Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1231 Their Own Battles (Bonus Chapter)

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A sharp blade pierced the heart of a Chunin.

Qingming turned around and glanced at his two teammates.

Then, he nodded in satisfaction.

These two were indeed elites of the Dark Division. Even without prior serious communication, they quickly understood his meaning and cooperated effectively.

Currently, on the Sand Village side, the strongest Jonin leader is being held back by the Inuzuka clan's ninja and his ninja dogs, while the other Sand Village ninja are forced to defend themselves against Shiki Aburame's relentless insect swarm attacks.

It can be said that the two men's actions perfectly fulfilled the task he assigned.

If that's the case, then it's time for him to shine.

With this thought in mind, Qingming wasted no more time and immediately began to unleash the 'Instant Sword Technique' with all his might. His figure flashed as he continuously attacked and killed those chuunibyou who were unable to react in time.

That's right, among the second wave of Sand Ninja, there were not only Chunin, but also several Genin.

Although Sunagakure practices elite education due to resource scarcity, producing generally strong genin, they are still no match for standard chunin.

Whether they are Chunin or Genin, they are all doomed by his extreme speed and power.

Therefore, they suffered heavy casualties.

As for why Sunagakure would send ninjas of the Genin and Chunin level?
Qingming guessed that Orochimaru was behind it all. He wanted to use Sunagakure to weaken them, rather than let Sunagakure capture or kill them.

Therefore, it was impossible to provide them with accurate intelligence.

This led Sunagakure to misjudge their fighting strength.

Well.
It can't be called a misjudgment!
Because the number of people they sent was more than enough to handle a Jonin squad, and a squad is basically the standard number of people from each of the major ninja villages on a mission.

Furthermore, Sunagakure even took a lenient approach, dispatching an elite Jonin squad composed of puppeteers.

In this way, even if the enemy squad is entirely composed of Jonin, it can be dealt with.

The people on the periphery are backup plans.

Since it's a backup plan, it's only natural to send some Chunin and excellent Genin to train them in advance.

Unfortunately, this time, they acted in three teams together, exceeding Sunagakure's expectations in terms of both numbers and the fact that none of the teams had a single Chunin.

In addition, this team also includes exceptional individuals such as Qingming, Uchiha Shisui, and Yamato.

How could they possibly avoid being humiliated?
On the battlefield.

The Sand Village leader's eyes turned bloodshot as he watched Qingming slaughter his men like chickens.

He tried many times to break free from the Inuzuka clan ninjas' entanglement and rush towards Qingming, but he never succeeded.

Although the special Jonin of the Inuzuka clan and his ninja dog were seriously injured, they bought Qingming enough time to clear out the small fry.

"Die!"

Suddenly, the Sand Village leader seized the opportunity, slipped behind the Inuzuka clan ninja, and thrust his kunai straight at the man's back.

Sensing danger, the Inuzuka clan ninja's expression changed drastically beneath his mask, and he immediately tried to dodge.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

At this critical moment, suddenly, a crimson line of fire shot from the side, aiming straight for the head of the Sand Village leader.

A strong sense of crisis washed over him, and his intuition, honed from years of walking on the edge of life and death, made the Sand Village leader instinctively lean back.

The next moment, a line of fire, as thick as a finger, flew past his eyes.

At such close range, the Sand Village leader truly felt a deadly threat from above. He secretly rejoiced that he had dodged quickly, otherwise this attack would have been enough to kill him.

However, he dodged Qingming's 'Fire Release: Gathering Flame Strike', but this also caused his movements to become distorted, preventing him from stabbing the kunai in the back of the Inuzuka clan ninja.

Thus, thanks to the timely response of the Inuzuka clan's ANBU, although he was still seriously injured, he did not die on the spot.

Seeing this from afar, Qingming slowly lowered his outstretched index finger, then flashed forward and charged directly at the Sand Village leader.

Seeing this, the Sand Village leader disregarded the seriously injured Inuzuka clan ninja lying on the ground and immediately raised his kunai to meet Qingming's attack.

Ding Ding Dang Dang~
The longsword and kunai clashed, sparks flying.

The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out continuously.

Previously, this Sand Village leader was able to catch Qingming off guard by launching a sneak attack.

But now
Qingming completely suppressed his opponent, and it was a comprehensive suppression that made it impossible for the opponent to even fight back.

"How can this be?"

Maeda Sakawa looked at Qingming's still youthful face, his heart filled with disbelief.

He recognized Qingming's identity early on and knew his title of "Konoha Twin Stars," but he never expected that his strength would be this great.

Leaving aside the 'Wind Release: Great Breakthrough' mentioned earlier, even a seasoned Jonin who is proficient in Wind Release couldn't unleash such a powerful ninjutsu.

Now, even in close combat, he still can't gain any advantage, how can he accept that?

The key point is that Qingming just killed so many people. Even killing a chicken would take some effort, right?

But Qingming seemed completely unaffected, still full of energy, which rendered Qingming's hard-earned physical skills useless, making any chance of a counterattack a pipe dream.

and also
He hadn't forgotten that from the start of their battle until now, Qingming had kept his three-tomoe Sharingan active, but hadn't used a single genjutsu.

Maeda Sakawa didn't think that Qingming didn't understand illusion magic; he could only say that, in the other party's eyes, he wasn't even qualified to let him use illusion magic.

Thinking of this, Maeda Sakawa felt a surge of anger and couldn't help but want to fight Qingming to the death.

But in the end, he held back.

Although the situation is not good now, as long as things don't go wrong in other areas, he still has a chance to survive, as long as others come to his aid.

However, he was clearly overthinking it.

Leaving aside the Yamato side for the moment, on Uchiha Shisui's side, after Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Yatsuhoshi, who had come to support him, were trapped in a dangerous situation where they were surrounded and attacked, he used his signature move, the 'Phantom Body Flicker Technique'.

In an instant, dozens of figures appeared in the arena.

Uchiha Shisui was hidden among them, his three-tomoe Sharingan operating at full power. He used genjutsu to enhance the realism of his clones while carefully observing the actions of the various Sand Ninjas in the arena.

Then, the moment they attacked the phantoms, they activated the 'Body Flicker Technique' and appeared in front of each Sand Ninja in turn, either blocking their attacks or launching a counterattack.

Because of his incredible speed, many Sand Ninja believed that the person they were fighting was Uchiha Shisui himself.

This forced them to abandon their siege of Uchiha Tetsuka and Uchiha Hachidai, and instead attack him.

But when they launched their attack again, they only managed to pass through a blur.

Thus, the Sand Village's formation was disrupted, and Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Yasaka took the opportunity to break free from the Sand Village's special Jonin and instantly kill several Sand Village Chunin and Genin.

Similarly, Uchiha Shisui was also clearing out the underlings.

Thus, after a round of attack and defense, less than half of the Sand Ninja remained on the field, greatly reducing the pressure on the three.

(End of this chapter)