'Rat-Tiger-Dog-Ox-Hare-Tiger, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu!'
Seimei's hands spun rapidly, resembling a butterfly dancing through flowers, as he formed six hand seals in quick succession. Then he took a deep breath and suddenly exhaled forcefully.
In the next moment, balls of flame shot out from his mouth, resembling the seeds of a balsam flower, and were thrown towards seven or eight large trees in front of him.
'Sharingan!'
With a thought, Seimei activated his Sharingan.
In an instant, his pupils turned blood red, with a black Tomoe floating within them, spinning rapidly like a windmill.
Using the powerful insight provided by the Sharingan, Seimei manipulated the flames, sending them flying in a crisscross pattern towards different trees.
Bang~ Bang~ Bang~
A series of explosions erupted.
One could see that after a flurry of erratic movements, the flames accurately struck several large trees.
The entire process was visually stunning.
It wasn't that Seimei was deliberately showing off or trying to make the scene so spectacular.
Rather, the essence of this technique was to combine the real and the illusion, using dazzling attacks to obscure his true intentions, thus delivering a lethal blow to his opponent.
In fact, it could be taken a step further by combining it with Shuriken for an even more effective attack.
With this thought, Seimei formed hand seals once again and, in the moment he cast the Ninjutsu, pulled out several Shuriken and hurled them at high speed.
The flames struck the large trees again, but faster than the flames were the hidden Shuriken.
The Shuriken, glowing red from the high temperatures, were thrown out, hitting the tree trunks and instantly scorching the nearby bark to a dark black.
One could only imagine how such an attack would affect a human body, and how a flesh-and-blood form could withstand it.
He would likely be severely injured and fall to the ground in an instant, or even lose his life directly.
Who says Fire Release can't kill?
With the combination of physical and magical attacks, anyone caught in this would not fare well.
The only downside is that this method of attack is very wasteful of Shuriken.
Basically, a single Shuriken is rendered useless, losing all its value for retrieval.
However, the capacity of his ninja tool pouch is limited.
Seimei cannot carry too many Shuriken at all times, so he must refrain from using this technique unless absolutely necessary.
Bringing his thoughts back, Seimei no longer pondered further and, with a thought, opened the Progress Panel.
In the next moment, a familiar light blue screen appeared:
[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 11
Physique: 7
Spirit: 9
Chakra: 1208 (3018→3210)
Bloodline: Sharingan: Single Tomoe (30/1000) → (50/1000)
Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv3 (322/1000) → lv3 (346/1000)]
Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu: lv1 (50/200)
Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu: lv1 (5/200)
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu: lv1 (1/200)
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Jutsu: lv1 (1/200)
Body Flicker Jutsu: lv1 (10/200)
Heart Reflection Jutsu: lv3 (683/1000)
Ninja Tool Throwing: lv3 (1/1000) → lv3 (60/1000)
Chakra Control: lv3 (102/1000)
Three Basic Jutsu: lv3 (0/0)
Basic Taijutsu: lv3 (0/0)
At this time, it had been ten days since he awakened his eyes, and three days since he began training in 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu.'
Thanks to having early access to the Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu as a Beginner, his training in Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu progressed rapidly.
Because the two Ninjutsu share similarities, after just about thirty repetitions, his Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu accumulated one hundred points of proficiency, successfully advancing from lv0 to lv1.
This process consumed approximately two thousand five hundred points of Chakra.
Originally, it would have required three thousand points, but his lv3 (102/1000) Chakra Control allowed him to save 15.5% of his Chakra.
Thus, it ended up being two thousand five hundred points.
Additionally, there was the Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu.
Having learned both Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu and Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu, Seimei developed a deeper understanding of Fire Release itself.
During this process, he subconsciously grasped some basic concepts regarding the transformation of fire attribute Chakra and Nature Transformation.
Any Fire Release Ninjutsu is inherently dependent on these two aspects.
As a result, Seimei made significant progress while training in Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu.
He accumulated enough proficiency quickly and successfully reached Beginner level.
During his training, after accounting for the Chakra saved by Chakra Control, he consumed approximately three thousand points of Chakra.
In total, the two Ninjutsu cost him five thousand five hundred points of Chakra.
Over the course of three days, he could utilize a total of about ten thousand points of Chakra.
Thus, the remaining Chakra was spent on practicing Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Jutsu and Body Flicker Jutsu.
The former is a Genjutsu specifically designed for the Sharingan, so Seimei found it easy to learn; he repeated it around twenty times and spent over a thousand points of Chakra to successfully reach Beginner level.
During this time, Seimei also discovered that the Proficiency level of the Sharingan was increasing at a faster rate.
Thus, he began to analyze and test the key factors behind this.
Ultimately, after enhancing his control over Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu and Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu, Seimei figured out the reason.
The principle was quite simple: the more it is used, the more it progresses.
The more intensively he used the Sharingan, the faster he accumulated Proficiency level.
How much faster?
According to Seimei's estimation, it was about twice as fast as simply keeping his eyes open and waiting.
Unfortunately, this method consumed a lot of Chakra; on average, it took a full thousand points of Chakra to increase Proficiency level by one point.
While this was less than the one thousand seven hundred points required for Heart Reflection Jutsu, it was still significantly more than the three hundred points spent on just waiting.
With his current amount of Chakra, he simply couldn't sustain such consumption.
Perhaps when his Chakra reserves were sufficient, he could afford to use this extravagant method to increase the Proficiency level of his Sharingan.
This required that his Chakra Refining Technique level must not fall behind.
With his current physique and spirit attributes, as long as the Chakra Refining Technique level increased, the amount of Chakra he could use daily would inevitably grow significantly.
At that point, he could attempt to use this method to boost his Proficiency level.
Additionally, this method has another advantage: it can simultaneously increase the Proficiency level of associated skills.
Wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, Seimei refocused his attention on Body Flicker Jutsu.
Since it is only a D-rank Ninjutsu, requiring a minimum of thirty points of Chakra to perform once, Seimei easily reached Beginner level.
However, after reaching lv1, its minimum Chakra consumption increased to fifty points.
Furthermore, if he needed to move a longer distance, the Chakra consumption would increase even further.
However, when boosting Proficiency level, Seimei certainly wouldn't do it that way.
For him, as long as he could gain Proficiency level, using a bit more Chakra on that basis would be a waste.
Step
The faint sound of footsteps approached.
Seimei's ears twitched, and he quickly completed the hand seals. Opening his mouth, he unleashed a massive fireball.
The fireball shot out rapidly, crashing between several large trees ahead, and then exploded with a thunderous roar, overwhelming flames instantly engulfing everything around.
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