Neji Hyuga was doing his utmost to block the little spiders filling the air.
A strand of extremely tough spider silk suddenly shot toward him.
Neji Hyuga grew wary. Using his Byakugan's ability to see through things, he spotted the strange strand of spider silk that was about to reach him.
He abruptly turned, striking repeatedly with both palms.
"Smack! Smack! Smack!"
Neji Hyuga's secret technique, Rotation, knocked the rapidly approaching spider silk off course.
Neji Hyuga held his fingers together like a blade and chopped straight at the deflected strand.
But a metallic clang rang out.
"Clang!"
It was a crisp sound.
Not only did the spider silk remain unbroken, but it was sent flying away.
Neji Hyuga looked at his fingers, then turned his gaze toward the strand he had knocked away, finding it rather hard to believe.
"Ha... surprised? Let me tell you! This is another of my secret techniques: Secret Technique: Spider Sticky Gold."
"As the name suggests, the spider silk I spit out is as tough as metal. Didn't you say your gentle force was pretty impressive?"
"Well? Stumped now, aren't you?"
With that smug expression on his face, Kidomaru really did look like a child who had won a petty quarrel.
Kidomaru's childishness also stirred Neji Hyuga's fighting spirit.
"Hmph! Again! I refuse to believe I can't cut through your lousy spider silk!"
Kidomaru actually obliged, throwing out several more tough strands of spider silk for Neji Hyuga to test himself against.
"Clang! Smack! Smack! Clang!..."
Under Neji Hyuga's gentle force, some of the tough strands were successfully severed, while others remained resilient, without any sign of breaking.
Watching the two boys "horsing around" like this, Ye Chen felt the urge to cover his face.
He really wanted to go over, give each boy