"After all, even if I wanted to imprison you with the One Thread Light Array, the short time it took for the spell to unfold at your speed would be enough for you to escape from the One Thread Light Array."

When he said this, Takagi Akira showed a distressed expression on his face.

"So I've been thinking about how to defeat you. After thinking about it, the only way to defeat you is to use a lantern array to control you when you are careless before you take off the burden."

"Now that you are controlled by my Ichizo Lantern Array, you have no chance of winning. You cannot use any ninjutsu except Taijutsu, so you have no way of breaking the Ichizo Lantern Array. Xiao Li, admit defeat."

"I'm sorry, Xiao Li, for not giving you the chance to show your true strength and using such means that you have no sense of participation in the game."

Takagi Akira said as he looked at Genma Shiranui who was standing beside him.

"Examiner, can you declare me the winner? You can't let me kill my companions who have no way to fight back, right?"

Takagi Akira said as he took out a kunai.

The Third Hokage, who was sitting on a high place watching the battle, looked at Takagi Akira with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

"The speed of the Ichidōden technique unfolding is very fast. Takagi Akira's talent in sealing techniques is higher than expected."

Just when Genma Shiranui was hesitating whether to directly declare Takagi Akira the winner, Xiao Li, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly spoke up.

"Takagi Akira, you don't need to apologize. It's an honor for me that you take the match with me so seriously. I should be the one to say sorry. I underestimated you and didn't take this fight seriously. I apologize to you here."

"As an apology, I will use all my strength."

As Xiao Li finished speaking, a huge momentum suddenly burst out from Xiao Li.

"It looks like Xiao Li is going to use the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu. We can try to use our mental power to observe and learn from him."

As Gao Muming was thinking this, an invisible mental force came out of his body and enveloped Xiao Li who was trying to open the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, but he pretended to have an expression of surprise and confusion on his face.

Gao Muming just quietly sensed the changes in Xiao Li's body until Xiao Li opened three doors in a row with great force. Gao Muming felt a little happy in his heart.

"What a nice surprise! After watching it three times in a row, although some details are still unclear, I already know roughly how to use chakra to break through the gates of the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu."

Just as Gao Muming was thinking this, Xiao Li opened the third life gate in front of Gao Muming. With the opening of the third life gate, a huge amount of chakra burst out from Xiao Li's body.

Gao Muming pretended to be shocked by the noise made by Xiao Li and tried to attack him while Xiao Li was still in the light array.

At the moment when Takagi Akira threw the kunai, Xiao Li suddenly exerted force with his legs.

The ground beneath Xiao Li's feet collapsed, and his body forcibly broke through Gao Muming's light array and disappeared in front of Gao Muming.

Looking at the kunai stuck in the ground, Takagi Akira cried out in disbelief.

"!!! He actually broke free from the lantern array!"

When Takagi Akira said this, his pupils suddenly shrank, chakra gathered under his feet, and he dodged slightly to the right.

At the moment when Gao Muming dodged, a big hole was created where Gao Muming had just stood by Xiao Li, whose whole body turned unnaturally red.

"Did he escape?"

Xiao Li stood up from the pit and looked straight at Gao Muming. He moved his feet and disappeared from everyone's sight again.

Looking at Xiao Li who was attacking him at a very fast speed, Gao Muming couldn't help but frown.

"This is troublesome. Just now, Xiao Li thought I couldn't keep up with his speed and flew over to attack me. I could not dodge Xiao Li's attack because I couldn't adjust my direction. Now Xiao Li's attack is constantly adjusting his direction according to my position while moving, so I can't dodge it in my current state."

"So what should 'I' do in this situation?"

Gao Muming couldn't help but frowned, and in this very short time he thought about what he should do now to be reasonable.

After glancing at Genma Shiranui who was standing nearby, Takagi Akira had an idea. Isn't there a ready-made witness? I just need to whisper my plan out of shock.

"Xiao Li's current attack is totally beyond my ability to withstand."

"No matter how you look at it, Xiao Li's condition is not right. It is most likely a temporary burst move. No matter how you think about it, the side effects of this move are shockingly large."

"Then as long as I keep dodging and delaying until Xiao Li's move expires, I will be able to win."

Having said this, Gao Muming suddenly started to run around the venue with all his might.

Seeing Gao Muming like this, Xiao Li thought about it and decided to end the battle as soon as possible. He opened the fourth wound gate while moving, and Xiao Li's aura suddenly increased a lot, and his movement speed also increased significantly.

The next moment, with a loud "bang", Gao Muming's figure was suddenly knocked into the sky by Xiao Li's punch. Just when everyone thought that Gao Muming had lost, Gao Muming, whose body was distorted, turned into a piece of exploded rotten wood.

"A substitute technique?"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Li was stunned for a moment.

"It seems that Gao Muming intends to delay time as long as possible as he just said."

Thinking of this, Xiao Li's gaze fell on Gao Muming who had appeared not far from him.

Next, the people in the audience watched as Gao Muming’s stand-in was repeatedly smashed to pieces by Xiao Li.

Just when Xiao Li felt that his condition was declining and was about to open the fifth gate, Dumen, Gao Muming's voice of surrender suddenly rang out in the venue.

"Stop it, Xiao Li, I surrender!"

After hearing Takagi Akira say that he surrendered, Shiranui Genma immediately announced that the winner of the third game was Xiao Li.

The person who found it most difficult to accept Gao Muming's sudden announcement of surrender was his opponent, Rock Lee. Although he felt unwell due to the activation of the Eight Gates, Rock Lee still forced himself to walk quickly to Gao Muming's side.

"Takagi Akira, why did you suddenly admit defeat?"

"I can't help it. I don't have much chakra. I have already consumed a lot of chakra to maintain the Ichidōng array. After that, I kept releasing substitution techniques to avoid your attacks."

Takagi Akira said this with a helpless smile.

"Now my body's chakra is seriously insufficient. I'm afraid I can't even use a substitution technique once, so I can only surrender helplessly."

"However, looking at your current state, the decision I made before was correct. If I had enough chakra to delay the explosive state before you could no longer hold on, I would be the winner now."

Seeing that Xiao Li wanted to continue saying something, Genma Shiranui, who was standing not far away, immediately interrupted the two of them.

"Let's talk after you two leave the stage to make room for the two people in the fourth game."

Looking at Takagi Akira and Xiao Li leaving, Shiranui Genma raised his eyebrows.

"The result of this battle is really interesting. The winner is covered in wounds while the loser is just too tired and not seriously injured. Takagi Akira is pretty good at saving his life."

As Takagi Akira and Xiao Li left the stage, Temari, the fourth contestant, couldn't wait to come to the competition venue.

When Takagi Akira helped Xiao Li to the contestant seat, they saw Shikamaru being slapped down by Uzumaki Naruto.

Ino, who was also in the contestant's seat, saw her teammate Shikamaru fall, and quickly grabbed the railing and looked at Shikamaru lying on the ground below.

"Shikamaru are you okay?"

"well enough."

Shikamaru just laid there and replied to Ino.

Shikamaru was taking his time, so Genma Shiranui frowned and asked him to get to the center of the venue as soon as possible.

"Please don't waste time, come here quickly."

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