Konoha teaches, then stands in the sky

Mei Terumi clenched her fists. If she could get first place, she would be valued by the Master and the Mizukage, and her path to becoming the Mizukage would become clear.

Zabuza looked at Kakashi, who was only a few body lengths away from him, with a complicated expression. If he won, his second round opponent would be Kakashi.

Zabuza didn't know how to fight to win, and the opponent even killed his guiding ninja.

"The rules of the third exam are very simple. Just like the preliminaries, you win if you beat your opponent until he is unable to fight or surrenders." Beiluhu continued.

"If there are no doubts, except for Candidates One and Two who remain to prepare for the battle, the other candidates please return to the lounge and wait for notification."

The battle inside the venue can also be seen from the lounge, so it does not affect the candidates' collection of information.

The rules were so simple that naturally no candidate asked any more questions. They all walked into the candidate passage and headed to the lounge in groups, leaving only number one Hoshigaki Kisame and number two Yamashiro Aoba.

Hoshigaki Kisame stood there expressionlessly. In this exam, there were only two people he cared about, one was Might Guy and the other was Hatake Kakashi. He felt that he had no problem with the other exams.

Compared to the indifferent Hoshigaki Kisame, Yamashiro Aoba was not so calm. He looked at Hoshigaki Kisame with an expression as if he was facing a great enemy.

He had seen Hoshigaki Kisame's performance in the preliminary round, and he was considered to be the strongest candidate.

Hiru told the two to stand in their designated positions, and after waiting for about a minute, he shouted:

"First match, Hoshigaki Kisame vs. Yamashiro Aoba, the battle begins!"

The loudspeaker system allowed Beiliu's voice to be carried throughout the venue, and the spectators who were chatting turned their attention to the battle field.

"This Hoshigaki Kisame is a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village. Although it is one of the five major ninja villages, we rarely hear about Hidden Mist Village." said an audience member dressed in official uniform.

"After all, the Hidden Mist Village is in the Land of Water, so it would be more troublesome to come to the mainland..." said another official.

"However, there are still differences among the five major ninja villages. Our Fire Country ninjas should be stronger."

The officials nearby nodded in agreement. This was not only because Konoha was the ninja village of the Land of Fire, but also because of Konoha's strong record of victory.

Although the audience has confidence in Yamashiro Aoba, this cannot erase the gap between Yamashiro Aoba and Hoshigaki Kisame.

The moment Obito shouted "start", Yamashiro Aoba immediately retreated and used ninjutsu to summon a large number of crows.

Wow - wow -

The crow's crude and hoarse cry instantly spread throughout the venue.

A large number of crows circled around Yamashiro Aoba, interfering with Hoshigaki Kisame's vision and hearing.

Whoosh! !

Yamashiro Aoba immediately swung out several shurikens and attacked Hoshigaki Kisame.

Kisame chopped down the shuriken with a casual slash of his long sword, then he stuck the sword into the ground and quickly formed seals with his hands.

"Water Release·Exploding Water Wave!"

Kisame gathered a large amount of chakra and then changed the nature of the water-attribute chakra, spitting out a huge amount of water flowing towards Yamashiro Aoba.

Yamashiro Aoba frowned and quickly retreated, and ordered the crow to fly higher.

The amount of water that Kisame used was so huge that soon the entire battlefield was turned into a large pond by Kisame's water escape. Yamashiro Aoba avoided the impact of the water flow but was forced to stand on the water and fight the attacking Kisame.

Boom! !

The two sides fought for a while, and even with the interference of crows, Yamashiro Aoba was beaten back step by step.

This restricted area battle is too disadvantageous for Yamashiro Aoba. Kisame can dive into the water at any time to avoid the attacks of crows, but Yamashiro Aoba has no good way to effectively attack Kisame.

"What a bad luck." Yamashiro Aoba felt helpless. It just so happened that he was practicing Fire Style, which was restrained by Kisame's Water Style.

"He's quite capable, not weak." After a few rounds of fighting, Kisame found that Yamashiro Aoba was much stronger than expected.

Although there is nothing outstanding about him, Yamashiro Aoba can be considered good in all aspects.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Since there was plenty of water in the venue at the moment, Kisame didn't spend much chakra to condense a huge water dragon and smashed it towards Yamashiro Aoba. The crows around him that were interfering with his vision were instantly blown away by the huge water dragon.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Yamashiro Aoba made his last struggle. He first spit out a great fireball to block the incoming water dragon bullet, then controlled the remaining crows to block his body, and then Yamashiro Aoba himself held his breath and dived into the water and swam towards Kisame at a rapid speed.

But Yamashiro Aoba underestimated Kisame's professionalism as a Kirigakure ninja. Even though Yamashiro Aoba was very careful not to cause any noise, and the sound of the fireball colliding with the water dragon bomb was used to cover his sound, Kisame still discovered Yamashiro Aoba who was trapped in the water.

Kisame pretended not to notice, and the moment Yamashiro Aoba approached, he suddenly dived into the water and started fighting with Yamashiro Aoba.

Wow!

A large amount of water exploded, and Yamashiro Aoba was directly hit out of the water by Kisame's full force and flew backwards.

This is not the end yet. Under Kisame's control, a stream of water rushed straight towards Yamashiro Aoba who had not yet landed.

boom!

Under the impact of the water flow, Yamashiro Aoba was directly hit by the wall at the edge of the battlefield.

For ordinary people who were watching the fight, it didn't take long. They only felt that Kisame used a water escape technique and the venue suddenly turned into a big pond. Then the two of them fought with fists and feet twice, and the water escape technique and fire escape technique collided. Then Yamashiro Aoba was knocked onto the wall. The whole process took only a few minutes.

"It seems that this person is an outstanding ninja of the Hidden Mist Village and cannot be measured by the standards of ordinary ninjas." The official who had previously said that the ninjas of the Fire Country were strong touched his beard and said, without any embarrassment on his face.

"That's right. After all, Kirigakure has come all the way here, so they must send the strongest genius from their ninja village." The official next to him agreed.

"I didn't expect that the ninjas of Kirigakure are so powerful. I wonder how efficient their commissions are." Kisame's strong performance made some wealthy businessmen present recognize the strength of Kirigakure.

The Kirigakure people smiled when they heard this, but the Konoha ninjas in the audience didn't look very good, as they had lost the first game.

Danzo, who was sitting on the right side of Sarutobi Hiruzen, frowned when he saw this scene, and an unhappy look appeared on his face.

Although he could see that it was not Yamashiro Aoba who was weak but Kisame was too strong, in Danzo's eyes, losing in such an important occasion would be a disgrace to Konoha and was not something that should be done.

The master sitting on Sarutobi Hiruzen's left just smiled faintly, saying nothing and not laughing too happily.

Sarutobi Hiruzen neither frowned nor smiled. He looked at the venue with a normal expression, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Hoshigaki Kisame wins!" After discovering that Yamashiro Aoba had lost his ability to fight, Hiruzen announced Kisame's victory cleanly and neatly.

After Hiruko announced the result, a medical ninja quickly took Yamashiro Aoba for treatment, while Kisame walked towards the lounge.

"Come on, Rin." Seeing the first game over, Obito cheered up Nohara Rin.

"You can use water jutsu more at the beginning. You will have the advantage of the field in the front." Kakashi walked to Nohara Lin and reminded her softly.

Although there is a drainage system on the battlefield, it is obviously not very good. Although the amount of water is constantly decreasing and is not as much as before, it is still a beneficial environment for Nohara Lin.

Of course, if the battle drags on too long, the water will definitely run out.

"Yeah." Nohara Lin smiled and nodded at the two of them.

"The second battle is between Nohara Lin and Nara Yui. Candidates please enter the venue quickly." Beiru's voice came into the lounge.

Nohara Lin waved goodbye to the two and walked towards the battle field.

"Midori will cheer you up." Inuzuka Midori also cheered for Nara Yui who was about to go to battle.

Nara Yushio nodded and turned to walk towards the venue.

Although he failed to gather any information about Nohara Lin during his special training at Mu Yue, his physical skills did improve slightly there.

PS: There is only one update today. I said I would take a day off the day before yesterday, but I succeeded for a day. I didn’t fall asleep until two o’clock last night. I will try harder today. If it doesn’t work, forget it. I’ll just do whatever I want. I’ll finish the book first. I’m really not in the writing state lately.

Chapter 323: Might Guy's Terrifying Strength

"Keep a good distance and don't be controlled by the opponent's shadow secret technique." Nohara Lin thought about her tactics again before walking to the battle field.

Having fought alongside Nara Yui once, Nohara Lin knew the strangeness of the shadow imitation technique. Once it was controlled, even if it was not for long, it would be enough to reverse the situation of the battle.

In fact, Nohara Lin was curious about how long Nara Yui could control a person under normal circumstances. If it was only two or three seconds longer than Akutami Hideyuki's time, then it would not be able to directly end the battle in a one-on-one combat, and at most it could gain some advantages.

After all, when performing the shadow imitation technique, Nara Saltwater itself cannot directly attack the controlled person, and can only find ways to use the environment to cause harm to him.

If it is certain that Nara Saltwater's control time will not be long, Nohara Lin can fight more aggressively. After all, she knows medical ninjutsu, and a minor injury will not have much impact.

This is the importance of intelligence. Even if Nohara Lin knew that there was this possibility, she would not dare to gamble, because if she lost the bet, she would be eliminated directly.

When Nohara Lin was guessing Nara Yuiwa's information, Nara Yuiwa also went over Nohara Lin's information in his mind.

"Even that Hoshigaki Kisame was able to repel him head-on. It would be bad if we were hit by that punch."

Although Nara Yuiwao was hoping that Nohara Lin would get close to him and be controlled by the shadow imitation technique, the actual combat situation was ever-changing. Maybe at some point he would not have time to use the shadow imitation technique, so he would definitely have to find a way to avoid this move.

When they walked onto the field, both Nohara Lin and Nara Yui used chakra to walk on the water.

After waiting for the two to stand in place, Beiluo quickly announced the start of the second exam.

The moment Hiruzen called out, Nohara Rin entered the water breathing state and quickly retreated to distance herself from Nara Saltwater, while throwing shurikens at Nara Saltwater.

She didn't know the maximum distance of Nara Saltwater Shadow Imitation Technique, so she could only stay as far back as possible.

Whoosh! !

Nara Yui neither pursued nor retreated, he threw shurikens on the spot.

Although the shurikens of both of them were not bad, they were not at the level of being very good, and they did not cause any effective damage to each other.

Nara Yanshui walked forward slowly.

In the battle with Kirigakure, Nohara Rin did not show any effective long-range attack methods, so he just had to slowly reduce Nohara Rin's dodging space to the maximum distance of the shadow imitation technique.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

What Nara Yano didn't expect was that after he approached, Nohara Lin directly formed hand seals and used water ninjutsu. A large amount of water flow swirled around Nohara Lin and eventually formed a water dragon.

"She actually knows water-style ninjutsu!" Nara Yanshui's face suddenly changed and he immediately used the instant body technique to rush towards the small group of trees behind him.

He guessed that this was a new ninjutsu that Nohara Rin had practiced during the one-month break, otherwise Nohara Rin would not have used water-style ninjutsu during the critical battle with Kirigakure.

This is definitely bad news for Nara Salt Water.

Because Kisame directly changed the type of venue in the previous battle and turned it into a large pond, using water jutsu in a place with water not only consumes less energy but also has greater power.

"It has to be water escape..." Even the calm Nara Yanshui couldn't hold it anymore. The opponent got full buffs as soon as he came on the court. Who wouldn't be annoyed?

Nara Yui had no defensive ninjutsu, so he could only use the environment to reduce damage, but he was still inevitably injured and became embarrassed.

"Xiao Lin, this is how you fight!" Obito, who was in the lounge, shouted excitedly when he saw Nohara Lin gaining the upper hand.

Kakashi nodded. He felt that Nohara Rin had basically won this time, because Nara Yuiwa was essentially a support-type ninja, and single combat was not his strong point.

"It's over. It seems that the responsibility of becoming a Chunin can only be given to Midori." Inuzuka Midori also felt that his teammates were about to lose.

Although she mentally supports Nara Shioya's victory, Nara Shioya is indeed in a great disadvantage at the moment and cannot fight back at all.

"Huff, huff." Nara wiped the water droplets off his face with salt water and looked at Nohara Lin with a slight breath. His mind was racing, and he was trying hard to think of a way to break the deadlock.

But no matter how hard Nara Yui tried, he could not figure out his chance of winning.

Without any defensive ninjutsu, he could only rely on his positioning and the environment to deal with Nohara Rin's water-style attack. However, Nara Yuiwa could not touch Nohara Rin because of the distance of his ninjutsu. It was too difficult to use a short hand to fight a long hand.

At this moment, Nara Yanshui suddenly saw a small shadow appear on the water surface. He looked up and saw a bird circling in the sky.

A light bulb went off in Nara Yano's head, and he instantly came up with a plan that could turn the tide of the battle.

"Shadow Mimicry!"

Nara Yui suddenly formed hand seals and used ninjutsu, and a black shadow rushed towards Nohara Lin at a high speed.

Nohara Lin, who was in the process of forming hand seals, thought she had entered the attack range of the shadow imitation technique and immediately dodged backwards.

But what surprised Nohara Lin was that Nara Yui's shadow didn't even touch her, and was three meters away from her before she moved.

"Showing weakness to the enemy?" Nohara Lin didn't think that Nara Yui didn't understand the maximum distance of his ninjutsu.

The cautious Nohara Lin did not move forward. She thought this was Nara Yuiwa's strategy, deliberately making her misjudge the attack range of the shadow imitation technique.

Seeing that the shadow imitation technique did not hit Nara Yanshui, he retracted the shadow with regret and hid behind a tree.

"Water Style: Water Clone Technique!" Worried that Nara Yui had some unknown plan, Nohara Lin created a water clone and hid it nearby.

Nohara Lin was pretty good at learning water escape techniques, so Mu Yue taught her a water clone. This thing was simpler than an ordinary shadow clone, and its overall performance was not as good as an ordinary shadow clone. It was limited in use in places without water.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Nohara Lin wanted to continue releasing water-style ninjutsu to attack Nara Yui. The trees in the battlefield were not as thick as those in the southern forest. They could block Nara Yui's body, but they were obviously unable to withstand the ninjutsu.

"Shadow Mimicry!"

Nara Saltwater suddenly jumped out again and used the shadow secret technique.

Looking at the rapidly approaching shadow, Nohara Lin immediately stopped forming hand seals and retreated, but the shadow still stopped at the previous position, and then Nara Yui canceled the ninjutsu.