Boom!
Not only Iwagakure, but Kirigakure and Kumogakure were dumbfounded too!
These youngsters were actually Zhou Cheng's students.
How old was Zhou Cheng, anyway? He wasn't even an adult yet, was he? And he was already teaching others?
Before they could recover from their shock, an even more explosive piece of news reached them.
Fifteen Chunin from Konoha had challenged Iwagakure's Chunin!
They swept through every match without a single defeat!
Even some of Iwagakure's elite Chunin were no match for them!
With strength like that, these fifteen would give Konoha another fifteen Jonin once they matured!
Fifteen Jonin!
What a formidable force that would be!
Yet after their matches ended, all fifteen spoke as though they had planned it beforehand.
"With strength like yours, you think you deserve to be our opponents?"
"We only trained under Zhou Cheng for three months, and we've already gained strength you could never catch up to in your entire lives!"
Boom!
Iwagakure erupted again. This time, not just the Iwagakure Ninja, but even the Shinobi from Kumogakure and Kirigakure felt their scalps prickle!
Zhou Cheng. Him again!
Was he not only powerful himself, but also a master at teaching?
What a terrifying man!
Then the Shinobi from Sunagakure arrived too!
Leading them were none other than Temari and Kankuro!
It was a warm reunion between old friends!
Sunagakure set up its quarters right beside Konoha's!
By the afternoon, the other Shinobi villages had begun arriving one after another!
Then Iwagakure, as the host, began counting participants and recording their names!
Iwagakure was swamped. It took an entire day to finish the registration.
Nearly a thousand Genin had come to take the Chunin Ninja Exams!
They were then randomly paired off to fight one-on-one!
On the first day of the Chunin Ninja Exams.
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