Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 252 Ten years is too long, let's seize the day.

"……Yeah?"

Hiashi Hyuga's eyes became even more restrained as he said softly, "Then let me, on behalf of your father, test your worth."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shifted his feet, swung his arm, brought his five fingers together, gathered chakra, and struck Neji's chest with a palm, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound!
"You're not even worthy of mentioning him!"

Hyuga Neji's eyes sharpened, and he also assumed the Gentle Fist stance. Facing the palm strike, he deflected and redirected the force to the side, narrowly avoiding most of the attack's power.

The palm strike almost grazed his clothes, the force of which stung his skin, but at the same time, his knee rose like a heavy hammer and slammed into Hyuga Hiashi's abdomen!

Hiashi Hyuga seemed to have anticipated this, and with his other hand, he slapped down on Neji's knee, not only deflecting the attack but also using the momentum to spin his body and sweep his arm toward Neji's head!
A strong gust of wind hit his face, and Hyuga Neji hurriedly raised his arms to block.

boom!
A heavy thud echoed in the sealed room. The immense force made Neji's arm go numb, and his body involuntarily took several steps back.

Before he could regain his footing, Hiashi Hyuga appeared in front of him and struck out with another palm strike without mercy, causing Neji Hyuga's expression to change as he hastily met the attack.

boom!Boom!

Inside the secret room, the two fought with lightning speed, their figures flashing and the sounds of fists and palms clashing filling the air.

Fist, palm, finger, elbow... every move, every stance, is aimed directly at the opponent's vital points and acupoints, showcasing the precision and ruthlessness of soft fist to the fullest extent.

Chakra surged and churned with each collision, creating visible shockwaves and ripples that whipped up dust and caused the lights to flicker as if they might go out at any moment.

Neji Hyuga's Byakugan grants him far superior insight and reaction speed compared to Hiashi Hyuga, but Hiashi Hyuga's extensive combat experience bridges the gap between them.

Bang!
The two men simultaneously swung their palms and struck each other's shoulders, and almost at the same moment, they raised their other hands and firmly gripped each other's wrists!
The force collided violently through their clashing arms, and the two were locked in a stalemate once again, like two frozen statues, their leg muscles taut as hard as steel, rooted to the ground.

Both of their hands were exerting different forces, trembling slightly from the immense power, with veins bulging on their foreheads and arms, as they stared intently into each other's eyes.

"Is that all?" Hiashi Hyuga said coldly. "You think you can kill me with just that?"

"What makes you think you can bridge the gap in secret techniques between the main family and the branch family?"

"Indeed, I should have listened to Rigo and the others' advice and let you fend for yourself. I shouldn't have felt pity for you out of guilt."

"But it doesn't matter. As long as I kill you and leave this place, whoever your accomplices are, they will all die because of you!"

These words only fueled Neji Hyuga's rage!
A ferocious look appeared on his face. He suddenly exerted force, not to break free backward, but to grab Hyuga Hiashi's wrist and pull his body towards him!

At the same time, tilt your head back...

Bang! !

A sickeningly loud thud exploded!

Their foreheads collided solidly, producing a rather chilling sound as their skulls cracked.

Hiashi Hyuga's forehead bandage was stained red with seeping blood. His brain was concussed, his vision went black, and his body swayed uncontrollably.

Just as he was in a daze and his vision had not yet returned, a palm filled with rage tore through the air and slammed towards him!

Completely out of instinct, Hyuga Hiashi subconsciously turned his head!

Thud! Neji Hyuga slammed his palm against the stone wall behind him, the sound of his hand striking the hard rock producing a chilling crack!
The flesh ripped open instantly, and blood seeped down through the cracks in the wall.

Even more terrifying was that the wall, which had withstood the enormous force, was smashed open and cracked, with large amounts of debris and lime bursting out from the cracks, forming a cloud of dust!

The sharp shards of rock that splashed out grazed Hiashi Hyuga's cheek, leaving several bloody marks.

Having missed his target, Hyuga Neji was about to pull his hand, which was stuck in the wall, out to continue his attack.

But Hiashi Hyuga endured the dizziness and excruciating pain in his brain, seized this fleeting opportunity, and his chakra was suddenly compressed and then exploded in an unprecedented way!
Soft Fist Technique: One Strike to the Body!

An invisible yet powerful aura suddenly emanated from his body and slammed into Neji, who was standing right next to him!

boom!
Neji Hyuga was pushed backward by this powerful force, crashing heavily into the wall on the other side before coming to a stop.

Hiashi Hyuga forcefully suppressed the dizziness and nausea in his head, his breathing becoming somewhat rapid. He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the rubble on his cheek and looked at Neji, who had been repelled in the distance.

At this moment, Hyuga Neji also had a broken forehead, with blood gushing out, staining half of his face and turning his white eyes a terrifying blood red.

He shook the hand that had smashed the wall, blood dripping with stone chips, and stared intently at Hiashi Hyuga's face.

The terrifying force just now only broke his skin.

Hiashi Hyuga keenly noticed that, in addition to bloodstains and wounds, Neji's hand had a layer of dark blue stone shell remaining on it.

"You've mastered the nature and form transformations of Earth Release chakra?"

Hiashi Hyuga narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Do you think you can bridge the gap between the main family and the branch family, between you and me, with such methods?"

"Yes." Hyuga Neji said calmly, "The essence of Gentle Fist lies in the basics: footwork, stance, and techniques. Adhering strictly to the tradition, day after day for decades, is a principle that your main family always talks about."

"However, the reason you have the opportunity to call this kind of persistence 'noble' is because you have a way out. People who are born standing on the clouds and have a wide way out can naturally be calm and composed and naturally appear 'noble'."

"But for us, living in constant fear under the curse of the caged bird, with no way out, decades is too long, so..."

At this point, he adopted a completely different soft fist stance, his aura instantly becoming violent and dangerous, and his tone suddenly turned cold as he said, "We only need to seize the day!"

Upon hearing this, Hiashi Hyuga slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, shook his head, and said, "Indeed, I shouldn't have had any expectations of you."

"You should just die here."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand, chakra flowing from his fingertips, clearly preparing to form hand seals to activate the Caged Bird Seal that controlled Neji's life and death.

boom! !

Seeing this, Hyuga Neji's face turned ferocious. He stomped on the ground, creating spiderweb-like cracks, and charged towards Hyuga Hiashi like an arrow released from a bow!

All the Earth Release chakra that had been transformed within his body was unleashed wildly and without reservation at this moment.

　One more chapter

　　
　
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