Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 991 Evacuation
crunch~
The door was pushed open.

Qingming flashed out of the data room.

Meanwhile, the two shadow clones were still locked in combat with four members of the Iwagakure Anbu.

Upon seeing Qingming, the four immediately wanted to abandon their shadow clones and stop the real Qingming.

However, the two shadow clones that Qingming created could not use any distinctive moves, especially those related to him, due to the need to keep their identities secret, and thus their combat power could not be fully utilized.

However, the four Iwagakure ANBU members in front of them weren't very strong either.

Therefore, they were still unable to get past the two shadow clones and block Qingming's path.

His gaze swept across the entire area in an instant. Qingming and his two shadow clones exchanged a glance, and then he nodded slightly to them.

The shadow clone was connected to him by mind and naturally understood his meaning.

The next moment, the two shadow clones disregarded their own safety and launched a frenzied attack on the four Iwagakure members in front of them.

For a time, all four members of the Iwagakure ANBU were suppressed, making it difficult to free up manpower.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qingming used the 'Instantaneous Movement Technique' to cross the battlefield and rush downstairs at full speed.

In fact, Qingming's first thought was to jump out of the corridor and jump directly from the third floor of the Tsuchikage Building.

With his current physical condition, even though the height of the Tsuchikage Building far exceeds that of ordinary buildings, jumping from it shouldn't pose a significant problem.

However, considering that Onoki was watching from the sky, it would be troublesome if the other party took advantage of his lack of leverage in the air and delivered a powerful blow.

Therefore, he gave up on the idea of ​​taking a shortcut.

Upon reaching the second floor, seeing several Iwagakure ANBU members rushing towards him, Qingming swiftly completed hand seals and unleashed a ninjutsu—Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

A fist-sized crimson fireball condensed and took shape in front of him, then rapidly grew larger, finally spinning as it crashed down on the group of Iwa ninja in front of him.

"careful!"

A member of the Iwagakure ANBU shouted loudly from the crowd.

The next moment, two of them simultaneously formed hand seals and unleashed a water-style ninjutsu, perfectly blocking Qingming's attack.

The flames and water collided, producing a sizzling sound.

Subsequently, a large amount of water vapor diffused out, turning the surrounding area into a white mist.

Well.
"wrong!"

A member of the Iwagakure ANBU witnessed this and immediately realized something was wrong.

The level of ninjutsu clashes just now could not possibly produce such thick water vapor.

"The Art of Kirigakure?"

Instantly, a well-known ninjutsu from the ninja world came to mind.

Without any hesitation, he immediately shouted, "Watch out, it's 'Mist Concealment Technique'!"

However, before he could finish speaking, a scream suddenly rang out.

The sound was very close to him, almost right next to his ear.

A strong sense of crisis swept over me.

Almost instinctively, he raised the kunai in his hand.

Hey~
Then a crisp metallic clanging sound rang out.

The kunai in Qingming's hand clashed with the kunai of the Iwagakure Jonin, sparks flying.

In the mist, a faint light flashed beneath Qingming's mask in the white of his eye between his brows.

Qingming saw the actions of the Iwagakure Jonin and was confident that if he continued to attack, he could suppress the opponent in a few rounds at most.

But that doesn't make sense.

His goal was to leave Iwagakure without arousing suspicion, not to engage in fighting with others.

Abandoning his plan to continue the attack, Qingming quickly retrieved his kunai and dodged a shuriken thrown from behind.

Then, with another nimble movement, he passed an Iwagakure ANBU member in front of him and arrived at the back of the group, which was at the other end of the corridor. Qingming glanced back and saw that an Iwagakure ANBU member had finally completed the hand seals and unleashed a Wind Release ninjutsu, dispelling the surrounding mist.

Immediately afterward, someone spotted his location and shouted, "The enemy is here!"

Upon hearing this, the Iwagakure ANBU reinforcements immediately turned around and chased after Qingming.

However, they were too slow. Qingming merely glanced at them and then ignored them, continuing to run forward.

After turning a corner, Qingming descended to the first floor with a "thump thump thump".

Meanwhile, a number of Iwa ninja teams had already gathered here to provide support.

However, this time, there were no elite Anbu members inside, only some Iwa ninja patrol teams.

Looking at these people, Qingming paused slightly, but the next moment, he charged forward without fear.

Even though he couldn't use his full strength right now, Qingming firmly believed that he could completely defeat these people.

Therefore, there is no need to hesitate.

Seeing him charging alone, the two Iwagakure Jonin leading the charge exchanged a glance, then immediately raised their hands to form hand seals, unleashing an Earth Release ninjutsu and a Fire Release ninjutsu respectively.

Among them, Earth Release ninjutsu is the signature ninjutsu of Iwagakure—Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!

The man slammed his hands on the ground, channeling a large amount of Earth Release chakra into them, creating numerous earth spikes that attacked Qingming from different angles.

The other person spat out a flame, like a fire serpent, straight towards Qingming's face.

The two cooperated quite well, almost simultaneously blocking Qingming's retreat and evasion space, forcing him to confront the attack head-on.

And that is precisely their goal.

If they can get Qingming to stop and disrupt his rhythm, then their side can use their numerical advantage to completely stall him here.

Afterwards, other reinforcements arrived, and they joined forces. Even if the enemy was strong, they were confident that they could wear them down.

As the village with the largest number of ninjas, Iwagakure is very adept at using this tactic.

Back then, the Third Raikage was worn down to death in this very way.

That time, the battlefield was outside the village.

This time, the battlefield is inside the village, giving them a geographical advantage and making it even more likely that they can do better.

Ahead, two Iwagakure Jonin were already contemplating how to command their troops to keep Qingming tied up here.

However, at that moment, Qingming launched a counterattack.

Indeed, just as the other side expected, Qingming chose to confront them head-on.

To their surprise, Qingming was not stopped by their attack.

On the contrary, their ninjutsu blockade was easily broken.

During this time, Qingming didn't even stop walking.

In other words, their delaying tactics failed.

However, the two of them didn't care about that at all, because their attention was already drawn to the methods Qingming was using.

Then, a large number of vines shot out from Qingming's hand, like countless green pythons, smashing the earthen spears that kept emerging from the ground along the way.

At the same time, it also blocked the incoming fire snake.

Not only that, the vines were growing wildly, like a green tide, surging directly towards them, forcing them to retreat one after another.

"Wood Release?!"

"How can this be?"

Ahead, two knowledgeable Jonin from Iwagakure recognized the technique Qingming had used. Their expressions changed drastically, and their minds were thrown into chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qingming rushed out of the Earth Shadow Building.

Then, without looking back, he rushed towards the outskirts of Iwagakure.

(End of this chapter)