Chapter 375 Situation and Progress
Time flies, the years pass by like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.
It was mid-August.
Since entering August, the offensive of the Hidden Mist Village has become more and more fierce.
Not only the Eagle Cliff stronghold guarded by Qingming, but the entire northern defense line, as well as the central and southern defense lines, were attacked fiercely by the Hidden Mist Village.
Among them, there were cases where strongholds were breached and defense lines were torn apart.
Even Qingming was mobilized to provide support several times.
You know, the Eagle Cliff stronghold where he was stationed was the weakest point in the entire front line. Even he had to be mobilized, so you can imagine how bad the situation was.
One of the important reasons for this situation is that Konoha is in a decisive battle with the Sand Village and has no time to take care of this side.
This gave the Hidden Mist Village an opportunity.
They wanted to break through Konoha's defenses in one fell swoop and invade the territory of the Land of Fire.
Unfortunately, Kirigakure's overall combat power is still a little lacking.
In addition, Konoha took two or three years to build this line of defense. It may not be impregnable, but it cannot be broken through in just half a month.
As a result, the battle was at a stalemate. Konoha was unable to drive away the Hidden Mist Village ninjas, and the Mist Ninjas were also unable to completely break through the defense line.
As a result, it becomes a luxury for the Hidden Mist Village to launch a large-scale invasion of the Land of Fire.
However, they could not stop the infiltration of small forces.
As a result, the war spread directly to the inner circle of the defense line, and convoys responsible for transporting logistical supplies were often attacked.
However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. The Kirigakure infiltration team has been causing trouble so frequently that they must have encountered a ghost after all.
Just a few days ago, Qingming suddenly heard a piece of news that the ten thousand year old Genin, Might Dai, single-handedly killed five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
This news shocked the entire Konoha Village and also shocked Qingming.
Originally, Qingming thought that if he had killed Hei Chu Lei Ya and Bi Wa Ju Zang, this incident would not have happened.
I never thought it would happen.
Then, they were kicked to death by Mighty Dai's eight gates.
This made Qing Ming sigh that the inertia of the world is really powerful.
However, there are some details that are different.
For example, in the original world line, three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen survived.
They are the owner of the 'Thunder Blade·Gan' - Kurochu Raiga, the owner of the 'Broken Blade·Beheading Blade' - Biwa Juzo, and the owner of the 'Large Blade·Samehada' - Xiguashan Pufferfish Demon.
And now, there are only two survivors.
They are the owner of the 'Large Sword·Samehada' - Xiguashan Pufferfish Demon, and the owner of the 'Long Sword·Sewing Needle' - Kurisan Kushimaru, who had fought with him before.
This shows that there is some change.
And it was precisely because of this incident that the Hidden Mist Village, which was attacking frantically on the front line, suddenly stopped its offensive.
These days, the battle front is pretty quiet.
This also gave Qingming a rare period of peace and quiet to practice.
Although he had not stopped practicing during the past few days, the frequent missions still had some impact on him.
It's different now, he can practice with peace of mind.
In the clearing in the forest, Qingming finished practicing this round of "Art of Reflecting the Heart" and with a thought, he released the "Art of Shadow Clone".
The next moment, the shadow clones that were practicing various skills around them suddenly turned into a ball of chakra smoke and disappeared.
At the same time, a lot of cultivation experience and memories emerged in Qingming's mind.
In the past, he would have a headache taking in so many memories at once.
And now, with the 'Spirit' attribute breaking through the 20-point mark, his mental strength has skyrocketed, and he can already bear it easily.
Qing Ming closed his eyes and carefully digested these experiences and memories, converting them all into proficiency in corresponding skills and imprinting them deep in his mind.
Time passes by every second.
At a certain moment, Qingming opened his eyes, and a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes.
Then, he raised his right hand, opened his palm, and gathered strands of chakra into a small shuriken. Then, the shuriken quickly grew larger and spun, tearing the air around it and creating a whistling sound.
That's right, this is the S-level forbidden technique - Wind Style: Rasenshuriken!
After more than half a month of practice, his 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken' was upgraded to the next level, from the previous level 6 (1900/10000) to the current level 7 (1/20000).
At this moment, when he used this technique again, he already felt like he could do whatever he wanted.
Qing Ming's mind moved, and he wanted to throw out the 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken' in his hand.
However, after several attempts, he failed.
In the end, Qing Ming could only sigh helplessly: "It really doesn't work?"
Level 7 is the limit of B-level ninjutsu, but it is not S-level.
Therefore, it is normal that he cannot perform the free-hand attack that can only be performed in a state of perfect control.
However, although he could not attack without using his hands, his understanding of wind escape had risen to a higher level.
Qing Ming had a vague feeling that if he was given more time, he would be able to successfully develop flying ninjutsu.
That's right, more than half a month has passed, and he still hasn't developed the flying ninjutsu.
The difficulty was much higher than he had expected.
However, after today, it should be about the same.
Concentrating his mind, Qingming looked at the other skills on the panel.
Half a month is neither long nor short.
During this period of time, in addition to the upgrade of 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken', his 'Shadow Clone Technique', 'Chakra Absorption Technique', 'Rasengan', 'Chakra Scalpel' and 'Micro-Extraction Technique' were also upgraded by one level.
Among them, the 'Shadow Clone Technique' was upgraded from lv4 (1930/2000) to lv5 (385/5000).
This level of promotion increased the maximum number of shadow clones he could create from fifteen to twenty.
Moreover, the chakra consumed in performing this technique was reduced from seven points to six points of the chakra possessed by all previous shadow clones.
The reduction of one percentage point per person at a time may not seem like much, but when it happens more often, the chakra saved is still considerable.
In addition, as the level of the 'Shadow Clone Technique' increases, the stability of the shadow clones created by this technique is also constantly improving.
Now, by using shadow clones to practice their skills, they can last longer.
Of course, this didn't have much effect on his situation of refreshing once an hour, but it was very helpful for him to develop flying ninjutsu.
At least, after the stability of the shadow clone was improved, the number of times it exploded due to chakra runaway was significantly reduced when tried again.
This invisibly saved him a lot of chakra and also increased his development speed.
Shifting his gaze, Qing Ming looked at the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' and the 'Chakra Scalpel'.
Both of these are due to the fact that they have been fighting too frequently recently and have been used more often, so they have naturally advanced to the next level.
Among them, the former was upgraded from lv5 (4700/5000) to lv6 (250/10000), and the speed of absorbing chakra increased again.
At level 5, he can perform the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' and absorb one thousand points of chakra from the target per second, and convert 90% of it into his own chakra.
Now, the chakra absorbed per second has doubled to two thousand points, and the conversion rate is also one hundred percent.
It can be said that the improvement is huge.
As for the latter, it has been upgraded from lv5 (2500/5000) to lv6 (100/10000). There is not much change, but it is more convenient to use.
The former was promoted to level one a long time ago and is now rapidly advancing towards level 8.
The latter barely upgraded one level, from lv4 (950/2000) to lv5 (30/5000), and the proficiency increased again.
In addition to these skills that have been upgraded in level, there is another skill that is on the verge of being promoted, and that is the 'Illusion Sword Technique'.
After dozens of battles and persistent practice, his "Illusion Sword Skill" has reached the peak of level 6 and is only one step away from level 7.
And level 7 is almost the perfect state of this technique.
It can be predicted that once this technique is successfully advanced, his melee combat ability will inevitably see an improvement, maybe not much, but definitely worth looking forward to.
Thinking this in his mind, Qing Ming closed the panel, performed the 'Shadow Clone Technique', and entered the state of cultivation again.