But this wasn't a life-or-death battlefield.
Neither side could afford to go all out in this situation.
The two continued their intense battle for a while, their movements growing louder and more expansive. As the surrounding ninjas repeatedly retreated, more people began to notice the commotion.
"To think Qingshui has grown to this extent? As his teacher, I'm only just realizing it now."
Chiyo and Ebizo walked to the edge of the field, and the ninjas crowded around them quickly made way for the two elders.
In the air not far away, a cloud made of sand hovered.
A blonde woman in loose black ninja battle attire stood atop it, her expression solemn as she watched the battle unfolding.
The Third Kazekage was giving it almost everything.
Although it still appeared graceful and effortless, with endless Iron Sand surging and rolling at its command, sweeping away everything in its path, and its form constantly shifting and evading using Sand Shunshin on platforms of condensed Iron Sand, it looked powerful and elegant.
But Karura knew precisely the limits of the Third Kazekage's strength.
Unless it was truly fighting to the death, this was the strongest performance the Third Kazekage could deliver.
"Rasa, you were right. Elder Chiyo's disciple is indeed your biggest rival for the Kazekage position."
Karura sighed softly.
She had previously been confident that Rasa would become the Fourth Kazekage.
But now, in just a year or two, this Qingshui had risen rapidly to this point, and what was even more terrifying was how young he still was.
Rasa's growth rate had slowed, and without some major fortunate encounter in the coming years, his potential was basically capped. At this rate, his chances of becoming the Fourth Kazekage would only diminish.
"Karura, what are you muttering about up there? Where's Rasa? You're almost married, why isn't that boy with you?"
Chiyo waved at the sky, calling out to Karura.
"Elder Chiyo, Rasa went out on a mission."
Karura floated down from the sky and said to Chiyo.
Actually, Rasa had gone mining.
The mission had been assigned by the Third Kazekage: for every amount of gold equivalent to a certain value, Rasa would receive credit for an A-rank or S-rank Mission.
"Is that so? Well then, perhaps you two could help us old bones keep an eye out, so the Third Generation and Qingshui don't make a mistake and accidentally injure our own people."
Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Collection and said to Karura with a smile.
She had also noticed that the Third Kazekage was using its full power and was worried the two might get carried away.
On the other side of the training ground, Pakura, noticing the commotion, also rushed over, watching Qingshui and the Third Kazekage's fierce battle.
Has he really surpassed me by this much?
Pakura bit her red lip, clenching her jade-like fingers.
She had to speed up too.
*Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!*
Iron spikes, like branches, extended across the entire training ground.
These branches seemed to come alive, launching a continuous barrage of fierce attacks at Qingshui.
With such a wide range and density of attacks, there was no choice but to take them head-on.
However, the Third Kazekage still held back a bit.
It wanted to see Qingshui's limits but was also worried about hurting him.
Fortunately, such attacks were still within the current limits of Qingshui's ability to handle.
The Fat Man and the Little Boy had already surrounded Qingshui's main body, jointly activating the Mechanism Shield Seal. They extracted all the Chakra from the Chakra Capacitor within, forming an oval-shaped glowing orb around Qingshui's body to protect him.
However, fine cracks soon appeared on the shell of the orb.
That's truly impressive.
Qingshui looked at the cracks, marveling inwardly.
The Third Kazekage's strength was known as the strongest Kazekage of all generations, capable of contending with the Kage-level peak Third Generation Kage of its era. It was indeed terrifying.
And what about Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, whose combat power far exceeded these Third Generation Kage?
The commotion he and the Third Kazekage created with their full power was probably just a casual strike for them.
A few stray thoughts quickly flashed through his mind, but Qingshui's movements remained unaffected.
Thick white mist formed with his breath, and the longsword held by Big Ivan glowed even brighter as a large amount of Separation Release Chakra was injected into it.
Separation Release had only just been synthesized, and he hadn't yet developed suitable Ninjutsu for this Chakra. However, if Breathing Style was regarded as Nintaijutsu, it could also perfectly unleash the power of Separation Release.
In fact, this Chakra's compatibility with his developed Separation Breathing was almost 100 percent. The two combined could greatly enhance its power.
*Bang!*
White smoke billowed out, and the Fat Man and the Little Boy were recalled by Qingshui into the Sealing Scroll. The Chakra shield shattered simultaneously.
Qingshui's internal Chakra also gathered in large quantities, completing its charge.
"Separation Breathing: Fifth Form: Wind-Lightning Separation Blast!"
A fierce wind erupted, amplified by both Wind Release and Airflow Manipulation, forming a massive tornado in the blink of an eye.
At the same instant, countless fine plasma lights shot out from within the tornado, instantly slicing and melting the Iron Sand branches.
Sharp, swift, penetrating, high-temperature.
The characteristics of Lightning Release and Wind Release were perfectly embodied in Separation Release.
"No! Ebizo!"
Chiyo's eyes widened, and together with Ebizo, she released all their Puppets, surrounding the training ground.
"Ninja Art: Multiple Shield Seal!"
Chakra shields lit up on these Puppets, forming a barrier almost instantly.
Karura raised her hands, and countless grains of sand flew up, coalescing into a wall even further forward than the Puppets, blocking the scattered aftershocks.
When the aftershocks dissipated, Chiyo and Ebizo recalled their Puppets.
Their Puppets suffered no significant damage, but the inner surface of Karura's sand wall had been burned by the high temperature, turning into heavily cracked glass before shattering on the ground.
"This is truly… unbelievably excellent."
The Third Kazekage looked at his Kage robe, half of which was burned away, sighing with admiration.
He had used all of his Iron Sand for defense just now.
Even so, nearly half of his Iron Sand had melted into liquid iron from that single attack.
"Lord Third, are you alright?"
Qingshui put away his Puppets and glanced at the Third Kazekage using Transparent World.
Hmm, good, the Third Kazekage is strong enough; he wasn't seriously injured.
"I'm fine, but if you unleash a move like that again, I can't say for sure."
The Third Kazekage shook his head, walking over to Qingshui and patting his shoulder.
"Is that so? Well, for a move like this, even I can't unleash it again in a short amount of time right now."
Qingshui was not yet fourteen years old. Although his Chakra reserves had increased with the manifestation of his Kekkei Genkai, his body was still developing, making it difficult to use two powerful techniques consecutively in a short period.
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