Chapter 128: Yue Lingshan Battles Dongfang Bubai

Except for her final finishing move, "God-Wind Howl," Yue Lingshan had already cycled through the other five forms of the God-Wind Leg. She utilized "Wind-Catching Shadow" to its absolute limit, her speed rivaling that of Dongfang Bubai even when the latter was using only fifty percent of her power.

Initially, Dongfang Bubai had merely viewed Yue Lingshan as a naive, innocent member of the younger generation who happened to suit her tastes, and thus engaged in the sparring match out of a desire to offer guidance. However, as the battle intensified, Dongfang Bubai's expression grew increasingly solemn. The nonchalance from the start had vanished, replaced by a trace of caution.

Yet, Dongfang Bubai was still Dongfang Bubai. With her profound internal energy and vast combat experience, she was not someone a fledgling like Yue Lingshan could easily compare to. While Yue Lingshan possessed the skill and qualifications to warrant caution, it was only a slight degree of caution nonetheless.

Yue Lingshan sensed this as well. She realized that with her current methods, she could never truly threaten Dongfang Bubai. The stalemate was only an illusion; in reality, Dongfang Bubai was treating this as a game. If she continued this way, the moment her opponent exerted herself, she would surely fall. Having finally encountered such a grand master, how could Yue Lingshan let this opportunity slip?

Yue Lingshan halted the God-Wind Leg and dispersed her internal energy. Tilting her body slightly, she raised her left palm forward while drawing her right palm toward her waist, palm facing downward. "Sister Dongfang, be careful. The warm-up is over. I am about to use my true techniques."

Dongfang Bubai was startled by this declaration. After looking at Yue Lingshan, she gasped, "Little sister, your eyes?!"

"Byakugan!" Yue Lingshan’s eyes rolled back, her pupils and irises turning entirely white. Veins bulged around her temples. Under the gaze of those eyes, Dongfang Bubai suddenly felt a shiver of dread, as if everything about her body were laid bare and inescapable.

"Be careful, Sister Dongfang. This power comes from another world. It is the Byakugan. You may call me Hyuga Lingshan now." With a crisp shout, Yue Lingshan launched a palm strike toward Dongfang Bubai.

Dongfang Bubai’s expression shifted. She clearly sensed the power behind this strike. The palm carried a wind-pressure so intense it whistled. Yet, rather than relying on her ghostly agility and peerless speed to dodge, Dongfang Bubai met the blow head-on; she wanted to feel the force of this strike with her own body.

"Snap!" The sound of their palms colliding rang out clearly.

Dongfang Bubai’s expression finally changed drastically. She felt a bizarre, violent energy drilling into her body from her palm, ruthlessly ravaging the meridians in her right arm. Caught off guard, her entire arm went paralyzed.

This was the power of the Gentle Fist from the Hyuga clan of the *Naruto* world. Since Yang Xin had transformed Yue Lingshan into a princess of the Byakugan, it naturally included the unique techniques and arts of the Hyuga, such as chakra and the Gentle Fist. The power system of the *Naruto* world was far superior to the internal energy system of the *Swordsman* world. The augmentation chakra provided to the body far exceeded what internal energy could achieve.

In the world of *Naruto*, a novice who had just graduated from the ninja academy could hunt down a dozen grown men with just taijutsu. For elite genin like a young Zabuza Momochi, who had survived the bloody graduation trials, the number of ordinary warriors or samurai mattered little.

Dongfang Bubai had been careless, and Yue Lingshan’s strike landed true, damaging the meridians of her right arm. By the time Dongfang Bubai tried to create distance and mobilize her internal energy to forcefully purge the chakra, half a breath had already passed.

Half a breath—less than the blink of an eye.

But Dongfang Bubai was facing a Yue Lingshan with the Byakugan active. Any ninja from the *Naruto* world knew that unless there was an absolute gap in strength, one should never engage a member of the Hyuga clan in close-quarters combat.

But Dongfang Bubai did not know this.

One wrong step led to a series of errors. As Dongfang Bubai tried to retreat, her usually effortless lightness skill failed to activate. She felt the air around her grow thick and viscous, forcefully pinning her in place, while a large Taiji Eight Trigrams diagram appeared beneath their feet.

"Taiji?" Dongfang Bubai was stunned.

"Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms!"

Yue Lingshan pressed the attack, striking with palms, fingers, and jabs. She landed sixty-four consecutive blows on Dongfang Bubai, driving her back until she hit the cliff wall.

"Rasengan!" Yue Lingshan did not stop after the Sixty-Four Palms. Seizing the momentum, a sphere of swirling blue energy appeared in her right hand, thrusting directly toward Dongfang Bubai’s cheek.

Fortunately, Yue Lingshan knew this was a friendly spar, not a life-or-death battle. The Rasengan missed Dongfang Bubai’s face by a hair, instead slamming into the cliff wall.

The cold glint in Dongfang Bubai’s eyes vanished, as did the silver needles that had silently appeared between her fingers.

"Sister Dongfang, am I strong?" Yue Lingshan stopped her assault and pulled Dongfang Bubai up with a grin.

Dongfang Bubai looked at the cliff wall behind her. Although Yue Lingshan’s final strike had left only a small hole on the surface, she knew well the internal devastation that had been inflicted upon the mountain.

"I recall that your Mount Hua Sect does not possess these... martial arts," Dongfang Bubai asked calmly.

"We didn't before, but we have had them ever since our grand-uncle took over Mount Hua. For instance, what I used at first was the God-Wind Leg, which is my primary discipline. Senior Brother Lao specializes in the Frost-Heaven Fist; at its peak, a single punch can freeze the world for dozens of miles. Senior Brother Liang practices the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, and Little Linzi specializes in the Frozen-Cold Six Styles. My father practices a bit of everything, but his primary focus is the Three-Fold Origin Qi..."

"And those eyes of yours?" Dongfang Bubai asked, pointing to Yue Lingshan’s eyes.

"My grand-uncle calls this a Bloodline Limit, known as the Byakugan. Of course, this is only the initial stage. Once it evolves into the Tenseigan, one can fly, move mountains, drain seas, and pluck the stars from the sky with ease," Yue Lingshan said without reservation.

Though naive, Yue Lingshan was no fool. She knew what should and should not be said. Her openness in explaining the affairs of the Immortal Mount Hua Sect to Dongfang Bubai was, of course, under the instruction of Yang Xin.

Before Dongfang Bubai had even stepped onto the mountain, Yang Xin and Yue Buqun had seen her approaching. Yang Xin’s reasoning was simple: this version of Dongfang Bubai was modeled after Brigitte Lin. Beauty is justice, and while this version was incomparably domineering, she was impossible to truly hate; instead, she was breathtaking.

Such was the beauty that softened the years and stunned time itself. Yang Xin had no desire to see such a figure wither away, so he let Yue Lingshan speak freely, also wanting to test Dongfang Bubai’s capacity to see how far she could go.

"And that fist technique you used just now?" Dongfang Bubai asked again.

"That is the unique taijutsu of the Hyuga clan. The Byakugan is the eye of long-distance vision, clairvoyance, and insight. Any movement or expression of an enemy, even the flow of their internal energy, is laid bare before these eyes. So, Sister Dongfang, if you ever encounter an enemy with these eyes in the future, run as far as you can. If you cannot outrun them, you must use long-range attacks and avoid close combat at all costs." As she spoke, Yue Lingshan looked into the distance and murmured, "Why haven't they arrived yet?"