Breaking the Red Eye

Hearing Hyuga Yu spout nonsense expressionlessly, the brown-haired Kirigakure ninja's eyes widened as he glared at Hyuga Yu. He moved his lips, as if a thousand extremely vulgar curses were about to spill out, but in the end, he couldn't say a word. He fell backward in front of Hyuga Yu, unwillingly.

Hyuga Yu remained silent, summarizing his experience internally: "Next time, I should wear a mask or sunglasses. These eyes are still too conspicuous..."

Soon, he cast this matter aside.

This reinforcement team heading to the front lines from Kirigakure wasn't strong. Judging by their attire, it consisted of one Chunin and two Genin. During wartime, this was the standard configuration for most squads.

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Even so, Hyuga Yu had used more than half of his Chakra just to intercept them.

Given Hyuga Yu's current Chakra reserves, he could use the B-rank Wind Release: Vacuum Blade about five and a half times.

At the same time, practical combat had tested the technique's effectiveness. Arrows accelerated by Wind Release: Vacuum Blade were difficult for most Genin, and even some Chunin with less refined Taijutsu, to react to within a range of two hundred meters.

His specially made Japanese Bow, with consistent draw weight, draw length, efficiency, and arrow weight, had a normal firing speed of about 150m/s. A normal ninja could react to this, but after being infused with Wind Release: Vacuum Blade, the firing speed increased dramatically by nearly three times, reaching 450m/s.

This surpassed the speed of sound, reaching the muzzle velocity of a handgun bullet.

The effect was similar to a low-tier version of the Hozuki clan's Water Release: Water Bullet.

This was mainly due to the poor materials used in the Japanese Bow and its low energy conversion efficiency. However, this was already the most energy-storing, strongest penetrating, and most likely to be effective in ninja combat bow that Hyuga Yu could find in Konoha.

In a ninja world where bows and arrows were obsolete, this type of bow was previously used by the Fire Temple for rituals.

Bows like other compound bows or Kidomaru's spider-war bow were rarely made in this era.

If he wanted to further improve this technique, the bow itself would need further reinforcement.

Hyuga Yu calculated his remaining Chakra.

He could still fire two Wind Release: Vacuum Arrows, and then engage in Taijutsu combat for a few minutes.

The enemies before him were three Chunin skilled in fighting in fog and one Kirigakure ninja with the Red Eye Kekkei Genkai.

Based on the paper configuration, it would be difficult for Hyuga Yu to kill all four with two arrows.

However, ninja combat wasn't just a simple comparison of Ninjutsu strength. What could influence the battle more was information.

With this thought, Hyuga Yu raised his giant bow again, lifted his head, and gazed towards the battlefield two kilometers away.

"Byakugan, activate!"

Meanwhile, Within the dense fog that permeated the forest, the clashing sounds of Kunai could be heard intermittently!

Hyuga Hideki repelled a Kirigakure ninja with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

The more he fought, the heavier his heart became.

With his Byakugan activated, under the influence of the Red Eye, his vision was crowded with countless people. There were too many targets for him to know who to focus on.

But if he turned off his Byakugan, he couldn't find the enemy in the pitch-black, dense fog.

Hyuga Hideki's original plan was to use Shadow Clones to intercept Ao and another Jonin who were pursuing Hyuga Genko, but the plan failed.

Furthermore, he had also learned that there might be even stronger Kirigakure ninja lying in wait ahead of the Main Family's Young Master.

His second plan was to quickly disengage from this battlefield, abandon Hyuga Tetsu, and rush to the front lines to transfer half of his Shadow Clone's Chakra and the gathered intelligence back to his main body.

The Shadow Clone Jutsu had a Chakra transfer effect. Actively dispelling a Shadow Clone would cause most of its Chakra to flow back to the main body, and this effect depended on the distance.

For example, Naruto's clones in Mount Myōboku couldn't transfer Chakra back to his main body, but after being Reverse Summoned back to Konoha by Sage Fukasaku, he could dispel the Shadow Clones and reclaim the refined Sage Chakra to seamlessly transition into Sage Mode.

Hyuga Hideki was well aware that his main body would face a situation far more dangerous than what his Shadow Clone was currently facing, and it would require that half of his Chakra.

But...

The effect of the Red Eye was too troublesome, and he couldn't disengage at all for the moment.

At this moment, A little sweat trickled down Hyuga Hideki's forehead, and he gritted his teeth slightly, "Damn it... do I have to dispel the Shadow Clone now and prioritize transmitting the intelligence to Young Master Genko?"

In the dense fog not far from him, Kurenai, the wielder of the Red Eye, stared at the Jonin with a playful expression, a hint of excitement in his gaze.

"So this is a ninja of the Hyuga Clan..."

"Even though it's just a Shadow Clone, it doesn't seem all that impressive. Even if the main body were here, it would probably end the same way."

"Heh~"

He couldn't help but let out a scoff, his laughter filled with mockery.

However, Just then, Kurenai's heart suddenly skipped a beat. For some inexplicable reason, he felt as if something extremely dangerous had locked onto him!

He disregarded his composure and instinctively rolled to the side, covering his head.

Less than half a second after he rolled, "WHOOSH!"

An extremely piercing sound rang out!

Immediately after, An arrow, wreathed in a ferocious spiraling wind blade, was launched from high above!

"BOOM!!!"

The spiraling arrow landed, and the wind blades wrapped around it instantly spread and exploded, carving eight twisted fissures more than four meters wide and one meter deep into the ground!

Kurenai got up from the ground, couldn't help but swallow hard, and then looked around with a look of sheer terror.

"What is this... an arrow? Who shot it?"

However, within a radius of 0.5 kilometers, he couldn't sense even a single attacker.

Instantly, a chill shot from the soles of Kurenai's feet to the top of his head.

"What's going on!?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, In a treetop 1 kilometer away, Hyuga Yu narrowed his Byakugan slightly and shook his head with a hint of regret.

"It seems his Red Eye's danger perception ability... I can't take him down with just Vacuum Arrow."

However, Hyuga Yu wasn't discouraged. He continued to raise his bow, his expressionless gaze fixed on the three targets hidden in the dense fog.

Then, He kicked the bow upwards with one foot, pulled the string with both hands, causing the massive Japanese Bow to curve like a full moon, its body emitting a sharp, creaking sound.

"TWANG!"

The next moment, An arrow shot towards the sky, tracing a sharp and swift parabolic trajectory!

"WHOOSH!"

The arrow descending from the sky plunged into the dense fog, heading towards the location of a Kirigakure ninja within it.

This arrow was not Wind Release: Vacuum Arrow.

It merely relied on Chakra to perform a somewhat exaggerated movement, and using the technique of attaching Chakra to Ninja Tools, a slight layer of Chakra was added to the arrow to increase its range, finally being shot using a throwing technique.

In the fog, The Kirigakure Chunin targeted by the arrow heard the sound and immediately looked up, spotting the arrow. He instinctively dodged.

However, The next moment, he ran into a sturdy, tall figure.

Hyuga Hideki looked somewhat surprised at the Kirigakure Chunin who had actively thrown himself into his arms, blinking his Byakugan.

Kirigakure Chunin: "?"

Hyuga Hideki: "!"

At such close range, such a perfect opening, He couldn't help himself and immediately unleashed a powerful Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm directly at the opponent's forehead!