Chapter 421 Counterattack and Change (Happy National Day!)
Retracting his thoughts, Qing Ming turned his gaze to Kizuna Zangetsu who was struggling with two shadow clones not far away.

After killing two people in succession, Qingming's momentum has reached its peak. Even someone as strong as Kizuna Zangetsu would feel a little scared when being stared at by him like this.

He dodged and avoided the joint attack of the two shadow clones again, and Kizuna Zangetsu quietly distanced himself from them.

He glanced back at the battlefield around him.

Because they have more people and relatively higher individual quality, the Kirigakure side has a clear advantage on the entire battlefield at this time.

After confirming this, Kizuna Zangetsu made up his mind to drag Qingming here.

As long as he could delay it and even win in other battlefields, they would still be considered victorious even if Qingming was not killed in the end.

After all, war is never a one-man show.

but
Kizuna Zangetsu turned around and looked at Qingming's two shadow clones, thinking to himself, "Before that, we have to get rid of these two things first."

Although he is a conceited person, he is not arrogant.

Since Qingming was able to kill both Yamada Shinichi and Takeshima Ichiro, it meant that he was very strong. In addition to their previous fights, he did not dare to underestimate Qingming at all.

Therefore, it is very necessary to deal with these two shadow clones before the second fight.

First of all, this can reduce the pressure later.

After all, fighting alone is always better than fighting three against one.

Secondly, this action can also consume Qingming's chakra.

After the shadow clone is broken up, although a part of the chakra will still return to the main body, the chakra it carries is completely different from that when it is actively released.

Therefore, if possible, he didn't want to give Qingming's shadow clone the opportunity to remove it on his own initiative.

With this thought in mind, Kizuna Zangetsu no longer hesitated and immediately ran towards one of the shadow clones.

Upon seeing this, the shadow clone did not hesitate at all. He immediately raised his hands to form seals and performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu!

The next moment, he spit out dense balls of fire, which shot towards the rapidly approaching Kisaragi Zangetsu like bullets, trying to force him to retreat.

At the same time, another shadow clone also began to prepare, ready to continue the attack immediately after Kizuna Zangetsu dodged.

Over the past period of time, they have been using this kind of cooperation to contain each other.

However, contrary to their expectations, this time, Kizuna Zangetsu did not choose to retreat.

Facing the densely packed fireballs, Kizuna Zangetsu concentrated his mind, trying his best to sense the incoming fireballs, then rushed left and right, constantly dodging the attacks of these fireballs.

It can be seen that many fireballs fly close to his body, and if he is not careful, he will be injured.

But even so, Hozuki Zangetsu did not give up.

While dodging the fireball's attack, he quickly approached the shadow clone that was releasing the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique'.

Seeing this, the shadow clone also did not dodge, but instead spit out more fireballs.

Originally, Kizuna Zangetsu was already dodging very well, and now that the distance was closer, it was naturally even more difficult.

Finally, after dodging the attacks of several fireballs, Kizuna Zangetsu was unable to dodge and was hit by three fireballs.

However, as expected, the flesh was not burned by the fire.

At the moment when the three fireballs hit Kizuna's body, the place where he was hit, along with a large area of ​​flesh and blood around it, turned into liquid.

This is the secret ninjutsu of the Kizuna clan - the water transformation technique!
Although the fireball hit the liquids and caused some damage, which made Kizuna Zangetsu frown slightly, there was no follow-up.

After it turned back into flesh, there was no sign of any injury.

That's right, the 'Water Transformation Technique' is not only 100% immune to physical attacks, but also has a strong resistance effect against various ninjutsu attacks.

For example, even the Fire Style Ninjutsu, which was the most effective against Water Style Ninjutsu, could not cause much damage to Kizuna Zangetsu. Basically, apart from causing him to consume more chakra than when facing other ninjutsu, there were no other consequences.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the 'water transformation technique' is perfect.

At the very least, as far as Qingming knows, Thunder Escape is very effective in restraining this technique.

However, it is not that Lightning Release has much of a restraining effect on the 'Water Transformation Technique' itself, but the paralyzing effect it contains will prevent the caster from fully liquefying.

In other words, Lightning Release can interrupt the opponent's 'Water Transformation Technique'.

However, unfortunately, Qingming has not yet developed lightning-attribute chakra, and does not know any lightning-style ninjutsu, so he is unable to target the opponent's 'water transformation technique'.

However, it was precisely because he knew this that he dared to take the risk and approach the shadow clone.

Otherwise, even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to withstand the attack of the shadow clone.

After all, there is a shadow clone next to him, waiting for him to make a mistake!

Once he is really restricted by the lightning escape, what awaits him will surely be a devastating blow.

Fortunately, after some testing, he had confirmed that Qingming did not know any lightning-style ninjutsu, so he dared to give it a try.

After the adventure, the rewards are huge.

Looking at the shadow clone so close at hand, Kizuna Zangetsu did not hesitate at all. He immediately swung the dagger in his hand and attacked Qingming's shadow clone like lightning.

The shadow clone was unable to dodge and had his throat cut by the sword.

bang~
Accompanied by a burst of chakra smoke, the shadow clone completely disintegrated.

It may sound like a long process, but it actually happened in a flash.

Neither Qing Ming nor the other shadow clone had the chance to intervene and could only watch it all happen.

"Whoo~"

Exhaling lightly, Kizuna Zangetsu retracted his dagger, turned his head and looked at Qingming and the other shadow clone.

His face was calm, as if he had done something insignificant.

If Qing Ming could not clearly see the drastic change in his breathing frequency before and after his attack, he might have been fooled by him.

As for now.
The natural thing to do is to make a move.

The other party has already taken action, he certainly cannot remain indifferent.

After looking at the shadow clone, he rushed forward without Qingming's order.

It seems that he is going to engage in close combat with Kizuna Zangetsu.

You know, not long ago, the strategy he formulated for his shadow clone was to attack from a long distance.

But now, the other party is about to rush forward.

In this regard, Qingming can only say that things have changed over time.

At that time, he needed his shadow clone to restrain the opponent and buy time. Naturally, he had to avoid close combat as much as possible to circumvent the shadow clone's lack of ability to withstand injuries.

Now, it’s up to the other side to create opportunities.

Of course, there is no need to worry too much.

It's just a shadow clone anyway. As long as he can create an opportunity to kill the opponent, it doesn't matter if he sacrifices himself.

(End of this chapter)