Chapter 157 Tactics

Squeak~

Qingming pulled the short sword out of Ishida Shinsuke's chest, watched the other's body slowly fall to the ground, and then swept around.

At this time, the Rock Ninjas had been divided and surrounded by Konoha Ninjas and were in a bitter battle.

After all, although the Rock Village had hidden some people, there were only more than a hundred people in total, and what about them?

Nearly 500 people!

The two were not at the same level at all.

Therefore, Qingming was not worried about the result of this battle, but was only worried about whether the subsequent advancement would be smooth.

However, these are all later stories, so let's check the gains of this battle first!

Qingming did not forget the main purpose of joining the combat group. If the gains were not as expected, he would not work too hard in the future.

Opening the panel, Qingming's eyes were directly locked on the "Swordsmanship" option in the skill column.

I saw that the proficiency behind it increased by more than 20 points compared with the previous one, which was almost catching up with what he had gained from half a day of practice.

Qingming was very satisfied with this.

‘It seems that I can’t slack off anymore.’

Thinking this way, Qingming closed the panel and searched for new targets in the field.

Soon, a sword-wielding Iwagakure jonin entered his field of vision.

After observing carefully for a while, Qingming determined that the opponent’s swordsmanship level was average.

But no matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. Qingming did not despise it. He dodged a few times and came directly in front of the Iwagakure jonin.

Ding~

A crisp metal collision sounded.

Qingming raised the short sword in his hand and blocked the attack of the Iwagakure jonin.

Afterwards, he said without looking back: “Leave this man to me, you go to command the battle.”

Hearing this, the Konoha jonin who was fighting with the Iwagakure jonin turned around and glanced at the place where Qingming had fought before.

After seeing the dead Ishida Shinsuke, he couldn’t help swallowing his saliva, and then nodded decisively: “Okay!”

Simply one word, but it revealed absolute trust.

After all, he was just a special jonin, and the Iwagakure jonin he was fighting was also just a special jonin.

However, he took the time to look at Ishida Shinsuke who was fighting Qingming, and the other party was definitely a real jonin.

And such a jonin died in Qingming's hands in just a few minutes, so what else did he have to worry about.

Now, the one who should be worried about is the Iwagakure jonin on the opposite side.

In fact, it was true.

When Toyama Daito followed his gaze and saw Ishida Shinsuke's body, his heart trembled, and then he had a thought of running away.

Especially when he saw Qingming's scarlet-red Sharingan, he was even more unconfident.

However, since Qingming had already come, it was not up to him to fight or flee.

Without giving him a chance to think, Qingming loosened his wrist, retracted the dagger, and then his figure flashed and appeared beside Toyama Daito.

Then, he swung a sword and attacked the opponent's neck.

Sensing the imminent danger, Toyama Dadou quickly gathered his mind, dodged to one side, and swung his sword back to Qingming.

However, Qingming guessed the opponent's movements at the moment when his arm muscles bulged, combined with the change in his legs standing posture.

So, he dodged in advance, making Toyama Dadou's attack fall.

Before he could stand firm, Qingming's second attack arrived.

As always, attacking from the blind spot of vision gave Toyama Dadou very little time to react, and he could only dodge as much as possible.

In this way, it was equivalent to compressing the opponent's counterattack time.

Taking this opportunity, Qingming continued to attack around the opponent's blind spot of vision.

After a while, Toyama Dadou fell into the same situation as Ishida Shinsuke, and could do nothing except passive defense.

However, Qingming did not rush to deal with the opponent, but took this opportunity to continuously improve his tactics.

What?

You said such a simple tactic still needs to be improved?

Isn't it just using the Sharingan to force the opponent to be unable to fight normally, and then attack from the blind spot of his vision?

If you really think so, Qingming can only say that you think too simply of the enemy.

Which ninja who can be promoted to the rank of Jonin does not have rich combat experience?

If you just rigidly follow the attack from the blind spot of vision, it will probably be cracked in a few times, or even used in reverse.

This set of tactics seems simple, but it is actually very complicated.

Not only do you need to judge the enemy's actions at all times, but you also need to be able to come up with a countermeasure in an instant based on the enemy's actions.

The countermeasure here refers not only to the action of dodging, but also to go a step further, that is, to think about the counterattack after dodging.

Only in this way can you force the enemy into your rhythm, and once you make a mistake, the enemy may seize the opportunity.

At that time, whether the enemy escapes or counterattacks, it means you have to start over.

Therefore, to trap the enemy, there must be no mistakes.

Obviously, to do this, you must have the assistance of the Sharingan, otherwise you can't make so many decisions in an instant.

But just having the Sharingan is not enough, you also need to have rich combat experience.

Otherwise, it will be useless if you fall for any fake move of the enemy.

In addition, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the attack, you must also have a good melee ability, which is level 5 "swordsmanship" in Qingming's case.

But even so, Qingming practiced for a long time before gradually mastering the tricks.

When he was not proficient, the enemy also repeatedly got rid of his rhythm.

Although these people were finally killed by his ninjutsu, it was enough to show that this set of tactics was not so easy to master.

Even now, this set of tactics can only be used to deal with some mediocre jonins. When encountering those stronger jonins, he usually cannot completely trap them.

Not only that, this set of tactics has a disadvantage, that is, it cannot deal with multiple enemies and can only be used to fight alone.

So, the limitations are still quite large.

However, it is good to hone the "swordsmanship".

Just like now, even without opening the panel, Qingming can clearly feel that his "swordsmanship" is slowly improving.

In fact, it is not just him, but the opposite Yuanshan Dadou also vaguely noticed this.

Although Qingming gave an average evaluation of his swordsmanship, it is still good among the ninja group.

And being able to practice swordsmanship to this level must also have a certain talent.

In this way, he could naturally sense the improvement of Qingming's swordsmanship.

But it was also because of this that he became even more desperate, because it meant that Qingming had not used his full strength at all, and was just using him to practice swordsmanship.

The expression on Yuanshan Dadou's face changed again and again, and he glanced at the fewer and fewer rock ninjas around him. Finally, he made up his mind and ignored Qingming's attack and launched a counterattack directly.

The moment his movements changed, Qingming discovered something unusual.