Naruto: My Progress in Konoha - Chapter 523

Ding~

Ding Ding~

Boom~

The sound of fierce fighting came from a distance.

The counterattack of the Mist Ninja was more decisive than Qingming had imagined.

In the two or three minutes when he returned to the temporary camp, the area near Yujin Port had already started fighting.

Suspended in the air, Qingming looked into the distance and could see large areas of flames and hear the explosions of detonating talismans one after another.

Obviously, the attack of the Mist Ninja was very strong.

From this, it can be predicted that it will not be long before the order for him and their camp to provide support will come.

And this is also the reason why the camp asked him to return immediately.

Shaking his head, Qingming no longer thought about it. After circling a circle, he fell straight down.

Everyone in the camp saw his figure and was relieved immediately.

Looking at Kobayashi Shunji and others who came to meet him, Qingming arranged tasks for them familiarly, asked them to be ready to provide support at any time, and then began to wait quietly for the order to arrive.

As expected, it didn’t take long before the transfer order from Nara Kiyoshi came.

The content of the order was not beyond his expectations. It was to ask him and his men to rush to the battlefield to support their own team and stop the counterattack of the Mist Ninja.

After receiving the order, Qingming did not waste any words and immediately led the team out of the camp and headed for the battlefield.

Soon, they arrived at the battlefield.

It can be seen that this place has become a mess at this time. The Mist Ninja almost pressed most of the troops up and directly attacked the nearest Konoha troops.

However, Konoha is not a dry meal.

In the past ten days, they have not relaxed their vigilance for a moment. Almost as soon as they noticed the unusual movement of the Mist Ninja, they immediately transferred a large number of people.

Therefore, even if the Mist Ninja invested a lot of manpower at one time, there was no way to break through Konoha’s defense line. The entire battlefield was confined to an area five kilometers west of Yujin Port.

This space is undoubtedly small for many ninjas on both sides.

Because of this, the casualties on both sides were much higher than expected.

However, neither side retreated.

The Kirigakure wanted to take advantage of the arrival of the Konoha reinforcements to bite off another piece of meat from Konoha.

At that time, even if peace talks were held, more benefits could be obtained.

And what about Konoha?

In the negotiations with the Sand Village, they did not gain much benefit. If they lost a large piece of land here, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to negotiate, no one would agree.

At that time, peace could not be expected.

And this was something that all Konoha ninjas did not want to see.

Therefore, they had to defend this area to ensure that the Kirigakure could not get more bargaining chips.

Qingming’s thoughts flew, and he soon thought of these.

However, it was useless to just think of these, and his will alone could not change the situation.

What’s more, he had no intention of doing so.

This was their choice, and Qingming had no intention of interfering.

With this time, he might as well fish in troubled waters and harvest more chakra!

With this in mind, Qingming quickly completed the handover with several commanding jonin stationed here, and then led his subordinates to join the battlefield.

He felt the chakra in his body. Because it was still noon and it was not time for him to practice the “Shadow Clone Technique”, the chakra in his body was still in a high-level operation state.

In this state, he could not absorb much chakra at all.

And he was busy in the past period of time, and he had no time and energy to develop a sealing technique that could store chakra.

Therefore, even if there were enough Mist Ninjas, he could not absorb more chakra.

Qingming frowned slightly, and muttered after a while: “It seems that I can only take a stupid way.”

As he spoke, he raised his hand to seal and performed the “Shadow Clone Technique”.

Bang~

With a cloud of chakra smoke dissipating, three shadow clones appeared beside Qingming.

That’s right, Qingming plans to use the shadow clone as an additional “battery”.

This method has been confirmed and can be used in the “wilderness” of the shadow clone in the past period of time.

Although these shadow clones cannot store as much chakra as his original body, 60% to 70% is still no problem.

In this way, the problem of lack of “container” is solved.

However, some disguise is still needed.

Thinking this in his heart, Qingming performed the “heart-to-heart technique” and connected with the three shadow clones, saying: “You disguise your identities.”

Hearing this, the three shadow clones did not waste words, immediately raised their hands to form seals, performed the “transformation technique”, and “bang”, they turned into three ordinary Konoha ninjas.

The reason why he did this was not because he was worried that his absorption of chakra would be discovered.

He did this a lot in the past period of time. Many people knew that he knew a ninjutsu that could absorb chakra, so there was no need to hide it.

The reason he did this was just that he didn’t want too many Mist Ninjas to notice him.

It can be foreseen that once he does not change his identity and is discovered by the other party that he is absorbing chakra unscrupulously, then whether it is for fame or profit, they will target him.

He himself is not afraid, but the three shadow clones are different.

It is true that after his ‘Shadow Clone Technique’ was upgraded to level 6, the shadow clones he created became more stable and their ability to withstand damage was further improved, but compared to the real person, they were still far behind.

Once targeted, it is still easy to be defeated.

Qingming does not want to frequently use the “Shadow Clone Technique” to replenish the defeated shadow clones. Not to mention the chakra loss in this process, the delay alone is enough to make him feel distressed.

In this case, if there are conditions to avoid it, he will naturally not bite the bullet.

Ignoring the doubts of his subordinates around him, Qingming waved his hand to let the three shadow clones leave, and then led the team to move forward.

Soon, the battle started, and everyone had no time to think so much.

While dealing with the Mist Ninja, Qingming used the “Mind-Connecting Technique” to pay attention to the battle on the side of the shadow clone.

It must be said that the battlefield is indeed a good place to fish in troubled waters.

In just a short while, the three shadow clones found an opportunity to absorb the chakra of two Mist Ninjas and obtained nearly 10,000 chakra points.

At this rate, it won’t be long before his body can accommodate the extra chakra.

With this thought, Qingming immediately notified the three shadow clones, asking them not to just think about absorbing chakra, but also to show their strength appropriately and use several ninjutsu that need to be practiced to fight.

In this way, they can not only improve the proficiency of these skills, but also consume some chakra, so as to absorb more chakra, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!

As for the extra chakra consumed by the shadow clones in the battle,

it was all free anyway, so Qingming didn’t feel bad.

In this way, time passed by one second, and the shadow clones finally achieved a balance of “income and expenditure” after frequent attempts, and the proficiency of various skills began to rise “swishing”.

Seeing this, Qingming was completely relieved.

And at this time, two Mist Hidden Ninjas came to him.

Although he didn’t perform too well in the past period of time, he was still noticed by the Mist Ninja.

There is no way, this is the disadvantage of being famous.

Looking at the two people running straight towards him, Qingming suddenly felt fortunate that he had separated three shadow clones in advance, otherwise he would be entangled by these two people, and he would be dead!