Shisui's Genjutsu, Long Ye's Counterattack

"My body can't move!"

Long Ye had just been preparing to take advantage of his opponent being caught off guard and launch another attack to defeat him in one stroke, but in the next moment, he discovered that his entire body could no longer move.

The world before his eyes was like a calm surface of water suddenly disturbed by a thrown stone, sending violent ripples across it.

Everything before him vanished, and he found himself in a strange, utterly unfamiliar space.

The entire space was shrouded in mist, filled with an indescribable illusion.

And above his head hung a black moon.

Long Ye's expression changed drastically.

The moment he saw the black moon, he also saw someone.

That person stood in midair, with the bizarre black full moon behind him.

"As expected, there's no defending against it. I still fell victim to your genjutsu."

Long Ye was somewhat shaken inside.

From the very beginning, he had known that Shisui Uchiha's genjutsu was extraordinary, so he had been on guard every moment, but in the end, he still failed to evade it.

Shisui Uchiha stood high in the sky, looking down at him from the perspective of a god.

"Your mind has already been dragged into the illusion. In this space, I am the ruler."

The moment he finished speaking, a vast swarm of pitch-black crows flew out of the black moon behind him. The countless crows gathered into a tornado and surrounded Long Ye completely.

"You're a fine opponent, but in this battle, I will ultimately be the one who wins."

"Three Thousand Crows Kill!!!"

Countless crows surged toward Long Ye from every direction like a tide of death.

In the end, he could no longer be seen, completely trapped inside a sphere formed by the crows.

"Huh?"

Shisui Uchiha high in the sky wore a look of surprise.

Suddenly! With a sharp crackle, a dazzling blue bolt of lightning burst out from within.

One crow was struck, triggering a chain reaction of conduction. Countless crows were strung together by currents of electricity.

"This... impossible!"

Shisui Uchiha's eyes widened in shock.

Three Thousand Crows Kill was a genjutsu he had developed with the aid of his Sharingan. As long as his opponent was trapped inside, no matter how they resisted, the slain crows could continuously revive.

But even the most powerful ninjutsu could not escape the principle of mutual restraint. When he had developed this genjutsu, Shisui had already understood its weakness.

That was, although the crows attacking the mind could revive, this was limited to deaths occurring over a small area.

If all three thousand of his crows were wiped out simultaneously, his genjutsu would be broken along with them.

"Whoosh!!"

The swarm of crows surrounding Long Ye in a sphere was swept by an invisible wind of death. In an instant, they turned to ash and vanished without a trace.

As the three thousand crows were completely destroyed, the world in Long Ye's eyes cleared like clouds parting to reveal the sun, and he reappeared in the tournament arena.

"Impossible! He broke free from Shisui's genjutsu!"

When they saw Long Ye's body move slightly and his eyes regain their clarity, the entire arena erupted in cries of astonishment.

At that moment, a line of blood trickled from the corners of Shisui Uchiha's eyes. His Sharingan faded and returned to normal.

He had first used his Sharingan against Muta Aburame, then used it against Long Ye. The prolonged use had placed a heavy burden on his eyes.

More importantly, Long Ye had now forcibly broken his genjutsu through an almost violent method, injuring his eyes and making it impossible for him to use them again in the short term.

"Shisui, you've already lost!"

The pain in Long Ye's abdomen and the turmoil in his organs from being sent flying by his opponent's punch had gradually subsided.

He did not attack again, merely looking calmly at Shisui Uchiha a hundred paces away.

At that moment, Shisui was still paralyzed and rigid after being struck by the high-intensity current Long Ye had refined.

Hearing his words, Shisui's face revealed stubbornness. His pride would not allow him to admit defeat.

His powerful willpower actually controlled his rigid right hand. Bit by bit, he moved it in front of himself and formed a one-handed seal.

"Shadow Clone Technique?"

Seeing his hand gesture, Long Ye murmured indifferently.

Once the seal was complete, more than a dozen Shadow Clones appeared beside Shisui Uchiha in an instant.

Guided by his thoughts, the clones launched themselves forward.

Seeing this, Long Ye slowly clenched his hand into a fist, electricity raging in his palm.

He swung it forward, and a beam of electricity shot through the air, striking one of the clones.

The clone was struck, triggering a chain reaction that instantly linked all the clones together.

"Bang!!!"

Without distinction, more than a dozen clones shattered simultaneously.

Electricity crackled beneath Long Ye's feet, and he appeared in front of Shisui in an instant.

A Chakra Electric Current Scalpel pierced through his heart and emerged from his back.

"Ah~~"

The entire arena stared in stunned horror.

A pierced heart was an injury that should have been fatal.

Only Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, and the others who understood Long Ye's Kekkei Genkai thoroughly were not frightened by the scene before them.

Within Long Ye's Surgical Barrier, he was the true ruler. He could dismember a person without killing them, let alone inflict a supposedly fatal injury like this.

Of course, if he wanted to kill someone, it was even simpler. Once the barrier was withdrawn, they would die instantly.

Shisui Uchiha, who had been pierced through by the blade, thought he was done for. But immediately afterward, he discovered that although his heart had been pierced, he felt no pain at all, nor had a drop of blood spilled.

"Is this your Kekkei Genkai? Though I don't want to admit it, I have no excuse for losing this battle!"

Long Ye slowly withdrew the Chakra Electric Current Scalpel. The wound instantly became smooth, without even leaving behind the slightest scar.

The current locking his entire body was also withdrawn by Long Ye, and Shisui Uchiha immediately recovered.

"Among our peers, I, Shisui Uchiha, finally have a true opponent in the proper sense of the word. I'll seek you out for another spar someday."

"The winner: Konoha's Genin Long Ye, recommended by Minato Namikaze!"

The referee loudly announced the result.

The entire arena erupted.

Shisui Uchiha, hailed as the greatest genius of the Uchiha and even of all Konoha, had actually been defeated by someone they had previously looked down on. No one had expected this.

"That was amazing!"

Rin shouted Long Ye's name excitedly.

Obito seemed to have been stirred into action as well. He secretly steeled himself, determined to reclaim the dignity they had lost in the team battle.

"I never thought he would really do it!"

Minato Namikaze wore a gratified expression.

His thoughts seemed to return to the scene from several days earlier, when Long Ye had diligently undergone his training.

In his assessment, Long Ye's aptitude was truly inferior, whether in ninjutsu or taijutsu. Mastering each technique required at least ten times the effort an ordinary person would expend.

But even so, in less than seven days, he had still managed to master the two practical ninjutsu techniques, the "Chakra Electric Current Scalpel" and the "Shadow Clone Technique."

The moment Long Ye left the arena, the system's long-awaited voice finally rang in his ears:

[Devil side quest completed: Advance to Chunin.]

[Completion: 100%. Received forty Devil Points. Devil Points have reached one hundred. Advanced to One-Star Devil.]

[One-Star Devil Fruit Ability unlocked successfully.]