Time swiftly passed, and soon it was deep into the night.
In the Ninja World.
In an unknown underground space.
Uchiha Madara leaned against the Ten Tails' husk, resembling a statue in its form.
His hair was graying, his skin loose and wrinkled, and his face bore the signs of old age, giving off the impression that his life was nearing its end.
In fact, he was close to death.
At this moment, his life was entirely sustained by the Ten Tails' husk behind him.
It could be seen that soft, tube-like connections linked his back to the Ten Tails' husk. These tubes continuously transferred the life force of the Ten Tails into Madara's body, prolonging his life.
The underground space was eerily quiet, with only Madara's occasional breaths breaking the silence.
Time seemed to stop in this place, the stillness becoming suffocating.
At a certain moment, a dark figure appeared and approached Madara.
This figure was none other than Black Zetsu, the product of the will of the Otsutsuki Kaguya, the most devoted "son" in the ninja world.
To fulfill his plan of rescuing his "mother," Black Zetsu had long ago employed various means to gain Madara's trust.
Ultimately, he succeeded in making Madara believe that Black Zetsu was his creation and infiltrated his side, becoming his assistant.
For the past period, Black Zetsu had been executing tasks under Madara's orders in the outside world.
Sensing Black Zetsu's arrival, Madara slowly opened his eyes.
Instantly, an overwhelming aura of confidence and dominance, which only a top-tier warrior could exude, radiated from him. Despite his aging state, his presence was still formidable.
His eyes, which had the Mangekyō Sharingan, swept over Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu spoke in a low tone, "The plan on Konoha's side has already begun. Should we take action?"
"Oh, has it already started?" Madara responded, his slightly cloudy eyes suddenly gleaming with an unnatural brightness for his age.
Then, without hesitation, he gave a firm order, "Start the operation immediately!"
"Yes, Master!" Black Zetsu replied with a cryptic tone, then melded into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
Madara, not noticing the undertone in Black Zetsu's voice, immediately turned his gaze toward the wall not far away.
His eyes seemed to penetrate through the wall, observing Uchiha Obito on the other side, who was grumbling incessantly to White Zetsu.
From his words, it was clear that Obito was eager to leave and return to Konoha.
"Konoha…" Madara muttered under his breath, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Crack!
Without thinking, Madara crushed the armrest with his hand.
Taking a deep breath, he regained his composure and murmured to himself, "Soon… very soon… Hashirama, I will prove to you who was right."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes once again, seeming to fall into a deep slumber.
Meanwhile, at a certain frontline position.
In a simple wooden house.
Uchiha Qingming stopped his cultivation of the 'Mind Reflection Technique' and 'Palm Immortal Technique', glanced at the time, and then raised his hand to dispel his 'Shadow Clone Technique'.
Boom!
In an instant, all the shadow clones inside and outside the room exploded into chakra, enveloping their individual training experiences and memories from the past hour, which then merged into Qingming's body.
Qingming closed his eyes and carefully processed these experiences and memories.
About fifteen minutes later, he had finally converted all of them into corresponding skill proficiencies.
With a thought, Qingming spoke, "Panel!"
The familiar light blue screen appeared before him:
**[Name: Uchiha Qingming
Age: 12
Constitution: 19
Spirit: 20
Chakra: 85,500 (117,364→120,948)
Bloodline: Sharingan · Mangekyō (14,416/50,000) → (15,088/50,000)
Byakugan · Unawakened (15/100) → (16/100)
Skills:
Chakra Refinement: lv5 (2,886/5,000) → lv5 (2,998/5,000)
Wind Style · Spiraling Shuriken: lv7 (8,200/20,000)
Wind Style · Wings of the Wind: lv5 (2,350/5,000) → lv5 (3,995/5,000)
*Wind Style · Fierce Wind Palm: lv2 (310/500)
Fire Style · Great Fireball Technique: lv5 (420/5,000) → lv5 (805/5,000)
Fire Style · Pure Burning Technique: lv3 (725/1,000) → lv4 (1,125/2,000)
Water Style · Great Shark Bomb Technique: lv6 (1,580/10,000) → lv6 (4,240/10,000)
Water Style · Water Chaos Wave: lv3 (60/1,000)
Water Style · Water Pillar Technique: lv2 (400/500)
Earth Style · Hardening Technique: lv6 (200/10,000) → lv6 (2,200/10,000)
Earth Style · Earth Flow Wall: lv1 (21/200) → lv4 (750/2,000)
Shadow Clone Technique: lv5 (3,100/5,000) → lv5 (4,190/5,000)
Chakra Absorption Technique: lv6 (3,500/10,000) → lv6 (4,400/10,000)
Spiraling Pill: lv7 (12,120/20,000) → lv7 (14,010/20,000)
Palm Immortal Technique: lv8 (37,400/50,000) → lv8 (40,200/50,000)
Chakra Surgical Knife: lv6 (8,500/10,000) → lv6 (9,200/10,000)
Fine Extraction Technique: lv6 (2,700/10,000) → lv6 (3,100/10,000)
Mind Reflection Technique: lv8 (18,371/50,000) → lv8 (19,715/50,000)
Chakra Control: lv6 (750/10,000) → lv6 (1,000/10,000)
Guardian Seal: lv4 (1/2,000) → lv5 (10/5,000)
Sealing Array: lv2 (240/500) → lv3 (20/1,000)
Perfect Skills:
Heart Communication Technique: lv5 (0/0)
Earth Style · Earth Spear: lv5 (0/0)]
Looking at his progress, Qingming noted that he had made substantial improvements over the past week.
First and foremost were 'Heart Communication Technique' and 'Earth Style · Earth Spear.' These two techniques had reached the perfect stage of lv5 (0/0) through his hard work.
The first technique allowed him to communicate freely with others within a 20-kilometer radius. While it couldn't compare to the enhanced range of sensory barriers in the Fourth Great Ninja War, for him, it was more than enough.
Additionally, with the completion of 'Earth Style · Earth Spear,' he could now unleash stronger power when using this technique, and it had brought him closer to mastering Earth chakra.
Currently, he was close to developing a fifth chakra nature. Unfortunately, the large-scale war was about to begin, leaving him no opportunity to explore this path further.
Aside from these two techniques, Qingming had also utilized the chakra he had acquired from others to upgrade his 'Guardian Seal' to lv5, which greatly enhanced the seal's effectiveness.
At this point, Qingming was confident that no one, even an elite shinobi, would notice any anomaly if his Byakugan was sealed by the lv5 'Guardian Seal.'
This was one of his preparations for the upcoming Konoha decapitation operation.
Given the high likelihood of many high-level shinobi from both sides gathering during the operation, he was not worried about revealing any flaws, thanks to his enhanced sealing technique.
In addition, during his recent battles with the Mist Ninjas, he had copied three techniques with his Sharingan—'Wind Style · Fierce Wind Palm', 'Water Style · Water Chaos Wave,' and 'Water Style · Water Pillar Technique.'
While the 'Wind Style · Fierce Wind Palm' was a basic technique, it could enhance the speed of flying tools, which might prove useful.
The 'Water Style · Water Chaos Wave' was a standard C-rank technique with nothing particularly special about it.
However, the 'Water Style · Water Pillar Technique' was highly effective, and could even extinguish Madara's 'Fire Style · Great Fire Destruction' when used to its maximum.
That being said, Qingming had already learned a superior 'Water Style · Great Shark Bomb Technique,' which could replace 'Water Style · Water Pillar Technique' and, with its ability to absorb external chakra, perform even better.
While Qingming had no particular need for the techniques, he still learned them. After all, the battlefield was unpredictable, and he couldn't control everything.
Since he had learned them, he wouldn't abandon them. He understood that learning more techniques would not be a burden for him, given his proficiency panel.
As long as he managed his chakra distribution properly and didn't let it affect other skills' progress, he was confident that he could continue developing as a versatile fighter.
Thus, Qingming was determined to keep expanding his arsenal, furthering his progress toward becoming a well-rounded shinobi.
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