Chapter 68 ends abruptly
After dodging several attacks in succession, Qingming flipped his hand, took out a kunai from the ninja tool bag, and fought with Ohara Hideji.

The two sides fought each other, and a series of "ding ding" sounds were heard.

But Ohara Hideji's combat experience was obviously greater than Qingming's. In just a few moments, Qingming had several more scars on his body.

stab~
Glancing at the new wound on his arm, Qing Ming exerted force to deflect Ohara Hideji's attack.

Then, he took a half step back, threw the kunai in his hand, and drew the dagger at his waist.

Compared to kunai, the dagger is undoubtedly more handy for him.

Ohara Hideji turned his head to avoid the kunai thrown by Qingming. When he saw him draw out his dagger, he sneered and pounced on him again.

Hey~
Ding Ding Ding ~
The sound of metal clashing became more rapid, indicating that the battle was about to become more intense.

Qing Ming originally thought that after using the 'Konoha Style Sword Technique', he could at least be able to compete with his opponent, if not defeat him.

Unexpectedly, in just two or three minutes, he fell into a disadvantage.

When weapons clash, there is always a saying that "an inch longer is an inch stronger, an inch shorter is an inch more dangerous."

His short sword undoubtedly had an advantage in attack range compared to Ohara Hideji's kunai, but he was unable to fully utilize this advantage.

On the contrary, Ohara Hideji's attack made him truly realize what "danger" meant. In this small space, the opponent's offense and defense transition was so smooth.

At first, he could still cope with it, but as time went on, he could only passively defend.

Qingming had only briefly experienced this feeling of being crushed by skills on Guchuan.

However, it was training at that time, and although Qingming was not an opponent, he did not feel much pressure.

It is different now. In the fight between life and death, he finally witnessed the true combat power of the Jonin.

Qing Ming even had a vague feeling that in terms of close combat ability, Ohara Hideji might have surpassed Furukawa.

In addition, the opponent had extensive experience fighting against Uchiha ninjas, and he had tried to counter with the Sharingan many times, but had not been successful.

At this time, Qing Ming also discovered his own problem, which was that in order to hide the Sharingan, he was too clumsy in using the Sharingan and did not understand many of the techniques at all.

In this way, it is okay to bully the middle and lower ninjas who have never seen the world, but if you face the experienced joninjas, it will be a bit difficult.

"As expected, practice brings true knowledge!"

This battle made Qingming realize his own shortcomings and also pointed out the direction for his future improvement.

Now, Qing Ming no longer thought about how to kill the other party, because he simply couldn't do it.

Now, he just wanted to learn more fighting skills from the other party, and brush up his proficiency in 'Konoha-style swordsmanship' and Sharingan.

As for revenge
Once his strength improves, there will always be a chance.

Qingming is not a person who overestimates his own abilities.

Time passed by minute by minute, and just when Qingming was immersed in the battle, several sharp whistles suddenly rang out throughout the venue.

'This is the signal that the mission is accomplished!'

Qingming was awakened by the whistle, and this thought immediately popped up in his mind.

Immediately, without any hesitation, at the cost of being injured, he suddenly widened the distance between himself and Ohara Hideji.

Then, he used the 'Flash Body Technique' and approached the nearest Konoha Jonin at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, other Konoha ninjas also moved closer to the surrounding jonin.

Afterwards, before the Rock Ninjas could react, they all gathered in one direction, led by these jonin.

During this time, some Iwagakure also tried to stop them.

But Konoha was well prepared and gathered people very quickly, which briefly formed a situation where the majority were fighting against the minority, and there were always senior ninjas in charge.

Therefore, the Rock Ninjas couldn't stop them at all.

By the time the leader Huang Tu reorganized the team, all the Konoha ninjas had left the battlefield.

But Huang Tu didn't want to give up.

Judging from the reactions of the people in Konoha, they knew they had achieved their goal. And their goal, needless to say, was to stop them.

But now, the other party is about to withdraw, and what this means is self-evident.

Huangtu judged that it was probably too late to carry out the support mission now, so he simply gave the order to continue the pursuit.

However, not long into the chase, they discovered that there was a new group of people in the Konoha team ahead.

These people were none other than the surviving Konoha ninjas from the river valley battlefield.

In this way, Konoha's team became stronger again and more confident.

On the contrary, Huang Tu did not dare to chase too closely, for fear of being ambushed and counterattacked.

But at the same time, they cannot give up the pursuit.

After all, this is the defense zone of the Iwagakure Village. Even if it is a polite farewell, they have to watch the Konoha ninjas leave and can't let them run around.

Just like that, with the tacit understanding of both parties, the Konoha ninjas gradually moved away from the river valley corridor.

About an hour and a half later, they met up with the three teams participating in the attack. Half an hour later, another team responsible for blocking the enemy also arrived.

At this point, the Rock Ninja completely gave up his unrealistic fantasies.

They had already lost this confrontation, and they had to admit defeat, so they could only follow Qingming and the others from a distance and watch them leave.

Of course, Qingming and others did not dare to stay for long. After all, they were in the enemy's hinterland. If they were surrounded, it would be a big trouble.

Therefore, they left the control area of ​​Iwagakure Village at almost the fastest speed.

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the next day.

morning.

After more than ten hours of forced march, Qing Ming and others finally returned to their own territory.

In Konoha's front-line stronghold closest to the Iwagakure, hundreds of Konoha ninjas were lying in a mess, and almost everyone of them was injured.

The medical ninjas who had arrived earlier were walking among them, treating these people.

Qing Ming glanced at the surviving ninjas around him, and their number was only about half of what it was when they set out.

Now, he finally understood why the Ninja World War could not last long.

With this death rate in battle, how could it last too long?

Fortunately, there are not many such actions, otherwise all the ninjas would be wiped out in a short time.

Shaking his head, Qing Ming stopped thinking about it and began to perform the "Healing Technique" to heal himself while thinking about his future training plan.

First of all, the number of times you practice the "Art of Reflecting the Heart" can be reduced appropriately.

His Sharingan has been exposed, so there is no need to hide it any longer. He can open it for a long time and use the time-consuming method to increase his proficiency.

In this way, some chakra can be saved.

And these chakras can be used to improve the "Magic Jiahang Technique".

Secondly, the 'Konoha-style swordsmanship' still needs to be improved, and Qingming doesn't want to experience the feeling of powerlessness of having his skills crushed again.

Finally, there are the techniques for using the Sharingan.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming pondered for a moment, and finally murmured: "It seems that I have to contact the clan leaders as soon as possible."

That’s right, he planned to start from within the clan.

Although he could figure it out on his own, it would be a waste of time and unnecessary.

After all, no matter how much he thinks, can it compare to the Uchiha clan's thousand-year heritage?

So, when it’s time to speak, you should speak.

I believe that after the clan knows that he has awakened the Sharingan, they will not be stingy in imparting this knowledge to him.

(End of this chapter)