Chapter 187 Returning to the old business
Inside the Iwagakure stronghold.

Qing Ming was treating the wounds of his ninjas when he heard a sudden explosion, followed by a second and third explosion.
Qingming was very familiar with this sound. It was the sound made when the detonating talisman was detonated.

"Again?"

With a mutter, Qing Ming completed the treatment slowly and then walked out of the ward.

Looking down from the window, I saw dozens of Konoha ninjas appearing from various buildings and running towards the direction of the explosion.

There is no doubt that they must have gone to provide support.

As for the enemy
That must be the ninja from the Hidden Rock Village.

Today is the seventh day that they have been stationed in this base, and in the past seven days, the Rock Ninja has not stopped harassing them.

Not to mention those sporadic battles, there were four large-scale fights involving more than a hundred people between the two sides.

Although this provided Qingming with enough materials to practice medical ninjutsu, it also overwhelmed their team, and now they can only barely hold on.

However, the Iwagakure ninjas on the opposite side were not feeling well either. After several battles, their losses were not much worse than those of Konoha.

In fact, because their average combat power was not as good as that of the Konoha ninjas, they lost even more ninjas in terms of the number of ninjas lost.

Therefore, it is now difficult for the Rock Ninja to organize large-scale battles like the ones in the past few days, and now they mainly rely on harassment battles by small forces.

In general, the two sides are stuck here.

You ask why the Iwagakure Village didn't send more ninjas over?
It's simple, there aren't that many people.

This time it was not just their team that launched the attack, but the entire front line of Konoha ninjas were counterattacking.

Now, nearly two-thirds of the Iwagakure Village's first-line stronghold facing Konoha have been captured by Konoha, and these teams are still advancing rapidly to attack the second line of defense.

Compared to them, these places undoubtedly need more manpower.

If it were just that, it would be fine. There are a large number of ninjas in the Iwagakure Village, and if we squeeze them together, we can still free up some manpower.

But the key point is that Konoha's sudden counterattack allowed the Sand Village and the Cloud Village to see an opportunity and become ready to move.

The former was on the same battlefield in the Land of Rain as them, and was already trying to attack the neighboring Iwagakure stronghold.

As for the latter, although there is some internal chaos due to the death of the Third Raikage, don't forget that the Third Raikage died at the hands of the Iwagakure Village, and their will for revenge is very consistent.

Therefore, the Cloud Ninja troops are already attacking the Iwagakure border troops.

In this case, with three fronts to fight, the Iwagakure Village naturally cannot spare any extra manpower to deal with them.

Even Han, who had the strongest power, was transferred away.

It can be said that they have stabilized their position and no longer need to consider retreating further.

And
It is foreseeable that they will stay here for a considerable period of time.

Therefore, Qingming decided to go back to his old job and do his old business.

What is it you ask?
Of course, he would secretly capture enemy ninjas to serve as "chakra batteries". Twenty-one thousand chakra points a day would not be enough for him to practice.

Only with sufficient external chakra replenishment can his strength continue to grow rapidly.

Therefore, it is imperative to capture prisoners.

Qingming glanced at the battlefield in the distance and thought that today might be a good opportunity.

As for where to hide these captives.
He had already scouted the place over the past few days, and now all that was left was for the personnel to be in place.

Thinking this in his mind, Qing Ming left the temporary hospital and rushed to the battlefield quietly.

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In the dense forest.

The edge of the battlefield.

Two Iwagakure Chunins worked together to kill a Konoha Chunin, and were about to take a break to treat their injuries. At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from not far away.

"who?"

One of the Iwagakure Chunins was startled and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

But the next moment, he froze in place and stopped moving.

Seeing this, his companion quickly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

As he spoke, he also looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Qing Ming at a glance.

The iconic Sharingan, the short sword at his waist, and his young age made him recognize Qingming's identity at the first sight, and he exclaimed: "Ghost Sword Qingming!"

After saying this, he immediately looked away, and at the same time, he turned on his full senses and became alert to his surroundings, especially the blind spots in his vision, which he paid special attention to.

Obviously, as Qingming's attacks increased, the Iwagakure Village had already begun to study him and told the ninjas below about his fighting style and habits.

It was because of this that he inexplicably earned the nickname "Ghost Sword".

Qingming did not comment on this.

If his tactics were so easy to defend against, so many jonin wouldn't have suffered.

Looking at the vigilant Iwagakure Chunin in front of him, Qing Ming did not choose to throw a kunai or perform ninjutsu, or draw his sword, but directly used a "flash body technique" and came in front of him.

Then, he quickly formed the seven seals of 'Xin - Chou - Yin - Zi - Wu - Shen - Wei' with his hands and performed the ninjutsu - Chakra Scalpel.

The next moment, a faint chakra attached to his right hand, and as he swung his palm, it invaded the other person's body.

Qingming's palm clearly did not hit the opponent, but it caused his right arm to lose control.

This is one of the functions of the 'Chakra Scalpel', which is to cut off the opponent's muscles and chakra meridians, causing him to lose control of part of his body.

"Ah! What have you done?"

The Iwagakure Chunin screamed when he found that he could not control his right arm.

However, Qingming completely ignored the other party, just flashed to the other side of his body, and then swung out another knife.

The Iwagakure Chunin dodged in time and prevented Qingming from touching him, but it was of no use.

As the chakra invaded his body, part of his body lost control again.

As a result, the defensive movements also became deformed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qing Ming came in front of him, and the moment they looked at each other, he released a hypnosis spell, which directly put him into a deep sleep.

At this point, both Iwagakure Chunins had been knocked down by him.

This is Qingming’s current strength. He has not reached the level of a jonin, so he is not even qualified to be taken seriously.

It is difficult for an ordinary Chunin to last more than ten moves in his hands.

Unless they are Chunins who have the potential to be promoted to Jonin, they will be easily knocked down by him like the two Iwagakure Chunins in front of him.

Qing Ming glanced at the two of them and knocked them out with two physical blows.

Then, he used the 'Chakra Scalpel' to cut off the muscles and nerve transmission in their limbs, making them completely lose hope of escape.

After doing all this, he formed seals again and performed the 'Shadow Clone Technique', creating a shadow clone.

After ordering him to take the two away, he started looking for a new target.

That's right, he had no intention of stopping there. Now was not like before, he could take the opportunity to capture more prisoners.

In this way, he can practice with peace of mind for a period of time.

(End of this chapter)