Chapter 817 Sneak Attack
outside the city.

On the road leading to Iwagakure Village.

It can be seen that four people are moving forward rapidly.

One of them was wearing a monk’s robe and had a full beard, and his beard and hair were dark red. He was Qingming’s target, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of the Hidden Iwagakure – Lao Zi.

The other three were wearing black robes and masks, standard ANBU ninja attire.

If you look more closely, you can find that these three people are secretly protecting Lao Zi in the center, and are extremely sensitive to any movement around them.

The four of them continued forward and soon passed through the fertile fields outside the city and entered the wilderness area.

The place is full of strange rocks and a yellowish earth color, which looks extremely barren.

In fact, it is true.

In the entire ninja world, except for the area where the Fire Country is located where it is spring all year round, other places have more or less their own flaws.

For example, the Land of Earth where the Iwagakure Village is located is a place of mountains and wastelands. Although there are many minerals, there are not many fertile fields available for farming.

Therefore, the population is slightly sparse.

Similarly, the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Thunder, and the Kingdom of Water all have their own shortcomings.

And this is precisely the fundamental reason why wars broke out several times among the five major ninja villages. The imbalance of resources forced them to adopt this method to fight for their respective interests.

However, these have nothing to do with Qingming for the time being.

At this time, he was hiding behind a strange upright rock, watching Lao Zi and his group from afar through his white eyes, waiting for them to approach.

That’s right, shortly after he left the city, he discovered traces of Lao Zi and others.

But they were too close to the city at the time and there were too many people nearby. Qing Ming didn’t want to be seen by others, so he resisted the urge to take action.

And this endurance has been delayed until now.

Qing Ming has already scouted the area and found no other people there, so it’s a good place to take action.

So he set an ambush here.

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Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, Qingming could see the four people without rolling his eyes.

When they approached within a hundred meters, he immediately raised his hands and formed seals, first performing the ninjutsu – Chakra Feather Robe, condensing a layer of light blue chakra coat to protect himself.

Then, he solemnly performed the ninjutsu – Lightning Release: Thunder Prison!
Although this technique is only a B-level ninjutsu, its attack range can reach a hundred meters in radius, and it has a certain inhibitory effect on the earth-style ninjutsu that the ninjas of the Hidden Rock Village are generally good at.

This would be perfect for a sneak attack on the four people.

At the same time, he wouldn’t have to worry about the four of them using earth-style ninjutsu to escape.

Just as Qing Ming raised his hand to form a seal, Lao Zi and his group suddenly stopped a few dozen meters away, looked at each other, and saw vigilance in each other’s eyes.

Just now, a creepy feeling suddenly emerged in the hearts of the four of them at the same time.

All four of them are elite soldiers and have great confidence in their own intuition.

Moreover, now all four of them felt the danger together, and they had no choice but to take it seriously.

Immediately, a member of the Iwagakure Anbu stepped out, ready to perform some kind of exploratory ninjutsu.

But before she could finish the seal, a loud “boom” was heard.

The four of them looked in the direction of the sound.

Then, behind a huge strange rock, they saw a ray of lightning shooting straight into the sky.

The next moment, the lightning spread out, instantly covering a ten-meter area centered on the strange rock, then twenty meters, and thirty meters.
The lightning was advancing at an extremely fast speed. Even though the four people retreated as soon as they realized something was wrong, the distance between them and the lightning was still getting closer and closer.

As a last resort, the four of them could only stop and use their own methods to prepare to withstand the impact of the lightning.

Among them, Lao Zi was the most relaxed. He directly condensed his chakra and used the Lava Release Bloodline Limit to create a layer of hot magma on his body surface. As for the other three Iwagakure Anbu, one chose to dodge and performed Earth Release Ninjutsu to drill into the ground.

It’s not that he couldn’t think of the restraint of Lightning Escape on Earth Escape, but he really didn’t have any better solution.

Now, he could only firmly believe that he could dig deeper into the ground before the lightning arrived, and use the thickness of the earth to launch the attack.

As for the remaining two
Among them, the female Rock Ninja who was just about to form hand seals to perform a probing ninjutsu, quickly performed a wind-style ninjutsu, creating an arc-shaped barrier two or three meters ahead to protect herself.

As we all know, due to its insulating properties, wind escape has a certain inhibitory effect on lightning escape.

Obviously, she wanted to use this to block the impact of the lightning.

There is one last person.
He did not choose to defend, but instead used a lightning ninjutsu, creating a lightning column as thick as an arm, which blasted directly at the rapidly approaching lightning.

The four of them moved very quickly and completed their preparations before the lightning approached.

And the next moment, lightning came close to them.

The experiences of the four people were different.

Among them, not to mention Lao Zi, that thick lava armor could not hurt him at all even if it was struck by lightning.

The wind shield created by the female ninja did block the impact of the lightning, but it was still within the range of the Thunder Prison.

No one can see the person underground, so it is unclear what the situation is.

As for the Iwagakure Anbu who was fighting head-on, his attack was like a drop in the ocean and directly merged into the lightning.

And he himself was quickly engulfed by the lightning.

Sizzle!
A subtle sound of electric current was heard.

The Iwagakure Anbu’s hair stood up all over his body, and his exposed skin was burned by electricity in many places.

However, although he looked disheveled, he did not suffer any fatal injuries.

Suddenly, a feeling of joy of surviving a disaster surged in his heart, and the corners of the mouth of this Iwagakure Anbu member couldn’t help but curl up under the mask.

But before he could smile, a series of dense “crackling” sounds suddenly sounded, as if a large amount of lightning was striking down.

No, it’s not just like that, there really was a lot of lightning falling from the sky.

Then, it indiscriminately bombarded everything within a radius of 100 meters.

In just a moment, his body was hit.

An intense burning sensation came from his shoulder, paralyzing his body. He wanted to cast the spell again, but his movements could not keep up.

The next moment, more thunder and lightning gathered and completely submerged him.

“Ah~~~”

A scream of pain came out of his mouth.

But it didn’t last long and disappeared.

After the lightning moved away, only a charred corpse was left on the ground.

It was obvious that he had lost his breath.

The removed lightning was controlled by Qingming and struck the female ninja and the Iwagakure Anbu member who had drilled underground.

Soon, the two of them lost their lives with screams and turned into charred corpses.

Previously, even if he had mastered the ‘Thunder Escape: Thunder Prison’ to perfection, he was unable to achieve such a precise strike.

But now, after a long period of practice, his control over Lightning Chakra has greatly increased, and he can now do this.

The effect can be seen by looking at the three corpses on the ground.

(End of this chapter)