Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1191 Waiting
Suddenly, everything in front of him slowed down dramatically.

A pair of marks, resembling black suns, appeared in his pupils.

Qingming's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze instantly locked onto Tianxin Shenji's figure.

Then, a screeching sound was heard.

A giant spiral shuriken made of energy condensed and spun rapidly in his palm.

This is no other ninjutsu; it is the first S-rank forbidden technique he mastered—Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!

One of the key features of this technique is its extremely high attack power, and since it doesn't require hand seals, it's perfect for a sneak attack right now.

Just as Tianxin Shenji was about to take a bite, she suddenly felt an extreme sense of crisis.

She glanced down and saw the 'Wind Release: Rasenshuriken' in Qingming's palm.

She hesitated for only a moment before deciding to avoid it.

But Qingming was constantly watching the other party's actions, so how could he let her have her way?

A terrifying pressure swept over, and Qingming fully activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, unleashing the 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' at Tianxin Shenji.

"not good!"

Startled, Tianxin Shenji immediately closed her eyes to avoid the effects of the illusion.

But all of this, though it sounds like a long story, actually happens in the blink of an eye, leaving the other party no time to react.

bang~
Stab ~

A dull voice sounded.

Immediately afterwards, a sound like flesh being torn apart was heard.

Princess Tianxin let out a shrill scream.

Then, he was sent flying backwards.

Qingming was about to press his advantage, but he abruptly pulled his foot back as soon as he took a step.

Not only that, he also jumped back several meters away in an instant, just like a startled rabbit.

Click~

Almost the instant he left, the tail of a giant snake slammed into the ground where he had just stood, creating a crack more than a meter wide.

Looking again at the owner of the snake's tail, it was none other than Princess Tianxin.

In the distance, the flying-back Tianxin Shenji turned pale white, revealing herself to be a snake's molted skin.

Clearly, at the critical moment, the opponent used the 'Snake Shedding Technique' to evade his attack.

Not only that, but it also used its invisibility ability to attempt a sneak attack on him.

Unfortunately, he saw through it with a glare.

Indeed, the invisibility techniques possessed by the three goddesses of Ryuchi Cave are extremely powerful, capable of concealing even chakra fluctuations, making them impossible to detect by ordinary means.

However, this ability is countered by the Byakugan.

Under the Byakugan's penetrating vision, the flow of chakra within the opponent's body was completely visible and impossible to conceal.

Therefore, he clearly captured her figure and thus avoided the attack.

As for the other party...

However, he did not completely evade his attack.

Qingming shifted his gaze upwards and could see that there was a little bit of scarlet blood seeping from the corner of Tianxin Shenji's mouth.

She was clearly injured.

Having failed in her first attack, Princess Tianxin also distanced herself.

She stared into Qingming's eyes and said, "Mangekyou Sharingan, you're from the Uchiha clan?"

Upon hearing this, Qingming shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

Seeing that he neither admitted nor denied it, Tianxin Shenji frowned slightly, and then continued, "Then what about your eye roll?"

As she said this, her eyes were fixed on Qingming's brow, as if to say, "Don't try to fool me."

However, Qingming had no intention of hiding it, or rather, it was impossible to hide it at all.

As the saying goes, only family members know their own affairs.

Since the other party possesses such sophisticated stealth abilities, they will naturally seek out ways to counter them.

In this situation, attempting to cover it up with a headband or other tricks is simply self-deception.

Therefore, there is no need to deny it.

Of course, he wouldn't admit it.

Preventing intelligence leaks is one aspect, but more importantly, it's about making the other side wary. That's why, seeing that he didn't speak, Tianxin Shenji didn't dare launch an attack immediately.

However, such a standoff always has its limits.

In less than a minute, Princess Tianxin lost her patience.

Of the three holy sites, Ryuchi Cave has the worst attitude towards humans, often devouring them as food.

In this situation, it's simply impossible to make it scheme against the food.

However, Princess Tianxin did not dare to be careless. As someone who had personally witnessed the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, she remained extremely vigilant towards Qingming.

This time, she immediately unleashed her signature skill—the Immortal Art of Object Transformation!
This is an extremely powerful magic technique that can create things that exist between illusion and reality, making it difficult for people to distinguish between them.

Furthermore, these things possess a peculiar assimilation ability; once they come into deep contact with a person, they can even directly assimilate that person into chakra, thus allowing them to be devoured by Tashin-no-Kami-hime.

In my memory, the other party used this ability to test those who came to Ryuchi Cave to cultivate immortal arts.

Of course, calling it a test is really more like using this excuse to satisfy one's own appetite.

However, this ability is not very useful to Qingming.

Although as a wooden clone, his pupil power is not as strong as his main body and he cannot completely get rid of the influence of this immortal technique, it is enough to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Dodging a sharp claw thrust from Tianxin Shenji who was hiding among them, Qingming flicked his hand and fired a wind blade in retaliation.

At the same time, the shadow clones that were absorbing natural energy around them also launched an attack.

咻咻咻～
A dense barrage of shuriken flew out, aimed directly at Princess Tanshin.

Of course, it's impossible to expect these attacks to harm Princess Tianxin.

The reason 'Qingming' had these shadow clones attack simultaneously was simply to prevent them from appearing too out of place.

After all, he can't recall these shadow clones now.

If Princess Tianxin discovers that his chakra did not increase after these shadow clones disintegrated, it will inevitably expose the fact that he is not the original body.

That's right, even now, Princess Tianxin still hasn't realized that he's just an avatar.

To this, Qingming could only say, "'Wood Clone Technique' is awesome!"

Of course, it's also possible that his wooden clone contained too much chakra, which made it completely unexpected for Tashin no Shinki that such a clone would not be the original body.

Seeing the wind blades coming towards her and the shurikens shooting from all directions, Princess Tianxin waved her hand.

Immediately, a circular wall appeared, blocking all attacks.

At this moment, the wall is solid.

However, the next moment, countless snake shadows appeared in Tianxin Shenji's hand, which pierced through the wall and attacked the surrounding shadow clones.

At that moment, the walls it created seemed to be non-existent, which was hard to understand.

Our gaze returned to the snake shadow released by Princess Tianxin.

Faced with the sudden attack, most of the shadow clones avoided it, but two or three were blocked by their companions and were unable to dodge in time. They were pierced by the snake shadow and exploded into a cloud of chakra smoke.

Clearly, at this moment, these snake shadows are also physical entities.

This is the power of the 'Transformation of Things' magic technique; you can never know whether its attack is real or just a feint.

However, 'Qingming' wasn't in a hurry.

Now, he is just waiting for his main body to finish browsing through the memories that the shadow clone has synchronized back, and after making a decision, he will act accordingly.

As for now...

Just stall the other party for now.

Time passes minute by minute.

Five minutes passed quickly.

Finally, Princess Tianxin noticed the anomaly.

Under his deliberate attention, nearly one-fifth of the shadow clones in the arena were destroyed.

However, despite absorbing so much of the shadow clones' chakra, the wood clones that were fighting her didn't change much.

This naturally alerted Princess Tianxin.

After careful observation, he finally realized the problem.

She suddenly distanced herself from the wooden clone, her expression grim, and said, "You're not the real body either?"

Upon hearing the other party's words, the wooden clone also temporarily stopped its actions.

Then, with a sneer, he said, "You're only realizing it now... your reaction is a bit slow!"

(End of this chapter)