*Thud!*
Akimichi Kichimaru crashed heavily to the ground, but Uchiha Jinpu dodged using Body Flicker Technique anyway.
"The skirmishes are over,"
With that, Uchiha Jinpu revealed his Sharingan.
What followed shocked everyone present: Akimichi, foam coming from his mouth, fell to the ground.
Satoru immediately looked at Uchiha Jinpu's Sharingan and discovered it was a three-tomoe Sharingan.
"This guy... used genjutsu. Akimichi Kichimaru seems to have fallen under it."
"So that's it. This guy's an illusionist?" Satoru pondered.
Akimichi Kichimaru's power was considerable, but against Uchiha Jinpu, he was utterly powerless.
The Akimichi clan's secret techniques were a mix of ninjutsu and taijutsu, but once caught in Uchiha clan genjutsu, it was naturally over.
Kichimaru was defeated so simply by Jinpu.
Many spectators felt some dissatisfaction because genjutsu had the least spectacle value on the arena.
The opponent fell under genjutsu, which spectators couldn't see, and by the time they noticed, the opponent was already down under genjutsu.
"Are you sure you can handle this guy's genjutsu?" Minato knew Satoru was very strong in genjutsu.
In his memory, Satoru had never fallen under genjutsu, which was very puzzling.
Even Senju Yoshime had fallen under enemy genjutsu.
"Let's just say genjutsu doesn't work on me," Satoru said very confidently.
"Even Uchiha genjutsu doesn't work on me. However, I think the opponent probably won't rely solely on genjutsu. Combining genjutsu with ninjutsu and taijutsu brings out all advantages," Satoru mused.
With this fight's end, the Third Hokage started the draw again.
For some reason, the Third really loved being the head examiner.
"Good, names are spinning!
"Good! Stop!"
Two big names appeared before everyone's eyes again.
Matsubara No versus Inuzuka Gaku.
At least one could advance, at least one would become Satoru's team's opponent.
So to gather intel on the enemy's combat abilities, the three decided to stay and watch.
This Inuzuka Gaku seemed to also be Minato Namikaze's teammate in the original history.
His abilities were obvious—Inuzuka clan beast-mimicking techniques.
As for Matsubara No, his speed was very high.
After all, Satoru had already seen his fight with another Akimichi.
Both were taijutsu-type ninjas, boiling down to explosive power and endurance.
Matsubara No's power was significantly higher than Inuzuka Gaku's, so the latter was ultimately defeated.
"This Matsubara No is very fast. If we have to fight him, we need to be extremely careful," Satoru warned.
He saw the opponent seemed to use Wind Release chakra to make his body even faster.
His speed seemed even higher than Rock Lee's during the Chunin Exam.
"Not sure who's faster," Minato was also very confident.
He too was a speed-renowned ninja.
This fight ended very quickly, and the Third made the big screen names spin again.
This time, Senju Yoshime fought Taigaku, the guy who seemed very familiar to Satoru.
Satoru recalled Uchiha Jinpu's previous warning and immediately cautioned Yoshime:
"Yoshime, good luck! But we have no info on this guy. In previous fights, he didn't show any trump cards, just ordinary ninjutsu."
Senju Yoshime waved her hand:
"Don't worry. The world's only Mokuton user, how can he fall to some nameless brat? Don't worry."
Yoshime was very confident in herself.
Minato and Satoru were also very confident in her.
But the problem was that this Taigaku was completely unknown.
Satoru saw that this person's chakra definitely far exceeded the other participants'.
"Good! Get ready! Begin!" the Third Hokage announced the start.
However, neither Yoshime nor Taigaku started for a long time, as if waiting for something.
Then their gazes met, and battle intent instantly ignited in them.
"Wood Release: Birth of the Wood World!"
"Wind Release: Cutting Wind Technique!"
Both sides used ninjutsu.
Yoshime's Birth of the Wood World instantly made countless trees grow around.
Though far from Hashirama Senju's technique in power, she was still the world's only Mokuton ninja.
Even Yamato wasn't born yet.
"Impressive indeed! Is this the First's Birth of the Wood World?! Didn't expect this girl Yoshime to have reached such a level!" the Third said in surprise.
And Taigaku continuously dodged the tree attacks.
Each time the trees were about to grab him, he used Cutting Wind Technique to sever the branches.
At the same time, Taigaku continuously moved toward Yoshime, rapidly closing in.
*Clang-clang-clang!*
Shuriken and kunai quickly flew toward Yoshime, but she immediately used Wood Release: Wood Binding Wall for defense.
For a while, their fight blazed with incredible intensity.
"Very capable. With such Kekkei Genkai as Mokuton, putting me in this position, you're very strong too. However, the fight ends now," Taigaku suddenly said.
"Ends?"
In everyone's opinion, this fight should last another ten minutes before a result.
But Taigaku suddenly said it would end.
"Don't brag! Try touching me first!"
Yoshime was very confident, or rather, somewhat arrogant.
However, with Mokuton, Yoshime had the right to arrogance.
Taigaku wasn't lying.
He immediately formed seals and said:
"Summoning Technique!"
Then, Baku appeared on the ground instantly!
Yes, the Dream Devourer!
Now Satoru instantly understood who was before him.
"There it is! No wonder that guy seemed so familiar to me! Turns out, he's a clone created by Danzou in the laboratory and possessing the Hyuga Byakugan?!" Satoru knew the strength of this guy. Even he himself had a very hard time with him, let alone Yoshime.
"Using enhancement from Wind Release, this guy will be very fast! Wood Style, though very powerful, won't be able to catch such a fast Taigaku!"
*Heh-heh-heh!*
The Dream Devourer opened its maw and began forcefully sucking in air toward Yoshime. And she used Wood Style to entangle the Dream Devourer.
Using the properties of Wood Style, Yoshime easily dealt with the Dream Devourer.
And in the next second, Yoshime took a punch to the face. It turned out that unbeknownst to her, Taigaku was already standing behind her back.
"Use everything you have to distract the opponent's attention... then suddenly attack and win? Very cunning, but very effective!" Satoru pondered to himself.
"Sorry, I've already won," Taigaku raised his hand and headed toward the stands.
Yoshime was immediately carried away on a stretcher by the medical team.
Seeing Yoshime's defeat, Satoru involuntarily felt a pang in his heart.