Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 167: Giving the Raikage a Multiple-Choice Question

Li Yao led Fanmarenzha's sister and mother out the door. With a thought, he conjured a giant white clay bird, placed the six women on its back, and submerged their bodies in clay, leaving only their heads exposed to breathe, making it easier for them to fly.

Li Yao controlled Fan Marenzha to jump up.

Boom boom boom... The clay bird flapped its wings and took flight into the sky.

The flapping sound of the huge wings caught the attention of a family not far away. Coincidentally, the man of this family was a Jonin with keen senses.

Making that kind of sound so late at night is abnormal.

Out of caution, he went to the window and saw a large white bird flying over the rooftop.

"Damn it, it's someone from the Iwagakure demolition squad!"

As a Jonin, the man was knowledgeable and experienced, and he instantly recognized the large white bird as a ninjutsu used by the clay explosion ninjas of Iwagakure.

"There are enemies. You all need to hide in the basement immediately."

The man quickly turned around and told his family to hide. He then went to the door, put on his Jonin vest, slung his ninja sword over his shoulder, grabbed his ninja tool bag, and ran out the door.

As the man flew toward the large white bird, he used a whistle to warn his companions on night patrol that an enemy was approaching and to alert the villagers to take immediate evacuation.

"Quickly, go and inform Lord Raikage!"

"Gentinels, go and evacuate the villagers into the underground fortifications. Chunin and above, follow me."

Soon the entire Hidden Cloud Village became lively. Thanks to the usual drills and the fact that it was wartime, everyone in the village knew what to do.

Some sought refuge, while others sought out the enemy.

Clearly, they did not believe that Li Yao was the only one attacking.

"We've been discovered!"

Li Yao smiled slightly, not too surprised that he had been discovered. It would be difficult for him to hide if he wanted to take people away, and the key point was that he had no intention of leaving quietly.

Although he can't cause too much trouble or reveal his identity right now, he can still vent a little and teach the Hidden Cloud Village a lesson.

"There!"

"The enemy is there!"

As the large white bird soared higher, huge searchlights lit up the mountaintops of Hidden Cloud Village, and Li Yao was quickly spotted. The lights of seven or eight searchlights remained locked on the large white clay bird.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh... One after another, crossbow bolts flashing with lightning chakra shot out from the top of each mountain, their target the white bird at Li Yao's feet.

The opponent knows the weakness of the Clay Explosion Technique.

There are also corresponding measures to deal with aerial attacks.

Li Yao sensed that the crossbow launcher on the mountaintop was different from cold weapon crossbows; its power source was different. It was like a cannon firing a shell, powered by electricity and chakra.

The bolts fired not only carried lightning chakra, making them significantly faster than normally fired bolts, but also incredibly powerful.

As expected, Kumogakure was the first village in the ninja world to embark on the path of technological ninjutsu, and by this time they had already developed a technological crossbow launcher, which was indeed quite powerful.

But... it's only not bad.

"Wind Release - Wind Barrier".

With a thought, Li Yao manipulated the Wind Release: Chakra to condense a half-meter-thick, high-speed wind wall around the giant bird.

Wind Kree!

The giant crossbow bolt, crackling with lightning, struck the high-speed wind wall like a steel nail hitting a high-speed rotating drill, instantly bouncing off. The lightning chakra on it was also blown away by the gale, failing to hit the clay bird.

Li Yao continued flying upwards, clanging and clanging... The Cloud Ninjas persevered, frantically firing crossbow bolts at him.

"Lord Raikage, the Iwagakure Explosives Unit is attacking."

At the gate of the Third Raikage's residence, just as the ANBU ninja who came to report arrived, the Third Raikage walked out, already dressed in his battle uniform.

How many enemies are there?

The Third Raikage asked as he walked.

"We've identified only one enemy so far," the ANBU ninja replied.

Because it was nighttime, the Cloud Village ninjas did not know that the person on the white bird was Hanma Renza, who was controlled by Li Yao's spirit. They only judged from the clay bird that the enemy was a member of the Iwagakure Explosives Unit.

"one person?"

The Third Raikage frowned. He didn't believe that the enemy had gone to such lengths to break into the Hidden Cloud Village's headquarters with only one person.

"Notify the Daruma family to expand the search area," the Third Raikage said.

"Yes." The ANBU ninja immediately went to make the arrangements.

"You guys go too, I'll take care of that bastard up there." After the Third Raikage finished speaking to the people following behind him, he immediately activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which gave him wings and allowed him to fly into the sky, heading straight for the clay bird.

The moment he took to the sky, a hint of doubt flashed in the Third Raikage's eyes.

Didn't that Onoki guy know that he could already fly, and that he was even faster than him?

With him in charge of the village, they still dared to send air force to launch a sneak attack!

Do you really think that cutting off one of his arms will make us ignore his existence?

"No matter who it is, I will twist your head off for daring to attack the village."

The Third Raikage was furious. The enemy had launched a surprise attack on the village, which was a provocation against him, and they had succeeded in doing so.

They actually let the enemy come to their doorstep.

This is the first time that people from a ninja village in another country have come to our door.

They were also the first of the five hidden villages to be attacked by the enemy.

This is a disgrace.

No matter who it is, he will make sure they never return.

"It's Lord Raikage!"

"It's the boss!"

"The boss is here."

"That arrogant bastard is going to die!"

The Third Raikage streaked across the mountains like a bolt of lightning, flying towards Li Yao in the sky. The Cloud Village ninjas he saw along the way greatly boosted his confidence.

The Third Raikage, who was able to single-handedly render the Eight-Tails powerless and unable to move, held a very high reputation among the Hidden Cloud Ninja and was considered an invincible figure.

As long as he takes action, he can defeat any enemy.

The ninjas of Kumogakure firmly believed this.

Li Yao had already sensed the arrival of the Third Raikage, as well as the terrifying Lightning Release chakra mode emanating from him.

It must be said that without revealing his identity, Li Yao would have a hard time repelling the Third Raikage, let alone defeating him, using only conventional ninjutsu.

However, this is Kumogakure, and his goal is not to kill the Third Raikage right now.

Li Yao's philosophy regarding revenge has always been that it's worse than death.

Therefore, he would not kill the Third Raikage easily.

With a thought, Li Yao conjured a huge clay sphere with a diameter of ten meters above his head.

"Wow, it's huge!"

The Third Raikage, who was watching from afar, felt a chill run down his spine. If such a large piece of clay were to explode, its power would surely be immense.

Fortunately, the enemy was flying in the air, so he wouldn't give them the chance to drop such a huge clay bomb into the village.

Black lightning crackled around the Third Raikage, who was ready to attack.

But would Li Yao be that foolish?

of course not.

Before the Third Raikage could even enter the range of the Black Lightning's long-range attack, the giant clay sphere, like a giant showerhead, instantly sprayed out countless white clay birds with two pairs of wings, flying out like rain across the entire Hidden Cloud Village. A large portion of these birds flew towards the location of the Third Raikage's family residence.

Should they continue pursuing Li Yao, or turn back to rescue more villagers?

The Third Raikage is facing a difficult decision.

The white birds with two pairs of wings flew fast and there were many of them, at least 100,000, scattered and landing, and it was impossible to stop them all.

In the entire Hidden Cloud Village, only the Third Raikage could rely on his absolute speed to stop most of them, at least the clay birds flying towards the densely populated central area.

"hateful!"

The Third Raikage glared hatefully at the large white bird high in the distance, then immediately turned and flew back, transforming into a bolt of lightning to intercept the bird bombs with a long-range black lightning attack over the village.

The Third Raikage had no choice; his son wasn't in the village, and he was the only one who could protect it.

He could not abandon the lives of the villagers to pursue the enemy.

(End of this chapter)