Eight Trigrams Gate of Life Burst!

Fine rain fell from the clear sky.

From half a meter square, it quickly expanded to a radius of nearly a hundred meters.

Ordinary raindrops pattered down, and the large fire ignited by the Explosive Tag array in the nameless forest vanished without a trace at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Water Style: Severing Rain.

This was a secret Water Style Ninjutsu used by the Kirigakure Anbu, capable of weakening all Ninjutsu and Chakra except for Water Style.

Ao's plan was meticulous. He deliberately exposed a weakness to Hyuga Yu, thus seizing the opportunity to land the Water Prison Technique. During this time, Ao needed to maintain the Water Prison with one hand, while his Jonin colleague simultaneously cast the Water Style: Severing Rain.

This not only continuously consumed the enemy's Chakra through the secret technique but also continuously laid the groundwork for a terrain advantageous to Water Style Ninja, ultimately placing himself in an invincible position.

However, the Eight Inner Gates technique Hyuga Yu was now using was completely outside the scope of Kirigakure's intelligence. This made him once again unpredictable and uncontrollable—

an [Information Black Hole]!

At this moment, Hyuga Yu broke through the water sphere amidst the horrified gazes of Ao and Kensuke, leaping high into the air!

Before Ao could cast his next Water Style jutsu, "Thump!"

It sounded like a giant foot landing!

Hyuga Yu performed a 720-degree spin in mid-air and landed heavily on one knee behind Ao!

Ao immediately twisted his body and turned, gripping a Kunai in a reverse grip as he slashed towards Hyuga Yu behind him!

But, what awaited him was a size 42 ninja boot delivering an upper-level roundhouse kick!

"Shadow Leaf Dance!"

This was the starting move for Front Lotus and Reverse Lotus, involving incredibly high-speed movement to get in front of the opponent, kicking them into the air, and then linking into other Taijutsu techniques.

Hyuga Yu was using the "Waiting by the Stump" version. Without dynamic vision and lacking specialized Taijutsu training, he couldn't precisely control his body's explosive speed at this moment, naturally making it impossible to directly hit a Jonin-level opponent with good Taijutsu using this move.

But fortunately, Hyuga Yu still had his Byakugan!

By seeing the direction of Ao's eyeballs turning, he predicted the direction Ao was twisting his body and head, and used Shadow Leaf Dance to kick towards the landing point of Ao's chin in advance.

"Bang!"

Ao felt a crisp snap in his jaw as he was sent flying upwards by over 5 meters by this precisely aimed kick!

His heart sank, and he thought, This is bad!

Immediately after, "Whoosh!"

Hyuga Yu supported himself with one hand on the ground, leaping up, his eyes wide open. In mid-air, he waved his hand, and the green Chakra surging throughout his body began to converge madly into his palm from various acupoints!

Stepping on air, he took steps, striking Ao with a palm on each step!

"Gentle Fist Style: Eight Trigrams Two Palms!"

"Four Palms!"

"Eight Palms!"

After three steps!

"And then—"

Hyuga Yu's pupils suddenly contracted. Within his body, Byakugan Chakra propelled the Gate of Life Chakra to form a peculiar pattern of eight rapidly spinning green trigrams in front of his palm!

He clasped his hands together, forming a fist, penetrating the eight trigrams, and swung his arm down like a heavy hammer towards Ao's face below!

"Eight Trigrams Gate of Life Burst!"

"Bang!"

"Pfft! Ugh!" His fist hit Ao's face, caving in his cheek and making him spit blood.

Ao felt the three streams of Chakra that Hyuga Yu had previously injected into him responding to the final punch, starting to run wild within his body, destroying his internal meridians while making his Chakra circulation feel like mud.

"Thump!"

At this moment, both of them landed almost simultaneously.

The difference was that Ao, a Jonin highly valued by the Kirigakure elders, was now kneeling on the ground, trembling, finding it incredibly difficult even to raise a finger.

Hyuga Yu, on the other hand, landed steadily, not even out of breath.

Ao stared at Hyuga Yu with a pale face, forcing himself to extract a stream of Chakra from his extremely chaotic body, attempting to move and create distance from Hyuga Yu.

However, As soon as he moved, he found that his legs felt as heavy as lead, weighing a thousand pounds. Within his body, a green chakra mixed with his own.

Eight Trigrams Gate of Life Burst!

This was the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, an attack that fused Byakugan chakra with the chakra of the Gate of Life. Unlike the standard Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, this technique, conceived by Hyuga Yu, was designed to forcibly drive the unruly Gate of Life chakra with Byakugan chakra, injecting it into the enemy's body. This would damage some of their meridians while drastically increasing their weight, making them difficult to move.

At this moment, as Ao, dragging his lead-like legs, tried to move, he immediately exposed the flaw in his actions not keeping pace with his thoughts.

A cold light flashed in Hyuga Yu's eyes. He stomped his foot, and his entire body pounced like a hunting lion.

With a Shadow Leaf Dance and Konoha Great Whirlwind, he sent Ao crashing to the ground, unable to rise again!

Thus, this series of offensive and defensive exchanges took less than a minute!

Ao of the Mist was declared defeated.

Seeing this, Beside them, Kensuke, a Jonin of the Mist who was currently performing Water Style: Cutting Rain, widened his eyes in shock.

Meanwhile, Hyuga Natsu, who was checking on Hyuga Genko's condition, looked up with a sense of awareness. Upon seeing this scene, her gaze shifted to Hyuga Yu, who stood tall in the center of the arena. A flicker of admiration crossed her sparkling eyes.

"Cough... Damn it..."

"What the hell kind of jutsu is this!?"

Ao, lying on the ground, coughed up two mouthfuls of blood. He struggled to lift his head, looking at Hyuga Yu, whose expression was indifferent.

A hint of fear flashed in his eyes. He forced himself to try and get up, but found it impossible.

Hyuga Yu looked at Ao struggling and slowly drew a Kunai from his Ninja Tool Pouch. He twirled it in his hand, gripping it in a reverse hold, and was about to plunge it into the throat of this future aide to the Fifth Mizukage, ending his life completely.

However, Just then—

"Kid, you don't think you've won, do you?"

Ao completely gave up struggling and lay pathetically on the ground. A mocking, sinister grin appeared on his upturned face as he spoke word by word:

"Now,"

"Your real opponent has arrived!"

Hearing this, Hyuga Yu frowned slightly, then tilted his head up. The vision of his Byakugan rapidly shifted, stretching vertically as he scanned the surroundings.

The next instant, Hyuga Yu's expression changed slightly. He pushed off the ground with his toes and leaped backward!

Where he had been standing moments before, several threads suddenly pulled taut from beneath the ground, tightening, twisting, and striking!

The soil of the ground was sliced open like tofu.

A needle-like Ninja Sword was silently thrust down from high above by a strange figure who stood 2.2 meters tall, yet had limbs and a torso as thin as a stick!

Had Hyuga Yu hesitated for a moment, this sword would have pierced straight through him from the crown of his head to his rectum!

However, This wasn't the end—

"Kid, where are you looking?!"

A strange cry suddenly came from the north side of the forest.

"Bingo~! Gotcha!"

And from another direction, a Ninja Sword, as wide as a door and inlaid with a large scroll, spun through the air!

As the blade rotated, dense Explosive Tags were spat out from its surface and, the next moment, all lit up simultaneously!

Mid-air, facing the incoming sword, Hyuga Yu immediately threw his Kunai and stomped on the air, flipping backward again!

"Clang!"

"—Boom!!!"

A roar erupted, and waves of air swept out!

Amidst the violent explosions, Two figures, one tall and one short, both emanating intense killing intent and terrifying Chakra fluctuations, made their dramatic entrance!