Rasengan!

Liuxia sensed Princess Tsunade's restless heart; this was one of his strategies!

After all, the two were merely sparring, which already placed great restrictions on Princess Tsunade's strength. Her destructive power was truly astonishing, and she was a careless, impatient person; using shadow clones to wear down her patience was proving to be quite effective.

If he only wanted to pass this test, maintaining this rhythm and dragging it out would suffice, but could he really give up this opportunity to challenge his limits with everything he had?

Liuxia looked up at the sky, feeling slightly lost. This was only a spar, and surely Princess Tsunade wouldn't strike with lethal force...

Furthermore, with his and Nawaki's graduation approaching, war was almost upon them! Nawaki would die in that war shortly after graduating!

Thinking of this, Liuxia was no longer lost. He stepped steadily out of the woods. To wear the crown, one must bear its weight; to hold the rose, one must endure its thorns!

If he wanted to become the strongest ninja, he would sooner or later have to carve his way through mountains of blades and seas of fire, to fight his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!

Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Uzumaki Naruto, and Uchiha Sasuke—although they were all reincarnations of Asura and Indra's chakra, the first two had survived the family slaughter of the Warring States period since childhood. While the latter two had also suffered greatly, it was child's play compared to the former!

"Oh! So you've come out. In the end, you chose to face me head-on! Little Xia, you're not bad!"

Uzumaki Mito watched silently from afar as the boy stepped out of the forest.

"So like him, very like him. Hashirama, looking at Liuxia now is like seeing you in the past; you were just as confident back then. It's been a long time since I've seen you, a very long time! But I will be reunited with you soon. Very soon!"

None of the people in the arena noticed Mito in the background, as they were fully immersed in this peak battle.

Liuxia sheathed his sword and dashed forward like lightning, reaching Princess Tsunade in the blink of an eye. He leaned down, a flash of blood-red light streaked by, followed by a swift, sword-drawing strike aimed directly at her vitals!

"Good lad, still not fast enough!"

Princess Tsunade laughed heartily, her arm quickly wrapped in chakra as she held it across her chest, forcefully blocking Liuxia's strike. The collision sparked a violent wave of air.

Liuxia's expression remained unchanged. In an instant, he flicked his wrist, performed a flourish, and held the Crimson Blood Sword in a reverse grip, thrusting directly toward a gap in Princess Tsunade's defense.

Princess Tsunade dared not show the slightest slack, quickly using her defensive arm to strike the side of the Crimson Blood Sword, attempting to deflect it. However, Liuxia's movements were exceptionally agile; he twisted his body to evade her attack and immediately launched another fierce strike.

Seeing this, Princess Tsunade exerted force with her other hand, sending Liuxia flying with a heavy blow.

Liuxia, however, skillfully used a special technique to dissipate the force, successfully neutralizing her immense power.

In mid-air, he rotated his body flexibly and landed steadily.

A flicker of surprise crossed Princess Tsunade's eyes, but she did not stop her assault.

She quickly adjusted her stance, preparing to attack again. Liuxia focused intently on her every move, searching for an opening to counterattack...

"Time is almost up, I'm getting serious now!"

Princess Tsunade loosened her wrists, her joints popping with a crackling sound as if to intimidate her opponent.

Her gaze became focused and sharp, radiating a powerful aura.

Liuxia, standing opposite her, captured all of this keenly. His sensory perception was pushed to its limit, his grip on the longsword tightened, and his entire being entered a state of high alert!

Just then, Princess Tsunade vanished from before Liuxia's eyes like a ghost.

Liuxia's pupils contracted sharply, a strong sense of crisis surging in his heart.

He immediately concentrated his mind, utilizing his sensory powers to the fullest, attempting to track her whereabouts and the direction of her impending attack.

Suddenly, Liuxia sensed an abnormal fluctuation above him and swung his sword upward without hesitation.

However, he was a step too slow. A dark shadow plummeted like a cannonball, smashing toward him with unparalleled momentum.

"Strength of a Hundred Fist!"

With a roar, Princess Tsunade's fist struck Liuxia hard. This blow contained her terrifying strength and was truly astonishing in its power.

Liuxia felt a force like a surging tide crash into him, as if it were about to tear him apart. He tried his best to resist, but was still knocked back several meters by the immense power.

"BOOM!!!!"

With a thunderous sound, Princess Tsunade's attack landed on the ground.

A massive crater was blasted into the earth for several meters around, covered in fine cracks. Countless rocks flew in all directions, and dust filled the air, blotting out the sky.

Looking at the scene before him, Liuxia couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

Was this the true strength of Konoha's Princess Tsunade? It was simply terrifying!

After this round of combat, Liuxia realized deeply that there was still a large gap between his taijutsu and Princess Tsunade's. He secretly made up his mind to unleash his ultimate technique.

His hands moved rapidly, weaving a series of complex hand seals with lightning speed, dazzling to the eye.

"Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!"

With Liuxia's low shout, his chakra erupted violently. A massive torrent of water surged from behind him like a rushing waterfall, guided by his chakra, and charged toward Princess Tsunade with overwhelming momentum.

"This amount of chakra... I can only say it's truly worthy of my Senju clan."

Watching the massive volume of water appearing in a training ground devoid of rivers or lakes, Princess Tsunade couldn't help but exclaim.

This time, Princess Tsunade chose not to meet the Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique head-on; after all, she didn't want to get soaked. She stomped on the ground and leaped into the air, intending to capture the leader first and take Liuxia down directly.

Sure enough, just as Liuxia had predicted, Princess Tsunade chose to leap high, attempting to avoid the impact of the water. However, she had overlooked one important issue—there was nothing in the air to push off from!

"Now! Water Style: Water Severing Wave!"

Liuxia's gaze locked tightly onto Princess Tsunade ahead, and he whispered a low command.

He quickly formed the hand seals, his massive internal chakra condensing in an instant, and then he spat a high-pressure stream of water from his mouth!

Liuxia felt secretly smug, Hehe, Sister Tsunade, let's see how you dodge this move of mine!

What the—isn't this the Second Hokage's ninjutsu? Where did this kid learn it from? I've never taught him that!

Seeing Liuxia unleash the Water Severing Wave, Tsunade couldn't help but be startled.

This was the signature ninjutsu of the Second Hokage; relying on this move, the high-pressure water stream he spat from his mouth could even sever the roots of the God Tree!

Facing such a powerful attack, Tsunade dared not show the slightest negligence. She decisively unleashed her exceptional taijutsu, relying on her body's immense flexibility to narrowly dodge the strike.

"You brat, are you trying to kill me? You actually used this move!"

Tsunade couldn't help but curse out loud, inwardly lamenting her predicament.

She already couldn't use her full strength for fear of hurting him, and on top of that, she had to be careful of this guy's endless supply of trump cards. This was even more exhausting than going on a mission!

However, Liuxia didn't give Tsunade a moment to catch her breath.

His right hand quickly morphed into a claw shape, the airflow and chakra in his palm spinning rapidly like a whirlwind. In the blink of an eye, an incredibly powerful cyclone formed with Liuxia at its center!

Carrying a fierce momentum, the whirlwind swept toward Tsunade. Tsunade's eyes widened; she didn't dare relax for a second, preparing to meet this sudden attack with everything she had.

"Rasengan!"

A rotating sphere finally formed in Liuxia's hand. The surface of the sphere shimmered with blue light, spinning incessantly as the chakra flowed.

Tsunade slammed her Heavenly Foot of Pain into the ground, causing multiple fissures to spread toward Liuxia.

The next moment, the cracked ground collapsed, and dust filled the air, with Tsunade hidden within the vast cloud of dirt. Liuxia only saw a figure lunging toward him—it was Tsunade!

Her right arm was covered in a faint blue light; it was a Chakra Scalpel!

A few meters was nothing to the two of them; they arrived in an instant. In the blink of an eye, Tsunade's Chakra Scalpel swung down, and Liuxia struck directly at it with his Rasengan!

"Boom!"

The immense destructive power obliterated everything nearby, and the few onlookers had long since retreated to a greater distance.

When the dust settled and the shockwaves dissipated, Tsunade stood in place, safe and sound, while Liuxia had already fainted in her arms. Tsunade brushed aside the bangs covering her face and looked at the young child before her.

"You brat, did you really have to fight so fiercely? Still, to have this kind of strength at such an age is truly rare!"