Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1092 Success and Effect

Sunset and moonrise.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

Fire Nation.

Northeastern region.

It's still in that primeval forest.

Qingming completed the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' once again. Seeing that an hour had passed, he dispelled the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' as usual.

In an instant, all the shadow clones scattered in the surrounding forest disintegrated and vanished.

At the same time, a large amount of memory information flooded into my mind.

Qingming resisted the urge to browse these memories. Instead, he stored the chakra and natural energy that returned along with these memories in the alternate dimension between his eyebrows and abdomen, respectively.

Then, I began to browse through these memories, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within them.

At first, everything was normal.

However, after browsing through the memories of those ten shadow clones who cultivated 'Immortal Mode', a peculiar realization suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Suddenly, Qingming opened his eyes.

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Almost instinctively, Qingming opened the proficiency panel.

Then, in the skill list above, a new skill appeared at some point: Sage Mode: lv0 (0/100)!
That's right, he successfully imprinted 'Sage Mode' onto the panel.

Without any hesitation, while the insights in his mind were still fresh, Qingming took a deep breath, immediately closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, mobilized the chakra in his body and the natural energy in the sealed space in his abdomen, fused them into Sage Chakra, and attempted to enter 'Sage Mode'.

Time passes minute by minute.

This time, Qingming felt as if he had divine assistance.

It took him more than ten minutes to convert all the chakra in his body into Sage Chakra.

However, nothing unexpected happened during the entire process.

At this very moment, Qingming successfully entered 'Immortal Mode'.

His outward appearance also exhibited a minimalist style similar to that of Hashirama Senju.

Aside from the silver-white patterns resembling eyeshadow around the eyes, only the whites of the eyes at the center of the brow had three short horizontal lines appearing on each side.

From a distance, it looks like the character "王" (king) is written on its forehead.

Seeing this scene reflected in the Konoha headband, Qingming couldn't help but purse his lips, finding it extremely ugly.

However, these are all insignificant things.

Importantly, he successfully activated 'Sage Mode'.

Setting down the Konoha headband, Qingming carefully sensed his own body.

Unsurprisingly, with the blessing of 'Sage Mode', his basic attributes such as strength, speed, stamina, and reaction all saw a significant increase.

This is reflected on the panel as a temporary increase of 50 points in both the 'Constitution' and 'Spirit' attributes.

That’s right, it’s 50 points.

It should be noted that his current true 'physical' attribute is only 32 points, while his 'spirit' attribute is 34 points.

Following the pattern that the gap between each attribute point becomes larger as you progress, if both of these are simultaneously increased to 50 points, the actual physical fitness should increase by 5 to 6 times from the original level.

And that doesn't even take into account the significant qualitative changes that are likely to occur when the base attributes are raised to 40 and 50 points.

Qingming felt that he could now easily kill most Jonin using only taijutsu, and even hold his own against Kage-level shinobi. In addition to the improvement in his basic attributes, his sensory abilities and defensive capabilities had also increased significantly.

Qingming closed his eyes and carefully sensed his surroundings.

At this moment, he felt almost as if he had used the 'Spirit Transformation Technique', with both the precision and range of his perception increasing more than tenfold.

And defensive power
Qingming looked down at the shimmering white light emanating from his body.

This white light may seem faint, but it is actually the result of a high concentration of Sage Chakra overflowing outwards, and its principle is similar to that of the Tailed Beast Cloak.

The tailed beast cloak can provide defense for the jinchūriki, and so can this layer of white light.

Qingming felt that with this layer of defense alone, he could withstand most of the taijutsu attacks from ninjas, just like Naruto could withstand Pain's 'Shinra Tensei' head-on without any consequences.

As for ninjutsu attacks
He can basically ignore ninjutsu below rank C, and he can even withstand some weaker rank B ninjutsu head-on.

It can be said that the 'Sage Mode' provides him with a comprehensive boost.

Since it's all-encompassing, it naturally involves an increase in attack power.

Qingming got up and went to a relatively open space.

Then, he raised his hand to form a hand seal and unleashed a ninjutsu—Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

As the signature ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan, the first ninjutsu learned by the Blue Darkness Academy, and the ninjutsu he used most often on the battlefield, it was the most accurate ninjutsu to use for testing.

Call ~
Then Qingming slightly opened his mouth and spat out a flame.

Then, the flame condensed into a fireball the size of a human head about three meters in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, the fireball expanded rapidly, growing to a diameter of two meters in an instant.

The scorching heat hit him head-on, and even with the protection of Sage Chakra, he still felt a stinging pain in his cheeks.

After briefly sensing the state of the fireball, Qingming controlled it to fly out and crash into a large tree in the distance with a "bang".

Boom~
A violent explosion sounded.

In an instant, the large tree was blasted into pieces by the fireball, and the scattered sparks touched nearby trees, instantly igniting them as well.

In just a few breaths, the forest in front of them turned into a sea of ​​fire.

This power is three times greater than that of the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique' which consumes the same amount of chakra.

This is just an ordinary ninjutsu amplified by his Sage Mode chakra. If he were to develop a Sage Mode technique specifically for use in Sage Mode, its power would be immense.
It’s unimaginable!
It can be said that 'Sage Mode' is the threshold for ordinary ninjas to become strong. Once you learn this technique, you can immediately become one of the few Kage-level powerhouses in the ninja world.

Even with his strength, 'Sage Mode' can still give him a significant boost.

After pondering for a while, Qingming looked at the raging fire in front of him, raised his hands to form hand seals again, and opened his mouth to unleash the ninjutsu - Water Release: Water Chaos Wave!

A surge of water shot out of his mouth and drenched the flames in front of him.

Immediately, a buzzing sound came from inside.

Subsequently, a large amount of white mist appeared in the field.

Just like the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', the 'Water Release: Water Chaos Wave' enhanced by 'Sage Mode' is also quite powerful.

Soon, the flames ahead went out.

"Whoo~"

With a light breath, Qingming gathered his thoughts and found another place to continue testing the effects of 'Immortal Mode'.

But at that moment, the Sage Chakra within his body suddenly lost its balance and decomposed back into three types of energy.

He then exited 'Sage Mode'.

(End of this chapter)