"The power of the Rain Country Ninja has developed quite well. This ninja named Nagato looks very strong." The Daimyo of the Fire Country said to the Daimyo of the Rain Country who was sitting next to him.
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire doesn't understand anything about chakra control and property changes, but every ninjutsu of Nagato can bring about huge damage, and the special effects are full, so it doesn't look simple.
"Indeed." The Daimyo of the Rain Country smiled and nodded in agreement.
He suddenly felt that this Ninja Clan was not bad; at least it could earn him some face.
Even ordinary people can sense how powerful Nagato is, so it is even more so for the participating ninjas.
"The same is true for earth escape, so is it possible that he is also proficient in lightning attribute ninjutsu and water attribute ninjutsu." Kakashi thought about it carefully and realized that Nagato was very likely proficient in five types of ninjutsu.
Because in addition to defeating Hanzo's Fire Style by reversing the attributes, the most commendable thing about Ninja Master Sosuke is his mastery of seven types of chakra nature-changing ninjutsu.
Since Nagato is now learning from Sosuke, it is not impossible for him to master various chakra property-changing ninjutsu.
When estimating the enemy's strength, of course you should try to estimate it as high as possible. It is always better to overestimate than underestimate.
"What exactly is the ability of the Sage's Eye?" In fact, what Kakashi cared about most was the Eye of the Six Paths Sage on Nagato's body.
Kakashi could sense the fatal threat from that eye simply by using his Transparent World to perceive it.
"It all depends on whether Aburame Shiwei and Sand Crab can force him to use more tricks." Kakashi thought after taking a look at the battle list.
The number that Aburame Shiwei drew was three. Aburame Shiwei only needed to win the next battle, and then she would meet Nagato in the second round.
"We have to beat him to get into the semi-finals, which is a bit troublesome." Scorpion took a casual look and found that Nagato was very strong and was exactly in the ranking he wanted.
If Nagato was one of his top four opponents, Scorpion would either give up directly or lose, because he just wanted a chakra knife anyway.
But Nagato became a stumbling block for him to advance to the semi-finals, so Scorpion had to think about how to defeat Nagato without being exposed.
Scorpion is not afraid of turret ninjas like Nagato, because Scorpion is good at poison. No matter how powerful your ninjutsu is, if you are accidentally poisoned by Scorpion, you will be dead.
"Number three Oil Girl Zhiwei versus number four..." The referee's voice soon came into the locker room again.
Aburame Shiwei raised her sunglasses with her fingers and walked towards the battle site silently.
The other Iwagakure ninja who was called greeted his companions and quickly followed.
The outcome of the battle did not surprise Kakashi, Aburame Shiwei won.
Although he had never fought with Aburame Shiwei, Kakashi knew that Aburame Shiwei also participated in the battle after being consulted by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and her strength was definitely not weak.
The battle soon reached the fourth round of the first round. When Kakashi heard the referee's name, he focused his mind.
"Number 7 Yahiko vs. Number 8 Sand Crab!"
"Yahiko, be careful of his hidden weapons. Puppet masters like to use poison." Nagato reminded.
"Yes, I know. After all, he is also the one that Minister Kakuzu has specifically reminded." Yahiko nodded and said with a smile.
The information provided by Kakuzu was already rich enough. If he still lost, it would only be because of his own lack of strength and he couldn't blame anyone else.
"Yahiko, come on." Konan encouraged.
"I will try my best to win the battle. Even if I can't enter the finals as Obito said, I will try my best to reach the quarterfinals. It would be a bit embarrassing to lose in the first round." Yahiko laughed and walked towards the battle field.
If Yahiko advances to the quarterfinals, his next opponent will be Nagato. Yahiko is aware of the gap between the two, so he thinks that reaching the quarterfinals will be a success.
Moreover, there are quite a few powerful ninjas in the Youth Martial Arts Association. If they can make it to the top eight, Yahiko thinks he can treat Konan and Nagato to a meal to celebrate.
"The battle begins!"
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!"
As soon as the referee finished speaking, Yahiko quickly formed seals with his hands and jumped up, spraying a huge ball of water at Scorpion.
He wanted to use the Great Waterfall Technique to create favorable conditions for performing water escape.
Scorpion still maintained an indifferent expression. He stepped back a few steps, took out the scroll, and took out the Feiliuhu stored in the scroll. While avoiding the impact of the water flow, he controlled the Feiliuhu to attack Yahiko.
"Water Style: Water Clone Technique!"
Yahiko was worried about the poison in the puppet, so he used the instant body movement technique to create distance and then created two water clones, intending to let the water clones deal with Scorpion's puppet.
It turned out that Yahiko's worries were not unfounded. The moment he dodged, Scorpion's puppet opened its mouth and spit out a large number of high-speed flying poisonous needles.
If Yahiko had not distanced himself in time, there would have been no way he could have avoided such a fast poison needle at such a close distance.
Then Yahiko's water clone rushed towards Kiryuu Kou, while Yahiko himself attacked Sasori himself.
The best way to deal with a puppeteer is to attack the real body, because the puppeteer's real body is not as hard as the puppet.
"Water Style: Water Spear!"
Yahiko formed a seal in his hands to form a vortex of water. The water spun at high speed and then transformed into three long-handled water spears that shot rapidly towards Scorpion.
This is the water escape technique developed by Mu Yue, which focuses on penetrating power.
The sharp water spear did not cause any fluctuations in Scorpion's heart. While controlling Fei Liuhu with one hand to use the tail sting to deal with the water clone, he took out another scroll containing a puppet and summoned it, controlling the defensive puppet to block the incoming water spear.
Seeing this, Yahiko asked one of his water clones who was dealing with Fei Liu Hu to hold back the newly appeared puppet, while his main body used the Water Instant Body Technique to quickly rush towards Scorpion.
Scorpion did not want to get too entangled with Yahiko. After taking out the second puppet, Scorpion took out two more puppets and controlled four puppets to fight at the same time.
Yahiko, who was originally charging at high speed, immediately braked. He was not sure he could break through the defense line of the two puppets and defeat Scorpion.
Yahiko's offensive was temporarily suspended, but Scorpion launched a fierce attack, controlling three puppets with one hand, attacking and defending in an orderly manner and defeating one of Yahiko's water clones at an extremely fast speed.
At the same time, on the other side, Fei Liu Hu also destroyed Yahiko's water clone and rushed towards Yahiko under the control of Scorpion.
In the blink of an eye, the situation reversed and Yahiko was surrounded by four puppets.
"What's up with this ninja called Sand Crab? No young ninja in the village can achieve such control skills."
Maki, who was eliminated and sent to the audience, was shocked when he saw Scorpion's puppet manipulation.
Although he is a ninja who specializes in wind-style ninjutsu, he has often seen his teammates or elders use puppetry and has a good understanding of puppetry.
Maki couldn't believe it. You know, their Sand Village was the birthplace of puppeteers, but they were actually surpassed in puppetry by a wild trick that popped out from nowhere.
"No, why is his puppet so similar to the one in the village? Could he be a disciple of a rebellious ninja in some village?"
Maki then discovered something wrong. Scorpion's puppetry did not seem to be a wild style, but rather pure Sand Village puppetry.
"This sand crab is really not simple. It can control four puppets at the same time and make the puppets so agile." Kakashi in the lounge raised Scorpion's threat level by one level.
As a puppeteer, Scorpion obviously has extraordinary strength.
Kakashi was looking forward to the third round of battle more and more. Who would be the winner between the ninjutsu turret and the large number of puppet masters?
"Yahiko." Konan showed a worried look.
Scorpion's true strength is even stronger than what Kakuzu predicted in the intelligence.
Yahiko was pressed hard by the four puppets and didn't even have time to form hand seals or use water jutsu to counterattack. The various hidden weapons on the puppets made it difficult for Yahiko to deal with them.
"Sand crab wins!"
In the end, Yahiko fell under the siege of puppets. After the referee announced the result, Scorpion immediately put the puppet back into the scroll and walked back to the lounge.
"I really lost in the first round." Yahiko looked up at the sky and couldn't help scratching his head.
Even though he was a relatively thick-skinned person, his cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly red. Not long ago, he was discussing with Obito about advancing to the finals and becoming famous in the ninja world, but he ended up being eliminated in the first round.
Soon, a ninja from the Ninja Clan carried Yahiko away for treatment, and the referee called out the names of the next group of players.
"Number nine Hoshigaki Kisame versus number ten Yura."
Hoshigaki Kisame and Yura both quickly walked into the battle field.
"Now I am the only Sand Village ninja left in the elimination round. I must win the battle no matter what." Yura thought firmly in his heart.
Although Rasa did not seem to take the Youth Martial Arts Tournament seriously, Yura felt that since they, the Sunagakure, were participating, the results should not be too bad.
Yura had a good idea, but he overestimated his own strength and underestimated Hoshigaki Kisame's strength.
After the battle began, even though Yura showed great resilience, she was still defeated by Hoshigaki Kisame within two minutes due to the difference in hard power, and was bitten all over by Hoshigaki Kisame's water shark.
After the referee announced the result of the fight, Hoshigaki Kisame didn't even look at Yura and walked straight back to the lounge.
"Might Guy No. 11 versus Feldspar No. 12!"
"Might Guy, what kind of progress have you made after fighting with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen?" Hoshigaki Kisame's expression became serious as he looked at Might Guy walking towards the battle field.
Because the Village of Mist concealed the details of the defeat of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Hoshigaki Kisame, who had been staying in the Land of Water, did not know the specific results of the battle between Might Guy and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. He only knew that Might Guy, under the leadership of Mu Yue, had fought a battle with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and won a great victory.
"Finally, it's Changshi's turn." Seeing the genius from Iwagakure appear, Huang Tu showed a simple smile on his face.
Among the ninjas sent by Iwagakure to participate in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, Changshi is the strongest, and Huangtu has high expectations for him.
"It's your bad luck to meet me." Changshi couldn't help but smile as he looked at the person in front of him.
There are as many as twenty-one ninjas from Iwagakure participating in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament. There are ninjas from Iwagakure in almost every competition area, and Iwagakure has basically collected some intelligence on all the ninjas who have advanced.
According to the information from the preliminaries, Might Guy is a ninja who specializes in physical skills and has not used any ninjutsu in the four battles.
And feldspar happens to be the most effective against physical ninjas.
Because the direction of his development of Explosion is the same as that of Shou, he uses physical Explosion. If you compete with him in physical techniques, you will really be beaten to pieces.
"The battle begins!"
"Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, Injury Gate, open!"
Might Guy immediately opened four of the Eight Gates, and a large amount of chakra poured out to enhance his physical strength.
Changshi was slightly surprised by the sudden burst of powerful aura from Might Guy, but he didn't care about it. Ninjas can defeat the strong with the weak by relying on restraint.
Changshi condensed a large amount of chakra in his fist and then took the initiative to attack and rushed towards Might Guy in an instant.
Might Guy had already heard Kakashi's information and knew that Changshi was a Explosion Style ninja, so he was on guard and condensed a large amount of chakra in his legs in advance.
Whoosh!
Boom!
Changshi's fist, which was filled with explosive chakra, suddenly smashed into the ground where Might Guy had just stood, creating a hole.
"With this level of strength, I should be able to enter the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode." Might Guy analyzed in his mind.
Although he is a physical ninja, Might Guy does not rely solely on recklessness in fighting.
With the destructive power displayed by Feldspar, he could completely rely on the defense of the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode plus the chakra protection to withstand it, and at most he would suffer some minor skin injuries.
The breathing method and chakra mode can speed up the recovery of injuries. Skin injuries are nothing to him if there is no poison.
"Blast Style: Explosive Fist!"
Changshi once again gathered his chakra and rushed towards Might Guy, challenging him, "If you have the guts, let's have a real manly fist-to-flesh fight."
Might Guy couldn't help but laugh. He really wished that it was Kakashi who said this to him, "Okay, this is very youthful, then come on!"
Might Guy did not dodge or evade, he concentrated his breathing to the extreme and entered the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, his aura increased again.
"Konoha Hand Knife!"
Might Guy concentrated a huge amount of chakra in the palm of his right hand, and dispersed a part of the chakra to protect his body, then rushed forward towards Feldspar.
"Win!"
Changshi was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Might Guy was so easy to fish and he took the bait.
If Might Guy keeps running, he really has no choice because his speed is indeed much slower than Might Guy's.
Might Guy ran very fast, and Feldspar was eager to seize this rare opportunity, so he rushed towards Might Guy at full speed.
Accompanied by a gust of strong wind, the two figures met.
Boom! !
A huge explosion sounded, mud and rocks flew everywhere, and thick dust and smoke enveloped the two men.
Bang!
The next moment, a figure flew out from the yellow fog at high speed, and slammed into the hard wall at the edge of the battlefield like a cannonball, leaving a dent in the shape of a large character on the wall.
Huang Tu's eyes widened, and his angle of view was just enough to see the figure flying backwards.
Huang Tu stood up in disbelief and checked again to make sure he was not seeing things.
"How is it possible that our Iwagakure's genius was killed instantly with just one punch?"
No matter how outrageous Huang Tu thought it was, this was the reality that had just happened. The explosive ninja genius of their ninja village was defeated by Konoha's physical ninja with one punch.
"Might Guy wins!" The referee announced Might Guy's victory after he had difficulty digging the feldspar out of the wall.