Chapter 145 Chasing Troops
Two hours later.

When Qing Ming once again released the 'Shadow Clone Technique' and completed a new round of training, the chakra belonging to the Rock Ninja was finally exhausted.

At this time, the surroundings were still quiet, just as he expected. Two hours was not enough for the Rock Ninja to surround this place.

"call--"

Qing Ming heaved a sigh of relief, came to the last two Iwagakure Chunins, formed seals with his hands, and performed the 'Chakra Absorption Technique'.

After just a few breaths, his chakra was restored to its full state, while the two Rock Ninjas on the ground completely lost their vitality due to the rapid loss of mental and physical energy.

Although a lot of his own information has been leaked, Qingming still does not want the Iwagakure Village to know why he attacked these people.

Therefore, before leaving, he performed the 'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique' as usual and burned the corpse on the ground.

This way, the Iwagakure Village would not be able to discover what he had done through the corpse.

After cleaning up the battlefield and erasing his own traces, Qing Ming quickly left the place and ran straight towards the southeast.

Next, he needed to cross the area of ​​nearly half of the Land of Earth, follow the southwestern border, enter the Land of Rain, and finally return to the area under the actual control of Konoha.

That’s right, Qingming is planning to return now.

Although there is no news yet from the Third Raikage, Qing Ming estimates that the other party will not be able to hold on for too long. He will definitely die by tonight at the latest.

Instead of waiting until then to take action, it is better to set off now. This way, maybe we can avoid the eyes and ears of some of the Iwagakure Village!
However, what Qingming didn't know was that shortly after he left, a four-man team from the Iwagakure Village arrived here.

Unlike ordinary teams, these four people were wearing black robes and masks, and they were obviously an Anbu team.

The four members of the team looked at the charred corpse on the ground. Although they didn't say anything, their temperaments were all a little bit colder.

"Ring tone!"

The leading Anbu ninja suddenly spoke.

Without his instructions, the ANBU ninja codenamed Suzune responded, "Got it, Captain!"

After saying this, she quickly completed the seal, opened her mouth slightly, and an invisible sound wave quickly spread out in all directions with her as the center.

Lingyin closed her eyes, moved her ears slightly, and listened carefully to the changes in the sound waves.

After a moment, she opened her eyes, shook her head at the leading Anbu ninja, and said, "Captain, the person has left."

"black?"

The ANBU captain heard this and turned his head to look at the other ANBU ninja.

The Anbu ninja codenamed Kuro didn't waste any time and immediately began to carefully inspect the scene.

Although Qingming erased all traces of himself before leaving, he could not withstand such meticulous investigation, so he was soon discovered by the Anbu ninja who was good at tracking.

He brought several teammates to a place in the stone forest, pointed at a blurry footprint on the ground, and said, "Captain, this is what the target left."

"is it?"

The leading Anbu ninja carefully observed the footprints for a while, then looked at the direction of the toes and said, "So the other party ran towards this direction?"

"Yes."

Hei replied affirmatively.

"very good!"

The Anbu captain nodded and immediately shouted coldly: "Let's go."

After saying that, he used the "Telekinesis Technique" and left.

Seeing this, the other three immediately followed.

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at the same time.

Qingming, who was walking in the woods, suddenly felt uneasy.

He stopped and carefully sensed his surroundings.

However, nothing was found.

"Is this an illusion?" Qing Ming thought to himself.

But he quickly put the idea out of his mind.

Qingming believed in his intuition that there must be danger approaching.

After thinking about it, Qingming no longer followed the original path, but changed direction and took a detour to reach his destination.

After walking for a while, the uneasy feeling disappeared.

Qingming breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could be happy for long, after only about an hour, that uneasy feeling appeared again.

If the last time could be called an illusion, then this time it cannot be called an illusion at all.

After all, how can an illusion be exactly the same twice?

Qing Ming changed direction without any hesitation.

At the same time, he also carefully cleaned up the traces he left behind.

Sure enough, this time the uneasy feeling disappeared for longer.

But in the end, the feeling returned.

At this point, Qing Ming was basically certain that someone was following him, and at a very close distance, otherwise he would not have such a strong sense of uneasiness.

If he hadn't guessed, the other party should be a ninja from the Iwagakure Village, but anyone who could make him feel uneasy must be very powerful.

In this case, Qing Ming naturally could not confront the opponent head-on. Knowing that the enemy was stronger, he still confronted him head-on. That was not bravery, but recklessness.

With this thought in mind, Qingming changed his direction again.

This time, he not only cleared all traces of himself, but also used the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to create a shadow clone.

Then, he and his shadow clone looked at each other and ran in different directions.

The shadow clone maintained a slightly faster speed than before to attract the enemy to chase, while Qingming used the "Instant Body Technique" to the fullest extent to move forward at the fastest speed.

That’s right, Qing Ming didn’t want to meet the other party face to face, nor did he think of ambush the other party or anything like that.

Now, he just wants to leave the Land of Earth as soon as possible and return to Konoha's actual control area.

The reason why he was so anxious was very simple. The shadow clone who stayed behind at the Third Raikage's side had just sent news that the Third Raikage had died in battle.

This means that the Iwagakure Village will have enough manpower to use in the future.

Although most of them have to return to the front line, just a small part of them will be enough for him to survive.

Therefore, what he had to do now was to leave the Land of Earth immediately. Before that, he must not get entangled with the Rock Ninja.

Thinking this in his mind, Qingming quickened his pace.

Qing Ming was somewhat glad that he had mastered the 'Body Instant Technique' to perfection early on. Now when he used it, it was really like flying.

With this, coupled with his chakra that far exceeds that of an average jonin, Qingming is confident that he can shake off the pursuers behind him.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he will ignore the pursuers behind him.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

Even if he had no intention of engaging with the enemy in the rear, and the two sides were unlikely to meet, it was still necessary to understand the enemy just in case.

And the shadow clone he just sent out has this mission.

That shadow has as many as 10,000 chakra points in his body. As long as you are careful not to get hit and reduce the number of head-on collisions, even a Jonin may not be able to defeat him.

Avoiding enemy attacks might be difficult for other people's shadow clones, but it is very easy for him who possesses the Sharingan.

In this way, it should not be difficult to spy on the enemy's intelligence.

(End of this chapter)