Chapter 77 Acupoint Sealing, Violent Breakthrough of the Vortex Physique
Chapter 77 Acupoint Sealing, Violent Breakthrough of the Vortex Physique
Inside the arena, the final match finally began, and the atmosphere was even more lively than a vegetable market.
Genma Shiranui stood between the two, a senbon needle dangling from his mouth.
"The first match is between Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga."
"start!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Neji didn't waste any words and started attacking immediately, not even in the mood to chat with Naruto for a few minutes.
His eyes were cold, and he looked at Naruto as if he were looking at a dead man.
His white eyes opened, and veins bulged around his eye sockets, making him look ferocious and terrifying.
"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
Neji's figure vanished instantly, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Naruto.
He struck Naruto's pressure points with both palms, which were imbued with chakra energy.
"Two palm strikes! Four palm strikes! Eight palm strikes!"
The speed was indeed quite fast, so fast that even the afterimage was not visible.
Naruto attempted to retaliate, trying to disrupt Neji's rhythm.
But every time they made contact, Neji's hand would slide away, and he could even touch Neji's arm in the process.
Gentle Fist Chakra seeped into the body through acupoints, stinging the meridians.
Moreover, Neji's attacks were not limited to the body.
He used Gentle Fist chakra to create a field where the air gradually diminished.
Naruto felt short of breath, and his movements became slower and slower.
"Sixteen palm strikes! Thirty-two palm strikes!"
Neji's attacks were like a storm, completely aimed at killing, as if the two were mortal enemies.
Every time Naruto was hit by a palm strike, one of his pressure points was sealed.
The obstructed flow of chakra created a sense of powerlessness that was indeed a bit of a challenge for Naruto.
"Sixty-four palm strikes!"
The final blow.
Naruto coughed up a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing to the ground. It was unclear whether he was seriously injured.
Dust billowed across the arena, eliciting gasps of surprise from the audience.
No one expected that Naruto, who had dominated the preliminaries, would be completely suppressed by Neji in the first round.
Neji withdrew his hand gesture and his breathing became steady.
He looked at Naruto lying on the ground, his eyes devoid of pity.
"it's over."
Neji's voice was cold.
"I have completely severed your chakra flow."
"This is the insurmountable gap between the branch family and the main family, between geniuses and losers."
"Your so-called defying fate is nothing but a ridiculous joke. Fate is not so easy to break."
In the stands, Hinata covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Naruto-kun..."
Hiashi Hyuga sat in the VIP section and nodded slightly.
"Neji's talent is truly terrifying. Although he is from the branch family, his Gentle Fist skills have already surpassed those of the main family."
Tsunade frowned. She looked at Naruto, a hint of worry in her eyes.
"This kid's meridians are sealed. If they aren't unsealed, he won't be able to fight, he won't even be able to stand up."
"Jiraiya, what did you teach him?"
Jiraiya crossed his arms and remained silent, only staring at Naruto in the arena.
"Don't rush."
Jiraiya said in a low voice.
"The best is yet to come."
In the arena, Naruto lay on the ground, his body trembling.
He was also thinking to himself, "This kid really doesn't hold back; he's hitting me so hard I'm about to die."
Moreover, all the acupoints in the body are blocked, and the bloating and pain are truly intense; only those who have experienced it can understand.
He gritted his teeth, propped himself up, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Did the flow get cut off?"
Naruto looked at Neji and smiled slightly, seemingly harboring some wicked thoughts.
"Is it that scary? Let's reconnect, okay?"
He closed his eyes, and Kagura's Mind's Eye activated.
The world in his mind turned into lines and dots of light, and he saw the meridian diagram in his body.
The blue chakra flow was blocked at sixty-four points, like a river blocked by stones.
"The chakra of the Uzumaki clan..."
Naruto let out a low growl.
"It's not that easy to seal it off!"
Deep within his dantian, a tremendous life force erupted instantly.
It is also the foundation he has gained over the past four years by drinking countless medicinal meals and taking countless medicinal baths.
The chakra within his body began to boil, but instead of charging wildly as before, it seemed to have undergone some kind of qualitative change.
"The Diamond Lock... isn't just for locking up other people!"
For the past four years, he has not only been cultivating chakra, but also exploring another possibility for this secret technique, transforming external constraints into a mode of internal integration.
Golden light shone through the meridians, Vajra Lock - Internal Use.
They spun and roared like drills, rushing towards the sealed-off cave.
A cracking sound rang out inside Naruto's body; it was the sound of pressure points being forcibly opened.
Fine beads of blood seeped from the skin's surface, clearly the price of the meridians rupturing due to the forceful unblocking.
But the next second, the Vortex Physique's terrifying self-healing ability activated, and the wound quickly healed.
"Drink!"
Naruto let out a roar, and a burst of energy erupted from his body, blowing away the surrounding dust and even forcing Neji back a few steps.
Neji was a little stunned, staring at Naruto with his Byakugan incredulously.
"How is that possible..."
"The sealed acupoints... have actually been opened?"
"What kind of chakra is this?"
Naruto slowly stood up and said calmly.
Neji.
Naruto looked at the other person.
"Your soft fist technique is indeed powerful, and your pressure point strikes are very accurate, but my body..."
Naruto raised his fist, and chakra began to gather.
"You can't seal it off."
Before he could finish speaking...
Naruto stomped his foot, and the ground instantly shattered.
Using his enhanced physical strength from the Vortex Physique, coupled with the burst of chakra, his speed increased several times over.
So fast that even afterimages were invisible, Neji's Byakugan couldn't keep up with Naruto's speed. Crucially, Naruto hadn't even used the Body Flicker Technique.
"Here it is!"
Neji instinctively turned around and thrust out both palms, attempting to block.
However, things didn't go as planned. Neji miscalculated this time, and Naruto's punch landed right on Neji's defensive stance.
The immense force traveled up his arm, and Neji felt as if he had been hit by a charging bull. His arm was numb, but he didn't dare to cry out.
He slid backward for more than ten meters before finally coming to a stop.
The entire audience erupted in uproar, feeling that the reversal had come a little too quickly.
Naruto, who was just being overwhelmed, suddenly knocked Neji back with a single punch?
Is this the power of the Uzumaki clan?
Neji shook his numb arm, his eyes changed, and he began to look crazy, as if he had been driven to the brink of despair.
"Good, you're quite good. You actually have such great strength. It seems you're a worthy opponent to fight."
Neji stared at Naruto, the veins around his Byakugan bulging even more intensely.
"Since that's the case, then I'll show you."
"The Hyuga Clan's Absolute Defense!"
Neji assumed a fighting stance, his chakra surging from all the pressure points in his body, spinning faster.
He was enveloped in a blue chakra sphere.
The Reversal Technique is a secret art known as absolute defense.
"bring it on!"
Neji roared.
"Let's see if your fist is harder, or my power to turn the tide!"
Naruto looked at the rapidly spinning sphere, but instead of backing down, he showed an excited smile.
"Absolute defense? Are these some of the famous techniques of the Hyuga clan that the shopkeeper mentioned before?"
Naruto simply chuckled coldly.
"I'm still quite curious, is your turtle shell really unbreakable?"
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