I am in Konoha, but I am invincible to my younger brother Itachi!

Facing Sasuke's first attack, Gaara's expression did not change at all. A group of bodies beside him automatically flew in front of him and gathered into a sand clone to catch the incoming shuriken.

Just when Gaara's sand clone was about to fight back, Sasuke had already arrived in front of the sand clone and blew it up with one punch.

But even though Sasuke was close at hand, Gaara was still extremely calm, because at the moment when the sand clone was blown away by Sasuke, a sand wall made of sand had already stood between Gaara and Sasuke, blocking it. Sasuke's offensive line.

But what Gaara never expected was that Sasuke could explode with a speed comparable to that of Xiao Li when he took off the weight. Sasuke punched him hard in the face, and the sand armor on his face also shattered.

"Is this the armor of sand?"

A provocative smile appeared on Sasuke's lips, and he stretched out his right hand and hooked it, returning Gaara's words at the beginning.

"bring it on."

Facing Sasuke's provocation, Gaara made no move to fight back because he knew that his current speed of sand could not keep up with Sasuke's speed.

"Tsk, how long did it take Xiao Li to practice to achieve this speed? Sasuke achieved it in just a month. It's different if he fails."

Sasuke leaned on the stands and complained feebly that Sasuke was a cheater, but he didn't want to think that he was also a cheater.

Seeing that Gaara had not launched an offensive for a long time, Sasuke stopped waiting.

"Since you don't attack, then I will attack."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sasuke rushed to Gaara in a few steps.

Gaara quickly mobilized the sand around him to gather in front of him for defense, but when his defense was formed, Sasuke had already come to his side and kicked Gaara several meters away.

Even with Gaara's active command, his sand could not keep up with Sasuke's speed. He only had time to follow Gaara and turn into a sand cushion to cushion Gaara's landing.

"Ninja Technique! Desert Wave!"

Gaara stood up and immediately started to perform the seal. In an instant, all the sand around Gaara gathered together, covering Gaara's entire body, forming a round ball shape.

At first, Sasuke was a little disapproving. He unexpectedly punched Gaara on the sand outside of his body. Not only was the sand intact, but his own fist bled, and the ball grew countless at the moment Sasuke hit it. The spikes stabbed Sasuke.

Sasuke had no choice but to jump back to avoid the spike attack, but he was still accidentally scratched and suffered several wounds.

The body-seeing technique didn't work, so Sasuke fired a few more kunai to test, but not surprisingly, they were completely blocked by the sand, and several spikes grew out of the hit area.

"Tch, do you want to hide in your shell like a turtle? How about trying this trick?"

Sasuke lowered his left hand to the ground, a burst of lightning flashed, and a strange and harsh cry sounded on the playing field.

"very good..."

On the top of the stands, Kazekage watched Sasuke release Chidori, his eyes flashing with satisfaction.

When the electric light formed, Sasuke rushed towards Gaara without any hesitation, and hit Gaara's sand ball defense hard with a palm.

And the result was not beyond Sasuke's expectation. This palm penetrated the ball and hit Gaara hard on the shoulder.

Gaara, who was hiding in the ball, felt the pain coming from his shoulder and the blood dripping on his fingers, and his whole body trembled.

"Ah!! Blood! My blood!!"

The ninjas of Sand Ninja Village who were watching the battle were all shocked. They had never thought that someone at the same level could break through Gaara's absolute defense!

It was also at the moment Gaara screamed in pain that the maracas tightened in an instant, making it impossible for Sasuke to withdraw his arm.

Sasuke had no choice but to release Chidori again to free his arm.

And when he pulled out his arm, the thing holding his hand tightly didn't look like something a normal human being could have.

Through the small hole made by the Chidori attack, Sasuke met the thing's eyes. At this moment, Sasuke was convinced of one thing, that is, the thing just now was definitely not a human!

Although the referee in the arena could not directly say that there was anything wrong, he was keenly aware of the unusual pressure.

……

In a forest around Konoha, several Sand Ninja were sitting on the ground around a strange formation.

They each bit a scroll and began to form seals at the same time, with unified movements.

As they urged, the formation also lit up with a blue light.