Chapter 62: The Broken Absolute Defense
That's right—only one finger.
Naruto pierced the Hyuga clan's genius, Hyuga Neji's strongest absolute defense—Revolving Heaven—with just one finger!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the stands stood up in shock, staring at what had happened in disbelief.
The Hyuga clan members in particular couldn't believe their eyes. Neji's strongest defense had been pierced in an instant.
They all knew that Revolving Heaven was the Hyuga clan's ultimate defensive technique!
As a secret technique the Hyuga family took pride in, Revolving Heaven was known as the absolute defense with 360 degrees and no blind spots!
Its defensive power was absolutely astonishing. Ordinary people couldn't break it at all!
It was already impressive enough that Neji could use it at his age.
But no one expected Naruto to mercilessly smash right through it the moment it was deployed!
How could anyone break Revolving Heaven?!
The Hyuga clan members gasped in shock.
After seeing what happened, the audience cheered wildly and started discussing Naruto's incredible performance.
"What was that just now?"
"Is that ninjutsu?"
"I didn't see him make any hand signs."
"That's way too powerful!"
"Is this really a genin?"
"Ha ha, I'm proud Konoha has such an excellent genin."
The person who said that seemed to have completely forgotten who Naruto was—the same Uzumaki Naruto they had hated so much before.
In the jonin section, everyone was also staring in astonishment at what had just happened.
Guy snapped out of it first and grabbed Kakashi beside him, shaking him repeatedly.
"Wow! Kakashi, what was that just now?"
"Is that your Chidori? Did you already teach Naruto the Chidori?"
"That's cheating, Kakashi! I want to teach my students my proud signature ninjutsu too!"
Apparently, Guy had mistaken the white lightning Naruto just used for Kakashi's Chidori.
But Kakashi thought otherwise.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Naruto.
The white lightning Naruto had unleashed was somewhat similar to his Chidori.
But he knew they were completely different techniques!
Chidori also flashed with lightning, but it never left the control of the user's palm.
Naruto's white lightning, however, fired directly—condensed into a single point with terrifying, astonishing power. Even Kakashi was shocked.
Kakashi thought in amazement:
That's not Chidori. It's a technique even I don't know.
While the stands were buzzing with excitement over the incredible scene, Neji's body collapsed onto the battlefield.
There was a small red hole in Neji's shoulder.
Blood flowed from the wound—clearly pierced by Naruto's white lightning just now!
Not only had Naruto's white lightning broken through Neji's absolute defense, but it had also wounded him—piercing straight through his shoulder!
That was even more unbelievable.
But what the audience didn't know was that if the white lightning had been aimed just a little differently, it wouldn't have been Neji's shoulder that got pierced—it would have been his head.
Neji seemed to understand this. He knew Naruto had shown him mercy.
But even so, he was still filled with horror.
Shock and disbelief ran across his face as he looked at Naruto, his eyes full of disbelief.
"How... how is this possible!"
Neji yelled in pain, unable to accept what had happened.
At that moment, Naruto walked over to Neji. Neji lay on the ground unable to move, still unable to accept the result even now.
Naruto said calmly:
"You lose."
"I told you—since you can't do it yourself, then wait for me to make a move and change everything."
After speaking, Naruto turned around.
Seeing this, Shiranui Genma quickly snapped out of it and announced the result of the battle:
"First match, over! Winner—Uzumaki Naruto!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, cheers and applause erupted from the stands. The audience was excited after watching that battle.
Although the match had taken some time, it was extremely exciting.
They had witnessed something unbelievable—scenes and techniques they had never seen before!
After Shiranui Genma's announcement, Guy quickly jumped down from the stands and signaled for the medical team to carry Neji away to rest and recover.
Even as they carried him off, Neji's gaze was still fixed on Naruto, as if he couldn't believe what had just happened.
After the battlefield was cleared, Shiranui Genma let out a deep breath and announced the next matchup.
Next up was Aburame Shino versus Kankuro.
But Kankuro chose to withdraw. He didn't want to expose his strength and wanted to save his energy for other things.
Kankuro's withdrawal caught Shiranui Genma off guard for a moment. After frowning, he ignored it and continued to announce the next match.
"Next matchup—Uchiha Sasuke versus Gaara!"
Shiranui Genma glanced at the names displayed on the machine and shouted.
Hearing those two names, cheers rang out from the stands again.
They had just finished a great match, and now they were about to witness an exciting duel between geniuses!
Gaara smirked when he heard his name and jumped down to the battlefield.
But Sasuke's figure didn't appear.
Shiranui Genma paused for a moment, looked around, and saw no sign of Sasuke. He realized Sasuke hadn't shown up.
Shiranui Genma sighed in frustration, shook his head, and after receiving instructions from his superiors, said:
"Ah... Uchiha Sasuke still hasn't arrived. Let's start the next match first."
Gaara frowned when he heard Shiranui Genma's words.
He had just watched the battle between Naruto and Neji, and the fighting spirit inside him had been completely stirred up.
Immediately, Gaara turned his head sharply and looked at Naruto, who was standing at the side of the preparation area. His eyes were full of bloodthirsty, impatient fighting spirit. He smiled and pointed at Naruto.
"Since Uchiha Sasuke isn't here, let him fight!"