Chapter 701 Communication and Planning (Happy New Year and all the best to everyone!)

In the woods, it was dark all around. There was no sound except the occasional chirping of insects nearby, which gave people a sense of horror and gloom.

However, Qingming was accustomed to such an environment.

On the one hand, he was indeed skilled and courageous.

On the other hand, it was because he had encountered this situation more than once in the past, whether on the battlefield or during his training.

Having seen it so many times, he naturally wouldn't have any other feelings.

Concentrating his thoughts, Qingming first untied the "guardian seal" at the center of his eyebrows, then concentrated his mind, opened his white eyes, and observed the surroundings.

After confirming that there was indeed no one within a kilometer, he re-formed the seal, followed the connection with the shadow clone, and performed the "heart communication technique" to contact the shadow clone lurking in Takigakure Village.

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At the same time.

In Takigakure Village.

In a wooden house.

Mizutani Yuichi, who was disguised as Qingming's shadow clone, suddenly opened his eyes.

However, he did not speak immediately or do other actions that might attract the attention of others. Instead, he let go of his senses first, and after confirming that there was no one around, he began to communicate with Qingming with peace of mind.

In fact, if he activated the "Flying Thunder God Technique" and came to Qingming, the communication effect would be better.

Unfortunately, he could not do this.

Indeed, Takigakure Village is just a small ninja village, but it was able to get a tailed beast in the first generation, and it was the powerful Seven-Tails, which is enough to show that their foundation is not bad.

Regarding this point, we can also see something from the state of Fu in the future.

Even the One-Tail Jinchūriki, Gaara, was deeply affected by the tailed beast and lost control several times. Fu sealed the more powerful Seven-Tails in her body, but her performance was no different from that of an ordinary person.

Of course, there are external factors that affect this, but the exquisiteness of the sealing technique is also very important.

After all, the two human pillars are children. Qingming does not believe that there is a big difference in willpower.

Moreover, the erosion of the spirit of the Jinchūriki by the tailed beast chakra cannot be compensated by a slight difference in will.

Therefore, the key to the problem is still in the sealing technique.

In other words, the attainment of the sealing technique of Takigakure Village is even higher than that of Sand Village, one of the five major ninja villages.

A glimpse of the leopard, we can know that Takigakure Village has a good foundation.

And now is the most critical moment for Takigakure Village. No matter how calm it appears outside, the defense inside must be extremely tight.

Qingming does not want to touch any barrier of Takigakure Village when performing the "Flying Thunder God Technique".

Therefore, it is better to communicate over a long distance.

As for the trouble...

It's troublesome!

Anyway, they have plenty of time.

In this way, Qingming and the shadow clone lurking in Takigakure Village quickly communicated across a distance of dozens of kilometers.

After a long time, Qingming, who was in the forest, opened his eyes, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

As he expected, since the shadow clones had not contacted him urgently in the past three days, it meant that the situation was still under control.

In fact, it was true.

After the communication just now, Qingming already knew that the transplantation of the seven-tailed beast had not yet begun.

And this meant that he still had time.

In this way, he was relieved.

Finally, after instructing the shadow clone disguised as Mizutani Yuichi to notify him immediately if he found anything, Qingming cut off the contact between the two.

After that, he did not stay for long. After cleaning up the traces of his presence, he performed the "Flying Thunder God Technique" and returned to the camp tent.

After making the shadow clone in front of him disappear, Qingming sat down on the spot and began to perform the "Palm Immortal Technique" and "Reflection Heart Technique" in turn.

As for other skills...

He did not plan to practice them for the time being.

Although the possibility of the subsequent counterattack of the Cloud Ninja was small, he still had to maintain sufficient chakra just in case.

Therefore, the practice of other skills could only be postponed for the time being.

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In a flash, time came to late night.

That night, both Konoha and Kumogakure were not at peace.

The ninjas of both sides surrounded the entire front line, divided into small teams, and launched an extremely tragic fight.

However, because Konoha was well prepared, as expected, it caught the Kumogakure by surprise.

In the first half of the night, the two sides could still fight back and forth, but as time went on, in the second half of the night, the Kumogakure showed a clear decline, and the number of casualties began to rise sharply.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

As a last resort, the Kumogakure commander could only order the front team to shrink the defense.

It can be said that at this point, Nara Fufeng's goal has been achieved.

Later, as long as the front line is held, the situation here can be completely reversed, and the advantage that Kumogakure Village has gained in the past few days due to the sudden attack will no longer exist.

While Konoha was on full alert, the Kumogakure ninjas stopped fighting.

After hearing this news, Qingming could guess without thinking that the other party must have received news that the infiltration team might be wiped out.

Otherwise, with the warlike atmosphere of the Kumogakure, they would never admit defeat.

He was not surprised by this result, because it was a high probability event.

However, in this way, he could focus more on his own training.

At the same time, he could also make more use of the chakra in his body.

With this thought, Qingming performed the 'Shadow Clone Technique' and created a shadow clone.

After letting it take over the camp, Qingming used chakra and performed the 'Flying Thunder God Technique', crossing a long distance and coming to the island in the south of the Land of Fire.

Returning to this familiar place, Qingming untied the 'Guardian Seal' at the center of his brow as usual, and observed the surroundings with the help of the perspective ability of the Byakugan.

After confirming that there was no problem, he performed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and created several shadow clones, and began to practice as usual.

He wanted to increase the evolution of the Sharingan to (40000/50000) before the Takigakure Village took action.

In this way, he could open the next stage of 'Susanoo' to strengthen his trump card, and also improve his 'spiritual' attribute, so that he could deal with the Seven-Tails more easily.

Qingming did it as soon as he thought of it. He didn't waste time. After arranging the training tasks for several shadow clones, he began to practice on his own.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, it was dawn.

The situation on the front line became clearer.

If the Cloud Ninjas were still a little dissatisfied and ready to move last night, they were now like good kids.

Even in the face of Konoha's blatant provocation, they maintained the greatest degree of restraint.

In this way, Qingming can practice more at ease.

At least, before the Cloud Village figured out the specific reasons for the loss of contact with the three infiltration teams, they would not act rashly.

And this is Qingming's opportunity.