Chapter 171: Boiling Escape
Time goes back half a minute.

The seven-member Iwagakure team was rushing through the forest.

Suddenly, the leading man stopped.

Seeing this, the others also stopped.

"What's wrong, Han?"

One person asked.

Han raised his hand, signaling the other party to be quiet, then closed his eyes and carefully sensed the changes in the chakra in his body.

A few seconds later, a ray of dark red chakra suddenly emerged from his body. The ominous aura it exuded made the six people around him involuntarily take a step back.

Even the four special jonin were ready to take action and perform sealing techniques specifically designed to deal with the Five-Tails.

Unexpectedly, it was all just a false alarm. The dark red chakra only appeared for a few seconds and then disappeared quietly.

Han opened his eyes again, glanced at the four people who were preparing to seal, and then said, "Someone was spying on me just now, which caused dissatisfaction in the guy inside me."

After saying that, he entered the Boiling Escape state without caring about the reactions of the other six teammates.

He raised his chakra to boiling point in one breath, then used the steam to propel his armor, thereby driving himself forward, rapidly approaching Qingming's location.

Just now, with the help of the Five-Tails' chakra, he sensed the source of that prying gaze.

So, without saying anything, he rushed over.

Looking at the Han going away, the other six people looked at each other, and then chased after him together.

Although their mission on this trip was to assist Han and prevent Qingming and others from leaving, they also had another very important task, which was to keep an eye on Han.

Although Han's condition has become very stable and he has no second thoughts about the village, he is still a Jinchūriki after all and cannot escape from control no matter what.

So, they kept their eyes on each other.

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Ten seconds later.

Qing Ming looked at the tall figure with steam all over his body, rushing forward, and muttered to himself: "Is this the boiling escape? It's really domineering!"

Then he estimated his own speed and Hinata Linghuo's speed, as well as the distance between them and Han.

Finally, he came to the conclusion that it was impossible for them to meet up with the main force before the other side caught up with them if they ran like this.

In that case, there is no need to escape mindlessly.

It just so happened that he also wanted to test the opponent's strength.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming said to Hinata Linghuo, "The enemy is too fast. I will stay here to stop them for a while. You rush back and report the intelligence here."

"But."

When Hinata Linghuo heard this, his expression froze. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Qingming.

"Hurry up and don't waste time."

Seeing Qingming's firm attitude, Hinata Linghuo glanced at the man who was approaching rapidly in the distance.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, don't fight him head-on. There are six people approaching behind him. I will bring them here as soon as possible."

After saying that, he used the "Telekinesis Technique" and moved away from Qingming.

Seeing him leave, Qingming twisted his neck and said, "Let me see the strength of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki!"

As he spoke, he formed seals with his hands, and the three magatama in his pupils spun rapidly, as if he was about to perform some kind of illusion.

At this time, Han had come to a place less than thirty meters away from him. Seeing his appearance, he immediately lowered his hat to block his vision.

Seeing this, Qing Ming smiled slightly, suddenly put down his hands that were forming seals, then quickly took out six kunai from his ninja tool bag and shot them directly at Han in two batches.

By the time Han realized something was wrong, the first three kunai had already appeared in front of him.

However, Han did not panic at all. He just raised his right arm and blocked it forward.

Then, three "ding ding ding" sounds were heard, and three kunai were actually knocked away.

Seeing this scene, Qingming's pupils shrank slightly. He did not expect that the opponent's armor was so hard.

If he had seen correctly, the three kunai should have created a few sparks when they hit the opponent's arm. "It seems that a simple kunai attack is useless."

'Fortunately, I was prepared!'

His thoughts raced, Qing Ming's hands trembled, and three imperceptible steel wires appeared.

Then, a force spread along the steel wire and finally reached the three kunai at the other end.

That’s right, these second batch of three kunai are all tied with steel wires at the back, the purpose of which is to prevent the simple kunai attack from failing to break through the defense.

It turned out that his preparation was not in vain.

Qing Ming used the steel wire to control the second batch of three kunai, letting them fly past Han's body.

"what?"

Seeing this scene, Han was a little surprised and didn't know what Qingming was going to do.

But the next moment, his expression changed.

There was no other reason. The three kunai flew behind him, suddenly crossed each other, turned back, crossed again, and finally tightened suddenly, trapping him in place.

If it were just that, it would be fine. He is wearing armor and is not afraid of the harm from these steel wires.

But the problem was that Qingming was already forming hand seals, obviously about to perform some kind of ninjutsu.

Without any hesitation, Han immediately mobilized the chakra in his body, instantly raised it to boiling point, and then released it.

The next moment, the full body armor worn by Han was slightly expanded by the high-temperature steam.

As a result, the steel wire wrapped around the armor was forced to stretch a little.

Then, Han stopped releasing chakra, and the armor shrank accordingly. In the process of expansion and contraction, tiny gaps appeared between the steel wire and the surface of the armor.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Han formed seals with his hands and performed the "Substitution Technique".

Then, he escaped from the steel wire like a loach, leaving only a stone in its place.

It may sound like a long process, but it actually happened in a flash.

And almost at the moment he escaped, Qingming performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu!
I saw three lines of fire moving rapidly forward along the steel wire, engulfing the man not far away in the blink of an eye.

However, Qing Ming stopped casting the spell before the flames could continue to burn.

The next moment, a "woooo" sound came from the side, and along with it came a sharp sound of wind.

Qingming glanced and saw a tall red figure rushing towards him. The terrifying power seemed to want to crush him to death.

In fact, if the opponent's attack really hit him, he might really be killed.

But is this possible?
Qing Ming had already locked onto the opponent's whereabouts when the opponent used the 'Substitution Technique' to dodge his 'Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique' attack.

In this way, it is naturally impossible to be caught off guard by the other party.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Qing Ming pushed the ground with his feet and instantly retreated backwards.

Han rushed straight at him, but only hit the afterimage he left behind.

Looking at the man who was quickly passing by, Qingming suddenly drew out his dagger. The magatama in his pupils spun rapidly, instantly locking onto the gap in the opponent's armor and stabbing with the dagger.

If this sword hits, even if Han doesn't die, he will be seriously injured.

Therefore, the moment he sensed the danger, Han almost instinctively used the power of Boiling Release and ejected a large amount of chakra from his body.

Chi Chi Chi~
There was a sound like a gas leak.

A large amount of steam gushed out from the gaps in Han's armor and headed straight for Qingming's face.

Feeling the extremely high temperature in the steam, Qing Ming's face suddenly changed. He didn't dare to resist, so he had to quickly put away his sword and jumped backwards.

Despite this, he was still affected by some of the high-temperature steam, and in an instant, dense blisters appeared on his face and arms.

Feeling the burning sensation coming from these blisters, Qing Ming frowned. The opponent's difficulty was beyond his expectations.

(End of this chapter)