Reverse Lotus fell, and Rock Lee's body could no longer bear the huge load and fell to the ground.
"The speed is so fast that it's dizzying."
"Is it over?"
"Rock Lee should win now."
While everyone felt that Rock Lee should have won this time, Kakashi and Kai had regrets on their faces.
"Is that gourd also made of sand?"
"At the last critical moment, the gourd turned into sand and protected him."
The smoke and dust dispersed, and Gaara was lying in the pile of sand turned into a gourd.
Although Sand Armor all over his body has been shattered, he can still continue to fight.
Rock Lee realized that the battle was not over yet, so he pushed himself up and wanted to continue fighting.
And Gaara raised a hand. Under his control, the yellow sand gathered and a big hand emerged.
"That's the trick!"
Ninja, who had seen Gaara kill people in Forest of Death before, let out a cry of surprise.
"Sand Binding Coffin!"
The yellow sand rushed towards Rock Lee, and Rock Lee struggled to avoid it.
But the yellow sand has wrapped one arm and one leg of Rock Lee.
However, this is obviously the limit of Gaara.
"Sand Binding Coffin."
Gaara activated Ninjutsu, directly breaking Rock Lee's hands and feet.
"Ah--!"
The shrill wails were frightening.
Metka looked at Rock Lee and gritted his teeth.
But the game is not over yet and he can do nothing.
"If it falls here, then my Ninja Way will..."
At this moment, Rock Lee is still insisting on his Ninja Way.
But, in the end he fell to the ground.
"Die!"
Seeing Rock Lee fall, Gaara still did not give up the attack. With a wave of his hand, the yellow sand rushed towards Rock Lee again, trying to kill Rock Lee completely.
"Not good!"
Gekko Hayate As the referee, he realized what Gaara was thinking, but at this distance, it seemed that it was too late.
"Pfft~!"
Yellow sand splashed, and Gaara's attack was dispersed.
"What!"
The sand curtain fell, and a man dressed in the same style as Rock Lee stood in front of Rock Lee.
It was Might Guy. He dispelled Gaara's attack with just one punch.
Might Guy stood in front of Rock Lee, staring at Gaara with sharp eyes.
Gaara watched Might Guy appear and save Rock Lee. He recalled his own experience and suddenly felt extremely painful and confused.
"Why! Why should you save him!"
"Why?"
Might Guy looked at Gaara and replied.
"Because he is my most beloved disciple."
Baki, who was in the spectator seats, watched everything happening on the ring and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"In this case, I'm afraid Gaara can't understand it."
Looking at Might Guy, Gaara was silent for a long time, and finally stood up and turned to leave.
"I'm bored, I won't fight anymore."
Seeing this, Gekko Hayate was also ready to declare Gaara's victory.
"I declare that the winner is my love..."
Gekko Hayate's throat was suddenly blocked, and he saw a very unexpected scene.
Rock Lee, whose hands and feet were broken and his whole body was seriously injured, actually stood up again.
Seeing this scene, everyone was horrified.
Gaara also turned around and looked back, only to see Rock Lee, who had fallen down, stood up and assumed a posture to continue fighting.
"Don't tell me!"
Might Guy, who had his back to Rock Lee, felt the movement behind him, and his voice became a little choked.
He turned around and saw exactly what he had been thinking about.
He quickly stepped forward and supported Rock Lee.
"Rock Lee That's enough, it's over, your body is already..."
He suddenly realized something was wrong, and when he looked carefully, it turned out that Rock Lee's eyes were blurred and he had lost consciousness. But even so, he still stood up and wanted to continue fighting.
Might Guy couldn't help crying.
"Rock Lee, you guy, you are like this and still want to stick to your own Ninja Way? You are already an amazing Ninja."
Might Guy hugged Rock Lee tightly, and everyone couldn't help but sigh, the human will is really strong.
"The game is over, the winner is, Gaara."
Even though the spirit of Rock Lee is worthy of admiration, the winner of this battle is still Gaara.
After witnessing such an exciting battle, the rest of the game seemed a bit mediocre and boring.
Preliminaries is over. Even after one round of Preliminaries, there are still twenty Ninja who passed the competition and entered the final assessment.
And Third Hokage, which had disappeared for a long time, finally appeared.
Twenty Genin who passed the assessment lined up and stood on the stage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the twenty people in front of him and showed a satisfied smile after confirming that there were quite a few Konoha Ninja, especially after seeing Naruto successfully advance.
"Congratulations to everyone who successfully passed Preliminaries. Those who can persist to this point are the best in their respective villages and the successors who will carry the banner of their respective villages in the future.
However, in the final analysis, what ends here is just a Preliminary Round.
Next, there will be more severe battles waiting for everyone.
Now, it's up to me to draw lots and group you into groups to confirm your opponents for the final assessment."
A Jonin pushed a box, and in the box were the names of twenty Ninja through Preliminary Round.
Hiruzen Sarutobi started the lottery.
And the first name he pulled out of the box was quite surprising.
"The first one is, Naruto Uzumaki."
"Okay, I'm the first."
The first one was pulled out, Naruto was a little proud.
Sasuke on the side glanced at Naruto and sneered.
"What are you happy about Dead Last? You are just the first one to play, and you are not the first among everyone, so there is nothing to be happy about."
"Ah! Bastard Sasuke Uchiha, do you want to be such a spoiler every time?"
"Hahahaha, please be quiet kids, the draw is not over yet, let me see Naruto who will your opponent be?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi pulled out another note.
"Oh, your opponent is, Neji Hyuga!"
Naruto looked at Neji, and Neji happened to look at Naruto. He nodded towards him after seeing Naruto, and Naruto smiled and waved in response.
Although Neji eliminated Hinata, after Kakashi explained, he knew that Neji was giving guidance to Hinata before, and he was quite satisfied with this guy Neji.
"The next group is, Sasuke Uchiha."
Hiruzen Sarutobi once again drew a name.
"And your opponent is, Gaara."
Many people breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Sasuke was facing Gaara.
At least, this way, there are two less monster-like opponents, which is simply great.
The subsequent lottery results also came out.
Kankuro faced Chino, Temari faced Shikamaru.
Bai faced Dosu, and Karin faced Genin, a Kirigakure...
After all the lottery results were announced, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke.
"Okay everyone, the final assessment will be held in one month. At that time, Daimyo from all over the world will also come to watch the competition in person.
Let's all make good adjustments during this period and try to amaze everyone on the field in a month's time!"