As Qingming had anticipated, his gains this time were indeed somewhat diminished.
Firstly, the two Chūnin, although they hadn't wasted chakra resisting, had nonetheless expended quite a bit of chakra during the earlier battle.
As a result, Qingming only obtained around 10,000 points of chakra from them combined.
As for the special Jōnin, Yuhua, she had consumed a lot of chakra in the previous battle and had further drained it while fleeing.
Even though Qingming tried to extract as much chakra as possible, he only acquired less than 8,000 points before she lost her life.
In other words, he only obtained a total of 18,000 points of chakra on this trip. Although the consumption wasn't too high, the gains were still a bit meager.
Nevertheless, even the smallest bit of meat from a mosquito leg counts.
After a light sigh, Qingming immediately decided to use this chakra for training "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" and "Chakra Feather Armor."
As for other skills, he would wait for now.
Watching as Yuhua's body was burned into ashes, Qingming didn't linger. He immediately performed "Wind Release: Wind Wings" and flew high into the sky, resuming his surveillance task.
At the same time, he was also waiting for his next target.
With many shadow clones patrolling the battlefield, Qingming wasn't worried about missing opportunities.
In fact, it didn't take long before he received a report from one of his shadow clones, who had discovered a lone squad of Mist Ninjas.
Without hesitation, Qingming immediately followed the information provided by his clone and flew over to their location.
Thus, Qingming spent the next three days busy with his tasks.
Three days later.
Nighttime.
In a dense forest.
Qingming sat cross-legged, focusing on digesting the training experiences and memories his shadow clones had brought back, converting them into the corresponding skill proficiency.
Over the past three days, the Mist Ninjas had launched a series of aggressive attacks, which greatly compressed Qingming's training time, limiting it to the slower nights when the Mist Ninjas were less active.
Fortunately, he had many shadow clones to assist; otherwise, it would have been impossible to complete even the most basic daily training.
Sadly, his chakra was suffering.
Because of the shortened training time, he had to deploy more shadow clones to share the burden. With so many clones training simultaneously, the efficiency of each clone was inevitably lower, resulting in a considerable waste of chakra.
Even though he was earning nearly 200,000 chakra points per day from the Mist Ninjas, he still felt some discomfort at the loss.
Indeed, over the past three days, Qingming had accumulated about 600,000 points of chakra from the Mist Ninjas.
Of that, roughly 200,000 points were used to make up for the training he had missed over the past ten days due to the Mist Ninjas' movements.
The remaining 400,000 points were devoted to practicing the "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" and "Chakra Feather Armor."
For the former, every 150 chakra points contributed one proficiency point, while the latter required 100 chakra points for one proficiency point.
Qingming divided the 400,000 chakra points between these two skills, resulting in 1,300 proficiency points for the "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" and 2,000 proficiency points for "Chakra Feather Armor."
As a result, the levels of both techniques had increased significantly, from lv1 (12/200) and lv1 (30/200) to lv4 (625/2000) and lv4 (1330/2000).
At these levels, the practicality of both techniques had increased dramatically.
Now, if Qingming encountered a squad of lone Mist Ninjas, he could easily charge straight at them with the combined defense of "Earth Release: Hardening Technique" and "Chakra Feather Armor," and defeat them with maximum speed.
If faced with a larger group, he could stealthily launch a surprise attack using the "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique," and even if he couldn't severely injure several of them, he could still disrupt their formation.
Then, he would charge again, using the same defense techniques.
In essence, after advancing the levels of these two techniques, Qingming's efficiency at acquiring chakra had significantly improved.
It was only now that the Mist Ninjas had started to notice that they were no longer encountering solo targets as often. If they did, they could have easily provided Qingming with much more chakra.
However, Qingming understood the importance of restraint. He was well aware that his strength was still far from invincible.
What he knew of the ninja world was just a part of the entire reality, and who knew if there were individuals out there with powers that could counter him?
Just like when the Root suddenly pulled out the "Four Life Sealing Formation" not long ago—if it hadn't been for his overwhelming strength, an ordinary Jōnin would have likely been killed by such an ambush.
Thus, caution was always necessary. It wasn't worth risking his life just for some additional chakra.
Therefore, Qingming never sought out large groups of enemies. Even if they presented an opportunity for substantial chakra gains, he wouldn't take the risk.
Now, returning to Qingming.
As time passed, the experiences and memories from his shadow clones were quickly absorbed by him.
At one point, he finally opened his eyes.
With that, a sense of enlightenment flooded his mind.
Focusing his attention, Qingming activated his Byakugan and scanned the area around him.
After confirming that there were no other people nearby, he raised his hands, crossed his fingers into the "Ren" seal, and performed the "Shadow Clone Technique"—or rather, it should now be called the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."
Boom~
With a burst of chakra smoke, countless Qingming clones appeared in the area, with a rough count of two or three hundred filling the entire forest.
Indeed, after three days of practice, his "Shadow Clone Technique" had finally accumulated enough proficiency points for that final push, advancing to lv7.
As he had anticipated, at the moment it advanced to lv7, he naturally grasped the secrets of the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."
In essence, it was still the "Shadow Clone Technique," but with a more "intense" moment when distributing chakra.
This technique required splitting the chakra within the body into hundreds or thousands of parts in an instant. The process was so intense that a person with insufficient chakra could easily drain themselves dry.
The result would likely be similar to those whose chakra had been drained by Qingming, resulting in instant death.
This was why the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, had classified this technique as forbidden.
However, with Qingming's current chakra amount nearing 140,000-150,000, performing this technique was no problem at all.
Qingming raised his hands, feeling the body of each clone. They felt no different from his own body, but the stability was considerably lower, and with each clone only having a few hundred chakra points, they were much more fragile.
Not only that, after advancing to the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique," it inherited the same chakra consumption characteristics as the original "Shadow Clone Technique."
That is to say, even if he dispelled the technique immediately after casting it and recalled all the clones, he would still lose about five percent of chakra from each clone.
This was already painful enough with the "Shadow Clone Technique," let alone now with the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."
Because so many clones were created, the chakra distribution was diluted, leaving the original body with less chakra to spare.
Thus, every time he used the "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique," he would have to sacrifice at least five percent of his chakra.
This meant that, unless he one day had an abundance of chakra, he would have to carefully manage the number of clones he created to avoid excessive chakra consumption.
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