Clearing his mind, Seimei stopped overthinking. He adjusted his state, raised his hands to form seals, and once again performed the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique."
Next, he planned to resume training, testing how much chakra his transformed body now required for strengthening. Then, based on the results, he would estimate the time needed for his next physical transformation.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Seven hundred shadow clones appeared, just like before.
Seimei sealed three hundred of them into a scroll and handed it to a wood clone he'd already created. The wood clone was tasked with taking the scroll to the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire to absorb natural energy.
The remaining four hundred shadow clones were instructed to continue experimenting with fusing the seven chakra nature transformations to develop the power of his Bloodline Net.
Once everything was arranged, Seimei activated the "Flying Thunder God Technique" with a thought, teleporting to the volcano beneath Moon Island.
His vision shifted abruptly.
In an instant, he stood on a circular platform in the newly carved third chamber within the volcano.
Feeling the familiar heat and pressure around him, gazing at the churning lava lake below, he took a deep breath, letting the toxins in the air invade his body.
Then, with a thought, he instantly entered "Sage Mode."
Under the enhancement of Sage Mode, he began practicing the "Limit of the Body" over and over.
During this process, he could clearly feel his body being strengthened bit by bit.
Finally, a week passed.
Late that night, Seimei returned to Moon Island. After absorbing and processing the training experiences and memories of his shadow clones from the past hour, he stopped practicing.
"Phew~~~"
Letting out a long breath, Seimei opened his eyes and reviewed the changes in his body over the past week.
Based on these changes, he summarized what he needed to test.
First was the daily chakra consumption for strengthening his body.
As expected, after this transformation, the amount of chakra required daily had increased.
Previously, he only needed 37 million points of chakra per day to maintain full-speed training.
Now, he needed 42 million points to sustain the most efficient practice.
In other words, after this transformation, his chakra consumption had risen by about fifteen percent.
Correspondingly, his body-strengthening efficiency had improved by roughly ten to twenty percent.
At this rate, his body would undergo another transformation in about four and a half months.
That was his estimation.
It was mid-March now, so four and a half months later would be late August or early September.
"Late August, early September…"
Seimei mulled over the timeline, then muttered, "Not bad!"
With the ninja world currently in an unprecedented era of peace, he still had to carry out some missions, but they wouldn't take up much time. He had plenty of time for training.
So, a few months was nothing to him.
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Seimei set them aside. He tidied his gear, left the area, and headed to the wooden hut to rest.
The night passed quietly.
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The next day, he woke early.
Training resumed.
From that day on, he no longer needed to split his focus on testing. He could throw himself fully into training according to his plan.
Because of this, time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
It was now mid-June.
The weather was growing hotter.
That day, at noon, Seimei took a brief break and opened his panel.
After three months of training, his Byakugan's evolution had reached (9,500/100,000).
If he continued training as planned, it would break through the (10,000/100,000) milestone in just four or five days.
Based on his earlier estimations, crossing this small milestone might, like his Sharingan, trigger an increase in his "Mental" attribute.
That was the last thing Seimei wanted.
After some thought, he decided to stick to his plan: pause the Byakugan's evolution and focus entirely on strengthening his body.
As for pushing the Byakugan's evolution a bit further before pausing? Sorry, Seimei wasn't about to make the same mistake twice.
The last time, his Byakugan had advanced unexpectedly because its evolution was too close to the limit, triggering a chain reaction after his body's transformation.
If his Byakugan advanced alongside his next physical transformation, it would cause big trouble.
The three-month sealing had already dulled his connection to that portion of his mental energy. Even if he unsealed it later, it would take considerable time to readjust.
If he were forced to seal more mental energy this time—considering the rule that the higher the base attribute, the larger the gap and the greater the boost—he'd have to seal even more.
That would inevitably waste more of his time and energy.
So, he absolutely couldn't let his Byakugan break through again.
Controlling its progress was crucial.
By halting the Byakugan's evolution, his efficiency in practicing the "Limit of the Body" to strengthen his body should also improve slightly.
How much it would improve, though, he'd only know after training.
With that in mind, Seimei closed the panel, done wasting time on rest.
He formed seals again, casting the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As clouds of chakra smoke dispersed, eight hundred shadow clones appeared.
Yes, eight hundred.
Over the past three months, he'd gained new insights into fusing the seven chakra nature transformations to develop his Bloodline Net.
As a result, the number of shadow clones used for regular training had increased from four hundred to five hundred.
Combined with the three hundred clones absorbing natural energy, that made eight hundred.
Naturally, increasing the number of clones for developing the Bloodline Net also raised chakra consumption.
Previously, four hundred clones required 3.2 million points of chakra daily.
Now, five hundred clones required 3.8 million points, an increase of 600,000.
However, after his recent transformation, his body-strengthening chakra consumption had only risen from 37 million to 42 million points—a 5 million-point increase. This was far from fully utilizing the 7.3 million points of usable chakra gained from his two attribute boosts.
So, the additional 600,000 points for developing the Bloodline Net was no big deal.
Plus, pausing his Byakugan's evolution would likely save some chakra.
This made it even less of an issue.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Seimei quickly organized the eight hundred shadow clones, then headed into the volcano to begin a new round of training.