Rock Lee's Defeat

"So fast...." Ryoha's pupils rapidly contracted. He no longer dared to retain the speed of his Sharingan. His speed suddenly rose to the limit. Suddenly, a scene flashed through Ryoha's mind. Inside, there was the location of Rock Lee's attack. Where did it come from? It was clear that Ryoha's usage of his 3-tomoe Sharingan was so good that he could even predict the movements of Lee, who had opened the fourth gate.

"Lightning chakra." Ryoha directed the chakra in his body to his leg, and then it transformed into lightning attribute chakra. His leg muscles and cells were stimulated. In a short period of time, Ryoha's speed soared.

"Whoosh!"

Ryoha disappeared from where he was, just like Lee. Creating a crack on the ground beneath him at the same time. The cracks formed by the two extended towards each other.

"It can't be, this monster can drastically increase his speed?" Kankuro cursed in his heart. He had to endure. Wasn't this too monstrous?

"Ryoha's speed is actually able to keep up with Rock Lee who has opened the fourth gate?" Guy did not expect that Ryoha would have more secrets. He was too fast, much faster than when he had fought with him before. This time, Rock Lee was in trouble.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

As the two of them continuously fought in the arena at a speed that exceeded the speed of sound, explosions continuously rang out in many places in the exam venue. At the same time, the originally intact ground continuously exploded. Then, after the ground could not withstand the collision of the two, Ryoha and Rock Lee went midair to fight.

The clash between their fists and kicks, the collision of strength and power caused a lot of air ripples to appear around them.

"It's Rock Lee's defeat. Ryoha hasn't used any of his specialties, except for his taijutsu. But even so, he can fight Rock Lee who has opened four gates. Once he uses his genjutsu and ninjutsu, Rock Lee will definitely lose. Moreover, Ryoha can obviously last longer in this kind of high-intensity battle, while Lee can only last for five seconds at most."

Hiruzen sighed. Both of them were rare talents in Konoha.

"No, I could only last five seconds. If this goes on, I will definitely lose. Ryoha still has genjutsu and ninjutsu. In this case, I can only use it. Fifth Gate, open!" Rock Lee roared in his heart. He concentrated all of his strength and chakra into his fist, and his aura once again rose.

"His current chakra is so violent. Unless he uses a genjutsu like the Tsukuyomi, there is no way to put him under a genjutsu. It's really amazing. If he only opened up until the fourth gate, I can still rely on my taijutsu to fight him, but not the fifth. After all, taijutsu is his specialty, so I can only use my ninjutsu."

Ryoha glanced at Lee's fist and found that the chakra points there were beginning to shatter. At the same time, Lee's chakra grew more violent. Ryoha knew that he couldn't just use taijutsu. He had already learned enough taijutsu from him.

It was the time to use ninjutsu to end this battle. It was also a form of respect for Rock Lee. He could only tire himself and eventually lose since he couldn't maintain the Eight Inner Gates Formation for so long.

"Raikiri!" A bolt of lightning condensed in Ryoha's hand, and a flickering jolt of electricity came out from them. The two charged at each other at the same time, using their strongest attack.

"This is my last move, Hidden Lotus!" Li Locke roared, and a visible white stream of air began to appear on his fist. He threw a punch that seemed to be able to break through Ryoha.

"Kakashi, this is also a battle between us. Let's see who is stronger, your Raikiri or my student's Lotus."

At such a tense moment, Guy still had the leisure to say such words. It was really admirable, but the others ignored him. Everyone, including Orochimaru, looked at the last clash between Ryoha and Rock Lee.

"Stab!" Hao Liu rushed forward, turning into a bolt of lightning that cut through the sky, directly stabbing into the shock wave from Lee's Hidden Lotus.

"Haaaaaa!" Both of them roared at the same time, and their chakra and strength increased without regard for their lives. Finally, a dazzling light blossomed in the sky. A huge explosion of chakra made the ground below shatter, blowing countless stones away. Smoke and dust filled the vicinity.

"Break it for me!" Ryoha's Sharingan rotated once, and he finally found the weak part of the Hidden Lotus in front of him. With a sharp roar, Ryoha pierced through Lee's Hidden Lotus, but instead of hitting Lee with his Raikiri, he turned over and kicked Lee to the side, crashing him on the wall.

"Phew, that was really close. I didn't expect the last one to be so strong. If Rock Lee's strength and body were a bit stronger, he might be able to open the sixth, seventh, and eighth gate. That would be really scary."

Ryoha also didn't expect that even his 3-tomoe Sharingan would take a bit of time to see through the weakness of the Hidden Lotus so that just now was a risk. If not for the Sharingan, the final result would be a tie between Raikiri and the Hidden Lotus.

"Rock Lee, youth is not allowed to fail, but even more so, you are not allowed to give up. You have done well enough. This time, I didn't lose to Kakashi. I just lost to Ryoha."

"When did I agree to compete with you? It was just what you said just now. Now that Ryoha defeated Lee, you said that you didn't lose to me but to Ryoha. You are really the best, eh?" Guy's words made Kakashi speechless.

"Too... too powerful." Whether it was Gaara or the other Jonins, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. At the same time, because they didn't want to miss any of the steps of this battle, their tense nerves also relaxed.

"The Eight Inner Gates Formation is already at the level of forbidden jutsu. Even the Sharingan can't copy them. Unfortunately, this jutsu seems to only belong to Guy and Rock Lee. It seems that I have to find another way to get it from them."

Ryoha felt pity in his heart. At the same time, he walked in front of Rock Lee and looked down at him. He did not show off. Instead, he said in a very calm tone, "Li Locke, you lost."

"Cough cough, yes, I lost, but I was convinced by my loss. You are really strong, but I will not give up. Next time, I will definitely defeat you."

Lee showed his bright teeth that could be used to advertise toothpaste. With a ding, a dazzling white light flashed, which made him speechless for a while. However, he fainted after saying this.