Chapter 877 Victory or defeat
In Hyuga Neji's perception, the battle between himself and Kurama Yakumo did not last long.
But in fact, in the terrifying illusion, he even miscalculated the speed of time passing.
If he could calm down and take a good look at the tilt angle of the sun in the sky, he would understand that the five magical senses were definitely not just blinding his eyes, allowing him to see these real and illusory lava hells and Shura ghosts.
There are ways to deal with visible threats, but imperceptible dangers will make it impossible for people to even think of resisting.
The difference in time perception between the two people fighting caused Kurama Yakumo's fighting intensity to be reduced a lot, and his physical strength and chakra consumption were able to sustain it.
On the other hand, Hinata Neji's tense nerves never relaxed. Wandering in a terrifying illusion was not a wonderful experience.
The actual consumption was more than double what I expected, but my senses deceived my consciousness, thinking that I could hold on for a long time. By the time the oil ran out, it was already too late.
"No wonder Hyuga Neji's performance seems a bit confusing. It's not wrong to test the truth, but it takes too long..."
Hiroshi actually wanted to cheer for Hinata Neji, but as a Suna ninja, it was always not good to support the Konoha ninja.
"Lord Commander, do you think the genius of the Hyuga family will lose too?"
"It's possible! But..."
Daimaru, who did not focus all his attention on observing the wonderful game, replied casually,
"A true genius is not one who possesses magical blood inheritance limits and secret techniques, or one who possesses extraordinary physical aptitudes, but one who remains calm in times of crisis and never disappoints even in bad situations!"
The so-called miracles are prepared for such people.
"Then I'll wait and see!"
Even though Daimaru admires it, Guangshi, who is arrogant and arrogant, is still a little unconvinced.
The young and energetic Suna Ninja could not help but feel a desire to compare himself to the so-called geniuses of Konoha.
"Relax, watching others compete is also a good learning opportunity. Your swordsmanship talent is indeed impressive, but the road to ninja is long and you have just started..."
Daimaru gave Kurama Yakumo a complicated look. This girl had never taken it seriously until now... no, it was the entire Joint Chuunin Exam.
Haruno Sakura, Saya and Hinata Neji all seemed to be her test subjects. By fighting with powerful ninjas, Kurama Yakumo was perfecting his illusion system and verifying certain ideas.
In particular, there seems to have been considerable progress in the development and research of the limited power of the Kurama family's blood inheritance.
As for the outcome of the Chuunin Exam, perhaps she didn't care about it.
Except for showing a hint of competitiveness in front of Miss Saya, Daimaru didn't feel any special mood swings from Kurama Yakumo.
Even now, Hyuga Neji, who was fighting to the death, mustered up his last remaining courage, broke through layers of interceptions, and destroyed many of the fulcrums of the terrifying illusion, but Kurama Yakumo still did not let Kurama Yakumo go all out.
"It seems to be testing some mechanism of the horror fantasy to prepare for some changes!" 』
What it is specifically, there is insufficient information, and Daimaru cannot know more.
While Daimaru was thinking about it, he heard a loud bang, hitting the invisible energy, which seemed to have caused a certain degree of damage. In the eyes of the audience, a very mysterious and terrifying illusion appeared out of thin air, like a broken glass mural. Cracks formed and spread in all directions. After a final burst of crisp cracking sounds, the illusion turned into fine shining chips and dissipated in the air.
The originally dark tone suddenly became much clearer, as if colored glasses were taken off.
"Why... it broke suddenly?"
It was clear that the situation was in danger, and after suddenly awakening, Hinata Neji launched a fierce attack and seemed to have broken through the terrifying illusion that had previously left him helpless.
"It's not difficult if you find the right method, but..."
Daimaru smiled mysteriously and patted the somewhat incomprehensible Hiroshi on the shoulder.
"It's not over yet. Kurama Yakumo is so powerful. You can't truly feel it unless you experience it personally..."
Can the illusion space be broken through brute force?
As long as there is absolutely strong power, there is nothing that cannot be dealt with, but Hyuga Neji's soft fist is not that powerful yet.
Hyuga Neji, who was a little surprised by the sudden and smooth attack, looked around and found nothing unusual. He felt relieved a little and looked at Yakumo, who was waiting for Kurama at leisure.
"Flying consumes a lot of chakra and physical strength. I don't believe you can last too long!"
Not taking the words of Hinata Neji who was eager to try to heart, Kurama Yakumo looked at the chakra aura around him and shook his head with a little disappointment.
"Sure enough, the space where the terrifying illusion condenses is just a manifestation of illusion, and it is different from the real time and space ninjutsu!"
If you want to simulate a miraculous place like the "Cradle Garden" that is independent in the turbulence of time and space and does not perish, it is not enough to solve the source of power that supports its existence.
The essence of the horror illusion is still too bad. It is just a derivative of the blood succession limit, and it is not a product of the same level as the unique secret technique and divine power space of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The establishment of "Cradle Garden" did refer to the model of Kurama Yakumo's blood succession limited illusion, but after combining with "Psychic Puppet", it has embarked on a different path.
"Originally I wanted to go to the "Cradle Garden", just on a whim. Now that I think about it, I really need to go and experience it. It's too difficult to do it alone behind closed doors! 』
As Kurama Yakumo's thoughts spread, his mental power was thrown down with chakra, and it seemed to combine with some invisible substance in the air, causing some wonderful reactions, and a strange power fluctuation began to spread.
"What's this?"
Stretching out his hand and feeling it, just like dipping into the cool breeze to judge the speed of the airflow, Hinata Neji had an ominous premonition.
"You are very powerful, at least you can break through the superficial illusion, but..."
Bringing his attention back to his eyes, Kurama Yakumo chuckled and said,
"Didn't you enjoy the moment of victory and the uncontrollable joy? I can understand your thoughts a little bit, but you know too little about me! It's not to blame for your carelessness. The Kurama family has declined. For a long time, few people in the entire ninja world understand what the Genjutsu Bloodline Limit is..."
In Konoha Village, there are several families that are proficient in Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Inolu Die is a typical example, and the lost spiritual techniques are also of this type. However, those are family secret techniques and are not limited to blood inheritance. If there is no Even if the elders teach, future generations will not know the secret arts of shadow, secret arts of the soul, doubling techniques, and spiritual transformation techniques.
The innate illusions of the Kurama family are recognized as Blood Succession Limits, because the horror illusion, magical five senses and real illusions do not need to be learned separately. As long as the Blood Succession Limits are awakened and the body can still support it, it will come naturally.
The blood inheritance limit of general types of escape techniques is the inheritance engraved in the bloodline after the fusion of two chakra properties changes, such as ice escape, melt escape, boiling escape, etc.
For example, Yin Release is somewhat different from the Five Elements Release Technique. It is not impossible for a single attribute to form a bloodline limit, but it can form a stable bloodline and be passed down. There is almost no other example in the ninja world.
The so-called Yin escape blood succession limit and Yang escape blood succession limit, the only thing that can be related is that the chakra reincarnations of Indra and Asura are somewhat similar.
"So, you mean I'm going to lose?"
Hyuga Neji was a little puzzled. Although it was regrettable to lose on such a critical occasion, it was not unacceptable. Anyway, it was not the first time that he had lost in front of everyone.
What makes people feel uncomfortable is that even if they lose, they don’t know how they lost, which hurts their self-esteem.
"That's not what I mean. I'm just a little disappointed with Byakugan's ability to see through illusions. Didn't you realize that this place is actually no longer reality? You just broke through from a small box to another bigger box... "
As Kurama Yakumo spoke, his mind moved, and the originally lifelike stands, the scorching afternoon sun, and the Hokage Fifth Generation and the Kazekage Fifth Generation in the distance all disappeared.
More than ten meters away from where he stood, there was an endless darkness.
"Have I been under the illusion from the beginning and unable to extricate myself?"
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just that as time goes by, your spirit slowly immerses itself deeper and deeper. It's like a drowning person who can't swim. If he struggles hard, he can still struggle a few times and take a few breaths. Your efforts just now seem to have brought you one step closer to the 'water', but there is still a long way to go before you are out of trouble..."
The real situation is, fighting against an illusion master, what nonsense?
Even an ordinary sentence, movements of hands and feet, incomprehensible changes in light and shadow, or even visual deception caused by static dead objects may make people addicted to illusions.
While Kurama Yakumo was talking, the abnormal energy around him, following the rhythm of chakra, turned into black smoke chains, locking Hyuga Neji's neck, hands and feet.
"In addition, the horror illusion and five magical senses will indeed automatically adjust the response mode according to your mental fluctuations, but this does not mean that I cannot take the initiative to attack!"
Just like a car with an autonomous driving function, it does save effort, but it is not as flexible as the driver's own control.
As soon as he finished speaking, streaks of lightning-flashing water whips appeared out of thin air and struck Hinata Neji one after another.
The tough water whip was so powerful that it added several scars to Hyuga Neji in just a few strokes. The burning and paralyzing effects of the lightning did not look like the product of an illusion at all.
"It turns out that after a long time, I have been controlled by you!"
"It doesn't count. I can only say that you are like an antelope in the hunting ground. You have never been shot, but you can still resist, struggle and escape!"
Kurama Yakumo waved his hand,
"By the way, 'hunting' is actually quite troublesome. If you push too hard, the prey may become alert and escape..."
Snapped……
With several consecutive crisp sounds, he used the soft fist chakra to break the black chains that bound him, and then broke the water whip that whipped him. Hinata Neji started running again, holding on to his breath, and started fighting again, but This time, he no longer avoids the strong and attacks the weak, but directly confronts the strong and repels all obstacles one by one.
He also took the time to use the soft fist technique Bagua Kongzhang in the direction of Kurama Yakumo, but it had no effect and hit the empty space.
Sure enough, it was a phantom, but...
"Perhaps it is indeed difficult for me to find the weakness of real illusions, but as long as I defeat all visible enemies, I can always win..."
"That's true..."
Even Kurama Yakumo, who had the upper hand, had to admit that Hinata Neji's words were correct.
Just like in the first chunin exam, Konoha Genin Class 7, who was blocked by the low-level illusion and Kasumi Servant's art, had almost no way to break it. They all relied on Uzumaki Naruto's exaggerated chakra and forced the use of shadow clone art. After killing the illusion all night, I managed to hold on until dawn and found a chance to fight back.
Although the method is stupid, it is really effective!
Didn't Hyuga Neji just want to use "smart" methods to deal with genjutsu that he had never seen before, and was finally forced into a dangerous situation step by step?
"If it's not your area of expertise, don't be clever or use tactics. In my home court, if you play so many fancy things, there's no chance of victory!"
On the sidelines, Haruno Sakura, who was cheering for her teammate Kurama Yakumo, and Shiho, who was belatedly arriving, muttered strangely:
"Yakumo's desire to win is not very strong. She seems to be forcing Hinata Neji to work harder. What is she trying to do?"
"Want to play more excitingly?"
Shiho also couldn't understand that Kurama Yakumo had a great chance of winning. After getting along with her for so long, he had some understanding of her strength. If she really wanted to win, it wouldn't be easy to say, but it would definitely not be too difficult.
Hyuga Neji is very strong, but how to describe it?
The battle between two people is not a system at all. Whoever gets hit first will have a slim chance of winning.
After only watching half of the show, Shiho figured out some tricks. His brain was really good, and his talent in reasoning was even better than the smart Haruno Sakura.
"One thing I'm very confused about is that Hinata Neji has been under the illusion, but why can we see the changes in the field? Are we, the audience, all under the illusion?"
After listening to the conversation between the two little girls, Daimaru smiled.
"You are right. Theoretically, Kurama Yakumo can completely make you unable to see anything. However, in order to take care of everyone's feelings, we have shown the reality of the illusion in the arena!"
After all, the Joint Chuunin Examination is also a political show. Kurama Yakumo also understands this. As long as he is not an unkind guy, he will take the occasion into consideration. In the highly anticipated final, nothing will be allowed to be seen by outsiders, even the points. It seems that there is no point in winning or losing.
Hyuga Neji, who is the enemy of the entire terrifying illusion, truly lives up to his reputation as a genius.
Even at the most dangerous time, he gathered his last strength and used the full power of Kaitian. He could also gather all the power into one palm and send out a ray attack like a laser cannon, which penetrated the defensive barrier of the stands. Fortunately, no one was injured, but the Anbu who were on guard were shocked.
