Leaving aside the examinees in the rest area, each harboring their own thoughts, the battle in the arena gradually reached a fever pitch.
Rumble...
Under Naruto's near-saturating Rasengan Barrage, the once-level ground was instantly pitted with craters. Shira's room to maneuver was gradually compressed until he was finally forced into a corner.
"Fourth Activation, open!"
Facing such a predicament, Shira had no choice but to further intensify his body's activation.
Whoosh...
In an instant, Shira's speed surged dramatically after activating the Fourth Activation. As he moved at high speed, he left a long afterimage trailing across the arena!
Once speed reached a certain threshold, the number of enemies ceased to be a problem.
Shira, with the Fourth Activation open, had reached that threshold. In this state, his speed and reactions completely overwhelmed Naruto's Shadow Clones in their normal state.
Thud, thud, thud...
Thus, the muffled sounds of Naruto's Shadow Clones being blown apart rang out without end. Amid the puffs of white smoke from the dispersing clones, the number of Naruto's Shadow Clones in the arena rapidly dwindled at a visible rate.
In the rest area.
Sakura anxiously said, "H-how can he be that fast?"
With Sakura's current perception, her eyes simply could not track Shira after he activated the Fourth Activation. In her view, the arena was filled only with Shira's afterimages and Naruto's Shadow Clones being blown apart one after another.
Neji's expression darkened as well, because even with his Byakugan, he was finding it extremely difficult to clearly follow Shira's movements.
Rock Lee said to Guy at that moment, "Guy-sensei, Shira is even faster now than he was during the second exam!"
Guy nodded, his face full of emotion. "It's simply incredible. This level of bodily activation is almost equivalent to opening the Fifth Gate, the Gate