Crushing! Controlling the Field with Strength

With just a single palm strike, Zaku was pushed forward by a massive force, stumbling back several steps.

Neji, dressed in Anbu attire, landed and stood beside Sakura.

"Fall back."

Neji said in a low voice. Sakura frowned, realizing this was the same Anbu from yesterday.

She felt as though she had met this person somewhere before, but she couldn't quite place it, so she obediently stepped back.

Neji was simply afraid she might recognize him.

"Hey, who are you, kid?"

Zaku turned around, shouting aggressively.

"An Anbu from Konoha? A fake, perhaps?"

Dosu didn't believe in such things at all; his eyes no longer focused on the three weaklings of Ino-Shika-Cho as he walked toward Neji.

"Are you... the Anbu from yesterday?"

Tenten looked at the scene in surprise, never expecting to be saved by the same person two days in a row!

Both Tenten and Sakura tactfully retreated a few steps, knowing full well that this masked Anbu possessed formidable strength!

With him here, the situation was surely safe, and their interference would only cause trouble!

"One after another, you've really ticked me off!"

Zaku frowned, stepping forward in anger.

Neji's palm strike just now had been controlled in force, but it was still a significant blow; having been ambushed like that, Zaku was naturally full of resentment.

"Hmph, a Konoha Anbu who only knows how to sneak attack? Zaku alone can finish you off!"

Over there, Kin stood with her arms crossed, full of confidence.

Dosu, however, was somewhat worried: "Hey, he is a Konoha Anbu after all, even if he looks like a runt... Hmph! Just a bluffing trick!"

Their inexplicable confidence made Neji frown slightly.

But this was just as well; it proved that the opponents lacked experience and courage, and resolving things quickly was certainly a good thing.

"Hah!"

"Cutting Air Wave!"

Catching Neji off guard, Zaku immediately extended his hand to unleash a Cutting Air Wave.

A dense blast of chakra air pressure erupted from the vents in his palms, rushing toward Neji.

Neji, unable to dodge in time, could only extend his hand to block it directly with his palm.

"Heh! Don't you like sneak attacks?"

But the smile on his face lasted only two seconds before it immediately froze.

"This..."

Neji was completely unharmed.

The entire scene was shocked!

"As expected of an Anbu!" Sakura said blankly.

Tenten also smiled: "It seems there's no danger here anymore..."

Neji was also somewhat surprised. He had only intended to use the Gentle Fist to mitigate as much damage as possible, only to find that the opponent's Cutting Air Wave was worthless trash beneath his hand.

Beneath the mask, his Byakugan, with veins bulging, saw everything clearly.

Between Neji's palms, lightning-natured chakra still swirled around his palms.

"This is..."

Could it be that he had awakened a new palm technique?

According to the system, the infusion of elemental chakra was essentially a supply of chakra provided in increments.

And the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms provided sixty-four such increments; the original intent meant that the Sixty-Four Palms was not a single move.

Rather, each strike was the pinnacle of the Gentle Fist, targeting the sixty-four acupuncture points of the enemy with precision, resulting in the rapid execution of sixty-four of the most precise Gentle Fist strikes against the enemy!

If so... could Neji now imbue even a simple Gentle Fist strike with the nature transformation of lightning chakra?

With this hypothesis, Neji immediately became interested in testing it.

Whoosh!

A shuriken flew over, and in an instant, Neji swatted it away with his hand.

With a "hiss," two iron wires on the ground were pulled taut.

"A trap?"

But there was no follow-up; he only saw Kin, the Sound ninja not far away, fiddling with the bells on her hands.

Then, the dozens of bells on the iron wires all rang out in unison!

"So that's how it is, an attack using sound waves?"

Everyone present was affected, clutching their ears tightly.

Neji merely struck the ground with a single palm!

"Bang!"

The ground shuddered, all sound was disrupted, the wires snapped, and the bells fell to the ground, causing Kin to lose her primary means of attack.

"Such a fragile method of attack. The Anbu's way of thinking is terrifying; the opponent uses sound wave attacks, and sound travels through vibration. A simple palm strike is enough to make the ground vibrate with an amplitude greater than that of the bells!"

Tenten watched the battle with a serious expression, feeling that watching this person fight allowed her to learn so much practical knowledge!

He was truly worthy of being called a powerhouse!

Yet, how could she know that this Anbu youth she admired so thoroughly was actually her own teammate, Hyuga Neji, whom she had always looked down upon?

"This guy..."

Kin took a step back, hesitating slightly. It was the first time she had seen someone dare to break her technique in such a way!

"Next is me!"

A figure rushed forward rapidly. Neji refined his chakra, thinking to himself, Perfect, I'll choose you!

Zaku's face was filled with immature rage; he was a typical mindless ninja. Seeing a masked youth stealing the spotlight here, he naturally couldn't stand it!

"Go to hell!"

Point-blank bombardment!

His palms were pressed close to Neji's face, both hands releasing Cutting Air Wave simultaneously!

Neji let out a soft hum, merely reaching out to twist his hands.

"Ahhh! Ah!"

A bone-piercing pain shot through his wrists in an instant.

Zaku's eyes widened, unable to believe he was facing the strength of a normal human.

This kind of force was as if he had been a wrestler who had trained for a hundred years.

With just a twist, the strength in those hands forced his wrists upward.

With a "bang," the dual Cutting Air Wave was released toward the sky.

"Ah! Let go of me!"

Zaku gritted his teeth, unable to endure the pain in his wrists any longer.

At this moment, no matter how much arrogance he displayed, in the eyes of the crowd, it was just him reaping what he had sown!

Neji narrowed his eyes, concentrated his chakra, and struck with a palm!

"Ugh!!"

This single strike nearly cost Zaku his life.

With just that one blow, he stopped struggling; true pain is silent.

"Thud!"

In the air, there was only the sound of the palm striking the body, with no more cries from Zaku.

A large amount of lightning-natured chakra was injected into Zaku's body, making it impossible for him to trigger his Cutting Air Wave.

My body, my body is paralyzed! It feels like being bound by lightning! My scalp is tingling!

Zaku thought to himself, the piercing pain making him almost lose his senses.

After landing about a dozen strikes, Neji finally reined in his strength and stopped.

Zaku was already on the ground, his eyes wide open and still conscious, but drool flowed incessantly from his mouth, his gaze fixed in a blank stare.

"Do we still need to fight?"

Neji had already achieved his goal, and he glanced at Dosu.

Dosu clenched his fists, then looked at the prone Uchiha Sasuke.

"Here."

Dosu took the scroll from his clothing and placed it on the ground.

The three Sound Ninja fled rapidly, and the Anbu youth also withdrew immediately.

The members of Ino-Shika-Cho could not believe what they had just seen, especially Shikamaru.

"That guy, his movements were as swift as Asuma's! Judging by his height, he should be about our age? It's too terrifying!"

He rubbed his temples. Although the Sound Ninja were strong, he had some strategies to deal with them. But that masked youth just now...

"Truly terrifying. If I were to become an enemy of someone like him, I think I would give up on the path to becoming a Chunin."

Ino and Choji also sighed, completely agreeing with what Shikamaru said.

After all, between a Genin and a Jonin, the gap in strength was like a mountain!