Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1095 Continuous Upgrades and Planning

Sitting there for a while, Qingming stopped wasting time and raised his hands, forming the 'Ren' seal, and once again used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

bang bang bang~
As puffs of chakra smoke exploded, five hundred and fifty shadow clones appeared in the arena.

That's right. Just now, when those ten shadow clones were testing the effects of the 'Sage Mode' after they had just entered the beginner stage, he had already recalled the rest of the shadow clones.

Therefore, we can now begin a new round of cultivation.

Qingming looked at these shadow clones and, as usual, divided them into two parts, with three hundred of them scattered to Moon Island and the primeval forest in the northeast of the Land of Fire to absorb natural energy.

The remaining 250 shadow clones continued to develop the Bloodline Limit.

It is worth mentioning that after this period of experimentation, he has vaguely developed some new insights into how to integrate the seven chakra nature transformations.

Perhaps it won't be long before he's able to increase the number of shadow clones he can create through the Bloodline Limit.

At that time, the speed of gaining experience will be further accelerated.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming dismissed the shadow clones.

Then, he raised his hands again to form a hand seal and used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create ten shadow clones, and injected an equal amount of natural energy into each of them.

After doing all this, Qingming looked at the ten shadow clones and said directly, "From now on, you can cultivate around here!"

Upon hearing this, the ten shadow clones nodded, then each found a spot and began to merge the chakra and natural energy within their bodies, preparing to enter 'Sage Mode'.

As for Qingming himself
Naturally, he used the "Flying Thunder God Technique" to teleport to the volcano below Moon Island to continue cultivating the "Ultimate Body Technique" and strengthen his body.

It has only been a little over a month since his last physical transformation.

Based on this calculation, it will take approximately five more months to reach the critical point for the next transformation.

Therefore, he must seize the time to cultivate diligently.

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Time passes minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

Qingming paused his cultivation of 'Body Limit', returned to the ground, deactivated 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', and retrieved all his shadow clones.

It took him about fifteen minutes to absorb and digest the cultivation experience and memories of these shadow clones over the past hour.

Putting aside other skills for the moment, the proficiency he gained in 'Sage Mode' this time was slightly higher than an hour ago, increasing from 25 points to 26 points.

This made Qingming somewhat happy.

Indeed, a slight improvement is not a big deal, and could even be considered small, but it does show that his prediction was correct.

Therefore, as long as he keeps trying, the speed at which he gains proficiency in 'Sage Mode' will become faster and faster.

How could Qingming not be happy?
The only regrettable thing is that the energy consumption of his 'Immortal Mode' cultivation has not decreased.

Qingming estimates that this will probably only change significantly after he advances to the next level.

However, he can still withstand the current consumption of around 100,000 points per hour.

In terms of chakra, he can now accumulate 5.52 million chakra points every day, and taking out 1.8 million of them is not a big deal.

As for natural energy...
He already absorbs a bit too much natural energy every day, so it would be great if he could use some of it up.

Even if the required natural energy increases in the later stages and the extra natural energy available each day is insufficient, he has nothing to fear.

Because there are still 30 million points of natural energy stored in the sealed space in his abdomen.

Even if he runs out of natural energy, he can create more shadow clones to absorb even more natural energy. In any case, with his current mental strength, creating hundreds more shadow clones specifically for absorbing natural energy is nothing.

Therefore, Qingming was not too worried about this.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped thinking about it and swallowed several enhanced soldier pills to replenish the energy he had just consumed. Then he used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' again, creating 560 shadow clones in two separate attempts.

Then, a new round of training began.

And so, round after round, by mid-afternoon, he finally accumulated the two hundred proficiency points needed to upgrade 'Immortal Mode'.

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On the open ground in the center of Moon Island.

Qingming opened his eyes.

With a thought, he opened the proficiency panel.

On it, his 'Sage Mode' had already been upgraded from level 1 to level 2.

Correspondingly, his understanding of 'Sage Mode' has also reached a new level.

At this point, he can not only enter the 'Sage Mode' state more quickly, but also maintain it for a longer period of time.

However, this did not reduce his chakra consumption; in fact, it increased it considerably.

Qingming did a quick test and found that if he could still create ten shadow clones, it would consume about 120,000 points of his chakra and natural energy per hour, which was 20% more than the original 100,000 points.

This result seems to contradict his previous predictions.

Not really!

Maintaining 'Sage Mode' for a longer period of time means gaining more proficiency.

Like now, after advancing to level 2, he can now gain about 35 proficiency points every hour.

Thus, on average, each point of proficiency consumes approximately 3,500 points of chakra and natural energy.

This is clearly lower than the previous 4,000 points.

Therefore, his prediction was correct.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Qingming collected his thoughts and stopped thinking about it. After resting for a while, he began a new round of cultivation.

Unfortunately, upgrading 'Sage Mode' from level 2 to level 3 requires 500 proficiency points, and even though he now gains more proficiency points per hour, he can't upgrade it today.

By the time he finished his cultivation late at night, his proficiency in 'Immortal Mode' had only reached level 2 (280/500), with the progress bar barely halfway through.

Fortunately, as time went by, he has now created ten shadow clones, and the proficiency he can gain each hour has increased to forty-three points.

In this way, he will be able to advance successfully in less than seven hours tomorrow.

At that time, his understanding of 'Sage Mode' will improve, and his speed of accumulating proficiency through further training will also increase.

Qingming waited for him to advance to level 5 and undergo a qualitative change before making a second adjustment to his subsequent cultivation plan.

By then, the chakra consumed will have reached a point where proficiency can be gained, and the situation will be relatively stable.

At the same time, each promotion requires a relatively high level of proficiency, making it impossible to advance in a short period of time.

In this way, there's no need to frequently revise the practice plan.

With this in mind, Qingming returned to Moon Island, quickly washed up, and began to rest.

(End of this chapter)