Chapter 85: Strength Test

"By the way, Teacher Muyue, the second level won't also require an entry fee, will it?" Obito suddenly remembered something important.

"The first time you clear the first level, you can challenge the second level once for free. Under normal circumstances, the fee is the same standard as the first level," Muyue explained.

"Free for the first time? That's great!" Obito was very happy. This way, it's like he saved three test papers.

"Teacher Muyue, then let's start quickly." Obito couldn't wait any longer.

Next, Muyue brought Obito to the riverside and explained:

"The river here is only fifteen meters wide. You need to cross within ten seconds and without falling into the water."

After finishing speaking to Obito, Muyue split into more than ten shadow clones standing by the river, ready to perform ninjutsu.

At first, when Obito heard that there was a full ten seconds, he was excited. The total distance was only fifteen meters, yet he had a whole ten seconds.

But after Obito saw Muyue split into so many shadow clones, he became a bit unsettled, forming a frightening guess in his mind.

He saw more than ten Muyues forming hand seals in unison. Soon, more than a dozen thick water dragons, rapidly charging back and forth along the river's course, appeared on the water surface.

"Izumo, last week's practical test—you all will surely amaze everyone!" Gangetsu thought of the still-imperfect deception technique and revealed a dim smile on his face.

"Teacher Muyue, your challenge is too hard. With so many water dragon bullets, how can I get through?" Obito complained.

"Begin!" Muyue called out while using the ninjutsu.

"Great, no regression. Keep working hard." Muyue commented after finishing giving scores.

"Mitarashi Anko." Muyue continued to call out.

"Right, with Ebisu's genius ideas, we could sweep Group C." Kamizuki Izumo nodded.

Then Muyue finished explaining some techniques of "Shave" to Obito.

At 8:30 Monday morning, Muyue finished the first strength test.

Hearing Muyue call out Anko's name, Kamizuki Izumo and Gangetsu were a bit nervous, and only relaxed after watching Anko's performance.

"Teacher Muyue, let me try challenging again." Obito, hearing Muyue's words, felt he had been too reckless just now, only shocked by the river full of water dragon bullets without noticing the details.

Although Muyue had given reminders, the difficulty of that level was clearly there; clearing it was very hard.

With so many water dragon bullets charging back and forth, he felt that even walking forward, there weren't many places he could get through.

I think even Obito, after suffering losses eight times, should think things through properly.

Hearing Muyue's voice, Anko jogged over, first greeted Muyue with a long smile, then began using ninjutsu to show her strength.

Obito's mind was frantically thinking about how to complete that second level challenge.

Obito didn't have the trait of thinking eight times before acting, but acting eight times before thinking was unlikely.

Maybe that's the bond of the gate guardian brothers—even their training progress has to stay the same.

Although in future water-walking training, they would also be on the river surface dodging water dragon bullets, the number of water dragon bullets in that training was completely different in scale from the second level challenge.

……

"It's a pity Ebisu is indifferent to fame and fortune, and actually unwilling to let us reveal that genius idea from me," Gangetsu sighed.

Obito stared dumbfounded at the water dragons that almost completely filled the river surface. The hell was this called a certain degree of interference?

"Izumo, it's a good thing it's you, otherwise I would have made a mistake." Gangetsu patted Kamizuki Izumo's shoulder, and the two smiled together.

"Kamizuki Izumo." Muyue continued to call.

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Muyue." Hearing Muyue's praise, Gangetsu nodded in satisfaction.

And that challenge—the river surface was directly stuffed with water dragon bullets; even finding a foothold tested one's eyesight.

Kamizuki Izumo also quickly walked forward and began to show his own strength.

That time, he didn't ask a teacher from the ninja school for help, but instead split into two shadow clones, each grading one large group.

"If you want to challenge again, it will cost a ticket of a hundred questions. Are you sure you want to challenge now?" Muyue looked at Obito with a smile.

"I've been training hard all along," Obito chuckled.

"Time is ample; you have a full ten seconds. Why don't you first stop and observe the movement pattern of the water dragon bullets before starting to act?" Muyue reminded.

Hearing his name, Gangzi Tie slowly stepped down from the back.

But the challenge that Muyue had in mind was not something that could be passed by luck alone.

Gangzi Tie quickly formed hand seals, using Transformation Technique, Clone Technique, and Substitution Technique in turn, then performed a set of taijutsu moves, and finally pulled out a sword from his hand and threw it at a target eighty meters away.

"I'm ready. Let's begin." Obito said, steeling himself.

During the water-walking training, there's only one Water Dragon Bullet on the river, so just be careful not to get knocked over by the waves it stirs up.

"Then train well." Muyue tapped Obito's head with two fingers together.

"Then let's start training. Today I'll teach you a common chakra application technique that can increase speed. If you can master it, you should be able to dash across the river." Muyue said.

"Gangzi Tie." Muyue's shadow clone took out a form and began calling students to proceed with the exam.

If it weren't for being right by the river, using Water Release would be much more difficult than in a place with water; with my current chakra, it would be hard to perform such an operation.

"Unfortunately. Challenge failed." Muyue stopped the ninjutsu and quickly fished Obito out, saying.

Obito still had a trace of luck in his heart. He thought that if he closed his eyes and charged, he could make it through, after all, it was only seventeen meters.

Obito had just advanced less than three meters when a fast-approaching Water Dragon Bullet struck him and he fell into the river, gulping down a big mouthful of water.

"Muyue-sensei, you are my Eight Paths Immortal!" Obito was very excited upon hearing Muyue's words, and suddenly saw a glimmer of hope again.

After Muyue finished grading, he found that Shenyue Chuyun and Gangzi Tie's group tests were about the same, and their progress over the week was also about the same.

And after hearing Muyue's start, Obito had no choice but to plunge headfirst into the river surface full of Water Dragon Bullets.

"Ebisu-kun may not want fame, but we can't fail to give it. When the time comes and we achieve a great victory, we'll take Ebisu-kun along to make a name for ourselves!" Shenyue Chuyun said that one must always repay kindness.

Although they are weaker than us, their weakness is limited; they probably won't directly advance to Group B, at most their scores will be a bit lower.

He felt that he had failed as soon as he started.

He had already told Muyue that he was ready to start the challenge; whether he could do it or not, he had to.

"Obito, are you ready? If you're ready, I'll start the timer." Muyue asked.

Obito thought about the eight exam papers he had just received yesterday, and finally gave up.

If he didn't pass, that would mean taking a hundred questions for nothing; Obito wasn't about to do such a stupid thing.