Fierce Battle with Shisui Uchiha!

Rin looked at Long Ye.

She had expected to see a "grave" look in his eyes, but unexpectedly, Long Ye remained completely calm. It seemed the name Uchiha Shisui had not caused much emotional turmoil within him.

He wasn't afraid because he had confidence in himself.

Previously, he had been less than twenty percent certain of victory against Shisui. But after his Heart Shock ability had reached the fourth stage, his confidence had increased by at least thirty percent.

Although he wasn't sure he would win, he was certain that it would be anything but easy for his opponent to defeat him.

"Go all out and fight! I'm not an examiner, but judging from your battle with Tokuma Hyuga just now, there's at least a seventy percent chance that you already possess the qualifications to be promoted to Chunin," Minato Namikaze encouraged him.

Long Ye nodded and jumped into the arena for the second time.

"Long Ye, do your best!"

Rin's voice came from behind him.

At some point, Rin had found a flag and was waving it energetically.

Uchiha Shisui, who had just left the arena, returned to the battlefield.

He wore a gentle smile. He only stopped when he was about a hundred paces from Long Ye.

"Shisui is back out. I wonder if this Long Ye still has the luck he had in the previous match."

"Long Ye did win the previous match rather fortunately. Not only did Tokuma Hyuga fail to use his killing move in time, but that final move Long Ye used to secure victory also seemed somewhat underhanded."

"That's going too far. When we ninjas fight, there's only victory or defeat; the process doesn't matter. If you encounter a powerful enemy in the wild, the one who survives is the strong one."

Amid the arguing, Uchiha Shisui suddenly spoke.

"Your Kekkei Genkai is quite special. I'll show restraint in this battle and try not to injure you."

His words sounded somewhat arrogant, but when Long Ye saw his eyes, he knew that Shisui wasn't deliberately belittling him.

Perhaps because he had never suffered a defeat, Shisui believed victory was only natural for him. The only question was how he would achieve it.

Long Ye smiled. "There's no need to show restraint. No one can kill me within my barrier, and I won't hold back either. Even if I kill you, I can bring you back to life."

Long Ye extended his right hand, palm facing down, and released Surgical Barrier once more.

A huge hemispherical barrier of light appeared, like a separate dimension, covering two-thirds of the arena.

Feeling the pressure descend upon him, Uchiha Shisui revealed a strange look.

"What a peculiar barrier. But suppression of this level won't affect me much."

Long Ye smiled without saying anything.

"Are you ready? I'm about to make my move."

As was customary, Shisui warned his opponent before attacking.

"Go ahead! Let me experience your genjutsu."

Long Ye showed no fear, but he remained extremely cautious inside.

"I used genjutsu against Muta just now, and it consumed quite a bit of ocular power. So this time, I've decided to defeat you another way."

He formed a one-handed seal.

In Long Ye's field of vision, Shisui vanished on the spot.

"Body Flicker Technique?"

Long Ye knew that Uchiha Shisui would later earn the reputation of Body Flicker Shisui precisely because his Body Flicker Technique was extraordinary.

Against an attack built on high-speed movement, resisting was futile. It was impossible to block an attack that one's eyes couldn't see.

Thus, Long Ye gave up resisting directly. But that didn't mean he couldn't counterattack.

In an instant!

Powerful currents erupted around his body.

His entire body seemed to light up. Brilliant blue lightning enveloped him, and even his hair transformed into streaks of blue current.

At that moment, his defense was his best counterattack.

At the third stage, high-intensity currents could be concentrated on a single part of his body. After reaching the fourth stage, the current naturally enveloped his entire body.

Just as his lightning body took shape, he heard a whoosh beside his ear.

A fist struck his lower abdomen with a force too fast for the naked eye to see.

"Ah!"

The scream did not come from Long Ye, but from the owner of the fist.

The extremely high-intensity current entered Uchiha Shisui's body the moment he struck Long Ye.

Shisui's high-speed attack carried tremendous force. Long Ye was sent flying by the punch and crashed into the wall with a boom.

In contrast, Uchiha Shisui's attacking arm hung limply in front of him as lightning crackled chaotically across it. It seemed he wouldn't be able to use that arm again anytime soon.

"Ah~"

"Long Ye, how did he still have a move like that?"

Rin, Obito, and Kakashi were stunned by the sight of both sides suffering injuries, their faces drained of color.

"His Kekkei Genkai seems to have grown stronger."

Minato Namikaze's eyes narrowed as he looked at Long Ye, who had crashed against the wall. There was a puzzled look on his face.

"Who would have thought that Shisui's Body Flicker Technique would encounter a natural enemy one day?"

On the second-floor viewing platform, a middle-aged man dressed in Uchiha robes spoke in a voice devoid of emotion.

"Father, I wonder which of them will win this battle?"

Standing beside the middle-aged man was a child whose hair reached his waist. He looked up at the man and asked the question.

The man smiled and rubbed the child's head. As if speaking to himself, he said, "What truly allows Shisui to remain undefeated is the Sharingan. The battle has only just begun."

In the arena.

Long Ye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and fixed his gaze on Uchiha Shisui in the distance.

Lightning surged from both his hands. He suddenly brought them together, condensed the energy into a sphere of light, and hurled it forward.

The current transformed into a bolt of lightning. The lightning resembled a chain, with one end connected to Long Ye's hand and the other transforming into a Tengu that lunged toward Uchiha Shisui.

Shisui was startled and formed a one-handed seal.

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu!"

He spewed out three fire dragons at once. They charged at the incoming Lightning Tengu from three directions.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The Tengu changed direction three times in succession, pierced through the three fire dragons, and continued forward with unstoppable momentum.

The lightning had been refined to its extreme. The Tengu it transformed into possessed terrifying piercing and incinerating power.

Realizing that his ninjutsu was no match for it, Uchiha Shisui attempted to use the Body Flicker Technique again, but it was already too late. The Flowing Lightning struck his body with a crackle.

His chest instantly turned black. His entire body was filled with raging currents, leaving him completely unable to move.

"Ah!!"

"What kind of technique is that?"

Everyone watching was stunned by the "ninjutsu" Long Ye had just displayed.

"Has Uchiha Shisui lost?"

Rin stared at the scene in disbelief and asked, unable to accept it.

"Not so easily!" Minato Namikaze suddenly looked grave.

"How? Shisui's entire body has clearly been locked down by Long Ye's Flowing Lightning. What else could he—"

Obito hadn't finished asking when realization dawned on his face.

"He still has the Sharingan!" Kakashi suddenly said.

"Exactly! Shisui's body can't move, but that doesn't stop him from using ocular techniques! Long Ye has already done extremely well, but can he withstand Shisui's genjutsu?"

Minato Namikaze anxiously watched the two injured figures in the arena.