Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 986 Goals and Plans

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped his random thoughts and calmed down to consider which bloodline limit to develop next.

That's right, it's bloodline elimination.

He has now completed the development of 'Wood Release', 'Lava Release', 'Ice Release', and 'Storm Release'.

This involves the fusion of water and earth, earth and fire, water and wind, and water and lightning chakra nature transformations.

Based on these techniques, if given two different types of chakra, he could easily master them with just a little time.

It can be said that the fusion of the five common chakra nature transformations in pairs is no longer a challenge for him.

Therefore, according to the plan, his next step should be to try to fuse the three types of chakra.

Only in this way can he gradually and step by step master the fusion of the seven chakra nature transformations and thus obtain the power of the Bloodline Limit.

The fusion of the three chakra natures is known as Kekkei Tota.

Now, he's considering which one to choose.

Although theoretically he could freely choose any three types of chakra to conduct fusion experiments, it's still best to have a reference, just like when developing 'Lava Release' and other bloodline limits.

This will save him a lot of time!

In the current ninja world, the only one who clearly possesses the power of bloodline limit elimination is the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure—Onoki!

His mastery of 'Dust Release' is not only incredibly powerful, but once learned, it can effectively compensate for his lack of single-target damage methods.

At the same time, the Fire Release, Wind Release, and Earth Release techniques required for this bloodline elimination are all techniques he is very proficient in.

Therefore, without much thought, Qingming set his sights on 'Dust Escape'.

It just so happens that more than a month has passed since he last retrieved the shadow clones left behind in Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure.

Although the replaced wooden clone can exist for a longer period of time, this does not prevent him from replacing it in advance.

After a quick calculation, he realized that he had only been engaged in this round of arduous training for seven days. Qingming planned to wait until this round of training was over before taking any action.

Perfect timing! He can use the shadow clones he's created these past few days to conduct a preliminary study and see just how difficult it is to develop 'Dust Release'.
Having made up his mind, Qingming no longer wasted time.

He immediately closed the panel, raised his hands to form a hand seal, and unleashed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

bang bang bang~
As puffs of chakra smoke exploded, three hundred figures appeared in the arena.

After expertly grouping the shadow clones and sending them away, Qingming immediately activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and teleported into the first cavity inside the volcano.

On the same stone platform, Qingming, enveloped in a thin layer of 'lightning shield', began to strengthen his body after adapting to the environment.

However, before he had been reinforcing the memory for even a few minutes, a memory suddenly appeared in his mind.

His cultivation was interrupted, and Qingming frowned slightly.

He paused what he was doing and began to read the memories that had suddenly appeared in his mind.

This memory wasn't long, it could even be described as very short, because it was the memory of a shadow clone he had just created.

In my memory, after conceiving the idea for a while, the other party couldn't wait to try to combine Fire Release, Earth Release, and Wind Release, but before the three chakra could be gathered together, an explosion suddenly occurred.

The shadow clone had no time to dodge and was instantly defeated.

Then, the memory was synchronized into his mind.

And this is not an isolated case.

Just as he was reading the other's memories, two more shadow clones attempted to merge with Dust Release but failed and were blown to pieces. Their memories, along with some chakra, returned to his main body.

This made Qingming frown even more.

"This won't do." Feeling the memories that kept appearing in his mind, Qingming pondered for a moment, temporarily abandoned the physical enhancement, and teleported back to the open space in the center of the island.

Looking at the shadow clones cultivating in the distance, Qingming immediately deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

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

It took Qingming a minute or two to absorb all the brief memories of these shadow clones.

After that, he stood there for a while, pondered, and then used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' again.

The next moment, another three hundred shadow clones appeared.

As usual, Qingming divided them into groups and then let them leave.

However, this time, Qingming did not rush to go inside the volcano to cultivate. Instead, he quietly watched his shadow clones and waited for them to begin their cultivation.

Time passes minute by minute.

No further explosions occurred in the first few minutes.

Later, although another explosion occurred, the shadow clones were very cautious. If things went wrong, they immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the spot.

Therefore, there were no further instances of bodies being blown to pieces.

In this way, no memories suddenly appeared in Qingming's mind.

Seeing this, Qingming nodded in satisfaction.

Just now, after retrieving those shadow clones, he set a rule in his mind for the shadow clones responsible for developing Dust Release: reduce practical operations and focus more on theoretical research.

This naturally greatly reduces the probability of accidents.

Moreover, even if an accident occurs, he allows those shadow clones to use the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to avoid damage.

Undoubtedly, this will cost an extra amount of chakra.

In the past, Qingming might have cared.

But now, he saves up more than four million chakra points every day.

So, I don't really care anymore.

Moreover, if the goal is simply to avoid damage, these shadow clones don't need to teleport too far, so they won't consume too much chakra.

Qingming can afford this price.

As for forcibly ordering all shadow clones not to perform any actual operations.

Indeed, Qingming could do it, but that would go against his original intention of using shadow clones to assist in cultivation.

He created a large number of shadow clones at once to study Dust Release from different angles. If he restricted them too much, what would be the difference between him and studying it alone?

Qingming wouldn't do something so foolish; he'd rather expend more chakra to ensure efficiency.

After gathering his thoughts and confirming that he would not be easily disturbed, Qingming released his senses, locked onto the Flying Thunder God mark inside the volcano, and activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' with a thought.

In an instant, he vanished from the spot.

When they reappeared, they had returned to the interior of the volcano.

On the same stone platform, Qingming stood still, adjusted for a moment, and then immediately began to strengthen his body.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, his cultivation was back on track.

(End of this chapter)