Sharingan Evolution: Proficiency's Path

"Indeed."

As Qingming watched the three fireballs rise in the distance, he muttered, "So they really do contain explosive tags!"

After saying that, he noticed more spider puppets jumping towards him.

Not daring to confront them head-on, Qingming quickly retreated.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out behind him.

Through a cloud of smoke, Qingming dashed away, followed by dozens of spider puppets of various sizes.

At this moment, he wished he could instantly master the Wind Release: Great Breakthrough technique to blow those spider puppets away.

Unfortunately, since acquiring the technique, he had yet to practice it.

It wasn't that he didn't want to practice; rather, he had not yet fully grasped the transformation and nature of Fire Release chakra. Recklessly developing Wind Release would only lead to inefficiency.

Even with the proficiency panel assisting him, forcing himself to learn this technique would result in excessive chakra consumption during the training process, which would be counterproductive.

Thus, he had refrained from practicing it until now.

However, after this encounter, Qingming planned to allocate more chakra to Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique to master the transformation and nature of Fire Release as soon as possible.

Once accomplished, he could then start developing Wind Release chakra.

That way, if he encountered a similar situation in the future, he wouldn't be so passive.

As he thought this, Qingming dodged several more attacks from the spider puppets.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Familiar explosion sounds echoed behind him, yet they caused him no harm.

Furthermore, as time passed, Qingming gradually identified the weaknesses of the spider puppets.

The most critical flaw was that they could not disperse too far apart. Qingming estimated this was a result of the opponent's method of controlling so many puppets.

Indeed, it was a workaround.

Qingming realized that the opponent was not directly controlling all the puppets; instead, they were using an indirect method to manage them, controlling several key puppets that governed the rest.

As a result, most of the puppets could only stay near those central puppets.

This limited their ability to effectively surround Qingming.

And as for the individual pursuits and self-detonations, Qingming wasn't particularly worried.

After all, these puppets were limited in number, and once exhausted, it would be his chance to counterattack.

To accelerate this process, Qingming occasionally used Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique as he dodged.

Although this technique was somewhat ineffective against large puppets, it was more than sufficient against these smaller, crudely made spider puppets.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Technique!"

A hundred fist-sized fireballs were controlled by Qingming and hurled at the swarm of spider puppets.

Unfortunately, the spider puppets were too small and agile, resulting in most of the fireballs missing their targets, with only about ten successfully hitting.

But that was enough.

With a series of explosion sounds, those few puppets were all destroyed.

In this manner, Qingming continued to reduce the number of spider puppets.

A few minutes later, not a single spider puppet remained.

Qian Ye stepped out from behind a tree, his expression gloomy as he looked at Qingming. He opened his mouth as if to say something.

But just then, Qingming's expression suddenly changed. He quickly flashed forward, swinging his short sword diagonally at Qian Ye's neck.

Caught off guard by Qingming's sudden attack, Qian Ye hurriedly raised his kunai to block.

Clang!

The kunai and short sword clashed, producing a clear sound.

Qingming pressed on forcefully, forcing Qian Ye to retreat.

Qingming was relentless, unleashing both the Konoha Style Sword Technique and the Uchiha Style Sword Technique while activating his Sharingan to the fullest. In just a few moments, he left a deep, bone-exposing wound on Qian Ye.

As soon as the wound appeared, Qian Ye's figure suddenly collapsed into a cloud of chakra smoke, dissipating completely.

It was clear that this was merely a shadow clone.

Seeing this, Qingming's expression soured slightly, but he didn't show any surprise.

The reason was simple: the moment Qian Ye revealed himself, Qingming keenly observed that there was something off about the chakra levels within him.

Though the Sharingan couldn't directly visualize a ninja's chakra pathways like the Byakugan, it could still gauge the quantity of chakra.

Thus, Qingming immediately noticed that Qian Ye's chakra was significantly lower than expected.

Thanks to the existence of the Chakra Absorption Technique, Qingming was particularly sensitive to the chakra levels of his enemies.

Previously, when he last saw Qian Ye, the latter had ample chakra.

Yet, after dealing with the last few spider puppets, Qian Ye's chakra had suddenly dropped by nearly half.

In such a situation, either Qian Ye had used a powerful jutsu, or he had used the shadow clone technique to evenly distribute his chakra.

Qingming ruled out the former, as he hadn't noticed any significant movements or felt any imminent danger.

Thus, only the latter remained.

That's why Qingming acted without a word, aiming to quickly confirm his suspicions.

If his guess was wrong, he would simply seize Qian Ye; if correct, he would hasten to find the real body.

It turned out his suspicions were right.

Next came the task of locating Qian Ye's true body.

After exerting so much effort, Qingming was determined not to let him escape.

With a thought, he began recalling the entire battle process, analyzing when and where Qian Ye had cast the shadow clone to escape.

After a few breaths, Qingming approached a large tree. It wasn't the one where Qian Ye's shadow clone had hidden, but another not far away.

He distinctly remembered the last time he lost sight of Qian Ye, he had been near this tree.

Upon careful inspection, he indeed found some traces.

Confirming the direction Qian Ye had fled, Qingming wasted no time and immediately pursued.

Half an hour passed in a flash.

Finally, Qingming cornered Qian Ye in a secluded part of the forest.

"You really are tenacious!"

Qian Ye's expression darkened upon seeing Qingming appear again.

Although he had realized at the moment of merging with the shadow clone that Qingming must have discovered his little trick and would undoubtedly pursue him, he had not anticipated Qingming would arrive so quickly despite his carefulness.

It could only be said that he had underestimated the insight of the Sharingan.

Once a direction was confirmed, with Qingming's experience and the aid of the Sharingan, it was impossible for Qian Ye to evade his tracking.

Qingming had no intention of wasting words with him; this battle had already dragged on long enough.

With that, he executed the Body Flicker Technique and directly appeared in front of Qian Ye.

The fight began instantly!

As a puppet master, Qian Ye's primary methods relied on controlling puppets. Without them, he was akin to a tiger without claws.

Such a tiger, while intimidating, could not inflict any harm.

Thus, Qingming effortlessly subdued him.

Looking at Qian Ye lying unconscious on the ground, Qingming thought for a moment and activated the Chakra Absorption Technique, draining all the chakra from Qian Ye's body.

After carefully covering up the surrounding traces, he hoisted Qian Ye and headed toward the underground hideout.

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