Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1096 Level 5
The next day.

in the afternoon.

The sun was just beginning to set in the west.

经过六个多小时的修炼，青冥的‘仙人模式’如预期中一般，顺利从lv2（280/500），晋升到了lv3（1/1000）！
At this moment, his understanding of 'Sage Mode' rose to another level.

This allows him to enter 'sage mode' for a shorter time and maintain it for a longer period.

At the same time, the proficiency gained increases again with each hour of practice.

According to Qingming's test, if the ten shadow clones are maintained, the proficiency points gained per hour will reach fifty.

Its chakra and natural energy consumption increased by another 30,000 points, reaching 150,000 points.

However, this was still nothing to Qingming.

However, its average consumption has decreased to three thousand points.

Clearly, just as he initially predicted, as his 'Sage Mode' leveled up, his control over the technique continued to improve.

Correspondingly, the chakra and natural energy consumed for each point of proficiency gained are constantly decreasing.

Qingming was very pleased with this.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped thinking about it and, after a short rest, resumed his cultivation.

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Before we knew it, it was the next day.

in the afternoon.

After more than ten hours of training, Qingming successfully accumulated 1,000 proficiency points, which upgraded 'Immortal Mode' from lv3 to lv4.

Just like yesterday when he was promoted from lv2 to lv3, at the moment of his level increase, Qingming's understanding of this technique rose to another level.

Correspondingly, the proficiency points that can be gained each hour have increased from fifty points when you first enter level 2 to eighty points now.

In this way, he can accumulate 2,000 proficiency points in just 25 hours to upgrade 'Immortal Mode' from lv4 to lv5.

If we also consider that as his training continues, the proficiency he can gain each hour will further increase, this time may be further shortened.

Perhaps, it won't take 25 hours, at most 22 or 23 hours, for him to advance.

Qingming glanced at the time; there were still several hours until nightfall.

In the evening, he would practice for several more hours.

In this way, he might be able to level up this technique to level 5 before he even finishes his training tomorrow, thus achieving his first qualitative change.

Perfect timing, tomorrow will be his tenth day of cultivation.

Once he has mastered this skill to level 5, he can return to the village for a day to rest and reflect on his future training plans.

With that in mind, Qingming wasted no more time. He immediately used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create 560 shadow clones in two separate attempts, and began a new round of cultivation.

And just as he calculated.
the next day.

evening.

After completing a round of physical enhancement and returning to Moon Island, he deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique,' retrieved all the shadow clones, and absorbed and digested their cultivation experience and memories from the past hour. Suddenly, a realization dawned on his mind.

At this moment, Qingming felt that his understanding of 'Sage Mode' had increased dramatically.

Even without opening the proficiency panel, he knew that his 'Sage Mode' should have advanced to level 5 at this moment.

And now, the insights that emerge in my mind are the result of this qualitative change.

Qingming gathered his thoughts and stopped thinking about it. He focused his mind and carefully comprehended the knowledge in his mind to deepen his understanding of 'Immortal Mode'.

Time passes minute by minute.

More than half an hour later.

He then opened his eyes again.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

With a thought, Qingming mobilized the natural energy within the sealed space in his abdomen, causing it to continuously flow into his body. Then, he concentrated his mind, allowing this natural energy to merge with the chakra in his meridians.

It took about ten minutes for Qingming to convert all of his more than four million points of chakra into Sage Chakra.

He himself naturally entered a state of 'immortal mode'.

However, it is different from when I first entered 'Sage Mode'.

Now, apart from his slightly stronger aura, only his eyes and the whites of his eyes between his brows have developed unique silver patterns.

As for other places, everything is the same as usual.

Even the most obvious feature, the shimmering white light emanating from his body, has disappeared.

No, it shouldn't be said that it disappeared, but rather that it became more introverted.

He still possesses considerable physical defensive capabilities.

At this moment, if someone attacks him, he only needs to think about it, and his original shimmering white light will automatically reappear on his body.

This seems somewhat unnecessary and might even delay the battle, potentially causing damage to ourselves.

Actually it is not.

He had previously stated that the formation of these white lights was actually the result of the overflow of Sage Chakra.

Now, it has disappeared.

That means his control over Sage Chakra has reached a new level.

Compared to the Sage Chakra that it can save, this drawback is nothing.

Moreover, given his current reaction speed, it's impossible for anyone to harm him without alerting him.

Therefore, it cannot be said that the battle opportunity was delayed.

In addition, the conserved Sage Chakra will effectively prolong the time he can maintain 'Sage Mode'.

In this case, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Therefore, Qingming was only happy about his changes.

Of course, it would be even better if the special aura emanating from 'Sage Mode' disappeared.

Rather than intimidating others with his imposing presence, he preferred to catch his enemies off guard.

Ideally, he would not change at all after activating 'Sage Mode'.

The so-called return to simplicity and authenticity is nothing more than this.

Unfortunately, with his current level 5 'Sage Mode', he can't do that yet.

Perhaps, he can only achieve this after he advances to level 7 and his 'Sage Mode' undergoes another qualitative change.

At that time, those who are not knowledgeable enough will only see slight changes in his face and will have no way of guessing what he did, let alone being wary.

In this way, he would have a better chance of winning.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Qingming quickly collected his thoughts and stopped thinking about it. He shifted his attention back to 'Sage Mode'.

Currently, it takes him too long to enter 'Sage Mode', and the entire process is easily disrupted.

These are all shortcomings, and he needs to address them one by one.

Only when he can instantly enter 'Sage Mode' like Hashirama Senju and maintain it for a long enough time will he reach a truly perfect state.

Unfortunately, this is not something that can be achieved easily.

This requires not only a large amount of chakra and natural energy, but also a large amount of time.

It takes 5,000 proficiency points to upgrade 'Immortal Mode' from level 5 to level 6, and even more, 10,000 proficiency points to upgrade to level 7.

And now, this is the level of proficiency he can acquire.
(End of this chapter)