SWNOVELXO Chapter 140: Tenseigan, The Mighty Eight Trigrams Air Palm
"The semi-finals of the Chūnin exam will be held in a one-on-one battle, and the arena is the hot spring pool in this valley."
"The winner advances to participate in the finals half a month later; the loser withdraws and cannot be promoted to Chūnin."
Although Onoki was unhappy, as the host, he still stood up and explained the rules.
"There are 15 of you in total. Now, does anyone give up?"
He asked, as was customary.
As a result, none of the 15 people chose to give up.
"Since no one gives up, one of the 15 people will get a bye and become the lucky one to directly qualify for the finals."
"Now let's randomly draw the byes."
Soon, the extraction results came out.
"Uzumaki Naruto from Phoenix Village in Bird Country, got a bye in the semifinals."
When the result was announced, Naruto said happily: "Hey, I'm so lucky."
Hinata blushed and whispered: "Naruto-kun, congratulations, you have entered the finals directly."
Ohnoki then announced: "Next, let the competition begin!"
After saying that, he turned and left. Rock Shinobi Village Jōnin Akato stood up as the host and referee of this exam.
The competition list is also out.
"The first match, Phoenix Village Hyuga Neji VS Phoenix Village Hyūga Hinata."
Mizuki narrowed his eyes.
Unexpectedly, in the first scene, two people from their own village consumed each other.
In this case, one person will be eliminated.
But he didn't say anything. After all, Fenghuang Village has the largest number of people, and the probability of encountering them is also very high, so he can't find anything unreasonable.
"Neji and Hinata, the eliminated one must be Hinata."
Hinata's strength is quite different from Neji's, and it is impossible to defeat Neji.
The two came on stage and stood facing each other.
Neji suddenly said: "Miss Hinata, we are called rivals again."
"Same as last time in Konoha, I will give you another piece of advice: give up. You are not suitable to be a ninja."
Hinata's face suddenly turned pale.
Neji continued: "You are too kind. You long for peace and avoid disputes. You always cater to other people's ideas. Moreover, you have no confidence in yourself and always have an inferiority complex."
"So, just like last time, I still think that you can just be a Genin."
This is the second time Hinata has heard these words from Neji.
Hinata lowered her head, but the pale complexion gradually faded away and returned to normal.
She raised her head with a firm look on her face: "Brother Neji, you are right, I am kind, I have low self-esteem, I have no self-confidence, and I am not suitable to be a ninja."
"But, I wanted to change myself like that, so...so when Mizuki-sama found me, I made up my mind to make a change."
"I left Konoha, left Hyuga, this is my first step."
Neji's face remained unchanged and he said coldly: "It's useless. It's difficult to change a person's character. The inferiority and cowardice engraved in your bones will stay with you for life."
Hinata shook her head.
"No!"
"Brother Neji, you are wrong. People can change."
She looked back towards the shore, her eyes on Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, he used to be a weakling. No matter how hard he practiced, he was weak. But now Naruto-kun is very strong."
"He never gave up. His unyielding spirit made me understand that as long as I don't give up, everything is possible."
"So, I will never give up."
Hinata's voice became firm and loud.
On the shore, Naruto heard Hinata's words and shouted loudly: "Hinata, well said!"
"As long as you don't give up, anything is possible!"
A slight blush appeared on Hinata's face, and her hands and fingers tangled together unconsciously.
After gathering herself, she raised her head and said, "Brother Neji, I know that I am not as strong as you."
"Last time in Konoha, when I faced you, I gave up. This time, I want to fight you."
"Although I know I will lose, I want to change."
As she finished speaking, she spread her legs slightly, raised her hands, and opened her eyes, ready to fight.
Last time in Konoha, she met Neji in the semi-finals. Without Naruto's encouragement, she was finally forced to give up by Neji's words.
This time, it's different. Even if Naruto wasn't around, she still wouldn't give up.
Seeing Hinata getting ready to fight, a smile appeared on Neji's face.
"Sister Hinata, congratulations on your transformation!"
"You already have the basic conditions to become a ninja, so come and fight, use all your strength and attack as much as you like!"
The next moment, the two Hyugas fought together.
"Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"
"Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"
Under the feet of the two of them, an Eight Trigrams figure appeared that only they could see.
The two of them started with the same hand, similar movements, one punch for you, one palm for me, a pure physical competition.
Although each move does not seem to be very powerful, the turbulent hot spring water under the two men's feet is surging with layers of waves, indicating that the competition between the two is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
There were many spectators on the shore, and some looked solemn, while others showed contempt for the competition in the field.
In the direction of Cloud Shinobi, Fourth Raikage looked at the eyes of the two people on the field and clenched his fists.
"It's a waste of natural resources. How can the Byakugan be used in battle? The real function of the Byakugan is strategic."
"It's a pity that eyes like this don't belong to me from Cloud Shinobi Village."
Over at the Sennin Village, Kiden Suigetsu said with a nonchalant expression: "Is this the Hyuga clan of Konoha? It doesn't look very good either!"
Others also have their own opinions.
In the field, after thirty-two slaps between the two, no one could fight with the other.
Hinata panted, exerting considerable physical exertion.
In comparison, Neji's breathing was stable and he was clearly superior.
"Sister Hinata, be careful!"
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
Hinata was not to be outdone: "Brother Neji, you are just as careful!"
She jumped back a few steps, raised her right palm to her chest, aimed at Neji, and pushed forward.
"Eight Trigrams Air Palm!"
The Hyuga clan's taijutsu is not only effective at close range, but Eight Trigrams Air Palm is a long-range attack method.
The principle of Eight Trigrams Air Palm is to shoot Chakra shock waves from the palm of your hand to attack the target from a long distance.
At this time, the two were more than ten meters apart, and Neji's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms could not attack Hinata in a short period of time.
However, Hinata's Eight Trigrams Air Palm can ignore this distance and attack Neji directly.
Upon seeing this, Neji immediately changed his tactics.
"Tai Chi. Revolving Heaven!"
Neji stood still, but a protective shield made of Chakra appeared around him.
This is his own Tai Chi Revolving Heaven based on Tai Chi theory and improvements on the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
Compared with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, Tai Chi Revolving Heaven does not require body rotation and consumes significantly less Chakra.
Moreover, because Byakugan has a blind spot behind him, Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven has a weakness.
But there is no weakness in Tai Chi Revolving Heaven, because Tai Chi Revolving Heaven does not need to rely on Byakugan.
This is the true absolute defense.
The Chakra shock wave from Eight Trigrams Air Palm hit Revolving Heaven and dissipated immediately.
"Is this Taichi Revolving Heaven created by brother Neji? Even the Eight Trigrams Air Palm can't penetrate it." Hinata exclaimed.
She didn't give up, pumping out palm after palm, using the Eight Trigrams Air Palm in succession.
"It's useless. Your attacks can't break through my Tai Chi Revolving Heaven defense."
"Show all your strength!"
Hinata turned her head and looked towards Mizuki on the shore. When Mizuki nodded, she turned back.
"Brother Neji, be careful!"
The next moment, her aura changed, and even her white eyes changed.
The originally pure white pupils turned into strange eyes with blue outer ring, black center, and white at the junction of blue and black.
She exuded a powerful aura, which even turned into substance and spread to all directions.
The surrounding water repels all around, as if being blown by a strong wind.
"Such a strong aura, this...is this Genin?"
"Look at her eyes, why did they become like this?"
"Didn't she have white eyes? Why did she turn blue?"
Everyone across from Hinata saw the change in her eyes, but no one knew what kind of eyes they were.
Mizuki frowned.
Hinata's back was turned to him, so he couldn't see what happened to Hinata's eyes.
So, he transformed and reached the other side, where he finally saw clearly.
"How...how could this happen?"
Mizuki was also shocked.
He recognized these eyes instantly.
Byakugan's ultimate form, Tenseigan!
"With Chakra injected into the Byakugan, it can evolve into Tenseigan?" Mizuki was so surprised.
The emergence of Tenseigan requires pure Byakugan and Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
In the anime, Ōtsutsuki Toneri activated Tenseigan after taking Hinata's Byakugan.
But the senjutsu Chakra is not of the Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
"Brother Neji, be careful!"
"Eight Trigrams Air Palm!"
Hinata once again played Eight Trigrams Air Palm.
The power of this palm is completely different from the previous ones. It is a giant palm made of Chakra, which is three to four meters high.
This palm pushed towards Neji. Wherever it went, a wide water tank several meters deep appeared in the water, which could not be healed for a long time.
"Good guy, Tathagata Palm!" Mizuki was speechless.
The faces of the spectators on the shore also changed drastically.
"This, what kind of ninjutsu is this?"
Hinata also didn't expect that this palm was so powerful.
Her expression changed drastically and she shouted: "Brother Neji, get out of the way!"
Neji also realized that something was wrong. Seeing that it was too late to avoid it, he immediately mobilized the magic Chakra to strengthen Tai Chi. The intensity of Revolving Heaven.
But obviously, some were too late.
The next moment, the giant palm hit Revolving Heaven.
Revolving Heaven is like a deflated ball, shrinking by two-thirds.
"Poof!" Neji flew out, vomiting blood as he flew.
Even Revolving Heaven could not completely block the power of that palm. Although Revolving Heaven was not completely shattered, Neji was injured.
Mizuki flashed into the air, caught Neji, and brought him back to the shore.
Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that Neji had been seriously injured and his internal organs were broken.
Mizuki injected life force into him, allowing him to recover quickly from his injuries.
At the same time, the giant palm, after knocking Neji away, still did not stop, but continued to fly forward, pushing towards the shore without slowing down at all.
The person standing opposite was none other than the people from Rock Shinobi Village.
"Block it!"
"Earth Style. Earth flow wall!"
A three-meter-thick earth flow wall erected from the shore, but before the giant palm could reach it, the earth flow wall was directly impacted and disintegrated by the oncoming momentum.
"Oh my god, such a thick earth flow wall can't stop it!"
"What kind of ninjutsu is this!"