The two stood facing each other on the training ground, with Jiraiya acting as the referee.
"Start!"
As Jiraiya shouted "Start!", the two figures immediately collided.
As Minato Namikaze ran forward, he threw a straight punch.
Bei Xuan dodged to the side, immediately grabbed Minato Namikaze's wrist, and delivered an elbow strike to Minato Namikaze's abdomen.
Minato Namikaze immediately blocked the elbow strike with his left hand, while his grabbed hand twisted, forming a fist and striking Bei Xuan's back.
Bei Xuan crouched to dodge, then used one hand to support himself on the ground and kicked Minato away.
Minato, who had managed to block the attack, shook his slightly numb hand, his excitement growing more intense.
He knew Bei Xuan was definitely not weak; this force was several times stronger than in normal combat training.
"This kid is quite suitable for you, he's very strong."
Jiraiya saw Minato fall to a disadvantage in their first exchange and said to Tsunade.
"Continue, use your full strength."
Ignoring Jiraiya, Tsunade shouted to the two in the arena; she wasn't interested in just taijutsu.
Hearing this, the two immediately engaged in combat again, but this time their attacks were much more fierce, and their speed was extremely rapid.
Each exchange between them produced a dull thud on the quiet training ground.
"Are these two really low-grade students?"
Nawaki, watching the fight, couldn't help but speak, feeling that even he might not be able to win against the two in terms of physical strength.
However, he immediately dismissed the strange feeling; he was the First's grandson, Orochimaru's disciple, and a Ninjutsu-type Ninja, so it was normal for him to not be as good at taijutsu.
"Bei Xuan!!"
After an attack separated them, Minato Namikaze shouted excitedly, his hands constantly forming hand signs.
Hearing Minato Namikaze call his name, Bei Xuan silently dropped the idea of shouting Minato's name back; it was too awkward and easily reminded him of "Sasuke" and "Naruto."
"Wind Release - Gale Palm!!"
Seeing Minato rush towards him, Bei Xuan sighed, and a golden light bloomed in the darkness.
Heaven and Earth are mysterious and profound, the root of all Qi.
Cultivating myriad kalpas, I attain my divine powers.
Within and beyond the Three Realms, the Dao alone is supreme.
A Golden Light covers my body.
The strong wind struck the Golden Light around Bei Xuan.
"This is...!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was watching in his office, immediately stood up, his entire face pressed against the crystal ball.
"As expected."
Tsunade, on the other hand, was not surprised at all, a hint of understanding flashing in her eyes as she looked at the Golden Light surrounding Bei Xuan.
"Is this Bei Xuan's Bloodline Limit? What kind of Bloodline Limit is this? I've never seen it before."
Jiraiya was also somewhat surprised.
"Is this Bei Xuan's true strength?"
Minato Namikaze, seeing his attack blocked, pulled out a Kunai, gripping it in his hand, while a layer of sharp Wind Release Chakra wrapped around the Kunai as he charged towards Bei Xuan, who was enveloped in Golden Light.
Seeing Minato charge over, Bei Xuan simply raised his hand, and the Golden Light on his body condensed into a long staff. Holding the staff, he swept it horizontally towards the charging Minato.
Minato bent down and slid, dodging the staff's attack, but he clearly overthought it. The staff, as it approached Minato, exploded and transformed into a large net, completely enveloping Minato from behind.
"Minato, where is the Jutsu Jiraiya taught you? If you don't use it, you should have lost."
Bei Xuan stood still, looking at Minato, who was continuously cutting the Golden Light with his Kunai, and spoke.
Currently, Bei Xuan's Golden Light had taken a wrong path; although it could materialize, its strength was not quite sufficient, and Minato's Kunai, imbued with Wind Release Chakra, could cut through the Golden Light.
Although there was also the reason that Bei Xuan was holding back, it was undeniable that this was indeed a current flaw of the Golden Light Curse, a flaw caused by his own oversight.
"Ah! It's about time."
Slashing through the Golden Light in front of him with a Kunai, Minato bit his finger, and his hands began to rapidly form hand signs.
Tsunade, outside the arena, saw the hand signs Minato was forming and, somewhat surprised, turned to Jiraiya and asked.
"You've already taught him this?"
"Hahahaha, as a master, I naturally have to give him the best, and I believe Minato won't disappoint my expectations."
After finishing the hand signs, Minato slammed his hands onto the ground, and a Summoning Jutsu formula unfolded. After a burst of smoke, a giant toad appeared in its place.
"You're kidding, right? Where did he get so much Chakra?"
Nawaki, watching, felt like the sky was falling. Although he also had an inexhaustible amount of Chakra, that was because he was from the Senju Family. Wasn't this Minato Namikaze a commoner Ninja?
"Mount Myōboku's Summoning Jutsu?"
Recalling the Golden Light around Minato, Bei Xuan turned to look at Tsunade.
However, Tsunade clearly didn't want to bother with him. Left with no choice, Bei Xuan could only continue to look at Minato.
"Minato-sama, is there anything I can do for you?"
The toad summoned by Minato was clearly not Gamabunta; Bei Xuan could tell from its markings that it was not one of the three toad brothers.
"Gama Kusa, I summoned you this time to help me defeat Bei Xuan over there."
"I see, leave it to me!"
After saying that, it took a huge leap towards Bei Xuan.
Seeing this, Bei Xuan's entire body was covered in Golden Light, and he also charged towards Gama Kusa, but as he charged, the Golden Light on his body began to spin continuously.
"Are these the two new disciples you've taken? Their future is limitless."
Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared beside Tsunade and Jiraiya, with Orochimaru following behind him.
"Old man!" x2
"Teacher."
The ones calling him "old man" were naturally Tsunade and Jiraiya, while the one calling him "teacher" was Nawaki, but he was referring to Orochimaru, who was following behind the Third.
"Hahahaha, how about it, my disciple is pretty good, isn't he!"
Jiraiya pointed at Minato Namikaze in the arena and laughed heartily, speaking to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Bei Xuan's medical talent is very strong, stronger than mine."
Although Tsunade hadn't taken Bei Xuan as a disciple, she didn't explain, simply stating Bei Xuan's medical talent. Bei Xuan's medical talent was indeed much stronger than Tsunade's when she first started.
"They are both promising talents."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was accustomed to their forms of address and simply watched the two fighting in the arena intently.
Bei Xuan, with the Golden Light retracted to his body and constantly spinning, continuously collided with Gama Kusa, while Minato was not idle, constantly coordinating with Gama Kusa's attacks.
Their battle continued until Minato's Chakra for summoning Gama Kusa ran out, and it returned to Mount Myōboku.
Minato, with his Chakra depleted, was naturally no match for Bei Xuan and was knocked down by one of Bei Xuan's elbow strikes.
Dispelling the Golden Light on his body and helping the fallen Minato up, Bei Xuan naturally also noticed Hiruzen Sarutobi outside the arena, but Bei Xuan felt completely calm.
"You're really strong, Bei Xuan. I'll work hard to catch up to you."
After the battle, Minato's face showed no sign of dejection from losing, but rather a wide smile as he spoke to Bei Xuan.
"You will catch up. You are the future Fourth Hokage I acknowledge."
Helping Minato up, he used a newly learned healing Jutsu to simply restore the bruises on Minato's body. As for his exhaustion, that was due to his Chakra being depleted.
