Chapter 62 Elite
On the side, Shizuko Mizutani is not stupid either.

When he heard Chun Musheng asking them to rush to Area E3 immediately, he knew that something was probably wrong, so he asked worriedly, "Qingming?"

Hearing this, Qing Ming gave her a reassuring look and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, he packed up his equipment and ran to the E3 area.

Seeing this, Shizuko Mizutani did not delay and hurriedly followed.

Acting with them were several Konoha Chunins who had just received orders.

The so-called E3 area is actually a section of another mountain path leading from the Rock Ninja Headquarters to the logistics base.

It is not too far from this river valley corridor, no more than one kilometer in a straight line.

Qingming and others went straight across the mountainside, and it only took a few minutes in total.

When they arrived, there were no less than fifty Konoha ninjas gathered here.

Among them, the vast majority are mid- and jonin, with only a handful of genin, and even fewer who are as young as Qingming and Mizutani Shizuko.

Therefore, their arrival still attracted some people's attention.

However, Qingming has long been accustomed to this.

As he continued to participate in wars and survived them again and again, he received more and more such looks.

At first, he was a little uncomfortable with it, but as he gained more experience, he gradually got used to it.

Ignoring these people, Qing Ming took Mizutani Shizuko straight to an open space and sat down.

Seeing him close his eyes, everyone stopped paying attention.

Time passed by minute by minute. The leader of the team did not speak, and everyone else did not speak. They just rested silently and recovered the strength consumed in the previous battle.

As time goes by, more and more people gather here.

five minutes later.

The number of people in the field officially exceeded one hundred.

Qing Ming opened his eyes and looked at the ninjas who were seriously injured, frowning, feeling that the situation might be more troublesome than he had expected.

Otherwise, there would not be any need to transfer these ninjas whose combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

"Is there no one left?" Qingming thought to himself.

Before the battle, there were three hundred people on their side.

In the battle of the Valley Corridor, although the losses were smaller than those of the Rock Ninjas due to their numerical advantage, dozens of people still died after the great battle.

Now, the battle over there is not over yet, and we have to keep some people to continue fighting. It is estimated that only about a hundred people can be transferred over.

And now, there are more than a hundred people in the field.

Obviously, Konoha has mobilized all the personnel that can be mobilized.

This shows that the enemy must be no simple one.

'Hey, I hope the battle over there can end soon, otherwise.'

With a sigh, Qing Ming stopped thinking about it and turned his gaze to the captain of the second team.

Like him, others also focused their attention on the other person.

He stood up, clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said directly: "Okay, it's almost time.

I believe you have guessed it too.

That's right, in the near future, a team of Iwagakure support troops will pass by here.

Our mission is to stop them and buy as much time as possible for Team 3 to eliminate the target stronghold."

Having said this, he paused for a moment and continued, "Next, I will divide you into six teams, each responsible for a defense zone, to ensure that the Iwagakure reinforcements cannot pass through."

After saying that, he started to divide into groups without caring about everyone's reactions.

Qing Ming and Mizutani Shizuko were assigned to the fourth team, responsible for the defense area in the middle section, and they would not be the first to engage the enemy. However, they did not have to expect the enemy to bypass them.

In order to prevent being defeated one by one, the six defense zones are almost adjacent to each other, so there is a high probability that a single move will affect the entire body.

The captain of the second squad made such arrangements just to extend the front line and delay the enemy's advance.

After the groups were formed, everyone started to act.

Hiding in the dense forest, Qingming felt depressed.

All signs indicate that the enemy this time is very unusual, otherwise the captain of the second team would not have used such a delaying tactic.

This also made him feel very insecure.

In this depressing atmosphere, ten minutes passed quietly.

At this time, almost forty-five minutes had passed since the blocking battle began.

If we count from the time the plan was started, more than three hours have passed.

According to the instructions they originally received, if the plan was not successful four hours after it was launched, the plan would be terminated and all personnel must evacuate immediately.

In other words, they can just hold on for a few dozen minutes at most and then they can evacuate.

If possible, Qingming hoped that the enemy would arrive as late as possible, because the longer the time dragged on, the greater the possibility of their safe retreat.

Of course, it would be better if the enemy didn't come.

But Qingming knew that this was impossible.

Since the leading jonin called them here in a hurry, it means he has obtained accurate intelligence, otherwise he would definitely not miss the opportunity to devour the previous batch of Rock Ninjas.

Transferring them over halfway would only allow more Rock Ninjas on the river valley side to survive, while their losses would increase accordingly.

The loss here is not a small one.

Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, the team leader would not make such an arrangement.

But once such an arrangement is made, it means that the situation is extremely urgent, so urgent that someone must make a sacrifice.

That's why Qingming is so uneasy.

Just as Qingming was daydreaming, there was suddenly a commotion in the woods ahead.

Before Qingming could figure out what was happening, he saw a long river of yellow sand surging towards him.

The land along the way was quickly assimilated by it, and the trees on it were also tilted to this and that, pushed by the sand river, rushing forward rapidly.

Qingming quickly jumped away, climbed up a big tree in three or two steps, and looked forward.

They saw a river of sand running through the dense forest where they were hiding, clearing out a large area and forcing the Konoha ninjas inside to reveal themselves.

At the source of the Sand River, a sturdy young Rock Ninja slowly stood up.

He was wearing a red ninja hat, had a big nose and a beard. He was the son of the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki - Koji.

As a well-known figure in the ninja world, his portrait was widely circulated, and Qingming recognized him at the first sight.

Huang Tu at this time might not be as strong as he was during the Fourth Ninja World War, but he was over twenty years old and his strength had almost reached the level of an elite jonin.

This can be seen from the ninjutsu he just released.

The simple 'Earth Escape·Debris Flow' he performed had already reached the level of changing the topography.

Looking at the Iwagakure ninjas behind him, although their number is less than a hundred, the lowest level among them is Chunin.

Obviously, this is a team of elite ninjas.

Seeing these people, Qingming's heart sank to the bottom.

It can be imagined that the next battle will be very difficult.

(End of this chapter)