He opened the Water Release Ninjutsu panel and checked his proficiency in Water Drop. He felt that this Water Release technique might be the first ninjutsu he would push beyond its limit.
Thanks to his work on compressing, shaping, and controlling Water Release, he had encountered no bottleneck with Water Drop and smoothly reached Limit Break. Its proficiency had climbed past seven thousand, leaving just over a hundred points before he broke through the limit. What would it become after that breakthrough? He really was looking forward to it!
Water Drop's special effect at Limit Break was the same as kunai throwing's: enhanced awareness of the target.
He had noticed that throwing techniques all improved his ability to sense a target's direction, along with his sensitivity to danger, especially when something lethal had him in its sights. This passive skill was pretty good at preventing ambushes. It made him harder to kill.
Water Clone and Water Shock Wave had both reached chunin level, fulfilling the grinding goals he had originally set. Water Prison and Water Armor had also reached chunin level, meeting their original grinding goals as well.
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[Water Release Ninjutsu]
[D-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Drop (Limit Break: 7830/8000)]
[D-rank ninjutsu: Water Kunai: Shuriken (Usable: 122/1000)]
[C-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Clone (Chunin: 1317/3000)]
[C-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Wild Water Wave (Chunin: 1012/3000)]
[C-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Prison (Chunin: 1025/3000)]
[C-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Armor (Chunin: 1032/3000)]
[B-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Formation Wall (Genin: 411/1000) (Two hand seals)]
[B-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet (Genin: 442/1000) (Six hand seals)]
[B-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Heavenly Weeping (Limit Break: 2112/4000)]
[B-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Weapon (Usable: 31/100)]
[A-rank ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Severing Wave (Genin: 106/500)]
[Compound ninjutsu: Water Release: Water Prison + Water