Chapter 442 Retreat
After counting the interest.

After dodging four rounds of crossbow arrows in succession, Qingming finally escaped from the attack range of the crossbow cart.

At this time, looking down again, I saw that the warships hidden in the fog were getting closer again.

Some Mist Ninjas left their team and gathered under the command of the Mist Ninja Jonin to the east of the fleet, making the defense there no longer a gap.

In this way, coupled with the dozen or so crossbow carts lurking in the south, Qingming felt that the Mist Ninja's defense was even stronger.

He glanced at the battlefield ahead, and the Mist Ninjas there still had no intention of retreating.

'No, the pressure is still not enough.'

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming did not hesitate at all and immediately attacked the fleet below from the north, which was farthest from the crossbow carts.

Seeing this, the person in charge of defending the snowy mountain in the south immediately ordered the Mist Ninja operating the crossbow cart: "Attack!"

Whoosh whoosh~
Five crossbow arrows shot out quickly.

The chakra wings behind Qingming flapped, and he nimbly dodged the crossbow attack. Then he skillfully used the shock wave generated by the explosion of the crossbow behind him to accelerate and arrived in front of the Kirigakure fleet.

The second wave of crossbows is coming!
Qing Ming didn't hesitate at all. He immediately raised his hands to form seals and performed the ninjutsu - Wind Style: Wind Blade!

huh~
A wind blade that was more than ten meters long appeared and cut towards the incoming crossbow arrow at an extremely fast speed.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing, and the moment they made contact, the wind blade easily penetrated the crossbow arrow like a hot knife cutting through butter.

In an instant, three of the five crossbow arrows broke.

Because of the lack of the second half, the flight trajectories of the three crossbow arrows were affected, and they flew straight to other places, completely deviating from Qingming.

As for the remaining two.
Qingming just slightly turned his body to avoid the attack.

At this time, he was not far away from the Kirigakure fleet.

"attack!"

Following the order given by the Kirigakure jonin who was defending here, the middle and lower ninjas immediately threw out the kunai and shurikens that had been prepared long ago.

In an instant, dense kunai and shurikens shot towards Qingming.

But such an attack obviously could not hurt Qingming.

He pushed the Three-magatama Sharingan to its limit and, with the help of its powerful insight, easily avoided the attack.

Then, without hesitation, he performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu, aiming directly at a warship behind them.

However, the expected flames did not appear.

Just when the fire dragon he released was about to approach the warship, the Kirigakure Jonin performed the ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Array Wall!

Suddenly, a wall of water rose up, blocking the fire dragon.

The huge fire dragon crashed into it and almost penetrated it, causing a large piece of the water wall on the other side to bulge out, but it ultimately failed.

Zizzi~
A large amount of white mist rose.

Qing Ming was slightly disappointed when he saw this scene.

If it were on land, this move would definitely break the opponent's defense.

Unfortunately, this is the ocean, and the bonus to water escape is too great here.

On the contrary, the power of the Fire Style he performed was only 60% of its normal power at most.

In this way, even if he consumed more chakra, he was unable to break the opponent's defense.

I have to say that it was indeed a good choice for this Kirigakure jonin to choose defense rather than offense.

But at this time, Qingming no longer had a second chance to cast the spell.

Whoosh whoosh~
The familiar sound of breaking air came again.

The third wave of crossbow arrows shot towards him. This time, because the distance was closer, Qingming had less time to dodge.

Not only that, but he will also need to spend more time to escape from the opponent's attack range.

Fortunately, Qingming was well prepared for this.

He flapped his wings, turned 180 degrees, and flew straight to a higher place behind him.

That’s right, when his attack failed, he simply chose to flee thousands miles away.

Qingming just didn't believe that Wuyin's crossbow arrows were infinite.

As long as he could master the rhythm and do this a few more times, even if he couldn't destroy the Kirigakure's warships, he would be able to use up their reserve crossbow arrows.

At that time, it will be easier to attack those warships.

Qingming believed that as long as he continued to put pressure on the opponent, he would sooner or later attract the Mist Ninja in front to come back for help.

By then, it should not be a problem to send a message to Nobuhisa Sano for cooperation and force the other side to withdraw.

He did it as he thought. As soon as Qingming escaped from the attack range of the crossbow cart, he found a new direction and dived towards the Mist Hidden Fleet below.

The whole process was the same as before. First, they dodged two rounds of crossbow attacks, and then launched an attack on the fleet under the attack of a group of Mist Ninjas.

Afterwards, Qingming would quickly retreat regardless of whether the opponent blocked him or not.

Usually at this time, the southernmost Mist Ninja would just fire out the third wave of crossbow arrows.

Of course, if the opponent chooses not to shoot, Qing Ming will respond flexibly and continue to attack the fleet.

In short, the goal is to consume Kirigakure’s crossbow arrow reserves as much as possible.

At first, Ozawa Yuki didn't notice anything, but after Qingming had two rounds, he guessed Qingming's plan.

However, after some thought, he found that he did not have any good countermeasures.

In the final analysis, strength is still respected in the ninja world. If you are not strong enough, no matter how many tricks you have, you will only be led by the nose and passively take the beatings.

At this time, the Mist Ninja below was in this situation.

Ozawa Yuki's face changed for a moment. He took another look at the battle situation ahead and after confirming that it was impossible to capture the Black Stone stronghold, he could only reluctantly issue the order to retreat.

Although we are not at the end of our rope yet, it is the best time to retreat. If we fight to the last breath, it will be difficult to retreat.

It just so happened that the Black Stone Stronghold was not the focus of the village's attack this time. Strictly speaking, his attack could only be considered a feint.

In this case, a temporary retreat is justifiable.

As his orders were given, the Mist Ninjas who were fighting with the Konoha Ninjas in the front began to retreat in an orderly manner under the command of a group of Jonin.

When Nobuhisa Sano saw this scene, he thought about giving chase, but when he learned about the situation of the surviving Konoha ninjas, he decisively gave up the idea.

Just as the Black Stone stronghold was not the main attack direction of the Hidden Mist Village, his mission was not to immediately recapture the stronghold in Flying Fish Town.

Konoha is now fighting on multiple fronts and needs to capture the big and let go of the small. Feiyu Town must be taken back in the end, but not now.

Now, he just needs to defend the Black Stone Stronghold and make sure the Mist Ninja in Feiyu Town don't run around.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decisively gave up the plan of pursuit.

However, in order to prevent Wuyin from making a surprise attack, he still ordered Qingming to follow Wuyin's fleet to ensure that they really left.

Qingming gladly accepted this task.

He even did not use his real body, but instead created a shadow clone to carry out this mission.

After all, he was just following the other party, he could have flown higher, and even if he was a shadow clone, there would be no problem.

As for himself.
Of course, you have to hurry up and complete today's training plan.

(End of this chapter)