Chapter 108: That Show-Off Was Way Too Stiff (Fifth Update)

Death Forest, inside the lighthouse.

"Gulp…"

The enormous arena, under Xiao Li's attack, had already been completely transformed beyond recognition.

The entire arena had split into pieces, with broken rubble scattered everywhere.

The crowd in the stands, watching the scene before them, were all stunned.

This is a genin's battle?

If you said it was an elite jōnin, they'd believe it!

Kankurō and the others were even more dumbfounded.

Konoha's genin—are they really this strong now?

This isn't just strong, it's excessive!

Glancing at the dust and smoke billowing below, at this moment Kankurō and the others couldn't help but feel worried.

After taking an attack like that, Gaara wouldn't have been beaten to death on the spot, would he?

Thinking of that possibility, everyone's heart gave a sudden lurch.

"Whoosh…"

As the smoke gradually cleared, Xiao Li's figure was the first to emerge from within.

Although Xiao Li now had a hint of weariness on his face, he appeared to be otherwise unharmed.

And on the other side, not far off, beneath the ground—

A crater three meters in radius and one meter deep made everyone freeze.

One glance revealed Gaara's body lying quietly within the pit.

The gourd on his back had been completely shattered, having provided a sliver of protection at the very last moment.

Otherwise, Gaara would have been charred on the spot.

"Whoosh!"

From the stands, Baki's figure dropped down directly, gave a brief examination, and then conceded on the spot.

Gaara was Sand's secret weapon for this occasion.

They absolutely could not let anything happen to Gaara here.

And with Baki's concession, the Konoha crowd couldn't help but cheer.

Only Neji in the stands, his gaze on Xiao Li, had changed.

Unbeknownst to him, that guy's strength had actually become this terrifying already.

Thinking of Xiao Li earlier with all six gates open, for the first time Neji entertained the thought that he was no match.

Even though that thought was quickly dismissed, it still made Neji's expression turn ugly.

And on the other side, Kakashi watched Xiao Li with a look of admiration.

"At that age, to have mastered the Eight Gates to this degree—he really is a genius!"

Proud as Kakashi was, he acknowledged Xiao Li's strength.

Based on the latter's ability, in this Chunin Exam, no one was his match.

"Guy, you've trained a fine disciple!"

Kakashi's rare words of praise left Guy dumbfounded.

I taught him?

The Eight Gates were taught by me, that's true.

But I didn't know that Xiao Li, that guy, had actually secretly mastered the sixth gate already!

Mastering the sixth gate at that age—even Guy found it hard to believe.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Guy would have thought he was dreaming.

And on the other side, having won the battle, Xiao Li silently opened the members' group.

He posted the video of his earlier battle into it.

Inside the members' group, with Xiao Li's video, everyone silently tapped to open it.

But after watching the video, everyone was puzzled.

Yue Buqun: "Newbie, why are you posting this in here?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Exactly, your battle video is obviously showing off!"

Abbot Xuan Ci: "Amitabha. Though this old monk admits your combat power is formidable, your show-off personality is truly vile!"

Stark: "Goodness, nowadays people show off this stiffly? Just posting a video!"

Great Ming War God: "Isn't this the members' group? A newbie acting like this and no one manages it?"

Tang San: "Uh, this members' group is speak freely, there's no admin either, who's going to manage it?"

Qin Shi Huang: "@Rock Lee, come out and explain why you're suddenly showing off!"

In the members' group, everyone now directly demanded Rock Lee come out and give an explanation.

If you're going to show off, at least have a buildup.

You don't even have a buildup, just force it out—doesn't that hurt your body?

But at this moment, Xiao Li, looking at the contents of the members' group, couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

He wasn't showing off—he just wanted to prove his way of the ninja.

Thinking of Ying Zheng's words summoning him in the group, Rock Lee hesitated, then still spoke up.

Rock Lee: "Everyone, I'm not showing off, I'm only doing this to prove my way of the ninja!"

With those words, Rock Lee thought he would gain everyone's recognition!

But the very next second, he was immediately sprayed by everyone.

Zhang Sanfeng: "This old Daoist doesn't understand the Way of Endurance. What do you all think?"

Yue Buqun: "Should we go through the motions, or just spray him directly!"

Abbot Xuan Ci: "How about we just spray him directly — this guy doesn't follow the usual patterns!"

Tang San: "Mm, what you all say does have some reason to it!"

Great Ming War God: "Newbie, take your Way of Endurance and shove it. You're just showing off, and you even came up with such a lame excuse. Is it really appropriate for you to act like this?"

Great Ming War God: "Spraying him directly — is it just like this!"

Stark: "Couldn't tell. Zhu Qizhen, you actually have a knack for spraying too!"

Great Qin Shi Huang: "Alright, that's about enough spraying."

Great Qin Shi Huang: "After all, everyone here is a member — we should mind our image a little!"

Yue Buqun: "Eh, right, why haven't I seen the other two speak up in the group?"

Jiang Yuyan: "Those two never even joined the group!"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Strange. The member group only costs a hundred taels of gold to enter. They shouldn't be that broke!"

Great Ming War God: "Didn't Stark give each of them thirty thousand taels of gold?"

In his words, the Great Ming War God Zhu Qizhen did not forget to mock Stark a little.

He still held a grudge against the latter for stealing his watermelon juice.

Stark: "Sigh, can't be helped. I'm just rich and like giving newbies some pocket money. This is called charity!"

Facing Zhu Qizhen's veiled jab, Stark retorted back without the slightest hesitation.

A mere thirty thousand taels of gold — Stark didn't care about it in the slightest.

Nowadays, the only thing he was poor in was money itself.

Stark's sudden flaunting of wealth caused the expressions of everyone in the member group to change one after another.

Good lord, this was an outright, bare-faced flaunt of wealth.

This Stark — they really wanted to rob him!

At this moment, quite a few people in the member group all rose with such thoughts.

Being rich isn't your fault.

But being rich and still coming out to flaunt it — that's your problem.

And just as everyone in the member group was secretly eyeing Stark—

In the Heavenly Pearl world on the other side—

"I'm rich, I'm rich now!"

The moment Zhou Weiqing returned to the real world, he immediately shouted excitedly.

The gourmet food from the food shop had directly caused him to break through nine major acupoints, raising his strength from the previous one-bead level straight to the strength of three beads.

The terrifying boost in strength nearly stunned Zhou Weiqing.

Thinking of such a pace of improvement, within a week he might be able to advance to the Heavenly King level.

By then, wouldn't he have everything?

Thinking of this, Zhou Weiqing's eyes couldn't help but light up.

However, the most pressing matter right now was still to get his wife into his hands.

After the experience with Jiang Yuyan, Zhou Weiqing now suddenly felt that his own wife was wonderful.