Chapter 24

That is—danger!

Under this blow, he might really die!

At this instant, how could Kaguya Yuta still care about hiding his clumsiness?

After all, compared to life, any great plan has to wait.

Between life and acting, Kaguya Yuta still chose to follow his heart.

Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Larch!!!

No longer holding back, Kaguya Yuta immediately unleashed the strongest defensive secret technique he could currently perform!

In an instant, the bones under all the skin on his body began to surge crazily, and then broke through the skin to form a defense as hard as a stone wall around his body.

This scene couldn't help but make people's scalps tingle.

This can also be considered a unique feature of Shikotsumyaku.

In less than a second, the bones wrapped Kaguya Yuta into a gray sphere.

At the same time, Mizunuki Ryosuke's figure appeared in all four ice mirrors.

Four cold gazes like cold ice looked indifferently at the gray bone ball before him, as if there was no emotion in his eyes.

Ice Release: Extreme Cold Piercing (Simplified Version)! X4

Mizunuki Ryosuke in the four ice mirrors performed hand seals simultaneously, and ice cones with terrifying cold air, about several meters thick at the base but extremely sharp at the tip, shot out from the four ice mirrors at the same time!

"Screech!!!"

As the ice cones pierced the bone ball condensed by the Dance of the Larch, a teeth-aching friction sound was immediately emitted.

Subsequently, the sharp ice cones pierced into the bone ball bit by bit.

One centimeter, two centimeters, five centimeters, ten centimeters...

Until the very last moment, when the ice cones were about to pierce through Kaguya Yuta's body.

The four ice cones also seemed to have exhausted all their remaining strength, simultaneously shattering into countless ice crystals.

At the same time, the bone ball was also frozen into powder under the extreme low temperature, revealing Kaguya Yuta inside.

Only at this moment, this Kaguya young clan head with great ambitions looked in a state that was not ideal.

The ice cones that pierced into the bone ball burst, causing a large amount of ice crystals to condense on his body; from a distance, his whole person looked like an ice sculpture, standing stiffly in place.

Without a doubt, Kaguya Yuta—lost.

Just when everyone hadn't reacted, a dramatic scene happened.

"Plop!"

On the other side, Mizunuki Ryosuke, who had just released a powerful secret technique, suddenly lay straight on the ground.

It seemed like he had exhausted his chakra.

In the end, it actually formed a weird draw!

When the ice cones easily pierced through Kaguya Yuta's bone ball, Mizunuki Ryosuke only had one thought in his heart.

"Why..."

"So weak?!"

Before he could be surprised, seeing that the ice cones were about to pierce Kaguya Yuta, Mizunuki Ryosuke panicked instantly.

He hurriedly controlled the ice cones to burst, while carefully thinking in his heart which part had gone wrong.

In an instant, he seemed to understand everything.

This Kaguya Yuta before him seemed to be a "water-goods" and was not as strong as he had imagined.

Also, he seemed to have overestimated the combat power of the Jonin level!

Thinking of this, Mizunuki Ryosuke broke out in a cold sweat.

At the same time, it also made Mizunuki Ryosuke's heart full of anger; he looked at Kaguya Yuta, who was half-dead and about to be frozen into an ice sculpture, his eyes full of killing intent.

You say you, why act if you have no strength?!

Mizunuki Ryosuke, who understood everything in an instant, recalled his previous behavior and felt bitter in his heart.

He originally wanted to "lose," but who would have thought he would encounter such a "fool."

In this way, everything he did before seemed to have turned into a victory with an overwhelming advantage.

"No! Absolutely not!"

At this moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke could only think of one way to avoid this "dismal ending."

That is to play dead.

No sooner said than done, before everyone could react, Mizunuki Ryosuke lay straight on the ground full of helplessness, pretending to have exhausted his chakra.

The scenes before him happened too fast.

So fast that even the Mizukage, the Anbu leader, the Jonin squad leader, and the Kaguya clan head hadn't reacted.

"Save him!"

It was Tian Yuanshi who reacted first; he hurriedly urged the Jonin with healing abilities to go up and save people.

After some investigation, the Jonin responsible for the rescue gave a conclusion.

Kaguya Yuta was severely frostbitten, and Mizunuki Ryosuke had exhausted his chakra and fainted.

Facing this dramatic scene, everyone was silent, not knowing what to say.

Especially the eyes everyone looked at Kaguya Yuta with, all carrying a bit of astonishment.

Didn't you agree to tank three moves? You didn't even tank two moves and lay on the ground? If you have no strength, what kind of act are you putting on?

And you, you say, wouldn't it be better if you persisted for another second? You just lay on the ground? Who won this?

Or is it a draw?

Everyone, especially Tian Yuanshi who was responsible for being the referee, had extremely complex eyes and an expression of wanting to speak but stopping.

Kaguya Ichiro took his son back with a livid face, and then left without looking back.

Thinking about it, he was too ashamed to stay any longer.

After Kaguya Ichiro left, everyone looked at each other, and finally focused their attention on Tian Yuanshi.

Tian Yuanshi was also in a dilemma and had to kick the ball to the Mizukage's feet.

"Third Generation, what do you think should be arranged?"

Hearing this, Mizunuki Taki said slowly with a gentle smile.

"Since both have lost consciousness, let's follow the rules."

"Count it as a draw."

Hearing this answer, everyone was a bit surprised; after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the Mizukage insisted, it was not impossible to judge Mizunuki Ryosuke as the winner.

You know, this is a battle with the arch-rival Kaguya family; in the past, the Mizunuki side would have already made a big deal out of it.

"The Mizukage's judgment is, I fear, unfair."

"Just now, Mizunuki Ryosuke achieved victory under the condition that Kaguya Yuta let him have moves."

"There are explicit regulations for Jonin promotion; one is not allowed to yield during the exam."

"In my opinion, Mizunuki Ryosuke should be judged as having lost."

Just at this moment, Hozuki Mangetsu on the side suddenly spoke, his eyes carrying sharp cold light.

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