Fierce Ranking Battles; Elites Gather from Every Nation

The moment the barrier sealed shut, the air suddenly froze.

Five hundred boys and girls were scattered across a circular arena three hundred meters in diameter.

They stood only a few dozen meters apart, and any rash move could trigger a chain reaction.

"Don't rush into fighting."

Shikamaru quietly told Ino and Choji beside him.

"Observe first..."

Before he could finish, the first clash erupted on the other side of the arena!

Three Amegakure graduates formed hand seals at the same time.

"Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"

Three streams of water merged into a massive wave and swept toward the nearest Sunagakure team.

The Sunagakure boys remained calm and pressed both hands to the ground.

"Earth Release: Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

A stone wall rose from the ground and blocked the wave.

But at that moment, a golden figure leaped high from behind the stone wall.

"Too slow!"

Naruto Uzumaki crossed his hands before his chest. Nine clones exploded into white smoke and lunged at the three Amegakure shinobi from different directions!

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?!"

Cries of surprise rose from the stands.

Minato Namikaze smiled and nodded.

"That kid has finally learned to control the number of clones."

Three feinted, three sealed off their escape routes, and three formed hand seals to prepare ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

The three clones unleashed the technique together. The airflow turned into invisible blades and completely scattered the Amegakure trio's Water Release.

"One down!"

Naruto's original body landed and grinned.

A number appeared beside his name on the scoreboard.

"That idiot Naruto... he got off to a ridiculously fast start."

Sasuke clicked his tongue as two tomoe slowly spun within his dark eyes.

He remained where he was, but someone had already marked him as a target.

Three Cloud boys closed