I rely on myself

Chapter 714 The Third Round of Competition

"Look back!"

Neji once again used his ultimate move, which could be considered an absolute defense. Facing this ultimate move that had once defeated him, Naruto had no intention of avoiding it and punched him directly.

At the moment of collision, the two forces collided violently, and instantly an astonishing explosion rose from the ground. The loud noise of the explosion resounded throughout the entire competition venue and even spread out. The huge movement caused bursts of exclamations from the audience in the venue.

After a long while, the smoke from the explosion gradually dissipated, and the situation inside the venue came into view.

The contestant, Neji, looked very disheveled at the moment. He was covered in dust and was panting. It was obvious that he was overexerted.

In contrast, Naruto looked even worse, lying on the ground not far away, looking unconscious.

Seeing this scene, many people thought that Neji won the competition. Even Neji himself thought so and showed a victorious smile. But at this moment, there was a sudden movement on the ground in front of him.

The ground was suddenly dug up from the inside, and Naruto's figure suddenly broke out of the ground, hitting Neji's chin with a powerful uppercut.

Because Neji was extremely exhausted at this moment, he had no way of dodging and took the blow completely. The huge impact force went through his skull and rushed straight to his brain. Neji felt that his consciousness was almost completely gone.

This uppercut directly knocked Neci several meters away and he fell heavily to the ground. At this time, Naruto, who was lying on the ground, exploded into smoke and gradually dissipated, revealing a hole underneath.

Obviously, when the smoke from the explosion just now covered everything around, Naruto took the opportunity to dig a hole and sneak underground, leaving behind a shadow clone to pretend that he had fallen and cover the hole. The final result was just as Naruto expected.

Neji, who was beaten and lying on the ground, looked at the blue sky without moving, or he had reached his limit at this time, and it was difficult for him to move even a finger. At this time, Naruto walked up to him and looked down at him.

After Naruto's words of persuasion, Neji obviously showed a relieved expression. At this time, Genma Shiranui, who was the referee, also announced the winner of the competition. The winner was naturally Uzumaki Naruto.

In fact, many of the Konoha villagers in the audience did not have much hope for Naruto's strength at first, but after watching the competition and seeing him defeat the famous genius of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Neji, they all looked at him with admiration and cheered for him.

Listening to the recognition and cheers from the audience around him, Naruto completely let himself go, completely forgetting his own injuries, and ran around the arena and responded to the audience cheering for him. If it weren't for the referee Genma Shiranui who saw that the next match was about to start and called him down, he would have run for a whole day.

As for Neji, he had already been taken away by the medical ninjas who were waiting in the competition arena. After all, the candidates from other ninja villages were fine, but Neji was from Konoha, so the medical ninjas would naturally not just watch him lying in the competition arena. The moment the winner of the competition was decided, they immediately rushed into the arena to provide him with emergency treatment to avoid delaying his injury.

And the result was very good. Neji's injuries were not serious, most of them were skin injuries. As for why he was unable to move for a while, it was only because of excessive chakra consumption and impact on the brain. He would recover as long as he rested for a while, and there was no other problem.

Soon after a simple cleanup in the competition venue, it was the turn of the second round candidates Aburame Shino and Kankuro. But unexpectedly, amid the expectations of many people, Kankuro suddenly expressed his surrender, and Aburame Shino won without a fight.

Many viewers naturally did not buy into this result. After all, they spent money to buy tickets to watch the Chunin Exams, wasn't it just to watch the exciting ninjutsu showdown between ninjas?

In addition, some wealthy businessmen and nobles were also dissatisfied. They didn't care about the money for the tickets, but they came all the way to Konoha to observe the performance of the candidates and infer the strength of the major ninja villages, which would be used as evidence for future missions. Facing the dissatisfaction of many viewers, Kankuro did not change his mind. After all, he had a more important mission next, so his methods had to be kept secret.

As the organizer, Konoha couldn't force anything and had to agree reluctantly. Then it quickly started the third round of competition and hoped that such a situation would not happen again.

The two candidates for the third round of competition are Chiyomi and Nobuyuki, both from the Snow Country's Fatui Army. If possible, they would like one of them to admit defeat. After all, they are from the same village and even members of the same team, so they are very familiar with each other's methods.

But faced with this situation, the two couldn't make up their minds for a while.

"What should we do? Fight?"

"To be honest, although our Snow Country doesn't seem to need those mission commissions, it would be a pity to give up like this. After all, it can at least increase the popularity of our Snow Country in the ninja world. So let's have a fight. At most, we can hide some trump cards."

Chiyomi asked the question, and after a brief thought, Nobuyuki gave the answer and the consequences that followed.

After hearing this, Chiyomi reached a consensus with Nobuyuki, and the two walked towards the competition arena below. As for the other people from the Snow Country, they didn't say much and just watched.

After all, the reason for doing so has been explained in the letter, and they also respect this decision.

Shiranui Genma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chiyomi and Nobuyuki walking down. After all, if someone admitted defeat again, there was no doubt that the audience around would be furious.

Although such a riot could be easily suppressed, the Chunin Exam would be over and the reputation of Konoha would be greatly affected. Fortunately, this situation did not happen in the end.

In order to avoid any further accidents, Genma Shiranui didn't bother to liven up the atmosphere or anything like that. As soon as Nobu and Chiyomi stood in place, he couldn't wait to make the declaration.

"It looks like both sides are in place, so the third round will officially begin."

As soon as Shiranui Genma finished speaking, Xin rushed forward instantly, as if he wanted to strike first, and Chiyomi seemed to have expected it as well. Both of them quickly formed hand seals and wanted to perform some ninjutsu.

In the end, Chiyomi was faster. After forming the seal, she pressed her hands on the ground. The dark words quickly spread out on the ground, and the next moment a white smoke suddenly burst out from it, covering Chiyomi's surroundings.

Seeing this scene, Xin's face changed. He quickly stopped and jumped back continuously to create distance.

"Is it still too late?"

(End of this chapter)