In the third stage, the first-place finishers from each group in the Top 10 tournament would face opponents according to the losers' bracket point rankings. The winners advanced. Uchiha Yo had been placed in the tenth group, meaning his opponent was the tenth-ranked contestant from the losers' bracket. He had practically been handed a free pass. Fortunately, the Uchiha Clan had avoided an internal match.
However, that contestant from the losers' bracket still failed to win. He was utterly exhausted. The other contestants combined probably had not fought as many matches as he had. He had used his ultimate moves several times already; no matter how dumb his opponents were, they had figured out his patterns. His loss was rather frustrating, but who told him not to take first place from the start? In the end, his strength simply was not enough.
Six Uchiha advanced into the Top 10 tournament. Four of them had not even used their Sharingan, defeating their opponents through swordsmanship alone. For cultivation, the Sharingan was undoubtedly twice the result for half the effort. As long as one trained hard, one could achieve impressive results.
What everyone truly wanted to see came next: the Konoha referees' exhibition matches. The matchups would be decided by drawing lots, with the trainees drawing the lots themselves. That was right—from this moment on, they were trainees. Only after a week would they become contestants again.
The trainees were highly enthusiastic. Being taught by such experts for an entire week offered tangible benefits. Watching these big names fight was even more exhilarating.
The matches were only open for internal viewing. Only the twenty people who had advanced to the third stage could watch the heads of the major clans serve as referees. The Hokage himself was presiding over the event and