Chapter 43 Targeting
After killing two Iwagakure Chunins, Qingming took a short rest and then followed the same method to assist Ryosuke and Mizutani Shizuko to kill another Iwagakure Ninja.

But at this moment, a slight sound of breaking air suddenly came from the side. Qingming instinctively stepped back, and then saw a kunai flying past his eyes quickly.

Qingming suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction where the kunai came from.

Suddenly, a Jōnin of Iwagakure broke away from the battle besieging the Jōnin of Konoha and walked slowly towards him.

Qing Ming's face froze, and he cursed inwardly, "MD, you don't follow the rules, you beat the younger one and then the older one, right?!"

Before, he had killed a few Genin, and it would have been fine if he had used Chunin to deal with him. After all, there was no qualitative difference between Genin and Chunin.

But now, it's the senior ninja who is targeting him. Isn't that a little unreasonable?

Qingming looked at Guchuan for help.

However, Furukawa just glanced over here quickly, made a hidden gesture to him to delay time, and then ignored him.

Seeing this, Qingming gave up immediately.

'It is better to rely on yourself than on others! '

Qing Ming's mind moved slightly, and he managed to calm himself down and began to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.

First of all, his chakra is sufficient for the time being.

In the previous few battles, he did not use many ninjutsu, and the chakra he consumed was limited, with about 1,500 points left at the moment.

This is already the amount of chakra that many Chunins have at full strength, and is more than enough to support a battle.

Secondly, his Sharingan has not been exposed yet.

If used well, it can change the situation of the battle at a critical moment.

This is equivalent to having a bottom line, allowing him to face the enemy more calmly.

The last and most important point is that the other party is definitely not a real jonin, otherwise Furukawa would not have allowed him to delay time.

Because no matter the strength he usually shows, or the fighting power he just burst out by killing enemies one after another, they are not enough to fight against a real jonin.

But since Furukawa asked him to delay time, it means he has the ability to do it.

And with the strength he has shown so far, the limit of what he can deal with is a special jonin.

In other words, the other party is most likely just a special jonin.

When he thought of this, Qingming felt more confident, and the tension he had just felt about having to face a senior ninja disappeared for the most part.

He was not sure if he could fight against a veteran jonin with all-around abilities, but if the enemy was just a special jonin with an outstanding ability, he would still dare to give it a try.

However, before that, it is better to leave this battlefield first.

In this way, when you have to use the Sharingan, the risk of exposure can be minimized.

As soon as he thought of this, Qing Ming suddenly used the "Instant Body Technique" and quickly ran towards the periphery of the battlefield behind him.

Seeing this, Bai Shi Cangdou let out a sinister laugh and immediately jumped up to chase after him.

The two men escaped from the battlefield while one was chasing the other.

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A few minutes later.

Somewhere in the woods.

Qingming is running fast.

Suddenly, several kunai attacked from behind. Qingming dodged sideways, and the kunai hit the tree trunk in front, making a "sizzling" sound.

Qingming looked carefully and saw that there was an explosive talisman tied to the back of one of the kunai. There was a flickering flame on it and it was about to explode.

Qingming said secretly "not good" and quickly stepped back.

Boom~
A violent explosion sounded.

The red flames swept over an area of ​​several meters.

The shock wave caused by the explosion of the detonating tag spread outward at a speed visible to the naked eye, causing the trees in the forest to creak.

After a moment, a cough was heard.

In the smoke and dust, a figure could be vaguely seen struggling to get up.

The next moment, a kunai flew out and pinned the figure down.

"what!"

The figure seemed to have been severely injured and let out a scream.

On the tree branch, Shiraishi Cangdou retracted his arm and watched everything with an expressionless face. Suddenly, several shurikens flew out from the smoke and dust, and hit Shiraishi Cangdou in the face.

"Hmph! A small skill."

Seeing this, Shiraishi Cangdou snorted coldly and pulled out the short sword across his waist. Then there was a series of clinking sounds, and all the shurikens that attacked him were cut down with one blow.

The smoke and dust dissipated, Qingming walked out from behind the tree, and the afterimage of his clone beside him disappeared with him.

This illusion created by the "clone technique" can only be of some use in situations where visibility is poor.

Head-on battle?

Then forget it!

Turning his gaze away from the clone, Bai Shi Cang Dou looked at Qing Ming and said with interest: "Boy, are you willing to come out?"

Qing Ming said nothing.

The smile on Shiraishi Cangdou's face faded, and he slightly raised the short blade in his hand and said, "Boy, are you ready to face death?"

As he spoke, he exuded a strong murderous intent.

Those with weak wills might give up resistance when faced with this murderous intent.

But who is Qingming?

He had long been determined to transcend this world. His ambitions were so lofty that they were no longer limited to a village or a country. How could he be so easily influenced by him? It would be more likely if it were Orochimaru.

Seeing that Qingming remained calm, Baishi Cangdou finally put aside his contempt and treated Qingming as an opponent who needed to be taken seriously.

The wind is still blowing rustlingly.

One of them stood on a tree branch, and the other stood beside the trunk, not far from each other, but no one spoke, and no one took any action. They just stared at each other, as if they would stare at each other until dawn.

Suddenly, a leaf fell, blocking Qingming's sight for a moment.

The next moment, a fierce gust of wind blew from the side, and Qing Ming squatted down without thinking.

The short blade cut through the air above Qingming's head. Bai Shi Cangdou's attack missed, and he immediately turned around and chopped down, slashing diagonally at the right side of Qingming's neck.

The sharp aura emanating from the short blade scratched Qingming's cheek painfully.

At the critical moment, Qingming raised his right arm and used the kunai in his hand to block Baishi Cangdou's short blade.

But at this moment, Shiraishi Cangdou showed a smile of success.

Seeing this, Qing Ming's heart inexplicably tightened and he immediately wanted to distance himself.

But it was too late.

A crackling sound of electricity was heard.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning appeared, and a dazzling blue lightning burst out from the palm of Shiraishi Cangdou, along the short blade, and reached the kunai.

Qingming's right hand felt numb and the kunai fell to the ground with a clang.

Shiraishi Cangdou took the opportunity to swing the short blade in his hand. Even though Qingming tried his best to lean back to dodge, his chest was still cut by the short blade.

The intense pain made Qing Ming unable to help but let out a groan.

Then, a smell of burning flesh came.

Without looking, Qing Ming knew that the wound on his chest was scorched by the lightning chakra attached to the short blade of Shiraishi Cangdou.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he didn't have to worry about dying from excessive blood loss in the short term.

Is this a sign of kindness from Shiraishi Kōto?
The answer is of course no.

Although the lightning chakra attached to the short blade helped him stop the bleeding, it also caused his body to fall into a short state of paralysis.

At this time, Qingming no longer cared about hiding. With a thought, he opened the Sharingan.

In just a moment, his pupils changed from black to blood red, and a black jade as dark as ink was spinning wildly in them.

Without time to form hand seals, Qing Ming directly activated the hypnotic ability of the Sharingan.

The moment the two looked at each other, Shiraishi Cangdou's eyes changed from disbelief to confusion.

Qingming knew that this kind of control was unstable.

So, he pushed off the ground with his feet and quickly stepped back. At the same time, he flipped his hands, took out several shurikens from his ninja tool bag, and threw them out with force.

(End of this chapter)