Shisui Uchiha froze as he stared at the Great Fireball, several times larger than the one he had unleashed.
Boom!
The two fireballs, one large and one small, collided between them. After only a brief deadlock, the larger fireball swallowed the smaller one.
"Not good!" Uchiha Zhiye was about to intervene.
The Examiner near the arena beat him to it, rushing onto the field and casting Water Release: Water Formation Wall in an attempt to block Yechen's Great Fireball.
The fireball struck the wall of water and exploded with a bang.
Water vapor immediately rose and spread throughout the arena, giving everyone present a sauna in the scalding steam.
The men fared better. Even with their clothes soaked, they had nothing to be embarrassed about. The girls were less fortunate. Although nothing was actually exposed, their clothes clung to their bodies, and the sight of their curves made the boys' eyes burn.
"Aah...!"
Screams rang out one after another, followed by the sound of slaps. For a moment, the arena descended into chaos.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took the pipe from his mouth, shook it, and emptied out the tobacco soaked by the mist. He sighed. The youngsters these days were something else!
If he could unleash such an incredibly powerful Great Fireball, just how astonishing were his chakra reserves?
In the eyes of Kage-level powerhouses like them, a jutsu's rank no longer mattered as much as its practical application and the use of chakra.
Unleashing such an enormous Great Fireball required more than abundant chakra. It also demanded extraordinary chakra control, and that alone was beyond what a Genin could accomplish.
Sarutobi Hiruzen could not help wondering whether he was getting old.
Only after a full five minutes, with several ninja dispersing the steam, did the situation finally settle down.
But