Chakra Electric Current Scalpel vs. Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven

To Long Ye, who was well versed in Shinobi World history, the name "Tokuma Hyuga" was somewhat familiar.

Although he had only received a passing mention in history, anyone whose name had been recorded in Shinobi World history could not possibly be too weak.

The two faced each other from afar, battle on the verge of erupting.

Rin, watching from the second-floor spectator platform, clenched her fists nervously.

"Minato-sensei, Long Ye will definitely win, right?"

Feeling uneasy, she turned to ask Minato Namikaze beside her.

Minato Namikaze's expression was slightly grave.

"This battle probably won't be easy for him. The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, combined with the Gentle Fist, excels in both offense and defense and has almost no weaknesses. However..."

As if recalling something, a smile touched his lips. "This Hyuga kid won't have an easy time defeating him either."

"It's started!!"

Obito perked up and gripped the railing as he looked down.

Tokuma Hyuga moved first.

He activated his Byakugan and assumed a Gentle Fist stance.

In Tokuma Hyuga's eyes, Long Ye was already standing within his Eight Trigrams Formation.

Long Ye raised his right hand, palm facing down. A white vortex emerged in his palm, and with a fierce downward press, a current of swirling air swept outward from him in every direction.

Wherever the vortex reached, a semicircular barrier of light appeared. In the end, more than half the arena was shrouded beneath his "barrier."

"What is that, a barrier?"

Long Ye had raised a hand and unleashed a barrier, drawing startled cries from the second-floor spectator platform.

As everyone knew, barriers were usually cast by many people working together. No one had ever heard of a single person sustaining one alone.

The instant Tokuma Hyuga was enveloped by the barrier, he felt an invisible pressure settle over his body.

The shock in his heart was far greater than what he showed on his face.

"What's going on? When he cast this barrier, why wasn't the chakra in his body flowing? What kind of power is this?"

Before he could think further, Long Ye seized the initiative. Flowing Lightning crackled beneath his feet, and in a flash of blue electricity, he closed in.

"What nerve. He actually dares to engage the Hyuga Clan in close combat. Doesn't he know how formidable the Hyuga Gentle Fist is?"

"Just watch. This man will pay for his stupidity."

Amid the mocking laughter, one of Long Ye's fists, wrapped in blue Flowing Lightning, struck toward Tokuma Hyuga's heart.

This blue current of his was called Heart Shock. If the opponent was hit, they would lose their ability to resist at best, and die on the spot at worst.

The Hyuga Clan was famed throughout the Shinobi World for taijutsu, so Tokuma Hyuga naturally would not let Long Ye have his way. With a shift of his feet, he stepped back and easily evaded the strike.

At the same time, his chakra-wrapped right palm counterattacked head-on.

Bang!!

The two palms collided with an explosive burst of air, laced with darting electric currents.

Long Ye felt a soft, insidious force that seemed to seep through every pore, passing through his skin and invading his flesh and even his blood vessels. Startled, he sprang backward.

As he retreated, his hands formed seals.

A clone split away from his body.

The two landed at the same time, both lifelike enough that it was impossible to tell which was the clone.

This was the first ninjutsu Long Ye had learned in his life after training with Rin and the others these past few days under Minato Namikaze's guidance.

Although he could currently only create one clone, it was already immensely meaningful to him.

"Long Ye's Shadow Clone!"

Rin naturally knew all about Long Ye's training progress. Her eyes immediately lit up when she saw him use the Shadow Clone.

But Long Ye's expression was grave.

"So this is the Gentle Fist? What a soft, tricky kind of power."

Hearing about it was one thing; experiencing it firsthand was something else entirely.

Seeing Long Ye forced back, everyone gleefully assumed that Tokuma Hyuga would continue his pursuit and unleash the renowned Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to secure victory in an instant.

Yet to everyone's surprise, Tokuma Hyuga's face twitched, revealing an extremely pained expression.

Although he had not been pushed back, one of his hands had gone completely numb. It felt as though it had been anesthetized, stiff and somewhat unresponsive.

Seeing his expression, Long Ye thought, My high-intensity current may not have stopped his Gentle Fist, but his Gentle Fist failed to stop my Flowing Lightning as well.

Having gained the advantage in one exchange, Long Ye and his clone charged forward again almost simultaneously.

Tokuma Hyuga was experienced in battle. With one hand temporarily numb, he knew that if he fought them head-on again, his other hand might be crippled as well. Seeing them rush at him once more, he hurriedly used a long-range technique.

"Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

With a single palm strike, a column-shaped shockwave flew through the air toward Long Ye.

But Long Ye had created a Shadow Clone early on precisely to guard against this move, and Tokuma Hyuga's attack happened to target the clone.

Taking advantage of the time Tokuma Hyuga spent attacking the clone, Long Ye leaped into the air. The current in his right hand surged tenfold, transforming into the head of a giant hound as it crashed down from above.

The instant the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm destroyed the clone, Tokuma Hyuga inwardly cursed. But before he could mount another counterattack, Long Ye's transformed fist had already reached the top of his head.

"Eight Trigrams Palms: Revolving Heaven!!"

A spiraling chakra wall surged up before Tokuma Hyuga.

"Oh no, Tokuma Hyuga has actually mastered the Hyuga Clan's Revolving Heaven."

Obito's expression changed drastically.

"This isn't Revolving Heaven in the true sense. Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven is an all-directional defensive technique. Tokuma Hyuga can only defend one side, but that is already quite remarkable."

As Minato Namikaze finished speaking, a piercing screech rang out.

Long Ye's hound-shaped Flowing Lightning fist struck the spiraling chakra wall. It was like the sharpest force colliding with the hardest defense, the sound setting everyone's teeth on edge and making their hearts tremble.

The two forces clashed madly, canceling each other out in the process.

From the surface, Tokuma Hyuga's "Revolving Heaven" clearly held the upper hand.

More precisely, Revolving Heaven's power was too ingenious. By relying on a spiraling force, it was frantically wearing down Long Ye's released electricity at the smallest cost.

Finally, the beast form faded from Long Ye's fist.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Tokuma Hyuga's lips.

By now, some feeling had returned to his paralyzed right hand, and the final killing move was already beginning to take shape in his mind.

But in the next instant, his smile froze, replaced by an expression of terror.

A Chakra Scalpel brimming with electric current appeared in Long Ye's right hand after the hound form faded.

Screech!

The Chakra Electric Current Scalpel, empowered by high-intensity electricity, pierced through Tokuma Hyuga's Revolving Heaven at close range and sank deeply into his chest.

Amid the continuous crackling of electricity, currents burst across Tokuma Hyuga's body, smoke rose everywhere, his body stiffened, his eyes bulged, and his face was filled with terror.

"Cough—"

He coughed violently, spraying a mouthful of bloody foam.

The entire arena fell so silent that a needle drop could be heard.

No one had expected this sudden turn of events.

The reversal had happened so quickly that those who had thought Tokuma Hyuga was about to claim a decisive victory had yet to react.