Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 155 Success

"Never mind."

"So what if they notice?"

Since the Third Raikage wasn't attacking, there was no need to pay him any attention. Li Yao immediately ran away from Sarutobi Moonstone.

Once the Eight Gates Formation is activated, it certainly won't last long. As long as he can stall for that time and the threat of the Eight Gates Formation is gone, Li Yao is confident that he can survive this battle.

However, the Eight Gates Formation, which is said to be dozens of times stronger than the Five Kage, is not so easily held back.

The key is that the opponent has someone who can see his true form. Shadow clones can't fool him at all. Sarutobi Moonstone's target is not missed, and it comes straight towards Li Yao's true form.

"No, we have to stop that guy."

Sensing Sarutobi Tsukiishi rapidly closing in from behind, Li Yao stopped. On Gui Mo's side, a shadow clone filled with chakra dissipated, and Li Yao's chakra was quickly replenished.

"Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees!"

Li Yao clasped his hands together, and apart from retaining his Lightning Release chakra armor, he used all his other chakra to convert into Wood Release chakra to unleash Wood Release.

Squeak, squeak, squeak... In an instant, countless towering trees rose from the ground.

On the path of Sarutobi Moonstone Extreme Travel, countless trees surged towards him like densely packed giant pythons, leaving him no way to advance.

Tap tap tap... Sarutobi Gekisuke's aerial footsteps resembled the Moonwalk from One Piece, allowing him to walk directly in the air and avoid being entangled by the trees.

"Don't even think about coming over here!"

Li Yao roared inwardly, manipulating the boundless tree to rise and block Sarutobi Yueshi's path.

"Evening Elephant!"

Sarutobi Yueshi threw a punch, and a white shockwave swept across everything, instantly creating a huge, clear hole in the boundless tree.

Sarutobi Tsukiseki plunged inside and continued toward Li Yao.

With a creak, halfway there, Sarutobi Tsukiishi suddenly stopped, his face contorted in pain, as numerous cracks appeared in his right leg bone.

"Chance!"

"Chance!"

Li Yao and the Third Raikage, who had been paying close attention to him, both had their eyes light up at the same time.

With a thought, Li Yao manipulated the tree to wrap around Sarutobi Moonstone.

The Third Raikage flapped his wings, his veins bulging, and thrust out with a single, penetrating hand strike, aiming straight for Li Yao's neck, intending to sever Li Yao's head.

"Oh no, there's no escaping it!"

The Third Raikage's all-out attack was incredibly fast, like a bolt of lightning, passing through all the trees and instantly arriving in front of Li Yao.

Li Yao used all his chakra to activate Wood Release, and only his Lightning Release Chakra Armor was still on his body. Fortunately, he was still able to react and forcibly twist his body at the critical moment.

Stab it!

The Third Raikage's One-Hit Punch didn't pierce Li Yao's neck, but instead struck Li Yao's right shoulder. In an instant, Li Yao's entire right arm was severed, and most of his shoulder disappeared as well.

He didn't have time to decide what to do.

Sizzle... The Third Raikage unleashed a terrifying black lightning attack on Li Yao.

Sizzle... Li Yao reacted quickly this time, his body crackling with black lightning as he blocked the Third Raikage's black lightning.

Bang!

On Gui Mo's side, Li Yao dispelled a shadow clone and, having regained a large amount of chakra, did not give the Third Raikage a chance to continue attacking. Countless black iron chains shot out from his body.

The Third Raikage vanished in an instant, without engaging in a direct confrontation.

This attack left Li Yao severely injured, if not dead. If he is not given time to heal his wounds, he will surely die.

Moreover, without an arm, Li Yao cannot use many ninjutsu, which will definitely reduce his combat power significantly.

The Third Raikage was very satisfied.

Bang!

On Gui Mo's side, another shadow clone dissipated, and the chakra that had been transmitted was entirely converted into Wood Release chakra by Li Yao to repair his body.

In an instant, Li Yao's wound expanded rapidly like a bubble, and his cells rapidly divided and proliferated. An arm... did not grow back as Li Yao had imagined. Only his shoulder recovered; the arm did not grow back.

Li Yao's expression changed slightly, but it was alright, it was just an arm. He could figure out a way later, since he could release ninjutsu without hand seals anyway.

*Clang clang...* To avoid being ambushed by the Third Raikage again, Li Yao immediately released countless black iron chains around him, layer upon layer, to envelop him.

Compared to Wood Release, the Black Iron Chains offer a much stronger defense.

Even though the Third Raikage's strength had increased and he could break through the black iron chains, he couldn't instantly thrust in front of him like he had before.

On Sarutobi Tsukiishi's side, because of the Third Raikage's attack, Li Yao was unable to use Wood Release to trap him in time, and he broke free and continued to rush towards Li Yao at high speed.

"Ayase-senpai, Li Yao's shadow clones over there are constantly using them to extract chakra from the giant scroll and transfer it to Li Yao's main body. We need to eliminate those shadow clones first so we can surround and kill Li Yao."

Li Yao used Shadow Clones several times to replenish his chakra, but Kato Dan eventually sensed the abnormality and immediately suggested that Ayase-senpai kill Li Yao's Shadow Clones over there.

The married woman, Ayase, glanced at him and nodded in agreement. She immediately changed direction and flew towards the location of Takama and her daughter.

"Magnetic Escape - Iron Sand Wave".

The Third Kazekage flew over at this moment and immediately released a large area of ​​iron sand that poured down like an inverted Milky Way.

"Wood Release: Wood Wall!"

With a thought, layers of five-meter-thick wooden planks rose from both sides, enveloping him and forming a giant wooden egg fifty meters wide.

The endless iron sand was kept out by the seamless wooden planks.

Inside, Li Yao continued to use Wood Release to block Sarutobi Moonstone.

Currently, only Sarutobi Gekisai, who has activated the Eight Gates, and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, can get close enough to ignore his defenses and kill him; others are still a bit short.

As long as we can hold off these two, everything else will be fine.

"hateful!"

Sarutobi Tsukishiro was surrounded by endless trees and couldn't get close to Li Yao for the time being. His body had reached its limit and he could no longer use the Evening Elephant to clear a path.

Otherwise, even if he came to Li Yao, he wouldn't have the power to kill him.

The Third Raikage was helpless against Li Yao's turtle shell-like defenses; he couldn't break through.

He even suspected that Li Yao had already learned his Lightning Release Chakra Armor technique.

If that's the case, then trapping Li Yao here is the best course of action.

The same applies to the Third Kazekage's iron sand; it has no effect on Li Yao's specially designed wooden defensive barrier.

For a moment, the five shadows' operation to surround and kill Li Yao came to a standstill.

"not good."

After a while, the Third Raikage sensed that Li Yao's Wood Release showed no signs of weakening and his expression changed slightly.

"This guy can unleash and control ninjutsu like this without even needing to form hand seals!"

"hateful!"

The Third Raikage cursed inwardly, then accelerated towards the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who was being held back by Li Yaoying's clone in the distant sky.

Li Yao can stall, but they can't.

At this point, Li Yao's physical location was fixed, and only Onoki's Dust Release could break through all defenses and kill Li Yao.

Despite his reluctance, the Third Raikage was willing to help the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, get rid of Li Yao's shadow clone in order to kill Li Yao.

"As expected, they could see through the black iron chains!"

On Gui Mo's side, inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle's belly, Li Yao's shadow clone sensed that the married woman Ayase was flying towards them. He knew that the sensory ninja on the other side could see him inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle's belly and knew that he was using shadow clones and a giant scroll to replenish his chakra.

"You guys...we'll see how lucky you are."

Li Yaoying quickly retracted the giant scroll into the black water space. Looking at the tense mother and daughter in front of him, he opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he sighed and only said to them, "It depends on luck."

Without giving the mother and daughter a chance to reply, Li Yaoying's clone retrieved the Black Iron Giant Eagle, and the five shadow clones immediately reformed into the Ink Eagle and flew off in all directions.

Gui Mo and her daughter fell from the sky. Xiao Yezi hugged her mother tightly. Before landing, Gui Mo used Vajra to seal the base. They were unharmed and landed safely.

"Ink and Wash Iron Rain!"

One of the five shadow clones flew towards the married woman Ayase, while Li Yao's shadow clone attacked with ink-iron rain from afar.

The married woman, Ayase, easily blocked the attack with her ink-based escape technique.

When they were within 500 meters, Li Yao used an illusion technique.

"It bounced off!"

Li Yaoying's clone's gaze sharpened. The married woman Ayase had blocked his genjutsu. That wasn't the key point. Ayase dared to come in because she had something to rely on. But the way she blocked the genjutsu chakra was exactly the same as the Third Hokage's, which was abnormal.

"Could it be...?"

Li Yao sensed a corner outside the barrier where a man with very little chakra was standing motionless. He had initially been carried there by someone.

Think about how the third generation and the current married woman Ayase resisted his illusions.

Li Yao instantly had some guesses in his mind.

It was that motionless Konoha ninja who did it. The unique sensory ability that could find his true form was also that of the Konoha ninja.

With this in mind, Li Yaoying's clone used ink-wash ninjutsu to fight against the married woman Ayase.

Faced with the same attack, the married woman Ayase was helpless against Li Yaoying's clone.

(End of this chapter)