Zongyan said, “I never thought you would meet him…”
“He is a very talented guy, who has forged his own path in taijutsu…”
Hyuga Zongyan narrowed his eyes, a hint of reminiscence flashing in them.
On the battlefield, a giant whirlwind dragon rose from the ground, its powerful whirlwind sweeping up people and objects around it, tearing and ripping apart opponents amidst the howling gale.
“Speaking of which, his ultimate move, the ‘Wood Leaf Dragon God’, was inspired by our Hyuga’s ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’!”
Seven Night was taken aback, then comparing the two moves side by side, he realized that they did indeed share something in common.
Both involved using the body’s rapid rotation to initiate the technique.
One used the body’s rapid rotation to create a massive whirlwind, while the other released a large amount of Gentle Fist chakra from the chakra points within the body, rotating like a spinning top to create a circular spinning movement, forming a kind of “absolute defense”.
“Uncle, when can I learn ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’?” Seven Night asked casually.
Hyuga Zongyan looked at Seven Night and after some thought, decided to teach him now.
In fact, last year when Seven Night upgraded his ‘Body Flicker Technique’, he had already reached the threshold for learning ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’.
“Watch closely.”
Hyuga Zongyan leaped into the air and landed in the center of the courtyard.
Seven Night instantly activated his Byakugan, carefully observing Zongyan’s chakra flow and body force.
Glug, glug~~
A layer of pale blue chakra emerged like mist, surrounding Zongyan.
“Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotating Heaven!!!”
Zongyan roared.
His left foot planted firmly on the ground, he integrated his power, his waist rotating like a spinning top, driving the chakra to spin rapidly. An energy shield instantly formed.
“Hiss hiss~~!”
The air crackled from the friction of the high-speed rotation.
Seven Night’s Byakugan widened as he stared intently.
Once the chakra shield dissipated, Zongyan stood up in the same spot, calm and composed. A circular pit appeared within a three-meter radius around him, the walls of the pit were smooth and level.
“Aw… awesome!”
Seven Night was stunned, seeing ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’ being used for the first time.
Three meters in radius, meaning the diameter of the pit was about six meters. Recalling the piercing whooshing sound, he understood why it dared to be called “absolute defense”.
Then, Zongyan began to explain the intricacies of the technique to Seven Night.
“…It doesn’t matter if you turn left or right, the key is chakra control…”
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Back in his own courtyard, Seven Night practiced his new technique, ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’. His chakra control was beyond question; on his third attempt, he successfully executed it.
However, the power and range were both significantly weaker.
And after actually training with it, Seven Night discovered some problems.
“First, there’s the issue of chakra consumption…”
“Because it releases chakra from all the chakra points in the body, each use of ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’ consumes at least the amount of chakra required for a C-rank jutsu…”
“And, due to the fact that it is created by the body’s rotation, there is a buffer time for both initiating and stopping the technique. This doesn’t align with my needs…”
Seven Night’s current needs were speed.
In martial arts, speed is king, power is king.
When his body was not fully grown and developed, speed was power!
Whether it was movement speed, reaction speed, attack speed, or defense speed.
That’s why Seven Night created the ‘Body Flicker Technique’, which perfectly complemented his Gentle Fist, eliminating any stiffness.
He valued the defensive strength of ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’, but how to reduce the start-up time and the cooldown was a problem.
Another thing was that ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’ relied entirely on body rotation, which differed from Seven Night’s ideal defense.
While his vision would not be hindered due to the Byakugan’s miraculous abilities, if the enemy launched an attack while he was still in the casting state of ‘Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: Rotating Heaven’, he would be unable to effectively counter-attack…
“What I want is the same level of defense, even if I’m standing still.”
After personally testing this defensive taijutsu, Seven Night had his own thoughts.
The principle itself wasn’t that difficult, anyone could understand it after a few explanations.
But for non-Hyuga clan members, the biggest difficulty was releasing chakra from all the chakra points in their body.
Seven Night fell into deep thought.
“The reason for rotating the body is actually to drive the chakra to rotate…”
“It’s equivalent to giving an initial acceleration, and then it relies on the centrifugal force itself to drive it…”
“Which means, rotation is not a necessity…”
“If I can freely control the chakra that overflows from all the chakra points in my body, achieve a state of mind over matter, then my idea is feasible…”
Seven Night’s mind conjured up a scene.
He stood still, an attack jutsu coming at him from the opposite side. He simply lifted his gaze, a chakra shield instantly appeared, deflecting the opponent’s jutsu.
That look, that aura, was the epitome of a grandmaster!
He shook his head, shaking off the daydream and returning to reality.
“In other words, it comes back to the fundamentals - chakra control…”
Speaking of which, Seven Night casually picked up a piece of wood, forming his index finger into a blade. Chakra blade instantly emerged from his fingertips, cutting through the air, emitting a buzzing hiss.
Swish swish swish~~
Seven Night’s blade finger flew about, wood chips falling down.
Soon, a flying bird was carved out, a bluebird.
Seven Night nodded in satisfaction and placed it on a shelf.
Through persistent chakra control training, he had been able to eliminate the need for a carving knife and directly condense his wind chakra in his hand to form a blade finger.
“It’s difficult to instantly control all the chakra points in the body…”
“But what about just the chakra points in the palm…”
“Wouldn’t that jutsu appear sooner…”
Seven Night looked down at his right palm.
A spherical chakra vortex slowly gathered.
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