Chapter 313 Tangled
With this thought in mind, Qing Ming mobilized a large amount of wind chakra, injected it into the long sword, and wrapped it around his entire body.

Then, a green light appeared.

In an instant, Qing Ming performed the "Instant Sword Technique".

That’s right, it’s the ‘Instant Sword Technique’!
Before, after he developed the 'Instant Sword Technique', he had not used it many times because his dagger was damaged and he could not perform it.

Now that he finally has a good weapon, he naturally won't throw it away.

Then, he saw that his body suddenly turned into a shadow and came to the front of the water-attributed masked monster that was closest to him and was about to launch a sneak attack on him.

huh~
A flash of light flashed by.

The long knife in Qingming's hand slashed directly at the monster's mask.

This is its weak point. As long as it can be destroyed, it can be killed, causing Kakuzu to lose his life.

Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned!

At this critical moment, the black tentacles that made up the monster's body suddenly stretched out, entangled with each other, and formed a wall of flesh, blocking his knife.

Chi~
A clear feeling of blockage came.

Qingming felt that his knife was like cutting on rubber, and it was difficult to bear the force.

At this moment, a "crackling" sound was heard, and the lightning-attributed masked monster flew to his side and spit out a bolt of lightning at him.

Qing Ming reacted quickly and created some distance before the lightning struck him.

Not only that, he also completed the hand seal and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Wind Blade!

huh~
A transparent wind blade flew out rapidly, aiming directly at the lightning-attribute masked monster.

However, just like before, he dodged the attack with a nimble dance.

Kakuzu in the distance was also not polite. He changed his hand seals and immediately controlled another masked monster to perform the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Head-Katsuki!

A small fireball was spit out by the masked monster. The moment it landed on the ground, it turned into a raging flame and quickly spread in all directions.

Its power is simply incomparable to the previous one!

Qingming retreated hurriedly, and only when he was quite far away did he form hand seals and perform the ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Array Wall.

Suddenly, a wall of water appeared, blocking the subsequent rolling heat waves and some tail flames.

He had to admit that it was not easy for him to defeat these four monsters without using the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After all, under normal circumstances, apart from the three types of ninjutsu of water, fire and wind attributes, his most powerful means are nothing more than swordsmanship and illusion.

Among them, swordsmanship is not so bad against ordinary ninjas, as they are all squishy with high attack and low defense. As long as they hit, they can basically cause damage.

But these monsters are different. Their only weak spot is the mask on their head. Even if they are hit elsewhere, it won’t be a big deal.

In this case, they only need to defend a little. If necessary, they can also use tentacles to block like the water-attribute masked monster.

This destroyed most of his sword skills.

There is also illusion
These monsters are all controlled by Kakuzu. They have no brains at all, so how can they be affected by illusions?
As for Ninjutsu
Not to mention that he doesn't know many ninjutsu, and there are only a few that can be used now. The attribute restraint alone can reduce the power of his ninjutsu by half.

Combining the above three points, it can be seen that under normal circumstances, he is almost completely suppressed by the opponent, unless he can directly attack Kakuzu's body.

Otherwise, you can only waste time looking for the opponent's flaws.

But looking at what Kakuzu did, he didn't even have the chance to get close to him.

During the fight just now, he had tried to get close to the opponent, but was blocked by the four masked monsters controlled by the opponent. Moreover, after getting close to the opponent, how to hurt the opponent was also a problem.

The heart attribute of its body is earth, and it can instantly perform the ninjutsu "Earth Style: Earth Spear", and ordinary physical attacks are completely ineffective.

Among ninjutsu attacks, only Lightning Release can pose a significant threat to it.

But he doesn't know any Lightning Release Ninjutsu!
In this case, we have no choice but to resort to other means.

But given the opponent's reaction speed, there is an estimated 50% chance that it can be avoided.

After all, the current Kakuzu is not the Kakuzu that Naruto and others faced later. After guessing that Naruto knew his intelligence, he had been avoiding a head-on confrontation with him.

With such a cautious attitude, saying that the probability is half is a bit of an underestimation of the other party.

Qing Ming now regretted that he acted too familiar with the enemy when the battle started.

Otherwise, the current situation might be better.

After all, he was still influenced by the memories of his previous life and felt that Kakuzu's strength was just so-so.

But after the actual fight, he realized that the opponent's strength was far from as weak as he remembered.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, even the opponent's performance in the fight with Naruto and others cannot be considered weak among the many Kage-level masters.

Even though he was ambushed by Kakashi at the beginning and lost his water-attribute mask.

Then, Nara Shikamaru plotted against him and used Hidan to destroy his earth attribute heart, thus losing the advantage of complementary attributes.
But in the end, it was because of his carelessness that Naruto took advantage of his opportunity and ended the battle with a single 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken'.

Otherwise, it’s hard to say who will win or lose.

And now, Qingming is dealing with Kakuzu who is in his prime and alert.

The difficulty involved can be imagined.

It can be said that if he did not open the Mangekyō Sharingan, he would basically be unlikely to be the opponent's opponent alone.

However, when it comes to opening the Mangekyō Sharingan, Qingming still has some concerns, that is, whether he can kill the opponent in one go.

If we fail to kill it and let it escape, we will be in big trouble.

As a ninja who has lived from the Warring States Period to the present, he must know some secrets about the Sharingan.

Even, he has seen the Mangekyō Sharingan.

In this case, if you rashly use the Mangekyō Sharingan, you will most likely be recognized by the other party.

At that time, once the other party escapes, his relevant information will inevitably be leaked, which is something he absolutely does not want to see.

Just as Qingming was struggling, Kakuzu had already controlled four masked monsters to chase him, using various ninjutsu to continuously put pressure on him.

Qing Ming shook his head, temporarily put aside all the distracting thoughts, and began to concentrate on dealing with the attacks of these masked monsters.

At the same time, try to rush in front of Kakuzu and imitate Naruto, performing "Wind Style: Rasenshuriken" to kill him with one blow.

Kakuzu said he had five lives, but if he was really hit by 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken', it would be useless even if he replaced his heart.

There is no other reason. The chakra needles condensed by "Wind Style: Rasenshuriken" will destroy the opponent's body at the cellular level.

By then, even if she is still alive, she will not be able to mobilize chakra, and she can naturally let him do whatever he wants.

正好，经过这段时间的练习，他的‘风遁·螺旋手里剑’已经从lv1（100/200）晋升到了lv3（174/1000）！
With such proficiency, you are already useful.

(End of this chapter)