Grind is My Ninja Way

Time passed by.

The number of "ghost corpses" in the clearing decreased visibly. Seimei moved among them, his short sword swinging repeatedly, severing heads one after another.

During this time, he discovered that these "ghost corpses," besides their outstanding close combat abilities and the ability to perform some simple ninjutsu, could also spew a kind of poisonous mist.

Well...

Calling it poisonous mist wasn't entirely accurate. In essence, it was more like a type of bacteria.

Once it came into contact with a living person, it would rapidly multiply and then invade the body, causing the host's movements to gradually become slow and stiff.

Eventually, it would transform them into the appearance of a "ghost corpse."

However, this trick was useless against Seimei. Usually, before the poisonous mist could even get close, he would use the 'Wind Style: Breakthrough' to disperse it.

Then, what awaited these 'ghost corpses' was another round of slaughter.

As the slaughter continued, Seimei noticed that Yougui's state was getting worse and worse.

A rational person, seeing the situation turn unfavorable, would likely choose to retreat after weighing the pros and cons and then find another way to retaliate.

But...

What about Yougui?

It seemed like he had no such concept at all.

As Seimei killed more and more 'ghost corpses', Yougui's emotions started to spiral out of control.

In the end, he practically turned into a wild beast, completely losing his judgment, only knowing to attack Seimei.

This surprised Seimei a bit.

However, he didn't delve into it. In the current situation, this was just a trivial matter for him.

Now, he just wanted to quickly resolve this trouble and then check the impact of his body's transformation.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

After Seimei cut off another 'ghost corpse's' head, only three 'ghost corpses' remained in the clearing.

Even so, they still didn't retreat and continued to roar, charging towards Seimei.

Seeing this, Seimei didn't hold back either. He flashed forward, and with a few swift sword strikes, he cut off two more 'ghost corpses'' heads.

Instantly, only one 'ghost corpse' was left in the clearing.

Just when Seimei thought the opponent would continue to attack, it suddenly stopped, and the madness on its face quickly subsided.

"Hmm?"

Seimei let out a soft exclamation and temporarily stopped.

Seeing the opponent like this, it seemed like its rationality had returned. He wanted to see what it would do next.

Yougui, briefly regaining his senses, first glanced at the blood-soaked battlefield, showing no reaction to the deaths of those 'ghost corpses'.

Then, he looked at Seimei. Seeing him completely unharmed, a hint of unconcealable fear flashed in his eyes.

"Uchiha Seimei, you are strong, you are truly strong!"

Yougui looked at Seimei and said, his voice hoarse and dry, unpleasant to the ears.

Seimei didn't react to his words.

Seeing this, Yougui suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha~"

As he laughed, his tone suddenly changed, and his expression became extremely frantic. He roared, "But... you can't kill me!"

"I am immortal!"

With that, he resolutely self-destructed.

The next moment, a thick, almost liquid-like, dark green 'poisonous mist' appeared, rapidly spreading in all directions, forcing Seimei to retreat several steps.

By the time he stopped, the 'poisonous mist' had disappeared, as if it had completely merged into the earth.

Seimei carefully sensed for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand something. He quickly walked to the side of a Konoha Chunin, the unlucky one from before.

At this moment, the Chunin's body was withered, looking like a 'ghost corpse'. Seimei wasn't sure if he was completely dead before, so he hadn't killed him.

But now, Seimei was certain that he was truly dead.

After Yougui self-destructed, some dark green liquid also seeped out from the Chunin's body and quickly burrowed into the ground.

Then, he completely lost his life signs, and his corpse rapidly decayed.

Looking at the vanished 'poisonous mist', Seimei already had some guesses in his mind.

If he wasn't mistaken, this 'poisonous mist' was Yougui.

He must have used some method to attach his spirit to the bacteria-like things that made up this 'poisonous mist'.

The 'ghost corpses' were just an outer shell, or rather, a petri dish, for the 'poisonous mist' Yougui to survive and reproduce.

Therefore, theoretically, as long as a bit of the 'poisonous mist' remained, there was a possibility of him reviving. This also aligned with what he said about being 'immortal'.

However, Seimei estimated that if too little of the 'poisonous mist' survived, the chances of him reviving would be very small.

It was like dividing his spirit into countless parts, and most of them were destroyed. The difficulty of reviving was imaginable.

Moreover, even if he did revive in this way, his personality would probably change drastically.

At that time, it was hard to say if he would even be himself anymore.

If this happened repeatedly, he might even lose the basic thinking logic and emotional elements of being human.

The final result might be turning into a living pool of 'bacteria'.

Thinking of this, Seimei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "As expected of a twisted world, there are truly many madmen and geniuses!"

Seimei didn't know how Yougui achieved this, but regardless of how he did it, there was no denying that he was a true genius.

'Hopefully, there will be a chance to meet again in the future!'

Thinking this in his heart, Seimei stood up, looked at the few surviving subordinates, thought for a moment, and said, "Clean up the battlefield and see if there are any stragglers."

"Yes, Captain!"

The few of them responded and scattered.

Once they were far away, Seimei couldn't wait to open his proficiency panel.

The next moment, the familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 12 years old

Constitution: 12 -> 13

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 22500 (33268 -> 35732)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three Tomoe ((9999/10000)

Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv5 (261/5000) -> lv5 (338/5000)

Wind Style: Wind Blade: lv4 (750/2000) -> lv4 (1650/2000)

Shadow Clone Technique: lv3 (290/1000) -> lv3 (335/1000)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (1920/5000) -> lv5 (1965/5000)

Rasengan: lv4 (1390/2000) -> lv4 (1700/2000)

Mystical Palm Technique: lv6 (3727/10000) -> lv6 (6725/10000)

Chakra Scalpel: lv4 (702/2000) -> lv4 (772/2000)

Reflecting Heart Technique: lv7 (4885/20000)

Swordsmanship: lv6 (1350/10000) -> lv6 (2285/10000)

Illusion Sword Technique: lv2 (20/500) -> lv2 (250/500)

Flash Sword Technique: lv1 (160/200)

Chakra Control: lv4 (1805/2000) -> lv4 (1965/2000)

Perfected Skills:]

As you can see, after this bodily transformation, his 'Constitution' attribute, as expected, increased by one point, from 12 to 13.

Thanks to this, his potential further improved, and his theoretical chakra limit increased from the original 44,000 points to 56,000 points.

In addition, due to the increase in constitution, his body's ability to withstand pressure also improved, allowing him to extend the time he could use the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' by one hour each day.

If that were all, the amount of chakra he could recover each day would only increase by about 2,000 points.

In reality, the increase was far more than that.

In fact, this was just a small part. The real significant increase was in the speed at which his body naturally recovered chakra after his constitution improved.

Combining the two, Seimei estimated that he could now recover about 42,000 chakra points per day, up from the previous 33,000.

Undoubtedly, this was a considerable improvement, and all his skills would benefit from it.

Moreover, as his 'Constitution' attribute increased from 12 to 13, he was one step closer to his 'Spirit' attribute of 15.

This meant that he was one step closer to safely awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.

He even felt that he could try to awaken it now!

Looking at his Three Tomoe Sharingan (9999/10000), Seimei hesitated for a moment but ultimately suppressed the thought.

Since he had endured for so long, there was no reason to give up halfway.

Seimei decided to wait a bit longer, until he raised his 'Constitution' attribute to 14, before attempting to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

By then, even if his spiritual power surged and put pressure on his body, it shouldn't be fatal.

"Alright, that's what I'll do."

Seimei instantly made up his mind.

(End of Chapter)