Chapter 57: Teacher

Next, Yuzhibo Zhe, relying on his superhuman tenacity, engaged in a splendid Taijutsu duel with Teacher Chongzheng.

As he watched, Dong Shilang couldn't help but have a question.

"Hey Yan, is it possible that this guy Zhe can't use Ninjutsu? Why does he keep attacking with Taijutsu, shuriken, and kunai?"

Hearing Dong Shilang's question, Yuzhibo Yan glanced at the arena, lowered his eyelids slightly, looked ahead, and replied expressionlessly:

"That idiot must have forgotten to use Ninjutsu!"

"Eh~"

【It seems that guy isn't just hot-blooded; he's also the type that gets easily carried away!】

Hearing Yan's answer, Dong Shilang was somewhat speechless, but seeing her exasperated expression, this was very likely the case.

"Damn it! Again!"

Should one say it's no wonder he's a talent specially selected by the family for early graduation? Only seeing that Yuzhibo Zhe's offensive in the arena had no effect, but from the wind brought by each move, one could tell his strength and displayed speed far surpassed ordinary ninja academy students.

Moreover, his tenacity was also excellent.

Although he had been knocked down multiple times by Teacher Chongzheng, he didn't give up easily; instead, he kept getting up, regrouping, and launching the next wave of offense. Although he had never been seen using Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, however, judging by appearance, the effect would not be poor.

"Swish!"

The two kunai that had fallen to the ground were kicked hard by Teacher Chongzheng's toe, shooting rapidly toward Dong Shilang and Yuzhibo Yan's faces.

"As teammates, we can't just watch our comrade fight alone! You two have observed enough; it's time to join in!"

He slightly turned his head to dodge the incoming kunai, then confirmed that Yan beside him was unharmed.

He turned his head to look at the arena.

Only seeing Teacher Chongzheng effortlessly raise a hand to block Zhe's high kick, then grab his attacking foot, spin twice, and fling him far away. At that moment, he turned back, smiling at the two of them.

Without hesitation, seizing the opening where Zhe was not present, Dong Shilang reached into his ninja tool pouch, took out several shuriken, and launched a shuriken barrage at Teacher Chongzheng. Compared to Zhe's shuriken technique, his shuriken differed only in being faster.

Such a simple attack was hardly even pediatric for Teacher Chongzheng. Only seeing him lightly kick a kunai on the ground toward the direction of the incoming shuriken, intending to repeat his old trick to counter Dong Shilang's assault.

"Bang!"

"How could this be? Just now there clearly wasn't..."

Only seeing that the shuriken and kunai colliding in midair suddenly burst into a puff of white smoke; although the explosion occurred relatively close to him, it soon obscured his figure.

This also slightly surprised Teacher Chongzheng.

Because what had just been shot were clearly only shuriken, with no smoke bombs at all.

It turned out that as Dong Shilang reached into his waist with one hand to take out a shuriken, his other hand slipped into his sleeve, quietly formed several seals, and performed the Transformation Technique from the Triple Body Technique.

This is one of the fruits of his years of studying Ninjutsu. Ordinary people perform Transformation Technique using themselves as the medium, shaping it after the target's appearance; but Dong Shilang this time used the smoke bomb as the medium, performed Transformation Technique to make it resemble a shuriken, and attacked Teacher Chongzheng, catching him off guard.

The inspiration came from the original work, where Zilaiye used the Toad Transformation Technique on the ninjas of Rain Village; the principle is the same. However, using another person as the medium for Transformation Technique is considerably more difficult than using an object as Dong Shilang did.

And forming seals with one hand is another of his achievements.

Thanks to years of uninterrupted seated meditation, he became sensitive to the flow of chakra within his body; after repeated trials, he finally managed to perform some simple Ninjutsu with one hand.

"Yi-Wei-Shen-Hai-Wu-Yin, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Without any hesitation, taking advantage of the moment Teacher Chongzheng's vision was obscured by the smoke, Dong Shilang swiftly formed seals with both hands and executed the Fire Release Ninjutsu passed down through the Uchiha clan.

In an instant, a huge reddish-orange fireball erupted from Dong Shilang's starting point, rolling toward the direction where the smoke bomb had exploded.

At the same time, chakra burst from his feet as he leapt into the thicket behind him. He didn't believe a simple Great Fireball Technique could take down Teacher Chongzheng; moving after a shot is a sound tactic he wanted to uphold. As a battle royale player, he deeply understood this.

"Boom—"

A loud boom rang out, with the spot where Dong Shilang had just stood as the epicenter. An orange-red fireball nearly seven to eight meters in diameter, scalding hot, plowed a groove nearly two meters wide into the ground.

The booming fireball rolled forward, dispersing the smoke curtain from the smoke bomb's explosion. It flew twenty to thirty meters before striking a distant stone wall, then exploded with a loud boom, forming a huge crater. Simultaneously, a layer of black scorching formed along its path and at the point of detonation.

"Dong Shilang! You idiot! This was just a test, yet you actually unleashed a Fire Release of this scale! You almost killed the teacher!"

Yuzhibo Zhe stared at the empty center of the arena and the scorched trail left by the Great Fireball; he could hardly believe his eyes, shouting in shock.

"Where are they?! Nobody's left! (⊙o⊙)"

"Idiot! If you don't run now, the teacher will take you down!" a pleasant female shout came.

Yan, truly unable to bear it any longer, spoke up to warn him. Although she too was shocked by Dong Shilang's Fire Release, whose effect was astonishing, seeing the opponent hide in the thicket, she reacted just as quickly and caught up. At this moment, seeing Zhe still fooling around there, she was really exasperated.

"What?"

Just then, a hand stretched out from the ground beside his feet.

"Earth Release: Heart Sever..."

Before the owner of the hand could unleash the prepared Ninjutsu, a kunai shot swiftly from the thicket, its target aimed straight at the ground where his arm had broken through the soil.

Zhe, looking bewildered, thinking his teammate would have the teacher kill him, finally reacted. Instinctively he pushed off with his feet to leave the spot, but instead of diving into the thicket, he looked puzzled at where the hand had emerged.

With his Ninjutsu interrupted, Teacher Chongzheng had no choice but to reveal himself.

Only then did Yuzhibo Zhe, whose brain was still in a stunned state, realize: the Great Fireball he had just launched had not actually hit Teacher Chongzheng.