Chapter 407 Planning and Fighting

In a flash, several hours passed.

Time passed from early morning to mid-morning.

At this time, the battle is still not over.

Or rather, it became more intense.

The defense line constructed by Konoha had long been broken, and as the battle progressed, the entire battlefield had spread over an area of ​​several kilometers in radius.

Basically, the battlefield extends from the east of the Black Stone Stronghold to the area one or two kilometers deep into the sea.

In this area, ninjas from both sides either joined forces, acted alone, ambushed, or fought head-on, all trying to find ways to kill each other.

The land was covered with blood, and the sounds of wailing and fighting were endless. Anyone who came here and saw this scene would not remain calm.

And this is just a microcosm of the Ninja World War.

No, not to mention the entire ninja world, even on the Konoha's defense line, there are more than one place where battles are taking place at this moment.

At the same time as the Mist Ninjas in Feiyu Town launched the attack, the other three strongholds that had been previously captured by the Hidden Mist Village also launched attacks simultaneously.

For a time, the three defense lines of Konoha's eastern border, north, middle and south, became tense, and various materials and manpower were constantly mobilized to resist the invasion of the Hidden Mist Village.

However, even so, the situation remains precarious.

As for the reason
It's very simple. Konoha is now in a decisive battle with the Sand Village, and the Iwagakure Village is also holding them back.

Therefore, even after almost a week, not enough manpower was transferred.

In this situation, facing the sudden attack from the Hidden Mist Village, they naturally found it very difficult to resist as they had no soldiers available.

This also gave the Hidden Mist Village an opportunity.

Therefore, the investment continues to increase.

Nowadays, they not only use the four strongholds as bridgeheads to expand outward.

At the same time, they were organizing manpower to attack other strongholds along the border of Konoha in an attempt to tie down more of Konoha's troops and prevent them from providing support with peace of mind.

It is undeniable that playing at home does have its advantages, such as supplying materials, which is simpler.

But at the same time, it also has its own shortcomings.

Just like now, in order to avoid a large-scale invasion of the Hidden Mist Village, Nara Kiyomitsu, as the commander-in-chief, did not dare to withdraw large numbers of personnel from other strongholds on the defense line.

Even though he knew that attacking those Mist Ninja strongholds was only to tie up their energy, he still didn't dare to do so.

Because once these strongholds are vacant, and the news is leaked to the Hidden Mist Village, it is very likely that the Hidden Mist Village will have another bridgehead.

So, he didn't dare to take any risk at all.

As for hoping to hide it from the Hidden Mist Village, or use an empty city plan or something like that?
Nara Keiko had never considered this.

It’s not that he didn’t think of this method, but the situation did not allow it.

Last time, the Hidden Mist Village was able to capture their four strongholds, clearly due to the advantage of accurate intelligence.

However, until now, the Anbu still has not figured out how the relevant information was leaked.

Therefore, Nara Qiguang didn't dare to gamble at all.

Now, the only thing he can do, and the safest thing to do, is to compete with the Hidden Mist Village in hard power.

As long as he doesn't play any tricks, the Hidden Mist Village won't be able to find any flaws. This is the confidence of a highly intelligent family.

As for hard power.
Indeed, even with the ninjas currently near the four strongholds, plus the ninjas that will soon arrive for support, they are no match for the Hidden Mist Village.

However, in terms of high-end combat power, the Hidden Mist Village is far inferior to them.

Nara Keiko has not wasted the past week.

In addition to deploying troops and preparing supplies, what he spent most of his time on was actually contacting the village's top leaders and requesting assistance from top combat forces.

And the village agreed.

As long as they can hold on for a while, experts will soon come to support them.

With the support of these people, even if they are defeated, they can still drag the Mist Village to death.

After all, this place is not close to the Hidden Mist Village. As long as they can block the Hidden Mist Village's logistics supply channels at sea.

Then, once the supplies of the Hidden Mist Village are exhausted, they will naturally stop the offensive.

As long as they can hold out for this period of time and wait for the outcome of the decisive battle between the village and the Sand Village to come out, they can mobilize more troops to come and provide support.

By then, they can drive the Hidden Mist Village back. This is Nara Keiko's plan, to delay and wait for changes.

However, Qingming had no idea what Nara Qiguang was planning, nor did he really care. He was currently just "playing by the wayside" on the battlefield.

Of course, he was just a supporting role, but with his strength and fame, even if he did not take the initiative to provoke the Hidden Mist Village, the Hidden Mist Village would not be able to ignore him.

Therefore, he is now besieged by two Kirigakure jonin and three special jonin.

Ding Ding Dang Dang~
Qingming held a long sword in his hand and activated the three-magatama Sharingan with all his strength, observing the movements of the two people in front of him and predicting their next move.

Then, he swung the long sword in his hand to block the attacks of the two men.

The long sword and kunai collided, making a series of crisp metal collision sounds, sparks flying everywhere, beauty mixed with danger.

huh~
Suddenly, a slight sound of breaking air came from behind my head.

Qingming's ears moved slightly and his head suddenly tilted to the left.

The next moment, a shuriken flew past his earlobe, leaving a thin blood mark on his ear.

But the next moment, the faint trace of blood disappeared.

For wounds like this, Qing Ming can now easily stimulate the body's self-healing ability to recover by simply mobilizing his chakra, without having to use any medical ninjutsu.

However, this is just the beginning.

The next moment, the two Mist Ninjas who had been fighting with him suddenly retreated and kept a certain distance from him.

Seeing this, Qing Ming took a step forward and was about to give chase.

However, at this moment, a dense sound of breaking through the air was heard.

Qingming looked back in the direction of the sound and saw dozens of shurikens and kunai flying towards him, attacking his vital points.

In an instant, Qingming pushed the Sharingan to its limit, and the three magatama in his pupils spun rapidly, locking onto all kunai and shurikens in an instant.

Then, he continued to swing his sword, accompanied by a series of "ding ding ding" sounds, and all the attacking kunai and shuriken were cut down by him one by one.

"Whoo~"

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the two Kirigakure jonin who had just retreated behind him suddenly launched an attack.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique~"

"Water Style: Water Fang Bullet~"

In an instant, two ninjutsu came straight at him, one attacking from top to bottom, and the other attacking directly from behind. The two coordinated very well.

Not only that, they also had a perfect grasp of the timing, catching him just at the moment when he had just dodged a round of attacks and his old strength had just gone and new strength had not yet been generated.

At this point, even if Qingming could dodge this round of attacks with great effort, he would inevitably lose the initiative and be completely suppressed by them.

The two seemed to have foreseen what would happen to Qing Ming, and an expression of relief involuntarily appeared on their faces.

However, faced with such a crisis, Qing Ming remained calm.

Before, the reason why he had been entangled with the other five for so long was simply because he didn't want to attract too much attention and disturb his "paddling".

Now that we are in danger, it is impossible to hide.

With this thought in mind, Qingming put away his sword and formed a seal, then in the blink of an eye he performed the ninjutsu - Water Style: Great Samedan Jutsu!

He saw a huge shark missile quickly forming in front of him, and then headed straight for the whirlpool water ahead.

This is the effect of 'Water Style: Water Fang Bullet', which condenses a stream of water, then rapidly rotates it, while simultaneously shooting out a water gun to attack the target.

To be honest, this ninjutsu is pretty good.

But facing his 'Water Style: Great Samedan Jutsu' which is specifically designed to counter ninjutsu, it was completely ineffective.

The moment the water guns attacked the sharks, they were all swallowed by them and turned into nutrients for their growth.

So, we can see that as the Shark Missile continues to move forward, its size becomes larger and larger, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Not far away, the Kirigakure jonin finally couldn't hold on in the face of such a huge monster. He immediately ended his ninjutsu and fell to the side.

At the same time, on the other side, Qing Ming no longer paid attention to the attack in front of him after performing the "Water Style: Big Shark Bullet Technique".

He just kept backing away, dodging the attack from above from the 'Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'.

Boom~
The huge water dragon hit the ground, making a loud noise and splashing up clouds of dust.

(End of this chapter)