I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Even if Gaara only needs to manipulate the sand and doesn't need those strange and unusual operations, it still takes the sand a certain amount of time to react.

In close combat, such a short time can be extremely fatal.

"?!"

Gaara, standing on the yellow sand, was surprised and bewildered to find that Sasuke, who had been standing in the same spot, had suddenly disappeared, leaving only a streak of lightning behind.

The speed that Sasuke displayed was almost the same as the speed that Rock Lee displayed back then!

This scene was terrifying to knowledgeable ninjas. Rock Lee, after all, had been carrying heavy loads for many years, and being a taijutsu-type ninja, it was understandable that his speed would suddenly soar to the Jonin level after the weights were removed.

But Sasuke just couldn't understand it!

He did nothing but amplify his speed to the level of a Jonin using only his own chakra!

On the stage, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, stared at Sasuke in shock. He then turned to the equally grave Fourth Raikage and said, "Raikage-sama, the methods Sasuke Uchiha used seem quite similar to yours?"

"Hmph... The principles are similar, but not quite the same."

The Fourth Raikage, A, snorted softly, "If I'm not mistaken, Uchiha Sasuke should have learned Sakumo Hatake's Shunpo and used lightning chakra to enhance his own cellular activity."

"However, Sakumo Hatake's Shunpo has a fatal flaw: it is not flexible in turning."

The Fourth Raikage, A, wore a proud expression. "And my Lightning Armor perfectly solved this problem!"

"Therefore, no one can match my lightning armor in speed!"

"Mmm...that's really amazing!"

As Rasa remarked, before he could continue praising how strong the Fourth Raikage, A, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke up quietly from the side.

"What a pity, my Minato isn't here, otherwise this Yellow Flash could have rivaled yours."

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't mean anything by it; he was just implying, "Save your breath. Stop bragging. Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash, is faster than you. Didn't that prove it in the battle back then?"

"Cough, let's keep watching the game, let's keep watching the game."

Onoki cleared his throat, giving the Fourth Raikage, A, whose face had darkened, a way out.

"Where did you go?"

Gaara nervously looked around during the battle. Although he had greatly improved his abilities over the past month, he had developed some PTSD about high-speed ninjas because of Rock Lee.

Normally, the teachers leading the group from Sunagakure should have been able to discover and resolve this situation.

However, Gaara is too self-willed, so even though Maki, the instructor from Sunagakure, is his uncle, he can't do anything to him.

Tell me, who would dare to mess with the Kazekage's youngest son, a Jinchūriki, the kind of guy who kills without hesitation?

Isn't this just the epitome of a spoiled brat? He can do whatever he wants.

Where are you looking?

Sasuke's sarcastic voice reached Gaara's ears from the sky. Gaara suddenly looked up and used both hands to pull up the yellow sand to cover it.

He looked exactly like someone who, while sleeping at night, had a mosquito buzzing around their ear and instinctively reached out to swat it away.

But as those who know, know that you'll never catch that mosquito that way, no matter how big your hand is.

As expected, Gaara's attack was easily dodged by Sasuke, and Sasuke's figure appeared beside him immediately afterward.

Gaara was startled and flung out a large cloud of yellow sand.

"Gaara of the Sandstorm, that's all he's capable of."

Sasuke started taunting again, turning around and kicking Gaara.

Swoosh

Gaara was kicked away by Sasuke, but the yellow sand swept over and caught him.

Unscathed.

"Sasuke Uchiha... your power is nothing special."

Gaara wiped the dust from the corner of his mouth and said coldly to Sasuke, "You're still far behind that watermelon-headed kid."

"Oh?"

"is it?"

Sasuke stretched his neck. His chakra was quite active. After stimulating his cells with lightning-style chakra, he felt his overall mobility had increased by many levels.

"That was just a warm-up. If I told you I could go even faster, would you be scared?"

Gaara had already experienced the extremely violent output that comes with that kind of extreme speed.

"Can you?"

Gaara shouted and pulled up a wall of yellow sand, which he then swung at Sasuke.

"Sand Rain!"

The towering yellow sand, as high as a city wall, all transformed into thousands of senbon needles, which were densely projected towards Sasuke.

Sasuke couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

He felt so powerless when facing Mizuki Haku before, and now he just wants to laugh when facing Gaara.

How could such a trick possibly stump Sasuke, who was training like crazy to wash away his shame?

"boring!"

Chapter 630 Offense and Defense

"Tudun!"

"Tushiribi!"

Something unexpected happened. When faced with the dense rain of sand, Sasuke quickly formed a hand seal and then slapped the ground with his palm.

Rumble

A large, thick earthen wall rose from the ground, directly blocking the sand senbon that was being shot at Sasuke.

"Hmph, this is really interesting."

Sasuke chuckled. Although he wouldn't use this move in the original story, but...

As one of Chiaki's signature ninjutsu in his youth, and as an ninjutsu that Kakashi would occasionally use to sculpt a dog's head to show off as an adult, Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall and Earth Release: Earth Flow Castle Wall have both been included in Sasuke's list of defensive ninjutsu.

It's safe to say that before Sasuke learns Chidori Stream, a defensive ninjutsu that uses offense as defense, Earth Release: Wall will likely be with him for a long time.

To be honest, the Earth Flow Wall is really useful.

Aside from consuming a little too much chakra, it has no other problems.

What do I care about kunai, fireballs, or water dragons? As long as my earthen wall is thick and large enough, it can provide me with perfect protection.

Even more outrageous is that if Sasuke had more chakra and could form hand seals faster, he could create a cube-shaped protective shield on the spot to protect himself, just like Chiaki.

Earth Release: Earth Wall is particularly useful when facing overwhelming AOE ninjutsu like the current one.

Compared to the thousands of needles in all directions of Mizuki Haku's Thousand Kills Water Surge, Gaara's Sand Rain is a bit monotonous.

Front, large quantity, face!

Cough cough cough...

In short, if the attack is only from one direction, no matter how many there are, Sasuke won't be afraid.

Even worse, because Gaara controls sand, and the senbon formed from that sand, upon hitting the Earth Flow Wall, serves no other purpose than to slightly enhance its defenses, which...

Interesting.

The more you fight, the thicker the opponent's shield becomes, and the closer the shield seems to be to you.

It's outrageous!

Well.

However, the sand was ultimately controlled by Gaara. After the sandstorm had basically stopped and the thickness of the yellow sand had exceeded that of the earth flow wall, Gaara didn't hesitate and directly manipulated the yellow sand to devour the earth flow wall, crushing it into sand using the pressure of the yellow sand, and bringing it into his control range.

However, Sasuke didn't panic at all. He jumped back and put his hand on his neck, trying to rouse himself.

Buzz

After Sasuke stirred up his emotions, he felt his whole body burning up, the heat of chakra surging through his meridians, and his chakra receiving an amplification from external natural energy.

"Fire escape!"

"The art of grand fireball!"

He confidently formed a tiger seal, took a deep breath, and unleashed a massive fireball at Gaara.

This fireball was extremely outrageous, almost the size of a lake, and its orange-red color indicated that it was extremely hot.

Well, judging from a professional perspective, Sasuke has already reached the level Itachi did seven years ago in terms of the size of his Fireball Jutsu.

However, Itachi is Itachi after all; at least 90% of people have never seen a fireball of this size.

Gasps of surprise erupted from the audience once again; they felt that the gasps of surprise they had heard today were probably more than they had heard in an entire year.

Are these kids really just genin?

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

As the audience gasped in amazement at the enormous, round fireball, the Kage sitting in their seats frowned deeply.

"This is... a high-level chakra?"

"Celestial arts? No, it hasn't reached the level of celestial arts yet..."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and the Fourth Raikage, A, exchanged a glance. They also had their own understanding of Sage Mode, but for various reasons, they were unable to access it.

However, at their level, they had witnessed even higher levels of chakra.

"Third Hokage, may I ask what this Great Fireball is...?"

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, relying on his "good relationship" with Hiruzen Sarutobi, directly asked him a question.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his beard. Although he was also surprised by Sasuke's Fireball Jutsu, he still had a certain understanding of Sasuke's chakra.

Wasn't it that damned traitor who put the Heavenly Curse Seal on Sasuke?

In Chiaki's words, this Heavenly Curse Seal is a buff seal. She "didn't know" Orochimaru's purpose, but it was a good thing for Sasuke, as it could enhance Sasuke's chakra.