Chapter 328: Battle of Flame and Lightning

Ninja School Teacher, I Get Stronger by Teaching - Chapter 246: Battle of Flame and Lightning. Seeing the last Mist candidate, Hoshigaki Kisame, eliminated, Yuanshi's expression was a bit bad.

His own contestant was gone, and he still had to wait here for the Konoha ninjas to finish and then watch the Konoha ninjas fight among themselves for first place. This made Yuanshi feel very uncomfortable in his heart.

After all, they were both one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and the draw was also good, so how did it come to this, only one semifinalist.

"What a pity, this ninja from your village has water release skills far surpassing his peers; he was just a bit away from victory." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a look of regretting talent.

Even Danzo, who usually has a bad expression, nodded seeing the overall favorable situation for the Konoha ninjas. It was not in vain that he did so much dirty work for Konoha; under his and Sarutobi Hiruzen's efforts, Konoha was becoming more and more prosperous.

Although Yuanshi felt uncomfortable inside, he still had to put on a smile and echo Sarutobi Hiruzen's words.

Might Dai also showed the same big laugh seeing Might Guy win, and gave a thumbs up to Might Guy in the battle arena.

Although Might Dai didn't understand the Chunin Exam very well, Might Guy's performance was so outstanding, how could the position of Chunin be missing from Might Guy?

"Guy is still that Guy who never disappoints." Shiranui Genma and Ebisu sighed in relief.

The battle between Might Guy and Kisame truly made the audience feel that their tickets were not wasted; it was basically high-intensity the whole time without a break, and all big scenes.

Many Konoha ninjas also deeply remembered the name Might Guy. In that situation just now, some Konoha jonin felt that they would have difficulty fighting Kisame inside the water sphere, yet Might Guy forcefully defeated Kisame inside the water sphere.

"But why doesn't he use ninjutsu?" Some ninja recalled all of Might Guy's matches and found that Might Guy had not used any ninjutsu at all.

"Maybe his ninjutsu level is relatively poor, but with taijutsu like that, it's fine if his ninjutsu is a bit lacking," a nearby ninja said.

Although ninjas emphasize comprehensive development in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, if one skill can reach a certain level, then it can be ignored.

After all, most ninjas only make it to chunin in their lifetime, and Might Guy's taijutsu can oneshot ordinary chunin; with this taijutsu, who needs other things.

And those who had mocked when Might Dai entered were already sweating profusely; Might Dai's son was ridiculously strong.

"Uchiha Obito vs. Hatake Kakashi!"

Following the sound of Biluhu's voice reaching the rest area, Kakashi and Obito exchanged glances and walked together towards the battle arena.

"No matter how much talk, it's not as direct as the battle result. Kakashi, I want to see what excuse you'll have if you lose this time." Obito said provocatively.

He was very dissatisfied with Kakashi's usual words and actions; clearly a defeated opponent, yet he always said some lecturing words.

Obito wanted to use this battle to let Rin Nohara know that he, Uchiha Obito, was more talented and reliable than Kakashi.

"You should say that to yourself. Think in advance about what excuse you'll use when you lose, so you won't be too flustered." Kakashi said calmly.

Now he was very confident in his own strength, because he was the genius Kakashi; as a genius, how could he lack confidence in himself?

Not only Obito, he also wanted to defeat Might Guy, and finally defeat Shisui, thereby announcing his strong return as a genius. He wanted to become Muyue's strongest disciple.

"Hmph, I'll let you know the power of my flames right now." Obito decided not to argue with Kakashi anymore and speak with strength.

Kakashi smiled faintly; this was exactly what he wanted.

Seeing that the battle between Kakashi and Obito was about to start, many audience members perked up to watch the match.

Although some audience members felt that it didn't matter who won among the contestants—after all, the final first place would be a Konoha ninja—but those who had connections with the contestants certainly hoped that the contestant they knew would win.

"Obito has already activated his Sharingan. Although Hatake Kakashi is very fast, it should be no problem for Obito." Uchiha Yashiro was performing battle analysis.

Although Kakashi had the feat of one-shotting a Byakugan user, Uchiha Yashiro did not think that the Byakugan could compare to the Sharingan in battle, and besides the bloodline limit, Obito's own strength was far superior to Hinata Gōi.

Obito had already made it to the semifinals; Uchiha Yashiro certainly hoped that Obito could enter the finals and then take first place, letting everyone know the power of the Uchiha clan.

"Hatake Kakashi is not someone who can be simply described as fast; the outcome between them is hard to judge." The stronger Fugaku Uchiha shook his head and said.

If you simply think of Kakashi as just fast, that would be overthinking. Although the white fog made it hard to see what happened inside, judging from the slashing marks on the ground at that time, that slash of Kakashi's was very powerful.

"Battle start!"

Hearing Biluhu's voice sound again, the audience stopped their discussions and looked at the center of the arena.

"Flame Breathing, Total Concentration!"

"Lightning Breathing, Total Concentration!"

Both Obito and Kakashi immediately focused their breathing to a high degree to enhance their physical abilities.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Immediately after, Obito quickly formed hand signs and spat out a huge fireball towards Kakashi.

Kakashi was all too familiar with this scene. Next would either be flaming kunai or Obito himself charging in for a taijutsu attack.

As Kakashi expected, when he dodged to the left, Obito instantly flung several flaming shuriken.

While running, Kakashi threw lightning shuriken at the incoming flaming shuriken.

Boom!

The two types of shuriken, each carrying different chakra, collided and immediately exploded, both sides' shuriken vanishing.

Whoosh!

Using the explosion smoke as cover, Kakashi burst his chakra and unleashed Lightning Breathing, charging over at extreme speed.

Obito, knowing Kakashi was fast, didn't conserve chakra; he had already activated his Sharingan when throwing the shuriken, and immediately detected Kakashi's movements.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu!"

Obito gathered chakra in his mouth, rapidly performing nature transformation, and spat out small fireballs one after another at Kakashi to prevent him from closing in.

To avoid being hit by the high-temperature fireballs, Kakashi had to start weaving, slowing his speed.

For him, Obito was a truly troublesome enemy; the Sharingan's sharp insight made Kakashi hesitant to use Lightning Flash.

"Earth Style: Mud Wall Jutsu!" Kakashi finally chose to use a ninjutsu for defense. A thick earthen wall with a dog head appeared between him and Obito, completely blocking the fireballs Obito spat out, while briefly making Obito lose sight of Kakashi.

"Using that move again, you still think I'm the old me, huh?" Obito smirked smugly.

In their fights, Kakashi often used various obstacles to conceal himself, then split off a shadow clone to draw attention while the real body burrowed underground for a surprise attack.

Having fallen for that so many times, Obito wouldn't be fooled again.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Obito gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, rapidly completing nature transformation, and spewed massive swaths of orange-red flames from his mouth, covering the entire surrounding ground.

Although Earth Style could burrow into the ground, it couldn't go very deep. With his flames' temperature, it would definitely make Kakashi suffer.

Under the boost of highly concentrated Flame Breathing, Obito's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was impressively powerful; even Kakashi's Mud Wall was shattered by the spreading flames, revealing Kakashi's body inside.

"Hmm? A shadow clone?" Obito gazed suspiciously at the Kakashi behind the Mud Wall with his Sharingan.

Shadow clones were physical, so even with his Sharingan, he couldn't tell whether the Kakashi before him was the real body or a clone.

But seeing that Kakashi quickly dodge away, and no other Kakashi popping out of the ground, Obito then realized he had been tricked. Kakashi hadn't moved at all; he had just been standing behind the Mud Wall, while Obito had wasted chakra on a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

Obito was glad he hadn't used the Flame Breathing Mode for the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet—that consumption would have been truly massive.

His own chakra reserves were greater than Kakashi's, so as long as he didn't waste too much, he'd be fine.

Obito didn't waste the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet he had used. Taking advantage of the flames covering most of the field, he continued to compress Kakashi's evasive space.

"Flash!"

Just as Kakashi was about to reach the edge of the field, he abruptly burst the chakra concentrated in his legs, swiftly drew the White Fang Short Blade, and turned into a yellow bolt of lightning as he slashed toward Obito.

"Flame Breathing Chakra Mode!"

The moment Obito's Sharingan detected Kakashi's movement, he immediately used Breathing Enhancement to consume chakra and enter Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, further strengthening his body.

Otherwise, Obito feared that even if he saw the movement, his body wouldn't react in time.

Under the boost of Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and the Sharingan, Obito dodged Kakashi's slash, and at the same time, he erupted with Fire Nature Transformation, unleashing a massive burst of flames from his palm that surged toward Kakashi.

The speed of Flash was within Kakashi's current manageable range; upon detecting Obito's counterattack, he quickly used Shunpo to evade.

"If that's the case, if Lightning Flash can't finish Obito, then I'll be the one to lose." Kakashi frowned slightly—the Sharingan really was hard to deal with.

Kakashi thought Obito was tough, and Obito also found Kakashi extremely troublesome.

Kakashi was too fast, and his Fire Style couldn't cover the entire field like Kisame's Water Style could.

Actually, at the beginning it was fine because there were many trees on the field, which could be used to expand the Fire Style's coverage.

But after fighting for so long, let alone trees, there wasn't even a single blade of grass on the field; they had turned it into barren land.

Obito disregarded caution, relying on the convenience of Flame Breathing Chakra Mode to bombard Kakashi with Phoenix Fire, forcing Kakashi into close-quarters combat.

The Flame Breathing Chakra Mode consumed chakra too quickly; he had to end the battle as soon as possible.

Using Flame Breathing Chakra Mode with Hosenka not only made it faster but also more powerful. Even someone with Kakashi's speed had difficulty dodging, since Obito could clearly see his movements.

Suddenly, when the distance between Kakashi and Obito was only six meters, lightning burst from Kakashi's body.

"Thunderclap Slash!"

A large amount of yellow lightning enveloped Kakashi's right arm, and along with his arm, it extended into the White Fang shortsword, producing a blade of lightning. Kakashi, using the power brought by both this breathing method and nature transformation, suddenly swung his blade.

Boom!!

The slash composed of dazzling yellow lightning rushed toward Obito, leaving a long, narrow scorched slash mark on the ground.

Thunderclap Slash is a variant of Thunderclap Flash, which he thought up after fighting Zabuza. Although its power is slightly less than Thunderclap Flash, it's safer to use.

"Blazing Flame Fist!"

Obito immediately combined Blazing Charge and Flame Fist. His whole body ignited in flames, and then he fiercely threw a flaming fist. A massive amount of flame surged like a tide toward the slash.

Although Obito reacted very quickly, in terms of power, Kakashi's slash was still stronger.

Even though Obito both exploded fire-natured chakra with Flame Fist to block and used Blazing Charge to add a flame shield to himself, in the end, he inevitably gained another blood scar on his body.

Strike while the iron is hot. At this moment, Kakashi would not give Obito even a moment to catch his breath. He immediately burst chakra and charged forward.

"Flash!"

Thunderclap Slash and Thunderclap Flash consume about the same amount, and since Kakashi had already used ninjutsu and Flash earlier, he now no longer had the power to use Thunderclap Flash again, so he could only use Flash.

But Flash was fast enough; the injured Obito's movements were slightly slower, and another wound appeared on his body.

"Damn it, this shouldn't be happening!" the repeatedly injured Obito shouted in his heart.

Rin Nohara was still watching from above. Muyue was also watching from above. And there were so many Konoha ninjas and residents watching from above. Was he going to lose to Kakashi in front of all these people?

No, not acceptable, he would win. He was no longer the dead-last Uchiha he used to be!

The flames on Obito's body gradually grew more intense, his aura became more powerful, and the chakra inside him burned faster. Glaring angrily at Kakashi, he pressed his hands together and spat out flames like a sea of fire.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Seeing Obito perform such a ferocious fire technique, Kakashi's first thought was to dodge, but he found that there was no way to dodge. The flames, like a rampaging tyrannosaur, covered most of the arena, attacking him from three directions—front, left, and right—while behind him was the wall at the edge of the arena.

"Was he not using his full power before? So his fire techniques can be even stronger!" Yashiro Uchiha was shocked by Obito's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. After all, Obito was only nine years old.

Even the usually calm Fugaku Uchiha showed surprise. This fire technique talent was too incredible. Even without the Sharingan, Obito could become an extremely powerful fire-style ninja.

Asuma was already numb. "He started training fire techniques in the womb, huh?" He felt that Obito's fire technique was more powerful than that of some jounin.

"Minato, prepare to rescue." Hiruzen Sarutobi directly said to Minato.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was extremely familiar with the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. If Kakashi couldn't handle this technique, it could truly be fatal.

He didn't expect that Obito, at such a young age, had cultivated this high-level fire technique to such an extent.

"Did Muyue teach him?" Hiruzen thought to himself. Minato did not know the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

Minato stared at the battlefield and nodded, ready to act at any moment.

"Phew." Kakashi let out a long breath. His expression gradually changed from surprise to calm.

Obito had already risen from the bottom to the point of defeating him. A bit more strength wasn't surprising.

"Although you are strong, I won't lose!" Kakashi's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he focused his breathing more and more.

He had made a promise with Might Guy to fight in the Chūnin Exams. He didn't want to break that promise, and as a genius, he absolutely couldn't lose to Obito twice in a row.

Kakashi squeezed every ounce of power from his body. He would try to use Thunderclap Flash one more time.

Zzz!!

Dazzling yellow lightning appeared on Kakashi's body, gradually becoming more and more brilliant, more brilliant than ever before, until his entire body was enveloped in electric light. Kakashi's expression was weak, but his eyes grew even more determined.

Boom!

A thunderclap exploded, and the world of flames gained a streak of yellow lightning.

The lightning bolt broke through the encirclement of the three fire dragons at extreme speed and then charged right in front of Obito.

Pfft! A spray of blood blossomed.

Boom!

A long, narrow, blackened slash mark appeared beside Obito, and the terrifying flames that had trapped Kakashi vanished.

"I will win it back!" Obito said his last words, then collapsed directly.

"That will be difficult, because I am a genius!" Kakashi said calmly without moving from his spot.

"Hatake Kakashi wins!"

Realizing that Obito had truly fainted, after announcing the victory, Kakashi also couldn't hold on and collapsed.

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