Buzz—!
The space before the Great Elder rippled violently with dark, obsidian waves, like a mirror struck by a massive stone!
A figure stepped out from within!
White robes whiter than snow! Black hair like ink! It was Neji!
He did not even glance at the devastating water cannon about to erupt behind him. He merely gave the Great Elder, who had closed his eyes to await death, a slight nod.
That gaze remained calm, yet it stirred an indescribable tremor deep within the Great Elder's soul.
"You..."
"Roar—!!!"
Before the Great Elder could say anything, the Three-Tails Isobu's enormous Water Iron Cannon had already taken shape!
The deep-blue orb of destruction tore through the dense mist with enough force to crush everything, blasting toward Neji and the women and children behind him! Its speed was terrifying!
"Watch out!!"
The fallen Whirlpool woman let out a piercing scream and instinctively clutched the infant in her arms tighter.
Neji finally moved.
With a whoosh, he spun around! His left hand casually flicked backward!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Countless dark obsidian crystal particles surged into existence from thin air, instantly covering his left arm!
One layer, two layers, three layers... the heavy, savage Mystic Crystal Armguard, gleaming with metallic chill, formed in an instant!
Pale golden Immortal Power runes flickered across the armguard's surface as though breathing!
Then, he threw a punch at the devastating Water Iron Cannon before him, a blast capable of flattening a small hill!
There was no earthshaking eruption of power! Only the purest, most brutal collision of strength!
Boom—!!!!
A dull explosion so heavy it seemed to stop hearts! Neji's Mystic Crystal fist, like the hardest drill bit, viciously bored into the core of that wildly spinning deep-blue sphere of destructive energy!
Time seemed to freeze for an