Chapter 366 Intelligence and Preparation

More than half an hour later.

Qingming and others returned to Eagle's Beak Cliff.

However, before they could get close, a Konoha ninja appeared and stopped them.

Obviously, the shadow clone who returned earlier had already arranged people for defense.

After verifying their identities, Qingming and others successfully returned to their base on the cliff.

Qing Ming released the 'Shadow Clone Technique' and stored all of the Shadow Clone's memories during this period in his mind, and at the same time he was fully aware of his arrangements.

Then he realized that there was nothing he could do.

The shadow clone had already done everything that needed to be done, including notifying the patrol team to return and contacting Kurosawa Naruki, so there was nothing for him to do at all.

In that case, Qing Ming stopped interfering in other people's business and instead focused his attention on the unconscious Kirigakure Chunin beside him.

Standing up and walking to his side, Qing Ming slapped him a few times to wake him up.

Then, without waiting for the man to react, he used the 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' to guide him to recall the information related to this mission.

Time passes minute by minute.

Qing Ming carefully looked through the other party's memory and after some effort, he finally figured out the plan and goal of the Hidden Mist Village this time.

First of all, it can be confirmed that although the Hidden Mist Village has dispatched a large number of people this time, it is still just a tentative attack.

However, the focus of the test is their Eagle Cliff stronghold.

If a breakthrough can be successfully achieved, then the exploratory attack will immediately turn into a full-scale invasion.

At that time, the reserve troops belonging to the Hidden Mist Village will arrive immediately and join the battle.

But if things don't go well, they will retreat quickly to preserve their strength and prepare for the next attack.

As for why the other party did not conduct reconnaissance in advance before attacking their stronghold.

There are two reasons. The first is that their stronghold is a place that is easy to attack but difficult to defend, so there is no need to make too much preparation.

The second is that after the two previous breakthroughs, the Hidden Mist Village already had enough understanding of this place and there was no need to continue reconnaissance.

On the contrary, by doing so, you can also use the strategy of tiring out the enemy and catch them off guard.

Just like in the past few days, traces of the Kirigakure reconnaissance forces were found in other parts of the defense line, but everything was calm here.

In this situation, even without the harassment from the Mist Ninja, everyone in the base was nervous.

In this way, when the Mist Ninjas actually attack, they are bound to make mistakes.

This is the plan of the Hidden Mist Village.

"Humph, what a scene of 'crying wolf'!"

Qing Ming snorted coldly and raised his hand to perform the chakra absorption technique. In just a few seconds, he sucked away the chakra of the man under his palm, followed by his mental energy and physical energy.

The rapid loss of these two soon cost him his life.

Qing Ming waved his hand and asked a Konoha ninja next to him to pull the body out, then he sat back on the main seat and told the others the information he had just obtained and his thoughts so that they would have a better idea of ​​the situation.

Just as he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Come in!"

The next moment, a Konoha Chunin pushed the door open and walked in.

Qingming glanced at the other person and found that he was a ninja sent by the shadow clone to contact Kurosawa Naoki. The other party also had a flying summoning beast that could quickly contact the headquarters.

"what's up?"

Qing Ming asked.

"Captain, Captain Kurosawa just sent a message that other places have also found Mist Ninja gathering, but there are not many of them. He is now mobilizing troops to intercept the retreat of the Mist Ninja on our side, so that we can delay as much time as possible."

The Konoha Chuunin replied.

"Is this so"

Qing Ming groaned, waved his hand and said: "Okay, I got it, you can go down!"

"Yes, Captain!" the man responded and left.

After the door was closed, Qing Ming said to everyone, "It seems that the information in that person's mind just now is correct. The enemy attacking us this time is indeed the main force of Kirigakure. Everyone, go down and prepare immediately and act according to the plan."

"Yes, Captain!"

Several people responded and left the meeting room quickly.

Qingming closed his eyes silently, gathering strength for the upcoming battle.

To be honest, he was not too worried about this battle. As long as the other party did not have the courage to go all out, it would be impossible for them to take this place.

If it was just a test, he was sure he could hold on.

By then, when the reinforcements arrive, it will be the end of these Mist Ninjas.

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In a blink of an eye, another half an hour passed.

The sun in the sky had already set, and the afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on the ground, leaving behind golden streaks.

After more than an hour, the patrol teams had basically returned after receiving the order.

Nowadays, the number of Konoha ninjas gathered at Eagle's Beak Cliff has exceeded two hundred. Although it is still not as many as the attacking Mist ninjas, it is not a small number either.

Standing on the top of the cliff, Qingming felt quite calm as he watched the four Mist-Hidden warships slowly approaching on the sea in the distance.

After a while, the Mist Hidden warship stopped and a large group of figures came down from it. At a glance, there were as many as three or four hundred people.

Seeing this, Qing Ming jumped down from the top of the cliff without any hesitation. When he approached the sea, a layer of green light appeared on his body.

The next moment, he stood steadily on the sea.

This green light is nothing but wind-style chakra.

Although he has not yet officially started developing flying ninjutsu, it would be okay for him to take some time to think about it.

This layer of green light was his casual creation combining the 'Instant Sword Technique'.

With it, he can fall from great heights without taking damage.

Just like now, jumping down from such a high place as the top of the cliff, he can still land steadily.

This move of his undoubtedly shocked the Mist Ninja in the distance.

Without waiting for them to make any move, Qing Ming stomped on the sea surface and rushed towards the other side like a cannonball, as if he was going to fight alone against thousands of enemies with an indomitable momentum.

This made the Mist Ninjas even more shocked and confused.

But soon, as orders were given from the top, they calmed down and rushed towards Qingming together.

Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and closer, Qing Ming suddenly put away his sword, quickly formed seals with both hands, took a deep breath, and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

Then a gust of wind gushed out of his mouth and turned into a wind tornado, carrying countless sea water and rushing towards the Mist Ninja team.

Obviously, he had no intention of going into the enemy's battle alone. Everything he had done before was just a sleight of hand. His purpose was to get close to the enemy and release this wind tornado.

Unfortunately, when Hoshigaki Kisame performed the "Water Style: Exploding Water Wave", he did not have the chance to copy and learn it, otherwise he would be able to perform this technique now and drown the opponent.

However, Wind Tornado is not bad either.

Think about typhoons on the sea, such natural disasters are also beyond the control of human power.

Qing Ming consumed more than 3,000 chakras at one time and performed the 'Wind Style: Great Breakthrough', which had this power, but the duration was slightly shorter.

But this is still a trouble for the Mist Ninjas ahead.

In other words, a ninja's reaction speed is much faster than that of an ordinary person. He can escape or use various means to protect himself.

Otherwise, the casualties would surely be severe.

But in doing so, their formation was broken up.

And this is exactly what Qingming wants.

Then, almost at the moment he made his move, about a hundred Konoha ninjas came down from the cliff and ran towards this side.

Qingming's idea was very simple. Since the enemy was numerous and powerful, and Eagle's Beak Cliff was surrounded by the sea on three sides and was difficult to defend, it would be better to rush in and kill them while they were still unstable, and then destroy their morale.

(End of this chapter)