Peaceful times always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another half-month had gone by.
Since testing the changes in his body after its transformation and making plans for the future, Seimei had been training relentlessly on Moon Island and in the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire.
And the results of this intense training were truly gratifying.
First, there was his Sharingan.
After the past half-month, plus the six days of training during the testing period, its evolution progress had reached (29,610/100,000), just a step away from the (30,000/100,000) milestone.
At his current rate of investing 3 million chakra points daily to gain 150 evolution points, it would take just over two days—less than three—to break through.
Next was his Byakugan.
Under the influence of his "Body of the Extreme" technique, its evolution progress had reached an impressive (9,556/10,000), also close to advancing.
At the current rate of gaining 102 evolution points per day, it would take just over four days—less than five—to achieve the breakthrough.
Whether it was the Sharingan crossing the (30,000/100,000) threshold or the Byakugan advancing, both would boost his "Spirit" attribute.
At that point, his "Spirit" attribute would once again surpass his "Physique" attribute by two points, crossing the critical 30-point threshold for a qualitative change.
This gap was more significant than an ordinary two-point difference.
Because of this, as his Sharingan and Byakugan neared their respective breakthroughs, Seimei's intuition began to warn him of danger.
His instincts told him that breaking through like this would absolutely cause an imbalance between his spirit and body.
Thus, Seimei faced a choice: take the risk and continue training according to the original plan to boost his "Spirit" attribute, or…
Pause the evolution of his Sharingan and Byakugan, and focus on raising his "Physique" attribute first to break through the critical 30-point threshold.
After some thought, Seimei decided to play it safe.
There were three main reasons for this choice:
First, his strength was already sufficient, and for the foreseeable future, the ninja world would remain relatively peaceful, with no major wars breaking out.
So, there was no need to rush to boost his "Spirit" attribute to increase his strength.
Second, if he continued pushing the evolution of his Sharingan and Byakugan, they wouldn't just increase his "Spirit" attribute by one point but by two.
If raising it by one point was a risk he could take, raising it by two would almost certainly lead to losing control.
So, Seimei wouldn't make that choice.
Third, breaking through the 30-point threshold for his "Physique" attribute wouldn't take too long.
It had already been half a month, and based on his earlier estimates, it would take about two and a half months for his body to complete its transformation.
Two and a half months wasn't long at all.
Moreover, by pausing the evolution of his Sharingan, the six hours he spent daily on the "Mirror Heart Technique" could be redirected to training "Body of the Extreme."
This would further increase the efficiency of strengthening his body.
And that wasn't even counting pausing the Byakugan's evolution.
Previously, when training "Body of the Extreme," his sage chakra was split between enhancing his Byakugan and his body.
Now, without needing to enhance his Byakugan, he could focus all his energy on his body.
At that point, even if he couldn't double the efficiency, a 20-30% increase was entirely feasible.
With these factors combined, Seimei was confident he could compress the time for his body's transformation to within a month and a half.
And a month and a half was something he could absolutely wait for.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Seimei quickly reined in his musings and adjusted his plan, focusing all his energy on strengthening his body.
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In a flash, another half-month passed.
Before Seimei could push his body to the critical point of transformation, he received an unexpected surprise—his "Dust Release" development was a success!
That's right, Dust Release.
After months of effort, with the notes left by the Second Tsuchikage, Mū, as a reference, he had finally managed to engrave "Dust Release" onto his skill panel.
While the insight was still fresh, Seimei didn't hesitate. He stood up, walked to a large boulder, and raised his hand, condensing three clusters of chakra.
One was Fire Release, one was Wind Release, and one was Earth Release.
Seimei carefully adjusted the nature transformations of these three chakra clusters, making them as compatible as possible.
Finally, as if seizing a critical moment, he fused them together with a sudden motion.
In an instant, the three chakra clusters merged into one in his palm.
Drawing on months of experience accumulated by his shadow clones and his exceptional control over chakra, Seimei did his utmost to stabilize the chakra cluster in his palm, preventing it from going out of control.
Time ticked by, second by second.
After a long while, the chakra cluster in his palm finally stabilized.
A glowing white chakra orb hovered quietly in his hand.
It looked harmless, like a simple illumination jutsu from some magical world—ordinary, with no apparent danger.
But that couldn't be further from the truth!
Seimei felt as if he were holding a bomb, not daring to relax for a moment.
In his perception, this chakra cluster held immense danger and was growing increasingly unstable.
Without hesitation, Seimei flung the chakra cluster at the boulder in front of him.
He watched as the chakra collided with the rock.
The next moment, a blinding white light erupted from the chakra cluster.
Seimei instinctively closed his eyes.
But at the same time, the Byakugan at his brow activated.
Under the Byakugan's unique vision, he could see the chakra cluster becoming extremely unstable the moment it hit the boulder. Then, like a pufferfish, it exploded violently.
The piercing white light came from the "spikes" of that explosion.
Moments later, the light faded.
When Seimei looked at the boulder again, he saw it was riddled with countless holes.
The holes weren't large—some as fine as needlepoints, others no bigger than a thumb.
But this didn't mean Dust Release was weak.
On the contrary, it proved its danger.
After all, the material within those holes had completely vanished.
If this hit a person, even if it didn't kill them outright, it would instantly cause severe injury.
Unfortunately, at his current beginner level, Seimei couldn't yet use it in combat.
For now, he could only successfully condense a Dust Release chakra cluster thanks to the fresh insight from engraving it onto his panel.
Going forward, condensing it again wouldn't be so easy.
But no matter how difficult, he had to try.
And he had to do it himself.
Because only through this could he trigger a mutation in his genes, ultimately awakening—or rather, fully developing—this Bloodline Elimination technique.