Naruto: My Progress in Konoha

Ding-Ding-Dang-Dang~

Boom~

Bang~

Ah~

The fierce fighting continued.

At first, Qingming felt a little pressured when facing the four people.

However, as time went on, he gradually understood the behavior habits of the other two people, and the pressure was reduced a lot.

So, the frequency of his counterattacks also increased.

At the same time, the force of the counterattack was different from before.

Just like now, Qingming swung his sword and just blocked the attacks of Yoshida Yingxiong and another Mist Hidden Ninja, and finally fell on the only special ninja among the four.

The blade wrapped in wind escape chakra was extremely sharp. Just by touching it, it left a deep scar on the opponent's forearm that could be seen to the bone.

In fact, if the last Mist Hidden Ninja had not stopped him in time, he would have been ripped open by him.

But even so, he had already lost his fighting power.

Because his abdomen had been cut by the wind blade extending from his blade, it might be broken if he exerted a little force, and his right forearm was seriously injured.

Obviously, he no longer had the conditions to continue fighting.

In other words, there was one less Mist Ninja besieging him.

However, before he could be happy, a shadow clone's voice came to his mind: "To the east, the third group of Mist Ninjas are coming."

Qingming heard this and suddenly distanced himself from Yoshida Yingxiong and others, taking the opportunity to look to the east.

With the powerful insight of the Sharingan, he saw a large group of Mist Ninjas rushing towards this side.

Yoshida Yingxiong and others did not give him extra time, and he could not judge the strength of this group of enemies at a distance.

So, he could only order this shadow clone through the "heart-to-heart technique": "You separate two people and go to stop them."

"Yes."

This shadow clone responded, and then communicated with the other three shadow clones, separated two of them, and flew together to the direction of the third group of Mist Ninjas coming back for support.

Soon, the two sides fought together.

At first, the two shadow clones were able to hold back the enemy with their air superiority, but when the enemy realized the purpose of the shadow clones, the situation changed - they began to take advantage of every opportunity and kept advancing.

Because there were several senior ninjas among this group of Mist Ninjas.

Therefore, even if the shadow clones occupied the terrain, they could not attack recklessly, which led to the Mist Ninjas advancing at a fast speed.

After confirming that this could not stop the Mist Ninjas from advancing, the two shadow clones looked at each other, without any hesitation, and immediately gave up the advantage of flying and landed on the ground.

Then, like a knight charging to his death, he rushed into the Mist Ninja team.

Admittedly, facing so many enemies, the innate defect of the shadow clones that they could not withstand damage would be infinitely magnified, but for those who have the Sharingan, as long as they are careful, they can still hold on for a while.

And this is enough.

Time passed by every second.

Just when the two shadow clones were killed and these Mist Ninjas rushed into Aburatsu Port, Minato Namikaze finally received news that the mission was completed.

The chief of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Inoichi, directly used the "heart-to-heart technique" to convey the latest instructions of Minato Namikaze to all the surviving Konoha ninjas on the periphery, including Qingming - to execute the third set of retreat plans!

The so-called third set of retreat plans is to assume that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, but the number is small, and everyone will gather first, and then rush out in one breath.

In addition to this set of plans, there are corresponding retreat plans for various other situations.

However, those are no longer important.

Since the third set of retreat plans has been chosen, it means that everyone must gather as soon as possible, otherwise they are likely to be abandoned.

Although Qingming has the ability to fly, he is not worried that he can't leave here, but he still needs to contribute in the next retreat plan.

So, he also has to meet with others.

With this thought, Qingming found the right time and swung two knives in succession. Two "ding ding" sounds came, and the attacks of Yoshida Yingxiong and another Mist Hidden Ninja were blocked by him.

Taking the opportunity to avoid the attack of the third Mist Hidden Ninja, Qingming unnoticeably opened the distance between him and the three people.

He took a final glance at the third group of Mist Ninjas who were about to arrive, then turned around and ran to the rear without looking back, that is, the direction of the Mist Ninja headquarters.

When Yoshida Yingxiong and others saw this scene, they were obviously stunned for a moment, wondering why Qingming, who had just tried his best to stop them, suddenly gave up?

However, they were not stupid people, and they immediately realized the problem.

So, without any hesitation, they followed and tried to stop Qingming.

However, at this moment, two shadow clones arrived and began to perform various ninjutsu regardless of chakra consumption to stop Yoshida Yingxiong and others and the third group of Mist Ninjas behind.

At this moment, the advantage of having more skills is revealed. The two shadow clones can perform different ninjutsu according to different situations, thus posing the greatest threat to the Mist Ninjas.

In addition, they have a lot of chakra, and Mist Ninja really can't break through their defense for a while.

And with the cover of these two shadow clones, Qingming can also be more calm.

So, on the way back, he rescued a few Konoha ninjas who were temporarily unable to escape, and then ran with them to the gathering place that Yamanaka Inoichi had just notified.

Soon, they arrived at the destination, and Qingming saw Namikaze Minato and his group, as well as many Konoha ninjas who were still fighting outside.

Qingming glanced at the ninjas who followed Minato Namikaze to attack the Kirigakure headquarters. According to a rough calculation, they lost about one-third of their manpower, and almost every family had casualties.

Moreover, even the surviving men were all injured, and those who were seriously injured had almost lost their combat effectiveness.

It can be seen that the battle here was not easier than his side.

Although only one-third of the men died, you should know that these people were the elite of Konoha. Those who could follow Minato Namikaze to attack the Kirigakure headquarters were at least special jonin.

In other words, they almost lost ten jonin in this battle.

If the losses on the outer battlefield are added, it would be even greater.

However, judging from the expressions of Minato Namikaze and the patriarchs of several major families, the gains from this battle should be considerable.

Just when Qingming was thinking about it, Yamanaka Inoichi, who had been closing his eyes to sense the surroundings since he arrived, finally opened his eyes.

However, his first sentence made everyone feel depressed.

Then he said, "There are no more people left. We can break out."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Qingming and others. It turned out that they were the last group of people.

Maybe there were still surviving Konoha ninjas after him, but the Mist Ninjas were not fools. They knew they were going to run after seeing their behavior, so they tried their best to stop them.

And it was obvious that these people could not get rid of the pursuit of the Mist Ninjas. Maybe they were dead, or they were abandoned by Yamanaka Inoichi.

In short, everyone had assumed that everyone was there.

Qingming counted the ninjas present. There were just over 30 of them, which was almost 40% less than when they came.

In the next breakout, there will definitely be sacrifices. It is good to have half of the people left in the end.

"Sure enough, before the strength reaches a certain level, the threat of quantity still exists!"

Qingming thought so in his heart.

This battle is a competition of quality and quantity. Their average strength is far better than the Mist Ninjas present, but they still suffered heavy losses in front of the Mist Ninjas who are several times or even dozens of times more.

This is enough to explain the problem.