Hinata's expression remained unchanged as she stood at the center of the palm shadows.
Her body swayed gently with Neji's palm strikes.
"Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!"
A rapid series of dense collisions rang out.
Everyone stared in stunned silence.
Hinata had actually... blocked Neji's storm-like barrage with nothing but her hands!
With every movement of her hands, Hinata precisely intercepted Neji's palms, dissolving their fierce force without a trace.
The longer Neji fought, the more alarmed he became.
Every palm strike felt as though it had landed on cotton. No matter how much force he used, it was useless.
"How... How can my Gentle Fist be completely ineffective against her?"
In the stands, Hyuga Hiashi's mouth fell slightly open.
The elders beside him looked at one another in disbelief.
"Is... is this really Lady Hinata?"
"Her mastery of the Gentle Fist has actually... actually reached such a level?"
"This old man... has truly misjudged her..."
An elderly, white-haired elder stroked his beard and let out a long sigh.
Hyuga Hiashi finally understood why Hokage-sama had been so confident.
"Damn it!"
Unable to break through after attacking for so long, Neji began to grow impatient.
Neji abruptly stepped back, widening the distance between himself and Hinata.
"If close combat won't work, then try this!"
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
An invisible Chakra shockwave shot fiercely from his palm, blasting toward Hinata several steps away!
This was one of the few long-range attacks of the Gentle Fist!
At such a close distance and with such speed, there was simply no way to evade it!
It's over!
The thought flashed through Neji's mind.
But in the next instant, the confidence on Neji's face froze.
The moment Neji unleashed the Vacuum Palm, Hinata's body had already reacted swiftly.
"Whoosh—!"
Neji's Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm missed.