Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1186 Continuous Advancement and Expectations

Time passes minute by minute.

At first, Qingming didn't change at all.

However, as he continued to browse through the memories in his mind, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within, his spirit fed back into his body, and some changes finally occurred in him.

Just like half a month ago when he advanced his 'Ice Release' technique, a large amount of chakra suddenly leaked out of his body.

Then, in a very short time, it covered the entire Icelandic area, which spanned several hundred meters in diameter.

And this is not the end.

Then, the chakra continued to spread outwards, and in no time, it covered an area about the size of Moon Island.

It's only because Qingming's mind isn't on this matter right now, otherwise he would definitely say that he had foresight.

If he were still breaking through on the island now, it might become a mess again after he completes his breakthrough, and he might have to spend his chakra to restore the island's ecosystem.

Of course, judging from the current state of the chakra that has been released, it doesn't seem to pose any threat to the island's ecosystem. Changing his breakthrough location seems like an unnecessary step.

Actually it is not.

The properties exhibited by these chakras now are only temporary.

Next, as his 'Storm Release' breaks through its limits, its nature will inevitably change.

Moreover, this change will be sudden, and the harm it causes will be enormous.

After all, compared to the relatively mild 'Ice Release', 'Storm Release' is undoubtedly much more powerful and fierce in its offensive capabilities.

Sure enough, as Qingming finished browsing through the memories in his mind and absorbed and digested all the cultivation experience within, the chakra that had been dissipating around his body suddenly changed its nature.

No, perhaps it's more accurate to say that they exhibited the qualities they were meant to possess.

After all, this chakra had already been transformed into Storm Release chakra before it dissipated.

Now, they are simply showing their true colors.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the misty chakra in the arena transformed into streams of light that resembled flowing water.

Within this light, there was also a surge of electric energy unique to Lightning Release chakra.

crackle~
A sound like thunder and lightning rang out.

These lightning bolts, which resembled flowing water, emitted even smaller sparks the moment they touched the sea surface.

They spread rapidly in all directions, just like branches on a tree trunk.

The crackling sounds echoed incessantly, and any marine life that came into contact with them was instantly turned into charcoal.

This is how they behave in the sea, but on the ice, they are like sharp lightning spears, piercing through the ice and leaving cracks in it.

For a moment, the area around Qingming resembled a purgatory, inspiring awe and fear in all who beheld it.

And so, time passed by, second by second.

Finally, after more than half an hour, Qingming opened his eyes again.

At that very moment, the scene of Razer snakes swarming around them disappeared.

Qingming's eyes flickered slightly as he glanced around.

Looking at the large number of marine carcasses floating on the sea in the distance, and the shattered Iceland beneath his feet, he thought to himself, "That was close."

Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance and changed the venue ahead of time.

Otherwise, given the destructive power displayed by the advanced 'Storm Release', if it were still on Moon Island, it might have already turned it into a scorched wasteland.

"Phew, thank goodness!"

Qingming let out a soft breath and nodded to himself.

Then he stood up and walked straight toward Moon Island.

With his feet on the sea, he walked while sensing his own condition.

Just like the advancement of 'Ice Release', the advancement of 'Storm Release' also saved him a lot of time in the transformation process.

First, there's the time saved directly from increased physical strength.

As expected, the effect was weakened again this time, saving only about ten days, and the overall effect was only two-thirds of that when he advanced 'Ice Release'. However, considering that his body strengthening efficiency had improved after advancing 'Ice Release', the physical strength he could improve in ten days definitely exceeded that before.

Therefore, if we refer to a unified standard, its effect will be slightly worse than the advanced 'Ice Release', but it will not be only two-thirds of it.

Of course, it won't be much higher.

Qingming also wanted to investigate this matter further.

In addition to the time saved by the increase in physical strength, his aptitude was also improved as desired, which made it easier for him to strengthen his body again, thus saving some of the time for transformation.

However, he needs to conduct some testing to calculate this part accurately.

Thinking this, Qingming quickened his pace.

Soon, he returned to Moon Island.

Then, he took out a few enhanced soldier pills from his ninja tool bag, put them in his mouth, and chewed and swallowed them.

Then, a new round of training began.

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Before we knew it, an hour had passed.

Qingming returned to the surface from inside the volcano.

During his recovery period, he carefully sensed the effects of the physical enhancement he had undergone over the past hour.

Compared to before, he concluded that the improvement in aptitude brought about by this advancement in 'Storm Release' had increased his efficiency in strengthening his body by about 15%.

In terms of time saved, that's a little over five days.

This timeframe is three-quarters shorter than the twenty days saved by 'Ice Escape'.

The reason for this is not that its effect is much worse than 'Ice Release', but that he doesn't have much time left for his body to transform.

After his last advancement in 'Ice Release', the time required for his body's transformation was reduced to about seventy days.

After that, he trained for another half month and today he has advanced to the next level of 'Storm Escape'.

Therefore, the remaining time required is fifty-five days.

An hour ago, he tested the 'Storm Release' advancement and found that it directly saved ten days.

Fifty-five days minus ten days equals forty-five days, which is one and a half months.

In a month and a half, the efficiency improvement of 15% means that the time saved is only a little over five days.

Therefore, it's not that the effect is too poor, but rather that the time required for his body to transform is too short.

Therefore, it can be inferred that when his 'Melting Escape' advances in three days, the time he can save in this part will be even less.

However, Qingming was already mentally prepared for this outcome.

However, compared to the time he can save now, he is more looking forward to the help that the next physical transformation can provide.

It is foreseeable that after these three upgrades in his qualifications, the time required for his next physical transformation will not be too long.

Perhaps he could look forward to improving his 'Constitution' attribute a little more before running out of reserve chakra.

Various thoughts flashed through my mind.

After a long while, Qingming finally came to his senses.

Without wasting any more time, he immediately raised his hands to form a hand seal and dispelled the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

In an instant, all the shadow clones, both inside and outside the island, disintegrated and vanished.

What follows is a large amount of chakra and natural energy, as well as memory information.

As usual, Qingming first suppressed these memories, and then quickly categorized and stored the natural energy and chakra that had returned to his body.

Next, he immediately began to browse through the memories in his mind, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained therein.

After completing this step, he immediately swallowed several enhanced soldier ration pills to replenish the energy he had just consumed. Then, he used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' again to create numerous shadow clones and began a new round of training.

And just like that, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

And his 'Molten Escape' finally accumulated enough evolution points and advanced as well.

(End of this chapter)