Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1202 Offense and Defense

Upon getting closer, the White Snake Immortal suddenly opened his mouth.

The next moment, a white beam of light, like a sharp sword, shot straight at Qingming's face.

When Qingming came to his senses, all he saw was a vast expanse of white. Before he could do anything, the white beam of light struck the Susanoo in front of him.

Click~
A faint sound came from ahead.

Qingming looked closely and saw a thin crack appear in the Susanoo that was protecting him.

Then came the second and third courses.
The white beam of light seemed endless, constantly striking the cracked Susanoo, as if trying to squeeze through the crack and kill it.

Unfortunately, they ultimately failed to achieve it.

Even though Qingming intended to test the defensive limits of Susanoo during this period, he neither injected a large amount of chakra to help it recover nor interrupted the White Snake Sage, and thus he was unable to break through his defense.

"Not bad!"

Qingming nodded to himself, and before the White Snake Sage could unleash the second beam of light, he manipulated Susanoo and swatted at the opponent as if swatting a fly.

Seeing this, the White Snake Immortal had no choice but to stop his attack and use his levitation ability to dodge Qingming's strikes.

However, it still did not choose to stay away, seemingly intending to launch another attack.

"Humph~"

Seeing this, Qingming snorted coldly, then quickly formed hand seals and unleashed the ninjutsu—Fire Release: Thousand Swallow Dance!

This is a B-rank ninjutsu that he once found in the Uchiha clan's library.

Initially, because it consumed a lot of chakra but caused little damage, and because it could be replaced by 'Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique', he considered it flashy but impractical.

But now it seems to still be somewhat useful.

At least in situations like the present, it is very applicable.

Almost at the same moment that Qingming formed the hand seals, Susanoo, which was protecting him, also began to form the hand seals in sync.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of flames spewed out from its mouth, and then transformed into thousands of fire swallows with wingspans of two or three meters. They flapped their wings and flew together toward the White Snake Immortal.

This spectacular scene left even the White Snake Immortal speechless.

However, she did not back down at all.

She then waved her hand and unleashed a streak of light, shattering a large swath of fire swallows to the side.

Then, in a flash, he escaped the encirclement of the fire swallow.

However, these fire swallows do not only have this one method of attack.

The next moment, the fire swallows gathered together, the temperature at the center rose sharply, and then they exploded violently.

Instantly, a massive amount of flames surged forth from the center, turning the nearby sky into a sea of ​​fire. The White Snake Immortal, who was not far away, was caught off guard and was engulfed by the sea of ​​fire.

Below, Princess Ichikishima, who had just been flung away by the White Snake Sage, could feel the heat emanating from the air even from a great distance.

This made her take a few steps back again.

At the same time, she looked worriedly at the spot where the White Snake Immortal had just stood, fearing that he might have been harmed.

She no longer regards Qingming as a greenhorn, but as someone who is on par with, or at least capable of, the White Snake.

Therefore, it's normal to worry about the safety of the White Snake Immortal.

Of course, the White Snake Immortal wouldn't be killed so easily.

In fact, it wasn't even injured.

Through his Byakugan, Qingming could clearly see that within the flames, the White Snake Sage was surrounded by a layer of shimmering white light, like a transparent eggshell protecting her. The surrounding flames repeatedly tried to penetrate this eggshell, but were all blocked by this luminous layer, and the White Snake Sage inside remained unharmed.

From this white fluorescence, he sensed an extremely dense amount of Sage Chakra.

Immediately, Qingming understood that this was a defensive ninjutsu similar to his 'Chakra Feather Robe'.

However, unlike his 'Chakra Garment,' which was merely an ordinary ninjutsu, the opponent's technique was a genuine Sage Art.

The difference in power levels meant that even with the enhancement of Susanoo, Qingming's newly unleashed "Fire Release: Thousand Swallow Dance" was no match for his opponent.

However, Qingming was not discouraged.

Taking advantage of the White Snake Sage's pause in place, he immediately mobilized his chakra, condensing twenty tomoe in the palm of Susanoo's left hand, and once again unleashed the 'Yasaka Magatama' against his opponent.

Instantly, one after another, the jade ornaments, like cannonballs, crashed into the sea of ​​fire, shooting towards the White Snake Immortal at extremely high speed.

bang~
The first magatama struck the opponent's protective shield with a dull thud, and the second one did the same.

Then came the third and fourth ones.
In a very short time, a full fifteen magatama struck the defensive light shield erected by the opponent.

Finally, the White Snake Sage's chakra supply couldn't keep up, and the structure of this Sage Technique malfunctioned. Under the attack of the sixteenth tomoe, a large section of it dented in.

Under the attack of the eighteenth magatama, it was completely shattered into fragments and disappeared.

However, the fact that it could withstand the attack of eighteen tomoe continuously, even as the opponent was constantly consuming Sage Chakra to repair itself, is enough to demonstrate the excellence of this Sage Technique.

Putting everything else aside, this one sage technique alone is enough to leave 99.9% of the ninjas in the ninja world helpless.

Even if multiple people work together, as long as the attack power is not high enough, they will not be able to harm the White Snake Sage in the slightest before the White Snake Sage runs out of chakra.

This shows the difference between top-tier ninjas and ordinary people.

It can be said that once strength reaches a certain level, the advantage of numbers will no longer be an advantage, and individual power will completely dominate.

This is also why Qingming was confident in saying that "if he has the time in the future, he can help the ninja world break free from the distorted cycle of history."

Everything is because this is a world where great power originates from within itself.

Here, the strong truly can determine the course of the world!

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Qingming quickly gathered his thoughts and guided the remaining two magatama to continue attacking the White Snake Immortal.

One magatama missed its target, which the White Snake Sage dodged, but the second magatama struck him squarely.

Instantly, a huge explosion rang out, blasting the White Snake Immortal to smithereens.

This scene occurred precisely after the flames had subsided.

Upon witnessing this scene, Princess Ichikishima trembled and cried out in alarm, "Lady White Serpent!"

Not only her, but also Tuanjinji, who had been neglecting Qingming since the start of the battle, saw this scene and cried out in surprise as well.

However, Wan Da, preoccupied with Xin Ya, has not had a chance to spare any attention to observe the battle here.

So, I remained relatively calm.

However, compared to the two's loss of composure, Qingming appeared much calmer, and there wasn't even any joy on his face from defeating a powerful enemy.

There's no other reason than that the White Snake Immortal never died.

He can fool others, but he can't fool the one with the white eyes.

Just now, the moment the last magatama struck the opponent, he unleashed a celestial technique similar to the 'Snake Shedding Technique,' instantly escaping from his original spot, leaving only a dummy body behind, which was shattered by the magatama.

At this moment, its true form was invisible not far away, staring at him!
(End of this chapter)