Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 998 Adaptation and Changing Locations

On Moon Island.

Qingming's figure suddenly appeared.

Feeling his chakra rapidly decreasing, he frowned slightly, then immediately mobilized the chakra in the alternate dimension between his eyebrows to replenish it.

After doing all that, he opened his ninja tool bag, took out a few enhanced soldier pills, and put them in his mouth.

He had left in a hurry and hadn't had time for breakfast. Now that the business was done, he naturally needed to fill his stomach first.

Click~click~
He chewed up a few military ration pills and swallowed them.

Soon, a feeling of fullness came from my stomach.

"Hiccup~~~"

Qingming let out a burp.

Then, immediately following the plan, I began today's cultivation.

This training lasted for more than two days.

In the past two days, neither the shadow clones remaining in Konoha nor the wood clones staying in Iwagakure have sent out any further messages.

This indicates that the situation is still stable.

Qingming was completely relieved and began to focus wholeheartedly on cultivation.

In this state, his cultivation efficiency was extremely high. On the third day alone, he had completely adapted to the harsh environment inside the first cavity of the volcano.

This time was a day earlier than he had expected.

Noon on the third day.

volcano.

Inside the first cavity.

On the platform that extended out and hung above the lava river, Qingming stood there quietly, his body completely unprotected.

At this time, the air was filled with high-temperature, high-pressure, and toxic gases.

However, although Qingming's face was somewhat pale and his brows furrowed from time to time, as if he was enduring some kind of pain, he managed to stand up by relying on his own physical strength.

This means that he has adapted to the environment here.

If he continues to cultivate here, although it will accelerate the process of strengthening his body, the improvement will definitely not be as great as before.

Furthermore, it may even become weaker as it further adapts to its surroundings.

This is something he cannot accept under any circumstances.

Fortunately, he was mentally prepared for this and had already made contingency plans.

With a thought, Qingming activated his Byakugan and looked down.

The next moment, his gaze passed through the magma below and the rock layers supporting it, and he saw the second cavity.

The environment there is similar to here, but the air temperature, pressure, and concentration of various toxic gases in the air are all far greater than here.

In other words, the environment there is much harsher.

If he were to cultivate there, it would definitely accelerate the process of strengthening his body.

And that is his next goal.

However, he needed to prepare before going down.

With this thought in mind, Qingming used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and returned to the island.

Looking at the group of shadow clones cultivating in the distance, he did not hesitate and immediately deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

In an instant, all the shadow clones disintegrated and vanished, and a large amount of memory information flooded into his mind.

Qingming quickly closed his eyes and carefully browsed through these memories, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within.

A dozen minutes later, he opened his eyes again.

At this moment, he had absorbed all the cultivation experience accumulated by those shadow clones.

With everything prepared, Qingming wasted no more time and, in a few flashes, arrived at the edge of the island.

Then, he activated his White Eyes, observed carefully for a while, and finally chose a spot, somersaulted, and plunged into the sea.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, he descended to a position about seven hundred meters below the sea. Looking at the volcanic rock wall in front of him, Qingming, just like last time, formed hand seals and used the 'Earth Escape: Earth Vein Dragon Technique' to merge himself into it.

Afterwards, he used the X-ray vision of his White Eye to bypass the obviously difficult places and successfully arrived at his destination, which was the second cavity.

As soon as he entered, he felt a strong sense of crisis.

In other words, his body had already adapted to the environment inside the first cavity; otherwise, he would probably have been seriously injured the moment he appeared there.

However, he couldn't hold on for long.

Without any hesitation, Qingming immediately unleashed the 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode'.

crackle~
A thunderous roar followed.

The next moment, a layer of light membrane formed by lightning chakra appeared on his body, blocking out all the harsh external environment.

Immediately, Qingming felt much better.

It was only at this moment that he had the mind to observe the environment here.

Previously, he had been observing with disdain.

What one sees with the white eye is ultimately different from what one sees with the naked eye.

As a normal person, he is still more accustomed to visual perception.

As you can see, the space here is slightly larger than the first cavity above, and the lava flowing below is also more active than above.

Every now and then, a bubble would float out of the lava, then burst open with a "bang," eventually turning into a toxic gas that filled the air, making the environment here even worse.

Looking at all this, Qingming nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good, this is my second cultivation paradise."

After a moment of contemplation, Qingming withdrew his gaze and began to create conditions for cultivation.

First, he needs to create a foothold.

That's right. Unlike the first cavity, where there was a protruding platform on the rock wall, in this second cavity, the surrounding rock walls were bare, and there was no suitable place to stand.

Even now, he is merely standing diagonally against the cave wall with chakra attached to the soles of his feet.

However, this was not a difficult task for him.

Qingming glanced around, but his gaze finally settled on his feet.

Then, he mobilized his chakra and transformed it into a Lava Release chakra, which flowed down his feet and into the cave wall.

The next moment, the cave walls, which were already scorching hot from the lava below, were instantly melted.

Then, under his control, it transformed into a stream of lava, spanning the entire cave and extending to the other side of the cave wall, where it merged with the rocks.

Next, Qingming sculpted it, transforming it into a stone bridge more than a meter wide.

This is not finished!
Qingming took a step and walked about a quarter of the way around the cave wall, arriving at a direction perpendicular to the stone bridge. He then created another stone bridge in the same way.

Furthermore, this stone bridge should be integrated with the previous stone bridge in the middle.

Thus, the two stone bridges, like a cross, intersect in the cave, forming a square platform in the middle.

Qingming walked forward along the stone bridge and arrived at the middle "+" position.

Looking at the platform, which was only a little over one square meter in size, Qingming frowned slightly, and then used the power of Lava Release again to expand it.

Ultimately, this place was transformed into a circular platform with a diameter of approximately three meters.

In this way, when he strengthens his body later, he won't have to worry about falling.

"Not bad!"

After doing all this, Qingming nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he crouched down and left a Flying Thunder God mark on the round platform.

In this way, he won't have to go through so much trouble to come back in the future.

Collecting his thoughts, Qingming decided to test the effect of the new environment on strengthening his body.

However, just as he was about to begin, he suddenly remembered that he had not yet created a shadow clone.

So, he went to the ground again and completed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

After that, he returned here and began a new round of cultivation.

(End of this chapter)