Chapter 429 Temporary Retreat
at the same time.

above the sky.

Qingming also discovered the Mist Ninja who came to support.

He looked carefully and immediately confirmed that these people were the Mist Ninjas who had been fighting against the Konoha Ninjas and him before.

At this time, there were only less than seventy of them left, and they were rushing here quickly.

Looking further away, Qingming saw five Konoha jonins chasing them closely, as well as about a hundred surviving Konoha mid- and low-level ninjas behind them.

Qingming could guess without even thinking that these people must have noticed the commotion here and that's why they came here one after another.

However, now is not the time for an all-out conflict.

Just now, the battle between him and the Mist Ninja below seemed fierce, but in fact it was mainly the Mist Ninja who was attacking, and he did not have many chances to dodge and counterattack.

Therefore, the casualties of the Mist Ninjas were very limited.

In this way, the two teams of Kirigakure will be united and their combat effectiveness will be greatly increased.

On the other hand, the support promised by Sano Nobuhisa has not arrived yet. With only less than a hundred surviving Konoha ninjas, they are definitely no match for the enemy, unless...
He attacked with all his strength!
However, in order to stop Qing and others from approaching, and also to test their cards and consume their energy, he had already taken a considerable risk.

Even now, he is still injured.

Although these injuries did not threaten his life for the time being, he was ultimately unwilling to fight with injuries again.

So, after careful consideration, Qing Ming used the "Mind Communication Technique" and ordered the Konoha ninjas who came to support to retreat temporarily.

After receiving the order, several Konoha jonin were a little confused, but they still obeyed his orders and immediately led their men to retreat to the rear.

The location Qingming designated for them was about 1.5 kilometers away from the south gate of the Black Stone stronghold.

That will be where the decisive battle will take place.

At this time, the Mist Ninja had not yet noticed Konoha's little move, and Qing and others were still discussing what to do next?
Of course, the main reason why they did not notice that Konoha had retreated was that the time was still short, and Qingming was always hovering over their heads, attracting most of their attention.

In other words, Qingming was bluffing.

However, such a trick cannot be hidden from the other party for long.

When Qing opened his Byakugan again and observed his surroundings as usual, he discovered a problem - his own team had clearly reunited, but the Konoha ninja they were talking about had not shown up yet.

Even within one kilometer, there was no trace of them.

This made Qing feel a little confused.

So, he ordered his troops to be alert to Qingming above their heads, and sent people to search in the direction of the Black Stone stronghold.

Above, Qing Ming looked at several Kirigakure Chunins who had left the team, and immediately realized that the matter could no longer be concealed.

So, he didn't waste any more time, flapped his wings, and rushed towards the Mist Ninja team below for the last time.

This time, he didn't get too close, and while he was still far away, he used the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

A familiar strong storm was approaching, and the expressions of the Mist Ninjas below suddenly changed. They quickly used various methods to resist the oncoming hurricane.

For a moment, the entire Kirigakure team was in chaos.

Faced with the howling hurricane, everyone couldn't even open their eyes, let alone defend themselves.

It took only a few Kirigakure jonins to organize more than a dozen Kirigakure chuunins of decent strength and perform defensive ninjutsu to barely stabilize the formation.

Seeing this, Qingming's hand seals changed, and while lowering his altitude, he performed a ninjutsu that the Mist Ninjas were familiar with.

"Water Style: Mist Hidden Technique~"

In an instant, thick white fog rose from all around.

In the blink of an eye, it covered an area of ​​several hundred meters in radius. With the help of the chakra diffused in the thick fog, Qingming locked onto the place where the Mist Ninjas gathered.

Then, without even thinking, he used the 'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique' in succession.

In an instant, fireballs fell like meteors, hitting the Mist Hidden Team, causing considerable casualties and chaos.

Seeing Qing Ming being so unscrupulous, those Kirigakure jonin and some Kirigakure chuunin also launched a counterattack.

The best way to disperse the thick fog is wind escape.

However, with their wind-style ninjutsu, it was obviously impossible to dispel Qing Ming's "Water Style: Mist Hidden Technique" which consumed a large amount of chakra.

So, after some testing, they chose to fight poison with poison.

That is, he also used the 'Water Style: Mist Hiding Technique' to make the surrounding fog thicker while diluting the chakra belonging to Qingming.

In this way, it would not be so easy for him to use these chakras to sense the movements of the Mist Ninja.

Not only that, the Kirigakure ninjas who have long been accustomed to living in the fog, even if they have not deliberately practiced the "silent killing technique", can have a keener perception than ordinary ninjas in this environment.

In addition, in this thick fog, although Qing's Byakugan would also be affected by the chakra diffused in it, it could still see more clearly than Qingming's Sharingan.

In this way, under his command, the damage caused by the ninjutsu performed by Qingming began to decrease sharply.

In contrast, the risks he has to take have increased by more than one level.

As a result, he was not careful and was hit by two poisonous kunai.

In fact, if he had not reacted in time, he would have been entangled by the steel wires shot by several Mist Village Chunins.

In view of all these, Qingming finally gave up on continuing to attack the Mist Ninja, instead moved away from them, and looked for an opportunity to fly in the direction where the Konoha Ninja left.

After counting the interest.

Just when he was about to reach his destination, he suddenly saw a Mist Hidden Ninja hiding his head and tail below.

Qing Ming looked carefully and found that it was one of the ninjas who had been sent out by Qing not long ago to scout Konoha's movements.

"Hey, I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain."

With a mutter, Qingming leaped and flew towards the other party.

At first, this Kirigakure Chunin didn't notice anything, but when Qingming came above his head, he finally noticed something unusual.

Instinctively, he looked up.

The next moment, he saw Qingming's figure, his expression suddenly changed, and he was about to throw the kunai in his hand.

Unfortunately, the moment the two looked at each other, Qing Ming performed the 'Illusion Sharingan'.

In an instant, the Kirigakure Chunin froze in place, his pupils lost focus, and his entire mind was pulled into the illusion.

Qing Ming was not at all surprised by this result.

With his current ability, there is no possibility of failure if he faces a Chunin alone and launches a sneak attack without the opponent noticing.

brush~
Qingming's figure fell in front of him.

Then, he formed seals with his hands, performed the 'Chakra Absorption Technique', grabbed his neck, and began to extract his chakra.

A few seconds later.

Qing Ming loosened his hand and let the other's body fall to the ground. He felt the new chakra in his body and nodded with satisfaction.

Afterwards, he did not linger any longer. After identifying the direction, he used the 'Instant Body Technique' and approached those Konoha ninjas.

(End of this chapter)