Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 263 Soon

at the same time.

The Hatake family.

The Lightning Release clone sat in the room in the same posture as the Fire Release clone, Fugaku, except that instead of flames, lightning was gathering in his hands.

One black and one white, the two bolts of lightning collided from time to time, generating wisps of gray lightning.

As these streaks of gray lightning appeared, the lights in the room flickered, and a sense of financial ruin and desolation permeated the atmosphere.

Kakashi, who was sleeping in the next room, suddenly shuddered, felt a chill, and woke up instantly.

Upon waking, Kakashi instinctively shrank back, but quickly stopped, as the temperature was normal and his body wasn't cold; he only felt a chill in his mind.

"What kind of ninjutsu is Father developing?"

Kakashi looked towards his father's room; he had been woken up by the cold more than once at night recently.

He knew his father was developing new ninjutsu, but when he asked his father, his father wouldn't tell him.

However, this only made Kakashi even more excited.

He was very curious about what kind of effect this ninjutsu, which could make people feel a chill in their spirits, would ultimately produce.

"Soon!"

"The white lightning and black lightning are already showing signs of merging."

Lightning Release: Body and Mind Splitting Technique.

Once there are signs of the fusion of the two chakras, all that's left is to let time work its magic.

It shouldn't be long before the chakra for the new Lightning Release ninjutsu, formed by the fusion of black and white lightning, is condensed.

……

The Land of Earth.

In a high-altitude rock cave in Iwagaku Village.

The candlelight flickered, illuminating the small cave.

Li Yao's Earth Release clone, Shi Yan, sat cross-legged on a flat rocky ground, eyes closed, expression focused.

At this moment, Shi Yan's facial features had fully matured.

The boy has now grown into a handsome young man and has won the heart of Haitsuchi, the most beautiful woman in Iwagakure.

Tee te te... At this moment, around the Earth Release clone, countless small stones the size of marbles were scattered on the ground. These small stones seemed to be jumping around incessantly due to some kind of force.

A heavy feeling emanated from the Earth Release clone.

The pebbles on the ground moved unknowingly toward the earth-escape clone as they bounced.

Outside the cave.

Feeling the tremor from the ground, the dust turned its head and looked on with anticipation.

"Soon!"

"Once Junior Brother's new ninjutsu is fully developed, let those who say Junior Brother is a coward show him what it means to turn the tide."

Hui Tu's beautiful eyes darted around, and she felt angry thinking about those guys who used her junior brother's development of ninjutsu as an excuse.

Are all those guys idiots?!

They just don't understand that the final outcome of the Ninja World War was never decided by ordinary ninjas like them, but by the strongest at the top.

The top-tier fighters, including the Second and Third Kage, from World War I were the ones who ultimately determined the outcome of the war.

During World War II, it was not ordinary ninjas who brought the hidden villages of various countries to a standstill, but rather top-tier powerhouses who rose to prominence during the great war.

The Legendary Sannin, the White Fang of Konoha, the First Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and other top-tier fighters.

It was the emergence of these powerful figures that stabilized the various battlefronts, preventing the major hidden villages from breaking through the defenses held by their top experts and destroying the enemy.

Iwagakure is currently under siege by the three major hidden villages, especially since Konoha and Kumogakure only have Iwagakure on their front line. The forces they have committed are the largest since the First and Second Shinobi World Wars.

This is the most dangerous time for Iwagakure.

My father's dust escape technique was very powerful, but ultimately he was still just one person.

There are other strong people in the village, but they are all far inferior to my father.

Fortunately, there are two Jinchūriki (human spirits) around, which makes the enemy wary, allowing the village to hold out until now.

But the enemy cannot remain intimidated forever; eventually, they will reach the village.

When that happens, the village will be in danger.

The only way to break this deadlock is for a top-tier expert comparable to the father to emerge. At that point, the situation will be stabilized... no, it will be able to break through an entire battle line.

In this way, the village crisis was resolved immediately, and all that was left was to slowly wear it down. In any case, it was no longer possible to destroy the village.

At that time, the tacit alliance between Sunagakure, Konoha, and Kumogakure will naturally collapse.

Currently, the only person who can reach or even surpass their father's level of strength in a short period of time is the junior brother.

"Even my father said that as long as Junior Brother can successfully develop that ninjutsu, even he can't beat Junior Brother."

"By then... hehe!"

Hui Tu chuckled inwardly. She was looking forward to seeing the expressions on the faces of those who looked down on her junior brother when they saw his new ninjutsu. That would be quite amusing.

……

The Land of Water.

A small island.

The pure white moonlight filtered through the leaves and fell on a wooden house.

Sitting on the roof of the wooden house, Li Yao's Water Release clone, Hozuki Mugetsu, held a transparent water sphere in his hands, inside which was a kunai.

At this moment, the kunai in the water sphere no longer has a smooth metallic surface; instead, it presents a distinct granular shape, just like the state of a kunai formed from sand falling into water.

Gravel-sized metal particles fell off the kunai.

The entire kunai looked as if it had been soaking in water for a long time; the internal structural stress was damaged, but it did not rust.

Whoosh!

The water sphere dispersed, and the kunai fell, but instead of making the "thud" sound of a hard object hitting the ground, it sounded like sand falling in water.

The kunai, which was originally made of metal, fell onto the roof planks as the water flowed, and then scattered like sand.

"Soon!"

The water-style clone looked at the iron sand of kunai beneath its feet and thought to itself.

The water-style permeability has almost reached the level of bloodline limit elimination, allowing it to penetrate objects such as metal. However, it takes a relatively long time, about an hour, to completely penetrate the metal and break it down into iron sand particles.

The penetrating properties are not strong enough and need to be strengthened.

However, the most difficult step of metal penetration has been overcome; now it's just a matter of time.

From then on, Li Yao made breakthroughs in the development of single-attribute bloodline elimination ninjutsu of water, fire, earth, and lightning among his five elemental clones.

Before long, the nature strength of Li Yao's five basic chakra attributes will all be raised to the level of bloodline elimination.

In addition, there's Yin Release chakra at the Rinnegan level.

After fusing the seven basic chakra attributes of the Bloodline Limit, only Yang Release chakra remains.

In the end, it was actually Li Yao's own Yang Release technique that dragged things down.

But it doesn't matter, the dragon vein chakra is more important.

During the period when Li Yao's main body copied the Dragon Vein Chakra, his five clones were responsible for bringing the Three Realms Ninja War back on track.

We can't let Konoha have it too easy.

What if Obito can't unleash his Kamui?

Furthermore, the Fire Release clone Fugaku also needs a major battle to establish his prestige.

Konoha needs a major battle to defeat the other clans besides the Uchiha, so that the Fire Release clone Fugaku can take over.

Everything is now just waiting for the five elemental clones to complete the development of their respective chakra attributes.

Before this, Wind Release clones that have already completed the Wind Release chakra bloodline elimination can make preparations in advance.

(End of this chapter)