This was the Uchiha Clan's shuriken throwing technique. In the entire class, only Minato Namikaze could rival it.
It would be difficult to dodge all those attacks.
But if they were hard to dodge, he simply wouldn't dodge!
Facing the eight incoming shuriken, Uya abruptly clenched his fist, a gleam flashing through his eyes. He turned slightly sideways, bent his arm, and hammered his fist toward the eight shuriken.
"Has he gone crazy?!"
"He's going to catch shuriken with his fist?!"
At the sight, all the students' eyes widened.
The chunin teacher froze for a moment, then sneered. Even if those shuriken were only unsharpened practice tools, they could still hurt someone!
And Uya had brought this on himself. No matter how seriously he was injured, the teacher would bear only a little responsibility.
But the very next moment, when Uya's fist abruptly struck the air, everyone's expressions froze.
Crack!!!
A somewhat dim white light emerged, then suddenly burst apart.
Uya's fist clearly hadn't hit anything, yet it looked exactly as though he had struck an invisible mirror.
Then cracks abruptly appeared in that mirror. Several thin fractures spread outward, and that patch of air suddenly shattered.
In that instant, the eight speeding shuriken all seemed to sink into a mire, advancing little by little with extreme difficulty and slowness.
In the end, not one reached Uya's body. All of them fell powerlessly to the ground.
"That's impossible!"
"How could a fist block shuriken? That's it... Uya used ninjutsu! But what ninjutsu was that? I didn't see him make any hand seals!"
An uproar swept through the crowd.
All the students looked as though their eyes would pop out, their faces filled with disbelief.
Kushina was stunned too, unable to keep herself from covering her small mouth. She hadn't expected Uya to possess power like this.
On the other side, Minato Namikaze, who hadn't been paying much attention to the fight, also had a flicker in his eyes. A trace of an unusual expression appeared on his face, and he was very surprised by and curious about Uya's power.
"What... did you do?!"
In the arena, Uchiha Izumiya was equally shocked. He hadn't expected his shuriken's perfect blockade to prove completely useless.
Uya didn't answer Uchiha Izumiya's question. Instead, he abruptly drew a kunai and charged toward him.
At this, Uchiha Izumiya immediately grew angry.
This guy actually refused to answer my question and completely ignored me!
"You think some strange little ability will let you beat me? You arrogant fool! I'll show you the Uchiha Clan's strength!"
Watching Uya charge, Uchiha Izumiya showed no fear at all. He drew a kunai as well and moved to meet him.
At that moment, Uya abruptly tightened his grip on his kunai.
Hum!!!
A dim white halo suddenly emerged, enveloping the upper end of the kunai as it came down toward Uchiha Izumiya.
At the sight of that white halo, Uchiha Izumiya's pupils contracted. He sensed danger, but could only steel himself and block with his kunai.
At last, the two kunai collided.
Strangely, there was no metallic clang.
Instead, the sound was like shattering glass.
Crack!!
Thin fractures spread outward from the point where the two kunai met.
In an instant, Uchiha Izumiya felt the web of his hand shake violently. A force far beyond what he could withstand abruptly surged into him, enveloping his entire body.
That quaking force seemed on the verge of tearing his body apart!
Clang!!
Uchiha Izumiya could no longer hold his kunai, and it fell to the ground. He retreated rapidly, a thin trickle of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth and a trace of horror still in his eyes.
What was that white halo?!
And what power caused that strange quaking?!
No one answered his questions.
The students present, along with the chunin teacher, were all watching in a daze.
Silence fell.
But Uya didn't stop. Still gripping his kunai, he continued charging toward Uchiha Izumiya.
Having already suffered once, Uchiha Izumiya no longer dared clash head-on with Uya and dodged somewhat awkwardly.
Uya had unmistakably forced him onto the defensive!
Uchiha Izumiya kept retreating and evading. The numbness and trembling in his body finally began to subside, while a trace of anger appeared on his face.
To think Uya, that dead last, had pushed me this far!
Glancing at the chunin teacher nearby, Uchiha Izumiya gritted his teeth.
"You forced me into this. Don't blame me if you die."
The next instant, Uchiha Izumiya stopped in his tracks, his hands flying as he began forming hand seals.
But before he could finish, Uya hurled a stack of shuriken from his left hand.
Thud!!
All the shuriken hit, but Uchiha Izumiya's body suddenly turned into a log.
Substitution Technique!
Seeing Uchiha Izumiya finally use ninjutsu, a faint gleam flashed through Uya's eyes.
But the next instant, a terrifying wave of heat abruptly swept toward Uya from behind. Even before it struck, it gave off a scorching, searing heat.
"Fire Style! Great Fireball Technique!!"
The appearance of this ninjutsu immediately sent a wave of shock through the crowd.
Because this was a C-rank ninjutsu!
A trace of cold sweat appeared on Uchiha Izumiya's forehead. Using this ninjutsu was a considerable burden for him too, nearly exhausting his chakra.
The Great Fireball roared toward Uya. Uchiha Izumiya sneered inwardly. No matter how strong Uya was, there was no way he could withstand this C-rank ninjutsu, the Great Fireball, which Izumiya had only just learned.
Boom!!
The eruption of the Great Fireball Technique stunned everyone for a moment. All the students couldn't help retreating, the scorching heat making even their hair curl slightly.
"Heavens, Izumiya can actually use ninjutsu like that!"
"Is he really a student just like us?"
Countless people wore expressions of incredulous shock.
"Uya!!"
Kushina watched the arena, her pretty face paling. She couldn't even stop herself from crying out.
Being struck by ninjutsu like this wouldn't merely mean an injury. It could very well kill him outright!
Even the chunin teacher hadn't expected Uchiha Izumiya to be capable of the C-rank ninjutsu, Great Fireball.
He instinctively wanted to intervene and block it, but forcibly stopped himself, a trace of coldness appearing in his eyes.
Accidents in battle... weren't they perfectly normal?
In the arena, Uya's heart tightened as he faced the incoming Great Fireball.
Although he had guessed that Uchiha Izumiya might appear behind him after using the Substitution Technique, he hadn't expected him to be able to use the C-rank ninjutsu, Great Fireball.
Ninjutsu were divided into several ranks: S, A, B, C, D, and E.
E-rank was the Ninja Academy level, D-rank ninjutsu were commonly used by genin, and C-rank ninjutsu were commonly used by chunin!
Only exceptionally brilliant genin used C-rank ninjutsu regularly.
"Sure enough, no ninja from the Uchiha Clan can be underestimated..."