It seemed that his victory in the previous wave had filled Hyuga Kong with confidence.
Watching the twenty-odd puppets charge at him, Hyuga Kong met them head-on. He led with a kick, sending the foremost puppet flying and catching the two behind it in the process.
But in that brief moment, the other puppets had reached him, and the long blades in their hands immediately slashed toward him.
Hyuga Kong watched the blades overhead without a trace of fear and slipped through a gap between them with a difficult maneuver.
Before Hyuga Kong could steady himself, however, another wave of blades swept toward him. He hastily leaped again, quickly found a gap between the attacking blades, and flipped upward once more, about to repeat his trick and evade the attack.
But things did not go as he wished. Just as Hyuga Kong jumped, the puppets' attacks suddenly changed.
The puppets' elbow joints abruptly separated, and another long blade emerged from each joint. A single puppet could actually control four blades at once, filling the gaps Hyuga Kong had found in an instant.
With such a sudden change at such close range, even if Hyuga Kong noticed it, he could hardly change his move or dodge in time.
As several blades were about to strike Hyuga Kong, Ye Feng showed no intention of helping.
It was not that Ye Feng wanted Hyuga Kong to die. Rather, he trusted that Hyuga Kong's strength would allow him to find the best way to handle this unfavorable situation. Injury was almost inevitable, however, and would serve as a lesson for him.
Perhaps Konoha had been too peaceful over the years, leaving both Hyuga Kong's mindset and his combat skills lacking. This was a good opportunity to give him a wake-up call and put him