Chapter 329: Transparent World vs Konoha Dragon God

Ninja Academy Teacher: I Get Stronger by Teaching, Main Story Chapter 247: Transparent World vs Konoha's Dragon God – The rapidly changing situation on the field astonished the audience.

When Obito used such a powerful Fire Release, they thought Obito was going to win, but Kakashi actually broke through the blockade of the Fire Dragon Flame Bomb and completed a counter-kill in an instant.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi was very surprised, not expecting Kakashi to unleash such powerful strength at the last moment, breaking through the fierce Fire Dragon Flame Bomb.

"My dear friend, I can feel your passion to fight me!"

Seeing Kakashi use Lightning Flash to break through the sea of fire and defeat Obito, Might Guy clenched his fists and swore in his heart that when he fought Kakashi, he would exert one hundred twenty percent of his strength to respond to Kakashi's passion.

"These two guys, they're unexpectedly strong." Asuma sighed.

After personally fighting Obito and then watching Obito and Kakashi's battle, Asuma deeply felt that the gap between himself and them was even larger than before.

He had trained together with Obito before; at that time, Obito was stronger than him, but only by a limited amount. But now Asuma felt that if Obito had released this level of Fire Dragon Flame Bomb from the very start, he wouldn't have been able to fight at all.

"Their strength has actually grown that much!" After watching the battle, Shisui's expression changed from calm to shock.

Although they usually trained together, it was impossible to go all out like that during training. Shisui was really taken aback by them.

Shisui's expression turned sour because he realized that if he fought them now—whether Kakashi or Obito—his chances of winning were slim. He was, after all, Muyue's first disciple and the only one on Muyue's team with an undefeated record, previously the undisputed strongest disciple.

Shisui felt an unprecedented sense of urgency; he wished he could immediately go back to training.

"Maybe they really can become the new Sannin." Jiraiya sighed inwardly.

Back on the battlefield, he had quite high hopes for Muyue's three disciples, and their current performance proved Jiraiya's judgment.

Not only Kakashi and Might Guy, who entered the finals, but even Obito, who was defeated by Kakashi, showed extraordinary strength.

"I hope they're both alright." Rin Nohara looked worriedly at the two who had fallen.

It was obvious that both had fought to their limits; both Kakashi and Obito were injured and exhausted.

"Lady Tsunade, could you please treat Kakashi and the others? Otherwise, the next exam cannot proceed." Muyue asked Tsunade beside him.

The finals provided a fair amount of rest time, but treatment time was an issue. Besides, Tsunade was very idle anyway.

"Treatment is no problem, but next time if I make a request, you can't refuse. After all, my house call fee is very expensive." Tsunade crossed her arms and nodded.

Tsunade's meaning was simple: freeloading was forbidden; he would have to owe her a favor.

"As long as it's within my ability, Lady Tsunade, please feel free to command." Muyue agreed.

What could Tsunade ask him to do? Just make something tasty, so Muyue agreed readily.

If it were someone ambitious, like Danzo or Orochimaru, Muyue would have to think twice.

Of course, Muyue was not rigid; he had flexible limits. Hoping to make him do dirty work through a verbal agreement was impossible.

A certain dragon demonstrated this quite well: when needed, make promises; when not needed, the noble dragon doesn't need to keep them.

Although Tsunade was in a slacking-off period, she would still do what she promised. After Muyue finished speaking, she directly went to Konoha Hospital and personally treated Obito and Kakashi.

With Tsunade's help, Kakashi and Obito quickly recovered and woke up.

"Damn it, if I had held on for a few more seconds, maybe I would have been the winner." Obito looked at Kakashi on the next bed and said regretfully.

Obviously, Kakashi was also badly injured in the fight, otherwise he wouldn't be in the hospital with him.

"But the fact is that I am the victor of the battle; that is an unchangeable truth." Kakashi said calmly.

"Winning once has made you so cocky, as if I've never beaten you before." Sensing the smug aura from Kakashi, Obito said discontentedly.

"You have indeed only beaten me once." Kakashi emphasized the word "once."

Although now Obito could trade blows with him, if you went back a year, he was someone who could easily thrash Obito.

Obito had nothing to say because every word Kakashi said was true. He somewhat regretted not fighting Kakashi more when he was stronger, otherwise Kakashi wouldn't be so arrogant now.

"Honestly, even in this state, you two won't rest properly."

At that moment, Rin Nohara's voice suddenly came. Obito quickly looked toward the hospital room door and saw Rin standing at the door, with Muyue standing behind her.

"Feeling better?" Muyue asked with concern.

"Mm-hmm, I feel like I could fight Kakashi again without any problem." Obito patted his chest and said.

"There's nothing wrong with my body, but my stamina hasn't fully recovered yet." Kakashi answered honestly.

"That's fine. Considering your injuries, the rest time was extended a bit, but it won't affect the fight." Mu Yue said with a soothing smile.

Kakashi nodded. If he lost to Might Gai because of poor condition, he would indeed be very unwilling.

When the final round was about to begin, Kakashi had fully recovered. He returned to the arena with Mu Yue and the others, entering the waiting room to wait for the match to officially start.

Seeing Kakashi fully recovered, Might Gai beamed with joy and said, "Eternal rival, I'm incredibly looking forward to the fight ahead."

"I won't let you down." Kakashi replied calmly.

At that moment, Orochimaru—no, Nonō's voice came through the waiting room.

"The final match: Might Gai vs. Hatake Kakashi. Contestants, prepare for battle!"

Kakashi and Might Gai exchanged glances. Might Gai flashed his bright white teeth and gave Kakashi a thumbs-up.

A smile tugged at the corner of Kakashi's mouth beneath his mask, and he returned the thumbs-up to Might Gai.

As Kakashi and Might Gai walked side by side into the arena, a huge cheer erupted from the crowd.

"Gai, keep at it! Let your youth burn even brighter!" Might Dai stood up and shouted to the field, offering moral support to Might Gai.

Although Might Gai couldn't clearly hear the voices from the audience, he knew his father would definitely cheer for him, so he responded with a bright smile toward the stands.

"With Gai's Eight Gates and Rock Breathing combined, his power and speed are too strong. He'll definitely be first this time." Obito said with the tone of a complete neutral, making a prediction without any stake in the matter.

If Kakashi got first place, it would be even harder for him to swallow than losing a fight himself.

Now Obito was silently cheering for Might Gai in his heart, hoping Gai would beat Kakashi to a pulp right under Rin Nohara's gaze.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his beard with a smile. No matter who won, this Chunin Exam was a great success, fully demonstrating Konoha's strength.

Finally, amid the anticipation of the crowd, Nonō called out the start of the battle.

"Rock Breathing: Total Concentration Breathing!"

"Eight Gates: Gate of Opening, open! Gate of Rest, open! Gate of Life, open!"

The long-awaited battle finally began. Might Gai immediately pushed his power to the maximum, opening three gates in an instant and pushing his breathing to its limit.

In that moment, Might Gai erupted with an overwhelming aura. Even the release of his chakra stirred the air, kicking up dust from the ground.

"Thunder Breathing: Total Concentration Breathing!"

Facing such a Might Gai, Kakashi dared not hold back and immediately entered the maximum breathing state, while concentrating chakra in his feet, ready to burst with extreme speed at any moment.

Might Gai's heart was surging. To have a fight with Kakashi in such an environment was exactly what he had been looking forward to.

"Konoha Whirlwind!"

Powerful chakra burst from Might Gai's legs as he turned into a green streak charging toward Kakashi. The incredible speed generated a fierce gust of wind.

Without a moment's hesitation, Kakashi instantly converted the chakra in his legs to a nature transformation, stimulating his body, and vanished from his spot like a bolt of lightning.

Might Gai's fighting style was pure brute force. The boost from three gates plus total concentration breathing was immense. Facing such an attack, Kakashi did not want to take it head-on.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

While dodging, Kakashi took the opportunity to throw several lightning-enhanced shuriken at Might Gai.

If they were ordinary shuriken, Might Gai might have countered with the airflow from his taijutsu, but these weapons with nature transformation added were not so easy to deal with. Might Gai chose to dodge using the Shave technique.

The shuriken missed, but Kakashi wasn't worried. Both of them could be considered speed-type ninjas, extremely fast. It would come down to who made the first mistake.

Kakashi was quite confident in this regard because, compared to Might Gai, he had far more techniques at his disposal. His talent in ninjutsu was nothing to scoff at.

Swish!

After evading Kakashi's attack, Might Gai didn't pause for a moment and immediately launched another assault on Kakashi.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!" As he retreated, Kakashi summoned a long, thick earthen wall that blocked Might Gai's path.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Immediately after, Kakashi formed hand seals and created a shadow clone, then together with the clone, he used the Clone Technique to produce over a dozen intangible phantom clones.

Intangible phantom clones are useless against the Sharingan and Byakugan, as they would be seen through immediately, wasting chakra. But Might Gai had no special eyes and had not mastered the Transparent World, so they could serve a certain deceptive purpose.

When Might Gai stood atop the Earth-Style Wall and looked down, he saw more than a dozen identical Kakashis.

"Leaf Strong Whirlwind!"

Might Guy did not stop his charge toward Kakashi. He poured a massive amount of power into his leg and kicked out an extremely powerful whirlwind kick; the mere gale it stirred up caused some of the Shadow Clones to vanish like illusions.

Although those Shadow Clones had also used full power reinforced with Lightning Release chakra, they too dissolved into smoke under this kick.

Just as all the Shadow Clones before Might Guy were eliminated, Kakashi's real body emerged from the ground, with a extremely dazzling purple lightning appearing in his hand.

Might Guy was not too surprised by this—after all, this wasn't the first time Kakashi had used this tactic. He was prepared, gathering chakra in his palm.

"Leaf Hand Blade!"

Chakra exploded from Might Guy's palm, and he immediately turned and slashed a transparent air blade through empty space.

"Purple Electricity!"

Kakashi, meanwhile, his hand blazing with purple light, sent a massive swarm of lightning bolts toward Might Guy. Even Might Guy couldn't dodge such a large expanse of lightning at that distance.

Boom!

The purple lightning struck Might Guy, knocking him back repeatedly, turning his watermelon-bowl haircut into an afro.

Bang!

And Might Guy's hand blade air strike hit Kakashi precisely, sending him flying into an Earth Style Wall.

"Guy has already mastered that technique." Kakashi touched the spot where he was hit, frowning slightly—the bone there was already broken.

According to his plan, Might Guy should at most have been able to dodge part of the lightning, not counterattack.

Purple Electricity is strongest when used at close range; for safety, he had deliberately used a long-range spread to increase coverage, yet was still forced to trade wounds.

"But after this, can you still dodge my Thunderclap Flash?" Kakashi quickly stood up and rushed toward Might Guy.

Being hit by Purple Electricity causes paralysis; even if Might Guy's body was strong, he couldn't be completely unaffected. And although Kakashi had a broken bone, it wasn't in a critical area—aside from the pain, the impact wasn't too severe.

"Flash!"

Kakashi did not directly use Thunderclap Flash, which he still couldn't fully adapt to, but instead used Flash, a move he could react with.

After all, Stone Breathing not only increases power but also enhances defense; maybe the paralysis really was useless on Might Guy, and if he failed to react, Might Guy would definitely seize the opportunity.

Yellow lightning appeared on Kakashi's leg. As he performed nature transformation, a dazzling yellow light appeared on the field.

Shwoosh!

Might Guy burst out chakra trying to dodge, but his body was slightly slower than usual.

That slight difference was enough to prevent Might Guy from completely evading Kakashi's slash. Blood sprayed from his chest, and his body stumbled backward repeatedly.

"My reaction speed has slowed… so that jutsu has this effect too." Might Guy quickly steadied himself, thinking.

This was the first time he had taken such a direct hit from Purple Electricity, so he didn't know it had such a strong paralytic effect.

He had been hit by Lightning Release before, but it hadn't been a problem.

"Guy, you're too impatient!" Obito said anxiously, genuinely uncomfortable seeing Kakashi about to win.

From Obito's perspective, Might Guy was too impatient this round. Kakashi had split into so many clones, clearly scheming—he should have taken it slow.

Might Duy did not shout loudly at Might Guy; he just watched the arena center with a serious expression.

The son he knew would not stop advancing just because of a small difficulty.

"So it really did work." Kakashi calmed himself, gathered a large amount of chakra, and prepared to end the fight with Thunderclap Flash.

If he couldn't even dodge Flash, then Might Guy certainly couldn't dodge his Thunderclap Flash.

Crackle!!!

A massive amount of dazzling yellow lightning appeared all over Kakashi. The White Light Short Blade in his hand also transformed into a lightning long blade. At this moment, Kakashi poured everything into strengthening his own power, all to deliver that supreme slash.

"Hah." Might Guy let out a long breath. At this moment, blood was gushing from his chest, and needle-like pains occasionally pierced his muscles. But looking at the dazzling Kakashi, he revealed a genuine smile—a loud laugh.

"Hahahaha." Might Guy laughed out loud.

He was very satisfied—very satisfied with this dazzling Kakashi.

The reason he had once thought Kakashi would be his lifelong rival was that Kakashi back then was incredibly dazzling, a genius who crushed everyone.

While others were still struggling to learn the Clone Technique, Kakashi had already mastered the Shadow Clone; while others were trying to get their shuriken and kunai to hit the target, Kakashi could already accurately hit the bullseye. At that time, it seemed there was no ability that Kakashi didn't possess, suppressing everyone in all aspects.

And at that time, he was just the bottom-ranked loser in every category. His first challenge against Kakashi ended with Kakashi defeating him in one move.

But even at that time, Might Guy firmly believed that he could achieve or even surpass a genius like Kakashi through hard work.

In fact, he had done it. A few months ago, he defeated Kakashi for the first time, completing the goal he had been striving for.

But was one victory enough? Of course not. He had lost to Kakashi many times and had only won against him once.

Now, he was no longer the loser who could be one-shotted by Kakashi. Now, he had the Rock Breathing taught by Master Muyue, the Eight Gates taught by his father Might Duy, and the taijutsu taught by Master Chen.

How could such a person give up on a victory that was not far away from him!

Might Guy's breathing became more focused than ever. His eyes widened as he used all the power of his breathing to charge through the fourth gate, which he had never succeeded in opening before.

"Eight Gates, Fourth Gate: Gate of Injury, open!"

Hoo! Hoo!

Powerful chakra burst out from Might Guy's body, instantly elevating his aura to a new peak. His mere presence created a gust of wind around him.

In that instant of charging through the Eight Gates, the teachings of Muyue, the teachings of Might Duy, and the teachings of Master Chen all rapidly flashed through Might Guy's mind in one second.

"Thunderflash!"

Boom!

A thunderclap exploded. Intense yellow electrical light burst from Kakashi's body, and powerful Lightning Release chakra condensed on the White Light Shortsword.

The lightning power, as if to tear everything in the world apart, could be felt even by the audience outside the arena.

"Kakashi, this is a move I've trained hard specifically for you — Leaf Dragon God!"

Might Guy roared in anger. In that instant, all the powerful chakra provided by the Eight Gates exploded. The Rock Breathing became more focused than ever, greatly enhancing his physical strength. Even the wounds cut by Kakashi were rapidly healing.

In fact, Master Chen had not completely taught him the Leaf Dragon God, because the previous Might Guy couldn't use it; he had only done part of the training.

However, during that recollection, based on Master Chen's few demonstrations, Might Guy instantly gained a preliminary grasp of the Leaf Dragon God.

Muyue's Rock Breathing, Might Duy's Eight Gates, Master Chen's Leaf Dragon God — at this moment, Might Guy had fully unleashed his potential, erupting with unprecedented power.

As Might Guy's body spun rapidly, a cyan dragon quickly formed, appearing before everyone's eyes.

"Leaf Dragon God — Might Guy has already mastered this?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the cyan dragon with astonishment.

As Master Chen's signature technique, the Leaf Dragon God could be called an extremely high-difficulty taijutsu. In Konoha, no one else could use it besides Master Chen. Unexpectedly, after learning from Master Chen for only a few months, Might Guy had mastered it.

Master Chen was called the strongest in Konoha; his specialized taijutsu naturally had a certain reputation. Many jōnin in the arena began discussing it.

"This kid, I haven't even finished teaching him. How did he use it?" Master Chen, sitting in a corner of the spectator stands, was also a bit surprised.

He could say that the current Might Guy and the Might Guy before the Chūnin Exams were not on the same level of strength. The Might Guy in this state could easily defeat his previous self.

"Amazing, Guy! So you had a hidden trump card!" Obito decided to retract his previous evaluation of Might Guy — it wasn't recklessness, but confidence.

Rumble!!

When the yellow electrical light and the cyan dragon collided, a huge explosion occurred in the arena, with continuous booming.

A large crater appeared centered on Kakashi and Might Guy, surrounded by traces of lightning slashes and powerful sharp cuts.

Bang!

A figure with white hair rapidly retreated, slamming heavily into the arena wall.

"So strong." Kakashi panted heavily as he looked at the cyan dragon in front of him.

This was the first time his Thunderflash had lost in a direct clash. The current Might Guy was terrifyingly strong; Kakashi felt that Might Guy in this state could defeat Jie Jian Xiuxing by himself.

"Am I going to lose?" Kakashi assessed his physical condition.

Earlier, he had been hit by Might Guy's Leaf Hand Knife, breaking some bones, and just now, the failed clash left him with extensive injuries all over his body.

Not only the injuries, but his chakra and stamina were also nearly depleted. Although he had only used Thunderflash and Flash once, he had also used ninjutsu, and the consumption from Purple Lightning was not small.

Kakashi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, answering his inner question with action.

He stood up shakily again. As long as he could still stand, as long as he could still swing his blade, he still had a chance to win.

He desperately tried to enter that transparent world again; it was his only hope for a desperate counterattack.

The Wood Leaf Dragon God moved quickly. Without waiting for Kakashi to advance, upon seeing Kakashi stand up again, the cyan long dragon rushed to Kakashi's front.

And at this final moment, Kakashi saw it. Just like a month ago, he saw his own body and Might Guy's body.

"So that's how Lightning Flash has so many flaws," Kakashi optimized his Lightning Flash in that instant.

At this moment, Kakashi had no more thoughts. His remaining strength couldn't support any more thoughts.

In his mind now there was only the thought of swinging the blade. As long as he could swing that one slash, there was still hope.

"Slash!"

The White Fang short blade, after being infused with chakra, extended once again, transforming into a Lightning Release longsword.

Without any more flashy effects, Kakashi simply swung a slash at the charging cyan long dragon.

Boom!!

A yellow blade light flashed, the sound of thunder exploded, dust flew, and a long, narrow scorched black slash mark appeared on the ground.

After that slash, there was no more cyan long dragon, only a figure in green standing in the dust.

"Best friend, as expected of you." Might Guy gave Kakashi a thumbs up, then spent all his strength and collapsed.

Thud!

The White Fang short blade fell from Kakashi's hand. Using his last strength, he also gave Might Guy a thumbs up, then collapsed in the next moment.

"Kakashi Hatake wins!" Nonou Yakushi announced the first place of the Chunin Exam; Kakashi collapsed just a little later.

PS: Sorry, a bit late, because I wanted to finish it in one go. Usually if I don't update, I will ask for leave in advance; if I haven't updated for a while, it means I'm saving up for something big.