Chapter 440 Pressure
"Ice Release: Ice Storm~"

Just when Qingming burned five warships and was about to do the same to the sixth Kirigakure warship, the Kirigakure ninja who came back to support from afar finally arrived.

The leader had a murderous look on his face, and before he got close, he performed an ice escape ninjutsu.

In an instant, the wind blew violently!

The howling cold wind, carrying huge amounts of water vapor, swirled wildly, and in a short while, the surroundings turned into a world of ice and snow.

Because of the sudden drop in temperature, the water vapor turned into snowflakes, then combined with each other to become small ice crystal shurikens that swept towards Qingming.

"Ice Escape?"

Looking at the incoming ice storm, Qingming murmured.

Then, he immediately interrupted the ninjutsu that was about to be performed, and without any hesitation, he immediately controlled the chakra wings behind him and flew high into the sky.

Although this ice storm has a very wide range, its movement speed is average. Before it gets close, Qingming has already moved away from its attack range.

Therefore, until it passed under him, it did not cause any harm to him.

It was not until this time that Qing Ming stopped destroying the Kirigakure warships and turned to look at the Kirigakure ninjas who had returned for the rescue.

brush~
A figure suddenly appeared and stood next to the Kirigakure ninja who had just performed Ice Release: Ice Storm. Who else could it be but Ozawa Yuki?
At this time, including him, there were already four jonin in the Kirigakure team that came back to support, and they were all real jonin.

In addition, there are dozens of mid-level and low-level ninjas, almost forming a large team.

However, this lineup is fine for ordinary people, but it is not good for Qingming.
Honestly, it’s not enough!
The next moment, Qingming raised his hands to form seals, took a deep breath, and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

Qing Ming's operation remained the same as usual - facing enemies above the squad level, he started with the 'Wind Style: Big Breakthrough' that could disrupt the formation.

However, the enemy this time is different.

Almost at the moment when the hurricane blew out of his mouth, the Snow Clan ninja who had just performed "Ice Release: Ice Storm" performed another ice release ninjutsu.

"Ice Release: Ice Wall Technique~"

The next moment, a large amount of sea water gathered and then crystallized, eventually forming a huge ice wall about ten meters high and twenty to thirty meters long.

The hurricane released by Qingming blew on the ice wall, leaving cuts of varying depths, but it was unable to hurt the Mist Ninja behind the ice wall at all.

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming couldn't help but exclaimed: "Sure enough, the sea environment is still too suitable for these ice escape ninjas to perform."

Back then, when he first met the ninja from the Snow Clan of the Hidden Mist Village, Yukikaze, he discovered this problem and had been thinking about ways to restrain it.

But unfortunately, there is no good solution.

Unless the battlefield is moved to land or other relatively hot places, the advantages of ice escape can be fully utilized in this vapor-filled environment.

And it is obvious that the other party would not follow him to such an environment that is not conducive to his performance.

Likewise, it was impossible for him to leave here.

In the past, at this time, apart from seeking close combat with the opponent and killing him, he could only fight with the opponent to consume his energy.

Perhaps his Fire Style could only exert 50% to 60% of its power in this environment, but by accumulating chakra, he could also drain the opponent to death.

But today is different. He doesn't need to confront the opponent head-on. His goal is to lure the tiger away from the mountain, reduce the pressure on the battlefield ahead, and force Kirigakure to withdraw.

In this way, we just need to continue attacking those ships.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming gave up the confrontation with the other party without any hesitation. Instead, he flapped his wings and flew towards the Mist-Hidden warship farthest from them.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the four Mist Village jonin, including Ozawa Yuki and the Snow Clan ninja, turned very ugly.

Without any hesitation, they immediately threw dozens of kunai and shurikens loaded with poison and explosive talismans at Qingming.

However, because the distance was too far, and Qingming acted first, Qingming was not hurt at all. He just flapped his wings lightly and dodged the attack.

Then, without hesitation, he increased his speed to the limit and flew towards the target ship.

"Chase!"

Upon seeing this, Yuki Ozawa immediately ordered his troops to give chase.

As he spoke, he had already taken the lead and caught up.

Seeing this, others had no choice but to follow.

Soon, Qingming arrived above the target warship. The Kirigakure ninja on it immediately attacked, but was easily dodged by Qingming.

However, what greeted them was a fire dragon and a fireball.

Without caring about the damage, Qing Ming looked back at the Kirigakure team that was hurriedly chasing after him, immediately selected a new target, and flew over.

The selection conditions are the same as before, and it is still the farthest distance.

Qing Ming was going to rely on the advantages of 'Wind Style: Wind Wings' in speed and flexibility to engage in guerrilla warfare with the opponents, leaving them to follow behind him and eat dust.

So, do Yuki Osawa and others understand what he is thinking?

The answer is obviously yes.

But they still have to play the 'game' according to Qingming's ideas.

There is no other reason. Whether in the past life or this life, when sailing on the sea, ships will keep a certain distance from each other to avoid collisions.

Although the Kirigakure warships moved closer to each other after stopping, they did not move the ships too close to each other for the convenience of retreat.

Therefore, even though the Mist Hidden Warships are now approaching each other, there is still some distance between them.

In this situation, in order to prevent more ships from being destroyed, Ozawa Yuki and others could only chase closely, leaving Qingming no extra time.

It is precisely for this reason that Qingming has the confidence to fight guerrilla warfare against the enemy.

However, as time goes by, Qingming's room for maneuver becomes smaller and smaller.

Especially when the Kirigakure warships approached to a certain distance, and Ozawa Yuki and others were divided into four groups to defend the four directions of east, west, south and north respectively, he no longer had the chance to destroy the Kirigakure warships.

As for defeating these people one by one
This is not very realistic either.

At the same time, he didn't want to do it.

First of all, the four people leading the team are all true jonin.

Although he is stronger than them, it is impossible for him to kill them instantly without activating the Mangekyō Sharingan.

What's more, they have about ten mid-level and low-level ninjas to assist them!
There was absolutely no need for him to do this thankless task.

Secondly, although these people were said to be divided into four directions, the distance between them was not very far and it was easy for them to support each other, so the idea of ​​defeating them one by one was not valid.

Finally, and most importantly, there was no reason for him to take the risk.

His goal was to put pressure on the Mist Ninjas on the front line, not to completely cut off their retreat.

If all the ships were destroyed, the Mist Ninjas would have to fight even if they didn't want to.

Therefore, proper watering is necessary.

(End of this chapter)