blogombal The thrust reappears in Chapter 36
The thrust reappears in Chapter 36
"What's going on with Neji?" Lee couldn't help but ask.
He couldn't understand why Neji, who used to attack him relentlessly every day, was so weak in front of Akali this time.
From Lee's perspective, he felt confident when Neji took his first step to gather his strength for the final sprint.
Because Akali is so familiar with Neji's moves, if she can't land the first hit against a seasoned Gentle Fist ninja like Neji, she will face Neji's seemingly closed but unstoppable offensive, as relentless as the Yellow River.
But to everyone's surprise, Akali's simple smoke bomb made Neji hesitate, and then Akali, trapped in the smoke, launched a counterattack and seized the initiative.
But isn't the Byakugan supposed to be able to see through smoke? How could it be used like this?
To be honest, Lee is now starting to suspect that Neji might be throwing the match!
However, upon hearing Lee's question beside him, Sasuke felt a little more understanding of Neji.
Because, like Neji, he is a user of ocular jutsu.
So the moment Akali's smoke bomb exploded, Sasuke also noticed its strangeness!
That wasn't smoke, or rather, it wasn't entirely smoke, but rather smoke infused with some kind of dark, alien chakra!
It was this foreign chakra that blinded Neji's vision!
In the past, the Byakugan's ability to see through things was invincible, but Akali suddenly found a way to block it, so it's normal for Neji to be distracted.
Even if it were Sasuke instead of Neji, he would probably be stunned.
But what can you expect when Neji is facing this predicament?
Sasuke was very curious about how Neji would deal with such a fierce slash!
After all, with such a short reaction time, many methods are too late!
Neji knew this too!
Since paying a price is inevitable, let him choose the price to pay!
Neji unleashed his chakra forcefully, and an invisible field spread out!
A thick layer of chakra enveloped his palm, and sharp chakra needles formed in the center of his palm!
Then he swung his left hand!
"Bagua Palm - One Palm!"
"Bang!" The Bagua Palm clashed with Akali's chakra blade!
next second!
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered across the sky!
Faced with Akali's sharp blade, Neji's chakra needles shattered after only a moment, like a small horse crushed by a cart.
But in that split second, Neji successfully adjusted the curvature of his hand!
Although Neji managed to take the blow, his left palm was cut open along the lines of his palm, leaving a deep wound that exposed the bone!
"sure!"
Akali couldn't help but praise as she retrieved the scythe.
Despite her overwhelming victory over Neji just now, just like her fight with Sasuke, Akali's information is not transparent to them.
In the world of ninjas, the importance of intelligence is common knowledge.
Even with Akali's near-death experience, Neji's ability to react in this way truly makes him worthy of being considered a top-tier (T0) character among the early-game Konoha 12.
However, Neji's expression didn't improve much despite Akali's praise.
"You stopped!" Neji said definitively. "If you hadn't stopped, my hand would be ruined!"
"Heh!" Akali shrugged matter-of-factly. "I can't really cut off half of your hand, can I? Hinata would kill me if she saw that!"
"Hmph!" Neji snorted unhappily, then jumped back a few times, silently took out medicine and bandages from his ninja tool pouch, and began to treat the injury on his left hand.
Seeing Neji's posture, Akali exclaimed in surprise, "You still want to fight?!"
"Of course!" Neji said seriously, "You only took advantage of the fact that your ninjutsu happened to be a counter to mine. Now that I'm on guard, your strange ninjutsu won't work on me!"
"Is that so? But how do you know if I've run out of tricks?"
Akali's lips curved into a beautiful smile beneath her mask.
After all, she had only used a smoke bomb and a falcon dance in that last wave, and the second dash of the falcon dance hadn't even been activated yet.
Furthermore, Akali's current ultimate skill, Smoke Bomb, is only level 3. This is because Akali only used the skill points she drew to level up her ultimate to level 3, which is the level 16 skill she should have. Akali saved the remaining skill points.
The level 3 smoke bomb, however, is not large enough in terms of smoke range or diffusion speed; it only has a high enough chakra concentration to conceal the Byakugan.
It is inferior to the Level 4 smoke grenade, which can control its own diffusion direction, not to mention the Level 5 smoke grenade, which has increased range and speed and can even manipulate smoke into human form to confuse enemies.
If Neji couldn't even hold his own, what about the others?
Seeing Neji still wanting to fight even though he was clearly losing, Naruto called out, "Hey, are you a sore loser?"
"Can't accept defeat, shame on you, shame on you!"
Naruto made funny faces and began to thoroughly humiliate Neji.
[Ding! Neji's emotional value +999!]
Hearing Naruto's shout, Neji's forehead creased with fury.
"Enough!" After enduring for a while, Neji roared, "I'm not a sore loser, I know I've lost!"
"I just..." Neji looked at Akali, his eyes filled with utmost seriousness, "I just wanted to see your full strength!"
"Hiss!" Upon hearing this, Sasuke suddenly gasped, as his dead memories began to assault him.
After all, if Sasuke remembers correctly, that was what he thought back then, and then he got a severe beating.
This……
Don't look! Akali's full power is not to be underestimated!
This woman, you can tell she's a mystic just by looking at her wearing a mask all the time!
Sasuke looked at Neji, wanting to convey his thoughts to him.
But at this point, Neji had put aside the trivial external factors and was left with only the pure desire of a ninja to fight against a powerful enemy!
In layman's terms, it means that Neji only has Akali in his eyes!
Seeing this, Akali nodded: "Oh, I see! Okay then!"
"Matt Kai, is everything alright?" Akali asked Matt Kai, who was standing next to her.
"Go for it, passionate young men and women!"
"I'll be watching over you, don't worry!"
Matt Kai gave the two of them a thumbs up.
Akali finally saw the legendary flash of her front teeth!
"Hiss..." Akali turned her head, feeling her vision blurry.
She really shouldn't have asked those questions.
Just then, Neji finished bandaging the wound on his left hand and was ready to fight again.
Akali dual-wielded the Ninja Scythes and assumed a charge stance.
Dense chakra gathered into shadow, adhering to her body like scales, shrouding Akali in a cloak of night!
This is a scene that Sasuke will never forget!
"It's that technique!"
Sasuke widened his Sharingan and took two steps forward, wanting to see more clearly!
"What, that technique?"
Seeing Sasuke's excited reaction, Lee was very curious.
Seeing the change in Akali's body color, Xiao Li immediately realized: "Is this some kind of secret technique?"
“That’s right!” Naruto interjected excitedly, “Sasuke was defeated by this very move before!”
"Oh, really?" Lee and Tenten looked at Sasuke in surprise.
Facing everyone's gaze, Sasuke's face darkened: "Naruto, you son of a bitch..."
Sasuke was speechless when it came to Naruto. He just wouldn't let go of one thing, huh?
Although he had already admitted that he was not as good as Akali, Sasuke was still annoyed when he heard these words.
Fortunately, Akali changed again at this moment!