Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 831 Practice and Testing

In the forest.

A group of twenty or so Iwagakure ninjas were running fast.

Suddenly, the person in the front raised his right arm and stopped.

Seeing this, the others also stopped.

Everyone looked around vigilantly.

However, there was a breeze blowing through the forest, and the sounds of insects and birds chirping, and there was nothing unusual.

Just when one of them was getting impatient and wanted to ask the Iwa Ninja who was leading the group in the front and signaling everyone to stop, a drop of rain fell on his face.

At first, he didn't care.

However, when the drop of rain slid down his cheek, he realized something was wrong.

This drop of rain seems to be particularly sticky!
The man glanced downward and saw a black mark just below his nose. He was immediately horrified and said to himself, "Not good!"

Just as he was about to raise a warning, more black rain fell from the sky, and others also noticed the problem.

Immediately, the leading Rock Ninja shouted loudly: "Everyone be careful, this is Earth Release Ninjutsu!"

As he spoke, the man quickly completed the seal and spewed out a large flame towards the black rain above everyone's heads.

Suddenly, a large amount of black rain was scorched, and the properties of the earth attribute chakra contained in it were changed, turning into the most ordinary pebbles, falling from the sky.

Underground, Qing Ming saw this scene and couldn't help muttering: "As expected of the elite of the Hidden Rock Village, their reaction is so fast!"

As he spoke, he decisively stopped performing Earth Escape: Black Earth Rain.

That's right, the black rain just now was created by him using this technique. He wanted to catch the opponent off guard, but he didn't expect to be stopped by someone before it could take full effect.

However, Qingming was not very angry.

It was because of his opponent's reaction when facing the black rain attack that he understood the ninjutsu of "Earth Style: Black Earth Rain" a little better.

Indeed, he had already mastered this technique to perfection, and he could perform ninjutsu with ease.

However, ninjutsu requires more than just knowing how to make hand seals and perform them; it also requires a vast amount of practical experience.

Only in this way can we perform at our expected level.

This is equivalent to theory and practice, neither of which can be missing.

Over the past period of time, he had mastered several ninjutsu, but he had no chance to practice them, which made his understanding of these ninjutsu remain at the theoretical level.

Now that he finally got this opportunity, he naturally wanted to practice more.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming did not hesitate at all. He formed hand seals again and performed the ninjutsu for the second time - Earth Style: Black Earth Rain!

Then, we saw that as soon as the leading Rock Ninja's fire escape disappeared, a large amount of black rain reappeared and fell on everyone's heads again.

Moreover, this time the black rain was no longer as silent as before, but became fast and heavy, just like a violent storm, leaving no place for people to hide.

A large amount of black mud, like that in a rotten swamp, turned into raindrops and fell from the sky. Even though the Iwagakure were mentally prepared, they were still caught off guard by the scene.

Using the 'Earth Escape·Earth Vein Dragon' to hide underground, Qing Ming saw this scene with the help of his Byakuyan and nodded involuntarily.

"Sure enough, this 'Earth Style: Black Earth Rain' shouldn't refer to the ordinary Water Style Ninjutsu of turning into rain, and it shouldn't be done in a subtle way. With the amount of chakra I have, I can just use a large amount to make it full."

Here, Qingming was still summing up his experience. Suddenly, a female Rock Ninja in the Rock Ninja team opened her eyes, threw a kunai towards where Qingming was hiding, and shouted: "The enemy is right below!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several Iwagakure ninjas seemed to have been prepared. They immediately locked onto the position indicated by the kunai and then threw out the kunai in their hands as well.

However, unlike the female Iwagakure ninja who was good at perception, the kunai they threw all carried detonating tags.

The next moment, deafening explosions sounded one after another.

Above the place where Qingming was hiding, a layer of the ground was lifted up.

This is not over yet. Several more Rock Ninjas jumped out, squatted on the ground, formed hand seals at the same time, and performed a ninjutsu - Earth Style: Earth Splitting Palm!
Suddenly, the ground was torn apart, and a strong vibration came from under the feet, and the place where Qingming was hiding was completely turned upside down.

Seeing this scene, smiles appeared on the faces of several Iwagakure ninjas who were casting the spell.

But the next moment, the female rock ninja in charge of perception suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"

However, before she could finish her words, a red light as thick as a thumb flashed by, like a laser, piercing diagonally through two Iwa ninjas who were squatting on the ground casting spells.

Seeing this, the others no longer cared about maintaining their ninjutsu. They rolled over, jumped up from the ground, and hid behind a tree.

"Haha~"

Not far away, Qing Ming saw this, sneered, raised his hand again, and after quickly completing the seal, he stretched out his right hand forward, palm down, four fingers together, leaving only the index finger pointing at the group of Rock Ninjas.

The next moment, a soft whisper came out of his mouth.

"Fire Style: Concentrated Flame Attack~"

Silently, another red light shot out from his fingertips, piercing through the tree at an extremely fast speed and accurately hitting the heart of an Iwagakure ninja behind it.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still. Before the Rock Ninja could react, his heart was singed by the fire that had condensed to the extreme.

The intense pain came later. The rock ninja lowered his head belatedly, looking at his heart that had been burned through, and roared unwillingly: "No——"

It was also at this time that the others woke up from their dreams.

Some people went to check the man's injuries, some people formed a defense, alert to Qingming's secondary attack, and some people attacked Qingming.

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming did not panic at all. After dodging several incoming kunai and shurikens, he quickly completed the hand seals and performed another ninjutsu - Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire!
In an instant, a gorgeous three-layer fire lotus appeared, protecting him in the center.

Several ninjutsu were bombarded on it, but apart from breaking a few flame petals and causing it to explode, they failed to cause any harm to him.

Qing Ming wanted to test the defensive power of 'Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire', so he didn't rush to counterattack, but instead formed hand seals again and used 'Chakra Feather Robe'.

It is true that he has perfected the 'Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire', but its flaws still exist. That is, when the last layer of the red lotus is broken, the explosion will hurt him.

Therefore, he used the 'Chakra Feather Robe' to protect himself.

But this was just a preparation Qingming made just in case.

With his current strength and reaction time, he could completely cancel the ninjutsu before the opponent broke through the three layers of fire lotus, or perform other ninjutsu to block the remaining attacks.

Therefore, when it comes to actual combat, there is no need to waste chakra on secondary defense.

However, this is just a test, so it is better to be cautious.

Here, Qingming was still thinking.

In front of him, several Iwagakure ninjas who had attacked him had come close to him, and the attacks in their hands also fell on him.

(End of this chapter)