Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1068 Hidden Worries and Transformation

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

This night.

The northeastern part of the Land of Fire.

In that primeval forest.

Qingming sat cross-legged beside a campfire, quietly performing the 'Heart Reflection Technique' to accelerate the evolution of his Sharingan.

Suddenly, at a certain moment, he was jolted awake and his eyes snapped open.

Then, a mark resembling a black sun appeared in his pupils; it was the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan that he had unconsciously activated.

At the same time, an aura of pressure emanated from him, instantly silencing the chirping of insects and birds in the surrounding area.

Seeing this familiar scene, Qingming naturally knew what had happened.

He was overjoyed and quickly focused his mind, concealing his aura and gradually shrinking the uncontrollable part of his mental energy into a controllable state.

Time passes minute by minute.

After a long while, he finally regained control of all his mental energy.

Subsequently, the mental pressure that had been spreading around gradually dissipated.

"panel!"

With a thought, he opened the proficiency panel.

As expected, his 'Spirit' attribute on the panel increased by one point again, from 32 to 33.

As for why it was upgraded?
It's very simple. After more than two months of evolution, his Sharingan evolution level increased from (30000/100000) to (40000/100000).

This naturally led to a slight improvement in his 'spiritual' attributes.

Originally, Qingming was thinking that before the Sharingan and Byakugan made another breakthrough, he should first improve the 'physical' attribute to narrow the gap between it and the 'spirit' attribute.

Unexpectedly, the gap has not only failed to narrow, but has widened again.

Currently, his 'spirit' attribute has surpassed his 'physical' attribute by three points.

Even though his mind and body had undergone a qualitative change of 30 points and could withstand a greater gap, the three-point difference in attributes still made him feel threatened.

After all, the further you go in the basic attributes, the greater the difference between each point becomes.

Previously, when it was almost two o'clock, he was still able to maintain a balance between his mind and body.

But now, it's three points short, which is a bit dangerous.

Fortunately, his body is not far from undergoing another transformation; it will take at most three more weeks to succeed.

At that time, the improvement of the 'Constitution' attribute will effectively eliminate this hidden worry.

Upon realizing this, Qingming breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that he had a clear understanding of the situation, Qingming stopped worrying excessively and began to test the changes brought about by the improvement in his 'spirit' attribute.

First, there's the increase in the theoretical maximum chakra limit.

After conducting tests, he concluded that the increase in his 'spirit' attribute from 32 to 33 points increased his potential, or theoretical chakra limit, by approximately 3.5 million points.

This increase isn't a huge amount, but it's not insignificant either. In any case, it's 500,000 more points than the 3 million points his 'spirit' attribute gained when it increased from 31 to 32 points last time.

Secondly, there's the speed at which the body naturally recovers chakra.

This increase was limited by the imbalance between mind and body, resulting in a mere 1.6 million increase.

This increase is only 100,000 points more than the 1.5 million points his 'spirit' attribute gained when it increased from 31 to 32 points last time.

Upon receiving this result, Qingming frowned slightly.

But soon, it relaxed again.

As long as this imbalance doesn't last too long and become an irreversible defect, then once his 'physical' attributes improve, all of this suppressed potential will be released.

Therefore, there is no need to be anxious.

In addition to the two points mentioned above, this enhancement of his 'spirit' attribute has also significantly increased his mental strength.

Consequently, he can now withstand more shadow clones simultaneously engaging in high-intensity training.

Qingming did a rough test and found that he could currently maintain about a thousand shadow clones at the same time. However, he didn't need that many shadow clones at all right now.

However, the 1.6 million points of freely disposable chakra added each day significantly reduced the speed at which he could draw upon his reserve chakra.

In this way, they can last for a longer period of time.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped thinking about it and adjusted his state before continuing his cultivation.

Time flew by again.

Before we knew it, it was mid-April.

It’s noon this day.

Below Moon Island.

Inside the volcano.

Qingming completed the 'Extreme Body' training once again, but he did not feel much progress.

At this moment, his body seemed to be bound by an invisible shackle, restricting his growth.

Every effort he makes is ultimately and ruthlessly blocked by this constraint.

This rendered all his hard work futile.

If it were an ordinary person, they would not only be utterly desperate in this situation, but at the very least feel that the future was bleak. Perhaps after trying for a while, they would lose their ambition.

But Qingming is different.

When he realized he had no way to progress, he was not in despair, but rather excited.

This means that his body has once again reached the critical point of transformation.

Without any hesitation, Qingming immediately used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport to Moon Island.

Before his body could recover, he deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

Instantly, a flood of memories rushed into my mind.

Along with it came a large amount of chakra and natural energy.

The Azure Heart divided itself into two uses, storing the chakra and natural energy in the space between the eyebrows and the space constructed by the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' in the abdomen.

Next, he browsed through the memories in his mind, converting all the cultivation experience contained therein into proficiency in the corresponding skills.

After doing all that, his body had almost fully recovered.

Qingming immediately took out several enhanced soldier pills from his ninja tool pouch, put them in his mouth, and replenished the energy he had just consumed.

Once he reached his peak condition, he began to work on breaking through his current bottleneck.

With a thought, Qingming activated his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Then, he activated the power of 'Human Defense' to empower himself, and then mobilized a large amount of chakra to condense Yang Release chakra and fill his cells.

In this way, under the guidance of 'human control', these cells will continuously mutate and eventually break through the current bottleneck.

Of course, this process cannot be accomplished overnight; it takes time.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

under the moonlight.

Qingming sat cross-legged.

After injecting Yang Release chakra into every cell of his body once again, causing them to evolve under the guidance of 'Human Defense', Qingming heard a sound like shattering glass.

At that moment, Qingming knew that he had succeeded.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Qingming felt as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted from his body, leaving him feeling incredibly light.

A large amount of warm current was generated from his body, flowing rapidly throughout his entire body along the dense network of chakra meridians, making him feel so comfortable that he closed his eyes again.

Qingming knew that this was the process of transformation, so he did not stop it.

When he opened his eyes again, the transformation was complete, and his physical strength had risen to another level.

(End of this chapter)