Chapter 1032 - 1027: Satisfaction
In the blink of an eye, nearly ten minutes had passed.
Seimei opened his eyes, his gaze filled with contemplation.
A moment later, he fully snapped back to reality.
His first instinct was to sense the natural energy around him.
Immediately, tiny specks of natural energy in the surrounding air appeared vividly in his mind.
With a single thought, Seimei's mental energy transformed into a vast net, enveloping the natural energy.
Just like before, the natural energy seemed to sense danger. Like nimble forest spirits, they darted away, trying to escape the net's reach.
But this time, Seimei didn't let them slip away. His mental net, fueled by his will, precisely captured the natural energy.
"Collect!"
With a soft command, Seimei retracted his mental net.
Along with it came the captured natural energy.
In an instant, the concentration of natural energy in the surrounding air dropped significantly.
Compared to his previous speed of absorbing natural energy, this was more than twice as fast.
"Not bad!"
Opening his eyes again, Seimei nodded in satisfaction.
With a thought, he opened his proficiency panel.
The familiar light-blue, semi-transparent screen appeared:
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Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 14
Physical: 28
Mental: 30
Chakra: 1,875,500 (1,928,490 → 2,068,890)
Natural Energy: 52,120 (1,928,490 → 2,068,890)
Bloodlines:
- Sharingan · Eternal Mangekyo: (20,035/100,000) → (20,910/100,000)
- Byakugan: (3,551/10,000) → (4,181/10,000)
- Wood Release: (311/10,000) → (350/10,000)
- Lava Release: (559/5,000) → (598/5,000)
- Ice Release: (349/5,000) → (388/5,000)
- Storm Release: (848/1,000) → (946/1,000)
Skills:
- Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv7 (3,702/20,000) → Lv7 (4,170/20,000)
- Natural Energy Perception: Lv0 (1/100) → Lv7 (1/20,000)
- Wood Clone Technique: Lv8 (26,700/50,000) → Lv8 (47,700/50,000)
- Limit of the Body: Lv8 (13,000/50,000) → Lv8 (34,000/50,000)
- Natural Energy Control: Lv0 (1/100) → Lv7 (1/20,000)
- Three Elements Sealing Technique: Lv5 (1/5,000) → Lv6 (6,250/10,000)
- Chakra Control: Lv8 (8,360/50,000) → Lv8 (8,750/50,000)
Perfect Skills: [None]
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As expected, just as he'd sensed, both his Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control had advanced to Lv7.
Based on his recent test of absorbing surrounding natural energy, his speed was at least five times faster than at Lv6.
Keep in mind, it was now midday. Despite his efforts to maintain balance, the natural energy on Moon Island had been significantly depleted by his shadow clones' morning-long absorption.
Even so, his absorption speed just now, with only himself, was likely lower than it would be in optimal conditions.
In other words, the true improvement was probably well beyond five times.
What about before?
Seimei's gaze shifted to the Natural Energy section.
Over the past hour, his hundred shadow clones had collectively provided him with over 52,000 points of natural energy.
If he multiplied that by five, it would be upwards of 260,000 points.
Based on his earlier calculations, if he could absorb natural energy at a rate of 300,000 points per hour, the Sage Chakra he produced could replace regular chakra, doubling the speed of his physical enhancement.
And 260,000 points wasn't far off from 300,000.
Plus, his test result of a fivefold increase was already on the conservative side.
If he strategically positioned his shadow clones to maximize access to abundant natural energy, reaching 300,000 points per hour should be entirely feasible.
In other words, with Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control now at Lv7, he could fully rely on Sage Chakra to train Limit of the Body.
This meant that by late November or early December, his body would meet the requirements for a transformation.
At that point, his Physical attribute would improve, bringing his mind and body closer to balance once again.
Realizing this, Seimei couldn't help but feel a wave of relief.
Ever since his Mental attribute broke through to 30, causing his mental energy to surge, the imbalance between his mind and body had weighed heavily on him, like a massive stone pressing on his chest, making it hard to breathe.
Now, in just two months at most, his body would undergo a transformation, and this issue would be partially resolved.
How could that not make Seimei happy?
Inhale… Exhale…
Taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out, Seimei forcibly calmed his emotions and turned his attention to the rest of the panel.
Over the past week or so, it wasn't just Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control that had improved. A few days earlier, his Three Elements Sealing Technique had already advanced from Lv5 to Lv6.
As expected, though, maintaining the seal's stability still required a 1:9 ratio of natural energy, which seemed to be the limit at this stage.
Even at Lv6, that ratio hadn't changed.
But it wasn't without improvement.
At the very least, the Lv6 Three Elements Sealing Technique could now store twice as much natural energy as Lv5—up to a million points.
This made it much easier and more convenient for Seimei to cycle Sage Chakra through his body for training.
Even if he occasionally got too busy to clear out the natural energy in his body, he no longer had to worry about running out of storage space.
Additionally, his Wood Clone Technique had seen significant progress after nearly twenty days of practice.
Its proficiency was now at Lv8 (47,700/50,000), just a step away from Lv9.
Based on his daily gain of 1,200 proficiency points in this skill, it would take at most two more days to reach the next level.
Once that happened, the four hours he spent daily on it could be redirected to practicing Mind Reflection Technique, speeding up the evolution of his Sharingan.
Speaking of the Sharingan, it had been evolving at a slow pace for some time.
Even now, its evolution progress was only at (20,910/100,000), still a long way from the next milestone of (30,000/100,000).
His Byakugan, on the other hand, had benefited from his frequent use of Sage Chakra in place of regular chakra over the past week, gaining slightly more evolution points than expected.
Its progress had reached (4,181/10,000).
At this rate, with full reliance on Sage Chakra, it wouldn't be long before his Byakugan advanced to the next stage.
However, when that happened, his Mental attribute would likely increase as well.
This gave Seimei a slight pause for concern.
But for now, he didn't need to worry about it.
Beyond these, the most significant improvement over the past twenty days was his chakra capacity.
After nearly twenty days of tapping into his body's potential, his chakra limit had finally broken through to an unprecedented 2.06 million points.
This gave Seimei even more confidence as he prepared for the upcoming Nine-Tails Incident.
And there was more.
After nearly twenty days of passive evolution, his Storm Release had reached (946/1,000). In about ten days, it would likely advance to the next level.
Based on how his other kekkei genkai had progressed after leveling up, this would likely enhance his potential, allowing him to complete his physical transformation even faster.
This lifted Seimei's spirits even further.
Clearing his thoughts, Seimei stopped dwelling on it. With a thought, he closed the panel, raised his hands, and formed seals to cast the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique once more.