Even Guy failed to react in time. That was his limitation. His attack power was indeed formidable after opening the Eight Inner Gates.
But Madara Uchiha himself had been so overconfident during the Fourth Shinobi World War that he had not even bothered to dodge.
So he had taken Guy's Eight Inner Gates beating head-on.
But before Hiruko, who possessed Swift Release, he had not been able to react at all.
Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi had even less chance of reacting.
Guy was at least a taijutsu expert. If even he could not react, how could the two of them, Jonin who specialized in ninjutsu, possibly keep up?
Guy looked at Neji and said, "But Neji is actually faster than him."
After becoming a Jonin, Neji had gone into seclusion.
He rarely went on missions with them, so Guy did not know much about Neji's current abilities and strength.
But just now, Neji had not used the Flying Thunder God Technique or the Tenseigan's spatial technique.
He had simply moved—his movement speed was just that fast.
Only then did the people from the other three ninja villages react. Hiruko's Swift Release was simply too fast; they had not even seen him.
"So fast. We couldn't even see it clearly with the naked eye."
"But Neji Hyuga is even faster. His speed surpasses Hiruko's. Hiruko must have absorbed the Kekkei Genkai of Swift Release, right?"
Everyone was left with an even deeper impression of Neji's strength.
When Hiruko stood back up inside a cave hundreds of meters away, the shattered parts of his body slowly began to regenerate.
But his expression was no longer as arrogant as before.
"Neji Hyuga, this guy is actually a little stronger than I expected."
"Looks like I can't be careless."
Just now, Hiruko had been