There was silence in the lounge.
Apart from people like Kakashi and Obito who are aware of Might Guy's strength, only Nagato and Sasori were able to remain calm because of their own strong strength. The rest of the contestants were all surprised by Might Guy's strength.
"With such strength and speed, he has become much stronger!" Hoshigaki Kisame said in surprise with his pupils shrinking slightly.
"Besides, how did he block the explosion just now?"
What puzzled Hoshigaki Kisame the most was Might Guy's current state.
The victorious Might Guy had no obvious injuries on his body except for some damage to his clothes. It didn't look like he had head-on withstood the explosion from the explosive release.
"He looks more like a monster than last time. Fortunately, I won't meet him before the finals." Mei Terumi felt relieved.
The number she drew was 25, which was towards the back end. She would either not meet Might Guy, or she would meet Might Guy in the final.
But to be honest, if she could make it to the finals, she wouldn't care who she met because she had already exceeded her goal.
Mei Terumi's goal is to reach the top four and get a ranking reward, whether it is third or fourth, it will be worth the trip.
"He does have some brute force." Manzuki Hozuki admitted that Might Guy's physical skills were indeed very strong.
"But with me here, you can't go beyond the top eight."
The secret technique of the Hozuki clan, the Water Transformation Technique, is specifically designed to counter various physical attacks. No matter how strong the physical technique is, it will be useless when encountering the Water Transformation Technique. Therefore, even if Might Guy shows super strong physical skills, Hozuki Mangetsu is confident of winning.
Mangetsu Kizuki is number 16. He and Might Guy both advanced to the quarterfinals, so they will meet in the quarterfinals.
Thinking of this, Mangetsu Kizuki looked at Kakashi. Kakashi was number 15 and was his opponent in the first round.
Noticing Mangetsu's gaze, Kakashi glanced back indifferently.
Mu Yue has proven with his battle record that the Lightning Blade Technique is a good way to deal with the water transformation technique of the Kizuna clan. For the ninja who is restrained by him, Kakashi will try his best to maximize his advantage.
"No. 13 Nohara Lin vs. No. 14 Huiyan!"
After Might Guy walked into the locker room, the referee's voice quickly came into the locker room again.
"Come on, Lin, you must believe in yourself. You are actually very strong!" Obito encouraged Nohara Lin.
Nohara Rin's opponent is not the strong man they have collected intelligence about, but just an ordinary Iwagakure who passed the preliminaries. Obito thinks Nohara Rin can do it.
"Well, thank you Obito for your encouragement." Nohara Rin smiled gently, stood up and prepared to go to the battle field.
In fact, Nohara Rin is not as lacking in confidence as Obito thought. The four preliminaries have given Nohara Rin an understanding of the overall level of the martial arts tournament.
Although she is not among the top ones, she can be considered upper-middle level.
"No matter what happens during the battle, stay calm and you'll be fine," Kakashi reminded.
"Thank you for the reminder Kakashi."
Nohara Lin smiled and waved to her teammates before walking into the battle arena and getting into a fighting stance.
"The battle begins!"
The moment the referee shouted "start", Huiyan immediately stepped back and threw several shuriken at Nohara Lin.
Huiyan was not deceived by Nohara Lin's weak appearance. With intelligence, he knew that Nohara Lin had powerful physical skills that were inconsistent with her body shape and appearance.
Ding ding!
Nohara Rin immediately took out a kunai from her ninja tool bag and knocked down the shuriken.
In addition to her medical expertise, she also has solid basic skills.
"Earth Style: Rock Pillar!"
As Limestone quickly formed seals, the ground where Nohara Lin was standing began to shake.
After Nohara Lin noticed this, she immediately concentrated her breathing to increase her body strength and jumped up.
The next moment, rock pillars protruded rapidly.
"Earth Style: Rock Cannon Technique!"
Huiyan took the opportunity when Nohara Lin was unable to dodge in the air and spit out a stone.
The stone quickly grew larger as it flew, like a stone cannonball.
"Super Power Fist!"
Nohara Lin suddenly punched out with her fist filled with chakra.
boom!!
Under the tremendous force of Nohara Lin, the stone shell was shattered, and some bloodstains appeared on Nohara Lin's fist.
Nohara Lin stood on the stone pillar and performed medical ninjutsu on herself, and instantly the slightly injured palm became intact.
Huiyan frowned. This was going to be difficult to fight. The enemy was not only a master of individual skills, but also had mastered medical ninjutsu and could heal himself.
Just as Huiyan was thinking quickly about how to fight Nohara Lin, Nohara Lin launched an attack.
She concentrated a large amount of chakra on her feet, then kicked the rock pillar made of limestone to break it and smashed it towards the limestone, then she ran while forming seals at a rapid speed.
"Water Style: Water Wave!"
A huge stream of water nearly one meter thick gushed out of Nohara Lin's mouth, allowing the water to move forward along with the rock pillar.
Water Wave is a very basic water escape technique, but if your water escape technique is solid enough, it can also be quite powerful.
"Earth Escape: Earth Flow Wall!"
Huiyan did not move rashly, but chose to use defensive ninjutsu to create a thick earth wall on the ground.
Boom!
The rock pillar hit the earth wall hard, but still failed to break through the wall's defense.
Then something happened that Huiyan didn't expect. The water flow that came along with the rock pillar actually changed its form again under Nohara Lin's control, turning into a water dragon that flew over the earth wall and hit Huiyan.
Mei Terumi's eyes widened. This was her skill, how could this female ninja from Konoha have secretly learned it?
Whoosh!
Nohara Lin seized this opportunity to use the water teleportation to approach Gray Rock, and ended the battle with a powerful punch.
"Nohara Lin wins!"
When Nohara Lin returned to the locker room, before she could share the joy of victory with her teammates, the referee quickly read out the name of the next group.
"Number 15 Hatake Kakashi versus number 16 Kizuna Mangetsu!"
Upon hearing his name, Mangetsu Kizuki immediately stood up and walked towards the battle field with his head held high.
The corners of Mei Terumi's mouth twitched. She felt that the prodigy of her own ninja village was a little sick. How could he look like a winner before the fight even started? This was a big taboo.
"Kakashi, come on." Nohara Lin said with a smile after she breathed a sigh of relief.
Kakashi nodded in response and also walked towards the battle area.
"My dear friend, I look forward to competing with you in the quarterfinals!" Might Guy encouraged Kakashi with his own words.
Although Might Guy's words sounded very arrogant, as he was sure that he could enter the quarterfinals before the first round was even halfway through, all the ninjas in the lounge felt that there was no problem.
It's simple, Might Guy has the capital to be so arrogant.
A total of seven battles have been fought so far. Might Guy is the one who ended the battle the fastest. Even Nagato is slower than Might Guy, and this is based on the fact that his opponent is not weak.
Kakashi paused slightly, then continued forward.
Obito couldn't help but laugh twice. He guessed a little bit about Kakashi's current mood, so he was very happy.
"Kakashi, Kakashi, just wait for your punishment." Obito was in a very happy mood.
Since the Youth Martial Arts Tournament was to be held close to the originally scheduled time for the civil war, the civil war was cancelled and the two disciples with the worst performance in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament were punished instead.
Since Nohara Rin has never participated in the civil war, this time it was Nohara Rin who set the goals for herself.
Nohara Lin's own goal is to enter the knockout stage and not be eliminated in the first round.
Obito was glad that Nohara Rin did not set too high a goal for herself. If there was another goal like reaching the top eight, Nohara Rin would be punished.
Mei Terumi focused her attention on the battle field. Although Mangetsu Kizuki was a little neurotic, he was a true genius and his strength was trustworthy.
Standing in the center of the venue, Kakashi looked up at Sosuke, the organizer of the martial arts tournament, who was high above.
"Sosuke, what is your purpose?" Kakashi was very curious about the purpose of Sosuke holding the martial arts tournament.
Is it because he has an outstanding student like Nagato that he feels that his ninjutsu will never be taken away by others?
However, if the second customized ninjutsu is not developed well, the reputation of the ninja master will be damaged.
When Kakashi thought of the connection between Nagato and Sosuke, he thought of the evil Akatsuki organization that would wreak havoc in the ninja world in the future, and he got a headache. There were too many problems that needed to be solved, and he knew so little.
Kakashi suppressed his chaotic thoughts and looked at Mangetsu.
Currently, his strength is not enough to interfere with the ninja master, so he should focus on the current task.
"The fight begins!" the referee shouted immediately when he saw that both men were ready.
Swish!
Hozuki Mangetsu quickly drew out the sharp blade and slashed at Kakashi with chakra bursting out.
Clang!
Kakashi calmly pulled out the White Fang short blade to block the incoming blade, and the short blade and long sword collided with each other, making a crisp metallic collision sound.
"Water Style: Great Water Arm Technique!"
Mangetsu Kizuki concentrated all the water in his body into his right arm that held the knife. After being strengthened, the muscles in his right arm instantly bulged and his strength increased explosively.
Kakashi suddenly felt a sense of pressure and concentrated his breathing to increase his strength, then quickly withdrew to the rear.
"Water Style: Water Cannon Technique!"
Mangetsu Hozuki raised his left hand and made a pistol shape. A drop of liquid flew out from the fingertips of Mangetsu Hozuki's left hand and shot towards Kakashi's chest at a high speed.
But Kakashi was so cautious that he entered the state of a transparent world the moment he retreated. All of Mangetsu's actions were within Kakashi's expectations. He slightly turned his body to avoid the water drops that were like bullets.
"Huh? He actually dodged that." Mangetsu Kizuna was surprised at Kakashi's reaction ability.
Swish! !
Kakashi dodged and threw several shurikens at Kizuki Mangetsu.
When Manzuki Hozuki saw that it was an ordinary shuriken with no changes in properties and no explosive tags, she stood there without dodging, trying to lure Kakashi into launching further attacks.
However, Kakashi, who knew some information about the water transformation technique, would certainly not be fooled. He just secretly condensed his chakra and watched the shuriken pass through Mangetsu Kizuki's body and shoot to the ground.
"Tsk, that's really boring."
Seeing that Kakashi was so cautious, Manzuki Hozuki took the initiative to attack again.
"I have almost gathered enough intelligence. It is my turn to attack."
Kakashi has already figured out Mangetsu's approximate strength and has thought of a battle plan.
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