Chapter 375 The Third Round of Examination
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was half a month later. With the ringing of the bell, the third round of the Chunin Exam officially began, and candidates stepped onto the stage one after another.

Compared with the first two exams, the third round of exams tests personal ability.

The rules of thirty-two to sixteen and sixteen to eight make this round of exams more like a competition rather than a real exam.

This is indeed the case. The third round of Chunin is meant to be a performance, with the purpose of showcasing the strength of the younger generation, increasing the number of future commissions, and making some ticket money.

The actual exam for selecting Chunin ended after the second round.

However, those who participate in the Chunin exam are all young boys and girls. Who doesn't want to get a high ranking in the Chunin exam and become the most dazzling star?

Therefore, during this period of half a month, all students who advanced to the third round of examinations have been practicing seriously, hoping to get a better ranking in the third round of competition.

In Team 7, Naruto learned the summoning technique from Jiraiya and successfully summoned the giant toad from Mount Myoboku. Although his strength did not make a qualitative leap, he did gain powerful external support.

Sasuke established a connection with Orochimaru and began to use the power of the curse seal.

They all thought that they were much stronger than before and were good enough to be the winner of the Chunin Exam.

Gaara's team also made a lot of preparations, but their goal has changed from passing the Chunin Exam to guarding against the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and gaining more benefits for the Sand Village.

However, who would refuse if they could get first place?
The style of painting on Bai Ye's side is somewhat different. Baihe Kimimaro, who was invisible throughout the whole process, looked at Bai Ye who had just run back from outside and frowned.

"Master Bai Ye, where have you been again?"

Bai Ye took out the credentials in his hand and said with a smile: "I just went to place a bet. The odds outside are good. We may be able to make a lot of money this time."

Hearing this, Hakuhe Kimimaro smiled and said, "Master Baiye, are you betting on us to win? We will definitely work hard to get a good ranking."

Bai Ye shook his head: "No, I bought Naruto and Gaara. I think their chances of winning are higher. I can't make a loss."

Baihe Kimimaro's expression changed slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied.

In this Chunin Exam, the two of them almost became invisible. Although they passed the first and second rounds of the exam successfully, they had no sense of existence at all.

During the third round of gambling, their team's leading ninja even bet on other ninjas to win, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing the two people showing such expressions, Bai Ye smiled and said: "I was just kidding you, I didn't actually place any bets in the casino. You must perform well in the Chunin Exam and show the strength of our Akatsuki organization."

Bai and Kimimaro looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Bai Ye looked at the position of the Third Hokage, gave him a kind smile, and slowly walked towards the stands.

He would not accompany the Third Hokage to the third round of exams, so he had to find a reason to leave.

If he were there, many things would not have happened.

After climbing onto the stands, Bai Ye swept his eyes around and locked onto Might Guy, Rock Lee and the others. This time, he would start with them.

……

In just one morning, the Chunin Exam entered the round of sixteen.

In the previous match, Haku and Kimimaro easily defeated the opposing ninjas, as both of them were far too powerful for their opponents.

Not to mention the results of these years of training, just the instantaneous ability that comes with the bloodline limit.

This is enough to give ninjas below the rank of Jonin a headache. After all, for most ninjas, they can die many times before performing a ninjutsu.

Except for Sakura, everyone else in Class 7 passed the assessment successfully.

There is no need to say much about the strength of Naruto and Sasuke. Both of them have the strength of a jonin, and they are definitely above the standard in the Chunin exam.

It’s not that Sakura has no strength, it’s just that this time the Chunin Exam was a bit like a fight between gods.

All members of Gaara's team passed. The strength of the three was relatively even, and they all possessed at least the strength of a jonin. They were able to crush small country ninja villages and even the Konoha ninjas.

It was because Shikamaru's team was eliminated by them that they missed the opportunity to advance.

However, during the battle with Gaara's team, Shikamaru's team also showed considerable strength. They just couldn't beat Gaara's team, not because they were weak.

Seeing this scene, the Third Hokage on the stage said with some emotion: "Lord Kazekage, your village is really full of talents. If it weren't for the third round, Gaara and the others probably wouldn't have shown their true strength."

Scorpion glanced at the Third Hokage and said with a smile:

"Naruto of your Konoha is the same. He actually used the Rasengan. I remember that this was a ninjutsu invented by the Fourth Hokage. In the future, your Konoha Village will have another golden flash."

Hearing this, the Third Hokage's expression darkened and he recalled his memories of Minato.

When Naruto used the Rasengan, he did have the illusion of seeing Minato Namikaze. Naruto and Minato were almost exactly the same when they were children. They were both sunny and cheerful, and were both children full of the will of fire.

However, Naruto and Minato are different after all.

Naruto is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. After all, Naruto is not a wandering orphan, but the orphan of the Fourth Hokage. However, he concealed Naruto's life experience and has not told Naruto the truth yet.

Although everything is done for the stability of the village, it still feels a bit cruel.

Recovering his gradually dispersing thoughts, the Third Hokage glanced through the crowd, hoping to spot Orochimaru in the crowd in advance and stop his conspiracy.

In the half month before the third round of exams, he had been waiting for Orochimaru to come.

If Orochimaru was willing to communicate with him, it was not impossible for him to put aside their past grudges and accept this rebellious apprentice. After all, the village now needed Orochimaru's fighting spirit.

Unfortunately, after waiting for half a month, he still didn't see Orochimaru come.

This means that Orochimaru is going to take action during the Chunin Exam. No matter what Orochimaru's conspiracy is, and whether he can stop Orochimaru, Konoha will definitely suffer a great loss...

After looking around, the Third Hokage couldn't find Orochimaru in the crowd.

After sighing softly, the Third Hokage continued to communicate with Sasori and Byakuya beside him. With these two present, the exam should be able to go smoothly and not be too bad.

While the Third Hokage was daydreaming, the match to the quarterfinals began.

This match is between Rock Lee and Gaara. Rock Lee is the disciple of Konoha's senior ninja Might Guy. He looks exactly like Might Guy and has demonstrated extremely superb physical skills in previous matches.

Gaara was the favorite to win, and the match between the two attracted a lot of attention.

After the game started, Xiao Li was the first to disappear from the spot and rushed towards Gaara. He had long seen that Gaara was a ninjutsu ninja. When facing this kind of ninjutsu, you must quickly approach the opponent and make the opponent too busy to release the ninjutsu.

There is nothing wrong with Rock Lee's tactics, but the problem is that Gaara is a sand-style ninja and can manipulate sand to attack the enemy without any hand seals.

After being entangled by several balls of flying sand, Xiao Li's face changed.

Naruto and Sasuke also frowned. There was a high probability that they would meet Gaara in the next game, so they had to take this opportunity to collect information about Gaara.

Gaara's physical skills are terrible, and he has never used illusion techniques.

But this does not mean that Gaara can be easily defeated by using illusions and physical techniques. Gaara does not use ninjutsu because he does not need to use ninjutsu.

And because he is a Jinchūriki, ordinary illusions are completely ineffective against him.

After just a few rounds, Xiao Li was completely at a disadvantage.

Xiao Li's movement speed is very fast, but not faster than the flying sand. Once he is completely restrained by the flying sand, he will lose his combat ability at best, or die directly at worst.

After seeing this scene, many people were worried about Xiao Li.

Scorpion even said: "Bai Ye, it looks like Gaara is going to win again. The next round should be Gaara versus your Kimimaro."

Byakuya smiled, "Gaara will indeed win, but not so soon."

After hearing this, Scorpion was slightly stunned, and then his eyes fell on Xiao Li.

He didn't believe that Xiao Li could realize much potential, but he believed in Bai Ye's vision and thought that this person might really have potential.

What Scorpion didn't know was that the reason Bai Ye had such an idea was because he knew that Xiao Li's strength was more than that. The reason was very simple. Xiao Li was a hard-working genius and had practiced the Eight Gates.

The secret technique of the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, which burns life, is also a ninjutsu that can enable a mortal body to rival that of a god.

Before he was about to be defeated, Rock Lee exchanged glances with Might Guy, and after seeing Might Guy's thumbs up, Rock Lee removed the weight and activated the Eight Gates.

With the help of the Eight Gates, Xiao Li's speed and strength were improved, and his chakra increased several times.

Just a slap created enough wind and waves to force back the flying sand. Xiao Li's speed left a trail of afterimages in the air, making it impossible to see where he was.

This was the first time Gaara encountered this type of enemy, and his expression suddenly changed.

After taking a heavy punch from Rock Lee, Gaara changed his fighting style from offense to defense. He knew that the opponent could not maintain this state.

Among the crowd, many ninjas recognized the Eight Gates.

The Eight Gates Ninjutsu is a secret technique recorded in the Book of Seales. It has always been an unknown ninjutsu between Might Dai and Might Guy. No one would spend more than ten years practicing a useless ninjutsu.

If he had put his energy into developing other ninjutsu, he might have become a jonin long ago.

It was not until the Third Shinobi World War that Might Dai defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen single-handedly, which made the Eight Gates Ninjutsu famous in the ninja world and changed the reputation of the Eight Gates Ninjutsu.

Kakashi looked at Might Guy beside him and said in surprise: "Gai, when did Xiao Li learn the Eight Gates? Why haven't I heard you tell me about it?"

Might Guy smiled, showing his white teeth, and then said, "Now you know that Xiao Li is my most proud disciple. He opened the Eight Gates of Dunjia earlier than me."

"If there is a genius in taijutsu, he is undoubtedly a genius in hard work."

After a pause, Might Guy continued, "After Lee defeats Gaara, he should be able to fight against one of Sasuke and Naruto. I'm really looking forward to their fight, just like the one between us."

“Youth must have enough opponents and challenges to be passionate enough.”

After listening to Might Guy's speech, Kakashi smiled helplessly. He really couldn't muster much interest in these things. He was worried about the Chunin Exam.

As early as before the Chunin Exam began, when Kakashi met Byakuya, he knew that this Chunin Exam would not be easy.

But I didn't expect it to be so complicated.

Orochimaru actually sneaked into the Forest of Death and met with Naruto and Sasuke. And judging from the traces of fighting at the scene, Orochimaru was most likely not alone.

This does not mean that Orochimaru has no other subordinates, but that there are probably ninjas of similar strength around Orochimaru, and they may have joined forces.

In addition to these people, there are also Obito and others hiding in the dark, and even Kushina's master's wife.

These people all want to make a big splash in the Chunin Exams, but can the current Konoha Village still support such a big scene? Will it collapse directly?

At this time, Might Guy noticed Kakashi, came over and said, "What's wrong, Kakashi? You seem to be quite depressed recently."

Kakashi sighed, then asked, "Kai, do you think the village is more important, or the Hokage is more important?"

When asked this, Kai actually began to hesitate and said, "Aren't the village and the Hokage together? Why are you asking this?"

Kakashi paused, then said: "I mean, if the Hokage betrays the village one day, what should we do?"

"The Hokage betrayed the village? Of course we support the village..."

After thinking for a long time, Might Guy then asked: "Kakashi, what happened? Why are you asking these questions?"

Kakashi didn't answer Kai, and Kai didn't have time to dwell on it.

During their conversation, the battle between Rock Lee and Gaara was coming to an end, and the winner of this match was about to emerge.

From the perspective of personal strength, Rock Lee and Gaara are about equal in strength.

The two men are about the same age, with similar levels of effort and mystic skills, so naturally their strengths are about equal.

But the prerequisite is that Gaara does not borrow the power of Shukaku. After using Shukaku's chakra, Rock Lee is no match at all. After using his special move and being blocked by Gaara, his body fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

Seeing this, Gaara used flying sand to steadily drag Rock Lee and then put him on the ground.

Although he won the game, his victory was somewhat dishonorable. In the Chunin Exam, he did not intend to use the power of the tailed beast unless it was against Naruto.

But when facing Rock Lee's threat just now, he subconsciously used Shukaku's power.

After the battle between Gaara and Rock Lee ended, Naruto easily defeated Neji, and the next round was the battle between Gaara and Naruto.

(End of this chapter)