The faint words drifted away on the night wind.
In stark contrast to the calm on her face, Hanabi's heart had long since been thrown into a tempest.
At first, Hanabi had only held onto a sliver of hope regarding the earthen jar.
She admitted that she had been gambling this time.
She had never imagined that she would actually win the bet.
In the past, faced with the Great Rotation unleashed by Hinata and Neji, Hanabi would have raised her hands in surrender long ago.
Yet this time, she had been completely caught off guard.
The power of a single strike had actually shattered the Hyuga Clan's Rotation, regarded as their strongest defense, as easily as if it were made of paper.
Had she not experienced it herself, Hanabi would never have been willing to believe any of it was real.
But it was precisely because of this that Hanabi understood just how terrifying the thing she had obtained from the earthen jar truly was.
She had only just begun learning the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Crushing Charge.
She could only wield the power of one elephant.
If she truly studied the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Crushing Charge to the ninth level and gained the power of nine elephants—
Then perhaps she really could shatter the Uchiha Clan's strongest Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Susanoo, with a single punch.
At that thought, Hanabi secretly clenched her fists.
The moment she received the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Crushing Charge, Hanabi had also learned of the restrictions within the earthen jar.
If she, as the recipient of the earthen jar, could not temper the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Crushing Charge to its utmost limit and reach the ninth level, attaining the power of nine elephants—
Then Hanabi would have no way to pass the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Crushing Charge on to others.