Fireball vs. Zhang Tian!

"Bang!"

Mikami Yu's side kick was blocked by Hyuga Hizashi, and the resulting recoil startled both of them slightly. Then, Hyuga Hizashi steadied his stance, used the momentum to spin around, and thrust his right palm, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, straight into Mikami Yu's open chest!

So fast!

Yuu Mikami felt a chill run down his spine.

However, he had already guessed that Hyuga Hizashi's skills were much stronger than Hyuga Himon's. Although he was surprised, he did not panic. He immediately pushed off the ground with both legs and retreated seven or eight meters like a startled raccoon, barely avoiding the Gentle Fist finger strike that could seal the flow of chakra.

The two instantly separated by several meters.

In the first round, it was a whirlwind, with lightning speed and swift movement.

Hyuga Hizashi slowly lowered his blocking arm, not pursuing, but staring at Mikami Yu with a look of astonishment: "Hey... when you rushed over just now, was that substitution jutsu you used really the 'Substitution Jutsu'? A modified version?"

Hyuga Hizashi also learned the Substitution Jutsu.

After all, the Hyuga clan is not good at using the Five Elements Ninjutsu, but they do have some knowledge of basic or supportive Ninjutsu such as the Three Body Technique, medical ninjutsu, and sealing techniques.

However, Hyuga Hizashi had never seen anyone use the Substitution Jutsu to achieve the same effect as the Flying Thunder God Technique.

and……

Did you just perform a hand seal?

While the Substitution Jutsu is a simple E-rank ninjutsu, its simplicity leaves almost no room for further optimization or improvement, let alone simplification into a single-hand or no-hand-seal ninjutsu. Even the Second Hokage, who was most adept at simplifying hand seals, probably couldn't do something like that!

"Of course it's the Substitution Jutsu, what else could it be?"

Yu Mikami answered with an affirmative tone, while secretly moving his slightly numb instep.

He felt like he had kicked a steel plate just now; it was incredibly hard.

However... after this initial probing, he basically confirmed that Hyuga Hizashi really just wanted to broaden his horizons and did not have any obvious malice or killing intent. In that case, he could be a little bolder and try some new fighting styles.

"If Hinase-senpai didn't see it clearly just now... then let's try again."

As he spoke,

Mikami Yu moved both hands simultaneously, his fingers filled with kunai and shuriken, and then shot them out all at once!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Seven or eight hidden weapons surged out simultaneously, colliding and using each other's momentum in the air, drawing dazzling arcs as they enveloped Hyuga Hizashi from different angles! Although the ingenuity of these trajectories was far inferior to that of a certain Uchiha genius who would later go to the battlefield at the age of four, it was still astonishing.

Faced with this overwhelming attack.

Hyuga Hizashi's feet were firmly planted on the ground as if rooted to the spot, and he shouted in a low voice: "Gentle Fist - Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"

The next moment, his arms transformed into a blurry afterimage and began to move. Invisible chakra enveloped his palms, which slapped, deflected, pointed, and flicked at the surroundings with precision and speed... The kunai and shuriken were as if they had hit an invisible wall, and were all knocked away and dropped.

The crisp, tinkling sounds blended together.

In the brief interval between the flying projectiles—

"Bang!"

Smoke rises again!

Yu Mikami vanished from his spot and suddenly appeared just one meter to the left front of Hizashi Hyuga, throwing a punch at Hizashi's right armpit, which he had raised to block a hidden weapon!

Hyuga Hizashi didn't even turn his head, his left palm striking the attacker's throat like a venomous snake! However, all his palm passed through was a burst of smoke.

"later!"

Hyuga Hizashi's Byakugan instantly caught the chakra fluctuations behind him, and he turned around with a sharp side kick, disappearing in another afterimage.

"left!"

"right!"

Each time the smoke burst open, Mikami Yu's figure would appear like a ghost, flashing out from the gaps in Hyuga Hizashi's defense, and then launching a swift attack with punches or kicks! But each time, Hyuga Hizashi would block or force him back with Gentle Fist, and the sound of fists and feet colliding was endless.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the latter's body remained within a meter's radius, like a boulder, unmoved by the surging tide.

"it's useless!"

In a lull between parries, Hizashi Hyuga shouted in a deep voice, "My Byakugan has no blind spots! No matter which direction you appear from, you cannot escape its detection!"

"..."

Yuu Mikami also noticed it.

His Substitution Jutsu is indeed very fast; with the added bonus, it only takes 0.2 seconds to cast. However, the repositioning and relocation of his body after each use also takes time.

Although this time difference is not long, it is enough for a Chunin with a comprehensive view and rich combat experience to react and counterattack.

So...

Minato Namikaze became known as the "Yellow Flash" not only because of the "Flying Thunder God Technique" itself, but also because of his extraordinary nerve reaction speed, dynamic vision, and spatial balance, which were the keys to his mastery of this technique.

Ordinary people, such as Genma Shiranui and other members of the Fourth Kage Guard, although they also mastered the "Flying Thunder God Technique," could only use it as a long-range teleportation array, and it required three people to work together to release it, making it completely useless in actual combat.

The first hypothesis has been confirmed.

So, what's next...?

It's time to try something else.

present.

Mikami Yu once again used the Substitution Jutsu to disappear from Hyuga Hizashi's sight, and immediately formed hand seals to use the Transformation Jutsu. Hyuga Hizashi, who had his back to him, subconsciously scanned behind him with his Byakugan, but suddenly frowned and then turned his head sharply to look behind him.

Where are they?

Why did they suddenly disappear?

There was nothing above, nothing on the ground, nothing around...

Just as Hyuga Hizashi looked bewildered, an unremarkable gray bird flapped its wings, keeping its body within the cone-shaped space extending from above Hyuga Hizashi's spine to his right rear—the only blind spot for the Hyuga branch family's Byakugan.

Just as Hyuga Hizashi's fist technique weakened.

"puff!"

Smoke explodes!

Mikami Yu's true form suddenly appeared in mid-air. His hands had already completed the hand seals when he was still in bird form. Then, he puffed out his chest and blew forward: "Fire Release... Great Fireball Technique!"

[Fireball Technique: Haha! It's finally my turn to shine! Seriously, I've been watching from the sidelines for ages, it was driving me crazy... Watch me roast this pretentious cataract patient to a crisp! Burn!]

Whoosh—boom!!!

With the blessing of the [Fire Spirit] trait,

A blazing orange-red fireball, over a meter in diameter and incredibly bright, erupted from Mikami Yu's mouth! The scorching heat spread outwards, pointing towards Hyuga Hizashi below, who had just sensed something was wrong!

"What?!"

Hyuga Hizashi's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils reflecting the rapidly enlarging fireball. He had no idea how Mikami Yu had disappeared from his sight, nor had he expected that the other party could unleash such a powerful C-rank fire jutsu!

At the critical moment, Hyuga Hizashi roared in a deep voice, his chakra spinning wildly at an unprecedented speed: "...Return to Heaven!!"