Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 560: Pursuit and Acupuncture

"Quick! Faster!"

Regardless of her own injuries and the consumption of chakra, Yuhua used all her strength to perform the "Flash Body Technique" and ran wildly in the forest.

On the way, she looked back from time to time, as if she was afraid that Qingming would catch up with her.

However, what she feared would come true. Just a few seconds later, she saw a ghostly figure. Who else could it be but Qing Ming?
At first glance, the other party was still far away, but in the blink of an eye, it was more than ten meters closer.

At this speed, it wouldn't take long before she was caught up.

Yuhua, whose mentality had long been unbalanced, did not dare to meet Qingming face to face. Her face turned fierce and she immediately performed the "Shadow Clone Technique". Her figure turned from one into three and fled in three different directions.

Seeing this, Qingming frowned slightly.

Under normal circumstances, performing the 'Shadow Clone Technique' is nothing. Even if his proficiency in the 'Shadow Clone Technique' is not as high as his, the chakra loss is at most 10%.

But now, in this high-intensity chase, and with the high probability of subsequent battles breaking out, the chakra consumed by the shadow clones will increase sharply.

By then, the loss of chakra would be more than just 10%.

This is why shadow clones are mostly used for reconnaissance rather than combat.

Normally, no ninja would use shadow clones like this unless it is absolutely necessary, because besides wasting chakra, it can only delay a little time at most.

In this case, it is better to save these chakras to fight the enemy!
It can be said that with this one move, Yuhua's chances of winning dropped by at least 30%, although she didn't have much of a chance of winning in the first place.

But Qing Ming was not concerned about how stupid the other party's choice was, he just felt sorry for the wasted chakra.

Now, the more chakra the opponent consumes, the less chakra he can absorb after he catches the opponent. How can he not feel distressed?

When Qing Ming thought of this, he accelerated without any hesitation and chased after one of the figures.

Soon, he caught up with the other person.

Without giving her time to react, he directly threw a shuriken, which collided with each other in the air like flowers scattered from the sky, and finally all shot towards Yuhua.

Looking at the shurikens flying all over the sky, Yuhua had nowhere to hide and could only turn around and swing the kunai to block.

Ding Ding Dang Dang~
A series of metal collisions sounded.

Sparks appeared, and shurikens were shot down by the rain of flowers and scattered in all directions.

Seeing that all the attacks were blocked, Yuhua prepared to continue running away.

But at this moment, a sharp sound of air tearing was heard.

She glanced over and saw a kunai shot out from Qingming's palm. It was so fast that she had no time to react.

This was the opportunity that Qing Ming was looking for, and he used the 'Wind Style: Fierce Wind Palm' to accelerate the launch of a kunai.

A strong sense of crisis came over her, and Yuhua turned her body almost instinctively.

swoosh~
The kunai flew past her body without hurting her.

But the next moment, Qingming's figure with a green glow appeared in front of her, following the kunai.

huh~
The long knife was swung out.

Yuhua wanted to block.

Qing Ming seized the opportunity and used the "Phantom Sword Technique" to block the air.

The next moment, the long knife hit the opponent's body.

bang~
A cloud of chakra smoke dissipated.

Yuhua's figure disappeared from the spot.

Obviously, this was just a shadow clone of the opponent.

Seeing this, Qing Ming secretly said, "Sure enough, my luck is average."

Fortunately, this series of actions did not take too long, and the other two were still within the range of his observation.

After locking onto the two men's positions, Qing Ming chased after them without any delay.

As for why he didn't use the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to chase them separately
It’s not that he doesn’t have enough shadow clones.

Nowadays, his 'Shadow Clone Technique' has reached level 6, which is enough to create thirty shadow clones. Although many of them are patrolling over the battlefields, collecting and transmitting various intelligence, it is still easy to squeeze out two or three.

The reason why he didn't do this was that there was no need.

These three people were too close to him, he could easily kill them one by one.

If he was lucky, he would be able to find the other person's true body in less than three attempts. Even if he was unlucky, it wouldn't take him long to find the other person's true body. The second reason was that he didn't want to waste time.

As mentioned before, Yuhua's actions consume a lot of chakra. Although his proficiency in the Shadow Clone Technique is higher than that of the other party, intense exercise will also consume a lot of chakra.

The harvest this time might have been discounted, and it would have also made Qingming consume more chakra, which Qingming naturally didn't want.

So, he chose the dumbest way and chased after them one by one.

Time continues to pass.

Soon, Qing Ming caught up with the second figure.

However, his luck today seemed to be really bad. After a brief fight, the opponent was defeated by him again. This was actually another shadow clone.

Qing Ming's face turned pale and without any hesitation, he immediately chased after the third figure.

About three minutes later.

Qingming appeared in front of Yuhua in a flash.

At this time, Yuhua was still looking back, and had no idea that Qingming would appear in front of her and block her way.

Yuhua was startled, and without any hesitation, she immediately raised her hands and was about to repeat her old trick, using the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to escape.

Although with her current chakra, the time it would take for Qing Ming to catch up with her would be shorter this time, but she didn't seem to have thought about that at all and just wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible.

However, she wanted to escape, but Qingming didn't want to play the game of chase with her anymore, nor did he want to see her waste chakra anymore.

Then, he kicked the ground hard, and the chakra in his body burst out, and there was a faint electric current wrapped around his body. This was the effect of "Thunder Release: Lightning Body".

Although its proficiency level is only level 1 and the bonus it provides is negligible, Qingming still uses it.

Obviously, he used all his strength.

Therefore, almost in an instant, his speed soared to the limit and came in front of Yuhua. Qingming could even see Yuhua's frightened face.

However, he showed no mercy and pointed his finger directly at the opponent's chest.

The next moment, chakra that seemed to be real burst out from his fingertips and accurately hit the opponent's chest, the largest chakra node, or acupoint.

Suddenly, the chakra flow in her body was blocked, and the "Shadow Clone Technique" failed. Her face turned pale and she almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

This is not finished.

Qing Ming's steps were as fast as the wind and his body was like a ghost. He circled the other person and pointed dozens of fingers at her, almost blocking all of her important acupoints before he stopped.

Waves of piercing pain came from all over the body. Yuhua tried to mobilize her chakra, but it felt like a small horse pulling a big cart - extremely difficult.

At this moment, she was finally sure that she couldn't escape.

It was also at this time that she regained some of her spirit as a jonin.

Concentrating her mind, she no longer tried to mobilize chakra, but looked into Qingming's eyes.

After confirming that it was just a pair of Sharingan, she asked in a voice mixed with doubt and curiosity: "You just used acupuncture, right? Isn't this a move of the Hyuga clan? Can the Sharingan also see the acupuncture points on the human body?"

That’s right, Qingming just used the acupoint pressing method of the Hyuga clan, but he did not use it in conjunction with the Sharingan, but with the Byakugan at the center of the eyebrows.

However, he didn't want to explain anything to the other party. Although his current performance was much better than his previous panic escape, he still felt sorry for the chakra he had wasted.

So, let her be a fool!
With this thought in mind, Qing Ming raised his hands, formed seals, and performed the "Chakra Absorption Technique", grabbing her neck.

The next moment, strands of chakra gathered from all parts of the other person's body, eventually turning into a rushing stream and pouring into Qingming's body.

However, in just two or three seconds, all the chakra in her body was drained by him.

Upon discovering this, Qing Ming thought to himself, "It's true that a lot of money was wasted."

However, he still did not let go, but instead increased the force of his extraction.

Suddenly, the spiritual energy and physical energy in his body began to gather and were forcibly absorbed into his body, merging into chakra that belonged only to him.

After a few more seconds, all the spiritual and physical energy in Yuhua's body was drained by him, and she lost her life and turned into a corpse.

bang~
Qing Ming loosened his grip and let the other person's body fall to the ground.

Then, he raised his hands, formed seals, and performed the ninjutsu - Fire Style: Sushiyaki Technique.

A ball of fire appeared and quickly engulfed the opponent's body.

After doing all this, he began to check his harvest.

(End of this chapter)