"Die, Neji!" the man in red growled.
But his palm slowly overlapped with Neji's body, passing right through it.
"What?!"
"Look behind you!!"
The man in red was startled at first. Upon hearing Zetsu's reminder, he immediately turned around, only to find Neji's palm reaching for his neck.
"It seems Obito held back some information from you, not telling you about my kind of ability?"
Obito's expression was cold. His palm, encased in a glowing white Chakra cloak, held immense power, aiming to crush the man's throat in one blow.
Pop!
"This...is it water? No, it's liquefaction. I see, it's the Water Release technique."
The Water Release technique is an ability of the Hozuki clan, allowing them to turn any part of their body into water. However, this person's ability was clearly different from the Hozuki clan's.
Neji's brow twitched. His palm grasped the opponent's neck as expected, but the man slipped through his fingers like mud.
Yes, it was liquefaction like mud, not like water.
"Physical attacks are useless against me, Neji." From a puddle of mud beneath Neji's feet, a hand slowly emerged and waved gently at Neji.
"Is that all you've got? If you think this is enough to deal with me, you're too naive." Neji looked at the man in red, who had turned into a puddle of 'mud,' and smiled slightly, then roared, "Rise!!"
Boom!
As if bound by some rule, the man in red's mind trembled, and his body involuntarily began to solidify from its liquefied state.
"What...what is happening?"
"You can ponder that in hell," Neji said, forming a hand seal. A crescent-shaped crystal blade suddenly appeared on his arm and swiftly slashed towards the man in red.
Crystal Style: Emerald Crystal Blade!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as Neji was about to sever the man in red's head, the trees around him and at his feet suddenly trembled, as if they had come alive, and all pierced towards him with their sharp branches.
"Damn it!" Neji cursed. He had no choice but to liquefy himself again, dodging the attacks from the branches. However, this also allowed the man in red to escape smoothly.
"I have a feeling today will be a big problem." Neji held his crystal blade and looked towards the burly man hiding behind a large tree not far away.
"Come out. You can't hide from me with these eyes."
"Hmph, you talk a big game, but weren't you just unable to find our tracks?" The burly man emerged from behind the treetop, sneering at Neji with hatred in his eyes.
Neji's heart skipped a beat at his words, but his expression remained unchanged. He asked sternly, "You're fighting separately, so you're not from the same faction, are you?"
"That's right," the man in white and blue chuckled.
"As expected..." Neji turned to stare at the man in white and blue. Unlike the others, apart from facing him directly, no other method could sense or see this guy's existence.
"In that case, what is your purpose in attacking me? There must be a reason for everything, right?"
"Why attack you? Heh, you'll find out in hell." The burly man pushed off the ground and appeared beside Neji in an instant.
But he still passed through Neji's body.
"You're fast, but so what?" Neji's expression remained unchanged. A giant, glowing white hand suddenly appeared within his Chakra cloak and slammed down fiercely towards the burly man.
But at that moment, a giant earth spike shot out from the ground, piercing through Neji's body. Neji's attack thus missed.
"Summoning such a large earth spike without hand seals?" Neji looked at the man in white and blue, who caused such a huge commotion with just a slight raise of his hand, and murmured, "It seems I need to deal with you first."
Flash!
Neji turned into white light, like a shooting star, passing through a barrage of attacks to appear before the man in white and blue, and punched him into the ground.
His fists were like seals, and the surging, purple lion heads seemed like invincible overlords. Combined with immense power, they were unstoppable. In a short while, he had shattered the man in white and blue's body.
Suddenly, he sensed danger approaching, and his Chakra instantly surged.
"Wrong!"
He snapped back to attention and found himself still in mid-air. What rushed towards him were countless wooden spikes.
"Genjutsu? When?" Neji was startled, quickly forming hand seals with his hands clasped together.
"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
A fire dragon suddenly appeared from Neji's mouth, roaring and burning these wooden spikes to ashes.
"His ability is similar to mine. Ordinary attacks are useless against him. If possible, it's best to use feints as a basis and force him into close-quarters combat to expose his weakness," Obito said.
"Oh? What's this? Are you going to reveal how to deal with you?" the man in red said with a sly smile.
"Hmph! Even if I tell you the method, you won't be able to do it," Obito glanced at him coldly and said, "Listen, the moment he exposes a weakness, you must use a technique that kills in one blow, break through his Chakra cloak, and inflict heavy damage."
"Before that, don't waste your strength and Chakra for nothing."
"Understood, you mean to lure him into attacking first, right?" the man in red chuckled, then formed hand seals, and a white bone spike suddenly appeared in his palm.
"Then, let me take the lead," Zetsu said in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, countless giant wooden logs erupted from the ground, surging towards Neji non-stop.
"Don't get carried away!" Neji roared. He spun rapidly in mid-air, with scorching flames surging like lava.
"Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation: Fire!"
Centering on Neji, scorching flames danced like a whirlwind. In just a few seconds, the giant wooden logs that intended to entangle Neji were burned to ashes by the flames.
At the same time, within the flame tornado, fireballs rained down like meteors.
"Hmph!" The man in white and blue stood behind Zetsu and waved his hand casually. A large number of water bullets appeared out of nowhere behind him and continuously struck the incoming fireballs.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A multitude of collisions sounded, and mist gradually spread.
At this moment, Obito suddenly appeared behind Neji. The Sharingan spun in his eyes, and large shuriken whirled out.
All the giant shuriken passed through Neji's body without exception, and Neji immediately turned to grab Obito.
"Eight Trigrams: Mountain Crusher!"
A white light appeared in Neji's hand, ready to strike Obito the moment they made contact.
However, both of them passed through each other's bodies.
"Perfect timing," Obito said calmly, looking back at the man in red who had already rushed in front of Neji.
"It's an honor to receive your praise," the man in red said with a light laugh. At the same time, the bone spike in his palm had already reached Neji's chest.