Chapter 517

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When the time reached 3:30 PM, the referee called out on time: "No. 1 Nagato vs No. 11 Might Guy!"

Nagato and Might Guy stood up almost simultaneously and walked towards the battlefield.

After the two walked onto the battlefield together, the venue immediately erupted with various discussion sounds.

"This Might Guy probably can't beat Nagato." Baki thought Might Guy would definitely lose.

After all, even a puppeteer who could manipulate ten puppets had lost, so how could Might Guy defeat Nagato?

The Sunagakure ninjas around Baki nodded in agreement.

"Nagato's abilities are too bizarre. If Might Guy can deal with them, then there's hope for victory; otherwise, it's difficult." Kitsuchi analyzed.

From Kitsuchi's perspective, Might Guy was actually very strong, and it wasn't that he had no hope of beating Nagato, but Nagato's abilities were strange, and even Kitsuchi couldn't fully understand them.

Besides discussing and considering the strength and outcome between the contestants, some people also let their minds wander.

"No wonder Sosuke was willing to set up his prized ninjutsu as the first prize—turns out the Ninja Sect still has such a super genius. In the end, the ninjutsu stays in the Ninja Sect's own hands." A ninja complained.

Nagato's overwhelming dominance made him feel that the Ninja Sect never intended to award Fire Dragon Dance to other ninjas.

"The Ninja Sect never said they wouldn't participate. It still relies on strength—do you think they'd just give it to you for free?" Another ninja immediately retorted.

"At least the Ninja Sect has the boldness to offer it up. I don't see other ninja forces offering their own top-level ninjutsu as competition prizes."

The ninja who was rebutted was instantly left speechless.

The noisy sounds from the audience seats did not affect the two on the battlefield.

After confirming that Nagato and Might Guy were ready, the referee shouted: "Battle start!"

"Eight Gates, Gate of Limit, open!"

As soon as the referee's voice fell, Might Guy instantly opened five gates in succession, his chakra rapidly increasing, and his aura continuously growing.

Not only that, at the same time, Might Guy focused his breathing to the extreme, entering the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, and his presence surged once again.

In Nagato's perception, at this moment Might Guy was like a humanoid beast; getting close risked being torn apart.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Nagato chose to first perform hand seals to create two shadow clones, then continued hand seals to use Lightning Release.

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

Nagato calmly spat out lightning, striking towards the approaching Might Guy.

Might Guy was strong, but Nagato had confidence in himself.

Might Guy's chakra exploded, and like a green light, he swiftly dodged the Lightning Release spear.

His decision to go all out from the start was out of fear of falling into Nagato's offensive rhythm. With five gates stacked with Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, Might Guy was fast enough that even a Lightning Release like False Darkness couldn't touch the hem of his clothes.

"Fire Release: Head Hardened!"

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"

The two Nagato shadow clones completed their hand seals; one spat out a high-pressure fireball, the other spat out a high-pressure wind ball.

The fire first struck the ground in the direction Might Guy was approaching, creating a spreading sea of fire, while the wind ball turned into a fierce storm that greatly increased the expansion speed of the sea of fire.

Facing the boundless flames coming at him, Might Guy showed not a trace of fear, and excitedly punched rapidly towards the sea of fire.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The punch wind created by Might Guy's rapid punches blocked the spread of the sea of fire in front of him, but he only blocked the flames in front of him; the fire continued to spread along his sides, surrounding Might Guy.

At this moment, Might Guy was like a lone boat under turbulent waves, as if the sea of fire would completely engulf him in the next instant.

"Daytime Tiger!"

When the air had been compressed enough, Might Guy shouted excitedly, changed his fists into palms, and sharply clapped his hands together.

Roar!!

The air compressed to its limit burst out all at once, and a powerful wave of air surged forth, condensing into the shape of a fierce tiger.

At the moment the fierce tiger appeared, the situation reversed. Under the terrifying impact force, the flames surrounding Might Guy rapidly receded, as if a mouse had encountered a cat.

The surging flames were torn apart by the fierce tiger, the sea of fire scattering in all directions, while the fierce tiger charged straight toward Nagato.

"It all depends on whether Guy's taijutsu can withstand Nagato's repulsive force." Kakashi stared intently at the battlefield.

Nagato had only used Shinra Tensei once in the Martial Arts Tournament, and the intelligence Kakashi could analyze was still too little; he could only preliminarily determine that it was related to repulsive force.

Although it was only the first match of the semifinals, in Kakashi's eyes, this fight was almost equivalent to the finals.

It wasn't that Kakashi looked down on Shisui and Obito, but their strength indeed had a considerable gap compared to Might Guy.

If Might Guy couldn't defeat Nagato, then it was even more impossible for them.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Facing the menacing fierce tiger, Nagato merely extended his right hand with a calm expression and activated his Rinnegan ability.

A powerful repulsive force erupted centered on Nagato. The fierce tiger, which had previously treated the sea of fire as nothing, immediately stopped and could not advance any further.

Boom!!

The next instant, a huge booming sound rang out. The repulsive force released by Nagato violently collided with the impact of the Daytime Tiger. The fierce tiger directly dissipated without a trace, and Nagato retreated several steps.

"Even this taijutsu isn't enough. If Might Guy has no trump card, he will lose." Hanzo's expression remained unchanged, but he felt a bit regretful inside.

If Might Guy were a few years older, the outcome would be hard to say, but currently Nagato is indeed stronger.

Thinking that tomorrow he would have to watch Sōsuke's disciple take first place, Hanzo felt very uncomfortable inside.

The motivation that kept him watching was to see the Ninja Sect lose and Sōsuke show a surprised and regretful expression. Now it clearly couldn't be realized; everything was under Sōsuke's control.

"No way, so monstrous, he blocked the Daytime Tiger with just a wave of his hand." Obito was greatly shocked.

He had been thinking that Might Guy would take first place, and then they would exchange rewards, since Might Guy couldn't learn Fire Release anyway.

But looking at it now, it seemed Nagato had a greater chance of winning.

"The Daytime Tiger is nothing; there's still the Golden Horizon not used." Obito cheered for Might Guy in his heart.

As long as Might Guy used the Golden Horizon, everything would turn out fine.

Compared to the Daytime Tiger, Obito still had more faith in the Golden Horizon.

After all, since Might Guy mastered the Golden Horizon, he had only been humiliated by Kakashi's Mushin Issen.

But after Kakashi released Mushin Issen, without anyone else attacking, Kakashi himself would be done for, while Might Guy after fully releasing the Golden Horizon was still vigorous and energetic. Who was stronger and who was weaker was very clear.

"As expected of a formidable enemy that my best friend has always been wary of—he can even block the Daytime Tiger so easily." Might Guy sighed in admiration.

Currently, the only thing he had with output power stronger than the Daytime Tiger was the Golden Horizon. That is to say, taijutsu other than the Golden Horizon was useless against Nagato.

There was even the possibility that the Golden Horizon might not work either.

"However, this is precisely the chance to let my youth burn even more fiercely!" Might Guy burst into laughter.

Might Guy never feared challenges. Nagato's strength would not make him afraid, only make his emotions surge more intensely.

Since Shinra Tensei had temporarily entered cooldown, Nagato retreated behind a Shadow Clone.

Although the cooldown was only five seconds, Might Guy was very fast, so Nagato had to be on guard.

Moreover, Nagato always remembered Muyue's words: unless necessary, disrupt the release timing of Shinra Tensei, and do not release it immediately upon cooldown, to prevent the enemy from gathering intelligence on Shinra Tensei's cooldown.

"Noon Panther!"

Might Guy let out a loud roar, pouring all the strength in his body into his legs. The chakra enhanced by the Eight Gates burst forth again, applying the multiple burst technique of Shave to the limits his body could withstand.

The next moment, Might Guy's entire body lunged toward Nagato like a hunting leopard.

Noon Panther was a taijutsu that Might Guy had previously developed by synthesizing his own taijutsu knowledge, but at that time Might Guy was still relatively immature, so there were many aspects not done properly.

Recently, Might Guy perfected Noon Panther. The perfected Noon Panther possessed extraordinary burst speed, making it the best among his current taijutsu in terms of acceleration.

However, the drawback still remained: it caused significant fatigue in the legs, and could be used at most twice within five minutes.

If it were an ordinary ninja, they might not be able to observe Might Guy's movements, but Nagato not only had excellent perception abilities but also possessed the Rinnegan.

Although Might Guy was fast, he couldn't be fast enough for Nagato not to see.

Nagato quickly estimated the time and found that Shinra Tensei would be in time, and could even have an extra two seconds.

Nagato's eyes flickered, and he made a quick decision in his heart.

Nagato's main body did not immediately use Shinra Tensei, but instead used the Body Flicker Technique to create distance, while the two shadow clones used ninjutsu to intercept Might Guy.

Although there was a slight leeway in Shinra Tensei's cooldown, Nagato could not finish Might Guy in this round of confrontation.

After all, Might Guy could withstand the Explosion Release of Iwagakure, so defeating Might Guy with a single blow was a very difficult task.

Nagato prepared to wear down Might Guy's body while feeding him false information.

Bang! Bang!

Might Guy directly withstood the shadow clones' ninjutsu and dispersed them.

"Shinra Tensei!" Nagato, having silently counted to ten seconds in his heart, struck out fiercely and activated Shinra Tensei on Might Guy.

Boom!!

Might Guy felt a powerful repulsive force descend upon him, and then his body uncontrollably flew backward, crashing into the wall at the edge of the arena.

Just as Nagato expected, Might Guy quickly got up as if nothing had happened and continued his assault.

Before ten seconds, Nagato bombarded with the five-element ninjutsu; upon reaching ten seconds, Nagato immediately used Shinra Tensei.

"Could it be that this ability of his to repel has a cooldown of ten seconds?"

After taking four Shinra Tensei in a row, Might Guy noticed the pattern of Shinra Tensei.

If Shinra Tensei could be used freely, then he would likely be severely injured by now.

But Nagato did not release Shinra Tensei at all times, so Might Guy thought Shinra Tensei must have a restriction. Based on Nagato's current performance, the restriction might be that it can only be used every ten seconds.

"In that case, it's time to counterattack!" A bright smile appeared on Might Guy's face.

Ten seconds was enough for a ninja of his speed to do far too much.