In mid-air, Qingming looked down at Da Ze Yushu, who stood on the water's surface, along with more than a dozen Mist Ninjas behind him. Qingming slightly raised both hands.
Although he did not intend to engage in a direct confrontation and was prepared to hold back, he still needed to exert some pressure. Without that, the Mist Ninjas at the front would never return to support.
With this thought in mind, Qingming flapped the chakra wings on his back gently, and without any noticeable movement, he appeared in front of the group of Mist Ninjas.
In the next moment, he formed a hand sign, preparing to use a particular jutsu.
Seeing this, the leader, Da Ze Yushu, immediately shouted a warning, "Be careful!"
While speaking, he threw a kunai toward Qingming.
As always, Qingming just sidestepped and easily dodged the attack. Not only that, as he evaded, he took the opportunity to release the jutsu he had just finished preparing—Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique!
In an instant, dozens, if not hundreds, of fireballs erupted from his mouth, raining down on the Mist Ninjas like flowers falling from the sky.
However, thanks to Da Ze Yushu's warning, the Mist Ninjas reacted quickly. Despite Qingming's best efforts to control the fireballs, he failed to land any significant damage.
Taking advantage of this, Da Ze Yushu quickly formed hand signs, channeling chakra into the seawater through his feet.
A massive water dragon rose from the ocean, charging directly at Qingming.
"Water Dragon Bullet Technique?"
With just one glance, Qingming recognized the jutsu.
Without hesitation, he flapped his chakra wings again.
In the blink of an eye, his body left a residual image, dodging the water dragon's attack by a hair's breadth.
Seeing this, Da Ze Yushu attempted to form more hand signs to launch another attack on Qingming.
However, Qingming did not give him the opportunity. With swift movements, he reached into his ninja tool pouch, pulling out several kunai—each equipped with explosive tags.
At the same time, the three tomoe in his Sharingan spun rapidly, locking onto Da Ze Yushu and the dozen or so Mist Ninjas behind him. He then threw the kunai.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sharp sound of kunai cutting through the air echoed.
The Mist Ninjas hastily dodged, but this disruption interrupted the hand signs Da Ze Yushu was about to complete.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosions rang out one after another, with fireballs erupting and sending shockwaves that splashed several meters of water into the air.
Seizing the opportunity, Qingming quickly completed another hand sign and unleashed the Wind Style: Wind Blade jutsu.
Whoosh~
A transparent wind blade shot out from his palm.
In the next instant, agonized screams rang out.
One of the Mist Ninjas, who had just avoided the kunai and explosive tags, had yet to stabilize his stance when the wind blade sliced through his body, severing half of it.
Blood poured out, instantly staining the sea red.
"Zimu!"
Not far away, another Mist Ninja saw this and cried out in shock.
He threw his own kunai toward Qingming, rushing toward the scene.
However, Qingming just gently flapped his wings and dodged the incoming attack. Without hesitation, he quickly formed hand signs again and, as the Mist Ninja approached, unleashed another Wind Style: Wind Blade.
A second transparent wind blade flew toward the enemy.
The Mist Ninja managed to avoid most of the attack, but the blade still cut through his left shoulder, leaving just a strip of flesh connecting his arm to his torso.
"Ah!" he screamed, pain evident in his voice.
Without delay, Qingming prepared to launch another attack, but just then, a sharp sense of danger washed over him.
He focused his attention and saw a crossbow bolt, as thick as a human arm, carrying several explosive tags, speeding toward him.
"Eh?" Qingming let out a soft exclamation and immediately dodged the attack.
Ignoring the explosion behind him, he continued to look in the direction from which the crossbow bolt came.
To his surprise, the sea below had turned to ice, and atop the ice stood a crossbow cart.
Qingming immediately recognized the cart. It was the same one he had seen two days ago in Feiyu Town.
Originally, he thought the Mist Ninja wouldn't bring these weapons this time, but it seemed that they simply hadn't had the chance to use them.
'But why is there only one?'
Qingming clearly remembered that there had been twenty-one crossbow carts back then. He had destroyed six of them, so there should still be fifteen left.
'Did they not bring all of them?'
While Qingming was thinking about this, several Mist Ninjas suddenly opened scrolls in their hands.
In the next moment, more than ten crossbow carts appeared on the battlefield—the remaining carts.
Qingming's eyes twitched as he scanned the area, realizing that, unbeknownst to him, two to three dozen Mist Ninjas had gathered there. They quickly split into teams of two and began operating the crossbows, aiming them at Qingming.
The fluidity of their movements showed they were well-prepared.
At that moment, Qingming focused his full attention on the situation.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A series of piercing sounds filled the air as crossbow bolts shot toward him.
Qingming's Sharingan spun rapidly, locking onto the incoming bolts. He flapped his wings and flew higher into the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosive tags were triggered, causing fiery explosions in the air, blocking the sun's rays.
Amidst the flames, Qingming shot forward like an arrow, heading straight for the eastern part of the ship formation.
Over there, aside from the previous leading Jonin, the other Mist Ninjas had all gathered around the crossbow carts, leaving their defenses weakest.
This was an opportunity Qingming would not let slip.
In the blink of an eye, he reached the target ship and was about to make his move when the remaining Mist Jonin on the ship formed hand signs and unleashed a water-style jutsu.
Suddenly, large water balls, each the size of an infant's fist, surged from the sea and rained down on Qingming like cannonballs.
Sensing the threat, Qingming didn't hesitate. He activated his Sharingan to its fullest, flapping his wings to evade the oncoming water balls.
A few moments later, the barrage of water balls ceased.
Before the Jonin could launch another attack, Qingming had already finished forming hand signs and unleashed the Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu.
A stream of fire shot from his mouth, transforming into a fire dragon, charging toward the Mist Jonin.
The Jonin noticed the danger and swiftly dodged.
However, Qingming was relentless, quickly following up with Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu, Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and Wind Style: Wind Blade. Though none of the attacks hit, they forced the Jonin to retreat.
Seizing the chance, Qingming immediately prepared another set of jutsus—Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu and Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu—and destroyed yet another Mist ship.
Just as Qingming was preparing to destroy a second ship, the crossbows had already been reloaded and a second wave of attacks was coming his way.
Sensing the danger, Qingming immediately looked in that direction and saw that the number of incoming bolts was only about a third of the previous amount.
However, Qingming's expression showed no relief.
Not far behind, two-thirds of the crossbow carts were ready to fire again, preparing to launch another barrage once he evaded the first wave.
Clearly, the Mist Ninjas aimed to alternate their attacks, trying to limit Qingming's freedom of movement and prevent him from destroying more ships.
Realizing this, Qingming decided to abandon his offensive and focus entirely on evading the incoming crossbow bolts.
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