Six Thousand Points of Proficiency, a Complete Breakthrough! Swarming In-Were These the Lofty Gods of Death?

There were too many similar notifications, and Uesugi Tōru's eyes were practically dazzled by them.

"Merge similar entries."

With a swish, the densely packed notifications became much cleaner.

The first "large" notification produced by the merge left Uesugi Tōru stunned.

[In the "Seed Tournament," after experiencing multiple high-intensity battles, your skill Natural Rishin-ryu proficiency +1722!!!]

Holy crap.

Seventeen hundred proficiency points?

Uesugi Tōru blinked several times to make sure he had not misread it.

"This time, I've struck it rich..."

He covered the corners of his mouth with one hand, suppressing his laughter and doing his best to maintain a calm appearance.

Yet the corners of his mouth beneath his palm kept stretching wider. If he had not been in public, Uesugi Tōru would probably have laughed aloud like a certain god.

This was the expert-level Natural Rishin-ryu, whose proficiency growth had become drastically more difficult after he chose the "Skill and Principle" path—and it had just gained a full 1,700 proficiency points!

One had to understand that ever since raising Natural Rishin-ryu to the expert level, Uesugi Tōru had worked tirelessly every day, getting his head chopped by Kamiizumi day after day...

After fighting tooth and nail, he had earned only 900 proficiency points.

Yet after this round of the Seed Tournament, it had practically doubled!

How could he not be happy? How could he not rejoice?

[Natural Rishin-ryu (Expert 911/10000) → Natural Rishin-ryu (Expert 2633/10000)!]

[Because your skill "Natural Rishin-ryu" proficiency has increased significantly, your understanding of all Natural Rishin-ryu techniques has deepened greatly!

At the same time, the damage of all Natural Rishin-ryu techniques has increased significantly!]

This single wave had directly raised Natural Rishin-ryu to nearly thirty percent of the expert-level progress bar!

Moreover, every single point of proficiency Natural