Ruthlessly Suppress

The illusion took hold.

Genma immediately felt his body signaling a powerful sense of lethargy to his consciousness.

His body was telling his brain, telling his consciousness, that he had to sleep at once.

At this moment, the flow of Genma's chakra was in disarray.

This was because his body's self-perception had been altered by Uchiha Enjin's illusion.

To achieve this, one must first penetrate the target's own chakra protective layer, which is why it is necessary to disrupt the target's chakra flow first.

To dispel an illusion, one simply needs to restore the flow of chakra, allowing one to regain control of the body through their own chakra and purge the external influence.

This is the fundamental principle behind dispelling illusions.

However, the moment Genma realized he had been caught in an illusion, his powerful mental will easily regained control over the turbulent chakra within his body.

In less than a second, the illusion was broken.

Immediately following this, Genma backhanded an illusion of his own at Uchiha Enjin.

Demonic Illusion: Spider Bind!

Thud!

Uchiha Enjin, who was less than five meters away from Genma, suddenly lost all function. He slammed into the ground with a loud crash, sliding forward a distance before coming to a stop right in front of Genma.

At this very moment, Uchiha Enjin's eyes were still wide open, filled with an expression of utter disbelief.

"An illusion... I actually fell for his Binding Technique!"

"How is this possible?"

Uchiha Enjin was shocked to his core.

He hurriedly attempted to dispel the illusion, but his body remained completely immobile.

The Sharingan was useless!

Uchiha Enjin felt that the ocular power of his Sharingan was actually being suppressed by his opponent's illusion!

This made him almost suspect that he had been caught in an illusion within an illusion.

Otherwise, how could such an absurd thing happen?

He was an Uchiha, after all, and he had awakened the Sharingan, even if it was only a single tomoe.

Among fellow genin, even the Kurama Clan of the past could not claim to suppress an Uchiha who had awakened the Sharingan.

Seeing that the Sharingan could not break the illusion, Uchiha Enjin tried to bite his tongue to snap out of it, only to immediately discover that he couldn't even move his tongue.

"Damn it, how does his illusion feel no worse than a three-tomoe Sharingan!"

Uchiha Enjin was nearly driven mad.

On the spectator platform, Shiranui Genma, Ebisu, Yuhi Kurenai, and the others all watched with wide eyes.

"It's that illusion!"

Sarutobi Asuma shouted with some excitement.

Three days ago, he had also been taken out in seconds by this very illusion.

At the time, he had felt deeply ashamed, believing it was only because he had been careless.

Now, an Uchiha who had awakened his eyes had also been taken out in seconds.

It seemed he wasn't just too weak after all!

Uchiha Obito's eyes widened: "No way, right?"

"Big Brother Enjin has awakened the Sharingan!"

Kakashi snorted coldly: "That is why you shouldn't always have the Sharingan on your lips."

"Even if you awaken the Sharingan, it doesn't mean you will definitely win!"

Uchiha Obito was left speechless by the retort.

In the surveillance room.

Namikaze Minato was also quite shocked: "He actually suppressed the Sharingan!"

Hatake Sakumo was not surprised at all: "If we are talking about talent, Genma's talent in Yin Release surpasses his Yang Release and Lightning Release."

"This Binding Technique is something he developed himself."

"Even if it were me, if I were caught in it, it would be very difficult to break free using my own power in a short time."

Namikaze Minato gained an intuitive understanding of Genma's strength: "At this level, it's no worse than the three-tomoe Sharingan of the Uchiha!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also very surprised.

Previously, Hatake Sakumo's praise of Genma hadn't felt quite so tangible, but based on this battle alone, he could judge that as this child grew, he would surely become an illusion master capable of standing toe-to-toe with the Uchiha.

He would likely be even stronger than Yuhi Shinku is now.

And Yuhi Shinku was already one of the few jonin in Konoha who specialized in illusions and was not part of the Uchiha clan.

As for the Kurama Clan, they have already fallen into decline; while chunin are common, it has been many years since they managed to cultivate a single jonin.

Thinking of this child's father, Yu Fenglan, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately said, "Sakumo, you must cultivate this child well."

"Once he is promoted to chunin, let him choose a genjutsu discipline from the village's archives!"

Hatake Sakumo felt secretly happy for his disciple and immediately nodded, "Yes, I will inform him of the Third Hokage's and the village's investment in him!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, in a very good mood.

On the field.

The examiner also cast a sidelong glance, taking a long moment before announcing Kazekaze Genma the winner.

With the genjutsu dispelled, Uchiha Enjin climbed up from the ground, looking at Kazekaze Genma with a complex expression, "You are strong!"

"But this is not because the Sharingan is inferior to you; it is simply because I have only just awakened my Sharingan and my skills are not yet refined."

Kazekaze Genma chuckled to himself, then nodded earnestly, "Indeed, throughout the Ninja World, the genjutsu of the Sharingan is the strongest."

This was not just empty flattery.

The genjutsu of a three-tomoe Sharingan alone is enough to crush the genjutsu capabilities of the vast majority of people.

Not to mention the Mangekyo; any Kage-level ninja would be brought to their knees by a genjutsu-oriented user.

Of course, it also depends on the individual.

The Sharingan is certainly strong, but what is stronger is the person who wields it!

After exchanging polite words, Kazekaze Genma leaped away.

The matches continued.

Next, Ebisu, Hatake Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma, and others took the stage one after another.

Hatake Kakashi's opponent was Might Guy.

Even without using Lightning Flicker, Hatake Kakashi still won.

Sarutobi Asuma's opponent was Shiranui Genma, and he emerged victorious!

Once everyone had completed one round of duels, the second round began immediately.

"Hatake Kakashi versus Kazekaze Genma!"

The first match fell to Kazekaze Genma.

Landing on the ground, Kazekaze Genma looked at Hatake Kakashi opposite him and smiled, "Kakashi, let me see how much you've improved."

Hatake Kakashi retorted, "I won't hold back, so be careful!"

The examiner, Hisato Yuto, was now on high alert.

These two brats before him could not be treated as ordinary genin, or even chunin.

"Begin!"

Examiner Hisato Yuto announced.

Hatake Kakashi raised his hand and threw a smoke bomb.

Bang!

Smoke billowed, obscuring the vision of both sides.

Hatake Kakashi immediately performed high-speed hand seals: Chidori!

Accompanied by the friction between lightning and air, the Chidori chirped. Dense lightning-style chakra condensed on Hatake Kakashi's right hand, covering his fist like a ball of thunder, with brilliant electric arcs radiating outward.

Examiner Hisato Yuto couldn't help but stare, "Such powerful chakra, this level of Lightning Release... he is truly worthy of being the son of the White Fang of Konoha!"

In the monitoring room, Sarutobi Hiruzen raised an eyebrow, "This kind of Lightning Release... Sakumo, is this a jutsu Kakashi developed himself?"

Hatake Sakumo nodded slightly, "Yes, it is called Chidori."

Namikaze Minato remarked, "The difficulty is already at A-rank, but this jutsu has a flaw: the speed is so high that the user cannot see the opponent's movements clearly."

"Given their relationship and Kazekaze Genma's keen intuition for ninjutsu, he should be aware of this, right?"

Hatake Sakumo's mouth curled into a smile, "Kakashi taught this jutsu to Kazekaze Genma. To solve the flaw, Kazekaze Genma went on to develop the Lightning Flicker."

"Kakashi also learned the Lightning Flicker from Kazekaze Genma, but the time has been too short; I fear he is currently far inferior to Kazekaze Genma in that regard."

As a teacher and a father, Hatake Sakumo was very gratified that his son and disciple could support each other so closely.

This would allow them to go much further on their future paths.

Sarutobi Hiruzen listened with an appreciative expression; he loved such bonds.

Namikaze Minato analyzed, "Knowing the flaw is exposed, yet using this jutsu right from the start—it seems he wants to avoid Kazekaze Genma's genjutsu."

As he spoke, the smoke cleared, and Hatake Kakashi launched a fierce assault, his figure flickering as electric light blasted charred marks into the ground.