Time flowed by like water, murmuring as it went.
In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed.
Things progressed even more smoothly than expected. Qian had thought he would have to wait until evening to grind Lava Release to (100/100).
Unexpectedly, it had reached that level by midafternoon.
In the forest.
At the testing ground.
Qian looked at the full Progress Bar for the Lava Release Kekkei Genkai on his panel, his eyes filled with joy.
Qian also knew why he had accumulated enough Evolution Progress ahead of schedule.
In truth, the logic was very simple. As the number of attempts increased, he had gained more insight into how to fuse Fire Release and Earth Style.
With that, his practice efficiency naturally rose as well.
At first, it had taken him an average of ten tries to briefly succeed once and gain one point of Evolution Progress. Later, however, it only took three or four attempts.
Naturally, that saved a great deal of time.
However, none of that mattered for the moment. What mattered was that it had already reached the critical point, and he could try to take it one step further.
"Inhale—exhale—"
He took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.
Qian closed his eyes and emptied his mind. Once his emotions had completely settled and his condition reached its peak, he suddenly opened his eyes and began a new attempt.
As before, he stretched out both hands and condensed a mass of chakra in the palm of each hand.
Qian focused, constantly making minute adjustments to the state of the two masses of chakra, causing them to gradually become compatible.
After several hundred rounds of practice, Qian had already gained quite a bit of insight into this step.
Because of that, it did not