Chapter 220: Progress
Several hours later.
Atop a low mountain, inside a wooden cabin, a tree-shaped seal emitted a faint glow. In the next moment, Baishi's figure appeared silently.
The instant he materialized, a heatwave surged through the cabin.
For a brief moment, the air inside the room dried up, raising the temperature significantly.
But soon, as Baishi's skin changed from red to white, the surrounding temperature gradually returned to normal.
"System, display my status."
Taking a deep breath, Baishi summoned his system panel.
The moment he spoke, a semi-transparent screen appeared before him:
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[Host: Baishi]
Age: 17 / 352 → 444 ↑
— Basic Attributes —
Strength: 393 → 415 ↑
Agility: 395 → 416 ↑
Constitution: 383 → 404 ↑
Intelligence: 470 → 498 ↑
Chakra: 2500 → 2590 ↑
— Special Enhancements —
Regeneration: Cellular Rebirth (0.1%)
Super Vision: X-ray Perception (73.1%) → (99.5%) ↑
Energy Absorption: III (0.1%) → III (17.2%) ↑
Mental Barrier: II (0.1%) → II (48.5%) ↑
Mind's Eye: II (0.1%) → II (45.4%) ↑
Absolute Adaptation: I (0.1%) → II (0.1%) ↑
Iron Body: I (0.1%) → I (95.1%) ↑
Spatial Awareness: I (50.2%)
Child of Nature: I (0.1%)
— Bloodline Abilities —
Wood Release: IX (0.1%) → IX (65.5%) ↑
Dust Release: VIII (0.1%) → IX (0.1%) ↑
Ice Release: VII (0.1%) → VIII (90.2%) ↑
— Chakra Affinities —
Water: IX (0.1%) → IX (40.2%) ↑
Earth: IX (0.1%) → IX (30.7%) ↑
Wind: IX (0.1%) → IX (40.2%) ↑
Fire: VIII (1.5%) → IX (0.1%) ↑
Lightning: VII (0.1%)
— Resistance —
Radiation Resistance: III (85.5%)
— Status Effects —
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"Finally, an upgrade!"
With a single glance, Baishi immediately noticed "II (0.1%)" next to Absolute Adaptation.
After more than a month, with continuous magma exposure, his Absolute Adaptation had finally reached Level II.
Now that it had advanced, not only had his heat resistance greatly improved, but his adaptation to all extreme environments had also significantly increased.
Unlike Level I, which provided only passive resistance, Level II allowed him to actively adjust to harsh conditions much faster.
In other words, no matter what kind of hostile environment he encountered in the future, he would be able to adapt at an accelerated rate.
This was the true difference between Absolute Adaptation Level I and Level II.
With this breakthrough, he could now begin using other extreme conditions to further accelerate his adaptation process.
Previously, he had relied on high temperatures, but now that his heat resistance was too strong, lava could no longer stimulate rapid evolution.
Thus, he needed a new approach—such as extreme cold.
Initially, he had considered using Four-Tails' chakra to maintain a high-temperature environment, but now that Four-Tails had been completely sealed, utilizing it was too inconvenient.
He then thought about Roshi's Lava Release, but Roshi's control over it was limited, and he couldn't maintain a stable high-temperature field.
Moreover, Roshi's chakra was not unlimited, meaning he couldn't sustain the training for long periods.
Ultimately, he found the perfect solution—Ice Release.
Over time, his Ice Release had improved from Level VII (0.1%) to Level VIII (90.2%), greatly expanding its potential.
Although potential improvement didn't directly increase power, it made developing new abilities significantly easier.
His training had been extremely effective, as seen in his Chakra Affinities.
Both Wind Affinity and Water Affinity had increased, demonstrating his growing mastery over Ice Release.
This meant he could now create a freezing environment similar to his lava training, accelerating Absolute Adaptation's evolution even further.
However, creating extreme cold was more difficult than generating heat.
So next, he planned to combine Fire and Earth Chakra to master Lava Release—just like how he had mastered Ice Release.
This would not only allow him to continue training Absolute Adaptation, but also help him develop fusion techniques—laying the groundwork for combining all seven chakra natures to eventually unlock Kekkei Tōta or even Kekkei Mōra (Bloodline Transcendence).
"Hmm… I'm getting ahead of myself."
Shaking off his thoughts, Baishi refocused on his system panel.
Despite his increased training speed, his basic attributes had not improved as much as expected.
Strength, Agility, and Constitution had only increased by around 21 points.
Intelligence had improved the most but still only by 28 points.
The reason was obvious—this was the consequence of switching his seal system.
When he transferred Nine-Tails and Five-Tails into the new Trinity Seal, his four core attributes dropped by over ten points.
Even though his intensive physical training had mitigated some of the losses, it was still a setback.
Additionally, the 14 years of lifespan he lost during the seal transfer was also reflected in his current stats.
Originally, crossing 390 and 400 Constitution should have increased his lifespan by 106 years, but due to the earlier loss, he only gained 92 years—bringing his total lifespan from 352 years to 444 years.
"Three fours? That feels unlucky…"
Baishi muttered to himself before shifting his focus to the Special Enhancements section.
As planned, he had not invested time in improving Regeneration, Spatial Awareness, Child of Nature, or Radiation Resistance, so they remained unchanged.
However, abilities like Mind's Eye, Mental Barrier, Iron Body, Super Vision, and Energy Absorption had all improved dramatically due to his four-times faster evolution rate.
Especially:
Iron Body was now 95.1%, close to leveling up.
Super Vision – X-ray Perception had reached 99.5%, only one step away from an upgrade.
Seeing this, Baishi immediately began extracting chakra from his four sealed Tailed Beasts to restore his energy.
Once fully recharged, he entered his Dimensional Ring, absorbing natural energy to convert his chakra into Senjutsu Chakra.
This entire process took less than three minutes.
Although his total chakra pool had increased by 90 points, slightly extending the time required for full transformation, his Energy Absorption ability had also improved—from Level III (0.1%) to Level III (17.2%).
As a result, his natural energy absorption rate had increased, reducing the total time required for transformation from three minutes to about two and a half minutes.
Now that his preparations were complete, Baishi wasted no time—
He immediately initiated the evolution of Super Vision – X-ray Perception.
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