Neji clearly hadn't expected Sasuke to trade injury for injury and hastily raised his palm to block.
Bang!
Lightning exploded, driving Neji back several steps and leaving his palm numb.
Sasuke took the opportunity to retreat as well. His left hand could no longer form hand seals, but he completed his next jutsu with his right hand alone-
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
Dozens of small fireballs scattered like balsam seeds, shooting toward Neji from every angle.
Neji's Byakugan darted rapidly as he weaved through the rain of fireballs. Not a single one hit him!
But hitting him hadn't been Sasuke's aim in the first place.
While Neji dodged, Sasuke had already opened up the distance and struggled to form hand seals with one hand again-
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Poof! Poof!
Two shadow clones appeared, surrounding Neji in a triangular formation with the original.
"It's no use." Neji shook his head. "Shadow clones are useless against the Byakugan. I can clearly tell which one is the original."
"Really?" The real Sasuke suddenly spoke. "Then what about this?"
All three Sasukes formed hand seals at once, their movements perfectly synchronized!
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Three enormous dragons of flame roared out from three directions, cutting off every route of retreat!
An uproar swept through the stands.
"All three are the original?!"
"Impossible! Shadow clones can't all use ninjutsu of that level at the same time!"
Neji's expression changed as well.
The Byakugan could indeed see through chakra, but at that moment, the chakra flow inside all three Sasukes was identical. Even their chakra reserves were nearly the same!
He understood in an instant-
These weren't ordinary shadow clones. They were solid clones with evenly divided chakra!
There was no time to think further. The three fire dragons were already