Returning to the skies above the desolate island, Seimei gazed down at the nearly bisected landscape and revealed a satisfied smile.
With the current power of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken—combined with its ability to turn flexibly after being launched—it had undoubtedly become his strongest trump card, second only to Susano'o.
However, the chakra consumption...
To be honest, it was substantial!
Fortunately, Seimei's chakra reserves far exceeded those of most shinobi. Otherwise, this level of consumption would be unsustainable.
Still, you get what you pay for. The high chakra cost directly translated into overwhelming destructive power.
Shaking off his thoughts, Seimei focused on another benefit the technique brought him.
"Panel!"
With a single thought, Seimei summoned the proficiency panel.
Instantly, a familiar translucent blue light screen appeared:
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[Name]: Uchiha Seimei
[Age]: 13 years
[Attributes]:
- Physique: 22
- Spirit: 22
- Chakra: 185,500 (279,348 → 299,060)
[Bloodline]:
- Sharingan (Mangekyō): 35,568/50,000 → 38,256/50,000
- Byakugan: 1/1,000
[Skills]:
- Chakra Refinement Technique: lv6 (1,528/10,000) → lv6 (1,836/10,000)
- Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shockwave: lv7 (12/20,000) → lv7 (10,165/20,000)
- Lightning Release: Lightning Body Technique: lv1 (60/200)
- Earth Release: Earth Flow River: lv3 (800/1,000) → lv5 (3,400/5,000)
- Multi Shadow Clone Technique: lv8 (32,270/50,000) → lv8 (41,090/50,000)
- Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique: lv8 (27,630/50,000) → lv8 (37,430/50,000)
- Flying Thunder God Technique: lv0 (30/100) → lv5 (850/5,000)
- Genjutsu: Bringer of Darkness Technique: lv3 (740/1,000) → lv5 (3,550/5,000)
- Nirvana Temple Technique: lv3 (740/10,000) → lv5 (3,600/5,000)
- Four Symbols Seal: lv1 (10/200) → lv6 (550/10,000)
- Curse Mark of Self-Restraint: lv1 (50/200) → lv6 (990/10,000)
- Chakra Scalpel: lv7 (14,500/20,000)
- Shadow Sword Technique: lv6 (4,100/10,000) → lv6 (5,500/10,000)
- Chakra Control: lv6 (6,300/10,000) → lv6 (7,850/10,000)
Perfected Skills:
- Lightning Release: Lightning Blade: lv7 (0/0)
- Earth Release: Headhunter Technique: lv5 (0/0)
- Wind Release: Rasenshuriken: lv10 (0/0)
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The perfection of Wind Release: Rasenshuriken had significantly improved his chakra control.
On the panel, the proficiency of Chakra Control had increased by over 1,500 points, bringing it closer to level 7.
This improvement also slightly reduced his chakra consumption when practicing other skills.
Although the reduction wasn't significant, over time, the accumulated savings allowed him to gain more proficiency across all his skills.
Shifting his gaze from Chakra Control, Seimei focused on a few of his recently acquired skills—Earth Release: Earth Flow River, Genjutsu: Bringer of Darkness Technique, and Nirvana Temple Technique.
All three had made remarkable progress.
Even the skill with the lowest proficiency had already reached level 5.
Among them, Earth Release: Headhunter Technique had achieved perfection ten days ago.
The 40,000 chakra points it freed up were immediately funneled into practicing the Curse Mark of Self-Restraint.
As a result, the technique, which had only reached level 5 proficiency (1,390/5,000), now jumped to level 6 (990/10,000), surpassing the progress of the Four Symbols Seal at level 6 (550/10,000).
At the current rate of proficiency accumulation, it was highly likely that the Curse Mark of Self-Restraint would reach level 7 a day or two before the Four Symbols Seal.
At that time, through related knowledge, he might be able to use the 'Four Symbols Seal' more smoothly.
This would make his efforts to capture the tailed beasts more successful.
As for the 159,000 chakra points saved by completing the 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' technique, Seimei planned to use all of them on the 'Flying Thunder God Technique.'
With this, the chakra he invested in it each day would reach an unprecedented 209,000 points.
Given that it takes an average of 150 chakra points to gain one point of proficiency, with 209,000 chakra points, that would mean 1,390 points of proficiency.
Currently, his proficiency was at level 5 (850/5000), and with a little calculation, it was clear that it would take just over ten days for him to successfully advance to level 7.
And after ten days, he still wouldn't have taken any action yet!
This way, when he finally moves, with the level 7 'Flying Thunder God Technique' as a backup, things would be much easier.
But that's not all.
According to the current pace, in at most nine days, the evolution of his Sharingan would surpass the 40,000/50,000 points threshold.
At that point, his 'Mental' attribute would grow along with it, and the amount of chakra he could freely control each day would also increase, speeding up his training progress even more.
There is no mistake—one action, one step, one inner move, one expansion, one ongoing process!
In other words, as long as he was willing to wait, he could easily bring every skill on his panel to perfection.
Unfortunately, he couldn't wait too long.
The reason is simple: according to the latest intel gathered by his shadow clones, Takigakure (Hidden Waterfall Village) seemed to have already planned to implant the Seven-Tails into a jinchūriki.
If they managed to carry that out, even if he obtained the Seven-Tails afterward, using its chakra would become much more difficult.
Seimei didn't want to be dragging a dead weight around.
Therefore, he had to act before Takigakure made their move.
Only by doing so could he obtain a 'safe' and 'harmless' Seven-Tails.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind as Seimei calmed himself down, stopped overthinking, and closed his status panel.
After that, he didn't linger any longer and directly used the 'Wind Release: Wings of the Wind' and 'Chakra Cloak,' flying back toward the island.
A few minutes later, he returned to the island. He then performed the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu' again, creating nine clones before starting his training.
Meanwhile, while Seimei continued his training, one of his shadow clones was outside Takigakure, looking for an opportunity to infiltrate the village.
Takigakure is located deep in the Land of Waterfall.
Due to the area being filled with high mountains and waterfalls, the terrain is extremely complex, so during the past three Great Ninja Wars, no major countries had been able to invade it on a large scale.
Because of this, Takigakure didn't have to face the same survival pressures that other small ninja villages did, allowing them to avoid forced battles.
However, this also meant that Takigakure's strength was rather mediocre.
After all, without pressure, there is little motivation.
For the same reason, internal conflict was common within Takigakure, and the village's cohesion was incredibly weak.
As a result, Seimei was able to easily set up multiple informants with just a few methods.
Furthermore, thanks to the 'prophetic foresight' from his past life's memories, he was able to quickly deduce their plans from the actions of the higher-ups in Takigakure.
Now was the perfect time for him to investigate further.
After waiting patiently for a moment, Seimei saw a Takigakure jonin leading three chunin leaving the village, apparently heading out on a mission.
Without hesitation, Seimei immediately followed them.
The jonin of small ninja villages like Takigakure usually have average abilities.
First, it's because they don't have enough talent reserves to select the best candidates.
Second, their selection system isn't strict enough, leading to some individuals with inflated reputations.
Thus, Seimei had no worries about being discovered while following behind them.
Next, all he needed to do was defeat them and take their place, seamlessly infiltrating Takigakure.
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