In the blink of an eye, nearly two hours had passed. It was already late afternoon.
By the time Blue Ming had finished treating all the wounded on the southern battlefield, his chakra had been consumed to nearly two-thirds of its total capacity.
Looking at the last injured person being carried away, Blue Ming stretched lazily. After a long while, he finally stood up straight.
With a thought, Blue Ming opened his proficiency panel.
He saw that in the skill section, the "Poison Extraction Technique" had successfully leveled up to Lv6, making the technique even more effective.
Now, with the exception of some particularly troublesome toxins and pathogens, Blue Ming could handle the vast majority of toxins and diseases. It was merely a matter of how much chakra it consumed.
Once his "Poison Extraction Technique" reached Lv7, the most troublesome toxins and pathogens would no longer pose a problem.
However, this would take some time.
After all, upgrading from Lv6 to Lv7 required a staggering 10,000 proficiency points, which was no small amount.
Blue Ming moved his gaze away from "Poison Extraction Technique" and turned to the other two medical ninjutsu—"Chakra Scalpel" and "Healing Palm Technique."
He could see that these two techniques had also increased in proficiency, but compared to "Poison Extraction Technique," the improvement was still less significant.
Moreover, one of these two techniques, "Healing Palm Technique," had already reached Lv8, and upgrading it would require 50,000 proficiency points. Currently, its progress was just over halfway, and the nearly 1,000 proficiency points gained this time were almost negligible.
As for "Chakra Scalpel," although its level wasn't as high as "Healing Palm Technique," it had already reached Lv6.
So, while the nearly 1,000 proficiency points had moved the progress bar slightly, it still hadn't reached the edge of a breakthrough.
Blue Ming felt a bit regretful about this.
However, it was impossible for him to continue wasting chakra to improve this skill.
The reason was simple: in this world, at this moment, strength was the most important thing. Without sufficient strength, even the highest level of medical skills wouldn't be meaningful.
Thus, his primary focus needed to be on improving his strength.
In the short term, the quickest way to increase his power was to develop his earth-style chakra, making up for his weaknesses.
Fortunately, the night before, he had successfully inscribed the technique "Earth Style: Earth Spike" onto his proficiency panel.
Next, as long as he could master it to the basic level, learning the other two earth-style techniques would be no problem.
With these three techniques in hand, he could significantly accelerate his progress in developing earth-style chakra.
This would, in turn, help him improve the three earth-style ninjutsu, forming a perfect cycle.
"Earth Style: Earth Spike" and "Earth Style: Earth Wall" were fairly standard—one was offensive, the other defensive—and he could replace them with other ninjutsu if necessary.
However, "Earth Style: Hardening" was different. Once he mastered it, his safety would increase dramatically.
For example, if he were to encounter a situation like today, where he was attacked from the air by kunai and senbon, he could use this technique to defend himself.
It would be extremely useful.
However, this was contingent upon improving the proficiency of the technique.
With this in mind, Blue Ming decided to pause his practice of "Wind Style: Rasengan" and redirect the seven thousand chakra points he had been spending on it daily to developing his earth-style chakra and improving the proficiency of the three earth-style techniques.
This would allow him to make rapid progress in a short amount of time.
As Blue Ming was contemplating this, a familiar voice reached his ears.
"Blue Ming, the captain of the Zano team requests that you return to the base as soon as possible. The counterattack will begin in about two hours, and your participation is essential."
The person speaking was none other than Yamanaka Aoi, who had been in contact with him.
Hearing this, Blue Ming finally remembered that the battle wasn't entirely over yet. However, judging by his tone, it seemed like the final counterattack was almost here.
Yet, he was asked to participate in this last counterattack.
Blue Ming furrowed his brows slightly, fell into silence for a moment, then sighed softly and said, "Alright, I understand."
With that, he dispelled the chakra and mental energy that had invaded his mind, giving the other person no chance to speak further.
Standing still, he thought for a while, and after a long pause, Blue Ming raised his hand to form hand seals, activating "Wind Style: Wings of the Wind" and flying toward the northern base.
Based on his current rate of chakra regeneration, which was about 12,000 chakra points per hour, in two hours, he would have regenerated 25,000 chakra points.
With the 30,000 points already in his reserves, he would have more than 50,000 chakra points by the time of the counterattack.
This amount of chakra would be more than enough to ensure his safety in the upcoming battle.
Although he didn't intend to contribute much to the counterattack, his reputation alone would make him a high-priority target for the enemies from the Mist Village.
Moreover, he had just recently killed Qing, taking away the Byakugan that the Mist Village had worked so hard to obtain. While the Mist Village might not know about this yet, they would certainly hold him responsible for it.
It was almost inevitable that he would be targeted.
Therefore, being cautious was paramount.
As for skipping the battle, that was nearly impossible.
Not only did he no longer have a valid excuse to stay behind, but even if he did, Zano Shinji would never allow him, a top-tier combatant, to remain behind.
Similarly, other Konoha ninjas would want a powerful expert like him protecting them on the battlefield.
This was the public sentiment, the tide of war.
As long as he hadn't yet decided to abandon Konoha, it was almost certain that he would be swept along by the momentum of the situation.
Fortunately, his strength was enough that even if he were dragged into the battle, he was confident in his ability to protect himself.
As for being upset about it, well, of course, he was.
But for now, there was nothing he could do about it.
Shaking off these thoughts, Blue Ming continued flying toward the Black Stone Base.
In less than a minute, he had arrived at the base.
Although most of the Konoha ninjas had already gone off to fight, the base wasn't completely deserted. In fact, it was rather busy.
The reason for this was simple: most of the injured ninjas from the front lines had been brought back here and were receiving treatment from medical ninjas.
However, Blue Ming didn't plan to help this time.
He merely glanced around before losing interest.
Quickly making his way to his quarters, Blue Ming closed his eyes to rest.
Indeed, with the existence of "Chakra Absorption Technique," he didn't have to worry about running out of chakra during the large-scale battles.
However, both the previous fights with the Mist ninjas and the time spent treating the Konoha ninjas had drained much of his energy, leaving him mentally exhausted.
Even though his chakra reserves were fine, he still needed rest.
And that was precisely why he hadn't offered assistance this time.
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