Inside the Iwakuma Cave, Qingming withdrew his hand from the last Iwa ninja, feeling the surge of chakra coursing through his body. He nodded to himself in satisfaction.
After running some tests, Qingming had now estimated how much chakra the six captives could provide him daily. The Kirigakure ANBU ninja, when fully drained, could supply 12,000 chakra points per day. The three Kumo ninja averaged 7,000 points each, while the two Iwa ninja only provided 6,000 points.
Including his own daily recovery of 17,000 chakra points, Qingming could accumulate a total of 62,000 points each day.
This meant that even if he did nothing for the next few days, it would take him less than eight days to push his Reflection Technique to level 7. And if he managed to capture more prisoners in the meantime, the time required would shorten significantly.
This was why Qingming was confident that he could level up the Reflection Technique from level 6 to level 7 in such a short time. Once it reached level 7, its effect on catalyzing the evolution of his Sharingan would undoubtedly improve. At that point, he might only need to use the technique once to increase his Sharingan's evolution rate by a significant amount.
This, of course, would further accelerate the progression of his Sharingan.
But that was for the future. For now, even the process of raising the Reflection Technique from level 6 to level 7 would provide plenty of evolution for his Sharingan. And as the evolution of the Sharingan advanced, its power increased as well. This would enhance not only the abilities of the Sharingan itself but also the potency of the various illusions Qingming cast using it.
Therefore, even though he had halted the training of his other skills, his power was still steadily advancing.
"Whoo—"
Exhaling deeply, Qingming cleared his mind of any distractions. He left two shadow clones to keep watch nearby: one monitoring the main battlefield between the Kumo and Iwa ninja, and the other seeking out new "prey." He then entered a meditative state.
Qingming repeatedly performed the Reflection Technique, each repetition bringing new insights and moving his Sharingan ever closer to the Mangekyō stage.
Thus, three days passed in a blur.
During this time, Qingming ventured out twice, bringing back three more Kumo ninja and five Iwa ninja in total. However, two of the Iwa ninja were merely Genin, and even when fully drained, they could only provide 2,500 and 3,000 chakra points, respectively.
The remaining six, though, were all Chunin, and each could supply about 6,000 chakra points daily, just like his previous captives.
As a result, the total chakra he could access daily rose from 62,000 to 103,500 points. Unfortunately, since he hadn't captured these new prisoners on the first day, he had lost valuable time. Consequently, after three days, his Reflection Technique had only gained 1,550 proficiency points, advancing from level 6 (6,975/10,000) to level 6 (8,525/10,000).
However, starting today, he could accumulate 647 proficiency points per day.
In other words, it would only take a little over two days to level up the Reflection Technique.
"Cutting down the time by two days isn't too bad," Qingming muttered to himself, preparing to continue his training.
But just then, a surge of chakra, along with a string of memories, flooded into his mind through his connection with one of his shadow clones.
After briefly reviewing the memories, Qingming realized they belonged to the clone responsible for finding new "prey." Initially, he thought the clone had located another target, but after reviewing its memories, he discovered that wasn't the case.
The clone hadn't found any new targets. Instead, it had gathered intel: the Iwa army seemed to have formed an encirclement and was rapidly advancing towards the last defense line of Iwagakure.
Yes, the final defense line.
In the past three days, the Kumo forces, led by the Third Raikage, had broken through two of Iwagakure's defensive lines, pushing the battlefield from 200 kilometers away from the village to a mere 50 kilometers.
It had to be said that Onoki, the Tsuchikage, was incredibly bold. In order to bait the Third Raikage and the elite Kumo forces, he had put his own village at risk.
If this final defense line fell and Kumo's elite troops breached Iwagakure, even if Iwa's army managed to complete their encirclement, they would have no choice but to surrender. After all, who among them didn't have family within the village?
If Iwagakure didn't surrender, the Third Raikage and his men could easily use the villagers as hostages to slow Iwa's counterattack. In the meantime, Kumo could summon reinforcements from further afield to attack the Land of Earth.
With an internal and external assault, Iwagakure could face annihilation, and the Third Raikage would achieve an unprecedented victory.
This showed just how much Onoki was willing to risk.
But it was also this enormous bait that enticed the Third Raikage. Of course, the Third Raikage wasn't foolish either—he knew reinforcements were likely on their way.
According to his calculations, however, even if Iwa's reinforcements departed the moment they received word of the attack, they wouldn't reach the battlefield in less than five days. As long as Kumo took Iwagakure within that timeframe, everything would be fine.
Even if they failed to breach the village, there would be enough time to retreat before Iwa's army completed the encirclement.
That's why the Third Raikage had continued the attack.
Theoretically, the Raikage's decision was sound. But that assumed Iwagakure had no prior knowledge of the assault and hadn't prepared in advance.
Otherwise, as was happening now, Iwa's army could complete the encirclement without the Third Raikage even realizing it.
From the moment Iwa's intelligence had been compromised, the Raikage's fate was sealed.
The next phase of the battle would shift control back into Iwa's hands. It would be up to them to decide whether to capture the Third Raikage or the Kumo elites.
Based on his knowledge from a previous life, Qingming knew that Iwagakure would eventually choose the former.
And this time, things seemed to be following the same course.
However, this had little to do with him. What Qingming was more concerned with was whether he could seize this opportunity to gain something substantial.
Even though slow, steady progress would allow him to reach his goal of advancing the Reflection Technique to level 7 before the mission ended, the thought of pushing his abilities even further was tempting.
Once the mission was over, he would return to the frontlines where there would be more eyes on him. Pulling off any secretive maneuvers would become much harder.
But right now, with both sides too preoccupied to notice, he could seize a golden opportunity. With a little risk, he could harvest a significant amount of chakra, accelerating the evolution of his Sharingan.
After contemplating for a while, Qingming made his decision. Slapping his thigh, he sprang to his feet and muttered to himself, "Fortune favors the bold!"
Without further delay, he crossed his hands to form a seal, summoning two more shadow clones. He then instructed them, along with the two already outside, to search for nearby targets suitable for capture.
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