Tamara seemed taken aback by the attacks initially. She struggled a bit to counter most of the clones, but after getting into her flow she was able to create multiple smoke attacks while protecting herself at once.
Seeing his clones being beaten to the ground one after another, Hinata's expression twisted into a grimace.
'I can't believe I didn't think that far ahead!'
Even if his clones had now become tangible, they neither had his brains, cunningness, obsession, nor his infinite stat points.
Since he was still an Aspirant, all his clone levels were capped at the Aspirant stage with an Aspirant state of mastery.
If he could have made Tamara believe he was stronger than he was, then maybe his clones would have been stronger. However, since Tamara's perception of him was just that of an Aspirant, his clones had to carry that same rank.
Hinata clenched his jaw, sat cross-legged, and began circulating his mana instead of making more clones.
