The challenger on the screen also had a habit of holding a senbon between his lips.
Like Chen Qi, he appeared to be an inheritor of Genma Shiranui.
He opened with the standard combo: Shadow Clone at minor mastery to create two clones, followed by Ninja Art: Senbon Rain.
The range of Senbon Rain instantly tripled.
Against an ordinary Genin, this move was practically impossible to counter.
But the Rock Lee phantom facing him was clearly anything but ordinary.
Using Dancing Leaf, he flashed behind one of the three figures.
"Konoha Whirlwind!"
A heavy spinning kick struck the mysterious Toothpick Man in the back.
The Toothpick Man vanished, leaving a cloud of smoke.
Luo Yu nodded. "A shadow clone. Looks like the Secret Realm phantom guessed wrong."
But before the Toothpick Man could react, Rock Lee used Dancing Leaf again to move behind another of the identical figures.
Then he swept a leg out, striking his target's legs.
"Konoha Gale!"
Konoha Gale was an attack aimed at the lower body.
The sweep knocked the Toothpick Man off balance, sending him crashing to the ground.
This time, he did not vanish into smoke.
Having identified the original, the Rock Lee phantom punched the Toothpick Man in the lower abdomen.
The pain left saliva dribbling from the corner of the Toothpick Man's mouth, and he lost all ability to resist on the spot.
The remaining shadow clone was affected by the original's condition as well, dissolving into smoke.
Just like that, a Genin with a white legacy was easily defeated by a phantom created for the Secret Realm challenge.
Just then, a cool voice rang out in the combat space. "Challenge failed!"
"Please try again."
As the voice faded, the Rock Lee phantom disappeared.
The Toothpick Man collapsed completely onto the floor,