Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 103 Black Lightning

"Have they found my true form? Or...?"

In the southwest direction, Li Yao sat inside the belly of the Black Iron Giant Eagle, sensing that the pursuing enemy was flying towards him at a very fast speed, rapidly approaching. His heart tightened slightly.

After thinking about it, Li Yao was unsure whether the enemy had already guessed his true location.

So he immediately instructed the shadow clones in the southwest and northwest directions to simultaneously control the Black Iron Giant Eagle to change direction and fly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the middle shadow clone.

In this way, the distance between the three directions can be maximized, and it will be easy to see which direction the enemy is chasing.

"Li Yao changed direction from the southwest and northwest, heading north and south respectively."

From the rear, Damocles, who had witnessed everything, promptly reported the intelligence that Li Yao had changed course.

"We will continue on our current course."

The Third Raikage did not choose to change direction, but continued flying in the current direction.

Soon, the giant eagle, moving at incredible speed, flew to a location only two kilometers away from Li Yao, who was to the west and north.

"Did you sense it?" the Third Raikage asked quickly.

This distance was already detectable by Cafu's chakra perception ability.

However, in Kafu's chakra perception, both Li Yao in the two directions were the real body, and both had chakra on their bodies, so he couldn't tell which one was the shadow clone.

There is only one explanation for this situation.

Kafu replied with a grim expression, "Boss, Li Yao is using shadow clones."

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Upon hearing that it was a shadow clone technique, the Third Raikage instantly understood that all his perception was useless; he knew that the Shadow Clone Technique was unsolvable.

"Looks like we have no choice but to give it a try!"

The Third Raikage thought to himself that this distance was now within his attack range.

"Lightning Release - Black Spotted Lightning Serpent!"

The Third Raikage silently shouted in his heart, and his hands instantly formed a triangular seal, with black lightning, as solid as metal, condensing on his hands.

Then the Third Raikage brought his hands together and pointed them sharply at Li Yao, who was flying towards the west and south.

"call out!"

In an instant, two black snakes formed from black lightning bolts shot towards Li Yao at lightning speed.

Faced with such a lightning attack that is close to the speed of light, there is no way to dodge it; the only option is to take it head-on.

Having sensed the Third Raikage's movements through his chakra perception, Li Yao was prepared. His shadow clones had already donned black iron robes and simultaneously released lightning to entangle the black iron robes, increasing their resistance to enemy lightning releases.

"Boom... Sizzle..."

The black snake formed from black lightning struck the black iron feather robe worn by Li Yaoying's clone with immense power, and in an instant, a massive burst of lightning power erupted.

The power of this lightning was so immense that not only Li Yaoying's clone, but also the Black Iron Giant Eagle and Li Yao inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle's belly were attacked by this burst of black lightning power.

"What powerful lightning release!"

"Such strong penetrability!"

Inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle's belly, Li Yao's expression suddenly changed. Protected by the Black Iron Giant Eagle, he was directly electrocuted, causing his hair to stand on end and wisps of steam to rise from his skin. These were steam generated by the high temperature of his flesh burning due to the electric heating.

This black lightning contains high-quality chakra and has extremely strong penetrability.

The black iron chains' strong resistance to ninjutsu proved largely ineffective, as they were breached.

If it weren't for the Wood Release chakra quickly restoring his physical body, and Li Yao's timely use of the Diamond Sealing Barrier to absorb the black lightning, he would have been severely injured, if not killed, instead of being... well... his injuries have already healed.

It has to be said that the Wood Release chakra's ability to restore the physical body is abnormal.

Li Yao was unharmed, but the other person inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle's belly, the Gray Earth Beauty, had truly become a "Gray" Earth Beauty, having been electrocuted into gray charcoal.

Fortunately, Li Yao used the Vajra Lock to help her absorb some of the black lightning.

The injuries appear severe, but are not fatal.

Once it's safe, you can recover quickly by using Wood Release chakra to aid in your recovery.

"It actually blocked it!!!"

Behind him, Damocles used his eagle eyes to see Li Yao blocking his boss Hei Lei's attack on the back of the Black Iron Giant Eagle, and his mouth dropped open.

That's black lightning with an attack power at least ten times stronger than ordinary lightning release!

The terrifying Lightning Release ninjutsu that the Third Raikage spent many years refining and developing.

It was blocked at that moment, and easily at that.

The moment Li Yao's shadow clone sensed the powerful attack of the black lightning, it used the Vajra Sealing Technique to absorb most of the black lightning that had entered its body. This meant that although the attack paralyzed the shadow clone, it did not affect the shadow clone's control over the Black Iron Giant Eagle.

This gave Damocles and the others the illusion that Li Yao had blocked the Third Raikage's black lightning without injury.

This outcome was somewhat unacceptable to their worldview.

The Third Raikage was also somewhat surprised that Li Yao was able to block his black lightning.

However, it is common for ninjutsu techniques to counter each other in the world.

Especially this kind of lightning-style ninjutsu that emphasizes nature transformation.

The Third Raikage didn't take it too seriously; his strongest attack was still the One-Hit Punch in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

That kind of pure, extreme form of compressed and condensed Lightning Release chakra has no concept of ninjutsu countering it, and he is confident that no one can resist it.

"Boss, what do we do?"

At this moment, Damocles looked at the Third Raikage and asked, "Which one are we going to chase?"

The black lightning attack had no effect, and the two Li Yaos flew further and further away in opposite directions. They had to make a choice. He only had one summoned beast, the eagle, so he could only choose one of the Li Yaos to chase.

"The one on the south side should be the real Li Yao."

The Third Raikage's eyes flashed, and his body crackled with black lightning as he spoke confidently.

Although the black lightning attack just now didn't work, black lightning is not an ordinary lightning release ninjutsu; it also has a certain degree of sensory ability.

The Third Raikage had already discovered, through the black lightning attack just now, that there were two more people inside the belly of the black iron giant eagle flying south.

The black iron giant eagle flying to the west had nothing inside its belly, except for Li Yao standing on its back.

Without a doubt, one of the two people inside the black iron giant eagle's belly to the south must be Li Yao's true form.

"Yes, boss."

Without hesitation, upon hearing the Third Raikage's words, Damocles immediately instructed his summoning beast, the giant eagle, to change direction and fly towards Li Yao, who was flying south.

Peng!

Peng!

Just as the Third Raikage and his group changed direction and flew towards Li Yao's main body.

Li Yao reacted quickly, immediately instructing the shadow clones in the other two directions to retract all the black iron chains' chakra and release them automatically.

Once the main body is found, the shadow clone loses its purpose of luring the enemy.

"Hmm... the one on the Third Raikage's side is the real body."

As soon as the shadow clone on the north side disappeared, Sarutobi Tenjuro and his wife, who were following on this side, immediately realized that the Third Raikage was actually chasing Li Yao's main body.

"Should we come along?" Sarutobi Ayase asked hesitantly.

Her current condition is actually quite bad; her chakra is almost at the warning line. If they chase after her and arouse the Third Raikage's hostility, it will be difficult for them to escape.

The giant eagle, a magical beast, flew very fast; her ink-wash bird couldn't outfly it.

"We can just watch from a distance," Sarutobi Tenshu said.

With the Third Raikage personally taking action, this was a rare opportunity, and Sarutobi Tenjuro didn't want to miss the chance to seal Li Yao.

As long as they maintain a safe enough distance, the Third Raikage will understand their meaning: their enemy is Li Yao.

At least until Li Yao is dealt with, they are not enemies.

"Understood."

Sarutobi Ayase obeyed her husband's words and made the ink-colored bird turn around and fly towards the direction of the Third Raikage and his group.

Here.

After retrieving the chakra from the shadow clone, Li Yao did not hesitate and immediately used the same trick again, creating two more shadow clones and the Black Iron Giant Eagle, which flew off in three different directions once more.

"Lightning Release - Black Spotted Lightning Serpent!"

In an instant, the Third Raikage used the same tactic again, sending three black-spotted lightning snakes towards Li Yao in three directions.

Boom... Zzzzz!

The terrifying black lightning erupted again. This time, Li Yao's main body inside the black iron giant eagle's belly on the left was prepared. The Vajra Lock was already poised to strike and quickly devoured the black lightning that surged into his body.

The gray-clad beauty, who was encased in the Vajra Lock, was not seriously injured this time.

but……

"Is it detected through black lightning?"

Sensing that the enemy behind him had changed direction again and was chasing after his main body, Li Yao realized that the enemy might be using black lightning attacks to determine the location of his main body.

(End of this chapter)