With a muffled splat! and a spray of water, the Water Arrow struck dead center, hitting the giant spider in the face.
"Hiss!!!" The giant spider staggered back several steps under the impact, clutched its face with one foreleg, and let out a string of piercing, furious shrieks.
"It hit!" Yui watched the raging giant spider, but there was no joy on her face. Through her Byakugan, she had already seen that her attack had done no noticeable damage.
If anything, her attacks seemed to have angered it.
Through her Byakugan, she could see clear Lightning Release scorch marks on the giant spider's forelegs, but no wounds at all on its face. That meant her Water Release attack had done it no harm.
The giant spider recovered from the Water Release attack and let out several piercing hisses. Its eight eyes glared straight at the figure nearby, brimming with murderous intent.
"Hiss!" The spider's gaze sent chills through Yui. As a Shadow Clone, she would probably meet her end here. Still, she intended to make one last desperate attempt before disappearing. Perhaps she could defeat it, even if the chances were slim...
As she pondered, the spider abruptly vanished from her Byakugan's perception. In that instant, the surrounding space fell silent.
"Where is it?" Fine beads of cold sweat trickled down her temples. Having such an enormous spider suddenly vanish from her Byakugan's perception was enough to stir a certain dread.
With a whoosh!, a sharp slicing sound erupted behind her head. At the same time, her Byakugan caught the giant spider's foreleg emerging from the dense webbing, thrusting straight toward the back of her skull.
"There." Her Byakugan saw everything clearly. She ducked and bent forward, precisely evading the lethal strike.
Half the giant spider's body emerged from the