Chapter 43: Please Beat Up My Dad
"Gentle Fist—Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
At the instant Li Jie xuan lost focus, a pair of iron-like palms shattered the paper sliding door and struck straight toward his head.
Li Jie xuan turned and easily avoided the blow, but before he could make any further move, the uninterrupted iron palms of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms surged toward him like a tide…
With no time to counterattack, Li Jie xuan could only dodge nonstop. Yet the more he dodged, the faster the continuous Eight Trigrams palms became, leaving him less and less room to maneuver.
"Interesting…"
Watching the bright-eyed, white-toothed youth in front of him continuously strike with his palms, Li Jie xuan couldn't help grinning slightly. This Hyuga Yizhen really was much stronger than Hyuga Yizu. Whether it was the speed or the fluidity of his Eight Trigrams Palm, both far surpassed Hyuga Yizu.
In fact, once he was forced into a passive position…
Even with Li Jie xuan's chunin-level base speed, he couldn't break out of the Eight Trigrams Palm's encirclement!
Worthy of the Hyuga clan—one of Konoha's rare great families!
"In that case, I'll play along with you!"
Chakra quietly circulated through Li Jie xuan's brain as he softly called out, "Gate of Opening—open!"
A wave of heat flowed over the top of his head. With his brain operating at one hundred percent capacity, Li Jie xuan's base speed rose several levels out of nowhere!
"How about it? Can you still keep up?"
Li Jie xuan shifted his footwork, trying to break free from the Eight Trigrams Palm's blockade.
"Don't even think about it!"
As Hyuga Yizhen shouted angrily, the speed of his hands increased several more degrees, pulling Li Jie xuan back just as he was about to escape. "Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms! Eight Trigrams Thirty-Three Palms!"
Vaguely, Li Jie xuan was forced back again.
However, Li Jie xuan wasn't annoyed. Because he realized that this Eight Trigrams Palm was perfect for testing his Eight Gates technique!
"Gate of Rest—open! Gate of Life—open!"
Li Jie xuan opened two gates in succession. Pale green chakra steam surged violently around his body.
A torrential power burst uncontrollably from within him!
This time, Li Jie xuan barely gave Hyuga Yizhen any chance to react. With just a light shift of his footing, he broke free from the continuous encirclement of the Eight Trigrams Palm. In the end, Hyuga Yizhen was only a genin. The Hyuga clan's inheritance was formidable, but the Eight Gates were in no way inferior to the Hyuga's Gentle Fist!
Suppressed by cultivation and suppressed by techniques, Hyuga Yizhen's defeat was not unjust!
After forcibly ending the Eight Trigrams Palm, Hyuga Yizhen slumped down and sat heavily on the ground…
"I never thought that even this still wouldn't be enough to beat you…"
Letting out a long breath, Hyuga Yizhen's eyes gradually became hollow. "What is all of this really for? Am I just not suited to be a ninja either?"
Fifteen-year-old Hyuga Yizhen was lost…
"Because you picked the wrong opponent!"
Li Jie xuan curled his lips disdainfully. "You should know that since this world has ninja, there will definitely be someone who stands at the very top!"
"You mean the First Lord?"
Hyuga Yizhen failed to grasp Li Jie xuan's meaning…
"I mean, there's no need for you to compare yourselves to me."
Li Jie xuan shook his head helplessly. In truth, he had no interest in competing with these little kids. Being in his twenties and bullying children—what sense of achievement could that possibly bring…
"But you're only three years old!"
Bringing up age again made Li Jie xuan scratch his head.
No matter which world it was, there always seemed to be some bizarre obsession with age…
Just because an old man is old doesn't mean he's kind and benevolent. And just because a child is young doesn't mean he can't wield a blade and kill!
"Could you beat a Three-year-old Sage of Six Paths?"
Li Jie xuan sneered. "Even if you brought your dad here, you still wouldn't win, right!"
With that said, Li Jie xuan prepared to leave. He had no interest in being a spiritual mentor, nor did he care about the deep brotherly bond between these two siblings. Li Jie xuan had no habit of sympathizing with his opponents…
As long as this guy didn't come bother him again, everything would be fine. Killing a member of the Hyuga clan would bring far too much trouble…
But at that moment, as if inspired by Li Jie xuan's words, Hyuga Yizhen suddenly shouted, "I get it! As long as you fight our dad once, he'll understand!"
Hyuga Yizhen wasn't stupid after all. Li Jie xuan's strength clearly exceeded anything normal by far.
In a situation like this, if their father personally experienced Li Jie xuan's strength, he should be able to understand…
It had to be said—teenagers really were simple-minded. Leaving aside whether Hyuga Yizhen's father would be foolish enough to duel a Three-year-old child.
Why should Li Jie xuan help him at all?
Yet at that very moment…
Triggered Task: Deep Brotherly Love
Task Description: For the sake of his younger brother, the road of betraying one's dad has no end. At this moment, the troublesome kid Hyuga Yizhen sincerely makes a request of you: Please beat up my dad!
Task Reward: Varies according to battle performance.
Time Limit: Three days.
Li Jie xuan curled his lips disdainfully. So what if there was a task? I'm not doing it!
With that, Li Jie xuan turned and headed home. Only an idiot would run to the Hyuga compound to duel with members of the Hyuga clan…
Showing off and slapping faces was easy to overdo—and once you did, there'd be no turning back!
"Li Jie xuan…"
Watching that small figure slowly disappear around the street corner, Hyuga Yizhen couldn't help sighing.
Looks like everything's over!
However, just as Hyuga Yizhen turned around to leave, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind him!
"Come on—let's discuss how we're going to beat up your dad."
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