Chiri crawled rapidly, having completely mastered the technique; her posture was identical to Miki's before.
Watching Chiri quickly approach, Hitomi stood ready...
Ten meters apart...
Five meters...
This is the moment!
Acutely capturing the premonition of Hitomi's attack, Chiri accelerated her charge.
If she didn't close the distance, she wouldn't be able to touch her opponent.
Blood-red flared in her eyes, and the two-tomoe spun rapidly.
Even with a constitution like Uchiha, possessing a large amount of Chakra, Chiri was accustomed to being meticulous.
Logically, if a sword were to fall from above, even with an extended blade, there would still be a decent amount of reaction time.
This gap would be enough for Chiri to dance on the blade!
But, no!
It wasn't a top-down Tang Tachi!
Frontal horizontal slashes like Hidari Chidori or Migi Chidori didn't require any defensive consideration because they wouldn't connect.
Nor was it the only upward-sweeping counter-attack to be wary of.
This movement is!?
Spinning around!?
Danger!
In an instant, fine electrical arcs lit up on Chiri's body, forcing her to stop her charge and simultaneously launch herself from the ground...
At the same time, Hitomi began to spin.
Revolving Heaven Sword Dance.
Chakra erupted violently from all the meridians in her body, a technique only possible due to the Hyuga Clan's innate precise Chakra control.
What was different was that what spun wasn't the usual Hyuga sphere, but a storm.
A storm of swords.
Sword shadows filled the sky, forming a whirlwind, violently tearing and devouring everything around it.
She was caught by a strange force!
In mid-air, Chiri felt an inexplicable pulling and suction force throughout her body.
If this continued, she would be sucked into the eye of the storm and ripped to shreds!
Her left hand reached into her Shinobi tool pouch, pulling out several Kunai, which she threw with all her might, connected by steel wires.
The Kunai precisely embedded themselves in the ground in a tripod formation, and using these as anchors, Chiri desperately stabilized her swaying figure in mid-air.
Everyone held their breath until the storm raised by Hitomi subsided.
Chiri flipped and landed on the ground.
Hitomi, meanwhile, leaned on her sword, panting heavily.
Every wave of her offense had been skillfully parried by her opponent.
In terms of gain, she had suffered a huge loss!
She gritted her teeth fiercely.
If I had the monstrous Chakra of Tsunade, I would never be in such a sorry state!
Hitomi gritted her teeth fiercely.
She still had strength left to fight.
She looked up at Chiri.
If only I had known, I would have just killed her instead of warning her!
Slippery like a loach.
How insidious! Uchiha (Hyuga)...
About five meters away, she almost got hit. Chiri, landing after flipping, felt a lingering fear.
It was a good thing she had kept her guard up and hadn't blindly trusted the three-meter information she had previously exposed.
However, what exactly was the first strike?
Sure enough, that move could still be extended.
It should be a type of Chakra release.
The Hyuga Clan is very good at that kind of thing.
High-density Chakra blades released from the entire body.
What is this move called?
"Revolving Heaven!" A Hyuga Shinobi said hoarsely.
It was a secret among the secret transmissions of the Main Family; ordinary Branch Family members had no way to access it.
Even if a genius from the Branch Family occasionally comprehended it on their own, its power would still be slightly inferior to the Main Family's secret transmission.
This person not only comprehended Revolving Heaven on her own but also modified it to such an unrecognizable degree.
Her wide-open Byakugan saw clearly.
This person released Chakra from all her meridians; part of it was used to combine and create Chakra blades, and the other part was used to assist in accelerating her rotation.
The result of multitasking was that the difficulty coefficient was several levels higher than a simple Revolving Heaven!
"What talent!"
The laymen watched the spectacle, while the experts saw the technique.
The Hyuga Shinobi felt their worldview shattered; the Gentle Fist Art was completely transformed in Hitomi's hands.
They felt their scalps tingle, and their heads buzzed.
And the Uchiha's Red Eyes also became serious.
As old rivals since the Warring States Period, they knew that the Hyuga Clan's weakness was a severe lack of offensive power.
Just one sword completely reversed this situation!
"Given time, not even Susanoo would be able to stop this woman." An old man suddenly chuckled, "That Heavenly Ninja, he finally did it."
"The next Heavenly Ninja..."
Uzumaki Mito, who had not left, looked at the two girls in the arena.
"Perhaps she will be even more terrifying than the Heavenly Ninja."
"However..."
Uzumaki Mito looked at Chiri.
"Will you be the next Uchiha Madara?"
The expression on her face was unreadable.
An old man in traditional Japanese clothing, with Byakugan, looked at Hitomi gently and said softly, "Dance, break free, caged bird."
Meanwhile, Miki, watching from the sidelines, whispered.
"Blade Storm..."
Her face under the mask was somewhat bewildered.
Am I on a Warcraft set?
It made sense that Tsunade could bring out the Nine-Tailed; she had resources and was willful!
What about Hitomi?
Could she be a true genius?
However, the Hyuga Clan also had resources.
At this moment, while Hyuga Hitomi was recovering, Miki finally got a clear look at the item in her hand.
It was clearly a super high-grade item.
There was still a blue glow of residual Chakra on the sword.
Chakra-conducting metal!
While what she held was cheap, non-conducting stuff.
Could it be that this girl was a rich young lady?
Even though she was from the Branch Family.
And because of that, it was no wonder she could apply that kind of technique.
A sword blade of inexplicable length.
Weaponry played a big role.
But Miki felt it looked familiar somehow.
A Chakra sword.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
No wonder, although the power was vastly different, it already had the prototype!
This girl is a monster!
Can she awaken the Tenseigan?
"I have to admit, in swordsmanship, I lost." Chiri said softly, looking at Hyuga Hitomi.
"With the swordsmanship I currently possess, I cannot break through your swordsmanship."
"However, we are Shinobi."
"So, you should properly witness this move."
Chiri raised both hands, slowly and carefully forming hand signs.
This was not an imitated technique.
Sharingan, in essence, did not have the ability to copy Ninjutsu.
Instead, it saw through the flow of Chakra, thereby directly observing the process of the technique.
Therefore, whether one could copy Ninjutsu mainly depended on individual talent.
Chiri had seen many techniques.
This was her pleasure.
She enjoyed it tirelessly.
Unbeknownst to her, she had mastered a large number of techniques.
Many Uchiha shared this enjoyment, but those who could reach Chiri's level were still few and far between.
People are different.
Even among the Uchiha.
After imitating many Ninjutsu, Chiri sometimes felt a different impulse: what should her own unique technique look like?
The answer was revealed at this moment.
She had insight into the essence of Ninjutsu.
The essence was not the change of Chakra, nor the multitude of forms.
The essence of Ninjutsu was deception!
To kill, only one sword strike was enough, so the key was how to place the sword at the opponent's throat.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Here it comes, the Uchiha's Fire Release!!
A huge fireball rushed towards Hyuga Hitomi!
However, the attack was too ordinary.
At this level, it was very easy to dodge.
The Great Fireball Technique can't hit anyone!
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