Chapter 235 Mutation
The moon sets and the sun rises.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

After a night of bloody fighting, Konoha and Iwagakure finally stopped killing each other at dawn after paying the same heavy price.

And afterwards, just as Qingming had expected, the Rock Ninja, due to the lack of command, changed their previous aggressive offensive posture and began to turn to defense.

Logically speaking, this is Konoha's best chance to counterattack.

Unfortunately, over the past period of time, the repeated attacks by the Iwagakure ninjas had caused heavy losses on the Konoha side, and they were simply unable to launch a counterattack.

The Konoha ninjas were exhausted both physically and mentally after being attacked by the Iwagakure ninjas, and were in urgent need of rest.

So, after some discussion, Omura Yuito finally gave up the idea of ​​attacking, and just had people maintain necessary harassment, and used the rest of the time to recuperate.

Originally, Qingming thought that such peaceful time would last at least ten days or half a month.

Unexpectedly, the peace was broken just one week later.

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This afternoon.

Qing Ming was performing the 'Palm Immortal Technique' in the western mountain stronghold to condense Yang escape chakra to strengthen his body, when a figure suddenly ran over in a hurry.

dong dong dong~
There was a knock on the simple wooden door.

Qing Ming opened his eyes impatiently and said, "Come in!"

crunch~
The door was pushed open and a Konoha Chunin walked in.

Then he hurriedly said, "Captain, we just received news from the foot of the mountain that the Rock Ninja has made a move, and the command center wants us to prepare for defense."

"Iwa Ninja made a move?"

Qing Ming frowned slightly and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"not sure."

The Konoha Chunin shook his head.

Seeing this, Qing Ming waved his hand and said, "Okay, go call everyone to assemble, and notify other jonin to arrange defense tasks."

"Yes, Captain!"

The Konoha Chunin responded and then left.

As the commander-in-chief of this strategic stronghold, Qingming is the nominal captain of everyone. Under him, there are several senior ninja squad leaders.

Generally speaking, Qingming would assign tasks such as defense and patrolling to these senior ninja squad leaders.

As for himself.
He was either looking for a 'chakra battery' or practicing, and rarely cared about specific things, and this time was no exception.

Looking at the back of the Konoha Chunin as he left, Qingming waited quietly for more than a minute.

After all the Yang escape chakra in his body was consumed, he grabbed the dagger beside him and instantly arrived at the top of a big tree not far away.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Qingming opened his Sharingan.

The next moment, the scene at the foot of the mountain in the distance came into his sight.

Although the Sharingan cannot compare to the Byakugan in terms of long-distance vision, in this uncovered situation, the Sharingan can still see things that are very far away.

In Qingming's vision, the Rock Ninjas have already assembled.

At this time, they were divided into three groups, one of which headed straight for the Fengliu Town stronghold, obviously intending to confront the Konoha ninja head-on.

The other force headed diagonally to the north, as if preparing to attack the high mountain stronghold in the north.

As for the third stock.
Then naturally it ran towards them.

It can be seen that these people bypassed the Fengliu Town stronghold, drew an arc along the southern plain, and came straight towards them.

Seeing this familiar attack route, Qingming was a little confused: "Didn't the Rock Ninja change their commander? Why is it still the same old thing?"

Qing Ming could understand this situation if it was just a matter of replacing one or two commanders.

But in the decapitation operation a week ago, they almost wiped out the entire command system of the Rock Ninja. With such a big change, the team style could not remain the same, and the offensive strategy could not remain unchanged.

After all, every conductor has his own ideas, and it is impossible for them to be exactly the same as the person in the original position. When combined together, the changes will only be greater.

But the current situation clearly goes against common sense.

"what on earth is it?"

Qingming was confused and muttered to himself.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze, shook his head and stopped thinking about it, leaped back to the ground, and began to wait patiently for the arrival of the Rock Ninja.

As the saying goes, when the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.

Since I can't figure it out, I'd better not think about it. No matter what conspiracy they have, in the end, it will all depend on their strength.

Without sufficient strength, no matter how many tricks you have, they will be of little use.

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Twenty minutes later.

Qing Ming received news that his subordinates were engaged in battle with the enemy.

Moreover, he learned that the enemy was divided into three groups, advancing towards the top of the mountain from three different directions: left, center and right.

Qing Ming thought for a moment and asked the other jonin to organize the defense, while he himself quickly ran towards the dense forest further to the right.

He planned to bypass the Iwagakure's left wing and launch a surprise attack on them from the rear.

In this way, not only can the offensive rhythm of the Rock Ninja be disrupted and their advance be delayed, but also the strength of the Rock Ninja can be tested.

However, the development of things was beyond Qingming's expectations.

He originally thought that the Konoha ninjas on the front line would be able to hold out for a while, but he never expected that the middle route was breached in less than five minutes, and the defenses on the left and right had to move back, otherwise there would be a risk of being cut off by the Iwagakure ninjas.

"What exactly happened? Why was the defense line breached so quickly?"

Qing Ming asked in his mind.

Upon hearing this, the special jonin of the Yamanaka clan who used the 'Telepathy Technique' to connect with him immediately said, "It's the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. He is hiding in the attacking team."

"what?"

Upon hearing this news, Qing Ming's expression changed and he immediately asked, "Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

Yamanaka Kiku replied affirmatively: "The opponent broke through our defenses with a powerful Lava Release Ninjutsu. No one can defeat him."

Hearing this, Qing Ming fell silent. After a while, he said, "So this is what you were planning."

That’s right, through Yamanaka Kiku’s description, Qingming has roughly guessed what the new Iwagakure commander is up to.

The reason why the other party uses the tactics of their predecessor is, firstly, to let them relax their vigilance, and secondly, to conceal their tracks and make them confused about the situation.

Then, they took the opportunity to send out the human sacrifices hidden in the team, and with thundering means, seized the two strategic commanding heights guarding Fengliu Town.

That's right, two.

If he hadn't guessed, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki should be in the Iwagakure team attacking the high mountain stronghold in the north.

It is even possible that he has broken through the defense line just like the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, there is no point in guessing these now.

Now, the most important thing is how to stop the other party.

The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Lao Zi, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, are different. The Lava Release that they mastered is extremely harmful to the flesh and blood body.

In addition, he has the 'Melted Chakra Mode' to protect his whole body, so he cannot be hurt by ordinary means. Unless he kills the opponent alive like Hoshigaki Kisame in later generations, it will be difficult to deal with him.

It just so happened that the ninjutsu that Qingming was good at did not include any that could restrain the opponent's water escape technique, which was quite uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)