Chapter 48: Raikiri Descends
"Sixty-first palm, sixty-second palm!"
In barely ten seconds, Hyuga Bozhen unleashed a full sixty-two palms.
Finally...
The Earth-Style Wall—also a B-rank ninjutsu—could no longer bear the strain and collapsed with a thunderous crash.
The final barrier standing between Li Jie Xuan and Hyuga Bozhen was gone!
The earthen wall fell, pale yellow dust drifting through the air...
"Kid—huff—you can't escape!"
Even as an elite Chunin, after firing off sixty-two Air Palms, Hyuga Bozhen couldn't help breathing a little heavily. Though the dust obscured his vision, he could clearly hear Li Jie Xuan's rough, labored breathing!
"As expected, this brat is completely exhausted!"
Hyuga Bozhen couldn't help laughing. This battle had ultimately ended in his victory...
"Zzz—zzz—zzz~~"
What was that sound?
Hyuga Bozhen looked up in confusion—just as the dust from the collapsed Earth-Style Wall happened to disperse!
"Zzz—zzz!"
Pale blue arcs of electricity crackled. The small boy bared his teeth in a wide grin, eight white teeth gleaming brightly. "Stop looking—your Hyuga Grandpa is right here!"
No one present would ever forget this scene. A child not yet three years old stood with both arms hanging low, violent blue lightning slowly dancing in his palms. The berserk power contained within stabbed painfully at everyone's eyes!
"raikiri!"
Lightning moved with his body. Li Jie Xuan transformed into a streak of electricity, shooting straight past Hyuga Bozhen's ear!
"Zzz—zzz—zzz—zzz!"
A deafening, teeth-grinding roar echoed as Li Jie Xuan tore through hundreds of meters, piercing dozens of trees before finally coming to a stop.
When everyone came back to their senses, faint pale blue electric arcs still lingered in the air...
Stunned. Everyone stood there, eyes wide with shock!
They had never seen a technique like this before. Such tyrannical speed, destructive power, and penetration! This was far beyond anything a B-rank ninjutsu could achieve...
"What… what kind of ninjutsu is this?"
Hyuga Bozhen stared in terror and confusion. In the instant the lightning flashed, he had felt Death brush past his ear. Tiny arcs of electricity were still dancing across his face...
"Raikiri."
Li Jie Xuan turned back with a smile. "Because one day, I'll use it to cut through lightning itself."
Hearing such overwhelmingly domineering words, Hyuga Bozhen collapsed to his knees in defeat. "I lost..."
"That's nothing. Your two sons lost too."
Li Jie Xuan smiled and lightly nodded toward Hyuga Yizhen in the crowd. Though he had used Hyuga Yizhen at a time like this, he didn't mind helping the brothers out a bit.
What was wrong with being a little-brother fanatic?
"But… why didn't you kill me?"
Just as Li Jie Xuan was about to leave, Hyuga Bozhen suddenly looked up, staring fixedly at him. "You know—I always wanted to kill you!"
Hearing this, Li Jie Xuan froze for a long moment, then shook his head with a trace of loneliness. "Because I'm a ninja of Konoha. My Raikiri won't cut down my own people!"
"It will only be used to cut down those pieces of trash on the battlefield who threaten Konoha!"
Li Jie Xuan spread his hands proudly. "As a ninja of Konoha, three days from now I'll head to the front lines and use it to kill every enemy of Konoha!"
Completely convinced...
Losing to a three-year-old child was bad enough—but even his resolve couldn't compare to Li Jie Xuan's. The way everyone looked at Hyuga Bozhen now was no different from how they'd look at trash. Even the name of the Hyuga clan was dragged down a notch along with him...
As for Li Jie Xuan!
A heaven-sent genius, Konoha's future, a saint reborn!
The victor enjoys all the flowers...
But was Li Jie Xuan really that noble—so righteous he could repay hatred with virtue for the sake of the greater good?
Wait. The caretaker Hetian from the nursery had something to say: "If I hadn't taken a knife to the neck, I might have believed it..."
Behind Li Jie Xuan's calm smile, his teeth were nearly grinding to dust. Still asking why? What an idiot courting death!
If you weren't a Hyuga, do you think I wouldn't have chopped you up and fed you to the dogs?
But...
This was fine too. Let Hyuga Bozhen live on with this humiliation.
That might be even more painful than killing him.
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