Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 137 There's no reason for it.

"What a terrifying illusion!"

Ordinary people cannot see or perceive genjutsu chakra, but Kato Dan in his spirit form has very keen soul perception. He could see Li Yao's genjutsu chakra invade Darmanoji's brain from a distance of 500 meters in an instant, and Darmanoji completely lost the ability to resist.

Such a long-range genjutsu release, and it can easily render a Jonin unable to resist.

"horrible!"

"This must be the secret technique that Ayase-senpai mentioned, the one that Li Yao used to kill four Jonin instantly. I never expected it to be such a terrifying genjutsu."

A deep sense of apprehension flashed in Kato Dan's eyes. He could see clearly that the opposing Jonin was obviously wary of Li Yao's genjutsu, but the opponent's methods of dispelling the genjutsu were completely useless.

Li Yao's illusions are terrifying.

This would significantly increase the difficulty of killing Li Yao.

Thinking back on the abilities he has shown so far, Kato Dan felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

A terrifying defensive ninjutsu capable of withstanding an explosion radius of five kilometers.

The terrifying sealing techniques, such as the Adamantine Sealing Technique, which can easily seal even tailed beasts.

In terms of ninjutsu, both Lightning Release and Wind Release are top-tier.

Li Yao has yet to demonstrate his exceptional physical skills.

However, the terrifying genjutsu that could render a Jonin powerless had already compensated for Li Yao's weakness in taijutsu.

In addition, he possesses chakra perception with a radius of five kilometers and extremely fast aerial ninjutsu.

"How can we possibly kill Li Yao like this?"

Kato Dan frowned, his head aching more and more as he thought about it. He couldn't find a way for them to kill Li Yao.

Unless he directly attacks Li Yao's soul.

But... this isn't foolproof either.

His spiritual attacks are not omnipotent; the higher the quality of a person's chakra, the weaker their soul attacks.

Moreover... the Vajra Lock within Li Yao's body greatly restrains his spiritual body.

The Adamantine Sealing Barrier can seal chakra creatures like the Nine-Tails, which are aggregates of resentment, and it also has a strong sealing effect on the soul.

Given the strength of Li Yao's Vajra Lock, his spirit only had one chance: to attack his soul when Li Yao was unprepared.

If Li Yao fails to kill him with a single blow, a prepared Li Yao will never give him another chance to attack his soul.

While Kato was pondering how to ensure he could kill Li Yao.

After killing the man with his sword, Li Yao did not leave immediately. Instead, he remained in the air, frowning and watching something intently.

"What is he doing?" A hundred meters away, the spirit Kato Dan stopped thinking and saw Li Yao's actions, feeling somewhat curious.

"Wait, where are the people from Konoha?"

Ten minutes later, Li Yao frowned and looked around. There was no one there, and he could not sense any chakra fluctuations. The ink-wash eagle that had flown out did not see anyone on the ground or the ink-wash bird of the wife in the air, Ayase.

"There's no reason for it!"

Li Yao rubbed his forehead, looking puzzled.

He didn't know how he was discovered here, but it would be one thing if only the people of Iwagakure knew, but even Kumogakure knew, and they found him from different directions.

Now, both Iwagakure and Kumogakure know that he is here.

If information is known to both Iwagakure and Kumogakure, then it means that the information is not a secret.

Therefore, Konoha must also know that he is here.

It's even possible that the information about him being here was found and leaked by Konoha.

So, he killed all the people from Iwagakure and Kumogakure, so why didn't the people from Konoha show up?

Li Yao didn't believe that the Third Hokage, who had found his whereabouts after witnessing the horrific state of Sarutobi Tenjuro and Ayase, would remain indifferent.

So... why hasn't he found anyone from Konoha yet?

Could it be...? Li Yao's expression changed suddenly, and then with a thought, he instantly created nine shadow clones that rode on ink-wash eagles and flew in all directions.

He had realized that the ink-wash eagle's visual perception was unable to detect the hidden enemy.

Clearly, the people of Konoha may be hiding and using some kind of long-range perception ability that he is unaware of to sense his presence.

To find the hidden Konoha ninja, we'll have to use his chakra sensing ability.

Li Yao believed that no one could escape his current chakra sensing ability.

Unless that person is hiding in the cold depths of the sea, in which case it might be possible to escape because the deep sea water would weaken their chakra perception.

Otherwise, no one could enter his five-kilometer chakra-sensing range without being detected.

The nine shadow clones dispersed in nine directions, flying close to the ice surface a hundred meters above the ground in order to perceive the chakra fluctuations on the ground more deeply.

Even with the thick ice layer blocking the way, Li Yaoying's clone could sense the chakra fluctuations twenty meters below the ice.

At this depth, in such cold weather, unless one is an ice-style ninja, no one can hide at a depth of twenty meters in the icy deep water for more than a minute, not even a ninja with strong physical abilities.

"not good."

After Li Yao created shadow clones that flew low in all directions, Kato Dan suddenly realized that the simultaneous arrival of Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninjas aroused Li Yao's suspicion. He guessed that Konoha's people had also come, and that creating shadow clones was to find them.

Thinking of this, Kato Dan quickly returned to his own body.

Soon, Kato Dan returned to his own body and woke up.

"What's going on?" Kato Dan heard Biwako's question as soon as he opened his eyes. He didn't answer, but said urgently, "Lord Biwako, come with me. Li Yao has noticed our presence. His shadow clones are searching for us. We can't let him find us yet."

"Okay." Biwako nodded immediately and followed behind Kato Dan, as did Inuzuka Akira. The two of them followed Kato Dan and ran to the left.

Li Yao possesses chakra sensing abilities; once his shadow clones approach within a five-kilometer radius, even their invisibility techniques become useless.

The intelligence gathered by Sarutobi Tenjuro mentioned that Li Yao had a very keen sense of chakra, and could sense the chakra that naturally dissipated and remained in the air, thus confirming their presence.

None of the three from Biwa Lake harbored any illusions. To eliminate the possibility of being discovered by Li Yao, they immediately moved away from within a ten-kilometer radius of Li Yao's shadow clone.

With Kato Dan, who can sense souls from hundreds of kilometers away, the soul aura simulated on Li Yaoying's clone was also clearly sensed.

After Li Yao's shadow clone flew thirty kilometers away from his main body, it began to fly around him, constantly sensing his presence.

However, it was no use; Kato Dan and the other two moved more than 100 kilometers away from Li Yao.

An hour later.

Li Yao began to doubt himself.

"Didn't the people from Konoha come?"

Otherwise, the opponent would never have been able to evade his chakra sensing ability.

For Li Yao, what he trusted most was his special chakra perception ability, which allowed him to clearly sense changes in the nature of ninjutsu chakra.

He didn't believe anyone in the ninja world could escape his chakra sensing ability.

Even White Zetsu, Li Yao did not believe that they could escape his chakra perception. As long as someone had chakra, it was impossible for them to escape his perception. Li Yao firmly believed this.

Even though he hasn't found anyone from Konoha yet, he doesn't believe there's something wrong with his chakra perception ability.

"Either the people from Konoha really didn't come, or the people who came could sense him from a hundred kilometers away."

"There are only these two possibilities; there are absolutely no other possibilities."

Li Yao thought to himself.

Regardless of the possibility, there's no point in him staying here any longer.

Thinking of this, Li Yao withdrew all his shadow clones and then controlled the ink eagle to fly towards the sea of ​​war.

(End of this chapter)