Chapter 202: Encirclement and End

Time passed by minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, the battle had been going on for more than 40 minutes.

Qingming had been wasting time for almost ten minutes, and the situation in the field finally changed.

First, there was some commotion inexplicably on the periphery of the battlefield, especially in the direction of the Rock Ninja far away from the base.

Then some Rock Ninjas seemed to have received some news, and after a struggle, they began to organize their retreat.

Seeing this, Qingming narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then, he looked at the two Rock Ninjas who were wasting time with him, and said with interest: "Hey, your companions seem to be retreating, why don't you leave?"

"What?"

The two Rock Ninjas were startled when they heard this, and then immediately looked at the other Rock Ninjas, and sure enough, they saw that some of them had already begun to evacuate.

Obviously, they had not noticed this before.

However, this is also normal.

Although Qingming was wasting time with them before, he would not really pretend. In order to gain more proficiency, he was using his "swordsmanship" with all his strength.

Therefore, the two of them must respond wholeheartedly, otherwise they may still die in his hands.

Therefore, it is normal that they did not notice the actions of other Iwagakure jonins.

Just as they were thinking about why, several sharp whistles of varying lengths suddenly sounded in the field.

‘This is a signal to retreat! ’

The two Iwagakure jonins changed their expressions slightly, looked at each other, and then immediately launched a counterattack against Qingming.

Seeing this, Qingming roughly guessed the meaning of the whistles of Iwagakure.

At this time, the two opponents took the initiative to attack, which did not mean that they wanted to fight him to the death, but more likely to pull out space for retreat.

After all, if they were always suppressed by him, even if they wanted to retreat, they would not have that opportunity.

‘It seems that Nara Sishui’s plan was successful, but I don’t know if it is the same as I thought.’

Thinking this way, Qingming waved the short sword in his hand and easily blocked the continuous attacks of the two Iwagakure jonins in front of him.

Moreover, they always launched a counterattack when they wanted to retreat, so that they could not get out of the battle.

This made the two Iwagakure jonins anxious.

On the contrary, Qingming was calm as water, just hanging the two Iwagakure jonins, neither too active nor too passive, just one word--drag!

And this was exactly the move that the two Iwagakure jonins used to deal with him before, and now he used it on the two of them, which can be said to be a case of giving them a taste of their own medicine.

Immediately, the two Iwagakure jonins felt extremely uncomfortable.

Soon, a minute passed.

Just as Qingming was dealing with the two people who were becoming more and more irritable, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

The person who spoke was none other than Yamanaka Tingfeng.

At this moment, the other party was using the Yamanaka clan's spiritual secret technique-the art of communicating with the heart, to inform all the Konoha jonin present of the latest situation.

At the same time, he also conveyed to them the latest instructions of Nara Sishui.

Qingming listened carefully for a moment, and soon a "as expected" expression appeared on his face.

His guess was correct. Nara Sishui really had his own plan, and his appetite was not ordinary. He actually planned to wipe out the elite Iwagakure jonin in the field.

Now, more than three-quarters of the personnel in the base have been transferred out by him, and the Iwagakure troops in the field have been surrounded.

The Iwagakure riot just now was because they discovered their encirclement, so they hurriedly wanted to evacuate.

As for why even these senior ninjas were not notified in advance,

it can only be said that the plan was made too hastily.

When the investigation was completed and it was ensured that there was no threat from the Iwagakure in other directions, and the plan was implemented, the battle on their side had already lasted for a long time.

At that time, Shan Zhongtingfeng was not nearby, and he couldn't send people to notify one by one, right? That would be too easy to leak the secret!

Therefore, Nara Siguo decisively postponed the notification.

In this regard, Qingming could only spread his hands, what else could he say?

These senior ninjas are said to be the pillars of the village, but in this war that swept the whole world, they are also just higher-level cannon fodder.

So, it is redundant to say anything.

Anyway, as long as his strength is strong enough, he can deal with it safely no matter what the situation is.

In the final analysis, strength is the root that determines everything.

Just like now, even if he didn't know the truth, he could still stand firm on the battlefield with his hard power, and then quietly wait for the situation to become clear.

And those who were not strong enough could only consider themselves unlucky.

Just when Qingming was distracted by listening to Shanzhong Tingfeng's words, two Rock Ninjas seized the opportunity, withdrew from the battle at the cost of minor injuries, and quickly ran away.

Seeing this, Qingming thought about it, and finally did not choose to pursue.

He put away his short sword and began to organize the nearby Konoha ninjas according to Nara Sishui's instructions, preparing to cooperate with the teams in other directions to encircle and suppress the Rock Ninjas present.

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Two hours later.

The battle was over.

Everything was so natural.

Except for less than ten people who escaped, the rest of the elite Rock Ninjas were all killed.

In fact, when the Rock Ninjas did not discover Nara Sishui's plan in advance and were surrounded, everything was doomed.

Indeed, this Rock Ninja team is elite, but the Konoha Ninjas who were able to escape all the way here are not easy to deal with either.

In this way, coupled with the fact that Nara Sishui dispatched nearly three-quarters of the entire stronghold, the military advantage directly crushed the Rock Ninja team.

Adding the encirclement and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out, the result is self-evident.

Even though the Rock Ninja fought desperately throughout the process, in the end, it only caused a few more deaths on the Konoha side, and it could not affect the entire battle situation. Most of them still died.

Qingming looked at the body of the young Rock Ninja on the ground, shook his head, and said, "It seems that you didn't survive in the end."

This person was none other than the Rock Ninja who was severely injured by him.

And next to him was the body of the middle-aged Rock Ninja.

Before the other party died, he was still protecting the young Rock Ninja. Unfortunately, there were too many Konoha ninjas this time, and some of his tricks were useless.

In this way, with such a big burden beside him, who would die if he didn't die?

Just as he was sighing, a Konoha Chunin ran over and said respectfully: "Qingming Jonin, Captain Nara asked you to go to the conference room for a meeting in an hour."

"In an hour?"

Qingming groaned and replied: "Okay, I know!"

It just so happened that he also wanted to know why the Rock Ninja suddenly launched an attack this time, and it seemed that many of the Rock Ninja were not from nearby bases.

As for how he was sure of this.

The reason is very simple. Since he became famous, the Rock Ninjas in nearby bases, especially the middle and lower-level Rock Ninjas, all knew his face.

After all, no one wants to be targeted by the "Ghost Sword".

However, when he came to the battlefield, among the four Rock Ninja Chunins he met at first, only one knew him.

This is a problem. Except that these people are not from nearby bases, he can't think of any other possibilities.

What's more, the Rock Ninjas who attacked this time are not as strong as the Rock Ninjas in nearby bases, so there must be support from other places.

But now, the Rock Ninja Village is facing pressure from the Sand Village and the Cloud Village. How could they transfer people to support here?

There must be something he didn't know, which is why he couldn't understand the choice of the Hidden Rock Village.

However, this meeting should be able to answer some of his doubts.