The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

This is also the reason why they did not continue to waste time looking for the remaining random ninjas and bandits.

In two days, we might not even find a single hair of the bandits, let alone the cunning rebel ninjas and wandering ninjas.

"Haha, this may be the so-called hometown feeling. It's not timid but rather nice." Cang Si teased his friend with a smile.

Minato had been observing his surroundings, silently watching the warm daily bickering between his three friends.

"I hope days like this will last forever." Namikaze Minato thought to himself.

The few of them chatted as they traveled along the way, and soon it was afternoon.

"Okay, we'll get up tomorrow morning for the rest of the journey, and we'll be back in the village around noon. There's no need to rush."

The setting sun in the distance was only a last glow, and Minato did not force

Begging teammates to travel overnight.

Not to mention that after a whole day, everyone was already very tired.

Moreover, traveling at night is very dangerous and tiring.

There's nothing else to do anyway, so there's no rush.

After dinner, they went to the forest to hunt two wild rabbits, picked some wild fruits, mushrooms and wild vegetables, and caught a few fish in the nearby river.

Then they gathered around the campfire and had a delicious meal prepared by Uzumaki Kushina.

Although Bingliang Pills can also satisfy hunger, if there is food available, who would want to eat something cold to satisfy hunger?

Just imagine that while you are eating instant noodles, someone next to you is eating lobster, abalone, or a banquet. Can you still swallow it?

After dinner, we rested for a while. Since it was summer, the sky was still quite bright at this time.

Souji stood up and walked in front of Minato Namikaze.

After taking a deep breath, Cang Si said firmly: "Minato, practice with me, the kind where you try your best."

Cang Si's tone was very serious, without any hint of joking.

"Have you developed your ninjutsu successfully?" As he said this, Minato stood up.

The other three had seen Cang Si's madness every night in the past year.

However, they only thought that Souji was developing new ninjutsu and didn't think about bloodline limits at all.

The conversation between Souji and Minato, as well as their subsequent actions, also attracted the attention of Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha En nearby.

Of the four of them, the strongest have always been Souji and Minato.

Until a year ago, the two were equally strong, and they would win and lose in battles, commonly known as a 50-50 fight.

However, in the past year, Minato's strength has suddenly increased dramatically.

They can clearly see this from their usual battles with the enemy.

Not only Cang Si, Uchiha En also felt a sense of pressure every time he faced Minato. As a girl, Uzumaki Kushina, and Minato was the person she liked, did not have much direct feeling.

But as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he once tried to verify his own strength.

After activating the three tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox, her keen senses told her that she was no match for Minato.

And in the three-tailed state, Kushina Uzumaki has reached the level of Kage!

Unlike Minato, Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina could feel that Souji's strength had not improved much since a year ago.

The most obvious thing is that although Uzumaki Kushina is still unable to defeat Souji in normal state, when she activates the Three-Tails, she feels that Souji is no match for her.

As for Uchiha Yan, he found that he could fight with Cang Si for longer and longer time.

I believe that if I continue like this, I will be close to catching up with or even surpassing Cang Si.

After hearing Minato's question, Cang Si shook his head and did not explain further.

"I want to see the gap between you and me now, and try to break through myself." Cang Si said to the smiling Namikaze Minato.

"Okay, I accept it, Cang Si, I will do my best, you have to be careful." At this time, Minato Namikaze also put away his smile and said with sharp eyes.

Since my friend has this request, I will definitely agree to it.

The two have known each other since they first entered the Ninja School and have been desk mates for many years. The friendship between them is simply indescribable.

But over the years, the two have fought countless times, but there is still no winner.

Today I may win by a narrow margin, but next year you may win by a narrow margin.

However, ever since he broke through the boundaries of Kage-level strength a year ago, the two have never fought each other again.

Minato could feel that Souji was no longer his opponent.

And it was from that time on that Cang Si would squeeze himself madly every day.

Minato knew that Souji must be very unwilling and wanted to catch up with him.

And he had been waiting for the ninjutsu that Souji had been developing for a year.

But he didn't expect that Cang Si would challenge him before he succeeded in developing the skill.

Minato originally thought that this battle would drag on until Cang Si succeeded in developing this

What happens after you master a ninjutsu and reach the level of Kage?

"Yan, who do you think will win between the two of them?" Uzumaki Kushina excitedly watched the two friends prepare to start the competition.

One of them is one of your best friends, and the other is the person you like.

"If it was a year ago, I might say I don't know, but now, Souji can't beat Minato." Uchiha Yan has opened his Sharingan. He is ready to take a good look at the fight between these two friends after a year.

"Yes, Minato has entered another realm, and Souji was almost at this level of strength a year ago. His chances of winning this competition are very low." Not just very low, Uzumaki Kushina was just polite and did not say that Souji's chance of winning this competition was zero.

It's not just Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina who don't think highly of Souji.

Even Hinata Souji himself felt that he had no chance of winning.

From the beginning to the end, this competition was just a way for Cang Si to use the pressure from Minato Namikaze to break through the bottleneck.

If he doesn't break through, not only will Minato pull him further and further away, but Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina will also get closer and closer to him.

No, strictly speaking, Uzumaki Kushina has also surpassed herself.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, Cang Si had to admit that these were the naked realities before him.

If you are standing still while others are moving forward, you will eventually fall behind everyone.

Souji and Minato walked to the open space nearby, stood about 10 meters apart from each other, and then formed an opposing seal at the same time.

This seal is made every time a few friends compete with each other. There is no reason, just because of the sense of ritual.

They will also form a seal of reconciliation at the end of the battle.

This has become a habit ingrained into the DNA of several people.

"So, Minato, are you ready? I'm coming." Looking at Minato Namikaze opposite him, Souji said excitedly.

"Ah, come on, I've been waiting for you, Souji." Minato was also happy to be able to fight with his friend again.

Cang Si didn't know why, but even though he clearly felt the difference in strength between himself and Minato, at this moment he was not afraid of losing, but instead felt a vague sense of anticipation.

It can be said that the mental shackles that Cang Si put on himself at this moment have been removed.

In the past year, Cang Si has not fought with Minato, but he did not expect that an emotion called fear has unknowingly risen in his heart.

Afraid of losing, afraid of failure, afraid of having the hat of the Hyuga clan genius taken off his head.

I clearly didn't care about this title before.

When did you start to fear losing?

It should be because I have been able to compete with the future Fourth Hokage in the original work on equal terms over the years, and I have raised myself to an infinite level from the bottom of my heart.

In Cangsi's subconscious mind, he thought that if he didn't fight with Minato in the future, he would always be the genius of the Hyuga clan who could win against the other!

This is probably one of the reasons why Cang Si has not been able to condense the water and wind chakra in his body into ice escape in the past year.

The holes in the mind cannot be repaired through hard training in reality.

If it weren't for Cang Si's sudden impulse to challenge Namikaze Minato, he would definitely still not realize the seriousness of this problem.

It would be meaningless to wait until you think you can defeat your opponent and then ask for a fight.

Without the courage to face challenges, there will never be a breakthrough!

Chapter 55 Huge Gap

"Soft Fist-Bagua Empty Palm!"

Knowing that he was not as strong as Minato, Souji took the lead in attacking.

A shock wave formed by high-intensity chakra flew towards Minato Namikaze.

"call out"

Minato dodged the attack by nimbly jumping into the air, and a big hole was created in the ground behind him.

"It's not over yet, Soft Fist - White Sky Dance."

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Minato Namikaze had nowhere to gain leverage in the air, Souji also jumped into the air. As his palms waved, chakra flowed along his hands and spread to the center of the battlefield.

"Ow"

There seemed to be a dragon's roar coming from between Cang Si's palms, and in everyone's sight, chakra condensed into a giant white dragon roaring towards Minato.

Cang Si originally thought that this move should have some effect on Minato, but he didn't know that at the moment when Haku was about to touch Minato's body.

Minato stretched out his right hand and pressed Cang Si's shoulder. Using the force, he slightly twisted his body and the white dragon flew past his chest.

Then the two of them landed on the ground.

"Minato, you are worthy of being like me. I didn't expect that you could use me to move in the air." Beads of sweat already appeared on Cang Si's forehead.

"Cangsi, you are too impatient." Minato said with a smile, without any arrogance at all.

There was nothing Cang Si could do. He knew that there was a gap between the two of them. If he didn't suppress Minato through quick attack, he might lose even faster.

"I feel so shocked every time I see this white dragon." Uzumaki Kushina next to her murmured as she watched Souji's moves.

"It's gorgeous, but not practical. It consumes too much chakra. Even I have a high chance of dodging it." Uchiha Yan, who has already activated the Two Magatama Sharingan, analyzed.

This soft fist - Bailong Tianwu is also one of Cangsi's in-depth developments of soft fist in recent years.

It is a powerful semi-close-range attack method. If it can hit the target, victory is basically guaranteed.

However, the shortcomings of this move are also obvious. It consumes a lot of energy and has a single attack trajectory, so it is really not difficult to avoid it.

Souji also thought that Minato had lost his ability to move in the air, so he used this trick to deal with it.

However, as Minato entered the Kage level, he was far ahead of Souji in both speed and strength.

If Souji had also reached the level of Kage, or if Minato had the strength of an elite jonin, it would not be so easy to dodge in the air.

"Soft Fist-Hundred Fierce Palms!"

Then Cang Si continued to attack, and he had completely given up on defense.

The dense palm shadows were like the Thousand-Armed Guanyin, covering every part of Minato Namikaze's body.

This move is also an extension of the soft fist, but of course it is not as exaggerated as the wood escape technique used by Hashirama Senju.

He simply used chakra to make his palm strike faster, thus forming countless palm shadows to attack his opponent.

In addition to this, Cang Si has also developed moves such as Eight Diagrams - 128 Chapters, Eight Gates Collapse, Four Days Sky Palm, Sky and Space, One Strike Body, Double Lion Fist, Breaking Mountain Strike, Double-Handed Back and many more moves over the years.

But even so, it only gives him more moves to choose from and use, and it is of no help in breaking through to the Kage level.

Souji's palm technique is very fast, but Namikaze Minato is even faster!

There's nothing fancy about it, just figures moving left and right.

Even when Cang Si saw with his own eyes that his palm was about to hit Minato's cheek, the other party just tilted his head slightly and turned away.

The Hundred Fierce Palms were also completely ineffective and didn't even touch Minato's body.

When Cang Si had finished using the Hundred Fierce Palm and his old strength was gone but his new strength had not yet been generated, Minato took out a kunai and stabbed it into Cang Si's abdomen.

They fought without holding back, because each of them was sure they could stop before hurting the other.

"What a clever timing! Gentle Fist - Rescue the Heavens!"