Chapter 142: Big Harvest

"Captain!"

Seeing that the Iwagakure Jōnin had narrowly avoided being pierced by Aomi's sword, several Iwagakure Chūnin immediately shouted in alarm, preparing to jump in and fight Aomi together.

However, with just a glance, Aomi brought down the first Iwagakure Chūnin who had rushed forward.

Without giving the Chūnin time to wake from the genjutsu, Aomi swiftly sent a shuriken flying toward him.

The shuriken traced a graceful arc through the air, landing precisely in the Chūnin's abdomen. Although this disabled him, it did not take his life.

This sudden display of skill left the remaining two Iwagakure Chūnin stunned. They immediately stopped in their tracks.

"Be careful! Don't meet his eyes!" The Iwagakure Jōnin finally spoke, his voice warning and cold.

"Heh," Aomi chuckled softly and launched his next attack.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed continuously.

Despite fighting against three opponents, Aomi was entirely unfazed.

No, to be more precise, he was completely overpowering them.

Two ordinary Chūnin and a severely injured Tokubetsu Jōnin couldn't pressure Aomi at all. In fact, the only reason he hadn't ended the fight already was that he needed to avoid vital areas to keep them alive.

But it was time to wrap this up.

Aomi cast a quick glance into the deeper part of the forest.

There, he could vaguely see the figures of wounded people approaching, some of them wrapped in bandages. Behind them were more individuals struggling to stand.

Clearly, the groaning sounds he had heard earlier came from these injured soldiers.

The Iwagakure Jōnin and the three Chūnin were their protectors.

To avoid any unexpected developments, Aomi decided to reveal one of his hidden techniques and quickly finish the fight.

Clang!

Once again, kunai clashed with his short sword.

Staring at the Iwagakure Jōnin who was now within arm's reach, Aomi suddenly raised his left hand. In the Jōnin's shocked gaze, Aomi completed a hand sign with just one hand.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"

Aomi opened his mouth and spat out dozens of small fireballs resembling phoenix seeds.

The distance was too close. Even though the Iwagakure Jōnin realized the danger and tried to retreat, he couldn't completely avoid the attack.

Two fireballs hit his legs, and the scorching heat rendered him incapable of further movement.

Not just him—Aomi's precise control over the fireballs had also cornered the other two Chūnin, who couldn't escape either.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two shurikens flew through the air, striking both Chūnin in the abdomen. Once again, their lives were spared, but their combat abilities were completely neutralized.

At that moment, the sound of the injured soldiers' footsteps grew closer.

Without any hesitation, Aomi immediately formed a cross with his fingers and used the "Shadow Clone Jutsu." His single figure instantly split into six.

Aomi glanced at his newly created four shadow clones and said, "You handle this."

"Got it."

The shadow clones nodded and then charged toward the forest.

With their strength, dealing with the injured soldiers would be more than enough.

...

Ten minutes later.

The battle was over.

All the captured enemies were knocked unconscious and gathered in one place.

Looking at the pile of Iwagakure ninja lying on the ground, Aomi could no longer hide his excitement.

"Indeed, it was the right decision to come here."

Muttering to himself, Aomi began to count the captives.

After counting, his smile grew wider.

No wonder—the captives numbered thirty-four, making it the most successful capture he'd ever achieved in a single mission.

Among these thirty-four captives, there was one Jōnin, twenty-seven Chūnin, and only six Genin.

Based on his past experiences, if he extracted chakra from them without concern for their lives, a single Genin could provide him with around 3,000 points of chakra. For a Chūnin, the range was between 6,000 and 10,000 points, while a Jōnin generally yielded at least 15,000 points.

Although most of these ninja were injured and wouldn't have much chakra left, the total amount was still significant.

Aomi did some quick calculations. If he drained all thirty-four of them dry, he could absorb around 200,000 points of chakra.

If he dedicated all this chakra to practicing the "Yingxin Jutsu," it would give him about 1,250 points of proficiency.

Accordingly, his Sharingan's evolutionary progress would also increase by 1,250 points.

This was undeniably a huge boost.

However, Aomi couldn't afford to do this.

The reason was simple: he didn't have enough time.

Each use of the "Yingxin Jutsu" lasted about a minute, and he would need to wait for the special chakra in his brain to dissipate before using it again.

To repeat the process 1,250 times would take a total of 20 hours, and he obviously couldn't stay here for that long.

As for how long he could actually stay…

Aomi walked over to the Iwagakure Jōnin he had fought earlier.

Slap! Slap!

Two slaps brought the man back to consciousness.

Without giving him time to react, Aomi cast "Genjutsu: Sharingan" to extract information from the Jōnin's memories.

Soon, Aomi had his answer: he had a maximum of three hours.

In three hours, reinforcements would arrive to escort these injured ninja, and Aomi needed to be gone by then.

In other words, he only had three hours to practice the Yingxin Jutsu.

That was barely enough time to consume about 30,000 points of chakra.

Of course, Aomi had considered using shadow clones to speed things up.

But that wasn't feasible.

The "Yingxin Jutsu" directly stimulated the brain to generate a special type of chakra, which then triggered the evolution of the Sharingan. Shadow clones, while being physical replicas, couldn't perform this specific process.

At this moment, Aomi regretted not learning a chakra storage technique like the "Yin Seal."

But regret wouldn't help now; he had to make do with what he had.

Although shadow clones couldn't assist with the Yingxin Jutsu, they could still practice other techniques—just not as efficiently.

Proficiency, after all, was about understanding the jutsu. Even without the proficiency system, shadow clones could still accumulate experience during practice.

As long as Aomi continually gathered this experience, turning it into proficiency, and then created new shadow clones, he could eventually overcome any bottleneck in his training.

This was the solution he came up with after realizing his shadow clones couldn't directly benefit from the proficiency system.

In the past, when chakra was scarce, there was no need for this method.

But now, the situation was different, and it was the perfect time to test it out.

Aomi called over four of his shadow clones, splitting them into two groups to train in "Genjutsu: Sharingan" and "Rasengan."

Meanwhile, he focused on practicing the Yingxin Jutsu.

As for the final shadow clone, its job was to stand guard.

Although Aomi had extracted information from the Iwagakure Jōnin's mind, the battlefield was unpredictable, and there was always the possibility that the Iwagakure reinforcements could arrive early.

He couldn't afford to let his guard down.

With everything in place, Aomi wasted no more time and immediately used the "Chakra Absorption Jutsu" to draw chakra from the Iwagakure Jōnin.

Once his chakra reserves were full, he quickly entered his training mode.

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