Chapter 32 The First Battle

"Everyone, form a defensive formation!"

A loud shout came from the front of the team.

Upon hearing this, the Chunin in the team immediately took action and organized the Genin around them to defend based on the principle of proximity.

And those special jonin also began to act according to their areas of expertise.

Those who are good at fighting immediately rushed out of the team to support the ninjas responsible for reconnaissance.

Those who were good at perception sat down on the spot and began to perform ninjutsu to explore the surrounding situation and prevent surprise attacks.

The others also have their own jobs.

Everything was so efficient, as if it had been rehearsed dozens or hundreds of times, and everyone could find their place.

Only new Genin like Qingming know nothing and can only follow the instructions of the Chunin around them, like puppets.

This feeling is terrible, as if your own destiny is in the hands of others, and you don't feel safe at all.

Despite this, Qing Ming still did not act rashly.

The current situation was not one where a mere Genin like him could show up.

In the past three weeks, due to the large number of people and the rush to travel, he did not have much time to improve his proficiency. He compressed his rest time as much as possible every day and could only squeeze out three or four hours of practice at most.

Therefore, the chakra that can be mobilized is only about 1,500 points.

为了不引人注目，这些查克拉都被他用在了‘映心之术’的练习上，令其熟练度从lv3（683/1000）提升到了lv3（875/1000）。

The total proficiency increase of one hundred and ninety-two points also increased the proficiency of his Sharingan by nineteen points, becoming (69/1000).

Although the improvement was small, a mosquito leg is still meat, so Qing Ming did not despise it.

In addition, there is the 'Chakra Refining Technique'.
每天三四个小时的修炼，外加出发前三天的全力修炼，其熟练度已经从lv3（346/1000）变成了lv3（454/1000）。

As a result, his chakra limit increased by 864 points and now reaches 4074 points.

At this point, he vaguely felt the limits of his body.

Qingming estimated that when his chakra limit increased to about 5,000 points, it would stagnate.

However, this was much better than he expected.

Boom~
Just when Qingming was wandering in the sky, a huge explosion suddenly came from the side of the cliff, followed by the sound of metal colliding.

Qingming looked up and saw several ninjas wearing the Iwagakure Jonin uniforms fighting with Konoha Jonin, and beside them, there were dozens of Iwagakure Chunin.

‘Sharingan! ’

Seeing that no one around was paying attention to him, Qingming quietly opened his Sharingan.

In an instant, everything in front of me became clear.

In the sight, the Iwagakure Chunins took advantage of the Konoha Jonin being entangled, quickly completed the hand seals, and then slapped the rock wall together.

Seeing this, Qing Ming seemed to have thought of something, and said to himself that something was not good. He quickly closed his Sharingan, grabbed his two companions, and leaped back.

Being pulled so suddenly, Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko both lost their balance and stumbled on the spot.

However, out of trust in their companions, they did not struggle.

And the next moment they retreated, a sound of cracking rocks came from the side of the cliff.

Then, countless pieces of gravel of all sizes fell from the sky like a meteorite rain, hitting the area where Qingming was.

Suddenly, there was chaos below.

Although ninjas are not ordinary people, their defense is not much stronger than that of ordinary people. If they are hit by such falling rocks, even if they do not die, they will be seriously injured.

So, everyone is trying their best to dodge.

After a few breaths, the dust settled.

The drizzle hit my face, leaving streaks of mud.

"Qingming, thanks to you!" On the side, Liangjie looked at the mess on the field and said sincerely.

The wave of falling rocks just now might not be a big deal for a Chunin, but for Genin like them, especially the new Genin, it is a bit dangerous.

Now, there were more than a dozen Genin lying in the rubble around.

'I don't know whether they are dead or alive?'

However, Qingming and others had no time to care about the lives of these people for the time being, because their troubles had come.

Then they saw nearly a hundred Rock Ninjas appearing in front and behind the canyon, surrounding them from both sides.

If we only look at the quantity, they still have an absolute advantage, but if we look at the quality, the gap is quite large.

The Iwagakure ninjas were clearly well prepared this time; there wasn't a single Genin in the team; all of them were elites above the Chuunin level.

And what about their side?

The team consists of nearly 400 people, most of whom are Genin, and many of them are newbies like Qingming who have just graduated.

It can be said that this battle is extremely dangerous.

"Now I just hope that the front-line headquarters can react as soon as possible, otherwise..."

Qing Ming glanced at the two jonin who were still fighting on the rock walls on both sides, took a deep breath, and whispered: "Don't be too far away from me later."

Hearing this, Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko's nervously beating hearts calmed down a little.

Qing Ming still wanted to take care of these two companions to the best of his ability.

After all, they had been together for nearly four months, and Qingming didn't want them to die like this.

Of course, if something is impossible, he won't force it.

Anyway, he had been mentally prepared when the team was first formed.

Time passed by minute by minute, the field was quiet, and everyone was ready for battle.

Finally, just as the two sides were about to come into contact, someone in the crowd shouted "Kill".

In an instant, the entire battlefield was noisy, with roars, wailing, weapons colliding, ninjutsu bombarding, and all kinds of sounds ringing in the ears.

The word "kill" was like turning on a switch, throwing the entire battlefield into chaos.

Although Qingming and others were located close to the center of the team, they were directly targeted because of the attack from falling rocks and their formation was relatively loose.

Then, more than thirty Iwagakure Chunins were seen using earth escape techniques to quickly approach here from underground.

Judging from their appearance, it was obvious that they wanted to attack from the center and split the entire convoy into two parts, thereby expanding the scope of the battle between the two sides and causing maximum casualties to the Konoha ninja.

Qingming carefully felt the position of one of them, quietly took out a kunai, and threw the kunai in his hand the moment he jumped out of the ground.

"what!"

A scream came.

Just then, the Rock Ninja just emerged from the ground when a kunai accurately hit his eye socket.

Blood slid down his cheek. The opponent wanted to see who had attacked him, but the next moment, another kunai came and pierced his heart.

After receiving this fatal blow, the Rock Ninja closed his eyes unwillingly.

The process of Qingming killing this Iwagakure Chunin seems simple, but it is not.

First of all, he needs to have an accurate grasp of the opponent's position, only in this way can he shoot the kunai in the first place.

Secondly, the accuracy of kunai throwing is required to be very high, otherwise it will not be able to kill the opponent with one blow. If the opponent has room to fight back, it will be difficult to kill him.

Finally, you need to have a strong mental quality and not be disturbed by external things.

Just like now, another Iwagakure Chunin has already started fighting with Ryosuke. If he had chosen to stop the opponent just now, he would definitely not be able to kill the Iwagakure Chunin in front of him with one blow.

(End of this chapter)