Chapter 193: Encounter in the Clouds
On the second day, the preliminary round of the middle ninja exam.
After the first round of auditions, more than 200 contestants from all over the world have been screened by the hospitable Wuyin specialties to only more than 70 people.
And most of these seventy people came from the powerful Five Hidden Villages, and only a few small ninja village teams barely passed the audition.
However, the participating teams of this year's Grass Ninja Village left a deep impression:
Not only did they cut through the encirclement of the water monster head-on, but they also ran from the water to the finish line on a pair of legs...
It's just because their boat was crushed by the big toad that Naruto called out...
The grass ninja trio also attracted everyone's attention because of this, but fortunately, they came out with Bs in this competition, attracting most of the attention, so that Orochimaru's disguise plan was not revealed.
Recalling yesterday's bad experience, Orochimaru's face couldn't help but become gloomy; However, he took a look at the examination room of this preliminary round, and suddenly relaxed:
The examination room of this preliminary round is a circular valley filled with thick fog:
The valley is close to a wide circle, surrounded by steep rock walls that are almost vertical.
The combination of peculiar mountains creates a natural circular basin gladiatorial arena.
Not only that, but the fog in this valley is much thicker than elsewhere, almost to the point where you can't see your fingers.
Orochimaru knows something about this place:
Its name is Between the Blood Mist, and it has always been a specific place for the ninja assessment in the Fog Hidden Village during the Blood Mist period.
The fog here is unusual, not only is it so thick that it restricts vision, but it also has the effect of interfering with the transmission of chakra's breath, which is enough to blind most sentient ninjas.
Even a super-perceptive blood relay like the White Eye could not penetrate the barrier of this special mist.
Once inside, the only thing people can rely on is their own instincts.
The rules of the preliminary round are also very simple, which is to throw the players into a thick fog and keep them closed for a day, and the last remaining players are the seeded players who can enter the finals.
This is also the assessment measure that Wuyin Village has implemented for many years, but according to the original rules of Blood Mist, failure means death.
So Shangnin, like Zai Bu Chop, who once came out of the blood mist, had all the blood of his colleagues on his hands.
Over the years, the dirt here seems to have a lingering smell of blood.
However, now is not the era of cruel blood mist after all, and the organizers have humanely sent an emergency scroll to each team:
If the situation is not good, the candidate will be able to open it and admit defeat, and the Misty Hidden Examiner will bring the loser out unharmed according to the direction of the scroll.
But when it comes to life and death, it's hard to say whether the players can use the scrolls in time...
After all, this is a dead man's middle ninja exam, and no one can guarantee absolute safety.
In this regard, Orochimaru has a feeling of being at home like a fish in water:
The dense fog where he can hide his whereabouts and the chaos of killing each other will be the best stage for him to realize his attack plan.
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At the beginning of the game, the players of each team were thrown into this large thick fog from different directions.
The three of them also entered the valley, slowly walking through the mist.
There seemed to be a figure flickering not far away, but the restriction of the fog made it impossible for the red bronze armor and Ken Misumi to judge the enemy's location at all, and they were very overwhelmed for a while.
But Orochimaru didn't care at all, just opened a pair of snake-like vertical pupils, and led the two followers along a crooked route, just right to avoid all senseless fights.
As a snake expert, Orochimaru has long since transformed his body into a snake-like one:
He is able to perfectly identify enemies and find paths by relying on the infrared perception of snakes alone, without relying on sight or other means of perception.
Under his snake perception, such a mist did not act as a hindrance.
"Orochimaru-sama, I think there is something wrong with this operation..."
The red bronze armor suddenly said with some doubts:
"In the rules of the game in the fog, it is only said that you can pass the test if you stay in the fog for one day."
"If the target has been hiding in one place, this valley is so big, wouldn't it be difficult for us to find them?"
"Hehe... It's just a boring play on words. ”
Seeing that the plan was about to be realized, Orochimaru's mood also improved a lot, and he took the trouble to explain to the two miscellaneous fish subordinates: "The rules say that you should stay in the dense fog for a day, not hide in the valley for a day. ”
"It's true that the valley won't get smaller, but this fog will..."
The red bronze armor immediately reacted: "This fog circle will continue to shrink!?" I see..."
"Then the contestants will be driven into the middle of the valley little by little, and they will not be able to kill each other if they want to..."
Orochimaru nodded and said with some appreciation:
"So, we're going to find those Kakashiban imps when the fog circle shrinks to its minimum..."
"Otherwise, when the fog circle shrinks to a minimum, not only will it be difficult to start with many people, but there will also be no natural cover for our actions."
"Don't be stunned, let's go quickly!"
"Yes!" The two doglegs were full of adoration and obsession, and they hurriedly quickened their pace again.
An hour later...
"How is that possible! What about them? ”
After going around the valley for a full circle, Orochimaru was sure that he had searched the entire valley, but he had never found any trace of Kakashiban's three imps.
With his strength and unrestrained snake perception, he couldn't even find a few imps?
Could it be that they have come out of the fog circle and been eliminated?
No way...
With their strength, how can they exit so easily?
So where the hell are they?
Orochimaru's face was gloomy and cranky, and in the end he didn't come up with anything, so he could only continue to scrape the ground.
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"The fog here is so annoying!"
Hei Tu couldn't help but clasp his hands on his chest, pursed his lips and complained to his senior brother: "Forget if you can't see anything, there are always some annoying guys who suddenly pop up..."
Black Earth and Red Earth are not perceptual ninjas, and they have directly become blind in this thick fog.
Unfortunately, they also ran into two other ninja teams in quick succession, triggering an encounter.
Fighting in such a fog, the black soil, which inherited the Taishan top-pressure fighting style of his father and grandfather, always felt constrained and unhappy when he made a move.
Hearing the complaint of his junior sister Heitu, Chitu slowly unloaded a pair of giant arms made of rocks, threw the two unlucky ghosts who had just been beaten unconscious by him to the ground, and then comforted him humbly:
"This is also the characteristic of the fog..."
"Fighting in this fog is indeed a test of a ninja's ability to improvise, track and hide, and fight head-on..."
"Cut..."
Heitu was still a little displeased, but he complained to himself:
"Those guys in the fog are really insidious, and they keep shrinking this fog circle and scurrying around us..."
"Sooner or later, we'll run into other teams, and we can't be lazy if we want to!"
Chitu suddenly thought of something, and said slowly: "I have thought of a way..."
"What's the solution?" Hei Tu asked a little puzzled, "We have nowhere to hide in this situation, right?" ”
Terracotta said slowly:
"It's true that hiding on the periphery will be driven away by a shrunken fog circle, and hiding in the center of the valley will easily encounter other teams."
"For ordinary teams, they can only get closer and closer as Wu Yin envisioned, and keep fighting..."
"But, we're not the same..."
As he spoke, Chitu looked at his junior sister meaningfully.
"That's right!" Hei Tu's eyes lit up: "I can go to heaven!" ”
Flying high in the air, and blocked by heavy fog, it is impossible to be detected by other teams!
In this way, they don't need to fight at all, and they can advance while lying down...
[Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique]!
After figuring out this joint, Black Earth couldn't wait to apply a gravitational buff to himself and his senior brother Terracotta.
The two of them immediately slowly rose from the ground and flew higher and higher.
After flying for about fifty or sixty meters, it seemed that he had already touched the top of the dense fog.
Hei Tu couldn't help but laugh proudly, and a kind of "I have a plug-in, I'm proud" pride spontaneously arose.
Just as he was complacent, Heitu actually heard several clearly recognizable conversations from the thick fog:
"Four Ks, fry!"
"Haha! I've got only one last card left! ”
A vigorous girl's voice sounded.
"Yes, I can't afford it!"
The boy's voice was filled with feeble resentment.
Immediately afterwards, a soft and glutinous voice slowly sounded: "Four A... On the tube..."
"How is that possible!"
"Hinata, are you cheating with your clairlight again!"
"No..."
Black earth:......
After a moment of silence, the black earth slowly flew towards the source of the sound with the terracotta.
Through the layers of mist, she saw:
Hinata, Kao, and Sasuke were sitting leisurely on the big white ball, which was five or six meters in diameter, and on the big ball was a small table with a small pile of colorful cards on it...
Is this still a shinobi exam?
People are more angry than people...
People's flying hanging is still with a game platform!
"It's you?"
The three of Hinata also immediately discovered the black soil and terracotta that also flew into the sky, and couldn't help but be vigilant.
Although the black soil had already lost a lot in terms of momentum, she was so strong that she still said in a slightly mocking tone:
"Knowing that there is a circle of waiting in the sky, it seems that you are not stupid..."
"Each other..."
Xiang Lian also replied meaningfully.
The eyes of the two sides collided fiercely in mid-air, and finally each spat each other in their hearts: "Old Yin B!" ”