Neji felt that if he was himself a year ago, he would have been seriously injured and fell to the ground if he didn't die in the hands of the other party's sudden attack.
But now he is completely different from before, Neji feels that he is progressing rapidly every day.
Although he can't compare with Naruto, Sasuke and other Jinchuriki, Neji's progress speed is not too weak, his strength is considered T1 level among his peers.
The T0 batch of peers is naturally Naruto and Sasuke.
At this critical moment, Neji's feet exploded with unprecedented power, and he actually forcibly broke free from the sand's restraint.
At the same time, one sand bullet after another had already condensed above him.
Just as the sand bullets were about to fall...
Neji quickly dodged backward.
Pupupupu——
The dense sand bullets fell like raindrops, creating one pit after another in the soft sand beneath his feet.
A few drops of cold sweat seeped from Neji's forehead: "This guy, his seal formation speed is so fast, his strength is very strong! And when he made his move just now, that strange chakra was very eerie."
However, he soon smiled: "It's good, a strange enemy has appeared, just in time for me to feel what level of progress I have made in these recent days."
Looking at Neji in front of him, Gaara's eyes also showed a hint of surprise: "He dodged..."
Suddenly, before Gaara could react more, Neji had already taken the initiative to attack.
Neji assumed a Gentle Fist stance, his white eyes staring intently at Gaara: "Gentle Fist·Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms!!!"
Since the opponent started with a killer move, Neji would not be polite.
The surprise in Gaara's eyes dissipated, and he said expressionlessly: "It's useless, since I dare to come here alone to kill all of you pirates, I naturally have the power to crush you all."
Suddenly, a large amount of yellow sand drilled out of the big gourd on Gaara's back. The large yellow sand turned into a huge shield and blocked in front of Gaara.
Neji's "Gentle Fist·Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms" all fell on the sand, without touching a single hair of Gaara.
"What is this? Sealless Ninjutsu?"
Neji frowned: "No, just now his chakra inside his body did not flow, indicating that it is not his Ninjutsu, what's the deal with the sand in this gourd?"
The next second, Gaara's fingertips moved slightly.
A large amount of fine sand in the desert rose up like waves and pressed towards Neji like a landslide.
Fortunately, Neji has a pair of white eyes, and he can capture the moment the opponent makes a move by the flow of chakra inside the opponent's body.
He quickly dodged the sand wave to the right and decisively took out two Kunai from his Ninja Tools and threw them at Gaara.
Shoo——shoo——
Two Kunai flew out through the air.
But they were all blocked by the sand in the gourd.
Suddenly, Neji threw out another Kunai. This Kunai bypassed the sand at a very tricky angle and went straight to Gaara's throat.
Obviously, the previous two terrifying attacks were just a feint.
The purpose is to lead away the eerie sand in the gourd.
"I got it, you lose..." Before Neji finished speaking, he watched the Kunai hit Gaara's throat, and found that the Kunai only stabbed in less than half a centimeter.
The key is that no blood flowed out, but a lot of fine sand fell down.
Neji was taken aback and observed carefully with his Byakugan.
He found the clue: "Is this... a layer of sand made into armor? The sand is too close to the body, I didn't notice it at first?"
Gaara glanced at the Kunai stuck in his neck.
He casually pulled it out, put his index finger in the ring of the Kunai, and gently rotated the Kunai.
"You guy with Byakugan, you are the most powerful peer I have ever seen. I decided to remember your name, my name is Gaara, what is your name?"
Gaara's voice was calm.
The two bottles of water he had before had almost restored his state.
"Hyuga Neji."
Neji was also very calm.
He did not deny that Gaara in front of him was a strong enemy, but he was not afraid of Gaara.
"Heh, Hyuga Neji..." Gaara nodded and said: "I remember your name. In the Whitebeard Pirate Group, you are also one of the top geniuses, right? The adults on the ship may not necessarily be your opponents, right?"
Upon hearing this, Neji's expression was somewhat strange.
Does this guy called Gaara have some misunderstanding about the Whitebeard Pirates?
Although Neji's talent is indeed high, he knows that there are people on the ship whose talent is higher than his, and there are many people whose talent can match his.
Not to mention the adults on the ship!
Especially the official adult members of the Whitebeard Pirates on the ship, each of them has the strength to single-handedly challenge a ninja village!
"What's going on down there? Neji!" Suddenly, Naruto's shouting came from the ship: "Why are you fighting? Do you need my help?!"
Sasuke interrupted Naruto: "Stupid Naruto, don't interfere in other people's fights casually!"
Gaara looked up.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he actually felt a strange sense of threat from those two people.
You know, even Hyuga Neji, who he thinks is quite powerful, did not make him feel threatened.
Finally, there were some ripples on Gaara's face.
At this time, Neji took advantage of Gaara's distraction and decisively approached Gaara.
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms!"
Neji's sneak attack made Gaara a little unresponsive.
His body was hit and kept retreating, his feet constantly stepping out a pit in the sand, and the layer of sand defense on his body was also hit with holes!
While Gaara's body was briefly stiff, Neji quickly kicked up, accurately hitting Gaara's chin.
While kicking Gaara flying, he jumped up and chopped down heavily, hitting Gaara's forehead on the spot.
"Rokushiki: Rankyaku!!!"
This is a Rokushiki Rankyaku that can't cut out a vacuum slash.
Because, Neji is not proficient in this Rokushiki move.
But it also has extraordinary power.
Whoosh——
Bang!!!
Gaara's small body heavily smashed into the sand below, raising a cloud of sand dust.
Neji landed on the ground, expressionless: "Don't say I'm despicable, this is called fighting fire with fire."
A small hand drilled out from the sand, and Gaara crawled out from the sand pile.
He looked a bit embarrassed, his clothes were broken in many places, and a layer of sand armor on the surface of his skin was also broken a lot.
Especially Gaara's head, there was a very hideous gap on his forehead, and blood slowly flowed out of the gap.
The scarlet blood flowed down his face to his mouth.
He stuck out his tongue and licked it gently.
"It hurts..." Gaara wiped the blood stain on his forehead, if it weren't for the Sand Armor to offset most of the power, half of his head might have been dented.
In Gaara's eyes, there were dense bloodshot eyes, and the extreme murderous intent was released from his small body.
He stared at Neji in front of him, his mouth corner raised a grinning smile: "I want to tear you apart! Tear you apart with my own hands!!!"
...
On the Moby Dick.
Kakashi, who was watching the show, gently raised his eyebrows: "Hey hey hey, such a small kid, how can he have such a strong murderous intent, how many people has he killed? And... his emotions seem a bit wrong? Was he broken by being injured?"
Kisame sneered: "It's interesting, Kakashi, did you just say that there is a Tailed Beast in his body?"
Kakashi nodded: "Hmm, it was Gyuki who told me, Gyuki said that this child's is the One-Tail Jinchuriki."
Kisame tutted: "This is like finding a needle in a haystack, the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure Village, actually came to us. Looking at this kid's posture, does he want to challenge all of us with the power of the Tailed Beast?"
"Very good idea, but it's a bit short-sighted." Kisame gave Gaara a sharp comment.
The power of the Tailed Beast is indeed very over-standard in the ninja world.
Even if it's just such a small kid, as long as he can master the power of the Tailed Beast, even elite Jonin may not necessarily be his opponent.
After all, once the Tailed Beast is released, it's not a joke.
Unfortunately...
This kind of power seems a bit childish in front of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"The Jinchuriki of the One-Tail, the youngest son of Kazekage Rasa, Gaara."
Konan murmured to herself.
She knew all about Gaara's information because she had personally collected the information of this Jinchuriki from Sunagakure Village.
Collecting Jinchuriki's information was naturally for the future plans of the Akatsuki organization.
Who would have thought that the Whitebeard Pirates would get there first.
"An interesting guy." Sasuke squinted his eyes, a smile curling up at the corner of his mouth: "He seems to have a good momentum, but I don't know if the power he currently possesses can support this momentum."
Naruto suddenly said, "He wants to borrow the power of the Tailed Beast!"
...
Below, Neji found that something was wrong with Gaara.
Because the strange chakra in his body was surging crazily.
Under Neji's wide-eyed gaze, Gaara's body began to change.
Gaara's arms began to transform into a very fierce beast claw form, and the amount of chakra in his body increased tenfold in the blink of an eye.
A visible wave of chakra spread out from his body.
Blowing Neji's hair slightly.
It was at this moment that Neji finally understood why there was such a strange chakra in his body.
This is the chakra of the Tailed Beast!
This guy called Gaara is a Jinchuriki!
When this thought flashed through Neji's mind, Gaara moved instantly, his burst of speed made it hard for the Byakugan to keep up.
In the blink of an eye, Gaara raised the claw of Shukaku, clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on Neji.
Neji only had time to cross his hands in front of him to block.
Obviously, he couldn't block it.
Under the huge power of Gaara's half-tailed beast transformation, Neji was directly blown away, his body heavily hit the Moby Dick.
"Puh!"
He couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of blood: "Cough... He is actually a Jinchuriki! Yes, that kind of chakra, I should have thought of it."
In the final analysis, Neji still lacks some combat experience.
Although he often sparred with Haku, Kimimaro, Karin, Hinata, Naruto... and others on the ship.
But family is family after all.
When sparring, although they know they need to use all their strength, they definitely can't do it when they really want to do it.
What Neji lacks is real combat experience.
His few experiences were when the pirate group attacked other ninja villages, and he went down to pick a few opponents to fight.
Neji is not very satisfied with his performance today, but he also knows... Even if he braves his head, he can't defeat the half-tailed beast Gaara.
Next, it's not his fight.
Sure enough.
When Neji was blown away, two people jumped down from the ship.
They were Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto and Sasuke blocked Gaara from left to right to prevent Gaara from taking the opportunity to chase and kill Neji.
Sasuke had his hands in his pockets, he lifted his chin and said: "Matatabi just told me, you are the Jinchuriki of the One-Tail Shukaku."
Naruto first looked at Neji.
Seeing that Neji was temporarily okay, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he frowned and looked at Gaara.
Naruto said: "Hey hey! Aren't you a bit too much, Neji was so kind to bring water to save you, but you want to kill him, where do you repay kindness with enmity?"
Unfortunately, the power of the Tailed Beast appeared on Gaara, which made Gaara's sanity almost non-existent now.
"Hehe, the pirates want to kill me, then I will kill the pirates first!!!" Gaara let out a low growl like a beast from his mouth, he couldn't control the half-tailed beast transformation at all.
His entire fighting posture was like a mad beast.
He quickly ran towards Naruto and Sasuke.
"Tsk... Stupid Naruto, wake this guy up."
Sasuke took his hands out of his pockets.
Naruto gently rubbed his nose with his thumb: "Hmm!"
"Die!!!" Gaara swung his two huge Shukaku claws, trying to shatter Naruto and Sasuke at the same time.
The claws touched Naruto and Sasuke's bodies, but surprisingly, these were just two afterimages.
Sasuke suddenly appeared behind Gaara, his feet stepping on Gaara's shoulders.
"You've hardly any sanity left, you've been heavily influenced by the Tailed Beast, haven't you, Jinchuriki? Haven't you established a bond with the Tailed Beast?"
After Sasuke made a sharp comment with an expressionless face, a layer of Tailed Beast chakra also enveloped his body.
Sasuke stomped down heavily.
He also borrowed the power of the Tailed Beast.
Gaara was completely trampled down.
"Sasuke, move quickly!" Naruto's voice startled Sasuke.
Sasuke hurriedly looked up and found Naruto holding a Rasengan, appearing in the air.
"This idiot, why does he like to mess around so much?" Sasuke quickly dodged.
Just saw, Naruto holding a Rasengan with a diameter of several tens of centimeters fell from the sky, trying to smash Gaara's lower back.
At the same time, the sand in the gourd was rolling violently.
It wants to block this blow.
Boom!!!
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