Shuichi Barrage

"That's about it. I definitely can't figure out how Yin Release Chakra controls puppets right now." Shuichi felt that he had achieved his goal in this exchange and planned to launch an offensive to end the match directly.

Although he had a lot on his mind, the others in the examination room had no idea. They only saw him retreat to a safe distance after an unsuccessful attack, and they all thought the game would enter a relatively deadlocked phase.

Shuichi raised his hands and quickly Hand Seals, shouting, "Shadow Clone Jutsu Clone Technique!"

"BOOM!"

As he cast his spell, many identical versions of himself appeared around him, totaling nearly 20 people, seemingly filling the entire space.

"They're attacking!" Tekki exclaimed, becoming more alert. "Such a large number must be ordinary clones, no, perhaps Shadow Clone are mixed in. Are they trying to launch a close-range attack on me while we're in the chaos?"

After completing the clone, Shuichi saw that the opponent did not make any move and knew that the Hidden Weapons in the puppet would be launched at him later. He knew that he would have to take the initiative to attack.

"Whoosh!" All of Shuichi rushed towards Tekki together, forming a huge and spectacular crowd, but everyone knew that most of them were just ordinary clones used as an illusion.

Tekki was not intimidated by the sea of people in front of him. Instead, he calmly waited for Shuichi's large group to run a distance before he once again controlled his puppets to launch an attack.

"Crack!" Following Tekki's command, a large portion of the puppet, which originally had many legs, detached from the puppet body and flew horizontally towards Shuichi.

"BOOM!"

Many clones disappeared upon being touched, but a few took advantage of the moment when visibility was somewhat chaotic to scatter and continue forward, soon approaching the main puppet and Tekki.

Tekki remained calm. Even though the Puppeteer's Taijutsu were a weakness, he had decided to settle the score with Shuichi in close combat, and this was a risk he had to take. Therefore, the puppet itself did not move hastily, while his attention was highly focused.

"There are no traces of Earth Release being used on the ground." Tekki quickly glanced at Shuichi's initial position and the rest of the field. "Then the main body must be among these clones. I need to find a way to hit all the clones at the most crucial moment, leaving them nowhere to hide, while also being prepared to withstand an attack head-on."

"As long as the Toxin takes effect, I have a chance to win!"

As they drew closer, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, with everyone intently watching the upcoming exchange.

When the two were only a few meters apart, Tekki's already positioned chakra instantly gave commands to the puppet, and the giant insect puppet exploded. Upon closer inspection, however, it was not shattered, but rather the result of its own active command.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." The puppet's numerous outer shell fragments split open again, and the overwhelming barrage of hidden Hidden Weapons resembled a blooming flower. Each of these outer shell fragments shot out steel needles and Senbon. Tekki's all-out gamble unleashed a comprehensive AOE attack on the front.

"BOOM!"

The clones of Shuichi in front of him were completely unable to dodge this close-range, wide-area attack. Three or four of them disappeared instantly after being hit again; these were all ordinary clones.

Although Tekki's desperate attack was quite threatening, the difference in reaction speed between the two sides was obvious. Shuichi had already prepared his next strategy the moment Ironclad was about to make his move.

Of all the close-range clones, two moved swiftly to stand side-by-side in front of one of the Shuichi before the puppet fragments exploded, using their bodies to block all the attacks aimed at Shuichi.

Tekki's puppet disintegration technique is indeed very powerful in close-range burst damage, but its drawback is that it only lasts for a very short time, and all of its weapons are needle-like and lack sufficient destructive power. Even if they are poisonous, they cannot make the Shadow Clone disappear quickly due to severe injuries.

"BOOM!"

After blocking all the attacks in a short period of time, the two Shadow Clone exploded one after another, while Shuichi's main body behind him was completely unharmed and ready to counterattack.

"Not good!" Realizing that Shuichi's main body was already quite close, Tekki immediately took control of the small beetle puppet that was less than half a meter long.

This is another puppet inside the complete puppet body. Because it is very small, it does not have the mechanism to install ranged ninja tools, as it cannot store a sufficient number of tools.

Therefore, this is a small puppet that is quite powerful in close combat, possessing sharp blades, and is Tekki's last resort after his ultimate attack.

Just as the small beetle flew towards Shuichi from the side, Shuichi vanished from its attack range in a flash.

"Shadow Leaf Dance!"

Shuichi first used a high-intensity Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique Slash), using all his strength to dive towards the ground. Because of the rapid movement, almost touching the ground, his figure briefly disappeared from his opponent's sight.

As he got close to Tekki, he braced himself on the ground with one hand, his body inverted, and kicked Tekki in the chin.

This is the move that Rock Lee used in the original work, which Sasuke Uchiha copied and used to defeat the Yoroi Akadō Taijutsu. Shuichi practiced it when he had nothing to do and found that this move was a bit harmful to the body, especially the instantaneous pressure on the arms. This is the price to pay for catching the opponent off guard.

However, if you use it occasionally, you can avoid most of the backlash by protecting your body with chakra. As long as you don't use it too often, your opponent will have a hard time reacting the first time they encounter it.

"Damn it!" Tekki was kicked straight into the air. Although he was still conscious, his body was unable to react for a short time. The heavy blow to his chin made him a little dizzy.

With a "whoosh!" Shuichi flashed into the air, gently braced one hand against Tekki's body, and then gently pushed him on the waist, causing Tekki's body to spin uncontrollably.

Using the momentum, Shuichi's body tumbled in the air, and he swung back with a kick, striking Tekki's arm joint directly.

"Crack!" The arm, unprotected by the steel plate, seemed to have been broken by Shuichi, making a sound of bone breaking. "Ah!"

As Tekki cried out in pain, Shuichi's attack wasn't over yet. Using the force of his downward kick, he spun around in mid-air, his right fist lashing out like a whip at Tekki's throat. "Bang!"

Tekki's voice abruptly stopped. As he fell from the air, he was unconsciously slammed to the ground by Shuichi's knee again. The moment he landed, Shuichi spun around and delivered a heavy kick, his heel striking Tekki's upper body directly with a "thud!"

"Super Invincible Shuichi Barrage!" Although he was a master of plagiarism, he felt no shame at all. Instead, he gave his cool combo a name that he thought was very awesome. If anyone wanted to copy it in the future, Shuichi wouldn't allow it if they didn't call out his name.

Looking at Tekki again, he was indeed wearing a relatively thick steel plate on his upper body, but under Shuichi's final heavy kick, even the armor was visibly deformed, as if it had sunk into his body, making people's scalps tingle.

Kamizuki Ryūun, standing on the sidelines, quickly ran between the two, effectively stopping Shuichi's possible follow-up attack.

As Shuichi landed, he pushed off the ground with his other foot, performing a backflip and landing gracefully. "This is the real deal. What's the point of lying on the ground with the enemy? How can I call this a continuous barrage?"

Kamizuki Ryūun bent down to check on Tekki's condition. The ground was about to crack from the impact, and Tekki was completely unconscious, spitting blood, with his abdomen sunken and one hand in a strange bent position, indicating that it was broken.

"Takeda Shuichi wins!"

After making the announcement, quickly call over the Medical Ninja from the sidelines. Tekki looks terrible; I just hope he's not completely crippled.