Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 396 Preliminary Rounds Before the Third Match

The next day, after a night of chasing, the other two teams finally arrived at the central tower, and the group was complete.

At this moment, all nineteen people who passed the second stage have arrived, but Fengying did not give the other two teams any extra chances. Without any rest time, they directly started the third round of the preliminary competition.

That's right. They originally thought that with 8 teams and 24 people, they could select 12 people. But they didn't expect that only 19 people would survive in the end. The cruelty of this Chunin Exam far exceeded Sunagakure's imagination.

Why not just be straightforward and select eight people here to return to the central arena?

In the tower, a arena was set up. Chiyo, the examiner for the second round, had become the referee. However, she had no intention of saving anyone. In any case, it would be better if all the geniuses from their village were dead.

As she sang and shouted, the first preliminary round began, with the young members of the Blade Team facing off against the witch from the Land of Demons.

The demon mother and the knife-wielding swordsman—that's quite a scene. I thought it would be a fierce battle, but everyone was surprisingly restrained.

The swordsman waited quietly, waiting for the ghost to complete its possession before starting the fight. The ghost mother also did not use her soul-pulling ability.

Towards the end, they even started talking about love.

"Excuse me, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Ugh, I'm only fourteen, I'm still a minor." The witch blushed, not expecting the other party to seize the opportunity and grab her ankle.

"Ah~" She accidentally fell down and landed right in the swordsman's arms. His muscles, his masculine energy, and his overflowing hormones made her dizzy and her face instantly turned red.

The other ninjas watching from the sidelines were speechless.

"You're both out! You're both eliminated!" Granny Chiyo yelled at the two of them with a long face.

Just as the two were about to say something, they pointed to the arena beneath their feet and said, "Watch your step next time."

Oh, so when they fell just now, they both landed outside the ring.

"Oh dear, it's all my fault." The young man scratched his head.

The witch looked up and asked, "It's alright, brother, what's your name?"

"I……"

"Alright, get down here now." This was the last time the voice urged them, interrupting them. The two reluctantly returned to their respective groups.

As soon as she returned to the group, Ghost Mother Xiaolan chattered excitedly, "Sister, sister, you don't know, I just bumped into one, and it was so big!"

"You brat, what are you saying? Is this all you've got to know?"

"I felt that he was physically very strong and would be a good father to my first child."

The two witches spoke without keeping their conversation a secret, and those around them, with their keen ears and sharp eyes, heard everything clearly.

The other two young men in the Knife Team also didn't expect that their brother would actually get together. This is what the Ghost Mother looked like after she transformed. How could he even bring himself to eat her?

Upon closer inspection, well, she's not bad-looking. Even without transforming, she's quite pretty.

The second match was against the Swordsmen again, and he encountered the female ninja from the Sound Village. He originally wanted to replicate his brother's success.

Little did they know that their opponent would unleash a deadly move right from the start: "Hundred Flowers Without Hundred Flowers Kill," giving them every ounce of strength and not giving them a single chance. It was all about the desire for victory.

Helpless, he had no choice but to break through her ninjutsu with a single strike and send her back off the stage.

"Kojiro wins!"

A great start! Now in the waiting area, as long as you don't have bad luck later on, you can advance smoothly.

In the third match, Xiangzi from the Land of Demons entered the arena. Her opponent was a ninja from Iwagakure. Before entering the arena, he assured her, "Young lady, don't worry, I will definitely win!"

After saying that, he fled to the platform. As soon as Xiaoling started, he launched a preemptive attack.

In fact, during the battle just now, he had already discovered the weaknesses of the three witches of the Demon Kingdom: their hand seals were slow and they were unprepared.

Victory can be achieved by defeating them with a single blow before they can communicate with the spirits.

At this moment, he held the bitter pill in his hand, and the other person had already appeared in front of him in an instant. Die! He must win this victory that concerns honor!

As the cold light of the kunai approached, Xiangzi remained calm and composed, completing the third seal in a proper and orderly manner.

He uttered a soft shout, "Freeze!"

But the eyeshadow hypnotist who had already leaped in front of her was not frozen in place as everyone expected; his body continued to sprint forward at high speed.

At that moment, the witch of the Demon Kingdom subtly shifted to the left, and the ninja, as if blind, landed directly behind him and collapsed to the ground with a thud, seemingly lifeless.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, she was almost done for, but luckily she managed to immobilize the other person's soul beforehand.

That's right, this is a type of sealing technique called Soul Fixation Technique. It's about level A in difficulty and is one of the necessary thresholds for their Oni Kingdom's soul technique system.

That is, by using leaves to form a psychic spell under the enemy's feet, which can fix the enemy's soul and separate the soul from the body without the enemy's knowledge.

There is also a prerequisite: if the other party subconsciously resists, the failure rate is very high. However, if the other party's body and soul have a strong bond or high compatibility, it is commonly known as yin-yang balance.

Then it is highly likely that it will break free of the seal, or its physical body will be frozen in place.

His smooth separation of spirit and body is enough to prove that his soul and body are not well-matched; his body is too strong, and his soul is a bit weak.

She had already won, and just as she was about to put the soul back, she suddenly discovered that the other party had died because the soul had been separated from the body for too long. She had no choice but to put the soul into the gourd, since she couldn't waste it!

At this moment, she also entered the waiting area, making the other ninjas finally realize that the witch of the Land of Demons was not so easy to mess with, and their eyes became wary as they looked at the last witch.

In fact, the witches of the Land of Demons did not demonstrate much strength; it was mainly because their methods were too bizarre, and there was simply no way to counter them.

"It seems the village will need to research methods to counter soul defenses in the future," the Fourth Kazekage thought to himself after watching the battle.

At the same time, many representatives from ninja villages shared the same idea as him.

Of course, this does not include the Star Village, because their curse power and dark attribute chakra can still protect against souls.

In fact, the ninja world is not without defensive mechanisms. With a strong body, a strong soul, or by cultivating to a plasma state, one can be completely immune to this kind of damage. At that time, these demons and monsters will not even have a chance to get close.

Soon, the fourth match began.

This time, the last member of the Blade Fighter team is facing off against another member of the Sound Village.

"I give up!" Karan's teammate said, complaining about his bad luck, and quickly raised his hand.

Firstly, he couldn't beat them, and secondly, it was a cooperative relationship to begin with.