Fight and Win

Faced with the flying kunai, Uchiha Yuan's hands flashed through seals.

Bang~

A cloud of smoke appeared, and a wooden stake replaced the spot where Uchiha Yuan had been.

Thud, thud, thud~ The kunai all embedded themselves in the wooden stake.

At the same time, Uchiha Yuan used the cover of the smoke and rushed toward Asuma with a Body Flicker.

Uchiha Yuan used the Body Flicker Technique instead of Teleportation because Teleportation would carry some spatial fluctuations with it. Uchiha Yuan was not sure whether the Third Hokage could sense those fluctuations, so he chose to use the Body Flicker Technique to advance.

In battles between Genin, the Body Flicker Technique still held a huge advantage. A Genin who knew this technique would be far superior to the other side in both speed and burst power.

And when Sarutobi Asuma saw Uchiha Yuan vanish instantly from within the smoke, he also realized that Uchiha Yuan had already mastered the Body Flicker Technique.

Sarutobi Asuma immediately threw a Smoke Bomb onto the ground to hide his figure, then determined Uchiha Yuan's approximate position through the direction in which the smoke flowed.

Sarutobi Asuma formed seals with both hands. "Fire Style: Flame Bullet!"

He used the smoke's flow to judge my approximate position? Not bad! As expected of the Third Hokage's son, Uchiha Yuan thought when he saw the huge fireball flying toward him.

Of course, thinking was one thing, but Uchiha Yuan's hands were not idle. He swiftly formed seals, and a massive fireball burst from his mouth to meet Sarutobi Asuma's Flame Bullet.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique vs. Fire Style: Flame Bullet.

Both were C-rank, both were Fire Style, and even their ninjutsu effects were more or less the same. Who won would depend on who poured a greater Chakra Amount into the technique.

Boom~ The two fireballs collided, and the blast of hot air directly scattered the smoke.

Only then did the watching crowd clearly see the situation on the field.

The Third Hokage glanced at the two fireballs and knew that Asuma had lost this exchange.

Although Uchiha Yuan's Great Fireball had been launched later, it had clearly been infused with more chakra than Asuma's Flame Bullet, and its power was greater as well.

From this, it could be seen that Uchiha Yuan's chakra control was far stronger than Asuma's.

The facts were just as the Third Hokage had thought. Uchiha Yuan's Great Fireball Technique broke through Asuma's Flame Bullet.

Then Uchiha Yuan used the aftershock of the Great Fireball Technique's explosion and vanished from Sarutobi Asuma's sight with a Body Flicker.

After Asuma dodged the Great Fireball's explosion, he discovered that Uchiha Yuan had actually disappeared. He quickly looked around, but he could not find Uchiha Yuan's figure.

Sarutobi Asuma hesitated for a moment, then chose to directly force Uchiha Yuan to show himself.

He leaped high into the air and formed seals again, first releasing Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, then immediately releasing Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. The Wind Release amplified the Fire Style, and the enhanced Phoenix Sage Fire Technique fell all around Asuma.

After releasing three ninjutsu in succession, Sarutobi Asuma had already consumed more than half of his chakra.

However, Sarutobi Asuma felt that Uchiha Yuan's situation should be about the same. Although the Body Flicker Technique consumed slightly less chakra than an average C-rank ninjutsu, Uchiha Yuan had poured extra chakra into his Great Fireball Technique just now.

Calculated like this, Uchiha Yuan should also have used three C-rank ninjutsu. They were still on the same starting line, so he had nothing to fear.

As several clusters of flame fell, Uchiha Yuan's figure was discovered by Sarutobi Asuma. He pulled out shuriken and shot them toward Uchiha Yuan from an extremely tricky angle.

Then Sarutobi Asuma saw Uchiha Yuan's pupils turn red.

With the dynamic vision of the Sharingan, Uchiha Yuan locked onto the kunai's attack angle. He merely turned slightly to the side and avoided Sarutobi Asuma's shuriken.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Asuma gritted his teeth and decided to use the ninjutsu he had kept hidden as his trump card.

If one shuriken could not hit him, then what about ten? A hundred?

Asuma once again flung a handful of shuriken at Uchiha Yuan, then his hands rapidly formed seals. "Ox—Dog—Dragon—Rat—Dog—Boar—Snake—Tiger."

On the platform, the Third Hokage watched the seals Asuma formed, and his brows furrowed as he thought, Those seals are for the Shuriken Shadow Clone? When did he learn that?

As Asuma finished forming seals, the shuriken he had thrown instantly turned into several dozen.

Seeing this, the Third Hokage was somewhat disappointed. His Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique could create tens of thousands of shuriken in an instant to attack.

Asuma had only learned the barest surface of it. On top of that, his Chakra Amount was insufficient, so he could only split them into a few dozen shuriken. He could not bring out even one percent of the Shuriken Shadow Clone's power.

If this is Asuma's trump card, then he should be about to lose, the Third Hokage thought.

Several dozen kunai shot toward Uchiha Yuan from all directions, seemingly sealing off every path of retreat.

Asuma felt that no matter how strong the Sharingan's dynamic vision was, Uchiha Yuan should have nowhere to dodge this time. The teacher or the old man should have to make a move to save him.

Thinking of this, Asuma turned his head to glance at the teacher and the Third Hokage, only to find that they had no intention of taking action.

Asuma's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly turned back to look toward Uchiha Yuan.

Facing these kunai, Uchiha Yuan neither dodged nor evaded, simply allowing the kunai to hit him.

Splash~ Uchiha Yuan, who had been stabbed into a hedgehog by the kunai, turned into a puddle of water.

"A Water Clone! How is that poss—"

Sarutobi Asuma was halfway through speaking when he suddenly felt a chill at his neck. He turned his head slightly, only to discover that Uchiha Yuan's kunai was already pressed against his neck, a pair of scarlet Sharingan staring at him without the slightest emotion.

"When did you use the Water Clone?" Sarutobi Asuma asked, his face full of unwillingness.

"During the interval between your Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Great Breakthrough. At that time, all your attention was on preparing to release Great Breakthrough in succession, while the fireballs from Phoenix Sage Fire Technique blocked part of your vision.

"I formed the seals by taking advantage of that opportunity. From where they were standing at that angle over there, they should have been able to see me create the Water Clone very clearly." Uchiha Yuan pointed toward the Third Hokage and the teacher.

When Sarutobi Asuma heard this, he gave a bitter laugh. No wonder they had shown no intention of intervening just now. So that was what had happened.

"I surrender. Uchiha Yuan, you win!"

Uchiha Yuan smiled faintly at that, put away his kunai, and his Sharingan vanished as well.

When the students heard Sarutobi Asuma admit defeat, they all looked very surprised.

"Asuma actually lost?" Shiranui Genma said, his face full of astonishment.

"Did Uchiha Yuan become that much stronger after activating the Sharingan?" Yūhi Kurenai said.

"It probably wasn't just because of the Sharingan, right? Uchiha Yuan's ninjutsu and taijutsu are also impressive, and he's learned the Body Flicker Technique like Hyuga Asana," Morino Ibiki said.

"Who would've thought Uchiha Yuan had already gotten this strong?" Obito said in a complicated tone.

Over at Class 2, everyone was also talking at once.

Clearly, Uchiha Yuan defeating Sarutobi Asuma had surprised them too.

This was Hokage-sama's son!