Chapter 486 Preheating

The sun shone through the light mist and shrouded the waterfall in the back mountain.

The water in the pool is pitch black, and under the sunlight shining through the mist, it reflects a silvery and metallic luster.

The black substance covering the water flow is like a dark curtain, undulating slightly, as if it has fresh vitality.

Not long after, a slender figure stood up from the dark running water. The red and white maiden costume covering the body was already soaked, and it fit together with the delicate and fair skin.

Hair, nose tip, and chin are dripping with crystal clear drops of water.

The dark matter in the pool seemed to have been strongly stimulated by something, and began to fluctuate violently, creating layers of ripples, surging towards the girl's body crazily.

Under the blessing of dark matter, the girl showed a very comfortable expression on her face, as if these dark things were the most delicious tonic, which made her extremely enjoy this ecstatic feeling of power expansion.

When the dark matter was surging, one could still vaguely see countless black tentacles, which flashed through the water that had started to become clear, submerged into the girl's body, and disappeared.

Until the last trace of darkness disappeared from the pool, the pool became clean and crystal clear again, and calm was restored.

Stepping on the surface of the water with bare feet, the girl blushed while panting lightly, and slowly walked out of the pool.

"Wuzhi, are you alright?"

Seeing the girl in the priestess costume walking out of the pool, her legs still trembling slightly, she felt a little unsteady, Hanami Haruka asked concerned.

Wuzhi was wearing wet clothes. After walking out of the pool, he put his hand on a tree, relying on it not to fall down. Hearing his friend's concern, he shook his head slightly.

"It's okay... The chakra absorbed this time is a little more than before, and it takes a little time to get used to it."

It is not that more chakra is a good thing.

How much chakra the human body can hold depends on one's physical fitness.

If the body is weak, absorbing chakra that exceeds the limit of the body container is likely to cause the body to collapse directly, which is harmful to oneself.

Although her body is relatively strong compared to her peers, she has absorbed such a huge amount of chakra, and it is quite difficult to control it.

"what time is it now?"

Wuzhi waited until her breathing calmed down, her body stopped trembling, and she raised her head and asked.

Her eyes are always closed, but they are like see-through white eyes, able to directly see things outside.

"6:30, before the start of the game, there are still two and a half hours to prepare."

Hana Haruka took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and said to Wuzhi.

Wuzhi nodded slightly, two and a half hours was enough for her to get used to the sudden surge of chakra in her body.

"So, how about intelligence gathering?"

In the first half of the exorcism ceremony, Hanami Haruka, as a 'sacrifice' sucked by the monster, withdrew from the ceremony after offering most of her own chakra, and then went outside to collect information about the finals.

Wuzhi attaches great importance to the opponent who will be in the final today.

Because this is a great opportunity to promote your own shrine and make your own shrine famous.

After all, fame means that there will be more visitors to the shrine, and more tourists also mean that the income of the shrine will increase.

The times are developing rapidly. Even if the shrine needs to preserve many traditions, the priestesses of their lineage do not need to practice in seclusion. After joining the WTO, it is inevitable that they will need money in many places.

Since the outside world has started to keep pace with the times, the priestesses naturally have to keep up with the times to practice.

Hearing Wuzhi talking about business, Hanami Haruka shared the information she had collected:

"Your opponent in the first round is Rock Lee of Konoha. According to my investigation, he is a student of Konoha Shinobi Maitekai. And Maitekai, who was once one of the students taught by Master Liuli during Konoha's time, is not good at illusion and ninjutsu. He is good at physical arts. Rock Lee has inherited the advantages and disadvantages of Maitekai."

"Is it only physical skills?"

"If there is no omission of information, it should be true. But even if the opponent only knows physical skills, you can't be careless. As far as I know, Konoha Jami Maitekai can use the forbidden technique of the eight-door dunjia. As his valued student, Rock Lee has also learned the eight-door dunjia with a high probability. You must pay special attention to this."

Hua Jianyao said with a serious face.

Although there are huge risks in the Bamen Dunjia, relatively, it can double its strength in a short period of time.

You can't be too careful.

Wuzhi nodded slightly to show that she understood.

Obtaining extremely powerful forbidden techniques with a certain risk does require vigilance.

She has never had the experience of fighting the Eight Gates Dunjia ninja before, but as long as it is a forbidden technique, it will not be so easy to deal with it. If you don't handle it carefully, you may fail yourself.

Wuzhi will not place her hope on the fact that the other party has not learned Bamen Dunjia.

This is the final, so it is natural to evaluate the opponent with the worst possibility.

"Senior Asuka is next, as well as Cai and Xiang Rin. You know the strength of the three of them, especially that fellow Cai, whose strength is already very close to Jonin. If you pass the first round, then the next three of them are likely to be your competitors to advance to the first place."

Although both belong to the kingdom of ghosts, but in the finals, they are no longer comrades-in-arms, but opponents to be defeated.

"Then there are Kirigakure and Sagakure. Among them, Kaguykun Maro and Sandstorm Gaara will be your strong opponents. Konoha's Uchiha Sasuke, Yume Shino, and Hyuga Neji. Among them, Uchiha Sasuke may be the most troublesome one. Next is Hyuga Neji, but his opponent in the first round is Aya, which is a pity."

Hana Haruka expressed her opinion.

"Uzumaki Naruto..."

Wuzhi mentioned the name.

"Is that guy? At present, apart from Chakra being better, I don't see any other specialties. His opponent in the first round is the oil girl Shino from the same village, and there is a high probability that he will be eliminated by his opponent."

Hanami Haruka said.

She made this judgment not without basis.

The parasites of the oil girl clan have the ability to absorb chakra. Ninjas like Naruto with huge chakras are the favorite hunting targets of the parasites.

In this way, Naruto's chakra advantage could not be brought into play in the first round. And once this advantage is lost, in Hanami Haruka's view, Naruto, who doesn't know the sealing technique of the Uzumaki family, will become a living target for parasites.

"Not necessarily. Like Sagakure Gaara, he has a huge chakra monster sealed in his body, and these Jinchuriki cannot be treated with common sense."

And during the qualifiers, Naruto also made a very unexpected move. In Wuzhi's view, the opponent is more threatening than Yume Shino.

Similarly, Gaara, who was also born as Inchuriki, is also an existence beyond common sense.

Using general ideas to speculate on the upper limit that Jinchuriki can achieve is to underestimate the horror of Jinchuriki too much.

For those powerful ninjas, maybe Jinchuriki is not too dangerous, but this is the Chunin exam, just a battle between the ninjas.

Once Jinchuriki uses the power of the tail beast, even just a little bit, it may turn the whole game into a mess.

Because the Tailed Beast is a part of Jinchuriki, as long as it can be controlled, it is also counted as the power of Jinchuriki itself.

"But, the two of them are about the same age as us, so they shouldn't be able to control the power of the tailed beast in their bodies, right?"

Hanami Haruka hesitated for a moment and said.

"But it's not completely impossible, is it?"

When Hua Jianyao heard this, he rubbed his eyebrows. From this point of view, the difficulty of this final is too scary.

It is not an easy thing to successfully win the first place.

And there is not much rest time in the midfield, which is a test of the endurance and tactical arrangements of every ninja contestant.

"In any case, let's sort out the information first. There are still more than two hours before the start of the game, and there is enough time to make temporary adjustments."

For Hanami Haruka's arrangement, Wuzhi did not refuse, and began to discuss the details of the intelligence with the other party.

As for his teammate Yamazaki, Hanami Haruka didn't mention a word.

For Yamazaki Hisahi, a teammate of the same team, Hanami Haruka is very aware of the opponent's ability value. In the monster-like finals, the opponent may be the only normal ninja.

Normal to no need for special targeting.

hostel.

Amidst a knock on the door, Naruto woke up in a daze.

"Naruto, open the door quickly, don't oversleep, don't forget that today is the start of the finals!"

Hearing the sound coming into the room from outside, Naruto sat up from the bed and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"It's Sakura."

Naruto yawned while rubbing his eyes, got out of bed, put on his slippers, walked to the entrance of the room, and opened the door.

Sure enough, Sakura was standing outside the door, but Naruto didn't see Sasuke and Kakashi.

"Where are Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei?"

"They are having breakfast downstairs, it's already seven o'clock, you should come down quickly."

Seeing Naruto's sleepy look, Sakura was a little dissatisfied, and continued: "Naruto, didn't you tell you not to stay up late last night? What if you don't perform well in the competition?"

"Haha, sorry, I got a little obsessed with practicing ninjutsu last night."

Naruto scratched the back of his head, smiled a little embarrassedly, then walked back into the house and began to organize things.

Sakura followed and walked in, looking at the scrolls scattered all over the floor, even the bed was in a mess, as if a tornado passed through, leaving a mess on the ground, leaving Sakura very speechless.

In desperation, he had no choice but to help Naruto clean up the messy room.

I really don't know how the other party lives in normal times. He lives alone, so he should be independent and take care of himself.

Sakura felt that after the Chunin exam, it was necessary to teach Naruto how to do housework.

Soon after Naruto got dressed, Sakura took out an opaque paper bag from her ninja tool bag and handed it to Naruto.

"Here you are, this is something you asked me to make a few days ago."

"Thank you, Sakura. But, I didn't expect it to be possible?"

Naruto took the paper bag, glanced at the contents, and showed surprise.

"It's okay, but due to the rush of time and the lack of complete data, the effect may not be as good as you imagined. At most, it will help you buy some time."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can buy time. After the game, I will treat you to eat ramen, Sakura."

Naruto carefully put the paper bag into the ninja bag on his lap.

"Uh, forget it, anyway, it's not a big deal. Now that you've packed it up, let's hurry down and have breakfast. It's time for departure soon."

"OK."

Saying that, Naruto and Sakura left the room.

In the restaurant downstairs, Sasuke and Kakashi have already started enjoying breakfast here. The Jnin and Genin who are the guides of Konoha's other teams also almost gathered here. When they saw Naruto and Sakura coming, they just nodded and didn't come forward to communicate. They concentrated on eating the food in front of them. They all knew that time was precious at this time.

"Have you stayed up late these days, Naruto?"

Seeing the dark circles under the eyes of Naruto, Kakashi immediately understood that Naruto probably didn't go to bed until very late these days.

"Don't worry, Mr. Kakashi, I'm full of energy now, and I won't hinder today's game."

Naruto said indifferently, and began to eat the hot rice ball that Kakashi had prepared for him, with milk, eggs, bread and other food beside him.

"I hope so. Then, following Jiraiysama, how is the practice going?"

Kakashi asked.

He mainly wanted to inquire about the progress of Naruto's spiral pill cultivation.

Helix Wan is an level ninjutsu that is not weaker than his Thunder Dun Chidori, and it is also a type of Muji ninjutsu.

So in terms of procedure, it is easier than Chidori.

If Naruto successfully grasps the Spiral Pill, it will be self-evident for the other party's benefits, and it may become one of the biggest dark horses in the third exam.

Otherwise, relying on the strength during the qualifiers, it would be difficult for Naruto to stand out in today's competition.

With rice **** in his mouth, Naruto said vaguely: "I only learned the first ninjutsu, and the second ninjutsu is a little bit worse. The lecherous fairy said that it is because my chakra control is insufficient. If you want to complete the second jutsu, you need to learn more about chakra control..."

Speaking of this, Naruto was a little helpless.

Although he has learned to climb trees and tread water, the chakra control required by Helix Wan is many times more difficult than the so-called tree climbing and treading water.

Concentrate a large number of chakras in an irregular order and rotate them in the palm of the hand, and compress them into a sphere as small as a fist. One can imagine how superb chakra control ability is required.

Although Naruto has overcome all the previous processes, he cannot break through the last step.

Unless he makes a huge breakthrough in his own chakra control, he will not be able to successfully cast the spiral pill.

According to Jiraiya, it will take him at least a month of undivided practice to be able to do it.

"Is that so, so I should have told you already? I usually ask you to practice **** Chakra control, and don't always think about learning some powerful ninjutsu. For ninjas, basic things are very important, and this will determine the upper limit of a ninja. Any powerful jutsu has preconditions."

For this kind of thing, Kakashi is helpless.

Chakra control, which can only be done consciously by oneself.

But Naruto paid too much attention to the appearance of ninjutsu, but ignored the most essential facts.

That is, any high-level ninjutsu requires superb chakra control ability as a prerequisite before it can be successfully displayed.

Because the stronger the ninjutsu, the more stable the chakra is, once the chakra is released unstable, it will hurt the jutsu himself.

Many forbidden jutsu, or half-finished ninjutsu, are almost similar.

The unstable chakra will cause unpredictable risks to the performer himself, which is very important.

"Speaking of which, Sakura, do you have any good solutions? For example, the trick to quickly increase the control of chakra?"

Naruto looked at Sakura.

He knows that Sakura is better than him and Sasuke in controlling Chakra. Even Kakashi, who is a Jonin, has affirmed this many times, thinking that Sakura's control of Chakra has even surpassed the level of Chunin.

This is a very high evaluation.

This also means that when Sakura releases ninjutsu, she will not waste any chakra, which can effectively save chakra resources.

and his ninja, who starts to waste chakra once he uses ninjutsu, belong to the opposite extreme.

Sakura thought for a while and replied: "Generally speaking, if you want to improve your chakra control, you can only accumulate it slowly through repeated and boring practice. However, when I was learning medical ninjutsu, I occasionally thought of being lazy, so I came up with a theoretically feasible method."

"any solution?"

Naruto's eyes lit up.

"That is to use external force to balance and stabilize your own chakra."

"External force?"

"Yes, this external force can be a machine, or it can be achieved with the help of other people to achieve the purpose of balancing Chakra. The former is used by medical ninjas. Many medical devices will help medical ninjas stabilize their own Chakra control during surgery and avoid unnecessary mistakes during surgery. I have not tried the latter, because everyone's Chakra operates differently and at different speeds. If you want to stabilize your own Chakra through other people, unless two people share a source of Chakra, otherwise accidents will easily occur and cause The meridian is damaged. Therefore, the latter solution is only theoretically feasible, and I do not recommend Naruto to use it."

Sakura expressed her opinion.

Naruto looked bewildered, and nodded half-understood. He felt that he had caught something, but he didn't seem to have caught anything.

Morning, eight thirty.

The open-air hall that was temporarily requisitioned for the third final of the United Chunin Examination was in a lively atmosphere full of voices.

Celebrities and aristocrats from all over the world, representatives of ninja from ninja villages in other countries, and even tourists from abroad, as well as local residents and ninjas in the land of ghosts, constituted all the audience for the third joint Chunin exam.

These people gathered in this open-air clubhouse one after another, sat in the audience seats that had been prepared, and waited for the opening of the third exam with excitement.

Around the guild hall, even in the daytime, a series of firecrackers and fireworks sounded, exploding in the sky, making the already lively atmosphere even hotter.

The competition venue located in the center of the clubhouse is like an ancient Colosseum, but unlike the Colosseum, this is a battle between ninjas. Its magnificence and visual impact cannot be presented by irrational beasts.

Led by the chief examiner of the third test, Kaminokijima of the Oni Nation, a total of fourteen ninja candidates from the four forces of the Oni Nation Military, Konoha, Kirigakure, and Sand Yin came to the huge stage in the central area and stood still.

Looking at the crowds of people around, being surrounded by the attention of countless people, even though it was expected, there was still a little expression on the face of the Fourteen Ninja, and they couldn't be immune to such a rare sight.

For the ninjas who are used to avoiding ordinary people to fight, thinking that they will show their true strength on this stage next, and get applause and praise from people from all over the world in the audience, they can't calm down for a long time.

Excited, apprehensive, uneasy all have.

It seems that they can see the touches on the faces of these ninjas. There are only two or three people who can keep calm. As the chief examiner of this test, Onijima Shinobu turned his strong and strong body, and said to these ninjas participating in the finals in a calm tone:

"As a ninja, you must remain absolutely calm at all times, and don't be intimidated by this scene. If you can't adjust your emotions in time now, you will definitely perform abnormally in the next game and be ruthlessly eliminated by your opponent."

"I'm not nervous at all, I just think that I'm going to fight here next, and I feel my blood boil."

Feeling that he seemed to be underestimated, Naruto couldn't help but refute.

"If this is the case, then it would be the best. Then, now, show your face to all the audience here, don't panic, and don't be shy. You who represent the face of the country and the village behind you, this is the first thing to do well."

Under Onijima Shinobu's order, the examinees took a deep breath, raised their heads, and let go of their faces. On this stage, they showed it to the surrounding audience as much as they wanted, so that they could see it without hindrance.

And as a Jonin Onijima, it is not so troublesome.

Although it is the first time for him to host this kind of scene, as a jonin, his psychological ability to resist pressure is undoubtedly very strong.

Only when I entered the venue, I felt a momentary discomfort, and then I didn't feel anything, and I was able to deal with it calmly.

"Speaking of which, my lord examiner, has the arena here been enlarged on purpose?"

Sasuke suddenly whispered.

He noticed that today's arena seemed different from that in the qualifiers.

Especially as a competition arena, there are two ninjas standing at the four corners, a total of eight people.

Judging from the majestic aura revealed by them, there is no doubt that they are jounin of the army of the kingdom of ghosts.

In addition, the arena under his feet is also different. Not only has the texture become harder, but the range of movement seems to have become larger.

During the qualifiers, Sasuke clearly remembered that the arena was definitely not as big as it is now.

This is not only Sasuke's doubts, but the rest of the Shinobi have also noticed this problem.

Onijima Shinobu calmly replied: "You are quite careful. You guessed right. The stage used in today's finals was deliberately enlarged. The standard size is 45*45 meters, which is nearly a third larger than the stage used in the qualifiers, which is enough for you to toss on it."

Considering that the ninja participating in the finals this time is different from the previous ones, continuing to use the stage of the qualifiers may not allow the candidates to show their strength.

The enlarged stage is specially strengthened, so that the candidates can play on it to their heart's content.

Because it is far away from the auditorium, even if you communicate here, as long as it is not particularly loud, the sound will not be transmitted to the auditorium for people to hear.

"Have you started yet?"

Gaara, who doesn't like being watched very much, is a little impatient with such a scene, and her mood becomes extremely irritable.

Onijima Shinobu glanced at him, and the other party's body faintly revealed a terrifying murderous aura, as if he would kill someone here in the next moment.

"Don't worry, Sha Yin boy, you will have time to play later. There is still about half an hour before the start of the game. Compared with this, I advise you to filter the tactics in your mind again now. After the game starts, you won't be given too much time to think about countermeasures."

Subsequently, Onijima Shinobu faced the highest and most eye-catching stand of the audience, where the high-level personnel of the military and government departments of the Oni Country sat, and they were heavyweight representatives among the audience.

(end of this chapter)