Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Countless shurikens and kunai were launched into the air.
On the northwest side of the third defense line of the Hidden Mist, as soon as Qingming and his team arrived, they were met with hundreds of kunai and shurikens.
Among them, some even had explosive tags attached.
Seeing this, Qingming didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately stepped forward, raised his hand, formed a seal, and cast the jutsu—Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!
Boom, boom, boom~
With the earth trembling and shaking, a long earth wall about 30-40 meters in length and 5-6 meters in height rose from the ground, blocking the way of the Konoha ninjas.
The kunai and shurikens hit the wall, either being deflected, embedded into it, or exploding, but none of them caused any damage to the Konoha ninjas behind it.
The attack lasted for more than ten seconds before the Hidden Mist ninjas, unable to bear the losses, stopped this futile assault.
Seeing this, Qingming's eyes lit up. He immediately threw a shuriken.
In the next moment, he rapidly formed seals, and before the shuriken reached its target, he cast the A-ranked jutsu—Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!
This time, Qingming consumed nearly a thousand chakra points, maximally dividing the shuriken into hundreds of copies.
Although the sheer number caused the shurikens to lose accuracy, they were still intimidating.
Just like now, when the Hidden Mist ninjas saw the dense cluster of shurikens, they instinctively took a half-step back.
A few of the Hidden Mist's upper ninjas exchanged glances, then quickly formed seals, combining their efforts to cast the jutsu—Water Release: Water Barrier!
Splash~
A tall water wall quickly took form.
The shurikens Qingming threw hit the water wall, creating whirlpools of varying sizes but failed to breach the water barrier, causing no harm to the Hidden Mist ninjas behind it.
Boom, boom, boom~
With each explosion, clouds of chakra smoke dissipated, and the shadow clones of the shurikens vanished.
Seeing this, the Hidden Mist ninjas also dispelled their technique.
"Attack!" Qingming immediately ordered without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the Konoha ninjas behind him quickly moved forward, charging toward the third defense line of the Hidden Mist.
Along the way, they threw kunai and shurikens they had prepared earlier.
Because Qingming had blocked the previous round of attacks from the Hidden Mist ninjas, preventing them from retaliating, they now had a slight advantage in this counterattack.
Although this opportunity wasn't significant, with so many people launching their attacks, it still caused some damage to the Hidden Mist.
And on the battlefield, this advantage accumulates bit by bit.
Shaking his head, Qingming didn't dwell on it and immediately flashed forward.
However, before he could get close to the Hidden Mist's defense line, two Hidden Mist ninjas blocked his path.
To be more precise, it was one Hidden Mist ninja and one Special Upper Ninja.
Qingming stopped his steps, his gaze sweeping over the two before scanning the positions of other upper ninjas on the battlefield.
After a quick mental calculation, he concluded that the number of upper ninjas assigned to this direction by the Hidden Mist was clearly above average.
"Are they pulling in other upper ninjas to deal with me?" Qingming wondered.
Based on his performance so far, even with both of them together, they shouldn't be able to stop him.
Did the Hidden Mist command not fear that he would kill these two? That would only worsen their situation.
Did the Hidden Mist fear it?
Of course, they did.
But they had no choice but to do it.
Given Qingming's previous displays of strength, if they allowed him to unleash his full power, the third defense line would likely collapse in no time.
At that point, their situation would worsen.
In such a case, the lesser evil had to be chosen. Losing one or two upper ninjas was a smaller risk compared to letting the defense line collapse.
So, they had sent these two ninjas to specifically hold him back.
Why not send more to share the risk?
The reason was simple—there were no more upper ninjas available within the Hidden Mist to be mobilized.
Moreover, the Konoha side wasn't just Qingming alone. Apart from him, there were plenty of other upper ninjas.
If they sent too many to deal with him, it might cause a loss of control over other Konoha ninjas.
That would present a huge problem for the Hidden Mist's middle and low-ranking ninjas.
In fact, even sending two upper ninjas against Qingming was already a big risk.
However, compared to letting Qingming loose, the Hidden Mist command was more willing to take the risk of losing control over other Konoha upper ninjas.
At least, after a few middle ninjas teamed up, they could still deal with those upper ninjas.
But Qingming was another matter. Once set loose, he was an efficient killing machine.
So, even if Qingming killed the two before him, it was likely that the Hidden Mist command would send more upper ninjas after him.
As for the significance of this…
It was simple—to delay time.
This final battle wasn't just taking place here. There was also the Konoha base.
The Hidden Mist command was hoping that the forces attacking Konoha's base would achieve their objective smoothly.
If the Konoha base was breached, the Konoha ninjas here would be caught in a pincer attack from two sides.
At that point, Qingming would no longer be a problem.
In fact, even if they lost this defense, as long as they delayed enough time to let the other group break through the Konoha base, it would be worth it. They could always relocate.
After the three of them stood still, Qingming had roughly guessed the Hidden Mist command's intentions.
Without hesitation, he drew the long blade from his waist and performed the Instant Sword Technique, charging at the two ninjas.
The two ninjas didn't retreat or dodge. One drew a kunai, and the other unsheathed a short sword. They positioned themselves in a pincer formation and attacked Qingming together.
Soon, the three were engaged in a fierce battle.
Cling, cling, cling~
The sound of metal clashing echoed continuously.
Qingming, fighting two opponents at once, showed no sign of falling behind.
After a brief exchange, he realized that both of them were extremely skilled in close combat.
The Hidden Mist upper ninja was to be expected. For his advancement, he had to be proficient in this aspect.
What surprised Qingming was the special upper ninja. This ninja was skilled in a particular form of body technique and used Lightning Release chakra.
Each swing of his short sword generated blinding sparks of lightning, which not only hindered the use of Qingming's Sharingan but also allowed him to use the electrical current from their weapon clashes to paralyze Qingming's body.
Had it not been for Qingming's understanding of all seven chakra elements, particularly Wind Release, which countered Lightning Release, he would have been in a bit of trouble.
"Tsk tsk, they really came prepared," Qingming muttered.
He quickly pulled back, raised his hand, and activated the Chakra Armor technique to block the lightning damage while adding an extra layer of protection for himself.
After that, he charged toward the two again, engaging them in close combat.
It must be said that this special upper ninja had piqued his interest.
As for the outcome of this war, Qingming was already certain.
The battlefield here had already seen the collapse of two defense lines. The Hidden Mist had no other option but passive defense, with no chance of counterattacks left.
As for the base…
With Minato Namikaze there, it was impossible for it to fall.
So, Qingming believed the outcome of the war was already decided.
Thus, he didn't mind spending some energy in these final moments to observe this body technique.
If he could learn something, that would be even better.
Among the chakra attributes, the one Qingming was least proficient in was Lightning Release.
At present, apart from mastering Lightning Release: Lightning Strike, he had little else of note.
And it was foreseeable that, once his Physique attribute improved further, the enhancement effect of Body-Sennin Technique would weaken.
At that point, Lightning Release might be the perfect supplement.
So, he figured it was better to prepare ahead of time.
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