Chapter 76
"What's going on? Why aren't they fighting anymore…"
"What a pity—we didn't get to see them turn on each other."
At the competition ending grounds, almost every academy student had gathered, watching Naruto's team submit their special kunai one by one.
Final rankings:
1st place: Uzumaki Naruto – 1621 special kunai total 2nd place: Uchiha Sasuke – 1620 special kunai total 3rd place: Hyūga Hinata – 1619 special kunai total 4th place: Haruno Sakura – 1618 special kunai total 5th place: Nara Shikamaru – 17 special kunai total …
As the scores and rankings were finalized, a system notification rang in Naruto's mind.
"Ding~ Mission complete. Reward: Fire-Style Chakra Activation, Fire-Style Chakra Mastery."
"System, open my status panel."
"Ding~ Status panel opened."
────────────────── Host: Uzumaki Naruto Bloodline: Uzumaki Bloodline (Fully Activated) Chakra Natures: Wind (Mastery), Lightning (Mastery), Fire (Mastery) Overall Rating: 2555 Jutsu: Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, Earth Style—Earth Splitting Palm System Points: 4600 ──────────────────
"Looks like raising the rating is getting harder and harder. What I need now is powerful ninjutsu and rich combat experience."
Naruto looked at the status panel only he could see, analyzing his next steps.
His raw power was already extremely high. What he lacked now was battle experience and a variety of techniques.
Although the process had been full of twists and turns, the competition had finally ended successfully.
Besides Naruto robbing the other students, there was one other topic everyone was paying close attention to and discussing nonstop.
The commotion from last night.
Yes—the battle noise last night had been far too loud. In the dense forest, it was impossible not to notice.
Many people boldly speculated, and the theories grew more and more outrageous.
Some said it was giant summoned beasts fighting.
Some said it was a Kage-level battle.
Others even guessed the entire competition might be part of someone's conspiracy—someone using it as a cover to achieve some unspeakable goal.
Of course, these words came from Nara Shikamaru's mouth. Even Naruto couldn't help glancing at him in surprise.
Was this guy a demon? How could he guess something like that?
Naruto looked at the calm Sakyo beside him. He knew she would challenge him next.
So he also needed some way to counter the Sharingan.
Thus, Naruto asked the system in his mind: "System, is there any way to defend against genjutsu?"
Right now, Naruto hadn't yet met the Nine-Tails face-to-face. His chakra was firmly suppressing the Nine-Tails, so they weren't truly friends yet.
He still felt a slight fear toward genjutsu.
"Ding~ [Illusion-Resistant Chakra Crystal] can cause the wearer's surface chakra to automatically flow in over 50,000 different random patterns, thereby disrupting the enemy's genjutsu chakra."
"Uh… System, what does that mean?"
"Ding~ Normal genjutsu works by sending genjutsu chakra into the target's body, allowing it to influence the target's chakra and produce various effects to achieve the genjutsu's purpose."
"Ding~ If the target wears [Illusion-Resistant Chakra Crystal], their surface chakra will condense to a certain amount and flow according to different rules, disrupting the caster's genjutsu chakra and preventing it from affecting the target's chakra."
"Ding~ In other words, if the host wears [Illusion-Resistant Chakra Crystal], all genjutsu that require injecting genjutsu chakra into the target's body will have minimal effect on the host."
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