Chapter 247: Deterrence

Boom~

A huge explosion sounded.

In Xiaogu Village, Qing Ming opened his eyes suddenly, picked up the dagger on his pillow, stood up and came outside the house in an instant.

Then, he jumped up and reached the roof.

This is the highest place in Xiaogu Village. Standing here during the day is enough to see the scene outside the village clearly.

But now, it's late at night.

However, this is not a problem for Qing Ming.

With a thought in his mind, his pupils suddenly turned blood red, and there were three magatama spinning inside, which clearly revealed the sharingan.

Under the moonlight, Qing Ming looked towards the place where the explosion occurred, and could vaguely see some Iwa ninja approaching quickly.

Then, he glanced in several other directions, and there were Iwa ninjas approaching.

"Is it finally here?"

Qing Ming murmured, then glanced at the awakened people in the village.

Because they were mentally prepared, everyone did not panic too much. One by one, as if they had rehearsed in advance, they formed a team and rushed to where they should be.

At this time, the support team brought by Qing Ming still did not show up.

Now it's time for the Iwa ninjas to attack.

Ten seconds later, an explosion sounded, like a signal, causing the battle to completely break out.

Suddenly, various sounds were heard in the field, including the explosion of detonating symbols, the collision of ninja tools, and the screams of injured ninjas.

It's chilling to hear.

However, the ninjas present, whether on the Konoha side or the Iwagakure side, were used to fighting, and no one flinched.

The team of less than 200 people at the Xiaotani Village stronghold did not lose at all when faced with the siege of an enemy twice their size.

Seeing this scene, the commanding Iwagakure jounin was surprised, but he didn't pay too much attention. This stalemate could not last forever.

In the final analysis, more people fight against fewer people. Even if you can persist now, it will be useless. As time goes by, the side with fewer people will definitely show its flaws.

By then, a small mistake may cause a chain reaction, and Konoha's defense may collapse instantly.

At that time, they can march forward.

‘I just hope not to let too many people go in the end. ’

With this in mind, Kurokawa Ichiro planned to instruct his men to prepare for post-war matters.

But at this moment, an Iwagakure special jounin hurried over and said: "Captain, something is wrong."

Hearing this, Kurokawa Ichiro's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, and he quickly asked: "What's wrong?"

Hearing Kurokawa Ichiro's inquiry, the Iwagakure special jounin said with a solemn expression: "I just sensed that there is still an enemy hidden in Otani Village."

"What?"

Kurokawa Ichiro was shocked and asked quickly: "How many people are there?"

"About a hundred."

Iwagakure Special Jounin replied.

"One hundred is not bad!"

Kurokawa Ichiro secretly calculated and found that even if these hundred people were added, the number of Konoha ninjas was not as many as his, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

As for individual strength.

Although the average strength of the Iwa ninja is at the bottom among the five major ninja villages, after more than two years of survival of the fittest, those low-level ninjas are almost on par with other villages.

What's more, the people he brought here this time were all elite.

Therefore, Kurokawa Ichiro is not too worried.

However, just in case, he still planned to ask the people below to slow down the offensive slightly and see what happens next.

However, before his order could be issued, Qing Ming had already ordered the support troops to show up in advance.

The reason why he did not let these people join the battle immediately was because he was worried that the Iwa Ninja would see that something was wrong and evacuate first.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you.

Since Iwa Ninja dared to come, he would leave him here.

Otherwise, Qing Ming would feel uncomfortable being constantly stared at by a group of enemies.

As for the Iwa Ninja sending people over later, that would be a matter later. Anyway, he was not going to let go of the Iwa Ninja in front of him.

Now it just so happened that they had become entangled with the Konoha ninjas from the Kotani Village stronghold, and it would be inconvenient for them to retreat.

Therefore, Qing Ming decisively ordered the support troops to attack.

Just as he expected, the Iwa Ninja in the field was caught off guard by this sudden change, and the pressure on the Konoha ninjas who originally belonged to the Otani Village stronghold dropped sharply.

For a moment, Konoha was actually suppressing Iwa Ninja.

However, this won't last long unless

Qing Ming jumped off the roof, then teleported several times and arrived on the battlefield.

He spotted an Iwagakure Jōnin, arrived behind him in an instant, and then stabbed out with his sword, leaving a deep bone-visible scar on the man's left arm.

"Hmm~"

A muffled groan came from the mouth of this Iwagakure jounin.

He vigorously waved the kunai in his hand to deflect the attack of the Konoha jounin in front of him, and then jumped back a few times to distance himself.

Only then did he have time to see who the person who had just attacked him was.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and moved away at the critical moment, he would have been a dead man now. The opponent's sword was obviously aimed at killing him.

However, the moment he saw the sneak attack, his pupils shrank suddenly, he secretly said something bad, and immediately closed his eyes.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

The moment the two looked at each other, Qing Ming raised his hand and used the 'Illusion: Sharingan', instantly pulling the other person's consciousness into the illusion.

咻咻咻~

Three shurikens were thrown by Qingming.

Instantly crossed a distance of nearly ten meters, and accurately nailed the throat, heart and lower abdomen of the Iwagakure jonin.

Severely injured, the Iwagakure jonin broke free from the illusion, but could only make some meaningless whimpers.

Qingming's movements seemed simple, but in fact every step was calculated, such as the angle of his sword and the position of his standing.

Even if he failed to kill him with one blow, he could use illusion to give him a fatal blow when the opponent was searching for his figure.

And the development of things was just as he calculated.

The opponent did avoid his first wave of hidden hands, but because he didn't know his identity, he rashly searched for his traces.

As a result, he was decisively hit and was killed by his "Illusion·Sharingan" in seconds.

Of course, the fact that things could go so smoothly was also because the opponent was just a special jonin with less comprehensive abilities, and Qingming had cultivated the "Illusion·Sharingan" to the perfect state.

If it were any other Uchiha jonin, they would not be able to perform the "Genjutsu Sharingan" in an instant like him. If they had given the other party some time to react, judging from his previous actions, they would have most likely avoided this attack.

It can only be said that the other party was unlucky and happened to meet him.

It all took a long time to say, but it actually happened in an instant.

And seeing him kill the Iwagakure jonin in an instant, the morale of the surrounding Konoha ninjas was greatly boosted, and their movements became more powerful.

On the contrary, the morale of the Iwagakure ninjas began to drop wildly, and they could not exert 70% of their strength.

This is Qingming's strategy.

With fewer people fighting more people, even if Konoha can suppress the Iwagakure ninjas for a while, it will not last too long unless he can kill the other party's high-end combat power.

Then, use this to boost their own morale and shock the enemy ninjas.

In this way, Konoha can maintain the momentum of suppression.