Chapter 70: Ninjutsu Genius VS Taijutsu Genius, Chidori Stream and Eight Gates
"As expected, you're strong!"
Rock Lee, who had been blown away by the gale, stuck his feet to the wall, looking at the nonchalant Izayoi with an extremely excited expression.
When the airflow weakened, he disappeared again, but this time he didn't appear around Izayoi.
Instead, he turned into a black afterimage, revolving around Izayoi.
His speed was so fast that the small afterimage actually stirred up a cloud of dust, forming a white vortex that enveloped Izayoi.
The next second, Rock Lee appeared in front of Izayoi and threw a punch.
Izayoi didn't make any move.
Just as the fist was about to hit Izayoi, it suddenly stopped.
Upon closer inspection, that fist and Rock Lee were just afterimages.
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
A shout rang out, and a wind vortex appeared out of thin air to Izayoi's right, transforming into Rock Lee's figure.
A 360-degree charged spinning kick struck towards Izayoi.
If it were the rookies of this generation, apart from Shino Aburame who could use the Insect Clone Technique, the others would probably have ended the battle if they had taken this kick.
But as the saying goes...
Rock Lee's speed was fast, but Izayoi's speed was even faster.
Just like the Leaf Whirlwind just now, the spinning kick hadn't even reached Izayoi before it was blocked.
This time it wasn't Wind Style, but Izayoi's forearm.
With a bang, a shockwave erupted from the point where Izayoi's forearm and Rock Lee's shin met.
Directly blocking a kick that could send objects weighing hundreds of pounds flying, Izayoi's forearm didn't budge, as if it were made of steel.
Because his sleeves were in the way, no one could see the reason.
Under Rock Lee's wide-eyed gaze, Izayoi changed from blocking to seizing, grabbing his ankle, then turning and using the momentum to throw Rock Lee heavily to the ground.
Relying on his astonishing arm strength, Rock Lee used both hands to brace himself against the ground, blocking the throw, and at the same time exerted force to break free, landing with a front flip.
Izayoi didn't press his attack but retracted his hand and continued to watch Rock Lee silently.
From beginning to end, Izayoi hadn't moved a single step.
The rookies were already dumbfounded.
"Does he even know Earth Style nature transformation?" The three tomoe in Kakashi Hatake's eyes spun rapidly. He was one of the few on the field who saw through Izayoi's blocking technique.
In the eyes of others, Izayoi's taijutsu was astonishing, completely suppressing even Rock Lee who was wearing such heavy weights.
But in Kakashi Hatake's eyes, Izayoi was a true ninjutsu genius.
The Lightning Release nature transformation he taught Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata, the fire tornado in the Forest of Death, as well as the Wind Style and now the Earth Style nature transformation, Izayoi had already mastered four nature transformations.
Could this brat be... all five elements?
Kakashi Hatake thought to himself.
Even if he had all five elements, it would still require arduous training to master nature transformation to this extent!
No wonder the Hyuga clan didn't stop the young lady of the main house from associating with him. It seemed they had long discovered and invested in this uncut gem.
"Truly excellent! Such chakra, and such ninjutsu talent, it seems he's a genius who awakened a bloodline across generations. Then... is it Senju, or Uzumaki?"
Orochimaru showed a sinister smile, his thoughts similar to Kakashi Hatake's. He suspected Izayoi had all five elements and even speculated about Izayoi's ancestry.
Bang bang bang...
The sound of fighting continued to ring out. Rock Lee, who was being continuously overwhelmed, didn't show the slightest discouragement but instead excitedly attacked Izayoi, getting stronger as he fought!
Izayoi no longer used ninjutsu to defend but released the sensory ability of Kagura Shingan while using Lightning Release chakra to stimulate his cells and increase his speed, engaging in a fierce taijutsu battle with Rock Lee.
In the hall, two afterimages collided with each other like high-speed spinning tops.
Each time they collided, they would reveal their figures, then change positions and continue to collide.
When their fists and feet met, whether it was pure strength or the invisible shockwaves generated by chakra, it would burst out from the point of contact.
Gradually, their speed became faster and faster, their positions no longer limited to the ground, and they would occasionally leap into the air, making it dazzling to watch.
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes could barely keep up, but Naruto Uzumaki and the others were completely dumbfounded.
Not to mention them, even some Special Jonin who were not good at sensing had shocked expressions.
They never expected that there would be two such monsters among this year's Genin.
The all-rounder Jonin and the ace elite Jonin, watching Izayoi, who was clearly not a taijutsu expert but whose speed was not at all inferior to Rock Lee, sighed slightly, "What amazing nature transformation, what strong chakra control!"
Although they both used Lightning Release chakra to increase their speed, Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata couldn't compare to Izayoi.
This incomparability wasn't about speed itself.
Rather, after the sudden increase in speed, they either couldn't perfectly control their bodies, or they needed to adapt slowly before they could increase their speed, and their endurance was generally poor.
On the other hand, Izayoi could instantly perfectly master the state of using Lightning Release chakra to stimulate his cells to increase his speed, and he could instantly push his speed to the limit.
This not only required powerful nature transformation but also astonishing chakra control ability.
And the latter was the key.
To have this level of chakra control at this age, it was no wonder he had mastered two/four nature transformations at such a young age.
Everyone present seemed to see the scene of Konoha adding another all-rounder Jonin in a few years.
But soon, the Jonin present all realized that they had underestimated Izayoi.
After countless rounds of exchanging blows, Izayoi and Rock Lee, who had turned into afterimages colliding like spinning tops, finally stopped.
At this time, Rock Lee was breathing somewhat heavily, sweat beading on his forehead as he looked at Izayoi across from him.
Izayoi still had that nonchalant look, smiling slightly, "Your taijutsu is very powerful, but if this is all you have, then the battle will end quickly. Do you have any stronger moves?"
Hearing this, Rock Lee subconsciously glanced in Might Guy's direction.
When he saw Guy-sensei still grinning, giving him a thumbs-up and nodding, Rock Lee's face lit up with joy.
Immediately, while untying the bandages on his hands, he said to Izayoi, "I do have a more powerful move, but it's a forbidden technique that's prohibited from being used against comrades! The reason I was punished by Guy-sensei after my last fight with Sasuke was because I almost broke that taboo."
"But if my opponent is you, Izayoi, I think you can withstand the power of the Lotus."
His hand bandages hanging down, Rock Lee looked at Izayoi with determined eyes and said in a deep voice, "Izayoi, I will use this move to prove to you that effort can defeat genius!"
Hearing this, the examinees immediately focused their attention.
Even the Jonin watched Rock Lee seriously.
Kakashi Hatake, who knew Might Guy best, had an audacious idea.
"That Guy, he wouldn't have taught him that forbidden technique, would he?"
The next second, Kakashi Hatake's thought was confirmed.
In the perspective of the Byakugan and Sharingan, Rock Lee's brain suddenly experienced a surge of chakra, which then flowed along his meridians throughout his body, as if some restriction had been lifted.
Even his aura changed.
Many Jonin felt a sense of oppressive power from Rock Lee, a feeling of being able to overturn the established order.
Izayoi also noticed this and finally became completely serious.
Without using the power of the Tenseigan, Izayoi was very curious about the power of the Eight Gates, one of the three great divine techniques of Shippuden.
Then Izayoi saw Rock Lee in his sight, his figure flashing, instantly appearing in front of him from several meters away and throwing a straight punch.
Izayoi reacted quickly, wanting to raise his hand to strike his wrist.
But in the next instant, Rock Lee repeated his old trick, his figure disappearing without even leaving an afterimage, appearing behind Izayoi, his fist turning into a claw, trying to grab and bind Izayoi with his bandages.
Zzzzz...
At this moment, the sound of electricity converging rang out.
Snake-like blue and white arcs of electricity appeared out of thin air, coiling around Izayoi's body.
Before Rock Lee's hand could touch Izayoi, it was shocked by the electricity and retracted, quickly putting distance between himself and Izayoi.
"This is... the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of the Hidden Cloud Village?"
"No, this is just... shape transformation!"
"What an amazing guy, not only nature transformation, but even shape transformation is so powerful?"
"Such Lightning Release talent is exactly the same as Jonin Kakashi!"
"..."
Sounds of exclamation rang out from the second-floor stands.
The speakers were all those Jonin.
These words were so harsh to Kurenai Yuhi's ears.
At the same time, she couldn't help but show a wry smile, feeling that the Hokage had made a mistake in assigning the teams.
With such talent as Izayoi's, he should have been Kakashi Hatake's disciple.
If Izayoi were Kakashi Hatake's disciple, he might have already learned a large number of five-element ninjutsu, or even mastered the Chidori, and even the S-rank ultimate technique Lightning Blade, which was a fusion of nature transformation and shape transformation.
As for the examinees, most of them didn't even understand nature transformation very well, let alone shape transformation.
Only Sasuke Uchiha's eyes lit up: "So that's how Lightning Release chakra can be used!"
Little did he know that this move was the... Chidori Stream he would develop in the future.
Bang!
Using the Chidori Stream, Izayoi's speed also increased. His figure flashed as he appeared in front of Rock Lee and threw a punch.
Rock Lee subconsciously blocked with both hands, and the next second his eyeballs bulged, a look of pain on his face.
His stomach had been kicked, and he was sent flying by Izayoi, crashing heavily into the wall, creating a small dent with cracks spreading out.
Izayoi didn't press his attack but stood with blue and white arcs of electricity coiling around his body, smiling, "Just increasing your speed by 20% isn't enough to be called a forbidden technique. You should be able to become stronger! Let me see your real trump card!"
Like a hanging scroll falling, Rock Lee, who had come down from the wall, lowered his head and didn't speak.
But the dojutsu users on the stands, as well as the ninjas skilled in sensing, all narrowed their pupils and showed shocked expressions, as if they had seen something.
"Eight Gates Formation, Third Gate - the Gate of Life... open!"
Rock Lee crossed his hands, and the airflow around him suddenly became distorted and rose upwards.
When he raised his head, his eyes were completely white, with no pupils visible.
His face was flushed red, veins bulged on his forehead, and white steam emanated from his entire body.
Accompanied by a loud shout, green energy suddenly erupted.
(End of this chapter)
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