Dazen nodded as he thought: "I was also thinking about that, I haven't fought an opponent yet that gave me any trouble."

Seeing that Dazen had understood what he had said Kenji smiled and continued: "Well now get into position the fight will begin as soon as you are ready."

The two quickly got into position, being a little distance from each other.

Kenji then looked at the two and said: "Then start."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ayume started making hand signs quickly.

'Fire style: Phoenix flower.'

Soon several fireballs were launched towards Dazen, however Dazen was not surprised by the attack and did not hesitate to run towards Ayume while dodging the attacks at high speed.

"How fast." Seeing Dazen's speed, Ayume started making hand seals and slammed her hands on the ground.

'Earth Release: Tearing Earth Turning Palm.'

Quickly the ground near where Dazen was began to close in a spiral, seeing this Dazen quickly jumped and disappeared from the spot, as soon as Dazen disappeared the ground twisted and opened a large crater that prevented Dazen from continuing to approach.

However, Dazen did not give up attacking and began to produce chakra.

'Lightning Style: Lightning Snake.'

Then a snake made of lightning shot towards Ayume who soon responded with the jutsu 'Earth release: Earth Shore Return' then a wall rose from the ground and Dazen's jutsu collided with it causing a large explosion.

Dazen continued to observe the place that was now covered in dust, waiting for any movement, but soon noticed something that her scent disappeared, so Dazen began to observe the surroundings for any sign of Ayume.

'She's not the type to hide and fight from afar waiting for an opportunity to attack, so if it's like this...'

Dazen then quickly gathered lightning-type chakra into himself and discharged it all onto the ground around him.

'Lightning Style: Lightning Burial.'

The rays soon reached Ayume who was approaching Dazen from underground and injured her, forcing her to cancel the jutsu and leave the underground, seeing Ayume leave the ground and that she was injured Dazen didn't hesitate and quickly disappeared and appeared behind her delivering a strike with your sword.

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Ayume was still stunned by Dazen's previous attack, but managed to grab a kunai and defend Dazen's attack, but she would soon regret this move, Dazen's sword was covered with lightning style chakra which soon electrocuted her, delaying her movements again.

Dazen took advantage of Ayume's carelessness and then threw a punch at the girl's face and then landed a kick in the stomach that sent her flying. Dazen did not intend to give Ayume time to think and quickly began to gather lightning-type chakra again.

But before he could do anything he felt something and quickly disappeared from the place and soon a big explosion happened where Dazen was.

Dazen looked at this and thought: 'An explosive tag, I didn't notice her using it.'

But Dazen didn't have much time to think when several flaming shurikens flew towards him, Dazen dodged several of them while defending the rest with his sword and then to his complete surprise Ayume appeared and attacked him directly.

'Does she really think she can beat me in a close-range fight?' Despite his suspicions Dazen had confidence in his abilities and attacked with his sword.

Seeing this Ayume smiled and used her hand to hold the sword to Dazen's surprise, but he soon understood, 'Damn the iron skin jutsu, I didn't think she would master this jutsu, I'm in trouble.'

Although the earth element has a weakness against lightning, the iron skin jutsu was a very powerful B-rank jutsu so Ayume managed to successfully defend Dazen's blow.

Ayume trapped Dazen's sword and then threw a punch with her black fist towards Dazen.

With no other choice Dazen could only drop his sword and then quickly concentrated a large amount of chakra in his arms to defend Ayume's attack, but the impact of the blow still threw him away and the pain made his arms shake.

Dazen felt pain and thought: 'What a strong jutsu, even defending myself with a large amount of chakra my arms almost broke.'

While Dazen was thinking, several fireballs were launched towards him again, but Dazen was prepared and responded with the lightning-style jutsu: Thunder ball successfully defending himself and taking advantage of the success to approach Ayume again.

'Ayume must not have enough chakra to continually fight with the iron skin jutsu, so even without my sword I still have the advantage in a close-range battle.'

Dazen does not plan on losing this advantage and quickly approached Ayume and the two began to fight using taijutsu, soon they had already exchanged several blows, but Dazen began to be superior in combat.

Dazen observed Ayume's movements and thought, 'As expected she can't use this continuously, she is waiting for an opportunity to use it when defeating me or to throw me away again and force a mid-range combat.'

Dazen then thought: 'Since that's how it is, let's end this fight.'

'Lightning style – Electromagnetic assassination.'

Dazen moved away a little and launched a large electrical charge at Ayume who soon defended herself with a wall of earth, but she had no time to rest when Dazen continued his attack and launched several balls of lightning that forced her to retreat continuously.

Seeing this Dazen smiled and disappeared from the place where he was appearing again behind Ayume who responded by throwing a fist covered with the iron skin jutsu, but seeing the girl's movement Dazen just continued smiling.

'Lightning style - Blinding light.'

Soon Dazen's hands produced a very bright light, which forced Ayume to close her eyes and stop her movements for a moment making her panic, but before she could do anything she felt a kunai in her throat and heard Dazen's voice.

"You lost."