What Kakashi feared most were Zhou Cheng's soft, yielding hand movements. They looked gentle, yet the gusts they stirred up stung his cheeks.
Not even Guy's fists could do that.
What kind of monster was this Zhou Cheng?
The longer Zhou Cheng fought, the more smoothly his movements flowed. He treated chakra as internal energy and Tai Chi as his fighting moves.
Combining the two produced an unexpected effect.
By the end, Kakashi felt as though an invisible vortex surrounded him, constantly pulling him toward Zhou Cheng.
And whenever he was certain an attack would land, Zhou Cheng neutralized it with those seemingly gentle movements.
Kakashi was stunned. Completely stunned!
A kid who was, at best, an ordinary Chunin had actually fought an Elite Jonin to a draw in taijutsu.
Granted, Kakashi hadn't used any chakra, relying only on his body and taijutsu.
But this still wasn't an outcome he wanted to see.
If word got out, those lousy friends of his would laugh themselves to death.
So he decided to use chakra.
The instant he set his chakra flowing, the situation changed.
Zhou Cheng began losing ground, unable to deflect any of Kakashi's attacks anymore.
The force stirred up by his punches could no longer affect Kakashi either.
"Whew! I'm done, I'm done!"
Zhou Cheng put some distance between them with a backflip, then hurriedly waved his hands in surrender.
The gap between him and a Jonin was simply too great!
Kakashi felt no joy in his victory. Instead, he stared intently at Zhou Cheng. He had never seen taijutsu like this before. Had the boy really created it himself?
"What kind of taijutsu is this? It's bizarre. It looks slow, but it keeps giving me trouble."
"It looks weak, yet it generates such powerful force!"
"From what I've