Late at night, in a wind-sheltered sandy hollow at the edge of the camp, far from the patrol routes.
After confirming that no one was nearby, Hyuga Tianyi took a deep breath of the cool, dry air and rapidly formed hand seals before his chest.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three puffs of white smoke burst forth, and three Shadow Clones identical to Tianyi appeared before him, their expressions calm and their gazes focused.
"Begin," Tianyi's original body said softly, then slowly closed his eyes.
He sank all his focus into his body, sensing the flow of chakra.
Especially as Lightning Release chakra was converted through the Magnetic Pivot Bracelet on his wrist.
That subtle sense of control over magnetism gradually became clearer.
The three Shadow Clones nodded simultaneously and scattered.
They took positions to the east, west, and north, surrounding Tianyi's original body at the center.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
The next instant, the sound of projectiles cutting through the air rang out from all three directions almost at once!
The Shadow Clones held nothing back, hurling the Kunai in their hands at Tianyi's original body in the center.
Dozens of Kunai came from different angles and heights, sealing off nearly every possible route of escape.
They were about to turn the eyes-closed Tianyi in the middle into a pincushion!
Just as the Kunai blades came within half a meter of Tianyi's body—
Hum...
An extremely faint vibration, like the low hum of metal, rippled out from around Tianyi.
All the incoming Kunai seemed to have suddenly crashed into an invisible, viscous layer of gel.
Their speed sharply dropped, and they ultimately stopped in midair in an eerie fashion!
Unable to advance even an inch, they simply floated there, as if countless invisible threads were holding them in place.