Choji ate potato chips: "Ino, aren't you cheering for Sasuke anymore?"
Shikamaru was even more surprised: "Not only are you not cheering, you're not even surprised. Ino, do you know something?"
Ino just chuckled but didn't say anything.
She hadn't been training blindly these past few months. Instead, she had been tormented by her devilish father and had long learned to discern strength and weakness. In addition, she also occasionally trained with Tenten and had some understanding of the strength of Xia Mu and the other two.
She even dared to assert that, not to mention Xia Mu and Shino, even Tenten was probably stronger than Sasuke.
These three are a bit dangerous!
Sasuke wiped the injuries on his face, secretly annoyed at his carelessness, but also became more vigilant towards Xia Mu. He felt that Xia Mu was very clever and good at utilizing what he had learned.
Just like the smoke bomb, others throw it out to obscure the enemy's vision and then launch a sneak attack.
But Xia Mu didn't. He used the smoke bomb on himself like an idiot, but it also concealed the fact that he had transformed into a Shuriken, successfully launching a sneak attack.
Such an opponent was much more interesting than those who were still only pecking at each other like weaklings.
"Hehe, Xia Mu, you're good, getting more and more interesting!"
Sasuke became a little excited. He needed strong opponents to fight against to have the possibility of becoming stronger. Although Xia Mu wasn't incredibly strong, he had many ingenious ideas that allowed Sasuke to learn a lot as well.
However, he wouldn't lose. He would definitely win next!
However, Xia Mu didn't speak but instead threw out several Shuriken again, which Sasuke easily dodged.
This time there was no smoke bomb to conceal them, but Sasuke became much more cautious, fearing that these Shuriken might hide Xia Mu's Shadow Clone. As for whether Xia Mu could use Shadow Clone, that wasn't something Sasuke needed to consider. He was just being vigilant against all possibilities.
Seeing this, Xia Mu formed a hand seal and used the Body Flicker Technique, rushing forward.
Sasuke was familiar with this technique. At this moment, he wasn't flustered at all. Instead, he quickly formed hand seals, opened his mouth, and spewed out a large fireball: "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Everyone was shocked, not expecting Sasuke to be able to use such a Ninjutsu already. He was only seven years old! One could only say, as expected of the Uchiha?
Iruka was a little worried, fearing that a student would get injured in the battle.
However, he saw Xia Mu still rushing towards the fireball, showing no intention of dodging, but he was also forming hand seals as he ran.
"Oh, the Substitution Jutsu? He'll be fine now... Wait! Substitution Jutsu! Well calculated!" Iruka guessed.
"Substitution Jutsu?"
Sasuke couldn't see clearly, but his expression also changed, "Not good! This guy!"
Saying that, he swept his leg behind him and saw the Xia Mu who was rushing towards the fireball transform into a Shuriken with a 'bang'. Xia Mu's real body had appeared behind Sasuke. Xia Mu and the Shuriken he just threw had swapped places!
Bang! Their legs collided.
Because Sasuke kicked in a hurry, he was ultimately at a disadvantage and couldn't help but stumble backward.
Just as he was about to counterattack, he saw Xia Mu quickly form hand seals again, his eyes fixed on Sasuke, and Sasuke instantly felt the world spinning.
"Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!"
"This is bad, a Genjutsu attack..."
Sasuke immediately composed himself, quickly disrupted his Chakra, and instantly woke up from the Genjutsu, only to be met by a big foot that directly kicked him away.
Everyone was already stunned.
They didn't expect Xia Mu's combo attacks to be like the wind, completely suppressing Sasuke, who had already been kicked away twice. The originally powerful Great Fireball Technique also didn't have any effect. They felt that Xia Mu had already surpassed Sasuke.
But how was this possible?
Sasuke was a genius of the Uchiha!
Sasuke also couldn't believe it. He climbed up, his face full of unwillingness, but he also had to be more vigilant. Seeing Xia Mu suddenly raise his hand at this moment, he subconsciously took a big step back.
But Xia Mu said, "Iruka-sensei, I'm out of Chakra, I surrender."
"Nani! Xia Mu, you're messing with me!"
Sasuke was furious now, "You kicked me away twice, and my Great Fireball Technique didn't have any effect. Now you're telling me you surrender? Where's the logic in that! Keep fighting me!"
But Xia Mu had already formed the Reconciliation Seal, making it impossible for Sasuke to erupt.
He said he was out of Chakra, and he definitely couldn't perform the attacks from just now. It seemed pointless to continue fighting, and he couldn't force the other person to fight.
There was nothing he could do, so Sasuke could only form the Reconciliation Seal with a dark face.
Seeing Sasuke's appearance, Xia Mu rarely comforted him, "Sasuke, although this Genjutsu is not high-level, it consumes quite a bit of Chakra. And my Genjutsu talent isn't high, I practiced for a long time. You were able to break free from the Genjutsu so quickly, there's nothing I can do. There's no point in continuing to fight."
Mainly, if we continue fighting, you'll lose, and won't I be exposed?
Let's just forget it!
Upon hearing this, Sasuke's mood finally improved a bit, and he felt that he might not be so bad after all, since he could instantly break free from the Genjutsu.
However, Xia Mu then threw another sentence, "But Sasuke, your mental state is quite poor. Otherwise, you shouldn't fall for such a low-level Genjutsu easily. This isn't good for you, you have dark circles under your eyes. If you don't sleep well, it can be very dangerous during battles."
After speaking, he turned and left the arena, just in time to receive applause from his classmates.
Although Xia Mu surrendered, it seemed like he hadn't lost, and in short, he had won the respect of his classmates.
After all, Xia Mu seemed to be the first person to beat Sasuke like this. It was a pity that Xia Mu's Chakra reserves were too low, otherwise, Sasuke might have lost very badly.
Only Shino and Ino, who were in the know, had indifferent expressions: Xia Mu probably didn't like playing Ninja games.
At this moment, Naruto, that guy, jumped out again: "Iruka-sensei, since Xia Mu surrendered, can I challenge Sasuke? I'm really strong today, I can definitely win, believe it!"
Iruka had a headache with this blond little guy. He subconsciously looked at Sasuke and saw that Sasuke nodded, so he agreed: "Alright, since Sasuke doesn't object, the second match will be against Naruto. Both of you form the Confrontation Seal."
"Hahaha! Sasuke, prepare yourself, believe it!"
Naruto excitedly entered the arena, formed the Confrontation Seal, and immediately pounced forward. The next second, he was kicked away by Sasuke.
Sasuke sneered, "I'm angry because Xia Mu surrendered, so since you've come looking for a beating, how can I not fulfill your wish? Your attack is so many times worse than Xia Mu's. You think you can defeat me with this?"
Following that, it was naturally Naruto's various ways of getting beaten.
Although Naruto was really resilient to beatings, at this time, due to his young age and long-term malnutrition, he wasn't as resilient as he would be later. It didn't take long before he was beaten very badly.
It wasn't until Iruka announced the end of the match that Sasuke's depressed mood finally improved quite a bit.
However, Sasuke always felt that something was off with Xia Mu. Even though Xia Mu said he was out of Chakra, he had looked relaxed just now. Where did he look like he was out of Chakra? So, was this guy deliberately hiding his strength? And he even pretended to surrender and hide his strength after deliberately beating him up. Was he treating people like fools?