Exploring the Spirit Realm 2

He set off again, and during this time, he encountered several ninja beasts. He consciously used battles with ninja beasts to hone his combat skills and master various ninjutsu and taijutsu.

During this period, an Earth Spider lurked underground, targeting Neji as prey. At first, Neji didn't notice the other party. The Byakugan required a lot of chakra to see through five meters of earth, and the visual range was very small. Generally, unless the target was confirmed, he wouldn't stare at the ground.

Neji realized this flaw of the Byakugan very early on and had thought of many solutions. However, the truly feasible methods all required deep research into Earth Release chakra. As for Neji now, let alone deep research into Earth Release chakra, he couldn't even use Earth Release chakra yet!

But fortunately, even if there were ambushes in the earth, when the enemy broke through the ground, there would be some movement, and that was enough. As long as he was vigilant and had prepared countermeasures in advance, he could avoid most potential risks.

This Earth Spider was no different. Initially, Neji indeed didn't notice the Earth Spider lurking seven meters underground.

When Neji approached within five meters of the Earth Spider, the nearly six-meter-long Earth Spider suddenly broke through the ground. The seven-meter layer of earth not only blocked Neji's perception but also delayed the Earth Spider's attack.

The brief delay gave Neji time to defend himself. He initiated Rotation, and a truly all-encompassing chakra shield covering up, down, left, right, front, and back instantly formed, blocking the Earth Spider's attack while also repelling it. To some extent, "Rotation" achieved both offense and defense.

The main purpose of Neji's development of Lightning Release chakra nature transformation during this period was to apply it to "Rotation," replacing the neutral chakra with Lightning Release chakra to enhance "Rotation's" offensive properties.

However, the idea was beautiful, but its realization was more difficult than simply using Lightning Release chakra nature transformation, to the point that he still hadn't truly mastered it and could only use the standard version of "Rotation" in battle.

Still, it was enough to deal with an Earth Spider.

The Earth Spider, now exposed in his sight, was not much of a threat. A few Empty Palms easily dealt with it.

Before Neji came to the Summoning Realm, he had studied the living habits of some flying birds of prey. He knew that these birds of prey mostly liked to build nests on high mountains and cliffs, which were convenient for their takeoff and landing.

So, along the way, he headed towards a nearby large mountain. He had currently reached the mountainside of the target mountain range. Birds of prey occasionally appeared in the sky, but they all flew quite high, making them difficult to catch. He decided to stick to his original plan: go directly to their lair and wait for them.

With the Byakugan's superior eyesight, Neji's search ability was still strong. In no time, he found a potential target about eight kilometers away – a cave on a cliff.

Just as Neji saw a bird of prey fly in, it was too fast, and he didn't get a clear look at its appearance, but that was enough.

With a target, Neji sped towards the cave. In just a few minutes, he reached the bottom of the cliff where the cave was. Looking up, the cave was about two hundred meters from the ground.

After waiting for a few minutes and seeing no movement from the cave, Neji no longer hesitated. He concentrated chakra in his feet and ran straight up the vertical cliff.

In less than thirty seconds, Neji reached the cave entrance, covering the two hundred meters. The cave entrance was large, about twenty meters wide and over ten meters high, and about fifty meters deep. The cave walls were covered with cut marks and claw marks, indicating that the cave was not naturally formed but had been dug out or widened by the bird of prey itself.

With little cover, Neji was spotted by the bird of prey in the cave as soon as he climbed to the entrance. Neji was not afraid. After killing several ninja beasts, he was no longer as intimidated by these beasts with vast amounts of chakra but crude usage.

However, Neji soon changed his mind because when he saw the bird of prey clearly, he was startled. It was entirely black and gold, its feathers reflecting light like metal. It was nearly four meters tall with a wingspan of fifteen meters, a truly massive creature.

The Black Roc possessed nearly six thousand cards of chakra, surpassing the human Kage-level standard. Judging by its chakra characteristics, the Roc should be Wind and Lightning Release, similar to himself. Overall, it gave off a majestic feeling, and Neji was quite satisfied.

However, Neji had the cliff behind him, the Roc in front, and rock walls on the sides! There was no retreat, and his situation was a bit passive.

The Roc looked as if it wanted to devour him, and it didn't seem like the type that could be reasoned with!

The only slight advantage was that there was a group of young Rocs behind the Roc. If a fight broke out, the opponent would likely be hesitant.

While Neji was using this opportunity to adjust his state, a high-pitched cry came from the Roc's mouth, and at the same time, several lightning balls gathered around the Roc and flew towards Neji at high speed.

There were quite a few lightning balls, and their quality was good. The cave space was narrow, making dodging impossible, so he could only raise his hands to prepare for defense.

Without further hesitation, Neji let out a soft cry: "Great Rotation." The ninjutsu, an advanced form of "Rotation," was activated. Chakra instantly erupted from the acupoints all over his body and, along with his spinning body, rotated at high speed, forming a large ball with a diameter of twenty meters, even shaving off part of the cave ceiling. It blocked all the lightning balls from the Roc and even reflected some back.

Seeing its attacks return without success, the Roc revealed its ferocity. It fearlessly gathered all its strength and Lightning Release chakra and lunged at Neji like a thunder god.

Seeing the Roc's posture, Neji increased the chakra output of "Great Rotation" again, and the spinning chakra sphere instantly collided with the Thunder Roc.

A muffled "bang" filled the entire cave. The Thunder Roc was repelled, crashing into the cave wall. Neji fared worse, being directly blasted out of the cave, his internal organs vibrating, and blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Fortunately, to prevent falling off the cliff, Neji had wrapped metal wire around his kunai. At the critical moment, he used the kunai to embed himself in the cliff face and climbed back into the cave.

Seeing that the Roc had also gotten up and didn't seem to be seriously injured, Neji knew he couldn't remain passive any longer. After thinking this through, Neji didn't hesitate and immediately opened the Eight Gates to the fifth gate, the Gate of Limit, with pale red chakra filling his entire body.

His feet exploded with power, and Neji instantly appeared before the Roc. The Roc hadn't fully reacted when Neji punched it squarely in the head with pure, violent Steel Fist, making the already dazed Roc even more bewildered.

Using the recoil from the punch, Neji rolled and landed on the Roc's back. He activated "Gentle Fist - Acupoint Destruction," striking a palm that sent a large amount of chakra directly into the main acupoints of the Roc's right wing, causing them to burst.

This palm strike was more damaging than the punch to the head. It made the dazed Roc let out a miserable scream, and its right wing couldn't be lifted at all. The unbalanced Roc rolled on the ground.

Neji didn't stop and activated the Eight Trigrams Formation, slightly suppressing the Roc that was rolling on the ground. He then channeled the surging chakra within his body and unleashed "Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Empty Palms." Each palm strike carried a large amount of condensed chakra, hitting the Roc's major acupoints and sealing them. By the time the hundred and twenty-eight palm strikes were finished, the Roc lying on the ground was barely moving. Its major acupoints were sealed, and its chakra supply was cut off. Like a dead bird, it occasionally twitched on the ground.

Neji, letting out a sigh of relief, quickly closed the Eight Gates. Looking at his own depleted chakra and damaged meridians and internal organs, Neji knew he had pushed himself too hard. After all, his body was not yet fully developed, and his chakra accumulation was insufficient. He needed to continue to hide and hone his skills.

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