Chapter 61: After one wave, another wave arises

Retracting his thoughts and shaking off the blood on the blade, Qing Ming turned his gaze to Mizutani Shizuko and the Iwagakure Chunin who was fighting against her.

It can be seen that after more than twenty minutes of hard fighting, Shizuko Mizutani has been completely at a disadvantage and has some skin injuries on her body.

Originally, female ninjas did not have an advantage in physical strength, not to mention that Shizuko Mizutani was not yet an adult.

Therefore, as the battle progressed, her disadvantage became greater and greater, and now she was on the verge of defeat and urgently needed his help.

It is for this reason that he chose to kill Nishimura Ikihira, otherwise he could just continue to paddling around and waste time with the opponent.

swoosh~
A kunai was thrown by Qingming and shot straight at the Iwagakure Chunin.

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the other side.

Ichiro Hirai was holding a kunai and was planning to take down Mizutani Shizuko in one go, but unexpectedly, a kunai suddenly flew from the side.

Sensing the danger, Ichiro Hirai hurriedly dodged.

After making sure it was safe, he looked in the direction where the kunai was flying from.

It would not matter if he did not look at it, but he was shocked when he saw it. He had noticed the battle between Qingming and Nishimura Shiping a long time ago.

just
Just now these two men were fighting back and forth, but when I wasn't paying attention, Nishimura Ishihira was already dead.

Although he was not very familiar with Nishimura Ishihira, he had met him several times and had a certain understanding of his strength. Although he was not the best among the Chunins, he was at least much stronger than him.

But now, the other person was killed, and it was killed by a little kid.

Doesn't that mean that this little brat is far stronger than him?

Looking at Qingming's neat clothes, Ichiro Hirai became more certain of his guess, but there was nothing to be happy about.

The stronger the enemy, the more dangerous his situation will be.

'what to do? ’

Ichiro Hirai glanced around, trying to find a helper.

But I'm sorry, the Rock Ninjas were not at an advantage in numbers to begin with, and after more than twenty minutes of melee, there were even fewer survivors.

Now, any slightly stronger Iwagakure ninja around was being besieged by two or three Konoha ninjas and had no hands to help him.

"So, I can only rely on myself."

Thinking this in his mind, Ichiro Hirai quickly threw the kunai in his hand, then formed seals with his hands, as if he was going to perform some ninjutsu.

Upon seeing this, Qing Ming dodged the incoming kunai and at the same time quickly formed the six seals of 'Zi - Yin - Xu - Chou - Mao - Yin'.

Then, he took a deep breath, gathered the fire chakra in his throat, and then exhaled it continuously like a machine gun.

The next moment, flames like Impatiens seeds appeared one after another, densely packed, and flew towards Ichiro Hirai.

Seeing this scene, Ichiro Hirai's hands, which were forming seals, stopped unconsciously.

At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, that is why it was so fast.

Yeah, why so fast?

The answer is simple. Ever since Qing Ming focused on improving the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique' among the three fire style ninjutsu, his proficiency has increased rapidly.

Although he only uses about a quarter of his chakra on this technique every day, its level has already soared to level 3 (226/1000).

With this level of proficiency, facing an ordinary Chunin, it would not be a problem for him to strike later and arrive first, let alone launch a dimensionality reduction attack.

Just like now, although Qingming performed the ninjutsu a little later than the opponent, he was the first to perform it in the end.

This resulted in Ichiro Hirai being stuck in a position where he was neither up nor down.

If you continue to use ninjutsu, you will definitely be attacked by Qingming's ninjutsu. If you give up, the time you have gained before will be wasted.

But for the sake of his own life, he had to give up temporarily.

After all, he couldn't dodge attacks and perform ninjutsu at the same time.

So we saw that after Ichiro Hirai was stunned for a moment, he immediately stepped back, trying to avoid Qingming's ninjutsu attack.

But he wanted to retreat, but someone didn't want him to leave. On the side, Mizutani Shizuko found an opportunity and took decisive action.

咻咻 咻 ~
Several shurikens flew out, aiming directly at the vital points on Ichiro Hirai's body.

Sensing the danger, Ichiro Hirai quickly dodged.

But his strength was indeed average. Although he avoided the shuriken thrown by Mizutani Shizuko, his arm was hit by a ball of fire spit out by Qingming.

Immediately, a burning sensation came from his left arm, making Ichiro Hirai frown.

Qing Ming keenly caught this detail, so he used a "flash body technique" to close the distance and attacked the opponent from the right side.

Ichiro Hirai dodged left and right and didn't dare to confront him head-on.

But the more this happened, the more Qing Ming wanted to force the opponent to engage in a head-on battle. His left arm was already injured, and as long as he focused on this half of the opponent's body, he would be able to make progress quickly.

Finally, after dodging several swords in succession, Ichiro Hirai had to fight Qingming head-on.

But just as Qingming expected, the opponent was seriously injured shortly after the fight began, and his entire left arm was almost cut off by him.

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Tick ​​tock~
The scarlet blood flowed down his arm, through his palm, and finally dripped from his fingertips.

Ichiro Hirai felt the pain in his left arm, but did not dare to take his eyes off Qingming's sword.

Although it was only a brief fight, he already understood how powerful Qingming's swordsmanship was.

It is no wonder that Nishimura Ikihira fell into the hands of his opponent. With this kind of swordsmanship, even a Jonin, let alone a Chunin, would probably be able to withstand a few moves from his opponent.

Therefore, he didn't dare to look away, for fear that Qing Ming would suddenly attack.

But in the current situation, there is no need for Qingming to launch any surprise attack. Normal combat is enough to deal with the opponent.

As soon as he thought of this, Qing Ming leaped forward, followed by the sound of "ding ding dang dang" of the dagger and kunai clashing.

Two minutes later, accompanied by the sound of a sharp blade entering flesh, Qing Ming seized an opportunity and stabbed the dagger into Ichiro Hirai's lower abdomen.

puff~
A mouthful of blood spurted out of Ichiro Hirai's mouth.

At the last moment of his life, Ichiro Hirai activated a detonating talisman, trying to grab Qingming's arm and die with him.

Unfortunately, the opponent was already at the end of his strength and his movements were very slow. Before he could make a move, Qing Ming had already distanced himself from him.

The next moment, a violent explosion sounded, and a ball of red flame rose up, instantly engulfing Ichiro Hirai.

It was not until this time that Shizuko Mizutani came over.

The pace of the battle just now was too fast, and Shizuko Mizutani couldn't get involved at all, so she just stayed aside to recover her strength.

The stamina of a ninja is far beyond that of ordinary people. In just a short while, Shizuko Mizutani has recovered a lot of strength.

Seeing the other party coming, Qing Ming was about to say something when suddenly there was another person next to him.

Mizutani Shizuko had some stress reaction and immediately raised the kunai in her hand, while Qingming did not move.

It’s not that his reaction is slower than Mizutani Shizuko’s.

On the contrary, it was because he saw the person's face clearly that he did not act rashly.

The person who came was none other than the captain of their team, named Haruki Mori, a special jonin.

Haruki Mori ignored Mizutani Shizuko's overreaction and gave the order directly: "You will go to Area E3 immediately and follow the command of the captain of the second team."

After saying this, without any hesitation, he immediately ran in another direction.

Qingming followed the other party's footsteps and saw two Konoha Chunins who had just defeated the enemy and were taking a short rest. He immediately understood that the other party was gathering manpower.

but
'E3 zone?'

"Isn't this another road from the Iwagakure headquarters to the logistics base?"

"Could it be that the Iwagakure Village has sent someone again?"

The more Qing Ming thought about it, the more possible it seemed to him. He couldn't help but curse in his heart, "It's true that one wave has not yet settled, but another wave has risen!"

(End of this chapter)