Hyuga Kaze didn't care at all about Orochimaru and his group's open conspiracy. He just watched them discuss with a smile, his eyes revealing the same amusement he had for a few ignorant ants.
Kakuzu and Orochimaru were both shrewd individuals, and they could easily see the contempt Hyuga Kaze held for them. They exchanged a glance and attacked simultaneously.
Having just witnessed Hidan and Manda's physical attacks being completely blocked by Hyuga Kaze's aura, Orochimaru stopped trying to see if his modified body could break through the aura and instead chose to test it with his sharpest wind-style ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Wind Slicing Technique"
Orochimaru formed hand seals and released incredibly sharp gusts of wind from his hands, slicing through Hyuga Kaze's protective aura.
"Secret Technique: Earthly Grudge"
Kakuzu's speed was not much slower than Orochimaru's. Countless eerie and sinister black lines emerged from his body and plunged into the ground. The next moment, a tentacle-like arm made of black lines emerged from the ground beneath Hyuga Kaze's body and struck Hyuga Kaze's aura shield.
Facing the attack, Hyuga Kaze remained unmoved, his protective aura expanding to encompass Sasuke as well. The next moment, the Gale Blade and the Black Line Flying Fist all failed to penetrate his aura, which remained completely unmoved.
Speechless at this defensive angle, he could only mutter angrily, "What a troublesome fellow!"
What Kakuzu didn't notice was that Hinata Kaze's expression was slightly surprised when his tentacles touched the air shield.
Hinata Kaze didn't expect that Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear would actually fuse the toxicity of the Root leader's nano-poisonous insect, turning it into an enchanted black thread.
Hyuga Kaze estimated that with the toxicity of Kakuzu's tentacles, attacking the same spot on the shield three to five hundred times consecutively would be enough to break through the first layer of his double-layered shield.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique"
Seeing that the sharp wind-attribute attacks were ineffective, Orochimaru immediately changed his attack method and tried to throw a giant shuriken forward using a multi-stage attack. Soon after, tens of thousands of shuriken shadow clones were created, and these shuriken clones bombarded the energy shield wave after wave like a tide.
"Water Escape - Water Curtain"
When the Earth Grudge Black Lines failed, Kakuzu summoned a Water Release masked monster, from which a vast and powerful water cannon shot out, impacting Hyuga Kaze.
Unfortunately, neither the continuous stream of shuriken nor the powerful water cannons were effective against Hyuga Kaze's energy shield. However, the craters on the ground caused by the rebounding attacks showed just how powerful Orochimaru and his team's attacks were.
"Don't waste your time, your attacks are too weak."
Hyuga Kaze stood calmly watching Orochimaru and his group's attack, his attitude as if he were watching two naughty children throwing stones at the moon.
Hinata Kaze's tone infuriated Kakuzu, who twisted his face and summoned the three Earth Grudge Masks: Wind, Fire, and Lightning.
"Get lost! I don't believe you're that strong! I even assassinated the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Why would I be afraid of a brat like you!"
As Kakuzu spoke, he gathered all the masked monsters on his right arm. A continuous stream of chakra flowed from his body to the masks, and after a while, a terrifying chakra cannon suddenly erupted, shooting straight at Hyuga Kaze.
At the same time, Orochimaru adjusted his attack method again. He spat out a snake that was tens of meters long from his mouth, and the long snake rushed straight at Hyuga Kaze through the air.
In mid-air, the long snake opened its mouth again and spat out a gleaming sword. In an instant, the sword extended to over a hundred meters and struck Hyuga Kaze's protective aura.
bite!
The Kusanagi sword struck the energy shield first, producing a crisp impact. The sword's extension was completely blocked by the energy shield, and the remaining force rebounded backward, violently knocking the long snake and Orochimaru back dozens of meters.
"I've told you it's useless, why won't you believe me?"
Seeing Orochimaru and his group's stubbornness, Hyuga Kaze seemed somewhat helpless. Suddenly, a Yin-Yang symbol appeared on his aura shield. The symbol spun and shone, completely disintegrating and absorbing Kakuzu's chakra cannon. The next moment, the chakra cannon reassembled and rebounded against Orochimaru and his group.
Seeing the chakra cannon bounce back, Kakuzu and the others quickly stopped their attack and used their Body Flicker Technique to dodge. However, the change was too fast this time, and even though Orochimaru and the others were on high alert, they didn't have time to dodge and were all grazed by the chakra cannon.
The missed chakra cannon was incredibly fast, speeding along and clearing a clearing several meters wide and several hundred meters long in the forest behind Orochimaru and his group.
Orochimaru and the others could vaguely hear desperate howls coming from where the chakra cannon had passed.
"It can even reflect ninjutsu!"
Orochimaru was stunned by Hyuga Kaze's aura barrier. He muttered to himself, looking at Hyuga Kaze as if he had seen some treasure, and even temporarily forgot his anger at Sasuke being taken away.
His wish was to learn all the ninjutsu in the world, and Orochimaru was immediately intrigued by the unique and powerful Hyuga Kaze ninjutsu.
Orochimaru was intrigued, but Kakuzu, Hidan, and Kabuto were alarmed. Hidan and Kabuto, in particular, were astonished; when Orochimaru and Kakuzu attacked, they had barely been able to get close to the energy shield, yet it not only remained undamaged but also seemed to reflect their attacks. They were naturally shocked by Hyuga Kaze's strength.
Seeing Orochimaru and Kakuzu frozen in place, no longer attacking, Hidan hesitated, holding his three-month scythe, unsure of what to do.
"Have you come to terms with reality? Then you should step down now."
Hyuga Kaze no longer thought much of Orochimaru and his group's strength, and he didn't want to help Konoha eliminate their enemies, so he chose to let them go.
However, Hyuga Kaze's words, which he considered kind, were a huge provocation to Hidan and the others.
Hidan, with his neck stiff, immediately retorted, "You're just relying on this turtle shell for defense! If you're so capable, take off that energy shield and fight me! Then let's see if your grandpa Hidan will drain you dry!"
Upon hearing this, Hyuga Kaze couldn't help but scoff. His protective aura was self-sustaining, so why should he suppress it for such a nobody?
"It seems your brain is completely beyond saving, so let me finish you off."
The beautiful moments that Mikoto and Hinata were enjoying were repeatedly delayed, so Hinata Kaze stopped holding back and stretched out both of his hands.
"The Eight Trigrams. Wind and Thunder in Motion"
Hyuga Kaze's palms each emanated wind and lightning chakra, with a storm vortex connecting heaven and earth appearing above his left palm. The vortex brought up layers of storms, making Orochimaru and the others somewhat unsteady on their feet.
Thunder roared above Hyuga Kaze's right palm, with raging lightning and flashing waves, each bolt of lightning containing a heart-shaking power.
As Hyuga Kaze pushed with both palms, the storm vortex and lightning mixed together, forming a devastating thunderstorm that flew rapidly toward Orochimaru and his group.
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