Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 135 Li Yao must be killed, now!

Kato Dan, who valued Li Yao more, did not act rashly. He continued to observe and learn more about Li Yao, which would be more advantageous in the subsequent battles.

Li Yao was unaware that he was being watched by Kato Dan; his chakra perception ability failed to detect Kato Dan in his spirit form.

"go."

After replenishing his chakra, Li Yao conjured eighteen ink-wash eagles that flew in all directions to expand his visual range and perception. He didn't want to be followed from ten kilometers away again.

Whew... Fifteen kilometers away from Li Yao, on the back of an iceberg, Dalaran, which had originally self-destructed, appeared here intact.

Dalaran, who was resting and recovering his chakra with his back against the iceberg, had already looked up at the direction of the explosion, his brows slightly furrowed.

The fact that the clay clone containing most of his chakra was able to force the enemy to self-destruct indicates that the enemy was very strong; it must be Li Yao.

After all, he was a powerful figure who could fight the Third Raikage and escape safely from him, so he had expected him to have such strength.

But... isn't this a bit too fast?

After traversing the frigid lands, Dalaran saw the outline of the mountains on a distant island through his telescope. After confirming that it should be the island where Li Yao was, the cautious Dalaran did not go there in person. Instead, he created a clay clone and poured most of his chakra into the clay clone, sending it to investigate.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Li Yao forced his clay clone to self-destruct.

Does the clay clone have absolutely no chance of resistance?

Dalaran was somewhat displeased. He had heard that Li Yao was still a child, but he hadn't expected him to be so strong.

But... hehe.

Dalaran's slightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed. No matter how strong Li Yao was, in the ninja world, it wasn't about who was the strongest who could win, but about who was cautious enough to survive and make their opponent lose everything.

Clearly, the arrogant Li Yao died because of his own lack of caution.

"It seems we don't need the Tsuchikage to intervene."

Dalaran smiled, looked away, and continued to sit on the ice, concentrating on recovering his chakra, without leaving immediately.

He didn't believe anyone could survive his ultimate bomb attack, not even Li Yao.

……

"Huh... he's not dead?"

High in the sky, Li Yao, standing on the back of the ink-wash eagle, suddenly sensed a chakra-flaming figure appearing within five kilometers to his left. It was the Iwagakure ninja who had just self-destructed.

He was about to leave, but immediately stopped.

"He's not dead... Oh, right, he's a clay clone."

Li Yao remembered that Clay Explosion Release also had the Clay Clone technique.

But since you're not dead... then go die.

Li Yao smiled coldly, immediately changed direction, and flew towards the Iwagakure ninja.

"This guy seems to have a lot of chakra!"

According to my perception, the Iwagakure ninja four kilometers away still had about one card of chakra. Adding the three cards of clay clones from before, the guy's main body had about four cards of chakra, which was already quite good.

Li Yao had never imagined that the clay clone he had created, which was nearly three cards in size, would be a clay clone; he always thought it was his main body.

"The chakra sensing ability is the same as the intelligence, about five kilometers away."

Behind Li Yao, Kato Dan, in his spirit form, maintained a distance of 100 meters from him, recording Li Yao's various current ability data along the way.

Chakra perception is his primary focus.

Judging from the distance to the soul of the Iwagakure ninja ahead, Li Yao's chakra sensing ability has not changed.

That's right, Kato Dan has now confirmed that the Li Yao in this situation is indeed Li Yao.

He had been focused on the ink-wash eagle and hadn't noticed the black iron feather robe Li Yao was wearing. This robe was formed from black chakra chains, a unique ninjutsu technique of Li Yao, and also a habit he used in battle.

Upon noticing the black iron feather robe on Li Yao, Kato Dan confirmed that it was indeed Li Yao.

"So cautious."

Li Yao was somewhat surprised. He sensed that within a one-kilometer radius of the Iwagakure ninja, there were clay birds in the air and clay snow rabbits on the ice, giving the enemy no chance to launch a sneak attack.

However, these clay birds do not seem to have the long-range visual perception ability of the large ink-painted birds, and they cannot see very far.

Li Yao entered within a kilometer radius of the clay birds without being detected. He guessed that the clay birds' perception ability was not vision, but perhaps a kind of chakra perception, otherwise they would not have been able to not see him.

"bump!"

Upon entering a 500-meter radius, the clay bird finally sensed Li Yao's presence and then automatically detonated like a landmine being stepped on.

Clearly, these clay birds serve as early warning mines, alerting the Iwagakure ninja.

As soon as the clay bird exploded, the roar resounded all around. Dalaran, who was sitting on the back of the iceberg, was instantly awakened and leaped onto the iceberg. He then saw Li Yao sitting on the ink eagle, swooping down towards him.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Dalaran's expression froze, his eyes widening in disbelief. Li Yao hadn't been killed by his clay clone's self-destruction.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh... In the sky, thousands of ink paintings, each as thick as a finger, poured down like a curtain of rain, covering a hundred-meter radius around Dalaran.

"not good."

Dalaran, disregarding his shock at why Li Yao was still alive, faced Li Yao's wide-ranging attack and watched the ink paintings splashing down from the sky. He immediately formed hand seals, inhaled deeply, and exhaled forcefully.

"Earth Release-Tulongbi."

Brownish-yellow mud spewed from Dalaran's mouth, then instantly raised a solid rock barrier that enveloped him.

Bang bang bang... The ink paintings rained down on the rocky wall, like raindrops falling on a beach, quickly chipping away a layer of rock, but in the end, they still managed to block Li Yao's attack.

"Earth Release - Earth Gun Bullet... What?!"

Just as Dalaran was preparing to use the rock wall to launch an attack with a clay gun to buy himself time to use the clay bird, he suddenly felt everything go black. His consciousness was transported to a pitch-black place, and he completely lost all perception of the outside world and control of his body.

"go!"

Hundreds of meters in the air, Li Yao stretched out his right hand, and a Vajra Lock shot out from his palm, shattering the rock barrier and penetrating the body of the Iwagakure ninja. Then, he directly devoured the chakra within the Iwagakure's body.

This time, he won't give the Iwagakure ninja another chance to self-destruct.

Within seconds, the remaining chakra within the Iwagakure ninja's body was completely devoured, and the Adamantine Sealing Technique directly shattered the Iwagakure ninja's head, killing him instantly.

After retracting the Vajra Seal, Li Yao was preparing to continue flying forward when he suddenly saw a giant eagle and a Cloud Village ninja wearing a Cloud Village headband on the eagle's back through the ink-wash eagle he had previously released.

"Is it one person from Kumogakure, or just one person?"

Li Yao was somewhat surprised. It was one thing for Iwagakure to come, since not many of them knew anything about him.

But surely you, Kumogakure, are unaware of the strength he displayed in his battle against the Third Raikage?

Now they dare to send only one person? Do they think he won't find out?

"hehe!"

Li Yao sneered and turned to fly towards the direction of the Cloud Village ninja.

Since Yunyin dared to come alone, how could he not dare to kill him?

If these guys aren't dealt a heavy blow, they seem to think they're easy to bully, and that everyone will want to hunt them down.

"It flew over," Akira Inuzuka said, sniffing the air.

"Looks like they haven't spotted us." Biwako looked up at the distant sky, her brow furrowed slightly. "It really is a Super Beast Imitation Painting. What's the deal with that guy?"

Just now, Kato Dan came back to remind them that Li Yao has been found and also knows the secret technique of Super Beast Imitation Painting, and it's a modified version just like Ayase's.

Knowing the visual perception capabilities of the Ink Bird, Biwa Lake knew how to deal with this perception: simply use invisibility to make the Ink Bird invisible.

Therefore, the two easily evaded Li Yao's visual perception of the ink-wash eagle.

But now, Biwa Lake is wondering where Li Yao learned his super beast imitation painting from.

Didn't they say Li Yao didn't know the art of spirit transformation?

Where did he learn so many secret techniques?

If he were just some lucky soul possessing Kimura Yo, he wouldn't have so many secret ninjutsu techniques.

Forget about Black Lightning, Super Beast Imitation Drawing is a genuine Konoha secret ninjutsu, a secret technique developed after the establishment of Konoha.

Every person who studies Super Beast Imitation Painting is recorded, making it impossible for it to be leaked.

Could it be that before Li Yao possessed the body, he was one of the Konoha ninjas who had learned the Super Beast Imitation Drawing technique?

But what about the Third Raikage's Black Raikage?

That doesn't make sense either.

"Li Yao..."

Biwako frowned, her thoughts in turmoil. She was now unsure whether Li Yao could actually work his magic... No, wait!

Biwako was suddenly startled; they had all misunderstood.

Li Yao's inability to perform the art of spirit transformation does not mean he is incapable of the art of soul possession. Perhaps he has developed a similar art of soul possession, but instead of calling it soul possession, he calls it some other secret technique like reincarnation. That is why he has always said that he does not know the art of spirit transformation and has never heard of it.

If that's the case, then it explains why Li Yao knows so many secret ninjutsu techniques.

He may have been possessed and reincarnated several times, and there have even been people in Konoha who have been possessed and reincarnated, but no one has noticed until now.

So... what are the conditions for Li Yao to possess another body and be reincarnated?

Can he be reborn immediately after death?

That probably won't work. If that were the case, then he wouldn't be afraid of death at all.

Moreover, she believed that secret techniques like possession and reincarnation must have great limitations, and one could not simply reincarnate at will.

"Now is still the best time to kill Li Yao."

Biwako felt that her eldest son's judgment was correct; the sooner Li Yao was killed, the better, as the longer it dragged on, the more difficult it would be to kill him.

If Li Yao isn't killed this time... Biwako trembled. Just thinking about how Li Yao had possessed Konoha ninjas before, while they had nothing left, sent chills down her spine.

"Li Yao must be killed, now!"

Biwako was determined to sacrifice herself, but for the time being, the two of them remained where they were and did not move. Kato Dan's soul perception was very far-reaching, so they followed from a distance to find out more information about Li Yao.

This time, they will not give Li Yao another chance to escape.

(End of this chapter)