Chapter 62
Secret Recipe Mini Burgers
The Death Forest is a standard circular enclosed area, with a total area of exactly 314 square kilometers, making it a giant outdoor obstacle course map.
The terrain on the field is very complex. A river flows from south to north, the primeval forest is so dense that it blocks out the sunlight, and swamps and canyons are scattered throughout. The towering tower in the very center is the only way to pass this test.
As all the participating ninjas rushed in, the usually quiet forest instantly erupted into chaos.
Led by Luo Sha, the Chi Xiang Army had gathered at the agreed meeting point early on, eager to cause trouble for Yang Xiang.
In the group, Kurama Murakumo used up all his accumulated chakra before he could concoct a bunch of secret-recipe mini hamburgers, which he then stuffed into everyone's hands.
Holding up a hamburger and a soup bowl, like a street vendor, he shouted in a loud voice, "Brothers, one bite of hamburger, one sip of soup, and your chakra will explode!"
"Let's go, brothers!"
Someone shouted, and everyone tilted their heads back and gulped down their soup. The next second, the sound of bowls shattering echoed across the open space.
Immediately afterwards, the eyes of the group of people lit up as if they had special effects activated, and they were all extremely excited:
"Power! Infinite power!"
"Hahaha, Yang Xiang, you brat, prepare to die!"
"Yang Xiang, I've wanted this day for a long time. My fighting spirit towards you is about to burst forth!"
Actually, this was all an illusion created by Kurama Murakumo. After everyone calmed down, they patted their stomachs and sighed:
"The mini burgers are so delicious, it feels like a dream come true."
Seeing this, Cong Yun nodded in satisfaction, then subtly moved his fingers, adjusting everyone's five senses.
This is the secret to his food-escape technique: to upgrade the eyesight, hearing, and touch of those who eat his food, allowing them to see further, hear more clearly, and touch more accurately.
Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and the side effect is that the pain will also be amplified.
However, in Congyun's opinion, what is a little pain for a ninja? Just endure it and it will pass. Compared to the surge in combat power, this small price is not worth mentioning at all.
Luo Sha closed his eyes and felt the surging power within his body, a wide smile spreading across his face:
"This guy from the Kurama family is really something. His senses have become stronger, which allows my secret technique to be used to its fullest potential."
Cong Yun looked up into the depths of the forest and muttered with a grin, "My dear friend, don't disappoint me with this surprise I specially prepared for you!"
After warming up, Luo Sha stood at the front of the line and began his team-building pep talk: "Everyone! Look over here!"
Before this, we were strangers to each other, and even had some conflicts, but today, we are gathered here for the same purpose.
No matter where you come from, no matter what kind of ninjutsu you are good at,
From this moment forward, we are comrades-in-arms, brothers!
With this weapon in hand, come with me!
Go to the exam hall and kill Yang Xiang!
kill!"
"Hey, big brother!"
"Kill Yang Xiang!"
"I am the Hokage!"
Shouts rose and fell as this team, comprised of elites from the five great ninja villages, completely abandoned concealment and launched a thorough search of the forest.
It's worth noting that the majority of the ninjas who advanced to the second round of assessments came from the five major ninja villages, while the remaining contestants from smaller ninja villages went into stealth mode as soon as they entered the forest.
This is their survival wisdom: if you can't compete in strength, you must have good eyesight.
They clearly saw the tense atmosphere between the parties before the start of the competition, and naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to join in and become cannon fodder.
At this moment, the Chi Xiang Army came searching in a grand manner, and many of the young ninja village contestants were so frightened that they scrambled to escape, but Yang Xiang, whom they were so eager to see, was nowhere to be found.
The commotion in the examination room had already been relayed back by the invigilators, and a pile of information was stacked on the four shadows' desks.
Mitokado Homura quickly scanned the intelligence, then secretly observed the expressions of the Kage:
The Kazekage remained calm, the Mizukage smiled, and the Tsuchikage's face was as black as the bottom of a pot; as for Hiruzen Sarutobi, he was smoking too hard, his face was completely obscured, and his expression was impossible to discern.
Driven by his instinct to protect the village's ninjas, Mitokado Homura reluctantly asked, "Is forming a malicious team compliant with regulations?"
The Kazekage glanced at him indifferently: "Hey, Konoha, don't put it so harshly. Finding teammates on the battlefield is a required course for excellent ninjas. It's called assessing the situation, not maliciously forming teams."
"Exactly, have some confidence in your own child!" Mizukage immediately chimed in.
Meanwhile, Yang Xiang, the protagonist of this turmoil, is currently floating above the Death Forest.
He stood on green leaves, leisurely looking down at the swarming army below, and couldn't help but mutter, "Wow, there are quite a few of them."
This is the first time I've used this magical artifact since I acquired it. After all, only true essence after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage can reliably control it.
It was also thanks to the fact that there were few people in the ninja world who could fly that none of the people below looked up at the sky. Even Rasa, who was gliding low over the golden sand, never imagined that the person he was looking for was hovering right above him.
Yang Xiang put away the green leaves, aimed at Luo Sha's direction, and immediately started freefall mode.
As he continued to fall, concentric waves of air emanated from Luo Sha, bending the surrounding tree branches under their weight.
An immense pressure descended from the sky, and the golden sand beneath Luo Sha's feet instantly crumbled. He lost his footing and nearly fell on his backside, crashing heavily to the ground.
Feeling the pressure from above, Luo Sha suddenly looked up, his eyes wide, and blurted out, "Chao, a palm strike from the sky?!"
In his panic, he quickly formed hand seals, and countless golden sands shot up from the ground, like a rain of arrows towards Yang Xiang.
In fact, Luo Sha had long anticipated that Yang Xiang would take the initiative to come to him.
After all, with such a large-scale search, it would be difficult for them not to be discovered. Moreover, he knew that Yang Xiang was not someone to be trifled with.
But despite all his calculations, he never anticipated that Yang Xiang would launch an attack from the sky.
"Yang Xiang is here! Come help me!" Luo Sha shouted at the top of his lungs, and the surrounding Yang Xiang soldiers immediately rushed towards him.
Several Iwa ninjas moved with lightning speed, instantly turning the ground into quicksand. Rasa then hooked the quicksand into the sky, and the Iwa ninjas followed up with an Earth Release technique, instantly solidifying it into stone.
"Here I come!" Han shouted, leaping into the air and channeling his chakra to accelerate the hardening of the stone, seemingly trying to create an aerial cage to trap Yang Xiang.
In the distant forest, twenty or thirty figures were rushing towards them; clearly, this was a trap that had been planned in advance.
Using sand that can glide at low altitudes as bait, they lured Yang Xiang into the trap.
Although they hadn't anticipated Yang Xiang's attack direction, a tight encirclement was already beginning to take shape.
Many ninjas stared intently at Yang Xiang, who was descending from the sky.
The genius of Konoha's Senju.
Today, I will surely perish here!
As for the rule in the Chunin Exams that prohibits killing participants?
They had long forgotten about it.
Anyway, they can just push one or two people out to take the blame afterward. In order to get rid of Yang Xiang, many people are willing to be the scapegoats.
In the crowd, Fugaku Uchiha glanced at Nawaki and asked in a low voice, "That thing you mentioned, can you get it done?"
Rope Tree nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, as soon as Yang Xiang is defeated, I will immediately use Flying Thunder God to teleport him away."
Upon hearing this, the Konoha ninjas around breathed a sigh of relief and joined the others in surrounding Yang Xiang.
Only Rope Tree nodded as he quietly moved to the back of the crowd, his steps light as he searched for a hidden hiding place, silently chanting in his heart: Survival first, survival first!