Time quickly passed, and it was now early September.
Since two days ago, after reporting the reconnaissance findings, he hadn't received any strange missions.
As a result, in the days that followed, he spent most of his time training intensely, aside from his routine flight to Feiyu Town to observe the movements of the Mist Ninjas.
Finally, his efforts paid off.
That afternoon, Seimei completed another round of strengthening with the *Palm Immortal Technique*. He instantly felt a surge of power fill his body, almost as if he could ascend to a new level at any moment.
However, Seimei knew this was just an illusion.
Although his physical foundation had reached its current limit, in theory, he was just one step away from stepping into a new realm.
But that one step wasn't easy to take. Without enough talent and aptitude, no matter how close you got, it would be impossible to succeed.
This was an invisible shackle, limiting everyone's growth.
At this point, if someone else were in this situation, they'd have no choice but to keep grinding away slowly, with no better solution.
But Seimei was different.
He had *The Guardian of Man*!
With this in mind, Seimei immediately activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
In an instant, his pupils turned blood red, with three tomoe appearing and then quickly merging into the shape of a black sun.
Without wasting any time, Seimei activated the eye technique residing in his left eye—*The Guardian of Man*!
Immediately, a peculiar force acted on him, giving him a deeper understanding of every part of his body.
With a single thought, while using the *Palm Immortal Technique* to strengthen his body, Seimei began guiding his body to evolve in the direction he desired.
*Crack!*
It sounded like something had shattered in his ears.
As the Yang Release chakra from the latest use of the *Palm Immortal Technique* penetrated deep into his cells, Seimei felt the invisible shackle that had been holding him back suddenly break.
In the next moment, an endless stream of energy began to surge from deep within his cells, making Seimei feel as though he was soaking in a hot spring—completely at ease.
"Mmm~"
Seimei let out a soft moan, deactivated *The Guardian of Man*, and closed his Mangekyō Sharingan. He allowed his body to follow its natural instincts and begin transforming on its own.
Gradually, he closed his eyes.
...
Time ticked by, second by second.
About fifteen minutes later,
Seimei opened his eyes again. He moved his body a bit and felt as if a weight had been lifted from him, making him feel incredibly light.
Seimei knew this wasn't just an illusion.
As his body had undergone this transformation, his physical limits had once again expanded, giving him room for further improvement. It was like someone who was about to suffocate suddenly being given a supply of oxygen—they would naturally take a deep, relieving breath.
"Status panel!"
With a thought, Seimei summoned his proficiency panel.
In the next moment, the familiar pale blue screen appeared.
**[Name: Uchiha Seimei
Age: 12
Physique: 18 → 19
Spirit: 20
Chakra: 85,000 (94,772 → 109,172)
Bloodline: Sharingan · Mangekyō (10,000/50,000) → (12,880/50,000)
Skills:
Chakra Refining Technique: lv5 (2,183/5,000) → lv5 (2,630/5,000)
Wind Style · Rasenshuriken: lv7 (1/20,000) → lv7 (5,900/20,000)
*Wind Style · Wings of Wind: lv4 (650/2,000)
Water Style · Water Formation Wall: lv6 (460/10,000) → lv6 (7,360/10,000)
Water Style · Water Dragon Bullet Technique: lv6 (250/10,000) → lv6 (7,150/10,000)
Water Style · Great Shark Bullet Technique: lv5 (101/5,000) → lv5 (3,200/5,000)
Shadow Clone Technique: lv5 (385/5,000) → lv5 (1,025/5,000)
Chakra Absorption Technique: lv6 (250/10,000) → lv6 (820/10,000)
Rasengan: lv6 (9,710/10,000) → lv7 (7,800/20,000)
*Telepathy Technique: lv2 (20/500)
Palm Immortal Technique: lv8 (17,514/50,000) → lv8 (28,500/50,000)
Chakra Scalpel: lv6 (100/10,000) → lv6 (4,500/10,000)
Delicate Illness Extraction Technique: lv5 (30/5,000) → lv5 (4,100/5,000)
Heart Reflection Technique: lv8 (9,539/50,000) → lv8 (15,299/50,000)
Instant Sword Technique: lv6 (1,410/10,000) → lv6 (5,500/10,000)
Chakra Control: lv5 (3,482/5,000) → lv5 (4,550/5,000)
Mastered Skill: Illusion Sword Technique: lv7 (0/0)]**
As expected, his physique attribute increased by one point, from 18 to 19, after his body transformation.
Seimei estimated that this increase in physique would theoretically raise his chakra limit by about 70,000 points.
Though not as much as the 80,000 points increase from last time, it was still a substantial gain.
After all, the last increase came from breaking through the 20-point threshold in his spirit attribute, so the larger boost was normal.
Despite this, his theoretical chakra limit had risen from 320,000 points to 390,000 points.
Another change was in his chakra recovery rate.
With his physique increasing from 18 to 19, his body could now endure more strain.
As a result, he could practice the *Chakra Refining Technique* for longer periods each day.
With a single thought, Seimei closed his eyes and began refining chakra.
One minute, two minutes...
Ten minutes, twenty minutes...
Before long, an hour had passed.
Seimei opened his eyes and nodded with satisfaction.
After testing, he concluded that he could now passively perform the *Chakra Refining Technique* for about sixteen hours a day—an increase of one hour compared to before.
And that extra hour would allow him to recover an additional 2,000 chakra points.
Beyond that, there was also the natural chakra recovery rate.
Seimei glanced at the new chakra amount added to the panel over the past hour and quickly calculated the results—his body could now naturally recover 50,000 chakra points per day.
This was an increase from the previous 200,000 points to 250,000 points per day.
Though this wasn't as significant as last time's 54,000-point increase, it made sense—last time, his spirit attribute broke through the 20-point barrier.
This time, only his physique had improved slightly, so the smaller increase was expected.
Next time, when his physique attribute also breaks through the 20-point mark, the boost will surely be more substantial.
But that was for the future.
Right now, the most important thing was how to allocate the newly added 52,000 chakra points.
With that in mind, Seimei scanned the skills section of his panel.
Finally, his gaze settled on *Wind Style · Wings of Wind*, *Telepathy Technique*, and *Shadow Clone Technique*.
The first two were newly learned skills and were in dire need of chakra investment.
Ever since his training returned to normal, he had only allocated 7,000 chakra points to these two skills, severely hindering their growth.
Now, it was time to change that.
After some thought, Seimei decided to allocate 33,000 chakra points from the new 52,000, splitting them evenly between these two skills.
This way, each skill would receive 20,000 chakra points, resulting in a daily increase of about 235 proficiency points, significantly speeding up their growth.
As for the remaining 19,000 chakra points...
Seimei decided to allocate 15,000 of them to the *Shadow Clone Technique*, specifically for leveling it up.
Previously, its proficiency had been increasing mostly passively while he practiced other skills using shadow clones.
But now, he wanted to focus on improving this skill directly.
(End of chapter.)