Battle

Heigui Inuzuka and Iruka had already left the elite classroom.

Tianyun Hyuga sat straight down in Heigui Inuzuka's seat, acting as though he could do whatever he pleased and drawing the eyes of the entire class.

Now, however, no one dared casually provoke Tianyun Hyuga anymore. He had already proved his strength.

Heigui Inuzuka might not have been the strongest student in the elite class, but he still ranked among the top ten. Even the two children from the Uchiha Clan or Neji Hyuga would normally have needed more than one or two moves to defeat him.

The move Tianyun Hyuga had just used clearly bore traces of the Hyuga Clan's secret techniques, and it had taken Heigui Inuzuka down in a single strike. Students without enough confidence in their abilities dared not provoke Tianyun Hyuga again.

Of the whole class, only Neji Hyuga watched Tianyun Hyuga with a frown. He had never seen that move before. It was not a Hyuga Clan technique at all.

Yet with such a supple style of striking, it hardly made sense to say it was not one of the Hyuga Clan's secret techniques either. That left Neji Hyuga deep in thought.

Determined to become stronger, Neji Hyuga began pondering Tianyun Hyuga. He felt certain that if he could learn the fighting style Tianyun Hyuga had just used, his strength would rise once again.

But Neji Hyuga was reluctant to ask. Tianyun Hyuga's attitude made it clear that he could not care less about him, making it difficult to approach him on friendly terms. His pride would not let him humble himself and ask, either.

Tianyun Hyuga paid no attention to what the elite students thought. He had driven Heigui Inuzuka away because Tenten sat beside him. She was a fabulously wealthy girl from Konoha, and Tianyun Hyuga wanted to make a hefty sum off her. That was why he had chased Heigui Inuzuka out.

After sitting down in Heigui Inuzuka's seat, Tianyun Hyuga leaned toward Tenten with a broad smile and said, "Hey, beautiful, what's your name? Want to hang out with me?"

Tenten was quite interested in Tianyun Hyuga, though naturally not because he was handsome. It was his strength that interested her.

In response to Tianyun Hyuga's question, Tenten lifted her chin and said, "My name is Tenten. If you want to hang out with me, you have to be the strongest in the class. Otherwise, I won't play with you."

Tianyun Hyuga raised an eyebrow and confidently thumped his chest. "First in this little class? Easy. I can manage that by tomorrow. Just don't forget what you said when the time comes."

Utterly speechless, Tenten rolled her eyes at Tianyun Hyuga and said irritably, "Talk to me when you actually take first place! Stop bragging."

"All right!" Tenten was too proud for Tianyun Hyuga to win her over right away, so he could only agree for now. Then he turned to face the class and said coolly, "You all heard what we just said, right? Hurry up and surrender, and acknowledge me as your boss. Otherwise, don't start crying when I teach you a lesson."

"Damn it, I can't take this anymore! This guy is way too arrogant!" A chubby boy finally stood up, unable to hold himself back. Pointing at Tianyun Hyuga, he said, "Tianyun Hyuga, don't get so full of yourself! I'm challenging you right now. I've put up with you long enough..."

Glancing at the chubby boy's clothes, Tianyun Hyuga said indifferently, "Oh, a little fatty from the Akimichi Clan. You're not good enough to face me alone. Find five or six friends and come fight me together."

"Bastard! My name is Daishi Akimichi, not little fatty, you bastard!" After shouting furiously, Daishi Akimichi leaped onto a desk and lunged toward Tianyun Hyuga's head.

Daishi Akimichi intended to flatten Tianyun Hyuga beneath his massive body.

"Hehehe..." Facing Daishi Akimichi as he descended from above, Tianyun Hyuga laughed and raised one hand to catch his large belly. Once again, he used the technique of redirecting overwhelming force with minimal effort, tracing a circle in the air before throwing Daishi Akimichi forward.

"Aah...!"

"Aah...!"

"That hurts...!"

The panicking Daishi Akimichi landed near the first row of seats, pinning two classmates Tianyun Hyuga did not know beneath him. All three cried out in pain at once.

This time, the entire class had seen the skill Tianyun Hyuga used against Daishi Akimichi. They finally understood that he was not someone to mess with. Anyone without real strength was better off not picking a fight.

The whole class then turned toward the two children from the Uchiha Clan. Everyone in Konoha knew that the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan did not get along. With Tianyun Hyuga acting so arrogantly, they all wanted to see how the Uchiha would respond.

Under the eyes of the entire class, the two Uchiha children knew they had to make a stand. Otherwise, rumors that the Uchiha Clan feared the Hyuga Clan would soon spread throughout the school.

If that rumor got out, everyone in the Uchiha Clan would look down on them when they returned home.

"Hachiro, let's take him together! This guy won't be easy to handle..." the slightly older Uchiha child told the younger one.

"Right, Shingao! Let's do it together! We of the Uchiha Clan can be defeated, but we never surrender," the boy called Hachiro said.

Having made their decision, the two children stood and walked up to Tianyun Hyuga. With solemn expressions, they said, "Shingao Uchiha and Ba Uchiha challenge you..."

Tianyun Hyuga had been watching the two Uchiha all along. Now that they had come to challenge him, he gave a faint smile and said, "Go ahead! If you can make me leave my seat, I'll count it as your win."

"You're looking down on us..." Shingao Uchiha said indignantly.

"Heh, what do you think...?" Tianyun Hyuga wore a disdainful expression.

Shingao Uchiha's anger flared. He immediately told Ba Uchiha, "We'll attack from the front and back. There's no way we can't force him out of his seat..."

"Right, Shingao..." Ba Uchiha replied, equally furious.

Then Shingao Uchiha jumped onto the desk in front of Tianyun Hyuga, while Ba Uchiha jumped onto the desk behind him. Both attacked Tianyun Hyuga's head at the same time.

Still sitting in his seat, Tianyun Hyuga smiled and reached out with both hands, catching Ba Uchiha's and Shingao Uchiha's fists. Once again using Tai Chi, he hurled them in opposite directions, sending each flying more than ten meters.

Ba Uchiha and Shingao Uchiha landed farther away than Daishi Akimichi because they were stronger than him. Tianyun Hyuga's technique followed the principles of Tai Chi: the greater the force of the attack, the greater the force turned back on the attacker. Shingao Uchiha and Ba Uchiha had brought it on themselves.

As for Tianyun Hyuga's knowledge of Tai Chi, he had actually worked it out himself. After all, he was a formidable figure with countless battles under his belt. A mere technique for borrowing an opponent's strength was well within his ability to grasp.