Sharingan Evolution: Proficiency's Path

Time passed swiftly like a white horse galloping through the night.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.

During this time, the Qingming team was responsible for the E11 area, which was surprisingly quiet. In fact, the entire western defense zone was exceptionally calm.

The reason was simple: everyone's attention was focused elsewhere.

Currently, whether it was the Sand Hidden Village, the Leaf Hidden Village, or other factions lurking in the vicinity, all eyes were fixated on the two strongholds on the front lines.

The battle there was intense, with the strongholds changing hands multiple times. Both the Sand Hidden Village and the Leaf Hidden Village were desperately reinforcing their troops.

From what Qingming knew, the Leaf had already dispatched three waves of reinforcements.

And now, this was the fourth wave.

Just a moment ago, Qingming had sent out the fourth wave of Leaf reinforcements beyond the defensive zone.

Watching their departing figures, Qingming silently pondered, "I wonder how many of these people will make it back?"

Clearly, those two strongholds had become significant markers; whether they could be reclaimed would determine how the Leaf would respond to the Sand's aggression for a long time to come.

If they could take them back, it would signify that the Leaf still had the strength to fight.

In that case, they would actively respond to similar situations in the future.

Conversely, if they couldn't reclaim them, it would mean the Leaf was unable to maintain its current front lines.

Thus, they would gradually have to abandon peripheral strongholds and contract their entire defensive line.

During this period, their resistance wouldn't be particularly fierce.

Because of this, the fighting there was so fierce.

After contemplating for a while, Qingming withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and decided not to dwell on it further; these matters were beyond his concern.

What he needed to focus on was whether he would be reassigned to that area and how he could ensure his survival if that happened.

Such life-and-death issues were what he should be considering.

Fortunately, Qingming had not received any orders for reassignment.

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Time passed again, and two more days went by.

Now it was early October.

That afternoon.

After completing his patrol, Qingming began his usual practice of "Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique," casting it once, twice, three times...

Finally, after the twenty-seventh attempt at this technique, Qingming suddenly stopped, closed his eyes, and stood still for a long time.

As time passed, it took him a full quarter of an hour before he awoke. The moment he opened his eyes, a flicker of realization crossed his gaze.

With a swift motion, he drew the short sword from his waist.

Then, without any further actions, the blade shifted from its original white color to a dark red hue.

Clearly, he had infused fire release chakra into the sword, but unlike before, the blade was devoid of flickering flames.

This did not mean that his fire release had weakened.

On the contrary, it had grown stronger.

The previous flames had appeared because he had not fully mastered the control of fire release chakra.

Now, that issue no longer existed.

The reason for this change was simple: he had fully mastered the transformation of fire-type chakra and its properties, so there was no longer any leakage of power.

How had he accomplished this?

The answer was just as straightforward—his "Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique" had upgraded from level 4 to level 5, reaching completion.

As a result, he had successfully grasped the transformation of fire-type chakra and its properties, elevating his understanding and mastery of fire release chakra to a new level.

At this moment, Qingming felt a premonition that when he practiced other fire release techniques, he should achieve twice the result with half the effort.

With this thought in mind, Qingming immediately raised his hands, quickly forming the six seals: 'Si—Wei—Shen—Hai—Wu—Yin.' He opened his mouth and released a fireball approximately one meter in diameter.

The fireball shot out, striking a nearby large tree and igniting it in fierce flames.

However, Qingming didn't even glance at the effects of this technique; his mind focused instead on checking the proficiency of "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

As expected, with just a single casting, its proficiency increased by five points.

This thrilled Qingming, and he mused that his strategy of prioritizing the enhancement of one ninjutsu was indeed correct.

Afterward, he tried a few more times. Although the growth of proficiency fluctuated slightly, it generally remained between four to five points, demonstrating a rapid pace of improvement.

Additionally, he tested "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique," and the results were similar to "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique," with proficiency increasing at a rapid rate.

Given this, Qingming made a decisive choice—he redistributed the 1,300 chakra points originally allocated to his "Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique" equally between "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique" and "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique."

This way, their proficiency could grow by approximately forty points each day.

Thus, in about ten days, both techniques could advance from level 2 to level 3, significantly enhancing their practicality.

The only regret was that even after his "Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique" had reached level 5 (0/0), it still could not be performed with one-handed seals or without seals altogether.

Qingming estimated that to achieve that, he would likely need to elevate "Chakra Control" to the next level.

After all, the essence of forming seals was to assist the ninja in gathering chakra from within, and if a ninja could achieve that independently, the step could be simplified or even eliminated.

With this thought in mind, Qingming opened his panel and glanced at "Chakra Control."

After several days of practice, his proficiency had increased by over a hundred points, now reaching level 3 (810/1000)!

However, at this point, the benefits from his double tomoe Sharingan were nearly exhausted. If he didn't discover new methods soon, he would have to rely on slow and steady progress.

"New methods…"

Qingming murmured, recalling the two puppet masters imprisoned deep in the cave.

One of the initial reasons he captured Chiya was to leverage the puppet secret techniques he possessed to expedite his training in "Chakra Control."

However, the other party had been unwilling to divulge the information.

"Now that some time has passed, I wonder if they've changed their minds?"

Qingming pondered as he turned to an unoccupied corner, raised his hand, and cast "Shadow Clone Technique," creating a shadow clone.

After nodding to the clone, Qingming quietly left the area, heading towards the entrance of the cave.

This time, even if Chiya was unwilling, Qingming was confident he could obtain the puppet secret techniques.

The reason was simple: after observing for several days, he was certain that Chiya was the weak link in Sand Wind's puppet master.

Using this as a breakthrough point, he should be able to easily acquire the puppet secret techniques.

Moreover, he wasn't after everything; he only wanted the methods for gathering, dividing, and manipulating chakra threads.

As for the crafting and controlling techniques that the other party valued, he didn't care much about those.

With that in mind, Qingming arrived at the cave entrance, looked around to ensure no one was present, and immediately slipped inside.

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