Chapter 533 The Gap between the Enemy and Us

Boom!

A terrifying repulsive force erupted centered on Nagato.

Under the impact of this immense power, the ground rapidly cracked, and instantly, a large pit appeared where Nagato stood.

Might Guy, who was extremely close to Nagato, instantly felt a terrifying repulsive force washing over his entire body, preventing his attack from landing on Nagato.

Undoubtedly, this was a contest of impact versus repulsion.

If Might Guy’s impact force surpassed Nagato’s, even if Golden Skyline still didn’t hit Nagato, he could use the recoil to send Nagato flying.

Boom, boom, boom!

The collision of two powerful forces further devastated the arena.

Nagato’s full-power Shinra Tensei already had a vast range, and coupled with the aftershock of its collision with Golden Skyline, the battleground quickly became as broken as if it had been bombed, and it spread towards the entire venue.

Fortunately, Muzuki had prepared in advance and immediately unleashed his Chakra to form hand seals, covering the battleground with a barrier to prevent the aftershock from spreading to the audience stands.

After all, with Might Guy and Nagato as contestants, Muzuki had anticipated a scene where both of them would unleash their full power, so he had made arrangements early.

Inside the lounge, Obito wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

Having witnessed such terrifying moves from the two, Obito couldn’t hold back.

Next, either he or Shisui would have to face such a monster; how the hell were they supposed to fight that?

Looking at the serious-faced Shisui, Obito sighed, clearly Shisui’s mood was also not great, after all, they were both Fire Release users from the lower ranks.

Their abilities: spitting out a stream of fire or a fireball.

And their opponents’ abilities: either controlling repulsion and gravity, capable of casually destroying the entire battleground when unleashed, or being a super taijutsu user, able to create large-scale Fire Release effects with their fists, and whose air cannons could crush a pile of Ninjutsu.

“Guy, you have to win!” Obito cheered for Might Guy.

Although whoever won would make the finals hellishly difficult, Might Guy was a friend and a fellow disciple, so Obito would unconditionally support Might Guy.

Bang!

Might Guy ultimately couldn’t withstand the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei and was sent flying backward at high speed, crashing into the edge of the battleground.

Obito quickly covered his mouth, then thought of Kakashi, “It must be Kakashi who just said Guy would win!”

“Phew.” Nagato panted heavily, sweat constantly streaming down his forehead, his face even paler.

That last attack consumed a large amount of Nagato’s Chakra, even causing him to feel a sense of exhaustion similar to after going berserk.

At this moment, Nagato was glad he had remembered Muzuki’s words and fought steadily throughout the battle; otherwise, the outcome of this fight would have been hard to predict.

Nagato looked at Might Guy, who was surrounded by scattered rocks and debris.

Might Guy struggled to stand up but failed.

Two Noon Leopards within a minute had severely damaged his legs, followed by serious injuries, coupled with the pressure of the Six Gates on his body, and finally Nagato’s full-power Shinra Tensei; at this moment, Might Guy’s legs were unable to stand, no matter how strong his will was.

“Leaf Hand Blade!”

Might Guy did not give up, using his less injured left hand to unleash a burst of air at Nagato.

But although Nagato was also not in good shape, he was much better than Might Guy, and with enough distance between them, he easily dodged the air blast.

Might Guy wanted to continue attacking, but his body wouldn’t allow it, failing to unleash a second air blast.

“Nagato wins!” The referee finally determined that Might Guy had lost his ability to fight and declared Nagato’s victory.

Immediately after, Ninja Sect Ninja quickly entered the arena to carry Might Guy away, and Muzuki’s main body went to treat Might Guy immediately.

“What incredible willpower.” Nagato watched Might Guy being carried away, his eyes filled with admiration.

Might Guy was so severely injured, yet he could still attack; if Nagato hadn’t possessed sensing abilities and the Rinnegan, he might have actually been hit by Might Guy if he had been careless.

“Number 19 Uchiha Shisui versus Number 30 Uchiha Obito!”

As Nagato left the arena, the referee quickly called out.

Shisui and Obito in the lounge immediately walked onto the battleground together.

Obito’s eyelid twitched as he looked at the place that read ‘battleground’ but was actually a ‘ruin’.

During the lunch break, Ninja had maintained the battleground, but Nagato and Might Guy had turned the repaired ground into a ruin in just one minute.

“Although I have to face a monster like Nagato in the finals, reaching the finals, even if I lose, means I’m only slightly worse than Nagato.” Obito’s desire to win was still strong.

After all, Might Guy was only in the Four Finals; if he got second place, the prestige would be immense.

Even if there was some luck involved, luck was also part of strength.

Shisui had no intention of showing off his ranking, but he still had a strong desire to win, as he had always wanted to reclaim the title of strongest disciple.

“Begin!”

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

Obito and Shisui were like reflections of each other, performing the same hand seals and using the same Ninjutsu, finally spitting out Great Fireball Technique of roughly the same size.

Boom!

The Great Fireball Technique collided and exploded violently, both large fireballs disappearing simultaneously.

Shisui was not surprised by this; without entering Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, his and Obito’s Fire Release were almost identical.

Immediately after, both their eyes turned blood-red, and they simultaneously activated their Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Shisui’s figure flickered, moving at extreme speed towards Obito.

Facing Shisui’s active charge, Obito was not afraid in the slightest, gathering Chakra and meeting him head-on.

Neither of them held back, their fists whistling through the air, each blow aimed at the opponent’s weak points.

Both had Breathing Technique to strengthen their bodies, both had Sharingan to enhance their perception, and their Taijutsu was taught by the same teacher, making it difficult to determine a victor for a time.

“Moves taught by the same teacher can’t be broken,” Obito couldn’t help but complain in his mind.

He actually had a slight advantage when fighting Shisui because Shisui’s Genjutsu had little effect on him.

Shisui had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Obito also had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan; their ocular power was also similar, so Shisui’s Sharingan Genjutsu was basically ineffective against Obito.

Yet Obito still dared not be careless, because even without Genjutsu, Shisui’s strength was not inferior to his.

Just as Obito was thinking of a way to break the stalemate, Shisui’s style suddenly became wide and open, and Obito instantly noticed several weaknesses on Shisui’s body.

Obito knew this was definitely Shisui’s tactic, but it was also his opportunity.

Obito concentrated his breathing to the extreme, instantly entering Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, gathering Chakra in his fist, rapidly completing Nature Transformation, and throwing a punch at Shisui.

“Fire Release: Flame Fist!”

The fist Obito swung ignited with fierce, high-temperature flames.

Just as Obito was about to strike Shisui’s chest, a layer of dark substance rapidly appeared on Shisui’s chest, and at the same time, Shisui’s left hand, covered in Armament Haki, also slapped towards Obito.

Bang!

A dull thud sounded, and both took a few steps back.

“Shisui’s Armament Haki is indeed stronger.” Obito touched the spot where he was struck; he had also used Armament Haki for defense at the last moment, but it still hurt a lot.

As the first disciple to learn Armament Haki, Shisui’s Armament Haki was the strongest among the current disciples.

“Such decisiveness, truly fitting Obito’s style, to immediately activate Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.” Removing the Armament Haki, Shisui could feel a warmth in his chest.

Under rational circumstances, Obito should have fallen for the trap and used Taijutsu to hit him, then been blocked by Armament Haki, and since Obito’s Armament Haki was inferior to Shisui’s, he would have been injured by Shisui.

But because Obito immediately entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, Shisui’s Armament Haki couldn’t perfectly block Obito’s Flame Fist, so the confrontation became a mutual injury.

Shisui was not surprised by the power of Obito’s Flame Fist, because Obito’s Flame Breathing had always been stronger than his.

If it weren’t for the protection of Armament Haki, Shisui would not have chosen to clash in Taijutsu with Obito, because even if both entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, he couldn’t beat Obito’s Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Immediately after, Shisui also concentrated his breathing and entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

If it were an unrestricted area, Shisui could still use his skilled Body Flicker Technique to evade Obito, but within a restricted area, Shisui’s maneuverability became limited, making it easy for Obito’s Fire Release to force him into a corner.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

With the enhancement of Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, both of them clasped their hands together and spat out a sea of flames towards each other.

Boom!

Two fierce seas of fire intertwined, the dazzling blaze seemingly dyeing the entire battleground red.

As Shisui expected, after entering Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, Obito’s Fire Release power surpassed Shisui’s, and soon the flames controlled by Obito slowly pressed towards Shisui’s side.

Shisui canceled the Chakra output to his Fire Release and flickered to dodge.

While Obito’s Fire Release was stronger than Shisui’s in Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, it wasn’t by much, and since a lot of flames had already been canceled out, Shisui easily dodged the two streams of flames created by Obito’s divided sea of fire.

“I feel like both Obito and Shisui are really strong, Kakashi, who do you think will win?” Rin Nohara asked Kakashi.

Obito and Shisui’s battle was truly evenly matched, with neither gaining an advantage.

Kakashi shook his head; he was only good at thinking and analyzing, not a prophet, so how could he know the outcome of such a battle?

“Now it’s just a matter of who shows a weakness first; on that point, I’m leaning towards Shisui,” Kakashi said after some thought.

If he had all of Obito’s abilities and fought Shisui, Kakashi believed a draw was not impossible.

But when it came to Obito, Kakashi would doubt first, then believe.

Because Obito tended to get carried away in regular fights and make aggressive strategies that led to problems.

Kakashi wasn’t always ‘doubt first, then believe’ with Obito; in a life-or-death battle, Kakashi would ‘believe first, then believe again,’ without any doubt.

Because in true life-or-death battles, Obito was very reliable; not only did he not mess around, but he could always burst out and play an unexpected role at critical moments.