The battle is about to begin, and the contestants in the lounge have all focused their attention on Nagato and Sasori who are standing opposite each other on the battle field.
Scorpion once controlled four puppets at the same time to easily defeat his opponent in the first round of the knockout match. One could sense how difficult he was just by watching the fight.
Nagato was even more unfathomable. He had been crushing everyone from the preliminaries to the first two rounds of the knockout rounds. No matter whether it was a ninja from an unknown small village or a Konoha elite like Aburame Shiwei, they were all easily defeated by him.
Therefore, the battle between Nagato and Sasori attracted special attention.
"What kind of ninjutsu was that that ultimately led to Aburame Shiwei's defeat?" Kakashi still didn't understand what method Nagato used at that time.
Kakashi hoped that the crab still had some of its own hidden secrets, which might force Nagato to use that jutsu again.
Of course, the ideal outcome for him and Might Guy would be for Nagato to defeat Sand Crab and advance to the semi-finals.
Because they are actually quite powerful against puppeteers whose bodies are fragile.
Whether it is Kakashi or Might Guy, they both have strong explosive power. As long as the puppeteer reveals a flaw, the two of them can directly take away the puppeteer's body.
"Nagato, come on!" Yahiko shouted loudly in the audience.
He lost in the first round of the elimination tournament, and Konan lost in the second round of the elimination tournament. Now Nagato is the only one left in the Ninja Clan.
Although due to the distance and the noisy atmosphere, Nagato did not hear Yahiko's voice, his outstanding eyesight allowed him to see Yahiko standing up and waving, so he successfully received Yahiko's encouragement.
Nagato turned his attention back to Scorpion. This was his first time fighting a puppeteer.
However, Nagato was not worried about failure. The last battle was his first time fighting against a ninja who used the insect secret technique, and he still won easily.
With Mu Yue's guidance, the Rinnegan, and the encouragement of his companions, he will not lose.
"The fight begins!" the referee shouted when he saw that both men were ready.
Scorpion immediately threw out two scrolls, one of which summoned Fei Liuhu, and the other scroll produced nine puppets with different appearances.
Facing Nagato, who could release all kinds of powerful ninjutsu at will, Scorpion took out the ten puppets he had prepared in the evening in one breath. This was the maximum number of puppets he could currently control.
Putting aside the human puppet of the Third Kazekage, Scorpion is now in a serious and full-strength state.
These ten puppets were specially selected by Scorpion from among the hundreds of puppets he had made to deal with Nagato based on the intelligence he had about Nagato.
At this time, Scorpion's biggest goal has changed from reward to assassinating Kakashi, so he would not risk being exposed by using the human puppet of the Third Kazekage.
Once the news of the assassination of the Third Kazekage spreads, the Sand Village will definitely send ninjas to hunt him down, and the Ninja Clan may also drive him away, which greatly increases the difficulty of his assassination.
After summoning the puppets, the chakra lines released by Scorpion's ten fingers connected the ten puppets respectively.
"Turns out there are more than four." Nagato was a little surprised to see ten puppets appear on the field together, but his hands did not stop forming seals.
"Fire Style: Head Hard Work!"
A large amount of fire-attribute chakra gathered at Nagato's throat, turning into a small, blazing fireball that smashed toward the ground in front of Scorpion.
The fireball exploded the moment it hit the ground, turning into a blazing sea of fire. The orange-red flames spread rapidly, as if to engulf everything.
Scorpion slightly hooked his fingers, and the abdomens of the two puppets opened, revealing the blue scroll inside their bodies. Then a large amount of water gushed out, extinguishing the oncoming flames.
He came well prepared, and it would be impossible for Nagato to defeat him using ordinary ninjutsu.
Scorpion's actions shocked Maki in the audience, no, all the Sand Village people were stunned.
"Ten-machine operation!" Maki looked at Scorpion in disbelief. He didn't expect that a puppeteer with unknown background could master the skills of a top puppeteer.
For a puppeteer, the more puppets he can control to fight, the stronger his puppet manipulation skills are.
However, the premise is that the number will not excessively affect the precision of control. If controlling multiple puppets and they stumble and are unable to fight, then this obviously cannot prove the technology.
Because the essence of controlling more puppets is to enhance combat effectiveness, if the accuracy drops too seriously, then multiple puppets may be worse than one puppet.
And Scorpion in battle obviously had no problem with precision, as evidenced by his excellent puppet manipulation skills.
"He has mastered the operation of ten machines at this age..." Maki overturned his previous doubts.
Previously, because Scorpion's puppetry had the shadow of the Sand Village, Maki suspected that Scorpion was a disciple of a rebel ninja from the Sand Village.
But with the abilities that Scorpion has shown now, the ordinary Sand Village rebel ninja is obviously not worthy of it.
"Is it the missing genius puppeteer Scorpion?" Maki recalled a puppetry genius in the village who was about the same age as him.
Maki doesn't know much about Scorpio. It's not that Scorpio is a loner and has no friends, but that Scorpio is a loner.
Maki's knowledge of Scorpion was limited to the legends in the village, because not only him, but also none of his friends and friends of his friends knew Scorpion.
"He can actually control ten puppets. He really has hidden abilities." Kakashi was also surprised. He didn't expect that Scorpion had hidden so much strength.
He originally thought that Scorpion would take out two more puppets at most, but he didn't expect Scorpion to release ten puppets at the beginning, and it seemed that they were specifically targeting Nagato.
"In this case, it's hard to say who will win or lose."
Kakashi once again felt what it means that there are always people better than you. The Youth Martial Arts Tournament did not gather all the geniuses in the ninja world, and characters like Nagato and Sasori appeared there. The ninja world is too complicated.
"Lightning Release: Pseudo Darkness!"
After a little thought, Nagato chose to use Lightning Release with stronger penetrating power, preparing to use the high efficiency of Lightning Release to eliminate some puppets through single output.
But just after Nagato spit out the lightning spear, a puppet with a special tail spike moved, blocking the Pseudo-Dark's path, and then inserted the special tail spike into the ground.
Sizzle! !
The dazzling lightning enveloped the puppet, but failed to cause much damage to it.
The corner of Scorpion's mouth raised slightly. A puppeteer with information and one without information are two different things. Then the five fingers of Scorpion's left hand moved together.
Swoosh!
The mechanisms of the five puppets' legs and feet were activated, and various swords and knives extended from their hands and feet. Under Scorpion's control, they slashed towards Nagato at high speed.
"Wind Style: Suppress!"
Nagato released chakra to dodge while continuing to form hand seals and use ninjutsu.
Although two conventional ninjutsu were restrained, he mastered many ninjutsu, and he didn't believe that Scorpion could restrain all his ninjutsu.
Whoosh! !
The moment the wind ball was spit out, a strong wind blew on the field.
What followed was a huge storm with terrifying destructive power. Even the ground was torn apart by the storm, and mud and rocks were flying and dust was rising.
Nagato's guess was correct. Scorpion currently had no good way to counter the pressure tactic.
However, it just can't be restrained as perfectly as the other two ninjutsu, but it should not be a problem to deal with it.
Scorpion moved all ten fingers together, powerful chakra burst out, and the defensive puppet stood in front of the main body. At the same time, he controlled the remaining puppets to dodge and form an encirclement around Nagato.
"This young puppeteer is extraordinary. He has mastered such puppetry skills at such a young age. He will definitely become a puppet master in the future." Hanzo felt happy when he saw Nagato falling into a disadvantage.
Originally, Hanzo thought that Might Guy was the one who had a greater chance of defeating Nagato.
He also didn't expect that Scorpion was hiding so deeply, and he hadn't revealed even half of his strength during the entire fight.
Hanzo observed Mu Yue out of the corner of his eye, but found that Mu Yue still had that nonchalant expression, as if it was Scorpion, not the Ninja from the Ninja Clan, who was at a disadvantage on the field.
"Sosuke, just keep pretending. Let's see if you can still be so calm when Nagato really loses." Hanzo thought indignantly.
He has always been so concerned about the victory or defeat of the Ninja Clan, but Sosuke's attitude makes it seem that he is judging others by his own standards.
"It's indeed extraordinary. It's rare even among the top eight teams that are filled with so many geniuses." Kakuzu nodded in agreement.
Then he said: "I'm sure Mr. Hanzo will feel sorry that the Rain Ninja can't fight against such an outstanding genius. After all, there is no Rain Ninja among the top eight."
"Oh no, there are no Rain Ninjas in the elimination rounds."
Hanzo did not answer Kakuzu's words. His eyes were fixed on the arena, as if he was so absorbed in the game that he couldn't hear what Kakuzu said.
But that stern face proved that Hanzo was not in a happy mood.
Although Kakuzu's attack on him was all with the same move, it touched deep into his heart.
The next generation of Rain Ninjas are not even as good as Grass Ninjas.
Swish!
Various poisonous needles, stingers and hidden weapons shot towards Nagato, but were blocked by the curved earth wall summoned by Nagato.
Bang!
Boom!
Scorpion still controlled the puppets to chase after him, and each puppet fired at full power, like an elite ninja team.
"This puppet technique looks quite powerful." Obito said, stroking his chin.
He suddenly realized that the puppeteer was very powerful. If the puppet was strong enough, then the puppeteer's opponent would be like one against ten, and those were ten people with different abilities.
"Instead of dragging it out and exposing more information, it is better to end the battle quickly." Nagato suddenly stopped and decided to change the battle plan.
Although he wanted to save Shinra Tensei for the semi-finals or even the finals, Scorpion's puppet was too annoying.
Scorpion only left three puppets to guard him, and the remaining seven puppets surrounded and attacked Nagato from all directions.
Nagato took a deep breath and stopped where he was, no longer dodging. He quickly gathered a large amount of chakra and prepared to perform ninjutsu.
"Oh, have you given up struggling?" Scorpion felt something was wrong.
Nagato is in very good condition now, so logically he shouldn't give up so quickly, but Nagato's attitude of giving up defense actually appeared again.
After a moment's thought, Scorpion decided to control the puppet and continue attacking. No matter what, he had to seize the opportunity. After all, he was controlling the puppet and had a high tolerance for error.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Under Scorpion's control, the seven puppets launched an attack at the same time.
Some puppets released poison needles at Nagato, some puppets wielded knives and chopped at him, and some puppets spewed out flames. The attacks covered all the places where Nagato could dodge.
At this moment, even if Nagato wanted to use the instant body movement technique to dodge, it would be almost impossible to dodge, unless it was the space-time ninjutsu that allowed him to leave instantly.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The large amount of chakra that Nagato had condensed exploded instantly, and the surrounding air began to vibrate slightly, as if foreshadowing an impending storm.
The next moment, Nagato's Rinnegan shook violently, and a huge repulsive force rushed out in all directions with Nagato as the center, instantly sweeping across the entire battlefield.
Whoosh!
Faced with the powerful repulsive force, the poison needle was rebounded in the opposite direction and hit the ground and the wall.
Boom!
The flames were pushed onto the puppet itself, and a roaring sound was heard.
Snap!
The sword that was slashing towards Nagato broke instantly under the repulsive force, as if it was broken by an invisible giant hand.
BANG BANG BANG!!
All seven puppets flew backwards at high speed and embedded themselves deeply into the wall of the battle venue.
This sudden reversal of the situation made Scorpion stunned for a moment. He did not expect that Nagato would resolve the siege in this way. He did not understand what ninjutsu Nagato had just used.
"All things are attracted by the sky!"
Nagato did not miss this excellent opportunity. He raised his right hand and aimed it at Scorpion. A powerful gravitational force exploded, and instantly sucked Scorpion's body into Nagato's hand.
Scorpion's face changed instantly when he realized that his body was out of control. He wanted to control the remaining three puppets to intercept his body.
But he was a step too slow. When Scorpion's puppet approached him, Nagato's kunai was already aimed at Scorpion.
"Nagato wins!" the referee announced the result of the fight.
Seeing that the battle was over, Nagato let Scorpion go and said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, I think I broke your puppet."
After all, it's just a competition. If conditions permit, Nagato will minimize the opponent's losses.
Scorpion shook his head and said nothing. At this moment, Scorpion was still surprised by Nagato's strange strength.
"Even if I use the human puppet of the Third Kazekage, I'm afraid I may not be able to defeat him." After thinking about it carefully, Scorpion discovered something outrageous.
In a head-on battle, it would be basically impossible for him to defeat Nagato unless he had time to make complete preparations.
"There is such a genius in this competition." Scorpion suppressed the pride in his heart.
When he first started participating in the competition, Scorpion looked down on all the contestants. After all, he had killed Kage before, so how could those ninjas of similar age to him be stronger than him?
But now Scorpion had to admit that even if he tried his best, he could not win in a head-on battle.
Before leaving the arena, Scorpion looked back at Nagato, as if he wanted to remember this figure named Nagato forever.
"Although this puppeteer has some skills, it seems that the ninjas of our Ninja Clan are still better." Kakuzu said with a smile, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally glancing at the silent Hanzo.
Hanzo remained silent and did not say anything. During the battle to besiege the Ninja Clan, Nagato only had a brief burst of strength, so Hanzo didn't know much about Nagato's current strength.
After the battle, Hanzo realized that Nagato had grown to this extent.
"We can only see if Might Guy is hiding anything." Hanzo thought to himself.
The only one who can stop Nagato's progress now is Might Guy, and even Might Guy's previous performance was still a little lacking.
At this moment, there was another wave of strange silence in the lounge.
Obito opened his mouth wide, and the scene of Nagato using Shinra Tensei to kill seven puppets in one breath replayed in his mind.
If Mu Yue was around, Obito would definitely tell Mu Yue teacher that he wanted to learn this.
Compared to spitting fireballs, Nagato's Shinra Tensei is both cooler and more powerful.
"The puppet is pushed away, and the main body is like a piece of iron attracted by a magnet." Kakashi thought deeply about Nagato's ability, and had a vague idea in his mind.
"Kakashi, his ninjutsu might be the manipulation of gravity and repulsion," Shisui said softly.
"I think so too." Kakashi nodded, his expression a little solemn.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Nagato's strength was extremely abnormal.
Repulsion and attraction, what powerful abilities! However, Nagato didn't even need to form hand seals, and they were released without any warning.
"Could this be the ability of the Sage's Eye?" Kakashi thought of Nagato's Rinnegan.
If it was the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, Kakashi thought it made sense. After all, this was the Six Paths Sage who left behind countless legends.
"Yeah, me too." Obito said unwillingly.
Kakashi looked at Obito suspiciously, suspecting that Obito was just repeating himself.
"What a terrifyingly powerful guy, but he has nothing to do with me." Asuma said with a smile. He had a good attitude.
With his strength, he had a good draw to reach the quarterfinals, so Asuma didn't have any daydreams about a fierce battle with Nagato in the final.
His opponent in the battle of eight to four was Shisui. Asuma was very unsure because he had fought Shisui a few times but had never won.
"There are more than 200 ninjas participating in the competition, and ninjas from the five major ninja villages are participating. It's not bad to be in the top eight in such a competition." Asuma felt that this was an honor that he could talk about.
He was ready to go to the audience to find Mu Yue after his defeat. Mu Yue would definitely comfort and praise him instead of being unreasonably harsh like someone else.
"Even if you are my best friend, I will not hand over such a strong enemy to you." Might Guy looked at Kakashi with full fighting spirit.
It is soon their turn to fight. The winner will not only advance to the next round, but his opponent in the next round will be Nagato.
"I don't really want to snatch this kind of thing." Kakashi said honestly.
He is not a battle maniac. Kakashi is only slightly interested in the fights between his disciples. He will not have the desire to fight with someone just because he sees someone stronger.
"But I will still try my best to win."
Although he is not a battle maniac, Kakashi does not like to let down his opponent in a fight, especially to other Mu Yue disciples.
After all, they are shouldering the responsibility of changing history, and strength is very important to them.
"Hahaha." Might Guy laughed. He was waiting for Kakashi to say this.
"Kakashi, I will also fight with all my strength. Let's have a battle full of youth and passion!"
At this time, Nagato just walked back into the lounge.
"Teacher Mu Yue's disciples are really nice to each other." Nagato nodded slightly inwardly upon seeing this, but at the same time there was a hint of regret in his heart.
Although he is also a disciple of Mu Yue, he cannot recognize Kakashi and others, because once Mu Yue's identity is exposed, it will not only affect the situation in the Rain Country, but may even affect the situation in the entire ninja world.
Nagato knew that Mu Yue came to the Rain Country only because she wanted peace in the ninja world to help restore peace there, but other people and other forces might not think so.
The Daimyo of the Rain Country and Hanzo may think that Mu Yue wants to subvert the Rain Country.
Non-Konoha ninjas would think that Konoha had extraordinary ambitions and that it sent Mu Yue to establish the Ninja Clan in an attempt to replace the Rain Village in order to strengthen Konoha's power.
The Konoha ninjas might think that Mu Yue's actions were a betrayal of the village, and that she was not fulfilling her duties as a Konoha ninja by going to the Rain Country to establish the Ninja Sect, and was also helping to train the Iwagakure ninjas.
For the sake of the overall situation, Nagato could only suppress his curiosity about other disciples and act as if he wanted to keep strangers away.
"No. 11 Might Guy versus No. 15 Hatake Kakashi!" The referee's voice once again came into the locker room.
Might Guy and Kakashi looked at each other and walked towards the battle field side by side.
"Akai, come on, I believe you can win."
Obito decisively encouraged Might Guy, hoping that Might Guy could transform into a physical warfare god and beat Kakashi up like he usually did in the civil war.
"How are we going to defeat Uchiha Obito later?" Mei Terumi was no longer in the mood to watch the game. She was fully focused on the battle that would soon take place.
The lot she drew was not bad either, as her opponent in the quarterfinals was Obito, who was restrained by her water-style escape technique.
If she advances to the semi-finals, her opponent will probably be Shisui, who is also restrained by her.
But there is a problem facing Mei Terumi, that is, her record with Obito in the Chunin Exam was one loss and one win. Mei Terumi defeated Obito in the Forest of Death, but lost to him again in the third ring match.
Even with the chakra attribute restraint, Mei Terumi is not very sure that she can defeat Obito.
So Mei Terumi simply gave up watching other players' games and tried to analyze Obito's weaknesses in order to increase her chances of winning the quarterfinals.
"Might Guy, do you have any strength that you haven't shown yet?" Hanzo on the podium focused his attention on the battle field.
At this point he had stopped commenting on the contestants to prevent Kakuzu from being sarcastic.
Might Guy looked around but didn't see the green figure. He shook his head with a little regret, "What a pity! It would be better if my father came."
His father would surely be happy to see him perform well in such a big competition.
Hearing Might Guy's words, Kakashi felt a little lonely. Might Guy just didn't have time to come, but it was impossible for his father to come.
"You can go back and take the reward and talk to him again." Kakashi said after he collected himself.
Although his parents have passed away, he now has many precious things, including teachers who care about him and friends he can trust with life and death.
"Haha, you are worthy of being my best friend. What you said makes sense." Might Guy gave Kakashi a thumbs up.
The two of them didn't speak for the next minute, each adjusting their states and preparing for battle.
"The battle begins!"
"Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, open the gate, open... Dumen, open!"
The moment the referee shouted "start", Might Guy growled and immediately opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates.
As the first five gates opened, Might Guy's chakra continued to surge out, and the chakra became violent and difficult to control. A strong chakra wave suddenly spread in the air, making the atmosphere solemn.
Facing his arch-enemy, even in the testing stage, Might Guy did not dare to be careless at all. Kakashi's explosive power was obvious to all his disciples.
"Breath of Thunder, full concentration!"
Kakashi didn't hesitate at all. He concentrated his breathing and entered a state of transparent world.
Might Guy has been the first in the disciples' civil war for many years. The combination of Rock Breathing and Eight Gates Ninjutsu makes all the disciples know what simple strength is.
Might Guy doesn't have too many fancy moves. He usually starts with various whirlwind kicks. After testing and feeling that there is no problem, he will directly use physical skills such as Daytime Tiger and Golden Skyline.
But it is this unchanging routine that has left Kakashi and the others helpless until now.
Because this is simple strength, simple, but very strong.
If it weren't for the effect of the transparent world, Kakashi would not dare to stay within ten meters of Might Guy, because it would be very easy to be brought into Might Guy's physical rhythm and be taken away in one wave.
"Konoha Hand Blade Combo!"
This time, Might Guy did not choose to rush forward directly, but instead condensed a large amount of chakra in his palm and slashed towards Kakashi with several transparent energy streams.
Kakashi saw Might Guy's muscle movements through the transparent world and successfully predicted the direction of Might Guy's attack. Therefore, he did not waste chakra to use the body-flash technique, but just turned his body sideways and tilted his head.
Bang!
The missing energy hit the ground, leaving holes one after another.
Swoosh!
Then Kakashi started running and threw several shurikens at Might Guy.
Might Guy swung his fist to block the shuriken attack and retreated to the rear.
"What the hell is Kai doing? Why is he giving Kakashi so much face? Just use the instant body jutsu to step forward and kick him in the face." Obito was puzzled.
Normally they are chased and beaten by Might Guy, but today the situation turned around and Might Guy was beaten back by Kakashi's ordinary shuriken.
"Be careful of Kakashi's sword." Shisui said after thinking for a while.
Although Might Guy did not go on the Kusanagi mission, Kakashi usually practiced the Muxiang Sword in the Southern Forest, so Might Guy also knew that Kakashi had mastered a powerful Lightning Sword Technique.
Might Guy may look careless at ordinary times, but he doesn't just rush forward mindlessly when fighting.
"Well, that's true." Obito nodded as he recalled the sword strike that Kakashi made in the Kusagakure Village.
Although Might Guy's Golden Skyline is equally powerful, the Golden Skyline is done with fingers after all, while Kakashi's Thoughtless Sword is done with a weapon, and a sharp chakra sword.
In a fight between the two sides, Might Guy, with his flesh and blood body, will definitely suffer more, and there is a limit to the defense enhancement by Rock Breathing.
"I'm still not used to this."
After dodging for a while, Might Guy laughed and concentrated his breathing to the extreme and entered the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode. His originally strong body became stronger again with the change in his breathing.
At this moment, Might Guy's momentum had reached its peak. The airflow created by his powerful momentum caused the dust around Might Guy to float. Even ordinary people in the audience could feel an inexplicable pressure.
Kakashi took a deep breath and entered a state of extreme alert, ready to enter the Thunder Breathing Chakra mode to strengthen his body at any time.
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