Chapter 369 Hidden Hand

"This is?"

Xuefeng looked at the palm of Qing Ming's left hand, and his pupils suddenly dilated.

I saw a huge shuriken made of condensed chakra, spinning rapidly there, tearing the surrounding air, and causing a roaring wind.

This familiar scene made Xuefeng's hair stand on end.

However, it was too late to retreat at this point.

Gritting his teeth, Xuefeng controlled the ice crystal dragon to stretch out its sharp claws and grabbed Qing Ming straight away.

Qing Ming was also rude. He stretched out his left hand and collided with the dragon's claw.

Compared with the huge dragon claws, Qing Ming's palm was not as big as the opponent's fingernail.

However, even this exaggerated gap failed to make Qing Ming take even a step back.

Without him, the moment the two parties came into contact, the 'Wind Release Spiral Shuriken' entrenched in Qingming's palm began to take effect.

That's right, what Qingming performed was not any other ninjutsu, but the S-level forbidden jutsu - Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken!

The huge shuriken exploded and turned into countless thin needles of chakra that were imperceptible to the naked eye, piercing the ice dragon's giant claws.

Tiny ice chips fell down, and the dragon claw disappeared almost in the blink of an eye.

It's not over yet!

'Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken' continued forward and finally came into contact with the body of the ice dragon, leaving a huge hole in it in an instant.

Xuefeng continued to inject chakra into the ice dragon's body, trying to repair this gap.

However, this gap is too big, and the ninjutsu structure inside has been destroyed and cannot be repaired at all.

In the end, the ice dragon let out a mournful cry and could only burst into pieces.

Qing Ming dodged a few times, widened the distance, and avoided a large number of ice cubes falling from the sky.

Ignoring Yukikaze and the other three Kirigakure jounin, Qingming swept across the battlefield and shouted: "Retreat!"

Hearing this, a group of Konoha ninjas who had been prepared immediately approached each other and retreated towards the Eagle's Mouth Cliff according to the predetermined plan.

All the Kirigakure ninjas were caught off guard by this scene. Except for a few people with stronger strength and faster reactions who stopped their opponents, the rest were unable to leave their opponents behind.

And when they come together, it won't be that easy to deal with.

However, the Kirigakure ninja did not want to give up so easily.

So, someone immediately ordered a pursuit.

However, before they could run very far, they were blocked by the Konoha ninja who stayed on Eagle Beak Cliff.

They saw dense kunai falling from the sky and shooting at them, with many detonating talismans mixed in, forcing them to dodge.

In addition, the ninjutsu and illusions performed by some Konoha ninjas also caused a lot of trouble for their pursuit.

After one round of attacks, seeing that they were about to carry out a second round of attacks, a Kirigakure jounin couldn't stand it any longer. He immediately raised his hands and formed a seal to perform a ninjutsu - Water Release: Kirigakure's Jutsu!

In the blink of an eye, the surroundings were covered by fog.

In this way, the Konoha ninjas on the top of the cliff would not dare to take action at will.

On the contrary, the ninjas of Kirigakure Village have to deal with dense fog all year round due to the geographical environment of the village. In addition, the 'Water Release: Kirigakure Jutsu' is one of the iconic ninjutsu of Kirigakure Village.

Therefore, even if you are not proficient in the 'silent killing technique', you can still distinguish the enemy's traces in the thick fog through some subtle movements.

In this way, disadvantages can be turned into advantages.

Just when the Kirigakure jounin was about to order a free hunt, a strong wind suddenly struck, blowing away the fog in the blink of an eye.

He looked intently and saw Qing Ming slowly closing his mouth and lowering his left hand.

Obviously, the violent wind just now was his masterpiece.

The thick fog that blocked their vision disappeared, and the Konoha ninjas who had just slowed down their escape speed immediately increased their speed again.

Qing Ming glanced at them and could basically confirm that it would not be a big problem for them to escape back to Yingzui Cliff, so he ignored them.

Next, he himself had to run away.

As soon as he thought of this, Qing Ming's body flashed with green light, and he planned to use the 'Instant Sword Technique' to leave.

However, the next moment, an invisible sound wave rushed into his ears again, causing him to stagger and almost fall.

This was clearly the sound illusion he had encountered not long ago.

However, this time it was much stronger than last time.

Qing Ming cheered up and instantly dispelled the mental power and chakra that invaded his mind. He turned to look at a Kirigakure Jōnin not far away.

It was the other party who was casting the illusion.

However, this man seemed to be worried about being controlled by his Sharingan genjutsu, so although he released the genjutsu at him, he did not look at him at all.

Helpless, Qing Ming could only rush towards the opponent.

Brush~swipe~

Two familiar figures suddenly appeared, guarding this man. They were the two Kirigakure Jonin who had fought with him before.

Qing Ming looked at them and kept running forward without stopping.

However, before he could get closer, the two of them raised their hands to form seals at the same time, and performed the ninjutsu - Water Release and Water Wave!

The next moment, two waterfall-like streams of water spurted out from their mouths and shot straight towards Qing Ming.

Seeing this, Qing Ming's expression remained unchanged, he raised his hands, quickly completed the seal, and once again performed the ninjutsu - Water Release: Shark Bullet Jutsu!

The giant shark appeared, swallowed all the water flow into its belly, increased in size at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then rushed towards the two people with unrivaled power.

When the two of them saw this, they immediately stopped performing the technique and dodged to both sides.

Boom~

The sharks bombarded the sea, raising a wave of more than ten meters high, but no one was hurt.

That's right, including the Mist Hidden Ninja who was standing behind the two men just now, who was not hurt.

Then, at some point, a wall of ice more than ten meters high appeared in front of him, just blocking the impact of the huge waves.

There is no doubt that it was Xuefeng who took action.

Looking at the four people who cooperated tacitly, Qingming slowed down his pace, turned his body 90 degrees suddenly, and ran straight towards the direction of the Eagle's Beak Cliff.

He didn't have to kill the Mist Hidden Ninja who was good at auditory illusions. As long as the other party didn't hinder him from leaving, it would be okay to let him go.

It just so happened that his action just now had attracted everyone's attention, and now was a good opportunity to leave.

However, before he ran two steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

The next moment, a blue barrier suddenly appeared in front of him, with water waves rippling on it, as if it could be broken with a poke.

However, Qingming knew that it was just an illusion.

This barrier is not a simple thing at all. If he is not mistaken, it should be a barrier.

Looking at the left and right sides and the back, a barrier has also been raised at some point.

Then, the four barriers are connected to each other, and then closed up and down, finally forming a cubic cage with a length, width and height of about 30 meters.

Swish swish swish~

Four figures appeared.

They were wearing black robes and masks, and they were four ANBU ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village.

These four Hidden Mist ANBU each occupied a corner of the cage, without saying a word, and just quietly maintained the operation of the barrier.

All this is long to say, but it actually happened in an instant, leaving Qingming no time to escape, otherwise he would not be indifferent.

From this, it can be seen that these four Hidden Mist ANBU must have been prepared in advance.

Otherwise, how could they grasp the opportunity so well?

Qingming really didn't expect that the Hidden Mist Village would be so well prepared for a mere tentative attack.

It was even as if they were deliberately targeting him.