Ice Spirit - Yuki Sumi

Chapter 99: Ice Spirit — Yuki Sumi

Time quickly came for the second stage of the Chunin Ninja Exams.

The six contestants who had successfully advanced from the first stage were Uchiha Yan, Senju Lita, Ōnoki, Brown Earth, Hongwu, and one lucky contestant, Yuki Sumi.

For the second-stage revival matches, Raikage A and Kazekage Reto each brought their own Genin to participate. Hidden Sand Village had only one survivor left, Kusabana Taiga, while Kumogakure still had three: Denzō, Raita, and Kōhei.

Senju Tōshō, a Konoha jonin, served as the chief examiner for the second stage.

"The contestants who advanced to the final six, please remain where you are. Revival contestants may freely choose three opponents to challenge in order to revive themselves.

"Note that each contestant may be challenged at most twice." Senju Tōshō reiterated the rules.

Kusabana Taiga of Hidden Sand Village was the first to issue a challenge. His first choice was Brown Earth of Iwagakure.

He had watched Brown Earth's fights against Senju Lita and Uchiha Yan. Brown Earth looked like the weakest one. Even if he failed to revive himself, he could not lose without defeating a single opponent, or Lord Kazekage would never let him off. At the thought of the special training over the past two days, Kusabana Taiga felt a faint ache all over his body.

Brown Earth and Kusabana Taiga stepped into the arena, and Senju Tōshō announced the start of the match.

"Wind Release: Dust Cloud Technique!" Right from the start, Kusabana Taiga did not choose to attack head-on. Instead, he intended to confuse his opponent before launching a sneak attack. As dust billowed into the air, Kusabana Taiga vanished into it.

Kusabana Taiga hurled several shuriken toward Brown Earth, then rapidly shifted positions, continuously firing shuriken at Brown Earth from