As the sun set and the moon rose, time quickly passed into the deep of the night.
The war had ended by noon.
In the end, the Mist Ninjas, with about a third of their forces, boarded their warships and departed from Yotsu Port, heading towards the forward base that Konoha had established in the Land of Waves. Of course, it was now the base of the Hidden Mist Village.
Once they left, Nara Keiko remained busy. He first sent out scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Mist Ninjas, and then, using Yotsu Port as a base, he began to reorganize and establish new defensive lines.
However, none of this was of concern to Aoi.
After treating a portion of the heavily injured, he handed over the medical work to the medical ninjas who arrived with the main force.
He then used a shadow clone to assist Nara Keiko with his tasks, while his main body left Yotsu Port and began his training.
Now, over ten hours had passed.
By pushing the limits of his "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu," all the chakra gathered by his previous shadow clones had been exhausted.
Not only had he recovered the time and energy spent fighting earlier, but he had also significantly increased the proficiency of several of his skills.
"Status screen!"
In a forest, next to a campfire, Aoi opened his eyes and, with a thought, summoned the proficiency panel.
In the next moment, a familiar light blue screen appeared.
**[Name: Uchiha Aoi
Age: 13
Physique: 21
Spirit: 21
Chakra: 125,500 (176,308 → 197,428)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Mangekyō (24,512/50,000) → (26,912/50,000)
Byakugan - Unawakened (70/100)
Skills:
Chakra Refinement: lv5 (4728/5000) → lv6 (248/10,000)
Wind Release - Spiraling Shuriken: lv8 (9011/50,000) → lv8 (25,671/50,000)
Water Release - Great Shark Bullet: lv8 (12,240/50,000) → lv8 (21,400/50,000)
Lightning Release - Lightning Body: lv1 (50/200)
*Lightning Release - Lightning Sword: lv1 (100/200)
*Lightning Release - Lightning Snake: lv1 (20/200)
*Lightning Release - Thunder Prison: lv0 (5/100)
Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu: lv7 (12,031/20,000) → lv7 (18,889/20,000)
Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu: lv7 (1230/20,000) → lv7 (9830/20,000)
Chakra Absorption Jutsu: lv6 (9520/10,000) → lv6 (9850/10,000)
Chakra Cloak: lv7 (10,750/20,000) → lv8 (2450/50,000)
Chakra Kunai: lv7 (1800/20,000) → lv7 (14,500/20,000)
Heart Reflection Jutsu: lv8 (38,563/50,000) → lv8 (43,363/50,000)
*Shadow Swordsmanship: lv5 (2100/5000)
Chakra Control: lv6 (3100/10,000) → lv6 (4720/10,000)
Guardian Seal: lv6 (10/10,000) → lv6 (3250/10,000)
Sealing Array: lv5 (1050/5000) → lv5 (3990/5000)
Completed Skills:
Wind Release - Vacuum Ball: lv7 (0/0)
Wind Release - Vacuum Blade: lv7 (0/0)
Wind Release - Wind Devourer: lv7 (0/0)
Fire Release - Great Dragon Flame Jutsu: lv7 (0/0)
Water Release - Explosive Water Wave: lv7 (0/0)
Spiraling Sphere: lv9 (0/0)
Minor Extraction Jutsu: lv7 (0/0)]**
It was clear that compared to more than twenty days ago, his status panel had changed quite a bit.
In addition to reaching the completed stage for seven techniques, there were now four additional skills: "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword," "Lightning Release - Lightning Snake," "Lightning Release - Thunder Prison," and "Shadow Swordsmanship."
Among them, "Shadow Swordsmanship" was something he personally developed, and he was very familiar with it.
Furthermore, due to the frequent battles over the past period, the proficiency of this skill had risen rapidly. Now, it had reached lv5 (2,100/5,000).
Next, all he had to do was steadily improve its proficiency, and it would soon become a near-perfect technique, joining "Instant Swordsmanship" and "Illusion Swordsmanship" as his close-range weapons.
As for "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword," "Lightning Release - Lightning Snake," and "Lightning Release - Thunder Prison," these were techniques extracted from Little Lei Ying's memory.
As he had suspected, the other person had mastered many Lightning Release techniques. However, only these three had caught his interest.
"Lightning Release - Lightning Sword" was a B-rank ninjutsu, a physical enhancement technique that, when used, not only increased the user's speed but also coated weapons with high-temperature lightning, causing paralysis damage. The effect was quite impressive!
After finding the method to practice this technique in Little Lei Ying's memory, Aoi had his shadow clone try practicing it.
Perhaps due to his extensive experience with sword techniques, it didn't take long for him to master the basics of this skill.
However, further practice was not easy.
This technique required a deep understanding of swordsmanship and a sufficient grasp of Lightning Chakra. Without that, progress would be slow.
And clearly, despite mastering a C-rank technique, "Lightning Release - Lightning Strike," to perfection, he was not yet ready to handle the complexities of "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword."
This was one of the reasons he chose to also practice the other two Lightning techniques.
"Lightning Release - Lightning Snake" was still a C-rank technique, but in some ways, it could be seen as an extension and variation of "Lightning Release - Lightning Strike."
In this case, as long as enough chakra was invested, he could easily bring it to completion.
Once that happened, his understanding of Lightning Chakra would increase, speeding up the practice of "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword."
Of course, even with the two C-rank techniques, mastering "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword" at a perfect level was still impossible.
That's where "Lightning Release - Thunder Prison" came in.
This B-rank ninjutsu would deepen his understanding of Lightning Chakra and, in turn, speed up the progress of "Lightning Release - Lightning Sword."
Moreover, it would diversify his combat options, as the technique itself was both destructive and controlling.
According to Little Lei Ying's memory, when this technique was fully deployed, if enough chakra was used, it could cover an area of over 100 meters, turning it into a thunder prison.
The only drawback was that anyone within the prison, including the user, would suffer indiscriminate lightning attacks.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Little Lei Ying and others who could use this technique would avoid using it.
However, for Aoi, this was not a problem.
His "Chakra Cloak," formed by Wind Chakra, countered Lightning Release, making it perfect for this technique.
So, Aoi decisively memorized the method for practicing this jutsu.
However, since this technique was difficult to learn, he had his shadow clone try a simple attempt before deciding to put it aside for now.
Although Aoi now had 590,000 chakra at his disposal, all of it had been allocated, and there was no extra to spare.
He couldn't afford to disrupt his current plans just for a few new techniques.
Therefore, for now, he had to set these aside.
Nonetheless, his "Guardian Seal" would soon reach lv7 (0/0) and be perfected in about half a month.
At that point, he would have an additional 45,000 chakra to distribute.
Aoi planned to use that chakra to practice the three Lightning techniques.
By then, his Mangekyō Sharingan would likely surpass the 30,000/50,000 mark, and as per his past experience, his "Spirit" attribute would likely increase as well.
This would grant him more chakra to work with, which would help with the Lightning techniques.
After that, he wouldn't have to worry about falling behind in his progress.
Various thoughts crossed his mind, but Aoi quickly pushed them aside. After closing the panel, he activated "Wind Release - Wind Wings" and "Chakra Cloak," flying at full speed toward Yotsu Port.
By this time, Yotsu Port had become the center of Konoha's forces on this battlefield. Even for high-ranking ninjas like him, the resting areas had been arranged inside the port.
Without making a sound, Aoi returned to Yotsu Port.
Without disturbing anyone, he went to his quarters and fell straight into bed.
Soon, light snoring could be heard from his room.
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