Chapter 33 Paddling
"Black Stone!"

Seeing that the Iwagakure Chunin was killed by Qingming with one blow, the Iwagakure Ninja who was fighting with Ryosuke was furious. After shouting loudly, he forced Ryosuke to retreat and rushed straight towards Qingming.

Seeing this, Qing Ming did not dodge or evade. He pushed the ground with his feet and ran towards the opponent.

Hey~
The two kunai collided with each other, making a crisp metallic collision sound.

The two of them exerted force at the same time, causing intense friction and sparks to fly.

Looking at the anger in the other person's eyes from a close distance, Qing Ming's expression did not change at all.

Perhaps the other party had a close relationship with the Iwagakure ninja he killed and was angry about his death, but he who kills will be killed.

Since you are on the battlefield, you must be prepared for death.

It is impossible that others want to kill him and Qingming will remain indifferent!

Therefore, Qing Ming had no psychological burden about killing the other party.

"drink!"

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Qingming let out a low roar and used force to deflect the kunai of the Rock Ninja in front of him. After taking a half step back, he rushed forward again.

Ding Ding Dang Dang~
The harsh sounds of metal collisions rang out one after another.

Qingming danced the kunai in his hand tightly, and he used all the fighting skills included in the "Basic Physical Technique" to the fullest extent.

Although he didn't have any advanced skills, he was still able to fight on equal terms with the Chunin in front of him.

Distance again.

The two men stopped, and Ichiro Ishii looked at Qingming who was a few steps away. His sanity, which had almost been lost due to the death of his friend, finally returned to normal.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the young Genin in front of him was indeed worthy of his serious attention.

Apart from anything else, in terms of close combat, the opponent is not much weaker than him.

In fact, if he had not had more practical experience and the considerable advantage of his adult body size, he might have suffered a small loss in the battle just now.

While Ichiro Ishii was observing Qingming, Qingming was also observing him.

Through the recent fight, he has roughly figured out the opponent's strength. Although neither side has used other means, Qingming is sure that the other party is not his opponent.

But
Qingming glanced around secretly.

At this time, the battlefield was in chaos and the sounds of fighting were everywhere.

Although Konoha had the advantage in numbers, the reason why there were so many of them was that the Chunins were unable to move freely.

The canyon area was not very spacious, and those Iwagakure Chunins were well prepared and did not engage in a head-on fight with the Konoha Chunins.

Whenever they had the chance, they would slip into the crowd and use the large number of Konoha Genin as shields.

As a result, the forces of both sides were mixed together, and the Konoha Chunins were afraid to use any powerful ninjutsu, and even had to use detonating tags with caution.

On the contrary, these elite Rock Ninjas do not have so many concerns.

Anyway, the Genin in the field poses little threat to them, so they can just roam around and cause damage to them with their rich combat experience.

In this way, one side is restrained and the other side is unscrupulous, and the result is predictable.

Qingming didn’t know about other places, but nearby, several Genin had already fallen.

Therefore, even if he had the confidence to deal with the Rock Ninja in front of him, Qingming did not intend to do so, because it would only bring him more trouble.

As the saying goes, if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.

Geniuses are often the targets of ninjas from each village.

Killing Heishi could be explained by a sneak attack, but if Ichiro Ishii was killed head-on, that would be hard to explain.

Qingming doesn't want to be the first to stand out, he just wants to live in peace until the war is over.

So, all we have to do next is maintain balance.

Although Konoha was caught off guard, it was not completely wiped out.

After all, this place is not far from Konoha's base camp in the Land of Rain, and they may find something unusual at any time and provide support. If the Hidden Rock Village does not retreat in time, the situation will be reversed.

The purpose of the Iwagakure Village's surprise attack was to gain an advantage and weaken Konoha's reserve forces as much as possible, rather than to fight Konoha to the death.

Therefore, Qingming estimated that these Rock Ninjas could not stay here for long.

All he has to do is to hold on through this period.

If we want to survive this period of time, we cannot let the Rock Ninja in front of us sit idle.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming no longer wasted time.

He completed the seal with his hand and performed the instant body movement technique. He came in front of Ichiro Ishii like a gust of wind and fought with him.

D-level ninjutsu - Instantaneous Body Movement Technique, can only show an effect similar to 'teleportation' when facing someone with lower strength than oneself.

But when facing opponents of the same level or even higher level, their reaction ability is already able to see this level of "teleportation".

So what appears to the eye is that the speed is a little faster.

Therefore, even though Qing Ming used the "Instant Body Technique", Ishii Ichiro still reacted and made a blocking move.

As a result, Ichiro Ishii was forced to interrupt the process of performing ninjutsu.

That’s right, just now Ichiro Ishii was planning to use ninjutsu to deal with Qingming.

Since it is certain that Qingming is not inferior to him in close combat ability, he naturally has to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and attack with ninjutsu that the Chunin is more proficient in.

Unfortunately, this idea was noticed by Qingming, and he had no chance.

Not only is it not there now, but it will be the same in the future.

No matter whether they were pretending to retreat or forcing themselves to keep their distance, Qingming would interrupt as long as there were signs of forming hand seals and performing ninjutsu.

Either close combat or using ninja tools, in any case, they left him no chance to perform ninjutsu.

It is this method that enables the samurai of the Iron Country to gain a foothold in the ninja world.

Although Qing Ming does not have the strength and speed of the samurai, with his level 3 'Basic Physical Skills' combined with his level 3 'Ninja Tool Throwing', he has no problem suppressing an average-strength Iwagakure Chunin.

What's more, Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko are there to support him.

Although the strength of these two people cannot threaten Ichiro Ishii, they can still interfere with the opponent by occasionally throwing one or two shurikens.

In this way, Ichiro Ishii was forced to fight with Qingming.

Time passes minute by minute.

The battle on the outskirts and on the cliffs was still going on, and the noise caused by the jonin was getting louder and louder.

From time to time, the aftermath of the battle swept over, forcing everyone on the field to dodge.

Even Ichiro Ishii seized the opportunity.

He avoided the falling rocks above his head, raised his hands, quickly completed the hand seals, and in a breath he performed the iconic ninjutsu of the Hidden Rock Village - Earth Style: Earth Rising Spear.

Looking at the densely packed spikes on the ground, Qing Ming did not hesitate at all. He immediately took Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko and retreated, narrowly avoiding this wave of attacks.

Before they could launch the second wave of attack, Qingming let go of Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko.

Then, with a touch of his hands, three kunai were held in his palms, and then he threw them casually, accurately hitting Ichiro Ishii's throat, heart and lower abdomen.

Looking at the kunai coming at him rapidly, Ichiro Ishii's heart skipped a beat and he quickly dodged to the side.

During the previous battle, the kunai thrown by Qingming left a deep impression on him, so he naturally did not dare to be careless now.

If there was nothing wrong with Qingming's eyes, he would have thought that the other party had awakened the Sharingan.

That's right, Ichiro Ishii had already recognized Qingming's identity as an Uchiha ninja through the Uchiha clan emblem on his body.

In his impression, only an open-eyed Uchiha ninja could use the kunai so smoothly at such a young age.

Unfortunately, Qing Ming was cautious and never revealed the existence of the Sharingan from beginning to end.

(End of this chapter)