Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 197 Perfect Clone?

"No, we have to find a way to start the plan ahead of time, at least during the Third Shinobi World War."

Li Yao made up his mind and began to think about how to launch his revenge plan while his main body could not leave Nagato's side.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

If the main body cannot leave, only the shadow clone can leave.

Bang!

After dispelling the Perfect Transformation Technique, Li Yao created a shadow clone, which then used the Perfect Transformation Technique to transform into the captured ninja.

"Can."

Li Yao's eyes lit up slightly. The transformation technique performed by the shadow clone was just as perfect, and neither soul perception nor chakra perception could distinguish it.

Even so... it still didn't work.

Li Yao suddenly frowned. A shadow clone is still a shadow clone after all; it will automatically dissolve once it suffers a certain degree of damage.

Furthermore, shadow clones need to absorb chakra to exist for a long time.

Once the method of absorbing chakra is used, the chance of being exposed is high, or rather, it will be exposed sooner or later. It is not safe. The key is that the shadow clone cannot eat, which is a fatal flaw. There are not many people in Konoha who know the shadow clone technique, but there are definitely not a few. The fact that the shadow clone cannot eat is a fatal flaw that can easily attract the attention of others.

"Damn it!!"

Li Yao couldn't help but utter a national treasure: If Shadow Clone doesn't work, then what other methods can he use... Hmm... How about Possession?

Li Yao suddenly thought of a possibility.

He had previously speculated that because of his soul mutation, the possession technique of spirit transformation might not have the side effect of rejection. He wondered if he could use shadow clones to possess other people's bodies and, combined with the characteristics of the transformation technique, become one of his clones while keeping his chakra and soul energy fluctuations unchanged.

In this way, the shadow clone is not just a shadow, but a real clone with a physical body, which can live just like a real person.

"Perhaps... what Kimura Yo's father wanted to develop was not a perfect transformation, but a perfect clone."

Li Yao became more and more excited as he thought about it, and suddenly realized that Kimura Yao's father's initial research might have been aimed at creating a perfect clone rather than a perfect transformation.

"Give it a try!"

With a thought, Li Yao transformed a large amount of chakra within his body into Rinnegan eye power chakra, then used this chakra to cover his right hand and grab at the head of the ninja who was grabbing him.

Before possessing another's body, one must kill the other's soul.

Although the Shadow Clone can use the Spirit Transformation Technique to create a spirit body, because it is not the real Li Yao's soul, the spirit body created by the Shadow Clone is very fragile. It can only be used for exploration and cannot be used to attack the soul of an enemy. Once it possesses someone else's body, it will be overwhelmed by the soul's instinct and consciousness.

Fortunately, after successfully replicating the Rinnegan's eye power and chakra, Li Yao was also able to use some of the Rinnegan's basic abilities.

As the Rinnegan controls life and death, it is easy for it to capture the souls of others.

Li Yao could also do it using the power of his Rinnegan chakra, but the amount of chakra he consumed was far greater than that of Nagato, who had transplanted the Rinnegan.

Li Yao guessed that it might be because he didn't have the Rinnegan as a vessel, so using some of the Rinnegan's unique abilities consumed more Rinnegan eye power chakra than Nagato.

But it doesn't matter, Li Yao's chakra reserves are much higher than Nagato's.

The Rinnegan's eye power and chakra give it an innate control over the soul.

Li Yao grabbed the ninja's head with his right hand, as if he had grabbed his soul. With a swift movement, he pulled out a pale blue, dazed soul figure that only Li Yao could see—the very soul of the ninja.

Normally, a person's soul is in a state of dementia, like a person in a vegetative state.

This also shows that people have no control over their own souls.

Therefore, the soul remains in this vegetative, dementia-like state.

At this moment, the ninja's soul was extracted by Li Yao using the power of his Rinnegan chakra.

Li Yao suddenly exclaimed "Huh?" He discovered that he seemed to be able to absorb and purify the souls in his hands, turning them into pure souls... no, spiritual energy.

This spiritual energy is very special; it does not fluctuate and is extremely pure, like unclaimed spiritual energy, belonging to no one.

It is important to know that every living person's soul emits a unique fluctuation of spiritual energy.

This unique fluctuation of spiritual energy, like the DNA of the body, is the key to distinguishing people from one another.

Spiritual energy without fluctuations in mental energy is like a physical body without DNA—very special.

With a thought, Li Yao absorbed this pure spiritual energy fluctuation, feeling as if he had drunk a sip of iced tea on a hot summer day, feeling much more refreshed.

"This is a blue potion that restores sanity!"

Li Yao smiled slightly, then quickly had his shadow clone use the Spirit Transformation Technique to become a spirit and possess the soulless body.

At this moment, the soul of the captured ninja has just disappeared. The body is like a speeding electric car that suddenly runs out of power. The heart stops beating, the brain stops sending various signals to command the cells to complete various metabolic activities, and the various life systems of the body stop functioning. It will not be long before the body dies.

But if you can take over the body quickly enough, you can fully charge it before the car comes to a complete stop, allowing the body to resume functioning and come back to life.

At this point, the possession is considered successful.

The shadow clone's possession was timely, so it succeeded.

Li Yao could feel a strong rejection from the physical body of his shadow clone spirit, but it didn't matter. After he changed the spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by the spirit to be the same as those of a ninja, the rejection disappeared. This confirmed Li Yao's initial guess that he could indeed possess others without harm.

The captured ninja was a male ninja in his twenties with a full beard, resembling James Harden in the NBA.

At this moment, "Harden" stood up from the clay bird's back and looked at Li Yao.

"How is it?"

Li Yao asked curiously, "The shadow clone has its own independent thought process. Li Yao can connect with it through consciousness to perceive it, but the shadow clone is still the one who understands the subtlest things best."

After possessing the body, the shadow clone "Harden" reached out and clenched his fist, then relaxed, then clenched it again, feeling the realism that was completely different from when he was in his shadow clone state. His eyes gradually became bright.

"very nice!"

"It feels like I've been reborn!"

Hehe... Li Yao chuckled. Isn't this just possession and rebirth?

It seems the perfect clone technique has been successful.

Just as Li Yao was thinking this, his shadow clone "Harden" suddenly frowned and said, "Without spiritual energy, I cannot gather chakra. Once the original chakra is used up..."

Before the shadow clone could finish speaking, Li Yao already knew the outcome, and his brows furrowed.

Chakra is formed by the fusion of spiritual energy and physical energy; neither can be lacking.

Shadow clones are not the original body, but merely shadow clones. They have no soul, do not generate spiritual energy, and therefore cannot condense chakra.

The problem remains the same: for shadow clones to exist for a long time, they must use their abilities to absorb the chakra of others.

Otherwise there will be a time limit.

When the time is up, the shadow clone will disappear, and the body it possesses will have the same fate as having its soul extracted; it will die physically before long.

To solve this problem, the shadow clones need to be given souls.

"this……"

Li Yao's expression was uncertain. Putting aside how the shadow clones could possess souls, he wondered if the shadow clones, after possessing souls, would develop independent consciousness and rebel against him like an artificial intelligence that had developed self-awareness.

This is an issue that cannot be ignored.

Li Yao would rather not have a clone than create an independent clone that is not under his absolute control, even if that clone obeys him. What he wants is absolute control, and there can be no possibility of any accidents.

However, what Li Yao needs to think about now is how to give the shadow clone a soul, and then consider whether the clone can be controlled.

(End of this chapter)