Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 114 So That's How It Is

"No buts, this is the best opportunity ever; there will never be another chance like this."

Sarutobi Tenjuro shook his head, his eyes resolute. Li Yao was at his weakest point, making it the perfect time to strike.

Once Li Yao recovers, given how quickly his body adapts to the Wood Release cells, they will almost certainly never have another chance like this.

Of course, Sarutobi Tenjuro also understood his wife's concerns.

When Li Yao instantly killed the four members of Yunyin, they didn't see it because of the trees blocking their view.

However, the battle ended too quickly, and Li Yao must still possess unknown and powerful abilities.

Li Yao's abilities are currently unknown, so if he rushes in like this, there's a high chance he'll... die.

But he was willing and determined to sacrifice himself for Konoha.

Only his wife… He looked at his wife, reached out and removed her mask, revealing a stunningly beautiful face.

But at this moment, her exquisitely beautiful face was silently covered with tear stains.

Sarutobi Tenjuro laughed and said, "Don't worry, perhaps Li Yao has already lost the ability to resist."

Suddenly… Sarutobi Ayase hugged her husband tightly, burying her head in his shoulder, and said firmly, “I’ll go with you.”

"No." Sarutobi Tenjuro pushed his wife away abruptly, grabbed her shoulders tightly with both hands, and said gently, "Our child can't be without a mother. You don't want the child to be left unattended after school, do you?"

"No, we'll go together." Sarutobi Ayase shook her head, her eyes resolute.

Sarutobi Tenjuro frowned, adopted his identity as the captain of the Dark Guard, and shouted sternly, "Listen to me, this is an order."

Sarutobi Ayase remained unmoved, simply staring at her husband, her resolute gaze conveying only one message.

You take a break and face Li Yao alone.

Although this may be the weakest moment for Li Yao, it does not mean that Li Yao is completely powerless to resist.

Judging from Li Yao's quick dispelling of the shadow clones after dealing with the four people who were tracking him from the Cloud Village, although the damage he suffered from unleashing his secret technique was significant, it was by no means to the point where he was completely powerless to resist.

How could Sarutobi Ayase bear to leave her husband alone to face Li Yao, who still had the ability to retaliate?

With one more person, there is one more person to look after, and one more force to resist danger.

Sarutobi Ayase would never let her husband go alone.

Perhaps seeing the determination and resolve in his wife's eyes, Sarutobi Tenjuro, who had been keeping a straight face, suddenly sighed, his gaze softening, and said, "Alright, then let's go together."

As ninjas, and specifically as ANBU ninjas, the two had long been prepared to sacrifice themselves for Konoha.

At this moment, the two reached an agreement, and Riku Sarutobi Ayase immediately controlled the ink-wash bird to fly towards Li Yao's location.

On the way, Sarutobi Tenjuro took out a large scroll and unfurled it. The large "seal" on it was very eye-catching, and the dense sealing technique patterns around it showed how terrifying the ninjutsu sealed inside the "seal" was.

This is a scroll containing the Adamantine Sealing Barrier Technique, specially prepared for them by Lady Mito Uzumaki before they left. It contains the terrifying ninjutsu, the Adamantine Sealing Barrier Technique.

If Li Yao's true form can be locked down, and combined with the binding of the Vajra Lock and his wife's Twin Dragons Playing with a Pearl Sealing Technique, there is a high chance of sealing Li Yao.

However, they have never been able to determine the location of Li Yao's true form, so they have never had the opportunity to use it.

It is now certain that Sarutobi Tenjuro is the real Li Yao in the mountain cave.

...Sarutobi Ayase also unfurled a huge blank scroll and drew a picture of two dragons with their mouths wide open spiraling upwards, chasing something, waiting for the crucial moment to activate this powerful sealing technique of two dragons playing with a pearl, which was still missing one pearl.

Originally, Sarutobi Tensuke himself brought the painting there, but at the crucial moment, he activated the Twin Dragons Playing with a Pearl sealing technique on the scroll.

Now, Sarutobi Ayase will handle it herself, which will allow her to adjust the control of the sealing technique as needed.

Given the couple's tacit understanding, if nothing unexpected happens, there is a high chance that Li Yao will be sealed away, or at least he will have to give up his current physical body, Kimura Yao.

However, the couple lacked confidence in their ability to win because Li Yao kept demonstrating new ninjutsu techniques along the way.

However, what the two did not know was that Li Yao actually did not know any spirit possession techniques. If they had acted earlier, Li Yao would have been defeated long ago.

From beginning to end, it's all about three generations of monkeys outsmarting and outmaneuvering thin air.

At this moment, unaware that danger was about to strike again, Li Yao sat on the cold ground in the cave with his eyes closed, fully controlling the acupoint chakra to bind the space of the Death Gate acupoint.

At this moment, the acupoint space is like a large reservoir that gathers all the rivers of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, which has burst its banks. All the water in the rivers is constantly flowing away. If the dam is not rebuilt, all the rivers will eventually dry up.

What Li Yao is doing now is using acupoint chakra to rebuild the dam of the Death Gate acupoint, controlling the unlimited loss of life potential in his body and making it controllable.

However, the shortfall is too large, and Li Yao is now in an awkward situation.

To completely seal the Death Gate acupoint space, a large amount of acupoint chakra is required.

However, to condense a large amount of chakra, he must open the Death Gate acupoint to release the physical limitations and unleash his life potential. Only then can he condense enough chakra to reseal and bind the Qimen space.

This is awkward!

No solution!

Unless a few people suddenly come and devour a large amount of his chakra, Li Yao's chakra can only slow down the loss of his life potential, but cannot completely seal and bind the Death Gate acupoint space to stop the continued loss of life potential.

With his current gray hair and loose, wrinkled skin, Li Yao himself doubted whether he could withstand a week of loss of life potential.

"Looks like I still can't keep a low profile!"

Li Yao's heart stirred slightly, and he made a decision. After stabilizing the Death Gate acupoint space, he would go out to hunt ninjas and devour their chakra to seal the Death Gate acupoint space within his body.

"Um!"

Inside the cave, Li Yao, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Someone had arrived and was already within his one-kilometer perception range.

Because most of his mental energy was used to maintain the sealing and binding of the acupoint chakra on the Death Gate acupoint space, Li Yao could only maintain chakra perception within a range of one kilometer.

Unexpectedly, his precautions were actually taken, and he was actually brought to the scene.

It's still the same two familiar people!

One of them is the son of a third-generation monkey.

How could they... um!

"I see!"

Li Yao stood up, suddenly realizing where the strange feeling that came from when he had been found again so quickly after getting rid of the Third Raikage several times came from.

It turns out that these two had been monitoring him from outside his perception range all along, but he had never noticed.

Considering that his lair, Snake Island, was suddenly found by the Third Raikage and his group, it's hard to say that it has nothing to do with the Third Raikage's son.

"But that's perfect, I can settle both old and new scores at once, and I was just worried about not having anyone to provide chakra."

Li Yao smiled slightly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

He is at his weakest and strongest now. In the past, it would have been difficult for him to deal with two ANBU Jonin who knew his abilities.

Now... hehe!

Li Yao made no attempt to hide and went straight out to greet the arrival of the Konoha Anbu duo.

The other party knew that he had a wide range of perception, and now it was flying straight at him, obviously thinking that he was very weak and could be easily taken advantage of.

Actually, what they were thinking wasn't wrong.

Li Yao is indeed very weak now, as most of his chakra is being used to maintain the binding seal on the Death Gate acupoint space.

There isn't much chakra available for combat.

Unless Li Yao is willing to release the constraints of the Death Gate acupoint space and expend his life potential.

Would Li Yao agree?

Of course I'd like to.

From the moment Li Yao discovered Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife, he knew that eliminating them was the only option.

Otherwise, he will have a hard time settling down in the future.

(End of this chapter)