Seeing the twenty-four shuriken flying towards him, Tianqi cursed inwardly for bullying the weak and immediately activated his Sharingan to dodge.
With the Sharingan's enhanced perception, Tianqi narrowly escaped unharmed.
With my current strength, it's impossible for me to hold out against Sarutobi for ten minutes. I can only resort to delaying tactics.
And so the two began their back-and-forth attack and dodge, with Hiruzen Sarutobi not using his full strength, just pulling and sparring with Tensei.
"Tianqi, I can't see your strength if you keep dodging like this. We've had enough fun, it's time to end this." Sarutobi instantly rushed in front of Tianqi, intending to end the fight with one punch.
Seeing Sarutobi rushing towards him, Tianqi immediately jumped backward with all his might, and began to form hand seals.
"Fire Release - Great Fireball Technique!" Tianqi unleashed a massive fireball at Sarutobi. Seeing the fireball hurtling towards him, Sarutobi secretly admired him. The hand seals were fast, and the ninjutsu's power was impressive. He was indeed quite capable. As the fireball drew closer, he began forming hand seals as well. Although he formed the seals later, they were much faster than Tianqi's.
"Water Release: Water Wall" - A wall of water appeared directly in front of Sarutobi, blocking the fireball.
The impact of fire and water instantly created a large amount of water mist. Taking advantage of the mist, Sarutobi jumped out of attack range and onto a tree. Seeing that seven minutes had passed, he decided to use long-range tactics to stall for another three minutes. "There are only three minutes left. Just hold on a little longer."
"Your ninjutsu is quite good, but Tianqi's journey ends here," Sarutobi's voice suddenly came from behind Tianqi. It turned out that Sarutobi had arrived behind Tianqi without anyone noticing.
Tianqi showed no sign of panic; instead, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Really? I don't think so."
Just as Sarutobi was about to make his move against Tenki, he realized that he was surrounded by countless tiny steel wires. He looked down the wires and saw that the ends of the wires were being held in Tenki's hand. He suddenly understood.
"Oh, I was wondering why I suddenly ran up the tree. Turns out there was a trap in the tree. I jumped up there to lure me up too."
“That’s right, I set a trap in the tree a long time ago. Now I’ll show you the new ninjutsu I’ve recently figured out.” As he said this, Tian Qi immediately formed hand seals.
"Fire Release - Dragon Fire Technique!" Tianqi directly spewed flames towards the steel wire, and these flames rushed along the steel wire towards Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was already entangled.
It's called the Dragon Fire Technique, but it's really just a technique that shoots out a large fireball along a steel wire.
Tianqi looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was engulfed in flames. He wasn't worried about accidentally killing him; instead, he cautiously looked around.
What a joke! He's the future Third Hokage! How could I possibly kill him with my meager strength? Sure enough, the burning Sarutobi slowly turned into a pile of dust.
"Is it an earth clone? Where will it appear from?" Tianqi gasped for breath, looking around warily. There was nothing he could do; his chakra reserves could only support him releasing three C-rank ninjutsu at most.
There's only one minute left, I have to hold on.
Just as Tianqi was observing his surroundings, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and Sarutobi leaped out of the ground, punching Tianqi in the chin.
Caught off guard, Tian Qi was sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of blood and lying on the ground.
"Tianqi, this is the end. You have no strength left to fight. Give up. You could have set your sights on the bell, but you only wanted to defeat me. This outcome was destined to fail."
Tian Qi stood up shakily, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said...
"I never intended to steal the bell. I just wanted you to know that even without formal schooling, I, Uchiha Tenki, am no less capable than anyone who came from a school."
"I will fight to the very last moment. You think I'll give up? No way!"
With the last thirty seconds left, this was his final ninjutsu. After saying this, Tianqi immediately began forming hand seals.
Watching Tenchi fall down and get up again to form hand seals, Sarutobi felt a deep admiration for him. With such a tenacious and unyielding will, he was sure to have a place in the ninja world in the future. He wondered whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for Konoha Village.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Seeing the massive fireball hurtling towards him, Sarutobi didn't choose to defend this time; instead, he formed a series of hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet" - A water dragon rushed directly towards the fireball, instantly scattering the fireball. The water dragon passed through the fireball and rushed straight towards Tianqi.
Tianqi watched the water dragon rushing towards him, and finally, he ran out of chakra and fainted.
Under Sarutobi's control, the water dragon crashed to one side.
Looking at Tianqi, who had fainted on the ground, Sarutobi shook his head and chuckled.
"You little rascal, you really go all out when you get down to business. Looks like I can look for missions with peace of mind from now on." He then took out a military ration pill from his pocket and fed it to Tianqi.
After a while, Tianqi woke up.
"Congratulations, from now on you are a qualified genin." Hiruzen Sarutobi took out his ninja headband and placed it in front of Tenchi.
Taking the headband from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tenki put it on his head.
"Starting tomorrow, we'll take on missions while I teach you."
"Yes, Sarutobi-sensei."
"You don't need to call me teacher, just call me captain. I'm only about ten years older than you."
"Yes, Captain."
"Alright, go back and get some rest today. We'll start our mission tomorrow. See you at the usual place tomorrow, I'm off."
Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi leave, Tenki dragged his exhausted body home. After dinner, he took a shower and lay down on the bed.
"By the way, I should have been rewarded with 1,000 points and a Sharingan upgrade opportunity for completing today's mission. Let's open the system and take a look."
He immediately summoned the system. "I'll put aside the thousand points for now. After all, I need ten thousand points to upgrade to the three-tomoe Sharingan, and I'm still nine thousand short. As for upgrading the Sharingan once more," Tianqi began to have some ideas.
"System, can we save this Sharingan upgrade first?" Tianqi asked directly, wanting to keep this upgrade opportunity for when he could break through to the Mangekyou Sharingan with three tomoe.
If possible, he would prefer to use it to break through the Eternal Kaleidoscope, since he doesn't have any brothers who can transplant eyes, and even if he did, he wouldn't transplant them unless his brothers really do something reckless.
However, the system's words directly shattered his little scheme: "[Host, this upgrade opportunity can only be used for Sharingan below the three-tomoe level. In other words, you can use it to upgrade to the three-tomoe level, but you cannot use it to upgrade the Mangekyou Sharingan. Host, do not try to exploit loopholes in the system.]"
Hearing the system say this, Tianqi sighed slightly, "I knew the system couldn't have any bugs."
"Let's upgrade to the two-tomoe Sharingan first."
Then a surge of energy appeared in his head, and he experienced his first awakening. The second time was obviously not as painful as the first, and in just a short while, he advanced from one tomoe to two tomoe.
Tianqi walked to the mirror and carefully examined his eyes.
"So this is the Sharingan? A bewitching red pupil with two tomoe inside. Holy crap! It looks incredibly cool."
"The one-tomoe Sharingan has the ability to see clearly, while the two-tomoe Sharingan has the ability to observe and can copy other people's ninjutsu. This ability can be said to be very overpowered."
Tianqi exclaimed that the Naruto world was truly a world based on bloodlines; almost everyone related to the Six Paths of Heroes was a master.
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