Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 959 Test
"Come again!"

Looking at the Wood Clone that became distorted again, Qing Ming shouted softly, then mobilized the chakra again and performed the "Wood Clone Technique".

Soon, the same scene appeared again, and two more wooden clones appeared from behind him, trying to break free from the restraints of his body, but failed again.

Seeing this, Qing Ming's expression remained unchanged. He whispered "Continue" and once again performed the "Wood Clone Technique".

In this way, he split into Wood Release clones again and again, and failed again and again.

However, as he performed this technique more and more times, it became visible to the naked eye that the speed at which he created Wood Release clones was getting faster and faster.

Likewise, success is getting closer and closer.

Finally, after failing more than ten times in a row, he used the 'Wood Clone Technique' again as he did at the beginning.

However, this time, he did not fail.

Then two wooden clones grew smoothly out from behind him, then split, and finally stood beside him.

Even though Qing Ming was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene.

But soon, he reacted and a smile appeared on his face.

As soon as the thought came to him, he opened the panel, and as expected, a new skill appeared in his panel skill column - Wood Clone Technique: lv0 (1/100)!
There is no doubt that he succeeded.

Although judging from this level of proficiency, he has not yet fully mastered the 'Wood Clone Technique', it has been successfully imprinted on the panel.

At this point, let alone getting started, even perfection is a very simple thing. It is so simple that he only needs to invest chakra and keep working hard.

However, before he did anything, he wanted to test the ability of his Wood Release clone to make sure that the other party was as strong and durable as he imagined.

With this thought in mind, Qingming opened the ninja tool bag and took out a sealed scroll from it. After removing the seal, he took out a long sword from it.

Then, he looked at the two wooden clones and said, "Come on together."

"it is good!"

The two wooden clones also understood what he meant. After nodding, they took a half step back and put some distance between themselves and Qingming.

Not only that, they flipped their palms, activated the power of wood escape, and a long sword appeared in each of their palms.

Because the purpose was to test, the three of them did not try to test each other. After they were ready, they started fighting.

Qing Ming suppressed his own strength and did not use any abilities except 'swordsmanship', fighting with only a long sword and two wooden clones.

Similarly, the two wooden clones did not use any other abilities such as ninjutsu, but only fought him at close range.

Then a series of "ding-ding-dang-dang" sounds were heard, and the three people in the field started fighting.

During this fight, Qingming discovered something different.

In the past, although Shadow Clone was not afraid of close combat with others, that was only because his swordsmanship level was high enough.

In addition, with the powerful insight provided by the Sharingan as a backup, he can ensure that the enemy will not attack him, so he can attack the enemy with confidence.

However, in this situation, the shadow clone can only deal with people who are weaker than him, or at least people who are weaker than him in close combat.

If the enemy's close combat capability is too strong, or has the means and courage to die together, like the enemy encountered when attacking the rebel ninja base that night, then the shadow clone will be difficult to deal with.

At this time, their weakness of being unable to withstand excessive damage will be fully exposed, and they will be defeated if they are not careful.

And now
The Wood Clone is truly not afraid of close combat with others, and does not just rely on skills and the Sharingan to suppress.

Not only that, they can also take risks to counterattack the enemy by virtue of their fearlessness of death.

Just like now, the two wood clones joined forces, and from time to time one wood clone would risk getting injured to restrain Qingming, so as to create opportunities for the other wood clone. Such operations would have been impossible in the past, because just a small wound would be enough to cause the shadow clone to disintegrate.

However, the wood clone can rely on the wood style chakra to withstand and even repair such injuries.

From this we can see that it has unparalleled advantages compared to ordinary shadow clones.

Since the wooden clone has so many advantages, then does that mean the shadow clone has no use?

The answer is naturally no!

Firstly, compared to performing a Wood Release clone, the chakra required to condense a shadow clone is very small, which means that he can create a large number of shadow clones at once.

In this way, spiritual practice cannot be separated from it.

Secondly, after the shadow clone is defeated, it will directly disintegrate, instead of turning into a wooden body and then disappearing like the wooden clone.

This means that it is more concealed.

The last and most crucial point is that he has not yet mastered the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

When the proficiency is too low, the existence time and stability of the wooden clone need to be improved.

Just as he was thinking this in his mind, the two wooden clones that were fighting with Qing Ming suddenly stopped moving, and without any warning, they turned into two rough wooden statues.

Then, it quickly disintegrated and dissipated.

This scene caught Qingming off guard.

He quickly stopped his movements and stopped attacking.

Looking at the wooden clones that suddenly disintegrated, Qingming shook his head secretly and thought: "Sure enough, I have to improve their proficiency as soon as possible."

However, to improve your proficiency in this technique, you can no longer use Shadow Clone.

Previously, they were able to practice with shadow clones because they only needed to study the principles of the 'Wood Clone Technique', which was more theoretical.

Now, this technique has been successfully imprinted on the panel. If you want to improve your proficiency, you must practice it.

Of course, it is not impossible to continue studying theory.

Just like the original 'Izanagi' and 'Izanagi', he slowly fed back through theoretical research and finally polished them to perfection.

But that requires a lot of chakra and a long time.

And there is no risk in performing the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

Therefore, Qingming plans to practice it himself to speed up the accumulation of proficiency.

Of course, there is another main reason why he made this choice, that is, he now has a sealed space created by the "Senluo Wanxiang Seal", which stores a large amount of chakra.

In this way, he could first perform the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create a large number of shadow clones and carry out normal Storm Release development.

Then, he would use the stored chakra to restore his own state and use it to perform the 'Wood Clone Technique' to accumulate his proficiency.

In this way, the price he had to pay was just to take up some time to strengthen his body and stimulate the evolution of the Sharingan, without having to stop everything at hand.

However, to know how much time it would take, he would need to first master the 'Wood Clone Technique' and confirm its consumption before allocating time and chakra.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming sheathed the sword, sealed it again, and began practicing.

(End of this chapter)