But this was not a battlefield where life and death hung in the balance.
Neither side would risk their lives in this situation.
The two continued their fierce battle for a while, the commotion of their fight constantly expanding, causing the surrounding ninjas to retreat further while also attracting more attention.
"I didn't expect Shimizu to have grown to this extent? As his teacher, I'm only finding out now," said Chiyo.
Chiyo and Ebizo walked to the edge of the field, and the ninjas watching from the periphery made way for the two elders.
In the distant sky, a cloud formed from sand floated in the air.
A blonde woman wearing loose black ninja combat attire stood on it, watching the battlefield ahead with a solemn expression.
The Third Kazekage was almost using his full strength.
Although he still looked suave and relaxed, with endless waves of iron sand surging and rolling between his raised hands, sweeping away everything, and his figure constantly using sand body flicker to quickly move and dodge among platforms formed by iron sand, he looked powerful and elegant.
But Karura was very clear about the upper limit of the Third Kazekage's strength.
Unless he risked his life and went for the kill, this was already the strongest performance the Third Kazekage could put out.
"Rasa, you were right, Elder Chiyo's disciple is indeed your biggest rival for the Kazekage position," Karura sighed softly.
She had previously been very confident that Rasa could become the Fourth Kazekage.
But now, in just a year or two, this Shimizu had risen rapidly to this level, and what was even more terrifying was that he was so young.
Rasa's growth rate had slowed down, and if there were no major opportunities in the next few years, his upper limit would be basically locked. If things continued like this, his chances of successfully becoming the Fourth Kazekage would only get smaller and smaller.
"Karura, what are you muttering about up there? Where's Rasa? You're getting married soon, why isn't that kid keeping you company?" Chiyo waved her hand at the sky and shouted at Karura.
"Elder Chiyo, Rasa has gone out to perform a mission," Karura floated down from the sky and said to Chiyo.
In fact, Rasa had gone to mine.
The mission was issued by the Third Kazekage: each time he mined gold equivalent to a certain value, it would count as credit for an A-rank or S-rank mission.
"Is that so? Then how about this? Trouble you and us two old bones to keep an eye on things, lest the Third Kazekage and Shimizu make a mistake and accidentally injure their own people," Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Brigade and said to Karura with a smile.
She could also see that the Third Kazekage was using his full strength and was worried that the two would fight too fiercely.
On the other side of the training ground, Yekura, noticing the commotion, also rushed over to watch Shimizu and the Third Kazekage's fierce battle.
"He has actually, already surpassed me by so much?" Yekura pursed her red lips and clenched her jade-like fingers.
She had to speed up too.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Realm Method!"
With this kind of attack range and density, there was no choice but to take it head-on.
However, the Third Kazekage still held back a bit of his strength.
He wanted to see where Shimizu's limit was, but he was also worried about hurting Shimizu.
Fortunately, such attacks were still within the limit of Shimizu's current coping range.
The Fatty and the Little Boy had surrounded Shimizu's main body, jointly using the Mechanism Shield Seal, taking out all the chakra from the internal chakra capacitor, and turning it into an elliptical light egg around Shimizu's body to protect him.
But very quickly, fine cracks appeared on the eggshell.
"He's really, really strong," Shimizu thought, looking at the cracks.
The Third Kazekage's strength was known as the strongest Kazekage of all time, and he was indeed a terrifying existence capable of competing with the Third Kages of the same period who were at the peak of the Kage level.
And what about Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, whose combat power was far above these Third Kages?
The commotion that he and the Third Kazekage made by using their full strength was probably just a casual blow to them?
A few fleeting thoughts quickly flashed through his mind, but Shimizu's movements were not affected.
Thick white mist was produced along with his breathing, and the long sword held by Dai Ivan also became more and more dazzling with the injection of a large amount of Particle Style chakra.
He had only just synthesized Particle Style and had not yet developed a suitable ninjutsu for this chakra, but if he regarded the Breathing Technique as a ninjutsu-taijutsu hybrid, he could still exert the power of Particle Style relatively perfectly.
Even to say that this chakra and the Breath of Particle he developed had almost reached 100% compatibility, and the combination of the two could greatly increase the power.
"Bang!"
White smoke emerged, and the Fatty and the Little Boy were taken back into the sealing scroll by Shimizu, and the chakra shield also shattered in response.
The chakras in Shimizu's body also gathered in large quantities, completing the accumulation of power.
"Breath of Particle · Fifth Form · Wind and Thunder Particle Blast!"
A strong wind surged, accompanied by the dual blessing of Wind Release and airflow manipulation, and almost in the blink of an eye, a grand tornado appeared.
And countless fine plasma lights also flew out from the tornado at this moment, instantly cutting and melting the iron sand branches.
Sharp, swift, penetrating, high temperature.
The characteristics of Lightning Release and Wind Release were perfectly reflected in Particle Style.
"Not good! Ebizo!" Chiyo's eyes widened, and she and Ebizo released all their puppets together, surrounding the training ground.
"Ninja Art · Multiple Shield Seal!"
Chakra shields lit up from these puppets, turning into a barrier almost in the blink of an eye.
Karura raised her hands, and countless sands also flew up, condensing into a wall, positioned even further forward than those puppets, blocking the scattered aftershocks.
And when the aftershocks dissipated, Chiyo and Ebizo retracted their puppets.
Their puppets suffered no losses, but Karura's sands, the inner side of them, were all burned into glass with dense cracks by the high temperature and finally shattered on the ground.
"Truly... unbelievably outstanding," the Third Kazekage looked at his影袍, half of which had been burned away, with a look of admiration.
He had just used all the iron sand to defend.
Even so, nearly half of his iron sand was turned into molten iron under this attack.
"Third Kazekage, are you alright?" Shimizu put away his puppets and looked at the Third Kazekage with his Transparent World.
Well, fortunately, the Third Kazekage's strength was tough enough and he wasn't injured much.
"I'm fine, but if you do such a move again, it won't necessarily be the case," the Third Kazekage shook his head and walked to Shimizu's side, patting him on the shoulder.
"Is that so? It's just that such a move, I can't use it again in a short time," Shimizu, who was not yet fourteen years old, had an increased chakra amount with the formation of his kekkei genkai, but after all, his body was not yet fully developed, and it was difficult to open two big moves in a row in a short time.
