Gains

"Panel!"

With a thought, Qian opened the Proficiency Panel.

The familiar pale-blue screen appeared:

[Name: Uchiha Qian

Age: 11

Physical Constitution: 7

Spirit: 9

Chakra: 1150 (4074→5026)

Bloodline: Sharingan · Single Tomoe (69/1000)→(112/1000)

Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv3 (454/1000)→lv3 (664/1000)

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv1 (50/200)→lv2 (11/500)

Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: lv1 (5/200)→lv2 (7/500)

Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique: lv1 (1/200)→lv2 (2/500)

Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: lv1 (1/200)→lv1 (105/200)

Body Flicker Technique: lv2 (15/500)→lv2 (234/500)

*Shadow Clone Technique: lv0 (5/100)

Mind Reflection Technique: lv3 (875/1000)→Lv4 (6/2000)

Ninja Tool Throwing: lv3 (60/1000)→lv3 (210/1000)

Chakra Control: lv3 (102/1000)→lv3 (131/1000)

Three Body Technique: lv3 (0/0)

Basic Body Technique: lv3 (0/0)] ```

Skipping past his Basic Attributes, Qian looked straight at the Bloodline column.

As expected, his Sharingan's proficiency had indeed risen a little.

Then he looked at Mind Reflection Technique—Lv4 (6/2000)!

In other words, just five points of proficiency in Mind Reflection Technique had increased his Sharingan's proficiency by one point. Compared to when it was lv3, the effect was fully twice as strong.

After confirming this, Qian let out a long breath.

Just as he had predicted, as Mind Reflection Technique leveled up, its boosting effect on the Sharingan's evolution was also gradually increasing.

That meant that from now on, he could exchange less chakra for greater progress.

In the past, when he needed ten points of proficiency, it had cost him a full seventeen hundred points of chakra. But now...

He only needed eight hundred and fifty points!

Although that still could not compare to the three hundred points spent simply keeping his eyes open and grinding out time, it was far stronger than when it had been lv3.

From now on, even if he could not casually expose his Sharingan, he no longer had to worry about its Evolution Speed.

The only real pity was that ever since his Chakra Limit had reached 5026 a week ago, running the Chakra Refining Technique no longer raised that number.

Based on past experience, Qian knew this meant his own potential had been completely tapped out.

After this, if his Basic Attributes did not improve, then it could only grow bit by bit with the passage of time.

With that, his idea of recklessly spending chakra to cast Mind Reflection Technique and speed up the Sharingan's evolution had fallen through.

However, Qian was not too disappointed by this.

Because even without that upper limit holding him back, he still could not use chakra without restraint.

Limited by the level of his Chakra Refining Technique, as well as his own talent, at this stage, even with sufficient nutrition, the chakra he could use each day was only around thirty-five hundred points.

Under these circumstances, even if he wanted to squander it, he had no extra chakra for him to waste.

Not to mention, he still had to leave enough chakra in reserve for emergencies.

That made it even more impossible to spend it casually.

Pulling back his thoughts, Qian looked at the other skills in the Skill Slot.

Thanks to the relaxed environment during the half month before he came to Camp, he had drained his chakra almost every day, using every bit of free time he had to train.

In the end, he had spent more than forty-six thousand points of chakra and, as he had hoped, raised Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, and Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique to lv2.

At this point, when he cast these ninjutsu again, not only was he faster, but he could also adjust their power over a wider range.

With that, he could be considered to have preliminarily achieved his goal of increasing his combat strength.

In the half month after that, because the difficulty of his missions increased, both the time he could spend training each day and the chakra he could use were somewhat less than before.

As a result, Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique had not been trained to lv2 as he had hoped. Its current progress was only just over halfway through lv1.

Of course, if he put all his chakra into it, he could also raise it to lv2.

But considering the evolution of the Sharingan, he had used a large portion of his chakra to improve his Proficiency in the Mind Reflection Technique.

In addition, raising the Body Flicker Technique from lv2 (15/500) to lv2 (234/500) had also consumed quite a bit of chakra.

That was why his Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique had not leveled up.

However, that did not matter.

Because at this stage, he had no intention of exposing his Sharingan at all.

And this technique had to be used in conjunction with the Sharingan to unleash its proper power, so whether it leveled up or not was not important.

If he wanted to launch a surprise attack, lv1 was enough.

Of course, if he had extra chakra, he would not be stingy about investing it.

After all, the higher its level, the better its effect, and the harder it would be for enemies to deal with.

In the long run, the Sharingan would definitely be the core of his abilities, so the various skills that matched it could not be neglected.

Therefore, investing chakra into them would never be a loss no matter how he looked at it.

Nodding to himself, Qian turned his gaze to the two skills, Ninja Tool Throwing and Chakra Control.

Originally, after these two skills had reached lv3, their Proficiency had barely moved.

But ever since he awakened the Sharingan, the Proficiency of these two skills had begun to rise again.

Ninja Tool Throwing in particular had progressed at a miraculous pace after being paired with the Sharingan.

He had only practiced occasionally in deserted corners, yet its Proficiency had risen from lv3 (60/1000) to lv3 (210/1000), and the Progress Bar had already reached one fifth.

Now, in terms of Ninja Tool Throwing alone, he was already among the best. The Kunai and Shuriken he threw could pose a considerable threat even to ninja of similar strength.

Of course, to kill the other party with this skill alone would undoubtedly be a fool's dream.

Only when he raised Ninja Tool Throwing to Lv4 and then activated the Sharingan as support would he probably have the slightest chance.

But it would only be the slightest chance.

Ninja whose combat power was on par with his all had a few trump cards of their own. Trying to kill them with ninja tools alone was simply too difficult.

Shaking his head, Qian finally looked toward the newly added Shadow Clone Technique.

It could be seen that his Proficiency in this technique was only lv0 (5/100).

Clearly, he had only tried it a few times before giving up.

The reason was simple: practicing this technique consumed far too much chakra.

Take creating a single shadow clone, for example.

Even if he did nothing and immediately dispelled the shadow clone after completing the technique, ten percent of the chakra allocated to the shadow clone's body would still be lost.

What did that mean?

It meant that if he had five thousand points of chakra and used the Shadow Clone Technique to create one shadow clone, his main body and the clone would each receive two thousand five hundred points of chakra.

At that moment, even if he did nothing and immediately dispelled the Shadow Clone Technique, the two thousand five hundred points of chakra in the shadow clone's body would still be reduced by two hundred and fifty points after returning to his body.

And that was only one shadow clone.

If he increased the number to four, his main body and each clone would receive one thousand points of chakra. Then, after dispelling the shadow clones, he would lose four hundred points of chakra, or one tenth of each shadow clone's chakra.

In other words, the more shadow clones he created, the more chakra he would lose each time.

Even if he used the lowest standard, creating just one shadow clone to grind the Proficiency of the Shadow Clone Technique, it would still consume two hundred and fifty points of chakra each time.

How could Qian possibly bear to do that?

So after practicing it a few times, he gave up.

He would wait until his chakra was more abundant before practicing it again.

In any case, right now he had more time than chakra, and he had no need to use shadow clones to help grind Proficiency. Therefore, there was no need to rush to learn this technique.

After summing up his gains over the past month, Qian closed the Status Panel and began meditating to refine chakra.

Two hours later.

When his chakra had recovered to around two thousand points, Qian opened his eyes. After stretching, he went to sleep and rest.

He still had a mission tomorrow, so he had to make sure he was full of energy.