A Challenge

After listening to Yichen's words, the Cloud ninja pondered for a moment and asked, "How can I confirm that your information is valuable enough?"

"Hehe, you can judge for yourself."

"Alright, if we lose a match, I'll promise the Cloud ninja we won't enter the Land of Earth for a day. If we win a match, you'll give us some information."

"Hehe, senior, you're overthinking it. My information isn't that worthless."

The Cloud ninja frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Then what do you intend to do?"

"If you can win thirty matches, I will give you the intelligence."

Boom~~

"You're ditching me!" With that, the Cloud ninja stomped on the ground, creating a large crack.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited. Don't worry, the information I give you will definitely satisfy you. You can judge its value for yourself later," Yichen said slowly and deliberately.

The Cloud ninja narrowed his eyes and said, "Thirty matches are too many. Even if all the Genin in your East Front Camp took turns participating in a three-on-three match, it wouldn't be enough."

"Hehe, senior knows our camp very well. How about this, Genin can compete, Chunin can too, and one Chunin competition counts as five matches. How about that?" Yichen said slowly.

"That's feasible, that's feasible," the Cloud ninja said. "Then, how many battles are counted as First Shinobi War Elite Jonin battle?"

Yichen's gaze sharpened, and he said, "If you agree, we can just count it as thirty matches."

As soon as they finished speaking, the two broke away from the group and charged at each other.

As Yichen charged forward, he activated Porcelain Release, and a large amount of mud immediately surged towards the Cloud ninja layer by layer, according to Yichen's will.

Upon Cloud ninja's gaze sharpened, and he thought, "As expected, it's Muddy. The person mentioned in Kuromaya's intelligence report as developing a new Kekkei Genkai is this very person."

Thinking of this, a flash of killing intent appeared in the eyes of the Cloud ninja, and then he increased his speed as he rushed towards Yichen.

Yichen had never seen this Cloud ninja in the original story, so he guessed that the Cloud ninja's strength was probably that of an ordinary Elite Jonin. Although elite Elite Jonin who were good at speed were more troublesome, Yichen was not worried.

This is perfect for practicing Porcelain Release.

Layers of mud surged toward the Cloud ninja, only to be repeatedly broken through by the enemy and kept getting closer to Yichen.

Lightning Release does indeed have a significant impact on Porcelain Release. With the enhancement of Lightning Release Chakra, each time the Cloud ninja forcefully pushes through the mud, some of the mud temporarily loses control.

However, the mud did not pose much of a barrier to the opponent. After the opponent broke through three layers of barriers without slowing down, Yichen changed his method of blocking.

As the Cloud ninja made its fourth impact on the mud, the mud suddenly changed shape and turned into hard rock.

Boom! The rocks failed to stop the Cloud ninja, who was still smashed through a large hole. However, the massive impact noticeably reduced the Cloud ninja's speed.

Then, for the fifth and Six Paths obstacles, Yichen used the same method. By this time, Ming Cloud ninja's speed had dropped to a level even slower than Yichen's.

The mud that had been left behind took this opportunity to catch up.

The Cloud ninja were immediately surrounded by mud.

The Cloud ninja naturally unwilling to surrender and even tried to change direction and break out of the encirclement.

However, under the control of Yichen, the mud can freely transform between mud and rock states.

Whenever the Cloud ninja charged, the mud would turn into rocks to block them. And when the Cloud ninja went in another direction, the rocks would turn back into mud and quickly approach the Cloud ninja, shrinking the encirclement.

After several rounds, the Cloud ninja lost its greatest advantage in speed and quickly showed signs of weakness.

However, just as Yichen thought that Porcelain Release would work again, he heard the Cloud ninja shout angrily, "Storm Release - Blue Light Dance".

Then, a large amount of blue light suddenly appeared in Yichen's vision. This blue light then quickly covered all the mud that Yichen had used to besiege the Cloud ninja.

The mud instantly lost its connection with Yichen, turning into rocks and scattering in all directions. The remaining blue light, however, relentlessly continued to rapidly approach Yichen's location.

Fortunately, Yichen reacted quickly enough to know something was wrong the moment the blue light appeared. He immediately released the hand seals that held the mud, used the Body Flicker Technique to create distance, and then began to Hand Seals to cast the Light-Weight Rock Technique.

Because the mud bought Yichen time, Yichen had already successfully flown into the air by the time the Blue Light Impact the area where he was.

"Phew, I was careless. I knew the Cloud ninja had already obtained information about Porcelain Release, yet I still thought it could be used to my Porcelain Release. I underestimated the power of the Great Ninja Village."

The reason why ninja villages are powerful is because they have a variety of talents, and no matter what abilities their enemies have, they can find ways to counter them.

Clearly, this Storm Release, also Kekkei Genkai, is the method that the Cloud ninja found to counter Porcelain Release.

Lightning restrains Earth Storm Release, a fusion of water and lightning, has a significant advantage over Yichen, a fusion of water and earth, created by Porcelain Release.

Yichen was in the air, sensed that there was no longer any connection between himself and the mud that had been hit by the Storm Release.

Not only did they fail to defeat the enemy, but they also exposed their intelligence, Yichen somewhat unhappy.

However, this First Shinobi War was not without its gains; at least Yichen figured out some uses of the Porcelain Release.

The blue light disappeared after a short while, Cloud ninja reappeared. But looking at Yichen floating in the air, the Cloud ninja frowned. He could fly?

His Storm Release is indeed a ranged attack Ninjutsu, but it still has a range limitation and is not powerful enough to deal with flying ninjas.

With one in the sky and the other on the ground, it seemed they could only passively take the beating. The Cloud ninja's heart sank.

Cloud ninja was in pain, Yichen was also suffering.

Back when Yichen first learned the Yichen -Light-Weight Rock Technique, this Ninjutsu greatly helped him. In battle, Yichen was able to launch attacks while remaining invincible.

However, most of the opponents Yichen encounters now have a certain ranged attack capability. If Yichen's flight altitude does not reach a certain level, he basically cannot guarantee his own safety.

However, if Yichen is too far from the ground, it will be unable to inflict effective damage on the enemy.

In this way, the Light-Weight Rock Technique becomes useless to Yichen except for dodging attacks.

Originally Yichen could fight Ninjutsu -type ninjas in close combat, using the attack power of his Sword Qi energy to gain an advantage. In addition, Yichen's Hand Seals were fast, which often allowed him to win easily.

Dealing with close-combat ninjas is quite troublesome. Yichen needs to use the Body Flicker Technique to create distance while simultaneously using Ninjutsu to suppress his opponent.

Later, with the development of the Porcelain Release Bloodline Limit, Yichen had a more effective way to deal with close-combat ninjas.

However, Yichen is now in trouble. Although the Cloud ninja in front of him is a close-combat ninja, he possesses Kekkei Genkai counters Porcelain Release, which is the first time Yichen has experienced the discomfort of being countered.

Considering that the Iwa ninja were not in a position to fight the Cloud ninja at the moment, and that even if they won, they could not kill the Kumo ninja, Yichen decided not to make a move after considering his various options.

This person isn't Minato Namikaze; it's not worth revealing information to test him.

After a brief standoff, Yichen spoke first, "Senior, how about we call this a draw?"

The Cloud ninja's eyes flashed, and he nodded, saying, "Okay."

Yichen clapped his hands and laughed, "That's good. Now, can we talk about the competition?"

"Hmph, as you wish." The man replied and returned to the Cloud ninja team. After a while, Yichen saw a small Cloud ninja force of about fifty people arrive.

These people must have arrived with that Elite Jonin after receiving the message, but they were slow; Yichen's side had already fought a battle before they arrived.

Although Yichen's side had fewer people, he wasn't panicked. Right now, both the Iwa ninja and the Cloud ninja were in a situation where neither side wanted to suffer a loss, but neither wanted to escalate the situation.

Therefore, Yichen didn't care how many people the other side had, and both sides were aware of this. When Yichen appeared here with his men before, those Cloud Ninja squad didn't even think about running away.

Once everyone had arrived, Yichen spoke up, "Senior, um, I haven't yet had the pleasure of asking how to address you."

The one who answered Yichen was the Jonin who had been there from the beginning and had been slightly injured by the Combination Ninjutsu attack, "This is Lord Tanimoto Naoto, the captain of the escort team sent by our Cloud ninja to the Tanimoto Naoto Land of Iron."

Yichen's lips twitched. He knew that the Cloud ninja were using the guise of escorting the envoy, but hearing Cloud ninja say it with his own ears still left him speechless.

Taking a deep breath, Yichen said, "Senior Tanimoto Naoto, may I ask if the competition may begin?"

Tanimoto Naoto said, "Okay, let's have the Genin compete in the first match."

"No, no, no. It's the second match. We won the first one before you arrived. You can ask your men if you don't believe me."

The three Cloud ninja who had lost their battle lowered their heads upon hearing this, fearing that Tanimoto Naoto would question them.

Tanimoto Naoto had, of course, already heard the report from his subordinates, but he didn't want to admit it.

Yichen also saw through this, and before the other party could speak, he preemptively said, "Senior wouldn't refuse to admit defeat, would he? If so, there's no point in us continuing the competition."

"Hmph, the second match, starting soon." After saying that, he gestured to a Jonin who had just arrived beside him.

The Jonin nodded, then whispered a few words to his three subordinates.

A short while later, three Genin emerged from the Cloud ninja's side.

Tanimoto Naoto didn't want to follow Yichen's line of thinking, but he also wanted to see the Iwa ninja's new tactics.

The Iwa ninja squad that appeared wasn't as fortunate as the first squad, as two out of the three members happened to be able to perform Combination Ninjutsu.

However, two of the three could Earth Release, which was the most common skill in the East Front Camp. After all, the number of Iwa ninja ninjas who had mastered Earth Release was the highest, and this number far exceeded the total number of ninjas with the other four elements combined.

However, a large portion of these ninjas did not know Earth Style Ninjutsu; their Ninjutsu talent was insufficient, and they had not spent much time learning Ninjutsu before.

Both members of this team learned Ninjutsu at Yichen's request.

The three were of average talent and their strength was not outstanding among the Genin. Yichen chose to bring them along because the three of them cooperated exceptionally well.

This tacit understanding was further enhanced after learning Ninjutsu.

The battle went smoothly. The two did not use Ninjutsu at first, but instead chose to fight evasively. Later, they seized an opportunity. One of them used Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall to block the attack, while the other used Rock-Scattering Jutsu on the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall that had just blocked the enemy's attack.

The Cloud ninja hadn't expected this technique, and upon seeing the Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, the three of them seized the opportunity to rush towards the Iwa ninja.

Then, caught off guard, they were attacked by the Rock-Scattering Jutsu, losing one of their members. After a hard-fought three-on-two battle, the Iwa ninja narrowly won.

In the end, the Iwa ninja won the match at the cost of losing two players.

"Hehe, we won the second match again." Yichen was in a good mood.