"Watch out below!"
Hyuga Mo had kept his Byakugan activated when he suddenly shouted a warning.
At the same time, the ground abruptly exploded, and a black shadow shot out from beneath it.
The black shadow immediately fired a sharp glint of cold light toward Hyuga Mo.
Boom!
Uchiha Yuan flashed to the black shadow's side and threw a heavy punch, smashing it apart and sending fragments flying everywhere.
It was a puppet.
Almost at the same time, Senju Gen appeared beside Hyuga Mo, grabbed him, and leaped away with him, dodging the cold glint fired from the puppet.
That glint was a poisoned needle. Aida Kai, who was nearby, failed to dodge in time and was struck in the arm. In an instant, that arm turned an eerie inky blue.
Uchiha Yuan immediately flicked out several bursts of finger force, sealing the acupoints around Aida Kai's arm from a distance and stopping the poison from spreading through his body.
"Quick, circulate your Chakra and force out the poisoned blood."
Then Uchiha Yuan flashed to Aida Kai's side.
With a flip of his right hand, a kunai appeared in his grip. He then slashed Aida Kai's wrist with it, cutting open a wound.
Foul-smelling poisoned blood immediately gushed from the wound.
Aida Kai seemed scared senseless. Only after standing frozen for over ten seconds did he begin circulating the Chakra in his body and forcing out the poisoned blood as Uchiha Yuan had instructed.
Uchiha Yuan swept a cold gaze around. There were twelve Genin across four squads. After only one exchange, one had died and three had been injured.
Still, he understood that Genin like them, fresh out of the Ninja Academy, were merely cannon fodder. Only by surviving the battlefield could they become qualified combatants.
Then he looked