Chapter 167 Eve
Boom! Boom!
Two huge crash sounds were heard in succession, and two long dragons, one made of water and one made of fire, hit the earth wall, killing Nogawa Nozomi and shattering the wall at the same time.
However, most of the middle and lower-level Iwagakure ninjas escaped the disaster because of Nogawa Nozomi's advance warning. Only a few unlucky ones were affected and suffered injuries of varying degrees.
"kill!"
A low shout came from the Konoha team.
The next moment, hundreds of Konoha ninjas shouted and rushed towards the few Iwa ninjas.
At this moment, the lake that had gathered in the field due to the obstruction of the earth wall was rapidly spreading as the earth wall collapsed.
Subsequently, the water level dropped rapidly and the water surface became extremely unstable.
But the Konoha ninjas walked on it as if it were flat ground, without any shaking at all.
As a result, everyone quickly caught up with those Rock Ninjas.
That's right, catch up.
The number of those Rock Ninjas was originally much smaller than theirs, and now the leading Jonin was dead. How could they still have the courage to stay where they were?
Therefore, the moment Qing Ming and others set off, they began to flee in all directions.
But in the end, the huge gap in numbers and strength caused most of them to die here.
As for the few who escaped sporadically, Qingming and others did not continue to pursue them, but led the team and ran forward quickly.
They must rush out far enough before the Rock Ninjas can react. Only in this way can they force the Rock Ninjas to rebuild the encirclement.
In this way, they will have more time to rest and can better contain the support forces of the Iwagakure Village.
As long as they can break out again before the second encirclement of the Iwagakure Village is formed, they will be able to get some time to rest.
Do this two or three times and you can basically complete the task.
By then, the attack and defense of the front-line stronghold should have a result.
"I just don't know whether the plan can go as smoothly as expected."
While moving, Qing Ming was multitasking, paying close attention to the surrounding situation while guessing various possibilities for the future and thinking about countermeasures.
In this way, time passes by every second.
In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-afternoon.
After making sure they had broken out of the encirclement, Nara Sishui ordered everyone to rest.
Upon hearing this, all the Konoha ninjas immediately sat down on the ground, then each took out a military pill from their ninja tool bag, stuffed it into their mouths and chewed it.
For a moment, the only sound in the field was "click, click".
After resting for about an hour, everyone set off again and headed towards the second line of defense of Iwagakure Village as planned.
This time, Nara Sishui did not ask everyone to march quickly.
There are two reasons. The first is that the continuous fighting, fighting and traveling have made everyone exhausted and their physical strength has seriously decreased. In order to maintain their combat effectiveness, they must slow down.
The second is to ensure that the ninjas from the Iwagakure Village can catch up.
You know, their primary goal is not to escape, but to tie down the support forces of the Iwagakure Village.
If they ran too fast and the Iwa Ninjas thought there was no hope of catching up and gave up, their mission would be a failure.
Therefore, they must give the Iwagakure Village enough time to pursue and let them see hope. Only in this way will they not give up.
But at the same time, in order to ensure one's own safety, the distance cannot be too close.
The balance between these two issues needs to be grasped by the commander Nara Sishui.
As a senior ninja who came from a family with high IQ recognized by Konoha and even in the ninja world, Qingming has relatively high confidence in Nara Sishui's abilities.
Therefore, there was no need to interfere with his decision.
It turns out that Nara Surabaya's abilities are indeed good.
Over the next day or so, the opposing team commanded their troops to move forward or stop, or to take a long detour to avoid the search by the Iwagakure Village, or to simply force their way through the checkpoints they had set up.
In short, the mission went smoothly as they were neither caught up by the enemy nor had the Iwagakure Village given up the pursuit.
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In a flash, it was already the evening of the next day.
Up to now, they have broken through the three blockade lines of the Iwagakure Village and arrived at a camp that they had broken into the night before.
This is a fairly large town. Due to the impact of the war, there are no ordinary people here anymore and the buildings inside are in ruins.
Even so, compared to the wild, this place is still much better. At least there are some places to shelter from the wind and rain.
Next, they will rest here for one night.
According to news from the headquarters, the counterattack plan was going very smoothly and many strongholds on the front line had made considerable progress.
Some strongholds have even breached the camp located on the second line of defense of Iwagakure Village.
Their mission tomorrow is to meet up with a team that is not far away and has already penetrated the second line of defense of the Iwagakure Village.
It can be said that at this point, their mission to contain the support forces of the Iwagakure Village has basically been completed.
By tomorrow, after they meet up with friendly forces, their safety will be greatly improved.
According to the latest intelligence, if the Iwagakure Village wants to block their way again, it will have to wait until at least tomorrow noon.
As long as they set out before then, they would not be in danger.
According to their plan, they will leave here early tomorrow morning and quickly head to the location of the friendly forces.
So, in theory, they are safe.
But for some reason, Qingming always had a bad feeling, as if this time things would not go so smoothly.
When I think about the occasional feeling of being spied on these days, this bad premonition becomes even stronger.
Unfortunately, he had no evidence and it was impossible for him to make Nara Surabaya change its action plan just because of his feeling.
"Oh! It seems I have to be extra careful tomorrow."
With a sigh, Qingming warned himself in his heart, then he held the dagger and entered a state of cultivation.
Qingming had already developed a habit. No matter how tired he was, he would practice as long as he had time.
Now, his daily chakra recovery amount is 21,000 points. If he doesn't use it, it would be a waste, so Qingming cherishes every minute and every second.
Nowadays, the 'Mind-Reflecting Technique' cannot be used anymore, so these days, he would practice the 'Genjutsu·Sharingan' whenever he had time.
The chakra and time required to practice it are less than those of the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique', so its proficiency increases rapidly, and the progress bar is about to reach the halfway point.
After he reaches the perfect state of lv7 (0/0), he can start developing the 'Illusion Sword Technique'.
There is also 'healing'.
Because there have been more opportunities to practice in recent days, his proficiency has increased rapidly.
Now, the progress bar has exceeded 80%. After only one or two more battles, it will be promoted to the perfect state of lv5 (0/0).
By then, he can start learning the 'Palm Immortal Technique' and the 'Chakra Scalpel'.
After that, once he has raised their levels, he can try to strengthen his body.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Qingming quickly calmed his mind and began to practice according to the plan.
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