At Hyuga Kazuya's training ground.
The dust settled.
A massive circular, ring-shaped crater had appeared in the enormous earthen wall summoned by Earth Style: Earth Style Wall.
It had come within inches of punching through.
Kazuya had merely been testing his strength in this mode, so he had struck with full force.
Though it had only been a Vacuum Palm, carrying nothing but the impact of immense wind pressure, even Kazuya had not expected it to be so powerful.
Seeing that his full-power strike had failed to work, Kazuya was not discouraged. Instead, he felt a trace of excitement.
"Jiraiya-sama, be careful."
The moment the words fell.
Hyuga Kazuya vanished from where he stood.
With terrifying speed like Kazuya's, the air resistance and the noise caused by rapidly cutting through the air should have been tremendous.
But over the past two months of training, Kazuya had also made great progress in the nature transformation and shape transformation of Wind Release during his spare time.
Thus, with the power of Wind Release, he could now reduce the effects of air resistance and naturally lessen the noise caused by friction with the air.
"What? Too fast!"
Jiraiya was startled inwardly when he saw Hyuga Kazuya vanish instantly.
Knowing he could not contend with Kazuya in Taijutsu, he instinctively used the Yang Release hair ninjutsu he was most skilled in.
"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"
Stimulated by Yang Release ninjutsu, Jiraiya's hair rapidly grew and wrapped around his entire body.
Yang Release endowed the hair with extraordinary toughness.
This move was equivalent to donning layer upon layer of thick armor.
Not only could it defend against an enemy's attacks, but the hedgehog-like armor formed by his hair could also effectively resist close-range Taijutsu attacks.
Boom!
Although Hyuga Kazuya saw Jiraiya use ninjutsu and form a