Half a month passed in a flash.
The new year had arrived, and this Ninja World War had officially entered its third year.
Today was January 5th, Seimei's birthday. He indulged in a rare moment of relaxation and had a good night's sleep.
However, to his surprise, when he woke up the next day, he suddenly found that his physical fitness had improved significantly.
"Is it an illusion?"
Seimei muttered, moving his body and confirming that his physique had indeed improved. He then sensed his other abilities, which had also improved.
"It's not an illusion!"
Seimei was overjoyed and silently said, "Status panel!"
The familiar light blue screen appeared.
[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 11 -> 12
Physique: 11 -> 12
Spirit: 15
Chakra: 26500 (23572 -> 29236)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Three-Tomoe ((9999/10000)
Skills:
* Chakra Refinement Technique: Lv4 (1823/2000) -> Lv4 (1912/2000)
* Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu: Lv4 (230/2000) -> Lv4 (1705/2000)
* Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique: Lv4 (210/2000) -> Lv4 (1680/2000)
* Wind Style: Breakthrough: Lv3 (502/1000) -> Lv4 (1020/2000)
* Wind Style: Wind Blade: Lv1 (2/200) -> Lv1 (5/200)
* Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lv2 (101/500) -> Lv3 (15/1000)
* Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (1230/5000) -> Lv5 (1650/5000)
* Rasengan: Lv3 (650/1000) -> Lv4 (310/2000)
* Mystical Palm Technique: Lv5 (20/5000) -> Lv5 (4050/5000)
* Chakra Scalpel: Lv4 (25/20000) -> Lv4 (210/2000)
* Genjutsu: Sharingan: Lv6 (5045/10000) -> Lv6 (8430/10000)
* Mind Reflection Technique: Lv7 (4885/20000)
* Swordsmanship: Lv5 (2310/5000) -> Lv5 (4450/5000)
* Chakra Control: Lv4 (980/2000) -> Lv4 (1376/2000)
* Three Basic Techniques: Lv3 (0/0)
* Body Flicker Technique: Lv4 (0/0)
* Shuriken Throwing Technique: Lv5 (0/0)
* Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)
* Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: Lv5 (0/0)
* Healing Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)]
As expected, his "Physique" attribute had indeed increased by one point.
This was in line with his prediction. Half a month ago, he had a premonition that his body would soon undergo a transformation.
Sure enough, just half a month later, his "Physique" attribute increased from 11 to 12.
However, what he didn't expect was that this transformation didn't happen while he was using the Mystical Palm Technique to strengthen his cells, but rather while he was sleeping.
Recalling his sleep last night, Seimei thought of a possibility.
Perhaps it was because he had trained too intensely in the past twenty days that the transformation had been delayed.
And once he stopped training and his body relaxed, the transformation naturally occurred.
Of course, it might also be related to his age increase.
But regardless of the reason, it was inseparable from the foundation laid in the previous twenty-odd days. So, it couldn't be said that the Mystical Palm Technique was useless; it was just that the timing happened to coincide.
"However, I need to pay attention to balancing exertion and rest in my future training."
Mumbling to himself, Seimei shifted his focus to the other changes brought about by the increase in his "Physique" attribute.
First was the increase in his theoretical chakra limit.
Seimei estimated that it should have increased from 35,000 to around 44,000.
The reason for such a large increase was mainly because the improvement in his "Physique" attribute narrowed the gap between it and his "Spirit" attribute.
This lifted some of the mental constraints on his body, unleashing part of his spiritual potential.
The combination of these two factors resulted in a direct increase of 9,000 points in his theoretical chakra limit.
Next was the improvement in his chakra recovery speed and capacity.
Seimei estimated that this increase from 11 to 12 in "Physique" should allow his body to recover about 4,000 more chakra points per day.
And this was just the enhancement of his body's natural recovery. There was also the increased physical endurance brought about by the improvement in physique.
Previously, with an eleven-point physique, he could only actively use the Chakra Refinement Technique for six hours a day, recovering twelve thousand chakra points.
Now, he could practice for an additional hour, recovering an extra two thousand chakra points.
This added up to a total of six thousand points.
In other words, from now on, the chakra he could use daily would increase from twenty-seven thousand points to thirty-three thousand points.
Undoubtedly, this was a huge improvement, almost catching up to the chakra provided by the "chakra batteries."
Speaking of "chakra batteries," Seimei thought of the captives held deep within the base.
Due to his frequent extraction, over the past twenty days, the seven captives he had first captured had successively died.
Fortunately, he captured new prisoners in time to replenish his supply, keeping the number of "chakra batteries" at around nine, ensuring his training plan wasn't disrupted.
And after all this persistence, the rewards were quite gratifying.
Not to mention the improvement in his "Physique" attribute, his other skills had also seen significant progress.
For example, the proficiency of Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, and Wind Style: Breakthrough had all increased by over 1,400 points.
The first two were almost on the verge of reaching mastery.
The latter had also successfully entered the Lv4 realm, allowing him to further understand and grasp the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra.
Furthermore, both Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan had leveled up.
The former increased from Lv2 (101/500) to Lv3 (15/1000), allowing him to create ten shadow clones instead of five, with improved stability.
Moreover, the chakra consumed when using it had decreased from nine-tenths of the total chakra possessed by all shadow clones to eight-tenths.
Although the reduction wasn't much, it was better than nothing!
As for the latter...
It had increased from Lv3 (650/1000) to Lv4 (310/2000). Not only had its casting speed further improved, but the jutsu's power ceiling had also increased simultaneously.
Coupled with his further mastery of the shape and nature transformation of Wind Style chakra, he was one step closer to developing the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
Seimei estimated that once he mastered the Wind Style: Breakthrough and raised the Rasengan to Lv5, it would almost be enough.
Besides these skills, the ones that had improved the most in the past few days were Genjutsu: Sharingan, Mystical Palm Technique, and Swordsmanship.
The former's proficiency had reached Lv6 (8430/10000), not far from the mastery level of Lv7 (0/0).
Once he successfully leveled up, he would be able to reach the realm described in the scroll, where he could cast genjutsu with every move.
At that time, ordinary Jonin would no longer be his match.
As for the latter, its proficiency had also reached Lv5 (4450/5000), just one step away from reaching Lv6.
Once it leveled up, he could start developing the Illusion Sword Technique.
Then, he would have another trump card.
In addition, there was the Mystical Palm Technique...
After these days of practice, its proficiency had reached Lv5 (4050/5000). In at most four days, it could successfully reach Lv6.
At that time, not only would his healing ability greatly improve, but the strengthening effect of the Yang Release chakra condensed by it on his body would also see a significant boost.
Perhaps his next transformation was just around the corner.