Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

It's astonishing that a ninja from the small village of Hoshigakure would possess such an exaggerated ability as flight.

Kakashi ignored the shouts from the spectators, as he was not considered to have left the arena as long as he remained in the air above it.

"This secret technique actually grants the ability to fly!?" The shock among the ninjas far surpassed that of ordinary people, because the ability to fly was of strategic significance to a ninja village.

No matter how fast you run on your legs, it's never as fast as flying.

Certain impenetrable defenses and difficult-to-transmit intelligence require the help of flying summoning beasts. However, these summoning beasts are extremely rare. Even birds used for communication and reconnaissance require a great deal of manpower and resources to cultivate.

However, none of these are as rare as the ability of a ninja to fly.

Especially considering that the genin from Hoshigakure in front of them is only about fourteen or fifteen years old.

If he isn't an exception, then it means that Konoha possesses a secret technique that allows ninjas to fly. Even if the threshold for mastering this technique is extremely high, Konoha had over 10,000 active ninjas after the Third Shinobi World War. Even if it's one in a hundred or one in a thousand, they could still have double-digit numbers of flying ninjas.

The most crucial element is the meteor's speed, which is something ordinary ninjutsu simply cannot hit. This is the key point, and this secret technique can be fully utilized in combat, not just for reconnaissance and communication.

In reality, even those with power were just envious.

The Hidden Star Village is really well hidden!

The thought that the Land of Bears and the Land of Demons were allies, and that they had established diplomatic relations with the Uzumaki clan, cooled the fervor in many people's eyes considerably.

However, when the benefits become too great, there will inevitably be people who cannot resist the temptation.

After all, if you can't do it openly, you can do it covertly.

Meteor relied on its high-speed flight to constantly evade the insect swarm's attacks, while simultaneously unleashing fire-style ninjutsu to strike the insects.

Chakra radiated by the "star" has a quality far exceeding that of ordinary chakra, so even though the meteorite only used a C-rank fire jutsu, its power was extremely strong.

Unfortunately, these parasitic insects were trained and quickly dispersed under the control of Aburame Muta. Although a considerable number of the parasitic insects were shot down by fire-style attacks, most of them remained and began to encircle and annihilate the meteorite in the sky above the circular arena.

The situation reached a stalemate for a time.

However, just a few minutes later, the swarm of insects suddenly began to fall like raindrops, quickly covering the ground.

thump!

Aburame Muta collapsed to the ground.

Kakashi rushed forward to check on them, and the medical ninja arrived immediately.

"The victor is a falling star!"

Kakashi, seeing that Muta Aburame had simply fallen unconscious due to excessive chakra depletion, announced the result of the match.

"These insects..." In the stands, Bai Yu looked at the insects scattered on the ground, his eyes shifting slightly. Meteorite cultivated the Peacock Mystic Technique, and his chakra was affected by "Star." Although Bai Yu had removed the harmful particles, this chakra was still harmful to ordinary people. He hadn't expected that these insects could persist for so long after consuming Meteorite's chakra. Bai Yu suddenly became interested in the secret techniques of the Aburame clan.

"I never expected that such a genius would emerge from Hoshigakure!" The Third Hokage exclaimed as he looked at Bai Yu.

Seeing this, Bai Yu smiled but said nothing.

The match continued, but unlike the first match which was resolved in a few minutes, the second match was a battle of wits and courage between the two sides, lasting for two hours before it finally ended.

"The third match: Kaguya Kimimaro versus Uchiha Itachi!"

As Kakashi's voice faded, the entire arena erupted in deafening cheers.

Did the two strongest candidates in this exam actually meet in the third round?

Whether it was intentional or not, it was enough to stir up everyone's emotions.

"Itachi! Go for it!"

"Itachi!"

"Itachi, let the others see just how strong the Uchiha clan's genius really is!"

Many members of the Uchiha clan were cheering for Itachi.

Itachi is the pride of the entire Uchiha clan, and they are proud of him.

Bai Yu also snapped out of his drowsy state of watching the second battle.

Just as Itachi and Kimimaro reached the center of the circular arena to prepare for battle, Shiraha suddenly changed his expression.

At this moment, he took out a scroll from his pocket, opened it, and laid it flat on his lap.

Bang!

A cloud of smoke dissipated, revealing a white snake that had shrunk in size.

"Lord Shiraha, Lady Kushina asked me to inform you that a mysterious ninja named Nagato Uzumaki, who possesses the Rinnegan, attacked the Uzumaki clan and has now been captured alive by Lady Kushina and Lady Kurama."

The voice of the white snake echoed in Bai Yu's heart.

"What?!" Bai Yu was shocked, his pupils contracted sharply. Nagato attacked the Uzumaki clan?

"Bai Yu, what happened?" The Third Hokage's gaze had been fixed on the white snake, but after noticing the change in Bai Yu's expression, he couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing, just a small matter."

Bai Yu said calmly.

At the same time, another small, yellowish-brown snake crawled from behind the audience seats to Bai Yu's feet.

"This is......"

Bai Yu frowned slightly and used a "communication technique" on Kimimaro in the arena.

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[Chapter 197: A Rinnegan]

'Corpse Bone Pulse: Camellia Dance!'

With Kakashi's command, the match began. Kimimaro immediately activated the power of the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse). He stretched his right hand towards his left shoulder, and a crack appeared in the skin, revealing the white bones inside.

Kimimaro grabbed the base of his arm bone at the shoulder with his right hand and pulled hard, pulling out the entire arm bone, which transformed into a sharp bone sword and attacked Itachi.

Faced with Kimimaro's offensive, Itachi also activated his two-tomoe Sharingan and used kunai to block the bone sword attack in Kimimaro's hand.

Although Itachi was more than a year older than Kimimaro, his physique was not as good as Kimimaro's. Faced with Kimimaro's powerful and frequent attacks, Itachi could only dodge and block at the same time, which looked like he was in great danger.

In particular, the Sharingan, which the Uchiha clan is so proud of, seems to have lost its effectiveness in front of Kimimaro.

"How could this be?" Itachi looked at Kimimaro, who was staring at him but was completely unaffected by the genjutsu, and felt somewhat incredulous.

Itachi was exceptionally talented in ninjutsu from a young age. After awakening his Sharingan, he could use most genjutsu after seeing them only once or twice.

Especially after training under Shisui, a master of genjutsu, even ordinary Jonin might fall victim to Itachi's genjutsu if they made eye contact with him.

However, his illusions had no effect on Kimimaro.

Actually, it wasn't that Kimimaro was truly immune to Itachi's genjutsu, but rather that he was wearing a demonized defensive item made by Shiraha, among which was a demonized item with a solidified "anti-demon field".

When the difference in strength is not too great, the user's own chakra can be used as a catalyst to continuously activate the demonized item for several minutes, allowing the "anti-demon field" to cover the user's brain and achieve the effect of immunity to illusions for a short period of time.

Of course, this level 0 spell is definitely no match for the genjutsu of the Mangekyou Sharingan, even if the user has high mental strength.

However, Bai Yu's innate spell "Demonic Scales" provides resistance bonuses, and as a spirit summoner, his mental strength is always the highest among all attributes. Therefore, even the genjutsu of the Mangekyou Sharingan will have little effect on him, depending on the actual battle.

At this moment, under Kimimaro's close-range attack, Itachi didn't even have a chance to form hand seals and release ninjutsu, and it seemed that defeat was only a matter of time.

The Konoha spectators in the circular arena fell silent. They never expected that Uchiha Itachi, the Konoha genius on whom they had placed so much hope, would appear to be completely powerless.

Kimimaro maintained a high frequency of attacks, but he was only 8 years old after all. Although he usually took the medicine specially made by Shiraha, which greatly improved his physique and chakra, the long-term use of the power of Shikotsumyaku would affect his blood disease.

Just to save face for the Uzumaki clan and Shiroba, he not only showed no intention of holding back, but also planned to fight with all his might to defeat Uchiha Itachi and let the world know the strength of the Uzumaki clan.

Therefore, he not only needs to win, but he also needs to win quickly.

Kimimaro activated the demonized defensive item that Shiraha had given him. For the next few minutes, he was immune to genjutsu; at least Itachi's genjutsu was ineffective against him. However, this also consumed chakra.

If he can't defeat Itachi within a few minutes, he'll have to be careful of Itachi's genjutsu.

"Almost there!" Kimimaro's expression turned serious as he watched Itachi's breathing become increasingly rapid and his movements noticeably slower.

He immediately intensified his offensive.

'Corpse Bone Pulse - Wire Flower Dance - Vine Style!'

Kimimaro's originally fair skin gradually became rough. He put his left hand behind his back, and then, to everyone's astonishment, he pulled out his own spine, which transformed into a huge, sharp bone whip.

boom!

In desperation, Itachi could only unleash his chakra to accelerate and dodge this seemingly unstoppable attack.

The bone whip grazed the weasel's sideburns, shaving off a few strands of hair, before crashing down and creating a large crater in the ground.

Just when everyone thought Itachi was about to be defeated, Kimimaro, who had been launching a fierce attack on Itachi, suddenly stopped and stood still, a puzzled look on his face.

Taking advantage of this gap, Itachi quickly increased the distance between himself and Kimimaro, finally having the opportunity to unleash a ninjutsu to counterattack.

However, Kimimaro swung the huge bone whip behind him, merging it back into his spine, and then fused the bone sword in his right hand into his arm bone.

Kimimaro looked at Kakashi at the edge of the arena, then suddenly raised his hand and said, "I surrender!"

"What?" Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then flashed into the arena in a few steps.

"I lost," Kimimaro said again, then walked straight toward the exit of the circular arena.

"This..." Kakashi was a little confused. It seemed that Kimimaro had the upper hand in the battle, so why did he suddenly admit defeat? Could it be because he had used up too much chakra?

At this moment, Itachi, who was rapidly forming hand seals, was also stunned and could only disperse the fire chakra that had accumulated in his mouth.

"what happened?"

"What happened?"

Why did Kimimaro suddenly leave?

"Doesn't his leaving the field mean he's admitting defeat?"

Seeing the murmuring crowd, Kakashi could only look towards the stands of the circular arena and shout, "Kaguya Kimimaro concedes defeat! The winner is Uchiha Itachi!"

"You really admit defeat?!"

"Why? He doesn't look like he's about to win."

"It must be because his chakra was exhausted. Using his bloodline limit without regard for consumption must have taken a huge toll."

"It doesn't look like it..."

Upon hearing Kakashi's explanation, the crowd erupted in uproar. Both ordinary citizens and ninjas were puzzled. However, most people believed that Kimimaro had exhausted too much chakra, which was why he appeared to have the advantage but was actually already exhausted.