Swish! In an instant, two different colors of light and shadow seemed to pass through everyone's eyes, and then they collided fiercely. This battle, which had been planted a year ago, finally started at this moment!
"This guy, what terrifying speed!" Miyazaki Satoshi, Takenouchi Rin, and others exclaimed. They couldn't even see how the two men fought. They had a full understanding of Minato's speed after spending three days together.
When he fought the Genin, he relied on speed to crush the opponent, leaving them no time to react. Therefore, seeing Uchiha Yoruki's speed competing with Minato's shocked them indescribably.
Even the Genin in the stands were stunned by this speed of movement. With this attack speed alone, they would likely be crushed directly.
The so-called first move is the strongest, and seizing the initiative in a battle is extremely important! Even Nawaki and Sarutobi Ao, whose battle had just shocked everyone, looked stern. The two collided with each other, their eyes meeting, and there was a look of surprise in each of their eyes for different reasons.
"You are indeed a strong opponent," Minato said. A year ago, when he fought with Uchiha Yoruki, he had only a chance to win by using his speed. At that time, his basics were not as good as those born in the Uchiha clan. During the year of training with his teacher, although Minato did not deliberately improve his speed, his training made him different.
Uchiha Yoruki's heart was also restless at this time. He had analyzed the battle with Minato and focused his year's training on improving speed. But even so, his current speed seemed to have no advantage over Minato's.
Despite this, he still had the advantage. Uchiha Yoruki stretched out his other hand and grabbed Minato's wrist, trying to control his hands first. However, Minato saw through his intention and stretched out his hand as well.
The speed of their movements was incredible. Before most people could see clearly, the two men were already restraining each other, their arms intertwined and holding each other. However, this was obviously just a prelude.
With their hands restraining each other, both sides attacked each other's lower body using leg sweeps. This tactic seemed low-level, but in this case, it was more effective than any ninjutsu or taijutsu.
Sakumo in the stands watched with great interest. A large part of his strength came from swordsmanship, and taijutsu was a significant component of swordsmanship. He was also very good at speed. The two students, in terms of movement and speed, were beyond the level of ordinary Genin.
One was Jiraiya's apprentice, a genius admired by the Third Hokage, and the other was a gifted teenager from the Uchiha clan. In a sense, their battle was a confrontation between the two existing factions in Konoha Village.
Bang! In the field, the two kept attacking each other's lower body, but after a stalemate, no one could destabilize the other. They made instant judgments, releasing each other's hands and swinging toward vital points.
Jiraiya once said that a ninja's strength is not only composed of ninjutsu but also reflexes. When a person repeats an action many times, the brain's judgment slows, making it difficult to change previous continuous actions.
Minato and Uchiha Yoruki both sought to exploit this gap. They punched almost simultaneously, making exchanging attacks pointless. They suddenly exerted force to push each other away. Rustle! The shoes rubbed against the ground, making a rustling sound. Under mutual force, the distance between them grew to nearly three or four meters.
"Such quick reactions and accurate judgment," Sarutobi Ao said, a bit confused why Nawaki valued Namikaze Minato so much. After watching his fight with Uchiha Yoruki, he understood. Their combat awareness and judgment were beyond that of ninja school students.
The fight seemed like a simple physical confrontation, but if one of them was late in judgment, the other would instantly seize the opportunity and suppress them. Such an opponent is the most terrifying in battle.
While retreating, Uchiha Yoruki prepared to use his specialty: the unique shurikenjutsu of the Uchiha clan. Swish! As he stabilized his body, he threw the shuriken.
Ordinary ninjas need to observe their opponent's movements, position, and distance to make judgments when using ninja tools. But for Uchiha Yoruki, this was unnecessary. With his wrist strength, the shuriken reached Minato in less than a second. Even with his reflexes, Minato should not be able to react in time.
However, Minato would not be idle either. Those shurikens were dodged without him even looking, needing no special response. Though this was not Uchiha Yoruki's full strength, Minato's casual evasion still made his pupils shrink. Even Sarutobi Ao and Nawaki couldn't understand how Minato dodged. If it was reflexes, it was too fast.
"It's not a reaction, but a habit," Hatake Sakumo said, narrowing his eyes. After a person's body gets used to something, it can make judgments independently without the brain.
This is muscle memory, and only those good at taijutsu among ninjas have it. No one present knew how Minato had practiced in the past year. Jiraiya often attacked him unreasonably when he was moving at high speed. Minato didn't know how much he had suffered and been injured.
Now, his body could autonomously react, avoiding most attacks without observing, just like Uchiha Yoruki could fire shuriken without looking.
While dodging Uchiha Yoruki's attack, Minato formed seals with both hands at incredible speed. "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu!" The rolling flames turned into a flame dragon and roared toward Uchiha Yoruki.
Minato mastered the Dragon Fire Jutsu quickly, and its scale and power were no less than Sarutobi Ao's. However, Uchiha Yoruki sneered. Using Fire Release Ninjutsu in front of him? He began to form seals almost instinctively, having practiced this seal countless times. It was also a seal of Dragon Fire Jutsu, intended to give Minato a taste of his own medicine.
"This Namikaze Minato actually uses Fire Release in front of the Uchiha clan?" a Genin couldn't help but laugh. However, Sarutobi Ao and Nawaki were staring at Minato's hands. After performing the Dragon Fire Jutsu, he did not stop but formed another seal!
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