Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 239 Molecular Slash, Sasori of the Red Sand Assassinates the Third Kazekage

Bang!

Ten thousand meters in the air, Li Yao created a shadow clone.

At this moment, Li Yao had perfectly transformed into Kimura Yao.

Kimura Yo's physical body is adapted to the Lightning Release Armor Mode, and the shadow clones he creates are also in Kimura Yo's physical form, so they can use the Lightning Release Armor Mode.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle...* With a thought, the shadow clone activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

At the same time, the black iron chains and the Vajra Lock were wrapped around the shadow clone eighteen times in total, enveloping it completely.

Looking up, Li Yao saw a huge sphere made of golden chakra chains standing still in the air a hundred meters away.

With Li Yao's current chakra strength, plus Kimura Yao's physical defense.

With such a strong defense, he was confident that he could block even a small Tailed Beast Ball.

Using this level of defense is perfect for testing the power of Wind Release Slash.

"Let me see just how powerful this Wind Release: Slash, which rivals the power of Dust Release chakra in the Bloodline Limit, really is."

Li Yao raised his right hand, joined his sword fingers vertically, and concentrated his Wind Release slashing chakra on his sword fingers, transforming it into a slashing wind blade that was as light and transparent as a silken thread, invisible to the naked eye.

In Li Yao's chakra perception, the nature strength of the Wind Release slash chakra was already on par with that of the Dust Release chakra; it was just unknown whether its power was as strong as the Dust Release.

Teng!

Li Yao pointed his sword at the distant golden chakra chain sphere and slashed downwards.

In an instant, the world seemed to fall silent.

At that moment, the air in front of Li Yao seemed to become solid, like a thick, transparent piece of glass, clearly showing that the air had been cut in two.

Bang!

The shadow clone, which was wrapped in layers of Vajra Lock and Black Iron Chains and was in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, exploded.

The outer protective barrier of diamonds and black iron chains also collapsed into the air due to the structural damage.

The Wind Release slash did not disappoint Li Yao's expectations, directly severing all the black iron chains and the Vajra Lock, splitting Li Yao's shadow clone, which was in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, in two.

"Hahaha... Great, that's it!"

Li Yao couldn't help but burst into laughter as his shadow clones. The power of the Wind Release slash was indeed terrifying; that slash, capable of cutting through molecules, was truly formidable.

The key point is that the intensity of the Wind Release slash chakra is already comparable to that of the Dust Release chakra.

This is the key point.

If the chakra intensity of Wind Release Slash is only comparable to that of Bloodline Limit Chakra, then it might not be quite enough to fuse it into Bloodline Limit Net.

However, the single wind-attribute wind-style slashing chakra, comparable to the bloodline limit, is already qualified to be fused with other single-attribute chakras of the same strength to form a bloodline limit.

"Very good, Wind Release is complete, and Yin Release is sufficient. All that's missing is the chakra of the other five elements."

Li Yao believed that he should be close to succeeding in Lightning Release and Water Release, but the remaining Yang Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release might take a little longer.

It doesn't matter. The spirit assimilation technique is complete, and the methods of tormenting the Third Hokage are also finished. Next, we just need to continue developing the perfect transformation technique while waiting for Obito's Kamui Sharingan to be born.

With him around, Kaguya Otsutsuki has no chance of being resurrected.

"Let's go find a guy named Shennong."

Back on the ground, Li Yao called to Xiao Yezi, and the two left the Land of Waves to search for Shennong, a ninja from the Land of Sky in the movie.

Li Yao couldn't remember the plot of that movie anymore.

But he had a deep memory of Zero Tail.

He was very interested in the principle of creating dark chakra by absorbing the dark emotions in people's hearts.

The Perfect Transformation Technique is currently stuck on the step where chakra cannot be reversed and broken down into spiritual energy and physical energy.

Zero-Tails is a chakra creature created by humans from the outside world, and it should have a method for breaking down chakra into spiritual energy.

……

The Land of Wind.

In the arid desert, water often comes from groundwater.

The location of a groundwater outlet often forms an oasis.

At this moment, in a small oasis.

A red-haired boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, was controlling a giant scorpion puppet, watching warily across the oasis lake at the man shrouded in black iron sand.

"Huff...why?"

The Third Kazekage, panting heavily, glanced at the two fallen guards beside him, then looked at Scorpion standing on the scorpion puppet opposite him, his face full of confusion.

He didn't understand why Scorpion, who was born into one of the three great families, would want to assassinate him.

As a renowned genius puppeteer in the village, Sasori was already highly regarded by the Sand Village's strongest puppeteer unit of ninjas.

In terms of reputation, only that brat who uses Wind Release in Sunagakure can surpass Sasori.

However, the commoner-born brat Fengxing could never become the Kazekage. He wouldn't need to take action himself; someone else would take care of that brat.

At that time, the position of the next Kazekage, the fourth Kazekage, will belong to Sasori.

Only Sasori, who was born into one of the three great clans of Sunagakure, was qualified.

He placed Sasori in his guard, which was his way of training the next Kazekage.

The three major families all knew this hint, and he believed that Scorpion understood it as well.

But why?

Why would Scorpion assassinate him at this crucial moment when he was secretly heading to Daming Prefecture to prepare for war?

If we kill him, Sasori will have no choice but to defect. There is no other possibility. The people of Sunagakure are not fools, nor are the families behind him. As long as we use the memory detection technique, Sasori will not be able to hide.

The Third Kazekage couldn't understand why Sasori would do that.

"For eternal art!"

Scorpion said calmly, seemingly only to assassinate the Kazekage to experiment with a new puppet. However, the hint of hatred that flashed in his eyes when he looked at the Third Kazekage revealed that there was another hidden reason behind his killing of the Third Kazekage.

Regarding his parents' deaths, Sasori always believed that the Third Kazekage, an ambitious man who lacked the strength of the First Hokage, was the culprit.

If the war hadn't been so intense, his parents wouldn't have died, and he wouldn't have been deprived of their company for so long.

From the day he became the Third Kazekage's bodyguard, the plan to assassinate the Third Kazekage took root in Sasori's heart.

However, the Third Kazekage was the strongest Kazekage in history, and it was difficult for ordinary assassinations to succeed. He also usually stayed in the village and did not come out. Sasori could only wait.

Now he has finally gotten his chance.

Following the massacre of the Daimyo clan in the Land of Water, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind increased his financial support for Sunagakure.

As a result, the strength of Sunagakure Village increased dramatically.

Unlike other hidden villages where enhancing a ninja's strength requires both talent and time.

The method for Sunagakure's puppeteers to increase their strength is simple: with enough money, they can buy more and better materials, metals, and various raw materials for making poisons, thus improving their strength in a short period of time.

Therefore, after the Sand Village puppeteers' strength was greatly enhanced, the Third Kazekage could no longer remain in office.

Now is the time when Sunagakure's strength is at its peak compared to other hidden villages.

If time continues to drag on, the puppeteer's rapid increase in strength will be leveled off and narrowed by other hidden villages.

Therefore, now is the most opportune time to start a war.

Therefore, the Third Kazekage, accompanied by three guards, secretly traveled to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Wind to discuss matters related to launching a war.

The moment Scorpion had been waiting for had finally arrived.

While resting in this oasis, he poisoned the water in the water he drank from everyone, including himself, but he had the antidote while the others did not.

As the only genius puppeteer in Sunagakure who has never experienced war yet is known as "Sasori of the Red Sand," the power of the poison Sasori creates is naturally extraordinary.

Even though the other two guards carried various antidotes with them, they couldn't neutralize the scorpion's venom and quickly succumbed to the poison.

Only the Third Kazekage, with his powerful control over his body and abundant chakra, was able to temporarily suppress the poison within him and still move his body.

But Scorpion isn't in a hurry.

The Third Kazekage could suppress the enemy for a time, but not for a long time.

In this desert oasis far from the village, the Third Kazekage was traveling in secret again, with no Sand Village ninjas around.

In the end, the Third Kazekage was unable to suppress the poison within his body and was killed by Sasori.

"Magnetic Release - Iron Sand Rain!"

The Third Kazekage clearly understood that if he continued to wait, he would be the one to die. So even though using chakra would prevent him from fully suppressing the toxins in his body, he still made his move.

He can survive if he can kill the scorpion quickly and get the antidote from him.

"Sasori, you forgot that the bane of puppeteers is my Magnet Release: Iron Sand Manipulation."

Even though he was caught off guard by Sasori's assassination attempt, the Third Kazekage's eyes remained confident.

Back then, he was able to suppress Chiyo, who was also from one of the three great families and had a great reputation, and take the position of the third Kazekage.

It was the Magnet Release: Iron Sand Manipulation that gave it absolute control over the puppeteers, leaving them speechless.

"Of course I know how powerful the Third Kazekage is."

A hint of mockery flashed in the eyes of the opposing scorpion. He then jumped off the scorpion puppet and took out three more puppets to block the Third Kazekage's sand iron, creating distance to maneuver around the Third Kazekage.

The Third Kazekage made a mistake.

The ability to manipulate iron sand is indeed very effective against puppets.

However, when the puppeteer is focused on keeping his distance and protecting himself, using only remote control puppets to maneuver around him, and has many puppets of his own, he has no way to deal with the puppeteer.

Especially now that I've been poisoned myself.

As time went by, the Third Kazekage, who had never been able to defeat Sasori, lost his confidence, which was replaced by a desperate madness.

(End of this chapter)