Chapter 159: Encirclement and Killing

After treating the wounded, Qingming and his party rested for about an hour before setting off again.

Following the starlight, they moved forward. In the next few hours, they successively eliminated two camps of the Hidden Rock Village and pushed the battle line directly to the third line of defense of the Hidden Rock Village.

At this time, the sky was already bright.

Even though everyone could get a period of rest after each battle, the intermittent fighting for a whole night was still very tiring.

It just so happened that their goal had been initially achieved, and the other strongholds had received news that the Hidden Rock Village had secretly transferred personnel from these strongholds last night.

And their feint attack was about to become a real attack.

As for the time,

it was ten o'clock this morning!

In view of this, the Nara clan ninja in charge of the command issued an order to rest on the spot.

Next, it was not the other strongholds that cooperated with them, but they cooperated with those strongholds.

There is no doubt that the Hidden Rock Village transferred personnel from the front line for them, and next, their task was to contain these people.

Qingming looked at the time. There were still more than three hours before the general attack, so they could take a break.

However, they wanted to rest, but the Hidden Rock Village didn't want them to rest.

Less than an hour later, the camp in front of them, which was the third line of defense, their next target, actually sent people to attack them.

Uh.

It's a bit exaggerated to say that they attacked. It should be harassment.

These people launched sneak attacks from time to time on the periphery, frequently using detonating tags and ninjutsu that made a lot of noise, obviously not wanting them to rest well.

Qingming was annoyed by the disturbance and simply didn't rest. He said something to Nara Sishui who was in charge of the command, and took the initiative to take on the defense task.

Walking out of the team and coming to the periphery, Qingming keenly noticed some prying eyes. Looking into the forest, he could vaguely see some rock ninjas.

Qingming carefully sensed it and didn't detect any dangerous breath. It was probably just some Chunin.

Despite this, Qingming still didn't care, but summoned several Konoha Chunin who were responsible for patrolling, and walked into the dense forest with them.

Ten minutes later, Qingming cleared out the Iwagakure 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 was impossible to make them stop harassing completely.

Because these people obviously received instructions from higher levels, no matter how dangerous it was, they had to come and try.

Qingming took this opportunity to replenish a wave of chakra and brush up the proficiency of various skills. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing!

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Time passed by minute by minute.

In a blink of an eye, it was mid-morning.

Whether it was Konoha or Iwagakure, the atmosphere became subtle, and both sides seemed to have the intention to take action.

Qingming's action was naturally to cooperate with the general attack launched by other strongholds.

And there was only one possibility for Iwagakure to take action, that is, their reinforcements had arrived, or were about to arrive, and the other side was afraid that they would leave early, so they were ready to take action.

Nara Sishui noticed this and immediately changed the attack order to retreat.

Qingming thought for a moment and understood what he meant. This was obviously to use the Rock Ninja's eagerness to keep them and lure them out of the camp.

As it turned out, his plan was successful.

As soon as the Rock Ninja in the camp ahead saw them leave, they immediately organized people, walked out of the camp, and chased them.

This is not to say that Nara Sishui's plan is so brilliant, but those Rock Ninjas have to act.

As for the reason

It is very simple. Qingming and others' crazy killing last night angered the Rock Hidden Clan's high-level officials. The other party gave these Rock Ninjas a death order, that is, to keep Qingming and others no matter what.

It is for this reason that Qingming and others just slightly revealed their intention to evacuate, and those Rock Ninjas couldn't wait to jump out.

Without the home advantage in the camp, they will undoubtedly be easier to fight again.

But it's just a few.

This time, the number of Rock Ninjas dispatched was as many as 200, most of whom were middle and upper ninjas, and the lower ninjas accounted 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.

Rather, the strongholds that were breached by Qingming and others and the rock ninjas who escaped from the camp all gathered here at this time.

The rock ninjas who were able to escape were generally very strong, and the Hidden Rock Village also transferred the middle and upper ninjas from the two nearby camps.

This made the number and quality of the rock ninjas in this camp exceed those of ordinary third-line camps.

Similarly, it was for this reason that Qingming said that even if these people were led out of the camp, they would only be slightly easier to fight.

After all, the overall strength of these rock ninjas is there, and no matter how much they plan, it will not be too easy to fight.

Fortunately, their overall strength is still superior, and they will not be at a disadvantage. At most, they will be more difficult to fight.

After retreating a distance, Nara Sishui asked everyone to stop, adjust the formation, and prepare to meet the attack from the rock ninjas.

And the rock ninjas did not disappoint. After catching up, they seemed to be afraid that they would escape, and they launched an attack directly without any nonsense.

"Earth Style: Rock Cannon Technique~"

Instantly, dozens of Rock Ninjas formed seals at the same time and performed this technique.

I saw that thumb-sized stones were spit out from their mouths.

Then they quickly rotated and grew in the air, and finally turned into fist-sized stones, smashing into Qingming's team.

In response, nearly a hundred Konoha ninjas threw the kunai in their hands and shot at the Rock Ninja team.

However, neither the Rock Ninjas nor the Konoha ninjas showed any panic in the face of such an attack.

There was no other reason. Such an attack could not cause substantial damage to the ninjas of both sides. At most, it would just mess up the formation.

The final result would depend on the next close combat.

"Kill!"

A sharp shout came from the Rock Ninja team.

In an instant, all the Rock Ninjas seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and they all rushed towards the Konoha ninjas, and a big melee broke out instantly.

In a short while, all kinds of sounds filled the whole place.

There were the sounds of metal clashing when ninja tools collided, the rumble when detonating tags exploded, and the screams and wails when ninjas were injured.

In short, it was extremely chaotic.

However, Qingming had no time to pay attention to these things for the time being, because he was being besieged by three Iwagakure jonins at this time.

That's right, he was besieged by three people.

Just now, he had just found an Iwagakure jonin, and immediately two other Iwagakure jonins rushed over, and together with the Iwagakure jonin he attacked at first, they formed a three-person team and besieged him.

Obviously, his information had been leaked.

Otherwise, the reaction of the Iwagakure jonin would not be so great.

However

Qingming glanced at the three people, dodging their attacks while sneering in his heart: "Haha~, do you really think that just three special jonins can surround and kill me?"

Yes, after some testing, he has determined that these three people are just special jonins, and as for what they are good at, he has not yet seen it.

However, this is no longer important. As long as these three people are not real jonins, Qingming has enough confidence to deal with them.