A chaotic situation (revised)

On a tree trunk to the left stood the squad led by Hunt, Iwagakure's Explosion Release user. At the right edge stood Baki's Sunagakure squad.

At the outermost edge of the woods stood another slender figure: Sasori of the Red Sands, alone.

The three groups had only just arrived at the battlefield. Before they could even settle into position, the fight at the center of the woods seized everyone's attention.

By now, the entire woodland was unrecognizable. Blast craters pockmarked the ground, shattered branches and leaves lay piled in layers, and intense chakra fluctuations filled the air.

At the very center of the battlefield, two figures radiating immense pressure remained locked in combat.

One wore pitch-black Chakra Armor over his entire body. Tall and straight-backed, he darted through the woods at high speed, constantly shifting and dodging.

As for the being facing him, it hardly looked human at all.

That creature retained only a humanoid shape. Highly concentrated dark red chakra enveloped its body, its eyes glowed white, and two long tails lashed wildly. Every forward charge made the ground tremble.

A savage aura of pure destruction engulfed the entire battlefield.

Hunt stared intently at Tsukimi. At the sight of the unfamiliar black armor covering him, his pupils contracted sharply, shock surged through him, and he could not help exclaiming under his breath.

"What secret technique is that?!"

He had never seen anyone condense their own chakra into such thick, solid armor.

The armor covered Tsukimi from head to toe, combining offense and defense. It withstood the monster's savage onslaught head-on without showing a single crack.

The two Iwagakure genin beside Hunt were already dumbstruck, frozen in place with their mouths slightly open.

"He's so powerful... That degree of chakra compression is beyond anything a chunin could manage!"

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