Chapter 205 Sasuke VS Omoi
"Third Gate, Gate of Life open!" Lee's skin began to swell with blood, then he stomped the ground, his figure suddenly blurring.
The next instant, he appeared in front of his enemy, his whip kick carrying the weight of a thousand pounds. The Cloud Village he targeted tried to block with kunai, but these scavenged, standard kunai were no different from paper in front of Lee's heavy, weighted kick. As the kunai shattered, the person hit was sent flying, crashing through several large trees before regaining his footing, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, clearly suffering a serious injury.
However, while he was blocked by Lee, the other two simultaneously targeted Sakura. Two shuriken flew towards her, colliding in mid-air before shooting towards her at strange angles.
Sakura calculated the trajectory of the two shuriken almost instantly, dodging them. But the real killing intent came from above. A figure flashing with lightning appeared instantly, a short sword slashing down.
Sakura quickly took two steps back, the blade grazing her nose as it fell, narrowly avoiding the attack. However, a few strands of hair on her forehead were scattered by the cold glint of the blade.
"Tch," the Cloud Village genin scoffed as he retreated after his missed attack, "This scavenged sword is really uncomfortable to use. If it were my own sword, you'd be a corpse by now."
However, Sakura's expression darkened considerably, and several veins bulged on her large forehead.
"Damn it, how dare you touch my hair! Do you know how much effort I put into protecting it?" Sakura roared furiously, her body now under the control of her second personality, which was usually suppressed by knowledge.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Sakura transformed into a pink blur, rushing towards her opponent. Large cracks appeared in the ground as she passed, startling the genin who had almost succeeded in his sneak attack. But in the next instant, Sakura's figure appeared before him.
"Sakura Charge!"
With an angry roar, a fist surging with massive amounts of chakra was already upon him.
The Cloud Village genin, in a panic, could only use a substitution jutsu to block. However, Sakura's punch, along with his substitution jutsu, slammed into the ground. A deafening roar echoed, and when the dust settled, a huge crater was clearly visible. The
Cloud Village genin, having narrowly escaped, swallowed hard. He didn't dare imagine what would have happened if that punch had landed on him.
However, Sakura seemed determined not to give him any respite. After missing her attack, she immediately attacked again. Even with his mastery of ninjutsu and taijutsu, he dared not confront such terrifying power head-on.
Meanwhile, the leaders of various factions in the VIP room, who were watching the battle closely, all showed expressions of astonishment. Onoki even asked directly, "Hokage, you call this a medical ninja?"
"Yes, a medical ninja," Uchiha Touko nodded, "Tsunade's personal disciple. Her medical skills are already comparable to many veteran doctors who have worked in Konoha Hospital for many years."
"So she's Tsunade's personal disciple? No wonder." Ai's expression twitched, and it took him a long time to squeeze out such a sentence. After all, it wasn't pleasant to be humiliated after pretending for so long in less than three minutes.
Their Cloud Village's prized Lightning Release ninjutsu and taijutsu were no match for Konoha's taijutsu ninja.
Meanwhile, the last person who had planned to ambush Karin was forced to support his teammate. He had no choice; otherwise, Sakura, enraged by the damage to her precious hair, was about to be severely injured and summoned. Seeing this
, Onoki couldn't help but shake his head. These youngsters clearly hadn't witnessed the terror of the Uzumaki clan. If he were in that position, he would rather believe his teammates could hold out a little longer than let the Uzumaki clan construct sealing techniques without hindrance.
Sure enough, within moments, numerous sealing techniques emerged from the ground around Karin. The genin, still enduring his injuries and fighting Rock Lee, saw the situation was dire and tried to jump into a tree to escape, but the strange runes emerging from the ground clung to him like maggots, attaching themselves to him.
The person who was hit suddenly realized that he could no longer mobilize his chakra. The next second, Lee's whip kick landed on his face.
The summoning jutsu on the bracelet activated at this moment, and in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared from the spot, leaving behind only a pile of resources that had been collected earlier.
The other two who were barely dealing with Sakura at this moment were also almost instantly sent out of the field by Sakura's monstrous strength after their chakra was sealed. The one who came to help was alright, and Sakura gave him a quick death, but the Cloud Ninja who had initially angered her triggered the summoning jutsu on the bracelet and was also punched by Sakura afterward.
After this guy was sent to Konoha Hospital by the summoning jutsu, the doctor who received him was also shocked when he saw the guy's injuries.
"This is not right. Logically speaking, with injuries like this, the summoning jutsu on the bracelet should have been triggered by now." The medical ninja who was urgently treating his injuries frowned as he operated the bracelet.
At the same time, in the Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute, which was also watching the match, Tono Fusuke, after seeing Sakura's brutal performance, first shrank back before noting down his improvement ideas: "It seems we need to add some protective measures to the bracelet to ensure the user's safety before the summoning jutsu is triggered and they are teleported away." "
Sealing Jutsu..." A looked at Karin on the monitor, who had essentially single-handedly ended the battle, and his expression became serious. Karin had demonstrated the role of a sealing jutsu master on the battlefield to the fullest. He understood why the Uzumaki clan, a single ninja clan, could support the defense of an entire nation.
However, before A could think of how to handle such a situation on the battlefield in the future, the screen in the VIP room changed.
At a resource-rich point specially marked on the map, the three most elite teams from Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure had collided, forming a stalemate.
In the center of the three teams, a ninja sword clearly made of chakra metal was stuck in the ground, emitting a chilling gleam.
It was clear that Sasuke and Omoi of Kumogakure both coveted this chakra ninja sword. Although its quality was far inferior to their usual swords, it was likely the best weapon in the entire examination hall. With this sword, they would be much more confident in the upcoming battle.
As for the Kurotsuchi squad from Iwagakure, they didn't have any ninjas skilled in swordsmanship. They were just there to join the fun and see if there was an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos.
If it were only the Kumogakure team, Sasuke might have already attacked, as he was determined to get his hands on the sword. However, the presence of the Kurotsuchi squad forced Sasuke to temporarily suppress his intentions. He hadn't seen this Kumogakure squad before and didn't know their strength, but since they dared to come to this resource-rich area marked on the map, they must be quite powerful. If he couldn't quickly eliminate them, the Kurotsuchi squad would benefit from the chaos.
As the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage, and with Deidara's strength as a reference, Kurotsuchi's power is probably not lacking.
"No one else is approaching for now," Neji said in a deep voice, observing the surrounding situation. "There's a set of high-quality alloy shuriken kits in a wooden box 170 meters to the northwest. Should we use this information to lure this Iwagakure squad away?"
Just as Sasuke and Neji were discussing their battle plan, the usually carefree Naruto waved to Kurotsuchi.
"Kurotsuchi-neechan, long time no see!" Although he had only met Kurotsuchi once before, she was his good brother Deidara's junior sister, so naturally he had to greet her.
"Oh, it's Naruto-nii," Kurotsuchi smiled as she looked at Naruto, who was grinning foolishly as he greeted her. "It really has been a long time."
"Naruto, ask her if she wants to team up?" Kurotsuchi's attitude towards Naruto gave Sasuke another option besides a direct attack, so he whispered to Naruto.
Naruto nodded, then said to Kurotsuchi, "Kurotsuchi-neechan, how about we team up and get this Cloud Village team out of the exam hall first?"
"Team up?" Kurotsuchi smiled and nodded. "Sure, but could you tell me first where my idiot senior brother went?"
"Huh? You mean Deidara? I don't know." Naruto pretended to be clueless and scratched his head.
However, at that moment, Omoi's team, having overheard Naruto and Kurotsuchi's conversation, decided to strike first.
Omoi's figure suddenly vanished from his spot, transforming into a streak of lightning as he charged straight towards the ninja sword.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open and closed, his crimson three-tomoe Sharingan appearing, almost instantly catching the opponent's movement.
Sasuke snorted coldly, flicking his wrist to throw three shuriken, simultaneously manipulating their trajectories with steel wire, sealing off all of Omoi's angles, forcing him to abandon his attempt to retrieve the sword and turn to parry the shuriken with kunai.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!" After three crisp clashes, Omoi took a few steps back, reassessing his opponent. "As expected of the Uchiha clan, this shuriken technique is as precise as a work of art. But..."
Omoi's expression turned melancholy again, "For the sake of the battle to come, I have to get this sword no matter what."
Sasuke didn't give his opponent any more time to think. He quickly lunged forward, throwing a straight punch at Omoi's face.
Omoi dodged to the side, simultaneously slashing his kunai at Sasuke's waist. Sasuke blocked with his kunai, sparks flying from the metal clashing.
The two exchanged taijutsu moves with lightning speed, more than ten moves in the blink of an eye.
Sasuke realized that this seemingly lazy Cloud Village ninja was not to be underestimated. His opponent could keep up with his speed, and in terms of strength, given that his opponent was also proficient in Lightning Release ninjutsu and taijutsu, his attacks couldn't forcefully break through his opponent's defense.
As for genjutsu, being a fellow practitioner of ninjutsu and taijutsu, Sasuke naturally understood that Omoi's chakra was currently surging violently, just like his own. Ordinary genjutsu wouldn't be very effective against him. As for Sharingan genjutsu, Omoi was consciously avoiding Sasuke's gaze during their taijutsu exchanges. Therefore, Sasuke couldn't find a quick way to defeat his opponent in the short term.
However, under the threat of Sharingan genjutsu, Omoi, unable to unleash his full power, gradually fell into a disadvantageous position in his taijutsu exchanges with Sasuke. Realizing he couldn't delay any longer, he changed his tactics, creating some distance between himself and Sasuke, sheathed his kunai, and rapidly formed hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Earth Movement!" Azure lightning surged from Omoi's feet towards Sasuke's direction.
At this moment, Sasuke suddenly revealed a confident smile, "Want to fight me with ninjutsu? Then come on."
Sasuke bit the kunai with his teeth, his hands rapidly forming hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Balls!"
The first Lightning Release ninjutsu Sasuke learned instantly conjured four deep purple lightning balls before him the moment the hand seals were completed. At the appearance of these four balls, both Omoi and the other two supporting him showed a look of astonishment.
This ninjutsu, as the easiest introductory Lightning Release technique to learn, was practically commonplace in the ninja world. Those born in a country named after lightning were naturally familiar with it, and it was also this technique that they used to learn Lightning Release.
However, these four solid, almost tangible purple spheres, with plasma flowing on their surfaces, exuded terrifying power that could be felt simply by standing before them. Could this really be achieved by a C-rank ninjutsu?
What Omoi hadn't anticipated was that the four lightning orbs Sasuke summoned seemed to possess a life of their own. Two of them, upon completing their formation, sank directly, blocking the path of his Lightning Release: Earth Walk technique. The lightning generated by Earth Walk was almost instantly absorbed upon contact with these two orbs.
However, Omoi didn't even have time to be surprised, as the remaining two orbs roared towards him.
Omoi retreated rapidly, but the two orbs relentlessly pursued him. The two orbs that had absorbed Lightning Release: Earth Walk then surged forward, completely sealing off Omoi's escape route.
"Such exquisite control over Lightning Release... It seems that among the Hokage's three disciples, this child from your clan is the one who truly inherited your skills," Onoki remarked in the VIP room, watching Sasuke wield a mere C-rank ninjutsu with such mastery.
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