Beep——

As the whistle blew, Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke almost simultaneously reached into their ninja tool pouches, pinching three shurikens between their fingers and throwing them at each other.

The six shurikens collided mid-air, sparking slightly.

Whoosh——

Before the shurikens could hit the ground, Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke suddenly transformed into afterimages, disappearing from their spots.

The two afterimages collided at a speed that was nearly impossible to catch with the naked eye.

Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke reappeared in front of each other, holding kunai in reverse grip, attacking each other with slashes and thrusts.

Their attack speed was incredibly fast; they either blocked each other's kunai or deflected the force using the iron plates on the backs of their gloves.

During their grappling, Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke continuously lifted their legs to kick at each other.

Whenever one of them found an opening, they repeatedly used the Body Flicker Technique or the Shadow Clone Technique to evade the other's attacks.

The battle between the two dazzled the onlookers, making them acutely aware of the gap between themselves and the top student and the second-best in the class.

Whether it was their speed of attack, movement speed, combat experience, or battle intelligence, they were clearly on a different level.

Even Iruka and the female teacher, who thought Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke might sustain fatal injuries and almost couldn't help but intervene several times, were left speechless.

Undoubtedly, based solely on their fundamentals, both Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke were already capable of graduating from ninja school.

When they were younger, they were no more qualified than the observing students to even carry the shoes of these two geniuses.

However, the next moment, both Iruka and the female teacher’s expressions changed dramatically.

The watching students were also left in shock.

Suddenly, after another round of clashes, Uchiha Sasuke, who had failed to injure Liu Sheng, leaped back to create distance, revealing a triumphant smile in mid-air. He formed a hand sign with both hands and shouted, “You lose! Fire Release… Great Fireball Technique!”

His hand signs changed rapidly, and Uchiha Sasuke puffed his cheeks, then expelled a stream of flame from his mouth.

The small flame quickly grew into a massive fireball hurtling towards Liu Sheng.

The orange-red flames illuminated everyone’s faces.

At that moment, all the students felt a terrifying heat.

“Not good!”

Iruka, looking alarmed, was about to use the Body Flicker Technique to save Liu Sheng.

But in the next second, he also appeared dumbfounded.

Liu Sheng formed hand signs at an even faster speed than Uchiha Sasuke and shouted, “Water Release: Water Barrier!”

A stream of water was expelled from his mouth, rapidly forming a massive water wall that acted like a giant hand, slapping towards the incoming fireball.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…

The sound of boiling water filled the air as thick steam spread out, engulfing Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke.

The white mist formed by the steam lasted for several seconds before dissipating.

When the mist finally cleared, the figures of Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke reappeared before everyone’s eyes.

At the same time, it declared the outcome of this no-holds-barred duel.

Uchiha Sasuke stood there in a daze, disbelief etched on his face.

Meanwhile, Liu Sheng had already positioned himself behind him, kunai pressed against his neck.

Beep——

The whistle sounded.

The first to regain his senses, Iruka immediately announced the result: “The battle is over, and the winner is… Liu Sheng.”

“Wow… so impressive!”

“Ninjutsu… Sasuke and Liu Sheng, they actually used ninjutsu! Is this their true strength?”

“Since they can use ninjutsu, Liu Sheng and Sasuke’s abilities could easily allow them to graduate early, right?”

“…”

Iruka’s voice pulled everyone back to reality.

In an instant, the training ground erupted in commotion.

Sounds of astonishment and discussion filled the air.

As the battle concluded, Liu Sheng and Uchiha Sasuke remained standing in place.

Uchiha Sasuke still hadn’t come to terms with the fact that he, who could now use Fire Release, had lost to Liu Sheng.

Moreover, the white mist had obscured his vision—how did Liu Sheng manage to appear behind him?

Could it be that he also knew sensory techniques?

On the other hand, Liu Sheng was drawn to the sudden blinding red light flashing from Uchiha Sasuke.

Once the special effects faded, a red beam shot from Uchiha Sasuke, landing on the ground and forming a floating red orb.

When the red orb was automatically collected and flew into his body, Liu Sheng immediately snapped back to reality.

“Thank you for your guidance!”

Instead of checking the red orb right away, Liu Sheng walked up to Uchiha Sasuke and extended his index and middle fingers.

Hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke finally came to his senses.

Looking at Liu Sheng with a complicated expression, he also extended his index and middle fingers.

After completing the reconciliation gesture, Uchiha Sasuke turned and left.

In the past, every time he was defeated, Uchiha Sasuke would show a face full of unwillingness and throw harsh words at Liu Sheng.

But now, Uchiha Sasuke said nothing.

Clearly, losing to Liu Sheng in this no-rules, all-out battle had dealt a huge blow to this proud genius.

Before mastering new ninjutsu or being able to activate his Sharingan independently, Uchiha Sasuke probably wouldn’t regain his earlier pride and confidence in front of Liu Sheng.

Returning to the group, Liu Sheng half-heartedly dealt with the enthusiastic classmates while distractedly watching the upcoming matches.

In reality, he was focused on a virtual panel visible only to him, observing the red orb in his space pouch.

A new level had appeared!

Over the years, Liu Sheng had accumulated a few items, but they were all white orbs.

These orbs contained the most ordinary items.

The most valuable was the sensory technique he obtained from Sakura.

This was also one of Sakura’s greatest improvements over the years.

Just now, in the mist, Liu Sheng had used the sensory technique to lock onto Uchiha Sasuke's position and then used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him.

White represented the ordinary, mostly comprising ninjutsu and some techniques that could be learned later.

Blue was precious, generally representing innate abilities or those that could be changed through effort and external influence.

Gold was legendary, representing 'divine objects' that could alter fate.

This was Liu Sheng’s definition of these three colors.

Now, however, a new color and level had emerged.

Was it above blue or below it?

As for being above gold, that was impossible; after all, the greatest treasure on Uchiha Sasuke was Indra’s chakra, which at best matched Naruto’s level.

Thus, Liu Sheng checked the information of the red orb.

When the information appeared, Liu Sheng was instantly filled with overwhelming joy, nearly changing his expression.

The information displayed by the red orb was startlingly… 【Bloodline Limit: Sharingan (Red)】.