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Chapter 159: Encirclement and Killing
After treating the wounded and resting for about an hour, Qingming and his group set out again.
Following the starlight, the group moved forward. In the next few hours, they eliminated two camps of the Iwagakure Village one after another, pushing the battle line directly to the third line of defense of the Iwagakure Village.
By this time, it was already daybreak.
Even though everyone gets some time to rest after each battle, the intermittent fighting for a whole night still makes people very tired.
It just so happened that their goal had been initially achieved, and news had come from the other strongholds that the Iwagakure Village had secretly transferred personnel from these strongholds last night.
And their feint attack is about to turn into a real attack.
As for time
At ten o'clock this morning!
In view of this, the Nara clan's jonin in charge of the command issued an order to rest on the spot.
Next, it will not be the other strongholds cooperating with them, but they will cooperate with those strongholds.
There is no doubt that the Iwagakure Village transferred personnel from the front line for them, and their next task is to tie down these people.
Qingming looked at the time. There were still more than three hours before the final attack, so it was just the right time to take a break.
However, they wanted to rest, but the Iwagakure Village didn't want to let them rest.
Less than an hour later, the camp on the third line of defense ahead, which was their next target, actually sent people to attack them.
Well.
It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they attacked. It should be more like harassment.
These people launched sneak attacks from the periphery from time to time, frequently using explosive tags and ninjutsu that made a lot of noise, obviously not wanting them to have a good rest.
Qingming was so annoyed by the disturbance that he simply decided not to rest. He said something to Nara Sishui who was in charge of the command, and took the initiative to assume the defense mission.
Walking out of the team and coming to the periphery, Qingming keenly sensed some prying eyes. Looking towards the woods, he could vaguely see the figures of some Rock Ninjas.
Qingming sensed it carefully and did not detect any dangerous aura. It was most likely just some Chunin.
Despite this, Qing Ming was still not careless. Instead, he summoned several Konoha Chunins who were in charge of patrolling and walked into the dense forest with them.
Ten minutes later, Qingming cleared out all the Rock Ninjas in the surrounding dense forests. Although he didn't kill many people, it was enough to shock them for a while.
Of course, it's impossible to get them to stop harassing completely.
Because these people obviously received instructions from higher-ups, no matter how dangerous it was, they had to come and give it a try.
Qingming took this opportunity to replenish his chakra and improve his proficiency in various skills. Although it wasn't much, it was better than nothing!
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Time passes by every second.
In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-morning.
Whether it was on the Konoha side or the Iwagakure side, the atmosphere became subtle, and both sides seemed to be ready to take action.
Qingming's action was naturally to cooperate with the general attack launched by other strongholds.
There is only one possibility for the Iwagakure Village to take action, and that is that their reinforcements have arrived, or are about to arrive, and the other side is afraid that they will leave early, so they are preparing to take action.
Nara Surabaya noticed this and immediately changed the attack order to retreat.
Qing Ming thought about it for a moment and understood what he meant. He was obviously planning to take advantage of the Rock Ninja's eagerness to keep them and lure them out of the camp.
As it turned out, his strategy was successful.
When the Iwa Ninjas in the camp ahead saw them leave, they immediately organized their men, walked out of the camp, and started chasing them.
This is not to say that Nara Sishui's strategy was brilliant, but that the Iwa Ninjas had no choice but to act.
As for the reason
It's very simple. The crazy killing by Qingming and others last night angered the top leaders of the Iwagakure. They gave these Iwagakure ninjas a death order, which was to keep Qingming and others at all costs.
For this reason, as soon as Qingming and others slightly revealed their intention to evacuate, the Rock Ninjas jumped out impatiently.
Without the home advantage in the camp, they will undoubtedly have an easier time if the next fight breaks out.
But it's just some.
This time, the number of Iwagakure ninjas dispatched was as high as two hundred, most of whom were mid- and top-level ninjas, with lower-level ninjas accounting for only about one-third of the total number.
This configuration is completely different from the previous camps.
It's not that there is anything special about this third-line camp that requires so many ninjas to be stationed there.
Instead, the several strongholds that were breached by Qingming and others and the Rock Ninjas who escaped from the camp all gathered here.
The Iwagakure ninjas who were able to escape were generally very strong, and the Iwagakure Village also transferred the middle and upper ninjas from the two nearby camps.
This is why the number and quality of Rock Ninjas in this camp exceed those of ordinary third-tier camps.
Similarly, for this reason, Qing Ming said that even if these people were lured out of the camp, it would only be slightly easier for them to fight.
After all, the overall strength of these Rock Ninjas is there, and no matter how they plan, fighting will not be easy.
Fortunately, their overall strength is still superior, so they are not at a disadvantage. At most, it is just a little more difficult to fight.
After retreating for a distance, Nara Surabaya asked everyone to stop, adjust their formation, and prepare to meet the attack from the Iwa Ninja.
The Iwa Ninja did not disappoint, and after catching up with them, he launched an attack without any nonsense, as if he was afraid that they would escape.
"Earth Style: Rock Cannon Technique~"
In an instant, dozens of Iwagakure ninjas formed hand seals at the same time and performed this technique.
I saw thumb-sized stones coming out of their mouths.
Then it quickly spun and grew in the air, eventually turning into fist-sized stones and smashing towards Qingming's team.
In response, nearly a hundred Konoha ninjas threw their kunai at the Iwagakure team.
However, neither the Iwagakure nor the Konohagakure showed any sign of panic in the face of such an attack.
There is no other reason. Such an attack cannot cause any substantial damage to the ninjas on both sides. At most, it will just make the formation a little messy.
The final result will depend on the subsequent close combat.
"kill!"
A loud shout came from the Iwagakure team.
In an instant, all the Iwagakure ninjas rushed towards the Konoha ninjas as if they were injected with chicken blood, and a huge melee broke out in an instant.
In a short while, all kinds of sounds filled the whole place.
There were the sounds of metal clashing when ninja tools collided, the rumbling sounds when detonating tags exploded, and the screams and wails when ninjas were injured.
In short, it's extremely chaotic.
However, Qingming didn't have the energy to pay attention to all this for the time being, because he was being besieged by three Iwagakure jonin.
That's right, I was besieged by three people.
Just now, he had just found an Iwagakure jonin, and immediately two other Iwagakure jonin rushed over. Together with the Iwagakure jonin who was attacked by him at first, they formed a three-person team and besieged him.
Obviously, his information had been leaked.
Otherwise, the Iwa Ninja's reaction wouldn't have been so big.
but
Qing Ming glanced at the three people, dodging their attacks while sneering in his heart: "Haha~, do you really think that just three special jonin can surround and kill me?"
That's right, after some testing, he has concluded that these three are just special jonin, as for what they are good at, he has not yet figured it out.
However, this is no longer important. As long as these three people are not real jonin, Qingming has enough confidence to deal with them.
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