But this year had not been without gains. His strength had improved tremendously. His physical body had gone from Genin-level toughness a year ago to Chunin-level toughness now.
His chakra had also increased significantly, rising from the total chakra reserves of an apprentice ninja to Genin-level reserves. However, this was not compared against ordinary Genin.
It was compared against members of the Uzumaki Clan. After all, the Uzumaki Clan possessed chakra reserves several times greater than ordinary ninjas, and Xuan Ye was no exception. His total chakra reserves were several times those of a normal ninja.
Besides those two gains, he had also made enormous progress in ninjutsu and taijutsu. After the Basic Three Body Jutsu's proficiency reached its maximum, the system directly awarded him fifty thousand points of chakra proficiency. After Konoha Whirlwind and Konoha Gale reached maximum proficiency, the system fused the two taijutsu techniques and upgraded them into a taijutsu called Divine Combat Skill.
Although the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm had reached maximum proficiency long ago, the system had not upgraded it into Tai Chi Palm until today. Still, it had been worth it.
The Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm had already been a rather powerful taijutsu. Now that the system had upgraded it into Tai Chi Palm, it had become an even more powerful taijutsu. Its might was clear from his battle with Might Guy at the training ground just now.
In addition, the maxed-out Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven had been upgraded into an even more powerful defensive ninjutsu, the Golden Bell Shield. Divine Eye had also been upgraded to Level Two. Compared to others, Xuan Ye's gains over this past year were probably greater than what they could gain in their entire lives.
As Xuan Ye slowly reviewed everything he had gained over