Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 81 Purple Lightning

As Genma Shiranui announced the official start of the match, he quickly retreated to the edge of the arena, giving the two contestants enough space to begin their duel.

Upon hearing the starting signal, the audience, though not particularly interested in the match, turned their attention to the center of the field.

The moment the duel officially began, a large amount of sand began to overflow from the gourd behind Gaara, swirling around him.

Gaara suddenly covered his face, a pained expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "Don't be so angry... Mother..."

Boruto stared blankly at the crazed Gaara: ...?

Gaara seemed completely absorbed in his own world, continuing to mutter to himself, "I'm so sorry for making you eat such awful blood just now. Although the person in front of me can't compare to the Uchiha, he's still good enough as a meal in the past."

Immediately afterwards, the sand grains that had been floating in the air around Gaara fell down one after another, as if they had lost their support.

Gaara's expression returned to calm after his earlier frenzy. He took a deep breath and said with unusual composure, "Then... let's begin."

Boruto didn't rush to attack, but instead said to Gaara, "Your Sunagakure ninjas didn't come to Konoha just to participate in the Chunin Exams, did they?"

Gaara didn't answer Boruto's question directly, but instead responded with a cold laugh: "What does that have to do with us now?" He had completely forgotten about his original plans, and now he only wanted to get Boruto's blood as quickly as possible.

As soon as Gaara finished speaking, he manipulated the surrounding sand, shaping it into sharp sand shuriken and launching them at Boruto.

Boruto took out several kunai from his ninja tool bag and threw them at the sand shuriken.

The kunai collided with the sand shuriken, instantly sending sand flying and scattering across the ground.

After intercepting Gaara's attack, Boruto once again took out a kunai and threw it at Gaara, but this time the kunai had an explosive tag attached to the back.

As the kunai approached Gaara, the detonation runes on the explosive tags began to flash, resulting in a violent explosion.

As the smoke from the explosion gradually dissipated, everyone was astonished to find Gaara standing there unharmed.

Just before the kunai was about to hit him, Gaara created a sand shield that completely enveloped him, protecting him from the explosive tags.

"These sands are so troublesome... they can be used for both offense and defense." Shikamaru muttered to himself, looking at Gaara who was unharmed in the arena, and wondered if he had any way to break through these sands.

Kankuro sneered, "Any physical attack is useless against that guy. It has nothing to do with Gaara's will. The sand will automatically form a shield to protect his body." This ability makes Gaara almost invincible in battle.

"Sand Binding Coffin!" With a low shout from Gaara, he stretched out his palm and manipulated a large amount of sand, which surged towards Boruto's direction like a tidal wave.

"Water Release: Waves!" Boruto exhaled a powerful stream of water from his mouth.

The water flow collided with the sand, generating a powerful impact that instantly shattered Gaara's sand, breaking the sand's binding force. The remaining water flow continued to surge towards Gaara.

The examiners present couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw the powerful jet of water that Boruto spewed out: "This guy can actually create such a powerful water jutsu in a place without a water source."

Although Boruto's strength far exceeds that of a typical Chunin, becoming a qualified Chunin still requires a variety of abilities and qualities.

As the impact of the Water Release technique gradually weakened, the water covering the field began to recede slowly, and Gaara's figure reappeared before everyone.

"Shadow Clone Technique!" Boruto didn't hesitate, splitting his body into multiple identical shadow clones, which quickly attacked Gaara from all directions.

Gaara immediately manipulated the sand, scattering Boruto's several clones one by one.

"Rasengan!" Under the cover of his shadow clones, Boruto's main body had already condensed a Rasengan and hurled it at Gaara.

Gaara's automatic defense failed to activate, and the Rasengan struck Gaara directly in the abdomen.

The impact of the Rasengan caused cracks to appear in the sand armor covering Gaara's body.

Kankuro, watching from the stands, witnessed Boruto successfully strike Gaara and exclaimed in shock, "This guy actually broke through Gaara's absolute defense!"

However, he quickly calmed down: "As long as we keep an eye on this strange dumpling, Gaara won't suffer this kind of loss a second time."

Boruto looked at Gaara's Sand Armor, which was damaged by the Rasengan attack, and smiled slightly: "It seems that your automatic defense cannot detect invisible ninjutsu."

Gaara's facial expression twisted as he stared intently at Boruto in front of him. This had crossed his line, and he wished he could tear him to pieces.

"That Gaara guy, is he planning to use that ninjutsu?" Kankuro saw Gaara's distorted face and murderous eyes, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Boruto immediately formed another Rasengan in his hand, and Gaara, seeing this, immediately used Sand Wave to create a protective barrier using sand.

Boruto formed another Rasengan in his hand, preparing to launch a new attack.

Seeing this, Gaara used Sand Wave, manipulating the sand to quickly create a protective barrier around himself.

Boruto threw the Rasengan in his hand, which eventually crashed into the protective barrier formed by sand.

With a loud bang, the Rasengan exploded against the sand wall, leaving a crater, but it did not penetrate the sand wall.

Above the sand ball, a small amount of sand began to gather, gradually forming the shape of an eyeball.

This eyeball made of sand floats in the air, transmitting visual images to the eye that Gaara is pressing down with his hand.

Boruto looked at Gaara's sand-based protective barrier and smiled slightly, saying, "Is the defense that strong? But that suits me just fine."

"Shadow Clone Technique!" Boruto summoned a shadow clone again, and then the shadow clone used Wind Release: Gale Palm to push Boruto's main body away.

Boruto once again used the power of Wind Release: Gale Palm to rush straight towards the sand sphere that Gaara had created.

As Boruto rapidly approached, the white lightning in his hand gradually turned purple, unleashing Purple Lightning.

"I will call this move 'Purple Lightning Whirlwind - Second Form'!"

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Outside the area, a team of ninjas were conducting a clandestine operation without making a sound.