An hour later, ti had slipped by.
Seii paused his physical enhancent training and used the Earth Release: Ultra-Lightweight Rock Technique to reduce his body's density, then swam upward.
Upon reaching the marked location, he sensed the Flying Thunder God seal on Moon Island. With a thought, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.
His vision shifted instantly.
In a split second, he went from the dim, oppressive ocean floor to the bright, open island.
Dispelling the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and shedding the lightning chakra mbrane around him, Seii let out a long breath.
His lungs kicked back into action.
This felt much more comfortable.
Though he no longer needed to breathe through his mouth or nose—his evolved skin-based respiratory system could sustain him for a long ti—habits from two lifetis weren't so easily broken. He still preferred breathing like a normal person.
After a brief mont to adjust, Seii didn't waste ti. He summoned a burst of Fire Release chakra to dry the water from his body, then dispelled the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
In an instant, all the shadow clones, both on and off the island, vanished.
A flood of mories surged into his mind.
Seii closed his eyes, carefully sifting through them, absorbing and digesting the various training experiences they contained.
Ti ticked by.
About fifteen minutes later, he opened his eyes again.
Standing still, he reflected briefly before practicing Pinnacle of the Body based on the mories.
Once, twice.
Three tis, five tis.
Soon, he'd gone through over twenty repetitions.
Finally, after thirty, he stopped completely.
By then, all the experience related to Pinnacle of the Body in his mind had been converted into skill proficiency.
Opening his panel, Seii glanced at it and saw that the proficiency gained was nearly double what he'd normally achieve.
This showed just how effective adding thirty more shadow clones to his training was.
Moreover, Seii had a faint sense that 280 shadow clones weren't his limit.
While boosting his "Constitution" attribute didn't directly increase his ntal capacity, the mind and body weren't entirely separate.
This boost had slightly increased his ntal endurance as well.
Seii estimated he could now handle 300 shadow clones training at high intensity without issue.
No sooner thought than done. After swallowing a few enhanced soldier pills to replenish his energy, Seii cast the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, summoning 300 shadow clones.
He assigned 200 to fuse Water and Lightning Release, while the remaining 100 focused on practicing Pinnacle of the Body.
It was clear that his proficiency would accumulate even faster now.
But the exact results would have to wait until an hour later.
In the anti, Seii wasn't about to sit idle.
Just like before, he dove back to the ocean floor to resu his physical enhancent training.
An hour later, as expected, the growth rate of Pinnacle of the Body had accelerated.
Seii considered summoning even more shadow clones to speed things up further, but since his mind and body had only just regained a bit of balance, he decided not to push it.
So, from then on, he stuck to 300 shadow clones per training session.
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The sun set and rose.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
That morning, with over an hour to go before noon, Pinnacle of the Body reached the perfected state of Lv7 (0/0).
This was the limit of its current frawork.
To improve further, he'd need to break that frawork and optimize Pinnacle of the Body even more.
Seii already had an idea for this: as ntioned before, he'd integrate the process of physical enhancent into it.
This would not only raise the skill's ceiling but also streamline his training, saving ti and boosting efficiency.
That, however, was for later.
For now, he wanted to test how much the perfected Lv7 (0/0) Pinnacle of the Body would boost his Byakugan's evolution when used alone.
In the past, when he practiced this technique with his main body, it could promote the Byakugan's evolution.
But back then, his goal was only to digest training experiences, so he didn't practice it much, resulting in limited effects.
Now, he'd focus entirely on performing the technique.
The results were bound to be different.
With that thought, Seii concentrated and began executing Pinnacle of the Body.
As soon as he did, he noticed the difference.
At Lv7 (0/0), performing the technique made his chakra flow through his body, constantly stimulating his cells.
Faintly, he felt sothing in his body awaken, steadily pushing his Byakugan toward evolution.
Of course, this process required chakra infusion.
Like with the Mind Reflection Technique, much of his chakra flowed through his ridians to the Byakugan at his forehead.
However, compared to directly nurturing the Byakugan, the chakra consumption was much lower—even when factoring in the cost of practicing Pinnacle of the Body.
Seii let out a small sigh of relief.
After all, while he had a lot of daily usable chakra, he couldn't afford to squander it.
Thankfully, switching to Pinnacle of the Body actually increased his available chakra.
Ti slipped by.
Before he knew it, Seii had been practicing for two hours.
By then, he could feel his body reaching its limit.
Not his Byakugan—his body.
Ultimately, using Pinnacle of the Body to boost the Byakugan's evolution ant stimulating his bloodline or genes to guide the process.
But a person's body has its limits; it can't be stimulated endlessly.
Doing so would only lead to one outco: physical collapse.
Seii wasn't about to make that mistake.
Thus, the bottleneck for his Byakugan's evolution was no longer the eye itself but his body's endurance.
In the short term, this might slow his Byakugan's evolution, but in the long run, it raised the ceiling significantly.
After all, his body's endurance would grow with his "Constitution" attribute.
And for now, his Byakugan's evolution speed hadn't even slowed down.
"Panel!"
With a thought, Seii opened his proficiency panel.
In the bloodline section, the Byakugan's evolution progress had increased by twenty points.
Indeed, even at just Lv7, Pinnacle of the Body had surpassed the crude nurturing thod he'd used before.
Seii was more than satisfied with the result.
(End of Chapter)
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