Chapter 348 The Battle Continues

Sand-bound coffin!!!

Except for Mikoto who had exclaimed earlier, everyone on the rooftop stared at him.

Even Tsunade, who had seemed exceptionally steady from the beginning until now, frowned.

Yellow sand rose into the sky.

Under the control of chakra, they turned into a devil's hand and tightly wrapped Sasuke who was lying on the sand.

This move gives people an extremely suffocating feeling. Even among the many ninjutsu in the ninja world, this is one of the most cruel ninjutsu for killing people.

"Sasuke!!!" Naruto sensed the gradually dry and murderous atmosphere in the air.

He looked sideways.

He was shocked to see Sasuke lying on the ground, bound by yellow sand, with a look of pain on his face.

Naruto glared at the puppet in front of him, wanting to disrupt the rhythm and rules of the battle and go to save Sasuke. This was a sparring match, so he naturally couldn't watch Sasuke die in front of him.

"Sasuke, are you going to lose?" Tenten's heart was trembling violently.

She was already at a disadvantage, and she thought to herself that there was nothing she could do.

If Sasuke also loses to Gaara, then even if Naruto defeats Kankuro, Konoha will lose face.

Everyone present was worried, including the women who drank the moon.

Even Xiaonan quietly released the paper crane and lurked near the lawn under the cover of night.

If an accident really happens, she can prevent the worst situation in time.

In fact, it’s not just Xiaonan, other women think so too.

After all, those fighting below are all young men with high spirits. When they get carried away, they are a group of leaders who can do anything.

Among all the people, only Guang had a calm expression, without any change, and watched the battle quietly.

She had given such an evaluation of Sasuke before, so naturally she would not be wrong.

Guang felt that even if the Uchiha clan no longer had the glory of Yin Yue, as long as Sasuke was still there, the glory of the Uchiha clan would still continue in the ninja world.

Of course, having Yin Yue is naturally the best. Who wouldn't want such a person to appear in their family who can "turn the tide and support the collapsing building"?

Distant moon.

Yin Yue said calmly, "It's over."

Regarding Sasuke's performance.

He was quite satisfied.

Even the overall improvement speed of the Twelve Little Strongmen is still a little slow after all.

The strong wind swept across the lawn, and the yellow sand in the sky gradually settled down.

"Yeah, it's over."

Sasuke's voice rang out.

Everyone looked closely and were surprised to find that Sasuke actually appeared behind Gaara!

"Sasuke!!!"

Naruto was kicked by the puppet and flew backwards, but after seeing Sasuke, he was in a good mood and focused on fighting again regardless of his physical injuries.

“There is still a chance…”

Tenten, who was about to be defeated, felt relieved when he saw the situation turned around on Sasuke's side.

"?" Gaara turned around suddenly and saw a cold kunai on his neck.

With his eyes wide open and dark circles around them, Gaara looked at Sasuke in disbelief as he appeared silently in front of him, with confusion on his face.

at this time.

Sasuke, who subdued Gaara with a kunai, was also entangled by sand pillars like a python.

The two were in a stalemate.

Sasuke glanced behind Gaara and motioned for him to look back.

Gaara's profile.

He looked at the area where Sasuke had disappeared. In the sand pit, there lay a body that looked just like Sasuke, but shriveled.

"What is that?" Gaara seemed to have thought of something. After asking this question, he said in a deep voice: "Orochi-style Substitution Technique!"

Sand pit.

Sasuke, who had been beaten to pieces by Gaara's sand clone, now looked like a corpse with only a thick skin and no skeleton left.

Yes, this is the Orochi-style substitution technique, which is considered to be the top-notch technique among substitution techniques.

It was created by Orochimaru. The caster can use the method of shedding a snake's skin to escape from a disadvantageous situation. It is a more advanced method than conventional substitution techniques.

However, Gaara did not expect that Sasuke would actually know this trick. Gaara turned his head and looked at Sasuke in front of him. It was obvious that this guy had often asked Orochimaru for advice in private.

Sasuke's eyes were still cold, and the kunai in his hand was placed on Gaara's neck.

"You've already discovered my location, right?" Gaara said calmly.

At the moment, he was not considered to have lost, because the sand in his sand gourd that was nurtured by chakra was released around his body to act as a means of self-protection. When Sasuke swung the dagger at him, his sand also wrapped around Sasuke.

As long as Gaara wanted, he could die together with Sasuke.

Of course, when the battle developed to this point, the winner was actually decided.

Sasuke adjusted his breathing rhythm and replied in a calm tone:

“Well, when I run, my body releases subtle lightning-attribute chakra.

They condensed into tiny arcs of electricity and swept underground, which could also be considered a means of perception.

I have traveled all over the battlefields where I have fought you.

You are not in any corner, so from the beginning, I actually knew that you were most likely hiding where we were at the beginning. "

The corners of Gaara's mouth suddenly curled up, "Aren't you afraid that I'm not in the middle area?"

Sasuke replied:

"You have your pride. You will not leave here and go to the battle area where your brother or sister is."

Gaara nodded and said nothing more. The battle was over. As for the result, it was naturally a draw.

Main fort.

Rooftop.

"This is an unexpected result." Hong widened his eyes, put down the bottle he was about to raise, and exclaimed.

In fact, when Gaara used the Sand Coffin, many people present thought that Sasuke would definitely lose. After all, in that situation, even if Sasuke could use Chidori again, he would not be able to change the situation.

Who would have thought that Sasuke saved his chakra for using Chidori, deliberately put himself in danger, and invested all the saved chakra in the "Orochi-style Substitution Technique" to escape from danger.

In the end, Sasuke ended the battle in the most ninja way.

Even without chakra.

Even if there is no physical strength.

As long as the ninja combines his near-perfect stealth skills with a sharp kunai when the enemy is careless, he can still make his mark.

After all, assassination is the true meaning of ninja.

"Sasuke!"

Mikoto shouted loudly, then jumped down from the rooftop, landed steadily on the lawn, and instantly headed towards the battlefield in the middle.

With Mikoto's intervention, the duel between Gaara and Sasuke was declared over.

"Mother."

Sasuke turned his head to look at his mother who had come running over, and whispered, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

At this time, Guang's voice came from the rooftop: "The actual combat duel between Gaara and Sasuke is over, and the result of the battle is a draw!"

At this point, Sasuke finally put down the kunai that was on Gaara's neck.

And Gaara's gaze softened as well, withdrawing the grit that was tangled around Sasuke.

As the fine sound came.

The sand on Sasuke's body fell like rain, like the sands in an hourglass measuring time.

After the sand fell to the ground, it condensed into streams of sand. Then, like a tissue thrown into a puddle on the table, it instantly returned to Gaara and condensed into a sand gourd on his back.

"It's okay, it's okay, you've performed very well." Mikoto squatted down and carefully examined Sasuke's body.

"..." Sasuke lowered his head in embarrassment.

Even though he was praised by his mother in front of so many people, he was still a little shy, and his previous pride and aloofness were gone.

"..."

Gaara looked at the deep mother-son love between Sasuke and Mikoto, and although he was not injured at all, his heart was suddenly hit hard.

Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Mikoto took Sasuke's hand and said with a smile, "Let's go back and let your Aunt Nono give you treatment."

As she spoke, she took the arm of Gaara, who seemed a little lonely, and with a gentle smile on her face, she comforted him, "You performed very well, too, Gaara!"

"Thank you...sir."

Gaara's heart suddenly felt warm.

"Hehe, just call me auntie in the main castle." Mikoto responded politely.

She naturally knew that Yinyue valued these little guys, so as Yinyue's woman, it was right for her to get closer to these little guys.

"Okay, Auntie."

Gaara looked at Sasuke and said seriously: "Sasuke, you have a good mother."

Sasuke was noncommittal.

"Let's go, Naruto and the others haven't decided the winner yet." Mikoto led the two boys away from the battlefield.

"Auntie, I'm sorry, the venue was taken by me..." Gaara said apologetically.

"That's okay. A servant will come and fix it before dawn. It's their duty."

Mikoto smiled.

The three of them returned to the rooftop, and Nono and Shizune, who had been prepared, examined Gaara and Sasuke together.

Tsunade is here, but she is of no use for such trivial matters.

Naturally, no one had any objection to the draw announced earlier.

They believe in the observational power of light.

They believe more in what they see.

Soon, under Nono's treatment, the scars on Sasuke's face healed.

Nono rubbed Sasuke's head affectionately and gave him a gentle smile.

Before Yin Yue had children of her own, the women in the Konoha harem naturally treated Naruto and Sasuke as the focus of training.

"Sasuke, great job!"

Xiao Li turned around and congratulated.

Hinata, Shino, Kiba and others also cast the same look, and Sasuke nodded at them in response. To be honest, he was still a little unhappy that he failed to defeat Gaara.

But Sasuke also understood that with his current strength, it was not easy to defeat Gaara.

Thinking of this, Sasuke came to Shino and the others. At this time, Sakura and Ino, who were originally on the lawn, also instantly returned to the rooftop.

Sasuke looked towards the lawn, his eyes focused on the match between Naruto and Kankuro.

Gaara was not ignored by everyone, and Kushina and others also gave him encouragement.

Gaara is a very likable kid who reveals his true nature. After all, who would hate a sunny and cheerful boy with a pair of friendly dark circles under his eyes?

Gaara looked at his sister's fight, then looked at his brother's fight.

Ultimately, he chose to focus on the showdown with his brother.

"One of the groups is a tie. In this match between Konoha and the new generation of Sunagakure, the outcome will be decided by Naruto and his team."

Hong glanced around.

She didn't see Kakashi and the others, which she thought was a pity.

After all, during this period of time, Naruto and Sasuke were carefully taught by Kakashi.

For a master, it is naturally a pity not to see his disciple in actual combat.

But it’s okay.

Tomorrow these children will naturally tell their tutor.

"That little girl's name is Tenten, right? She can't hold on any longer..." Tsunade looked fiercely as she scanned the remaining two battles and immediately gave an analysis.

There are two games left.

It was obvious that Naruto and Kankuro were going to fight a protracted battle. Firstly, they both had sufficient chakra reserves, and secondly, they had different fighting styles.

The winner of the group of Temari and Tenten has already been decided.

The three-star fan in Temari's hand can almost restrain all ninjas of the same age who use throwing ninja tools.

Unfortunately, what Tiantian is best at at this stage is throwing various ninja tools.

At this time, after some commotion, everyone's attention was diverted from the duel between Sasuke and Gaara, and they continued to watch the subsequent duels.

"Wind Release: Kamaita!!!"

As Temari shouted angrily, she swung the three-star fan in her hand towards the flying Tenten.

A terrible gust of wind blew up.

All of a sudden, the grass on the lawn bent down and fell forward.

"I'm so sorry, everyone..." Tiantian crossed his arms in front of himself.

Her hair was blown wildly by the strong wind.

The two sealing scrolls in his hand that were originally intended to be used for throwing ninja tools spread out vertically, and the kunai and other ninja tools that were originally sealed inside were blown away one after another. As for the two scrolls, they also danced in the strong wind like silk.

"what--"

He screamed miserably every day.

Her skin was cut like a fine knife at this moment, and severe pain continued to come.

What made her feel most desperate was that under the cutting of such a fine blade, she could even feel that if there was no external interference, her vitality would quickly fade away.

bang——

Tiantian was swept away by the strong wind and fell heavily on the lawn.

In the original Chunin Exam, Temari even came under the defeated Tenten and used physical skills to chase her, and finally inserted the Three Star Fan under Tenten's body, which was obviously intended to cripple Tenten.

But of course that won't happen right now.

Temari didn't go to finish off the opponent.

"day by day!!!"

Seeing Tiantian being defeated, Xiao Li didn't think much and jumped off the roof. After landing, he instantly ran towards Tiantian.

"Hmph." Temari put away the three-star fan, but after thinking about it, she still carried the fan on her back and walked towards Tenten in front of her.

"You are very strong." Tenten curled up on the ground, groaning in pain, while looking at Temari's ninja shoes walking towards her, giving her approval.

Temari shook her head and sighed, "You shouldn't have stepped up. You were completely outmatched by my fighting style."

As she spoke, she leaned over and pulled Tiantian up from the ground, then put Tiantian's right hand on her shoulder and helped Tiantian walk towards the rooftop.

"Hehe, if you don't try, how will you know if you can do it?" Tiantian forced a smile.

"That's true."

Temari's eyes lit up, and then her expression returned to normal. Looking at the girl she was supporting, she actually agreed with the girl's point of view.