Chapter 109 The End
Gathering the three together, Qing Ming didn't waste any more time. He raised his hand and was about to perform the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to create a shadow clone to take them back.

At this moment, a memory suddenly emerged in his mind, which was the process of Shafeng being sent to the cave space.

Obviously, this is the memory of the previous shadow clone.

Through memory, Qing Ming already knew that the other party had successfully completed the task.

This made him secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Before, he was worried that the shadow clone would encounter some trouble along the way, and was afraid of losing Shafeng, the large 'chakra battery'.

Now it seems that he was worrying too much, and the shadow clone completed his task perfectly.

"In that case, let's continue!"

With a thought, Qing Ming once again used the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

Fortunately, the level 1 'Shadow Clone Technique' can maintain a limit of three shadow clones, otherwise it would be difficult for him to send the three Sand Ninjas back at once.

Bang~bang~
Two clouds of chakra smoke dissipated, and two shadow clones exactly like Qingming appeared on the scene.

The reason why it is not split into three paths is because there is a shadow clone guarding the cave space, so only two paths can be split here.

Fortunately, two shadow clones are enough.

Without Qingming's order, two shadow clones stepped forward, picked up the three people on the ground, nodded at him, and left without saying a word.

Watching the two people leaving, Qing Ming felt the chakra in his body and found that there were less than two thousand points left, which made him feel very insecure.

Originally, he had planned to rush to Area E12 as soon as possible to see if he could take advantage of the situation and capture a few more Sand Ninjas.

Now.
forget it!
However, we can't just do nothing.

He told Kamijou Yoichi that he was going to area E12 for support. If he didn't go, it might cause unnecessary suspicion later.

There are many secrets around him now, so it is better not to arouse suspicion if possible.

After thinking about it, Qingming finally decided to continue to area E12.

But the speed can be slowed down a bit.

In this way, when he arrives, if the shadow clone has finished the job, he can cancel the ninjutsu and allow his chakra to recover, then he can continue with the previous plan.

If he didn't make it in time, he could only do nothing.

Anyway, Qingming will not joke about his own life.

Having made the decision, Qing Ming did not delay any longer and immediately rushed to area E12.

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After half an hour.

Qingming arrived at area E12.

At this time, the two shadow clones he had sent out had completed their mission, and his chakra had recovered to more than 5,000 points.

According to the original plan, he should take advantage of the situation to capture more Sand Ninjas and expand the 'Chakra Battery' group.

However, his plan ended before it even began.

It’s not that there are no Sand Ninjas left on the field.

On the contrary, the number of Sand Ninjas here far exceeded his expectations.

But precisely because of this, he did not dare to act rashly.

There was no other reason. The intensity of the attack from the Sand Village this time was clearly beyond his plan.

Now, even though the Konoha ninjas from several surrounding areas have come to support, the Sand ninjas still have no intention of retreating, and the battle in the field even seems to be getting more intense.

In this situation, how could Qing Ming dare to fish in troubled waters?
In fact, as soon as he showed up, he was immediately targeted.

With no other choice, they could only join the war.

Relying on his sharp swordsmanship and a pair of double-magatama Sharingan, Qingming killed nine Sand Ninjas in succession within an hour, greatly relieving the pressure on the Konoha Ninjas in the nearby area.

But because of this, he was targeted by a Sand Village jonin, whose strength was even greater than that of Shafeng.

Qingming was in average condition and didn't want to fight the opponent head-on, so he simply paddled in the water and stopped attacking, just defending and dodging.

Although the jonin on the other side was powerful, he couldn't do anything to him for a while, so he could only keep testing him. In this way, time passed by minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour passed.

It was getting dark and it was almost time for the shift change. Qingming felt that if he delayed any further, these Sand Ninjas would not have to leave.

You know, a change of defense means the arrival of new forces.

Based on Qingming’s previous two experiences, almost half of the team would be replaced every time the defense changed.

With so many new forces, Qingming didn’t think the Sand Ninjas on the field could hold on, so the other side would most likely withdraw before this.

As for the possibility that the other side was not clear about their switching time, he directly ruled out this possibility.

How could the other party easily launch such an offensive without conducting a detailed investigation on them?

What's more, the rotation time is no secret. With so many people every time, it is very easy to figure it out.

Sure enough, not long after, sharp whistles suddenly sounded in many places on the field.

Upon hearing the whistle, the Sand Ninjas present immediately gave up their opponents and gathered around the nearby Jonin as quickly as possible.

Afterwards, led by a group of Sand Village jonin, they charged straight out.

In a short while, they broke through the defense line of Konoha's temporary organization and rushed out of the encirclement.

The leaders of Konoha obviously did not want the other party to leave so easily, and quickly gave the order to pursue.

So, the Konoha ninjas who were still able to move began to hunt down the Sand ninjas again.

In this situation, some Sand Ninjas inevitably fell behind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qingming captured two Sand Village Chunins alive again and let his shadow clone take them away. The whole process was extremely cautious and did not reveal any flaws.

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In a flash, it was an hour later.

The pursuit was temporarily suspended and all Konoha ninjas returned to their respective bases.

The Konoha Brigade, which came to relieve the guard, arrived an hour in advance and without staying for long, hurriedly headed further west.

There is the front line against the Sand Village.

After they left, Qingming received an order to cancel this and the next "vacation".

In the next half month, everyone must continue the tasks of the past week, strengthen patrols, strictly prevent infiltration by Sand Ninjas, and ensure the safety of the base camp.

As for the understaffed teams, the base camp will add more personnel as appropriate later.

In addition, Qingming also learned the latest situation on the front line from the squad leader, Ukyo Tashiro.

Just as he guessed, two strongholds on the front line had indeed been breached by the Sand Village, and now other strongholds were dispatching personnel to fight for those two strongholds.

And those new reinforcements who did not stay behind were going to the front line to provide support.

However, Qingming estimated that these people might not be enough.

The Sand Village had taken over the stronghold with great difficulty, and they couldn't give it up easily.

Therefore, the base camp should continue to send additional personnel in the next few days.

"No wonder the order said that the headquarters would add personnel to each team as appropriate. It turns out that there are not enough people."

From this, it can be seen that Konoha’s reserve forces are actually not enough.

If this continues, shrinking the defense line is almost an inevitable choice.

"It's just that I'm not sure how long the front line can hold out. This time the stronghold was breached, I'm afraid it's just the beginning. From now on, this kind of thing will probably become the norm."

In other words, the second line will no longer be just the second line, because they will encounter large numbers of enemies at any time.

After thinking for a long time, Qingming shook his head.

I thought to myself, "Why think so much? As long as I maintain my rapid growth in strength, I can easily deal with any danger I encounter."

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming no longer wasted time. After saying hello to the team on duty at night, he returned to his residence and began to practice on his own.

(End of this chapter)