Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...!!
A series of dense explosions, like muffled thunder, instantly reverberated throughout the entire venue!
Rolling white smoke shot skyward, almost instantly engulfing the vast stadium.
The clamor in the stands ceased abruptly, and everyone craned their necks, trying to see the scene within the smoke.
As a gust of wind dispersed the white smoke from the Shadow Clone Jutsu, a horrifying sight appeared.
Hundreds of identical Uzumaki Naruto, standing or sitting, laughing or defiant, completely filled the entire arena.
Looking around, it was an orange ocean.
Each one, rubbing his fists, stared intently at the solitary white figure in the center of the arena, then surged forward!
"Hey, hey... isn't that cheating? That Uzumaki Naruto... what kind of monstrous Chakra reserves does he have?"
"Oh my god, am I seeing things? Isn't he a dead last? How can he create so many Shadow Clones at once!?"
"What do you know! This isn't an ordinary Shadow Clone, this is a forbidden jutsu recorded in the scroll of seals—the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"..."
Among the crowd, knowledgeable Jōnin gasped in shock, drawing a chorus of sharp intakes of breath.
With a thunderous roar, hundreds of Naruto surged towards Neji like an orange tide, their momentum as grand as an army charging!
This terrifying formation, enough to make any elite Jōnin's scalp tingle, finally made Neji take Naruto seriously for the first time.
—No wonder Teacher Hansen told me not to be careless; this Uzumaki Naruto is indeed not as idiotic as he appears!
As he pondered, the overwhelming wave of Naruto's Shadow Clones had already completely engulfed him.
Just as everyone thought Neji would be overwhelmed by this human wave tactic, an indifferent voice emerged from the center of the Shadow Clone wave.
"'Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven'!"
The next moment!
Boom—!!!
A pale blue hemispherical Chakra shield exploded like an expanding star!
The overwhelmingly powerful rotating force transformed into an invisible destructive storm, sweeping madly in all directions!
"Charge for me—!" × N
Dozens of Naruto clones at the very front crashed into it, their passionate expressions instantly freezing, turning into shock and horror.
Immediately, their figures were instantly torn apart by the incomparably powerful rotating force, and before they could even scream, they were violently flung away!
For a time, "bang bang bang bang" explosions erupted one after another, like a long string of firecrackers lit during the New Year, and one by one, Naruto flying in the air turned into white smoke and disappeared!
With just one Revolving Heaven, nearly a third of Naruto's Shadow Clones were wiped out!
Hyuga Neji, however, frowned slightly, seemingly not satisfied with such a result.
He dispelled the Revolving Heaven, bent his knees, and another circle of air burst from beneath his feet with a "bang"!
He shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, charging defiantly into the still massive army of Naruto Shadow Clones!
"...Damn it!!!" × N
The opponent's strength far exceeded expectations, and at this moment, all the Naruto Shadow Clones gritted their teeth, their faces showing unwillingness and indignation!
"Let's all go!"
"Swarm him with numbers!"
"Don't underestimate our unity, believe it!"
"..."
A more brutal melee instantly erupted!
Neji's figure transformed into an almost uncatchable white lightning bolt, ghost-like, weaving and flashing through the orange human tide.
Every move he made was incredibly simple, without any flashy show, yet frighteningly precise and efficient!
His footwork was no longer the traditional Gentle Fist stance of the Hyuga Clan, but a more free, wilder posture. It was the most efficient killing method his body instinctively learned after countless days and nights of being pushed to the limit by Hansen's triple gravity field!
A finger gun, precisely aimed at the center of a Shadow Clone's forehead, the penetrating force contained in his fingertip even caused another Shadow Clone behind him to explode!
A twist of his waist and a swing of his elbow, like a steel whip, struck the side of three Shadow Clones' faces, the immense force causing them to spin and turn into smoke!
A seemingly light low sweep, yet carrying immense power, caused the swept Shadow Clone to lose its footing and explode into white smoke as it tumbled!
His movements were fluid, possessing a cruel, violent artistry.
With every attack, several, or even a dozen, Naruto Shadow Clones would "bang" and explode into white smoke.
The entire scene was an elegant yet bloody one-sided slaughter!
"No matter how many there are, it's useless. Your speed, in my eyes, is too slow."
Hyuga Neji's cold voice, like a whisper of death, suddenly appeared beside Naruto's main body.
Uzumaki Naruto:!!!
"What are you kidding me with—!!!"
His pupils suddenly constricted, and the powerful combat instinct brought by the Nine-Tails Chakra within him caused him to erupt with astonishing reactions in the face of life and death, instinctively twisting his body to the side.
However, he only slightly shifted the vital position of his heart.
The next moment, a terrifying force, as gentle yet boundless as before, transformed into a hand chop, precisely striking his shoulder blade.
Poof—!
Naruto felt a penetrating force, as if it could shatter mountains, explode the moment it struck him, violently rushing into his body, instantly disrupting the Chakra circulation on half of his body!
He could even hear his bones wailing!
A large mouthful of blood mixed with stomach acid gushed out, and he, like someone hit head-on by a battering ram, completely lost control of his body, tumbling and flying backward, once again crashing heavily against the distant wall.
The entire venue instantly fell silent, then erupted in an even greater roar of gasps and cheers than before!
"My goodness! As expected of the genius of the Hyuga Clan, their strengths are completely on different levels!"
"He won, he's definitely going to win now! Too bad the odds are so low!"
"Go, Byakugan kid, quickly finish him off!"
"..."
The spectating crowd completely erupted, thoroughly subdued by the overwhelming strength Neji displayed!
On the viewing platform, Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, narrowed his cold, snake-like eyes slightly.
His long tongue beneath the face mask almost uncontrollably licked his lips, and a storm raged in his heart.
—Such speed! Such precise judgment! Such refined Chakra control!
—If I could remove his 'Caged Bird' cursed seal, this Hyuga kid... seems completely on par with the Uchiha kid, both perfect candidates for reincarnation!
At this moment, the mad scientist Orochimaru was plunged into an unprecedented dilemma, his mind constantly wavering between the Sharingan and the Byakugan.
—Ah, it's so hard to choose!!!!
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