Amidst a cloud of dust.
Lee, who had completely taken Neji's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, struggled to climb back up from the ground.
"Cough, cough... you're really strong... Neji."
Lee wiped the blood from his mouth and looked up weakly in Neji's direction.
"Even if you stand up, what difference does it make? You've already lost."
Neji looked at Lee, a trace of reluctance flashing through his eyes, though his tone remained cold.
Hearing Neji's words, Lee took a deep breath and tightly clenched his fists.
"I've always wanted to prove that even someone who can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu can become an excellent shinobi. This is my entire life—this is my nindō!"
"And now, it's time to verify my nindō!"
Lee crouched down and removed the weights bound to his legs.
Holding the heavy weights in his hands, Lee casually tossed them aside.
The weights rapidly plummeted to the ground, smashing two deep craters into the earth with a heavy thud!
"The weight of those weights? Lee..."
A look of astonishment flashed through Tenten's eyes, and her face showed an expression of disbelief.
Although Tenten knew that Lee always wore weights during his usual training, she hadn't expected the weights to be this heavy.
Neji's pupils couldn't help but contract. Without any hesitation, he rapidly retreated backward.
"Eight Gates Released Formation—First Gate, Open!"
A powerful chakra aura rapidly surged from Lee's body, forcing open all the chakra points and meridians that Neji had sealed with his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
Lee stomped hard on the ground, and his figure vanished in an instant.
This speed!
Tenten, sitting stunned to the side, found herself unable to track Lee's movements at all.
In Tenten's field of vision, she could only vaguely make out a blurred green figure rushing toward Neji's position.
A whistling sound rang out from Neji's left side. Neji raised his palm and struck down hard toward his left.
But in the next instant, that palm missed.
And Lee's figure had already appeared on Neji's right side.
Leaf Great Whirlwind!
"Your Byakugan might be able to keep up with my speed, but your body can't."
Lee spoke calmly, delivering a massive roundhouse kick that landed directly on Neji's body.
Neji's body stiffened, and then he was kicked into the air by Lee's kick.
While airborne, Neji quickly adjusted his body.
He absolutely couldn't let Lee get close!
Neji had seen Lee's Front Lotus before. If that technique landed, even if Neji didn't lose, he would be seriously injured.
Thinking this, Neji grabbed the Longsword: Needle Sword in his hand and threw it toward Lee.
Seeing the Longsword: Needle Sword flying toward him, Lee tilted his head slightly and easily dodged it.
But in the next moment, Lee's pupils contracted, and his body quickly shifted sideways.
He saw that behind the Longsword: Needle Sword, there was a steel wire attached.
And the other end of that steel wire was in Neji's hand.
Neji manipulated the wire, his finger giving a slight flick. The Longsword: Needle Sword that Lee had dodged suddenly turned ninety degrees in mid-air and shot toward Lee again.
Extremely fast!
Seeing this, Lee had no choice but to dodge again.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whistling sounds continuously rang in everyone's ears.
Neji used the steel wire attached to the Longsword: Needle Sword to continuously attack Lee from a distance.
Both the Longsword: Needle Sword itself and the steel wire behind it were not only sharp but possessed powerful destructive force.
Combined with Neji's precise chakra control, the speed of the Longsword: Needle Sword's attacks nearly matched Lee's speed.
For a moment, Lee couldn't get close to Neji at all and was instantly pushed into a disadvantage.
Even more, Lee's body was continuously being cut by tiny wounds from the steel wire.
Manipulated Tools—Twin Rising Dragons!
"Neji, don't forget about me!"
Tenten held a suddenly appearing scroll and threw it into the air. Accompanied by a puff of white smoke, a massive chain weapon shot out from the scroll.
Clang!!
Tenten wrapped her arms around the chain and swung it hard toward Lee. The massive chain instantly struck the Longsword: Needle Sword, producing a piercing sound.
Neji's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he grabbed the steel wire and pulled back, trying to manipulate the Longsword: Needle Sword to escape the chain's attack range.
But in the next moment, Neji suddenly discovered that the Longsword: Needle Sword seemed to be stuck to Tenten's chain, unable to break free for a moment.
"This chain isn't an ordinary ninja tool. It's made from a large amount of magnetic stones—no iron weapon can easily escape from it!"
"Go, Lee!"
Tenten held onto the chain with all her might and shouted toward Lee.
Thank you, Tenten.
"Eight Gates Released Formation—Second Gate, Open!"
Lee let out a powerful shout, and an intense burst of energy gushed from his body.
In the next instant, Lee rushed toward Neji again.
As he ran, the bandages on Lee's arms began to unravel.
Shadow of the Dancing Leaf!
In the blink of an eye, Lee appeared before Neji, delivering a fierce side kick that sent the unprepared Neji flying into the air.
Immediately after, Lee's body followed close behind, continuously kicking at Neji who was now airborne.
At this moment, Neji was being continuously attacked by Lee while in mid-air, with no way to correct his body position, let alone dodge Lee's attacks.
Neji could only barely cross his arms in front of his chest to reduce the damage from Lee's attacks.
Almost there!
Almost there!
The veins bulged in Neji's eyes as chakra continuously flowed from his body through the steel wire into the Longsword: Needle Sword.
The side of the Longsword: Needle Sword that was tightly attached to the chain was covered with Neji's chakra.
This chakra was continuously weakening the chain's magnetic attraction.
Finally made it!
Under Neji's control, the Longsword: Needle Sword completely broke free from the chain's magnetic force and shot back toward Neji at extreme speed along the steel wire!
Front Lotus!
At this moment, Lee's unraveling bandages had also completely bound Neji.
"Guy-sensei! Now is the time to fulfill my nindō!"
In the air, Lee used the bandages to tightly bind Neji, then positioned himself head-down and began plummeting toward the ground while spinning at high speed.
At the same time!
Because Neji had been tightly gripping the steel wire connected to the other end.
And the rapidly returning Longsword: Needle Sword, while they were spinning, had the steel wire wrap around and bind Lee as well!
Lee, who was falling rapidly, also discovered the steel wire binding him, and his expression couldn't help but change.
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