Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 208 The Thinner, the Sharper

"Hmm...why did he stop?"

Just as the young man looked on in despair, Li Yao suddenly stopped. The young man also stopped and looked at Li Yao with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Could it be that the opponent's chakra is failing first?

The thought of this possibility ignited a burning desire in the boy's eyes, a urge to kill Li Yao.

But when he saw the longing look in Li Yao's eyes, as if he were looking at a stunningly beautiful woman, the fiery passion in his eyes instantly turned to ice.

call out!

Without hesitation, he turned and ran away, completely ignoring his two companions.

Having achieved fame at a young age, he was able to survive the brutal Second Shinobi World War thanks to this decisiveness, just as he had escaped from the White Fang of Konoha back then.

only……

bump!

Feng Xing, who had just turned and was running away, seemed to trip over something and fell to the ground, motionless.

Clearly, he wasn't as lucky as he was when he escaped from Konoha's White Fang back then.

Li Yao walked over and mentioned the boy who had been stripped of his body control by the Sensation Deprivation Technique. After the experiment was completed, the boy's Wind Release talent was indeed worthy of being made into a Wind Release clone.

"Damn it, let go of Lord Windwalker!"

The two Chunin from Sunagakure, upon seeing this, immediately got up and ran towards Li Yao. Their eyes showed no fear of death, demonstrating their loyalty to the boy.

The young Sunagakure fell so quickly that they didn't realize they had been abandoned by him.

"Take care of them."

Li Yao turned to Xiao Yezi and said something, then picked up the Sand Village boy and flew into the sky.

"clear."

Seeing Li Yao fly into the sky right in front of the two Sand Village ninjas, using ninjutsu techniques that were inconsistent with Li Yao's identity as an Akatsuki member, Xiao Yezi instantly understood what Li Yao meant by "solving the problem."

"Illusion Technique - Naraku Leaf Technique!"

"Paper Release - Flying Paper Explosion Talisman Technique!"

With her genjutsu combined with the Flying Paper Explosion Talisman technique, Xiao Yezi cleanly and efficiently eliminated the two Sand Village ninjas, completely disregarding Yahiko's principle of not killing before his departure.

Although I had a great time in Akatsuki these past two years, and got along very well with Yahiko and the others, and I also admired Yahiko's ideals.

But she is no longer a little girl.

She also knew why she and the older man had joined Yahiko and his group.

Sooner or later they will leave the Akatsuki organization.

After today, it seems it's time to leave the Akatsuki.

Little Leaf thought to herself.

At this moment, 10,000 meters in the air.

On the back of the clay bird, the Wind Release Shadow Clone was already completed. Li Yao didn't rush to get off. In his hand, a ball of copied Wind Release chakra condensed into a flowing wind, just like threads.

"The thinner, the sharper!"

This is a characteristic of wind-style chakra nature transformation, and the young Kazekage's wind release technique is clearly ahead in this aspect.

The wind-style chakra condenses into a thin layer of wind so fine that it can cut through cells at a microscopic level.

Generally speaking, even the sharpest knife cannot cut through a cell. In terms of cell size, even the sharpest knife tip is like a sledgehammer. It only achieves the cutting effect by squeezing the cell to one side or breaking it up, without actually cutting off the individual cell at the microscopic level.

The Wind Release chakra of the Wind Boy is so thin that it can directly sever cells.

"This is the same attack effect as the Wind Release: Rasengan that Naruto later used."

Li Yao suddenly had an idea.

Naruto's Wind Release: Rasengan attack uses Wind Release chakra to condense into countless tiny wind needles, directly penetrating and destroying cells at the microscopic level.

However, unlike Naruto who only developed one Wind Release: Rasengan, the Windwalker developed a series of Wind Release ninjutsu.

The Flowing Wind Armor is the culmination of all techniques. Like the Cloud Village's Lightning Release Armor, it combines offense, defense, and speed. Its passive evasion ability, which resembles the paper drawing of the Navy's Six Styles, has been terrifyingly enhanced. Even with Li Yao's current physical attacks, he cannot break through its defenses.

"Strange...why wasn't such a powerful person mentioned in the original work?"

"Not only him, but also Onoki's youngest daughter."

Li Yao was a little curious, so he casually withdrew the Wind Release chakra from his hand and instead used the Steel Release chakra he had copied from Haito to condense a bright steel ball.

When we last met, Haito didn't know Steel Release. I never expected that when we met again, Haito had mastered such a powerful bloodline limit.

Steel Release... Li Yao remembered that it appeared in the original work or the movie. He couldn't remember who it was, but it definitely wasn't Haitoku. It didn't seem to directly create steel. It just made people's bodies as hard as steel. It was a pure physical defense type of bloodline limit.

To be honest, the physical strength granted by that Steel Release bloodline limit might not even be stronger than the Earth Release ninjutsu that Li Yao obtained from Kakuzu, which hardened his body with Earth Release: Earth Spear.

At most, because it is a fusion of earth and lightning attributes, steel style might not be so much countered by lightning style.

However, in terms of practicality, it is definitely not as powerful as the bloodline limit of Ash, which directly creates steel attacks.

This bloodline limit, combined with the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release, can unleash a power far greater than the sum of its parts.

Even without Magnet Release, Steel Release is still a very powerful bloodline limit. With such a powerful bloodline limit, the chances of surviving the Third Shinobi World War should be very high.

However, it was not mentioned again in the original work.

Did he die during this period?

Forget it, let's not dwell on this anymore.

Li Yao shook his head, and with a thought, used Dust Release to turn the steel ball in his hand into ashes.

Although White Zetsu and Madara certainly knew that he possessed the ability to copy other people's bloodline limits, he still didn't want to simply let White Zetsu know that he had learned Steel Release.

Therefore, it's better for the steel ball to turn to ashes.

"From now on, continue to develop your Wind Release chakra nature transformation towards thinner and sharper slashes, and don't worry about anything else."

Li Yao said.

"clear."

The Wind Release clone smiled and replied.

bump!

Li Yao punched the Wind Release clone in the chest, severely injuring it. With all their companions dead, it was only fair that the clone sustained some injury.

This feeling... is quite strange.

The Wind Release clone was also Li Yao himself; this was the first time he had ever experienced fighting himself.

bump!

As soon as Li Yao landed, he casually tossed aside the Wind Release clone that had been pretending to be unconscious and beckoned Xiao Yezi to leave.

"Isn't that person going to leave?" Little Leaf turned around and glanced at the unconscious Sand Village boy, frowning as she asked.

"No need." Li Yao shook his head, not explaining much.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yezi didn't ask any more questions. However, the uncle had already disobeyed Yahiko's orders, killing two Sand Village ninjas and releasing the Sand Village boy. There was a high possibility that Yahiko would find out about this afterward.

"Is Uncle preparing to leave Yahiko and the others?" Little Leaf couldn't help but ask.

The White Zetsu, hidden underground, was also watching this scene. He was also curious as to why Li Yao had released that Sand Village brat alone. Was he really preparing to leave Nagato's side?

"Don't worry, I won't leave," Li Yao said with a smile, addressing Bai Jue.

Did Li Yao cast a genjutsu on that Sunagakure boy to prevent the truth about his murder from being revealed?

Bai Jue wondered to himself.

No matter what, as long as Li Yao doesn't leave Nagato's side, it's fine.

Bai Jue continued to follow Li Yao.

Xiao Yezi asked, "Should we go back now or go find Yahiko and the others?"

Li Yao laughed and said, "Of course we're going to find Yahiko and the others."

Li Yao hadn't forgotten that his mission was to protect Nagato's Rinnegan.

We don't know who this person from Konoha is or how strong they are. What if they appear to be a genin, but suddenly unleash the power of a kage-level genin who has been a genin for thousands of years and destroys Nagato's Rinnegan?

So it's better to go and keep an eye on it.

Bai Jue thought the same way, so he didn't stop Li Yao from going to find Yahiko.

Now that Obito has found someone to love and has formed a bond with, Haku's control over Li Yao is not as strict as it was at the beginning.

Li Yao would have no objection even if he killed all the Konoha ninjas who came to cause trouble for the Akatsuki this time.

(End of this chapter)