Meteor Volcano

"Damn it! Gentle Fist Art—Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"

Hiashi Hyuga endured the pain in his wrist, a flash of resolve passing through his eyes.

Pale blue chakra rippled from his hands. With a sudden dash forward, he thrust both palms like lightning toward Rogge's chakra points.

In his heart, the Hyuga Clan's honor could not be tarnished. He had to give it everything he had.

The Gentle Fist Art was the Hyuga Clan's secret technique. By striking an opponent's chakra points with chakra-infused hands, it blocked the flow of their chakra and left them collapsed on the ground.

Rogge gave a disdainful smile, his eyes brimming with confidence and composure.

He swiftly used Wing Chun techniques such as Asking Hand, Side Binding Hand, and Lifting Hand, blocking every one of Hiashi Hyuga's Eight Trigrams acupoint strikes.

Every movement was incomparably precise, as though he had practiced them countless times.

"Bang!" Rogge struck with a Broad Elbow, hitting Hiashi Hyuga squarely in the chest.

In that instant, overwhelming force erupted like a raging tide and sent Hiashi Hyuga flying.

"Pfft!" The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.

Hiashi Hyuga spat blood and was flung away like a kite with its string cut.

Yet he was tenacious. After hitting the ground, he quickly rolled over and rose to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Hiashi Hyuga's heart was filled with shock. He had never expected to be suppressed in taijutsu by this brat.

"What tremendous strength. Two of my ribs have been broken!" Hiashi Hyuga stared wide-eyed, his face twisted with pain.

"The Hyuga Clan's taijutsu is nothing special, and neither is the Byakugan. So what if you can see the flaws in my attacks? Fast is fast. Your brain may be able to react to my attack speed, but your body can't. Your intent follows your heart, and your movements follow your intent—you still haven't mastered that."

Rogge's expression remained calm, though his tone carried a faint trace of mockery.

His eyes revealed absolute confidence in his own strength.

On the platform, Sōju Hyuga, the Hyuga Clan's leader, frowned and muttered, "What an arrogant little brat!"

Anger surged within Sōju Hyuga. This brat actually dared to look down on the Hyuga Clan's taijutsu and Byakugan like this.

Yet at the same time, Sōju Hyuga had to admit that Rogge was indeed extremely strong.

Then Sōju Hyuga rose to his feet and shouted down from the platform, "Hiashi, do not disgrace the Hyuga Clan! Use your strength to shut that brat up!"

Hearing his father's encouragement, a surge of confidence rose within Hiashi Hyuga.

It even felt as though the pain in his chest had lessened considerably.

He shouted back, "Father, I will definitely win!" In Hiashi Hyuga's heart, he had to fight to the end for the family's honor.

"Hey, we're in the middle of a duel!" Rogge activated Flash Step, his figure vanishing like a ghost before instantly appearing in front of Hiashi Hyuga.

His right hand swelled into an enormous Magma Fist and smashed down at Hiashi Hyuga's body.

The Magma Fist radiated a terrifying heat and an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Eight Trigrams Palms—Heavenly Rotation!" Hiashi Hyuga released a massive amount of blue chakra from his body. Spinning in place and wildly swinging his arms, he formed a tornado that blocked Rogge's Magma Fist.

A large amount of scorching magma was deflected away, and Rogge himself was swept up by the airflow and thrown aside.

"I really underestimated you!" While still flying through the air, Rogge used the Magma-Magma Fruit's passive skill, Jet Engine, to quickly steady himself.

A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes, only to be swiftly replaced by a cold smile.

After landing, Rogge turned both fists into magma and fired a wave of Magma Fists into the sky like skyrockets.

"Ultimate move—Meteor Volcano!"

When those soaring Magma Fists struck the Four Violet Flames Formation barrier overhead, flames ignited across their surfaces in the blink of an eye. Like tiny meteors, they came crashing down from the sky.

For a moment, a meteor shower fell within the barrier!

This was large-scale AOE damage. Once the meteors hit the ground, they would also explode!

Hiashi Hyuga had barely stopped spinning when he was struck by meteors falling from above.

He had no choice but to use Eight Trigrams Air Palm, unleashing one shockwave after another through supersonic palm strikes that compressed the air, shattering the meteors descending from the sky.

Hiashi Hyuga's heart was filled with tension and exhaustion. The chakra consumption left him struggling to keep up.

"Hehe, it's useless. You don't even have a place to stand anymore. Inside this barrier, this is my home ground now!" Rogge laughed loudly.

Magma continued raining down from above. The ground and walls inside the barrier were covered in a magma layer nearly twenty centimeters thick!

The bluestone floor was buried beneath a layer of magma that billowed thick smoke.

Huge stones at the corners of the walls cracked apart with hair-raising crunches.

Some fragments of rock fell into the lava with a thud, becoming part of the magma.

Besides facing the meteors that kept raining down, Hiashi Hyuga had to keep jumping to avoid the flowing magma slowly swallowing the ground beneath his feet.

His heart was filled with despair, yet he still refused to give up.

Rogge elementalized his entire body, transforming into a two-meter-tall magma man flowing with searing lava!

He looked utterly relaxed, like a fish happily swimming through the sea.

"This is bad! If this continues, Hiashi will be in danger!" Seeing this scene, Sōju Hyuga on the platform finally panicked.

His heart was full of worry. As the clan leader, he could not allow a Hyuga Clan prodigy to die here like this.

However, for the family's honor, Sōju Hyuga, as clan leader, absolutely could not call off the duel or surrender on Hiashi Hyuga's behalf.

In Konoha's clan ranking tournament, voluntarily admitting defeat meant lowering one's head and submitting.

Therefore, Hiashi Hyuga could be defeated by Rogge, or even killed by him, but he absolutely could not voluntarily surrender and admit that he was inferior to his opponent.

Because at this moment, Hiashi Hyuga did not represent himself alone, but the entire Hyuga Clan!

Son, family honor and all that is nothing but empty talk. Don't be so stubborn. If you can't beat him, just surrender. Staying alive is what matters! As a father, Sōju Hyuga desperately wanted to shout those words, but he did not.

He could only watch the battle beneath the platform, inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, with an anxious expression.

Anyone with eyes could tell that Hiashi Hyuga's defeat was certain. He was merely forcing himself to hold on, and Rogge's victory was only a matter of time.

Orochimaru also revealed an excited expression and exclaimed, "This is a lava transformation technique, isn't it? Lava Release—a bloodline limit can actually reach this level? How incredible!" Curiosity and excitement gleamed in his eyes, as though he had discovered a precious treasure.

"Just Lava Release... can cause destruction on this level? This is definitely power only an A-rank ninjutsu could possess! I never expected Rogge, just a genin, to have mastered an A-rank ninjutsu that even chunin could only barely learn. He truly is a rare genius!"

Tsunade lowered her head slightly, unable to see her toes. She watched magma-form Rogge with great interest, her forearms crossed before her chest and pressing together the two snowy peaks there.

"Gasp! Lava Release attacks on this level consume an enormous amount of chakra! That brat Rogge's chakra reserves are far too vast, aren't they? They're practically like those of a Tailed Beast!" Jiraiya crouched atop an iron railing, examining Rogge with a scrutinizing gaze.

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke to Sōju Hyuga, the Hyuga Clan leader, in a teasing tone. "Sōju, if this goes on, Hiashi will be in danger. How about having both sides stop for now?"

"No need! This is a fair duel between two ninjas wagering their lives. The winner lives, the loser dies. The Hyuga Clan can afford to lose. Even if Rogge kills Hiashi, the Hyuga Clan will not seek revenge against him afterward. Lord Hokage, please rest assured." Sōju Hyuga said through gritted teeth, his face dark.