Ninja Pot Shadow

Before losing consciousness, Hinata finally figured out the chakra flow pattern of the Water Prison Technique. She struck out with her palm, knocking Sakura unconscious. She endured the dizziness and stood still until the referee, Hayate Gekko, announced her victory before collapsing.

Chapter 134 Temari's Fury

The next match will be a daily game of table tennis.

To be fair, Tenten is calm, experienced, and most importantly, she has the heart of a strong person. Compared to Sakura from the original timeline who would always crouch down and cover her head in defense, she is considered one of the strongest female ninjas.

Referee Hayate Gekko shouted "Start!"

They launched a fierce attack every day.

Shuriken, kunai, senbon, scythe, chain hammer—all sorts of ninja tools were summoned from the scroll and then thrown out using techniques such as swinging the arm and twisting the waist. Within a five-meter radius centered on Temari, numerous ninja tools were thrown in a spectacular display, like rain.

The Third Hokage possessed an A-rank ninjutsu with area-of-effect attacks called Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique. This technique requires forming eight hand seals, after which a giant shuriken imbued with the Shadow Clone Technique is thrown. The giant shuriken then multiplies into tens of thousands of shuriken during its flight, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the enemy.

The Third Hokage taught this shuriken technique to many people, including Kosuke, the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru, and Konohamaru. Its advantage is that it saves money, saves money, and saves money!

She doesn't need to learn Shadow Clone Shuriken Techniques every day; those A-rank ninjutsu are too difficult for her. She doesn't have enough patience, energy, or hand seals. But she has money!

Shuriken require shadow clones? Just throw money at it!

Aside from being a bit expensive, her twin dragons can completely create an effect equivalent to the Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique...

Tenten launched a fierce attack right from the start, while Temari swung her ninja fan to defend flawlessly. Ino glanced at Hyuga Neji not far away, whose expression was complicated. From Ino's perspective as an observer, she guessed that he probably meant, "I'm a rich woman, I don't want to work hard anymore."

Ino and Tenten are on good terms. She noticed that Tenten's stamina, chakra, and throwing speed were all rapidly decreasing as she struggled to break through Temari's defenses. She wanted to help her out.

After thinking for a moment, she chatted idly with Shikamaru beside her.

"Sigh, who do you think will win?"

Shikamaru may not be that strong, but after following Ino for so long, he has developed a keen eye for talent.

Without giving it much thought, he lazily said, "Attacks like this every day can't last. If you ask me, the strongman from Sunagakure will win."

The moment the word "strongman" left his mouth, he knew he was in trouble...

These past few days, Ino has been nagging about the Sand Village trio, calling this guy a strongman and that guy with panda eyes, just like Sasuke always calls Naruto a loser. At this age, it's common to give each other nicknames. Shikamaru didn't think there was anything wrong with it; it was just a habit. So, he blurted it out.

"Aaaaah—!" Temari roared in fury, swinging her arms with all her might and sending Tenten flying seven or eight meters away with a single fan. She didn't continue her attack, but instead glared fiercely at Shikamaru and Ino like a mother wolf. The master of shifting blame subtly pointed to the side, implying that she hadn't given Tenten that nickname, but rather the rich young master beside her. She told Shikamaru to go find him if he dared. Shikamaru looked flustered, his hands gripping the railing trembling slightly.

Temari gritted her teeth in anger, her face turning deathly pale. A strongman? Is that a word used to describe a woman? If I never get married, are you going to take responsibility?

She even forgot about her opponent, Tenten, and stared intently at Shikamaru, as if she wanted to rush up and fight to the death right now.

On the other side of the stands, Kankuro was almost going crazy. His younger brother was unreliable, and now his older sister was unreliable too. He was having a really tough time!

Seeing that Temari's anger was about to burst, he quickly gave the signal: "Shh! Shh—Shh!"

When Temari looked back, he shook his head violently, meaning, "Don't be impulsive! We are indeed planning to destroy Konoha, but that's a month from now! You're going to act rashly now? Our army hasn't even left the village yet!" He not only shook his head himself, but also released all the puppets and made them shake their heads together until their necks were almost broken. Only then did he temporarily suppress Temari's anger.

Despite regrouping daily and fighting Temari for over thirty rounds, he ultimately couldn't defeat the eldest princess of Sunagakure. There was no way around it; Temari's Wind Release techniques were simply too effective against her, and Temari's strength was indeed immense…

"Go and rest, go and rest, don't be angry, please don't be angry..." Kankuro comforted his older sister. If it were Temari's usual temper, she would have already been wildly slashing in all directions with her ninja fan. But now, in order to refute Shikamaru's slander of being a "strongman," she suppressed her temper and pretended to be a gentle girl who couldn't even open a bottle cap. She was having a hard time holding back...

Shikamaru covered his head, feeling extremely annoyed, while Ino was delighted to have gotten a pot of hot pot.

The next match was between Shikamaru and Kin, and Shikamaru won easily.

Next up is Naruto versus Choji.

Choji tried his best. In addition to his original humanoid tank, he also mastered part of the Expansion Jutsu. He expanded his right hand, grabbed Naruto, and slammed him to the ground more than ten times. Unfortunately, he was no match for Naruto, who was overpowered. Naruto won this round.

The eighth match is between Ino and Hyuga Neji.

"Everyone, cheer me on!" Compared to Neji's cold face, Ino was very popular. She waved to her friends and took the lead.

The two stood five meters apart.

The two geniuses, both graduates of the Hidden Leaf Ninja Academy, locked eyes and saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

"I heard your ninjutsu is very strong, but you're not good at close combat. Should we keep some distance?" Hyuga Neji said in a deep voice.

"What a joke. You're a genius, I admit that, but you can't beat me." Ino didn't think that Hyuga Neji could cause her much trouble right now, and her tone was very confident.

Seeing that they were all ready, the referee, Moonlight Gale, raised his right hand and then brought it down heavily: "Begin!"

Hyuga Neji was incredibly fast. With a quick shift of his feet, his left hand was in front and his right hand behind, his body moving like a swimming dragon. He started with the Hyuga clan's signature technique, Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Palm.

He stepped on the Bagua symbol, his figure elusive, covering five meters in an instant, and his left palm reached out, slashing towards Ino's right rib.

This method of dueling after both sides stand still is very unfair to Ino. If the distance is thirty meters, she can easily defeat Hyuga Neji. A distance of five meters is more troublesome.

Her speed was no slower than Neji's, but there was a clear difference in physical skills and strength. At this moment, she retreated rapidly, and while in mid-air, she didn't have time to form hand seals. She threw out three kunai flying in a triangular pattern.

Neji raised his elbow and palm, deftly knocking away the kunai. He then took two quick steps, followed by a jerk of his arm as he raised his right palm and thrust it straight into the center!

Ino pushed off the ground with her feet, creating distance again, and with her kunai in reverse grip, she thrust it fiercely at Neji's hand.

Neji's arm instantly transformed into a serpentine shape, bending in an arc to hook her wrist. Ino, who was rumored to be weak in physical combat, was much more agile than Neji had anticipated. She used her right leg for support and kicked Neji's ribs with her left leg.

Chapter 135 Ino vs Neji

"Your physical skills are stronger than rumored." Neji raised his palm and aimed at Ino's ankle.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Ino practiced boxing with Hinata every day and was very familiar with the Hyuga clan's moves. She quickly changed her move, turning a side kick into a sweeping kick. With a light shout, she delivered a powerful whip kick.

Women are not as strong as men, but their arms are not as strong as their legs. In the blink of an eye, their whip kicks and palms collided, and both of them were startled.

Ino currently has a Body 4, Strength 3, and Speed ​​6. Only her Speed ​​is barely on par with Neji's, while she lags far behind in the other two stats.

As long as you create distance, you've won.

Using the force of the recoil, she did a backflip, and before landing, she threw out two shuriken, two kunai, and four senbon needles coated with anesthetic.

Neji neither dodged nor evaded, but instead swung his hands up and down, knocking all the ninja tools away.

"An opportunity!" The distance between the two had increased to six meters, and Ino had a clear understanding of Neji's speed. She finally found an opportunity to use her ninjutsu. At this moment, she quickly formed hand seals and spat out a large amount of bullet-like chakra energy towards the fan-shaped area in front of her.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Ball!"

Faced with this incredibly swift Wind Release ninjutsu, Hyuga Neji positioned his left leg forward and right leg back, twisting his waist and swinging his arms. He used his Byakugan to discern the direction of the chakra attack, then rapidly spun his body, continuously blocking, slapping, and flicking with both hands. He released chakra from his entire body, blocking all the wind force outside the rotating chakra barrier.

This is the secret technique of the Hyuga main family, a unique skill that he mastered on his own using only the Bagua Palm, which shares the same origin as it. Bagua Palm: Reversal!

"Clang clang clang!" Wind-style chakra collided with the palm, producing a series of crisp, metallic sounds. Even the referee, Hayate Gekko, had to retreat and dodge.

Every now and then, transparent gusts of air would fly out and hit the surrounding walls, leaving craters that looked so abrupt.

Taking advantage of his moment of resistance against the Vacuum Jade, Ino widened the distance again, and now the two were eight meters apart.

"Eight Trigrams - Empty Palm!" Seeing Ino still retreating, Neji immediately gathered chakra and struck her side with a palm strike. The air was compressed at high speed and came like a cannonball.

Ino's escape route was exposed, and facing the Bagua Empty Palm, she could only dodge to the side. The distance between them returned to seven meters, and in the blink of an eye, they had exchanged more than ten blows. Ino tried to create distance, but her opponent was focused on close combat with her.

"Watch out, these are poisonous kunai!" Ino raised her hand and threw out three more kunai. One of them was pitch black and smelled disgusting. The other two kunai had explosive tags attached to their handles.

Neji dared not take the attack head-on. He shifted his feet and retreated to the side and rear to dodge, instantly widening the distance between the two to ten meters.

Amidst the explosion of the detonating tags, Ino declared loudly, "You lost, Neji-kun."

The moment she created distance, she brought her index and middle fingers together, crossed her hands to form the "Ren" seal, and with a shout from Naruto in the distance, she used the Shadow Clone Technique.

It remains the standard team battle mode with one main body and two shadow clones.

Hyuga Neji quickly used his Byakugan to examine the Shadow Clone Technique, which divided the original Ino's chakra equally. In his Byakugan, the chakra, chakra pathways, and pressure points of the three Ino were exactly the same, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake for a moment.

Ino didn't care what he thought. The taijutsu had already been tested, and what followed was a simple and brutal ninjutsu cleanup.

No need for steam explosions or combination ninjutsu.

Regular ninjutsu is sufficient to deal with Neji.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

"Wind Release: Vacuum Ball!"

"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

She used three B-rank ninjutsu in one go, all of which were Jonin-level ninjutsu, especially the Water Severing Wave, which was her specialty.

Sharp stone spears burst from the ground, and the dense array of vacuum jade enveloped a 120-degree fan-shaped area, while the water-breaking waves shot out a dazzling silver line of water.

Neji Hyuga had no choice but to use the Eight Trigrams Rotation once again, releasing all his chakra for defense.

Ino smiled smugly. Just defending without fighting back, relying on chakra? Apart from Naruto and Gaara, she feared no one among these genin.

The Eight Trigrams Rotation technique is indeed very strong, and Neji Hyuga wasn't just standing there and taking the hits.

He stepped on the Bagua, using the Byakugan's properties to observe the direction of ninjutsu attacks, constantly shifting his position forward, backward, left, and right. He dodged most of the Earth Spears with his exquisite footwork, and he also knocked away the Vacuum Balls one by one. Only the Water Severing Wave was unstoppable. Hyuga Neji tried to deflect the Water Severing Wave's attack from the side, but unexpectedly, this technique still cut through the Bagua Rotation's defensive barrier, leaving a deep bloodstain on his elbow.

"Eight Trigrams - Mountain-Breaking Strike!" He charged out like an arrow, his bleeding elbow striking Ino, who was using "Water-Severing Wave."

With a "bang," the shadow clone vanished in white smoke; he had misjudged the situation.

After getting into the Gentle Fist starting stance, when Ino turned around, the group had switched back to a three-person team mode.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

Ino used her skillful ninjutsu techniques and abundant chakra to unleash a large number of ninjutsu attacks.

Various wind blades, clay guns, and water arrows rained down relentlessly, and she had firmly grasped the rhythm of the match.

Hyuga Neji gritted his teeth and held on, countering every move as it came. No matter what ninjutsu you used, I could turn the tide with a single strike!

He entered Ino's five-meter range twice, but the attacks landed on the shadow clones, wasting the opportunities.

Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Naruto all put themselves in Neji's shoes, secretly wondering how they would withstand Ino's ninjutsu if they were in her shoes.

Sakura watched the duel on the field with tension. Tenten had a complicated expression and did not support either side. Lee, on the other hand, was full of enthusiasm and kept cheering Neji on. He was the only genin who cheered for Neji.

As the referee, Gale Moonlight was all about "retreating, retreating, retreating," and had already retreated to the sidelines. There were just too many water arrows and wind blades, too densely packed. This level of battle didn't need a referee at all!

His life was already miserable enough, and he didn't want to die here because of a "genin" match.

Neji Hyuga's Reincarnation technique couldn't be stopped. His Byakugan eyes were fixed on Ino's hand seals, and he kept trying to close the distance, occasionally interspersed with Bagua Palm. However, he still had too few long-range attack methods.

Ino has trained hard in taijutsu, and while taijutsu is a weak point compared to ninjutsu, it's not too bad. Neji, on the other hand, is really bad at dealing with ranged attacks, or rather, how to deal with powerful ninjutsu.