense Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body cells, Seimei could feel a noticeable improvement.

It now depended on when his "Physique" attribute would increase.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 189: Allocation and Planning

After collecting his thoughts, Seimei began allocating his chakra.

Currently, with seven captives and himself, he had a total of 62,000 chakra points available for use each day.

After some consideration, he decided to allocate 30,000 points to practicing the Mystical Palm Technique, allowing him to gain 200 proficiency points daily.

As the primary means of increasing his "Physique" attribute in the near future, Seimei wouldn't be stingy with chakra investment.

As for the remaining 32,000 chakra points...

Seimei planned to allocate 15,000 points, equally distributed among the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, and Wind Style: Breakthrough.

The first two were to quickly level them up to max level and enhance his combat capabilities, while the latter was to master the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra.

This would provide a good foundation for future practice of Wind Style: Wind Blade, development of Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and attempts to create the Instantaneous Sword Technique.

Thinking of the Instantaneous Sword Technique, Seimei couldn't help but think of two other sword techniques - Shadow Sword Technique and Illusion Sword Technique.

The Shadow Sword Technique wasn't feasible yet, but the Illusion Sword Technique was almost ready.

Seimei glanced at his panel. His Genjutsu: Sharingan proficiency was already over halfway.

So, as long as he invested 12,000 chakra points in it every day, he could master it to Lv7 (0/0) within a month.

Then, he could try combining it with Swordsmanship to create the Illusion Sword Technique.

"Alright, let's do it!"

Seimei made up his mind.

This left him with only 5,000 disposable chakra points.

After some thought, he decided to allocate 500 points to Swordsmanship practice and another 1,500 points to Shadow Clone Jutsu practice.

The former was to support the creation of the Illusion Sword Technique.

If his Genjutsu: Sharingan proficiency was sufficient but his Swordsmanship level wasn't, it would be a big problem.

So, his Swordsmanship level had to be improved.

The latter was to lay the foundation for creating the Shadow Sword Technique.

However, when practicing the Shadow Clone Jutsu, he needed to pay special attention to his chakra levels and only practice when his chakra wasn't abundant, or the consumption would be too high.

As for the remaining 3,000 chakra points...

Seimei decided to invest them all in Rasengan practice. This technique was related to the development of the S-rank jutsu Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, so he couldn't neglect it.

With this, all 62,000 chakra points were allocated.

Next was the time arrangement.

He couldn't stay here and train all the time, using a shadow clone to fool around at the base.

This base was originally Iwa territory.

Even if they couldn't send reinforcements temporarily, they wouldn't let them stay here peacefully. So, in the future, it was highly likely that there would be frequent harassment, just like in the past week.

As a Jonin, he definitely had to participate in battles.

Now that he had gained some fame, the enemy wouldn't send weaklings to deal with him anymore. They would definitely send Jonin.

Therefore, if he used a shadow clone to fight, it was very likely to be exposed.

Seimei didn't want to be questioned by the village afterward, so he had to go in person.

Besides, he also wanted to use the enemy to hone his Swordsmanship, so he couldn't be absent.

Therefore, he needed to plan carefully when to train which skills.

Time passed by.

Seimei sat cross-legged, carefully considering his training plan.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses, having made up his mind.

First, he decided to practice Genjutsu: Sharingan, Rasengan, and Shadow Clone Jutsu, three skills that wouldn't cause too much commotion and wouldn't take too much time, at the secret base.

As for skills like Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, and Wind Style: Breakthrough, which were more noticeable, he planned to practice them at the base.

After all, these three skills only consumed a total of 15,000 chakra points. The chakra he recovered on his own was just enough to sustain them, so there was no need to worry about running out of chakra.

As for Swordsmanship...

It was a skill that took a lot of time to practice and also caused quite a bit of commotion, so he could only practice it at the base or on the battlefield.

Fortunately, it didn't require much chakra. Whether it was absorbing from the captives or supplying it himself, there was no problem.

So, there was no need to think too much about it.

The only tricky one was the Mystical Palm Technique.

Although practicing this technique wouldn't cause much commotion, it consumed a lot of chakra and required a considerable amount of time.

Of course, if it was just to increase the proficiency of the Mystical Palm Technique, it wouldn't take too long, and he could complete it entirely at the secret base.

But the problem was that Seimei needed to use the Yang Release chakra condensed by it to strengthen his body. He definitely wouldn't dispel it immediately after casting it.

Based on his previous experience, each strengthening session required about three minutes.

Two hundred times meant six hundred minutes, a full ten hours.

Therefore, considering the time spent practicing other skills, the time he could stay at the secret base wouldn't be enough.

This meant that he could only practice this technique at the base.

However, practicing this technique required a lot of chakra. The twenty-seven thousand chakra points he could recover daily on his own definitely wouldn't be enough.

But at the same time, he couldn't keep running back to the secret base to replenish his chakra.

That would undoubtedly increase the risk of the secret base being exposed.

This was something Seimei absolutely couldn't accept.

So, he could only divide the practice of this technique into two parts, with one part done at the secret base.

During this time, Seimei needed to minimize his sleep time as much as possible.

Only then would he have enough time to train.

As for the other part, naturally, it would be practiced at the base.

Currently, the amount of chakra he could recover daily was twenty-seven thousand points.

After deducting the chakra used for Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, Wind Style: Breakthrough, and Swordsmanship, he still had over eleven thousand points left.

This was enough to alleviate some of the pressure.

Therefore, he could divide the practice time for the Mystical Palm Technique into two parts, completing them at the secret base and the base respectively.

"Phew—"

Seimei exhaled deeply, reviewing his training plan. After confirming there were no problems, he began his training according to the plan.

...

Time flew by.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

One evening, Seimei led his team back to the base after completing their routine patrol.

After confirming that there was nothing else for him to do, he left a shadow clone behind and headed towards the secret base.

Over the past week, he had secretly captured two more Iwa Chunin, providing him with an additional ten thousand chakra points daily.

He invested all this chakra into practicing the Mystical Palm Technique, further compressing his sleep time at the secret base.

Finally, he successfully leveled it up more than a day ahead of schedule.

Now, its proficiency had increased from Lv4 (350/2000) to Lv5 (20/5000).

Now, when he used this technique to condense Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body cells, Seimei could clearly feel the evolution of his physique.

He estimated that in about half a month, his physique would undergo a transformation.

At that time, both his chakra limit and chakra recovery speed would increase simultaneously.

Seimei eagerly anticipated that day. He entered the base, checked the condition of the nine captives, and after confirming there were no problems, he began his training as usual.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 190: Birthday and Improvement

Half a month passed in a flash.

The new year had arrived, and this Ninja World War had officially entered its third year.

Today was January 5th, Seimei's birthday. He indulged in a rare moment of relaxation and had a good night's sleep.

However, to his surprise, when he woke up the next day, he suddenly found that his physical fitness had improved significantly.

"Is it an illusion?"

Seimei muttered, moving his body and confirming that his physique had indeed improved. He then sensed his other abilities, which had also improved.

"It's not an illusion!"

Seimei was overjoyed and silently said, "Status panel!"

The familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 11 -> 12

Physique: 11 -> 12

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 26500 (23572 -> 29236)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three-Tomoe ((9999/10000)

Skills:

* Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv4 (1823/2000) -> Lv4 (1912/2000)

* Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: Lv4 (230/2000) -> Lv4 (1705/2000)

* Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: Lv4 (210/2000) -> Lv4 (1680/2000)

* Wind Style: Breakthrough: Lv3 (502/1000) -> Lv4 (1020/2000)

* Wind Style: Wind Blade: Lv1 (2/200) -> Lv1 (5/200)

* Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lv2 (101/500) -> Lv3 (15/1000)

* Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (1230/5000) -> Lv5 (1650/5000)

* Rasengan: Lv3 (650/1000) -> Lv4 (310/2000)

* Mystical Palm Technique: Lv5 (20/5000) -> Lv5 (4050/5000)

* Chakra Scalpel: Lv4 (25/20000) -> Lv4 (210/2000)

* Genjutsu: Sharingan: Lv6 (5045/10000) -> Lv6 (8430/10000)

* Mind Reflection Technique: Lv7 (4885/20000)

* Swordsmanship: Lv5 (2310/5000) -> Lv5 (4450/5000)

* Chakra Control: Lv4 (980/2000) -> Lv4 (1376/2000)

* Three Basic Techniques: Lv3 (0/0)

* Body Flicker Technique: Lv4 (0/0)

* Shuriken Throwing Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

* Healing Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)]

As expected, his "Physique" attribute had indeed increased by one point.

This was in line with his prediction. Half a month ago, he had a premonition that his body would soon undergo a transformation.

Sure enough, just half a month later, his "Physique" attribute increased from 11 to 12.

However, what he didn't expect was that this transformation didn't happen while he was using the Mystical Palm Technique to strengthen his cells, but rather while he was sleeping.

Recalling his sleep last night, Seimei thought of a possibility.

Perhaps it was because he had trained too intensely in the past twenty days that the transformation had been delayed.

And once he stopped training and his body relaxed, the transformation naturally occurred.

Of course, it might also be related to his age increase.

But regardless of the reason, it was inseparable from the foundation laid in the previous twenty-odd days. So, it couldn't be said that the Mystical Palm Technique was useless; it was just that the timing happened to coincide.

"However, I need to pay attention to balancing exertion and rest in my future training."

Mumbling to himself, Seimei shifted his focus to the other changes brought about by the increase in his "Physique" attribute.

First was the increase in his theoretical chakra limit.

Seimei estimated that it should have increased from 35,000 to around 44,000.

The reason for such a large increase was mainly because the improvement in his "Physique" attribute narrowed the gap between it and his "Spirit" attribute.

This lifted some of the mental constraints on his body, unleashing part of his spiritual potential.

The combination of these two factors resulted in a direct increase of 9,000 points in his theoretical chakra limit.

Next was the improvement in his chakra recovery speed and capacity.

Seimei estimated that this increase from 11 to 12 in "Physique" should allow his body to recover about 4,000 more chakra points per day.

And this was just the enhancement of his body's natural recovery. There was also the increased physical endurance brought about by the improvement in physique.

Previously, with an eleven-point physique, he could only actively use the Chakra Refinement Technique for six hours a day, recovering twelve thousand chakra points.

Now, he could practice for an additional hour, recovering an extra two thousand chakra points.

This added up to a total of six thousand points.

In other words, from now on, the chakra he could use daily would increase from twenty-seven thousand points to thirty-three thousand points.

Undoubtedly, this was a huge improvement, almost catching up to the chakra provided by the "chakra batteries."

Speaking of "chakra batteries," Seimei thought of the captives held deep within the base.

Due to his frequent extraction, over the past twenty days, the seven captives he had first captured had successively died.

Fortunately, he captured new prisoners in time to replenish his supply, keeping the number of "chakra batteries" at around nine, ensuring his training plan wasn't disrupted.

And after all this persistence, the rewards were quite gratifying.

Not to mention the improvement in his "Physique" attribute, his other skills had also seen significant progress.

For example, the proficiency of Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, and Wind Style: Breakthrough had all increased by over 1,400 points.

The first two were almost on the verge of reaching mastery.

The latter had also successfully entered the Lv4 realm, allowing him to further understand and grasp the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra.

Furthermore, both Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan had leveled up.

The former increased from Lv2 (101/500) to Lv3 (15/1000), allowing him to create ten shadow clones instead of five, with improved stability.

Moreover, the chakra consumed when using it had decreased from nine-tenths of the total chakra possessed by all shadow clones to eight-tenths.

Although the reduction wasn't much, it was better than nothing!

As for the latter...

It had increased from Lv3 (650/1000) to Lv4 (310/2000). Not only had its casting speed further improved, but the jutsu's power ceiling had also increased simultaneously.

Coupled with his further mastery of the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra, he was one step closer to developing the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

Seimei estimated that once he mastered the Wind Style: Breakthrough and raised the Rasengan to Lv5, it would almost be enough.

Besides these skills, the ones that had improved the most in the past few days were Genjutsu: Sharingan, Mystical Palm Technique, and Swordsmanship.

The former's proficiency had reached Lv6 (8430/10000), not far from the mastery level of Lv7 (0/0).

Once he successfully leveled up, he would be able to reach the realm described in the scroll, where he could cast genjutsu with every move.

At that time, ordinary Jonin would no longer be his match.

As for the latter, its proficiency had also reached Lv5 (4450/5000), just one step away from reaching Lv6.

Once it leveled up, he could start developing the Illusion Sword Technique.

Then, he would have another trump card.

In addition, there was the Mystical Palm Technique...

After these days of practice, its proficiency had reached Lv5 (4050/5000). In at most four days, it could successfully reach Lv6.

At that time, not only would his healing ability greatly improve, but the strengthening effect of the Yang Release chakra condensed by it on his body would also see a significant boost.

Perhaps his next transformation was just around the corner.