Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Qingming quickly focused and drew the long sword from his waist. His body flickered with a green light, and he immediately performed the 'Instant Sword Technique' once again.
Before Da村健 could even stabilize himself, Qingming appeared in front of him.
The next moment, a flash of bright sword light shot toward him, directly blinding his vision.
"Not good!"
In an instant, Da村健 realized something was wrong. Without hesitation, he dropped to the ground, attempting to roll away from Qingming's attack.
However, Qingming had already anticipated his move. Almost as soon as Da村健 lowered his body, Qingming threw several shuriken.
Puchi~ Puchi~ The sound of flesh being pierced echoed.
At the last moment, Da村健 noticed the shuriken coming his way and struggled to evade. However, his injuries to his arm and body slowed his movements. In the end, two shuriken struck him, causing his actions to stiffen.
In the next moment, Qingming's long sword swept through the air and severed Da村健's head.
As the head flew off, a large amount of blood sprayed from his neck, staining the surrounding sea like a fountain.
Despite the horrific scene, Qingming didn't even blink.
No, more precisely, his attention had already shifted away from here.
At this moment, the two shadow clones, responsible for blocking the reinforcements from the Mist Village, had been overwhelmed by the siege of a dozen Mist ninja and were now destroyed.
The three shadow clones, who had joined Qingming in attacking the surrounding Mist ninjas, had also met a similar fate. One had been destroyed by Da村健, and the other two disappeared in the earlier chaos.
This wasn't due to lack of strength, but rather the clones took risks to quickly kill their enemies. As the saying goes, "those who often walk by the river will eventually get their shoes wet."
In the end, they died at the hands of the Mist ninjas.
However, their desperate efforts had yielded significant results.
Almost all of the Mist Chūnin in the area had been cleared out.
As for the Mist Jōnin, after Qingming had killed Akaorino Yōji and Da村健, only one remained, a special Jōnin skilled in sensory techniques.
Upon seeing Qingming's gaze turn toward him, he immediately abandoned the battle with his opponent, rapidly shifted positions, and headed toward the Mist reinforcements.
Qingming didn't attempt to stop him, for two reasons: there was no time, and it wasn't necessary.
He looked up at the approaching reinforcements from the Mist Village.
From the chakra and aura of the ninjas, Qingming could roughly infer that at least five of them were Jōnin-level combatants.
Without a doubt, these reinforcements were much too strong for the surviving allied forces to deal with.
But despite that, Qingming spoke calmly, "Leave them to you."
He then raised his hand to form hand signs and performed the 'Wind Release: Wings of the Wind,' propelling himself into the air and flying toward the Mist warships.
The Konoha ninjas, still in shock, saw where he was heading. The Mist warships were still moving forward, and they quickly realized that Qingming wasn't heartless but had more important tasks to attend to.
Once they understood this, they felt somewhat relieved.
While they still held onto some hope of survival, they also knew that their primary role now was likely to act as bait or cannon fodder.
They exchanged glances and immediately scattered, silently waiting for the Mist reinforcements to arrive.
However, upon seeing the direction Qingming was flying toward, the reinforcements split their forces, with a third of them returning to the warships.
This gave the surviving Konoha ninjas a glimmer of hope.
Fewer enemies meant a greater chance of survival, even if it was slim. But still, it was better than before.
Qingming also noticed the retreating Mist ninjas but paid them no mind.
He flapped his wings with full force, rapidly increasing his speed to 40 meters per second as he flew toward the Mist warships.
Meanwhile, on the central warship of the Mist fleet, Oozawa Yushi stood on the deck, his face grim as he watched Qingming approaching.
Oozawa had been indifferent to the sacrifices of Da村健 and others, continually urging the fleet to advance, as he knew that the message from Yasuda Akiyuki was a rare opportunity.
But now, seeing Qingming's resolve to prevent them from leaving easily, Oozawa was furious.
Despite his anger, he didn't dare allow the fleet to continue its advance under Qingming's watch.
He had ignored the small Konoha squads because their abilities were limited, unable to break through traditional defense strategies.
But Qingming was different—his ability to fly gave him an enormous advantage.
Under these circumstances, ordinary tactics would be ineffective against him.
Therefore, Oozawa Yushi knew that he had to be extremely vigilant.
He couldn't allow the fleet to continue moving forward.
With this thought, Oozawa turned to a female Mist ninja by his side. "Miyuki, give the order to stop the fleet immediately."
"Yes, Captain!" Miyuki responded, pulling out a flute from her ninja tool pouch and beginning to play.
Immediately, a melodious sound emitted from the flute and, using chakra as a medium, spread rapidly to those nearby, including Qingming.
To Qingming, the sound seemed ordinary, but to the Mist ninjas who recognized the signal, it was Oozawa's command.
In an instant, all the Mist warships began to slow down, subtly moving closer together.
Seeing this, Qingming's lips curled into a slight smile. He intended to disrupt the Mist warships before they could fully halt.
However, just as he began descending to make his move, a piercing sound from the flute reached his ears.
At that moment, Qingming felt his head spin, and for a second, it seemed like he might fall from the sky.
Fortunately, Qingming's mental strength was strong. As soon as he realized something was wrong, he dispelled the effect of the flute sound and immediately regained his altitude.
At the same time, he avoided the kunai and shuriken thrown by the Mist ninjas below.
Not far away, Miyuki noticed this and a hint of disappointment appeared on her otherwise beautiful face.
Oozawa Yushi, however, wasn't surprised.
Indeed, Miyuki was talented and had mastered several sound-based ninjutsu and genjutsu, but they had faced similar situations with other ninjas targeting Qingming.
For example, when the Anbu ninjas set up the 'Four Mist Seal Formation' to ambush him, they had dispatched the Jōnin Mizukami Shūnan, who relied on his sound-based genjutsu to try to sneak attack Qingming.
But what was the result?
Qingming was still alive and well.
And Miyuki's abilities didn't seem to be any more powerful than Mizukami's.
Thus, Oozawa Yushi didn't find it surprising that Qingming quickly broke free from the genjutsu's effects.
That said, Miyuki still had her uses.
With her around, Qingming wouldn't dare act too recklessly.
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