Eight Trigrams: Kaiten Air Palm

Bang!

After the Green Light Ball entered his body, all the Chakra within Hyuga Daxuang was swiftly forced out through his back, crashing onto the ground and exploding into a small crater several meters wide.

Having lost all his Chakra, he collapsed weakly to the ground, unable to rise again.

"Father!"

Hyuga Xiaoxiang hurried to Hyuga Daxuang's side and tested his breathing with his fingers. Then he discovered in horror, "Father, he... he..."

Though Hyuga Xiaoxiang did not finish his sentence, everyone around them understood what had happened.

"Hyuga Chiba... killed Main Family Elder Hyuga Daxuang?"

Hyuga Tokuma, Hyuga Kaimon, and the other members of the Hyuga Branch Family all stared at Chiba in disbelief.

They had always hated the Main Family to the bone.

Yet Chiba's decisive killing of a Main Family Elder still left them unable to adapt to it for the moment.

"Heh. Since he wanted to kill me, naturally I could kill him."

Chiba merely smiled, unconcerned. "And not just him. I imagine the other members of the Main Family will want to kill me too, right?"

Strictly speaking, Hyuga Daxuang had merely had all the Chakra forcibly extracted from his body. He was not truly dead yet.

If a sufficiently skilled medic intervened, there was still a chance he could be saved.

However, Hyuga Daxuang would most likely never get that chance.

"That's right. The Main Family will never allow someone capable of undoing the Caged Bird Curse Mark to live."

As soon as Chiba said this, Hyuga Tokuma, Hyuga Kaimon, and the others all wore complicated expressions.

Clearly, whether Chiba survived or the Main Family died, both outcomes would benefit them.

The only problem was...

"Hyuga Chiba, you actually killed a Main Family Elder?"

"Are you insane?"

"What are you Branch Family idiots doing? Capture Hyuga Chiba at once!"

A moment later, several more Main Family Elders and Main Family Jonin rushed over after hearing the news. Once they quickly understood what had happened, they berated Chiba while ordering Hyuga Tokuma and the others into action.

"No!"

Rather than immediately obeying the orders of the Main Family Elders and Jonin, Hyuga Tokuma spoke solemnly. "Hyuga Chiba is our only hope of escaping the Caged Bird Curse Mark. Nothing can happen to him."

Besides, judging from the strength Hyuga Chiba had displayed just now, they were no match for him anyway.

"..."

After hearing Hyuga Tokuma's words, Hyuga Kaimon, Hyuga Takashi, and the other Branch Family members also hesitated, making no further moves.

"Hyuga Tokuma, you dare disobey the Main Family's orders?"

"If you refuse to attack Hyuga Chiba, then die now!"

The Main Family Elders and Jonin all changed expression upon seeing Hyuga Tokuma and the other Branch Family members' actions.

Hyuga Chiba had only just revealed that he possessed the ability to undo the Caged Bird Curse Mark, yet he had already exerted such a massive influence over these Hyuga Branch Family members.

If they allowed him to continue, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Thus, once the Main Family Elders and Jonin present realized the severity of the situation, they directly activated the Caged Bird.

"Ah!"

"It hurts!"

The next instant, every Hyuga Branch Family member, including several Jonin such as Hyuga Tokuma and Hyuga Kaimon, clutched their heads and collapsed to the ground in agony.

Hyuga Tokuma, who had spoken the loudest moments ago, was instantly cursed to death on the spot by a Main Family Elder using the Caged Bird!

"Tokuma!"

Hyuga Kaimon, Hyuga Takashi, and the others' eyes nearly split apart. Their hearts were filled with endless grief, hatred, and killing intent.

But the increasingly intense pain in their heads left them incapable of doing anything.

"What a tragic clan!"

Watching this scene, Chiba's eyes showed traces of sympathy and disgust. Then his tone shifted as he declared, "But starting today, the Hyuga Household's fate will begin to be rewritten."

"I will also let you idiots, who do not even know how to use your own abilities, witness the true power of the Byakugan and the Hyuga Gentle Fist Style."

"For example... Eight Trigrams: Kaiten Air Palm!"

Before his words had even faded, Chiba unleashed Rotation once more.

The difference was that this time, the small tornado centered on him became covered in a layer of green Tenseigan Chakra, while an enormous White Tornado extended beyond it.

"Nani?"

"He actually combined Rotation with Air Palm?"

"How did he do that?"

"Not good, run!"

The Main Family members and Jonin were stunned, but their hearts were quickly filled with fear.

They hurriedly tried to flee, but it was already too late.

The enormous White Tornado engulfed them in an instant.

Several seconds later, when the turbulence finally subsided, a massive crater dozens of meters wide had appeared with Chiba at its center.

That was only because Chiba had deliberately reduced the range. Otherwise, the crater would have been even larger.

At that moment, Main Family and Branch Family members alike lay in the crater, covered in blood.

That was because Chiba had also deliberately reduced the power and had not truly killed them.

After all, the Hyuga Main Family deserved death, but killing the Branch Family members here along with them would have been going too far.

"Mm, once I finish one last thing, it'll be time to leave the Hyuga."

After glancing around, Chiba's body gradually rose from the ground under the combined effects of Gravity and Repulsion.

Elsewhere!

At the center of the Hyuga Clan Compound, in a training ground!

Bang!

With the sound of a body hitting the ground, Hyuga Hinata, the young lady and heir of the Hyuga Main Family, was once again knocked down by Hyuga Neji of the Branch Family.

"Hinata, get up. Continue!"

Watching this, Hyuga Hiashi stood with his arms crossed and ordered Hinata in a somewhat disappointed tone.

"Yes, Father!"

Hinata's entire body hurt, but she still slowly got back to her feet. There was little light in her eyes.

If she could choose, she did not want to be any heir, but neither did she want to disappoint her father.

Worse still, she seemed to lack the talent required for it.

"So this is the Main Family's young lady, the person I was born to protect. She really is... useless!"

Neji said nothing outwardly as he looked at Hinata across from him, but inwardly he was deeply dissatisfied and indignant.

His talent far surpassed Hinata's in every respect, yet because of the Caged Bird, because his father Hizashi Hyuga had been born later than Hyuga Hiashi, his father had been forced to die in Hyuga Hiashi's place. And he himself might suffer a similar fate in the future.

If Hinata had been exceptional enough, Neji might not have been completely unable to accept his fate.

But her mediocre talent—especially the fact that she could not even defeat her younger sister Hyuga Hanabi—was simply too disappointing.

What dissatisfied Neji even more was that Hinata's personality was far too weak.

Otherwise, even if her talent had been somewhat poorer, she would certainly have displayed far more brilliance.