"Tick...... Tick ......"

Sleeping in the dark, there was a chill on his face.

"Is it water?"

Qingyang raised his hand and wiped the water on his face, feeling the sensation that returned to his body, and Qingyang opened his eyes.

It was dark all around, and it looked like it should be an underground cave, and the water vapor was very heavy, and it kept dripping water from the top of the cave.

"Hiss......"

At this time, Qingyang's whole body consciousness really returned to his body, and the pain around his body followed. The previous battle had burned his clothes to shreds, and the burns on his shoulders looked severe. Thinking of his injury, Qingyang turned his head to look at his shoulder.

"Huh?"

It turned out that his shoulder was already bandaged at the moment.

"Are you awake?"

A cold voice sounded beside him, and Qingyang turned his head to see that it was a ninja wrapped in red, and Qingyang was a spirit.

"You're patrolling mid-ninja?!"

The masked red-clothed ninja nodded.

"This is my patrol range, you fell from above and got hurt. I bandaged you and your two companions. ”

Saying that, the ninja pointed out to him Sogo and Eko, who were also lying next to him. Both of them were also bandaged, but they hadn't woken up yet.

"Really...... Thank you. ”

Qingyang looked at the ninja's eyes gratefully, his eyes were so bright, so dazzling in the dark. The ninja said coldly, don't look around.

"Don't thank me, I'm just doing my duty, although you were injured and fell, but falling into my hands also belongs to being arrested, according to the rules, I want to take a piece of information. ”

The ninja shook the scroll in his hand and said again.

"Well, now that you're awake, there's no need for me to stay any longer, and I'm going to find my companions. Hello do it yourself. ”

With that, the mysterious ninja stood up and left. Qingyang suddenly screamed.

"Hey!"

The ninja looked back.

"Is there anything else you can do?"

"That...... Be careful, there is a team of people among you who should have a problem, and they actually killed us......"

The ninja was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

"I see. ”

Feeling the person's distance, a smile appeared on the corner of Qingyang's mouth. Struggled to get up in pain and go to take care of Sogo and Eko, who were still unconscious.

……

"Hmm......"

Sogo struggled to open his eyes, and what appeared in front of him was Haruyo and Eko with a concerned face. Of the three of them, he was the most seriously injured, and he was hit in the back by the opponent's melting, and his previous continuous use of white eyes was seriously overdrawn.

"You lie down for a while, don't get up in a hurry, and say whatever you want. ”

Eko said with concern, and took off her coat over him. Sogo glanced at her gratefully, and then asked Qingyang on the side.

"Where are we?"

Qingyang thought about it and said affirmatively.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the Underground River. ”

"Underground River?"

"That's right, this is normal, the karst landform was originally formed by the erosion of magmatic rocks by flowing water, so it is normal to have an underground river formed by infiltration under the karst terrain here. Even here, a huge underground cave has been formed due to the long-term erosion of the river. ”

As he spoke, Qingyang pointed out to them the stalactites there. Both nodded in realization. After saying this, Qingyang's expression suddenly became solemn.

"Let's not talk about that, what I want to know most now is, why did those people attack us? Look at them definitely for the purpose of killing us! This is not normal!"

Eko and Sogo also became sinky. Zongwu said quietly.

"If you think about it carefully, we have offended a lot of people in Iwa Ninja Village, in the mission of Wang Zhiguo, we killed a total of six middle ninjas and one upper ninja. As for the grudge between you and your little girlfriend, we won't mention it. ”

Haruyo glared at him angrily, and Eko patted Sogo's leg angrily.

"You guy, when did you still have the heart to joke. But then again, it's true, does Qingyang remember what the Loess Shinobi said in Wang Zhiguo? The dead Konoe Muramatsu is a high-ranking disciple of the Iwa Shinobi, and it's hard to guarantee that he won't take the opportunity of our Zhongnin exam to retaliate. What's more, the Melting Ninja who injured us before, his strength will definitely not be a middle ninja, and it is very likely that the upper ninja is pretending. So it's almost fair to say that our previous attack was a premeditated interception!"

"Well, that's it, what Eko said is what I'm going to say. ”

Sogo lay on the ground and said, and Qingyang let out a sigh.

"That's right, it seems that our road ahead is very difficult, first of all, we don't know how many such teams are arranged. Secondly, judging from the previous behavior of the enemy, they must not stop until I confirm the news of death, and there is no guarantee that we will not be chased by the other party when we reappear. And then there's our current body...... Will you be able to finish the rest of the road......"

Sogo slammed the ground in anger.

"Damn, is it going to end here?!"

Eko hurriedly told him to lie down, don't get excited.

"We're going to think of a way, aren't we? Although the enemy is strong, we're also very strong, aren't we? We just lost this time because we didn't know the enemy, didn't we survive so many difficulties before? As long as we all work together to find a way, we will definitely succeed, won't we?"

Listening to Eko's emotional words, Qingyang's heart was greatly touched.

"Eko, you don't have to say it. I will never give up! From now on, everyone will refine chakra together. When you're almost recovered, you'll get out of here, and you'll be sure to teach those rude guys a deep lesson!"

After saying that, Qingyang struggled to stand up, walked to the edge of the dark river in the cave, sat down and began to refine the chakra.

Looking at this kind of Qingyang, Sogo and Eko looked at each other and smiled, and both began to recover their bodies.

……

Three hours passed like this.

Sitting on the edge of the dark river, feeling the rich water attribute chakra. Because it is deep underground, it cannot be exposed to sunlight all year round, so the water attribute chakra is particularly pure. Qingyang was in this environment, and his own refining speed had also accelerated a lot, but at this time, something happened that shocked him. The chakras in the surrounding environment actually resonated with him! Countless chakras began to drill into his body along the pores on his body! Comfortable! Incomparably comfortable! If you want to describe Qingyang's mood at the moment, these are these two words.

Qingyang's mutation quickly attracted the attention of Sogo's side, as a teammate, he was always paying attention to Qingyang's physical condition, and none of them could have problems at this time!

"What's wrong with Qingyang, why is the expression on his face so strange, take a look. ”

Eko was also urging Sogo, and Sogo nodded and rolled his eyes. In the previous crisis, under pressure from the outside world, Sogo's white eye pupil power rose to a new level. The perception of chakra has also become more delicate. He was stunned when he opened his eyes to observe Qingyang's body.

He saw that chakras independent of life forms appeared in the air around him, and these chakras were actually constantly pouring into Qingyang's body, strengthening Qingyang's meridians. And the amount of chakra in the sunny sun is obviously growing in a state that is visible to the naked eye.

"It's spectacular!"

Sogo couldn't help but let out a sigh, which aroused Eko's curiosity and hurriedly asked him.

"What did you say?"

"I say it's spectacular! Qingyang's chakra is increasing, oh my God, his chakra has actually reached the level of the upper ninja! It can almost reach the level of Shikaku-sensei! This bastard looks like he's going to be ahead of us again this time. ”

At the time when Zongwu sighed, Qingyang had already completed his chakra refinement that had lasted for more than three hours, and the chakra around him had already dissipated. And Qingyang's body has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the previous pain has been alleviated a lot.

Clenched his fists, looking at his body, feeling this unprecedented strength, the sun looked up to the sky and roared.

"I'm coming!"

……