Everyone in the audience felt their buttholes clench in unison.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a sympathetic clench in his lower body.
He was starting to regret sending Jiraiya out.
After all, Yeyue Ziyun's miraculous Ninjutsu was a perfect counter to Jiraiya.
After this duel, Jiraiya... would very likely be crippled!
Even if he wasn't crippled, today would leave a psychological scar!
In the words of Ziyun's previous life, it was called social death!
"That kid actually used the secret move I came up with before I did," Anbu Captain Hatake Sakumo exclaimed in surprise.
In the original story, the Thousand Years of Death was actually a secret move invented by Hatake Sakumo.
But it was still too early, and he had yet to use it in an actual fight.
So, barring any surprises, the Thousand Years of Death would bear Yeyue Ziyun's mark.
Meanwhile, the Konoha geniuses behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, including Tsunade and the others, were dazzled by Ziyun's move and felt deep sympathy for Jiraiya.
What a tragedy... an utter tragedy.
How was he supposed to take a dump now?
"Quite a sight."
Watching the rain of blood, Ziyun smiled.
He hadn't held back at all with that Thousand Years of Death. He had used the secret art of Shigan and driven it in hard.
Surely Jiraiya's intestines had been torn apart.
He wondered whether Jiraiya would ever recover.
If not, he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
That was fine too. He could sit in his wheelchair and think hard about what kind of person his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, really was.
Would Jiraiya seek revenge on his teacher then?
Jiraiya soon hit the ground.
His pants were completely soaked in blood, and he had lost consciousness.
"I declare Yeyue Ziyun of Kumogakure the winner of the first duel!"
The Konoha Jonin acting as referee announced the result, dark lines covering his face.
An instant defeat, without a doubt.
Jiraiya, Konoha's Jonin genius and the Third Lord Hokage's personal disciple, had been defeated by Yeyue Ziyun so quickly!
Though... the course of the fight had been unexpected, it had ended incredibly quickly.
Just three minutes.
A duel like that couldn't reveal Yeyue Ziyun's full strength.
But that was also because Ziyun's ability happened to counter a ninja like Jiraiya, who specialized purely in Ninjutsu.
After all, Jiraiya was still far from his peak. He knew neither Sage Mode nor Sealing Jutsu, so naturally he could only take a beating against Ziyun.
"Jiraiya actually lost?"
"Kumogakure's number one genius really does have some skill."
"Damn it, we can't disgrace Konoha."
The Konoha spectators broke into a sweat.
They had come to see Konoha's geniuses crush the geniuses of other villages, not to see Konoha's geniuses get crushed!
"Good!"
"A splendid duel!"
Hearing the referee announce the result, the Third Raikage, seated alongside Hiruzen Sarutobi, clapped his hands and laughed.
The beauty of that killing move was that it was not only extremely humiliating, but also extremely damaging!
The Third Raikage was certain that if Ziyun had wanted to, Jiraiya would have been severely crippled even if he didn't die.
But killing Jiraiya would undoubtedly have provoked a response from Konoha, so this was the best outcome.
It was like giving Hiruzen Sarutobi a resounding slap across the face, yet he couldn't say a word.
Who could he blame for being less skilled?
Sure enough, as the Third Raikage laughed, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only laugh awkwardly beside him.
Even Hatake Sakumo and the others at his side had to offer a polite round of applause.
At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi grew even more wary of Ziyun.
Third Raikage, go ahead and gloat.
Once I discover Yeyue Ziyun's weakness, he's as good as dead. We'll see how long you can keep laughing then.
That was also why, of the three genius ninja Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent out, one specialized in Ninjutsu, one in Genjutsu, and one in Sealing Jutsu.
As the "Professor of Ninjutsu," who knew thousands of Ninjutsu, he didn't believe there was a Ninjutsu in the world without any weaknesses.
As long as it was a Ninjutsu, it had a weakness.
Taijutsu and Ninjutsu had already been proven unable to hit Ziyun, so he could only rely on Genjutsu and Sealing Jutsu.
The second person to take the field soon appeared: Uchiha Fugaku, a genius of the Uchiha Clan.
Although the events of the past two days had left the Uchiha Clan outwardly united with Konoha High Command but inwardly divided, Uchiha Fugaku had still accepted this mission.
The Uchiha Clan Head wasn't bold enough to openly fall out with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
At most, he would pay lip service while secretly doing as he pleased.
"Fugaku, do your best!"
"Bring glory to Konoha, strongest clan in Konoha!"
"That's right, you have to defeat Yeyue Ziyun!"
Once Fugaku took the field, the Konoha villagers present all cheered him on.
The strength Yeyue Ziyun had shown put pressure on the Konoha spectators as well.
Uchiha Fugaku, I hope you can discover Yeyue Ziyun's weakness.
Seeing Fugaku enter the arena, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself.
Though Mikoto had already proven a few days ago that ordinary Genjutsu was of little use against Ziyun.
But Fugaku's visual prowess was far stronger than Mikoto's. Perhaps it would have a remarkable effect?
"Yeyue Ziyun, no matter how special your Lightning Transformation Technique is, I'll show you the power the Uchiha Clan takes pride in."
"Before these eyes, your Lightning Transformation Technique is nothing."
After stepping onto the field, the young Uchiha Fugaku stared straight at Yeyue Ziyun, his eyes turning into scarlet Sharingan.
He still only had the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, since Fugaku was only in his teens at this point.
But the aura he gave off was much stronger than that of Mikoto, who was also a member of the Uchiha Clan.
"As expected of Uchiha Sasuke's real dad. Even his chuunibyou lines are exactly the same."
Yeyue Ziyun looked down at Uchiha Fugaku, his tone mostly mocking.
But the more Ziyun spoke in that tone, the more annoyed Fugaku became.
That tone proved beyond doubt that his opponent didn't take him seriously at all.
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"Hmph, Yeyue Ziyun, you're about to learn the true power of the Uchiha Clan."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
After issuing his threat, Uchiha Fugaku leaped into the air and, just like his son Itachi, hurled more than a dozen Kunai from different directions.
The Kunai coming from different directions completely sealed off Ziyun's escape routes.
The Kunai even collided with one another, ricocheting off at new angles.
After all, he was Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke's real father, as well as the man who would one day become the Uchiha Clan Head and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Uchiha Fugaku's talent was definitely among the best in the Uchiha Clan.
He had used Shuriken because he genuinely wanted to test whether Yeyue Ziyun's Lightning Transformation Technique was really that miraculous.
He didn't believe that even Kunai fired from blind spots couldn't hurt Ziyun.
Unfortunately, whether he believed it or not, all the Kunai passed through Ziyun's body and struck the ground.
"The Uchiha Clan really is outrageously arrogant."
Ziyun looked at the Kunai Fugaku had thrown as if they were toys.
Ziyun was very displeased with the Uchiha Clan's arrogant attitude.
After all, Ziyun didn't believe Uchiha Fugaku lacked information on him, yet he had still thrown such ridiculous toys as Kunai.
Do you just have to test whether I'm really immune to your Kunai?
Fine, then I'll utterly shatter the Sharingan that the Uchiha Clan is so proud of.
"Let me shatter your pride, Uchiha Fugaku!"
Ziyun sneered, then transformed into lightning, flashing through the arena.