"... Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"
Watching the wave crash down, Hyuga Neji's eyes widened. He did not even have time to be shocked by Ryusuke's One-Handed Seal. He hurriedly spun and released chakra from every acupuncture point in his body, using the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, a technique only members of the main family were qualified to learn, which he had mastered through his own talent.
A massive hemispherical energy barrier immediately appeared.
It was not that Hyuga Neji wanted to use Revolving Heaven for defense—he had no choice!
Ryusuke's One-Handed Seal casting speed was simply too fast. No one had been able to react.
And his Water Release was far too outrageous. That wave, taller than the stands, would absolutely flood the entire hall when it came crashing down. Hyuga Neji had nowhere to dodge.
The instant the energy barrier formed, the wave slammed heavily against the spinning hemisphere.
Boom—
Accompanied by a deafening explosion, the torrential water surged outward in all directions, instantly flooding the entire hall and forcing Hayate Gekko to use the Body Flicker Technique to return to the second-floor stands.
Just as the water level was about to rise to the stands, the current seemed to break through something and rushed into other areas on the first floor of the tower.
Chakra gathered beneath Ryusuke's feet as he stood atop the churning water. He crouched and plunged his palm into the current.
A tiny vortex appeared. The water spiraled upward, coiling around Ryusuke's forearm like a snake.
As the water level rapidly receded, the energy barrier that had not been shattered by the wave continued spinning at high speed.
Yet no one was looking at the energy barrier. Everyone's gaze was fixed on Ryusuke's palm.
At some point, Ryusuke had already grasped a