Chapter 255: On the Edge of Collapse
咻咻 咻 ~
Dozens of shurikens were shot at.

Qingming paused slightly, and the three magatama in his pupils spun rapidly, instantly locking onto the flight paths of all incoming shurikens.

Afterwards, he dodged or blocked, perfectly avoiding all attacks.

However, before he could catch his breath, several more kunai were shot at him. With the help of the Sharingan, Qingming clearly saw the detonating tags tied behind them.

Without any hesitation, Qing Ming dodged a few times and created some distance.

Boom~Boom~Boom~
Violent explosions sounded one after another, and fireballs appeared, squeezing the surrounding air, forming several shock waves that blew Qingming's hair into a mess.

Just as he was waiting for the shock wave to pass, a series of sharp whistles of varying lengths sounded in the field.

Suddenly, on the battlefield, the Iwagakure ninjas seemed to have received some orders and quickly retreated. After a short while, they had distanced themselves from the Konoha ninjas.

That’s right, Qingming is on the battlefield now.

At this time, half a month had passed since he opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and twelve days had passed since he began to practice.

And on the second day after he started training, the Iwagakure ninja completed their preparations and launched another attack on Odani Village.

This time, because they were aware of his existence, the Iwagakure Village specially dispatched several experts to target him.

In order to hide his strength, he did not reveal his full strength, so he was restrained.

Because of this, the Konoha ninjas in the Odani Village stronghold had a very difficult battle and lost almost a third of their manpower before they were able to repel the Iwagakure ninjas.

In the next ten days, the Iwagakure launched several attacks in succession.

As the battle continues to this day, even though Fengliu Town has sent two waves of reinforcements, there are still less than 150 surviving Konoha ninjas in Odani Village.

Also, everyone is very tired.

It can be said that this stronghold is on the verge of being lost. If there is just one mistake, it will basically end in collapse.

Similar to them, several other strongholds near Fengliu Town are also on the verge of collapse.

Nevertheless, Omura Yuito's strategy was successful to some extent, although only partially successful.
The separate garrisons of powerful senior ninjas like Qingming did make up for some of the shortcomings of Konoha's insufficient ninjas.

Their presence did indeed slow down the advancement of the Rock Ninja, causing their attack to be stuck in the outer strongholds until now, failing to pose a major threat to Fengliu Town.

Unfortunately, this stalemate is not a good thing for the Konoha ninjas below.

There was no other reason. It was precisely because of the persistence of the senior ninjas like Qingming that the battles in the middle and lower levels were so fierce, which led to huge casualties among them.

Although this caused considerable losses to the Rock Ninja, this continuous exchange was not unacceptable to the Rock Ninja with a large number of people.

That is why Qing Ming said that Omura Yuito's plan was only partially successful.

Judging from the information we have received so far, they may be able to hold these strongholds in the short term, but as time goes by, it is only a matter of time before they fall.

Once these outer strongholds were lost, it would only be a matter of time before the central Fengliu Town stronghold was lost.

"I just wonder what Omura Yuito and the headquarters think?"

Qingming thought in his heart, turned around and walked back to the Xiaogu Village stronghold.

Looking at the wounded all over the ground, Qing Ming skillfully transformed himself into a medical ninja and started treating them.

Fortunately, most of the injuries on these people were external injuries caused by ninja tools. With his level 7 "Palm Immortal Technique" and level 4 "Chakra Scalpel", it was relatively easy to treat them. After spending more than an hour and completing the treatment with several other medical ninjas, Qingming told several squad leaders to be alert and returned to his residence.

Perhaps it is because his strength increased greatly after opening the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Or perhaps it was because the outcome of the Ninja World War was already known, and from the cause and effect, it was easy to infer the final outcome of the Fengliu Town Battle.

In short, Qingming no longer has any interest in facing the attack of the Rock Ninja.

At this moment, he was like an outsider, just doing what this person should do according to his established character.

He didn't care much about the rest, such as the death of his subordinates, the direction of the war, etc.

Qing Ming didn't know whether he was cold-blooded or what, but ever since he opened the Mangekyō Sharingan and gained the power to protect himself, he has always had this mentality.

Qingming didn’t know whether this change was good or bad, and he didn’t want to think about those complicated things.

Now, he just wants to practice, continue to improve his strength, and then do whatever he wants.

Perhaps, this is also a kind of purity!
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In a blink of an eye, it was the next day.

After a night's rest, the Iwa Ninja couldn't wait to launch another attack.

And it seems that the other party intends to take them down in one fell swoop this time.

Standing on a roof, Qingming looked at the three hundred energetic Rock Ninjas in front of him, and then looked at his own side - there were less than one hundred and fifty people, and all of them looked exhausted.

In this situation, Qingming felt that if he didn't make an effort this time, the stronghold might really be lost.

Just as he was thinking about whether to reveal some of his strength, four Iwagakure jonin ran out from the team and headed straight towards him.

When Qing Ming saw these four people, his face darkened. In the past ten days or so, he had been disgusted by this kind of sticky style of play.

Although he also took the opportunity to kill a few people, it was of no use. The top leaders of Iwagakure were like a weight eaten by a stone, and were determined to entangle him. For every number he killed, the other side would kill more.

In short, we must prevent him from interfering with other battlefields.

This made him very helpless!
Qing Ming took a final glance at the determined Konoha ninjas beside him, then glanced at the Iwagakure ninjas hurrying over from a distance, and said to himself, "Forget it, I'll just let you guys get through this time!"

Thinking of this, Qing Ming exerted a little force with his feet and performed the "Telekinesis Technique".

In just a moment, his figure disappeared on the roof, and when he reappeared, he had already arrived in front of the four Iwagakure jonin.

The four Iwagakure jonin reacted quickly and immediately made attacking moves.

At this moment, Qingming's eyes turned rapidly, instantly taking in the movements of the four people, and also predicted their subsequent changes of moves.

Then, he twisted his body and avoided the attacks of two of them by a hair's breadth. Then, he drew out the dagger at his waist with a "swish".

Ding ~ Ding ~
Two crisp metal collision sounds were heard, and the kunai swung by the other two Iwagakure jonin were also accurately blocked by him.

At this moment, the entire battlefield seemed to be still, and everything slowed down countless times in Qingming's eyes.

In an instant, he raised his free left hand, completed the hand seal at an unprecedented speed, and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

I saw his chest puffed up, he took a deep breath, and then exhaled violently.

(End of this chapter)