Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 285 Amaterasu Black Flame

Danzo was also unhappy but had to keep it to himself.

"That damned Orochimaru!"

"Even you're using the Hokage title to intimidate me!"

On the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, Danzo, who was fighting against Kirigakure, felt an unprecedented sense of frustration, along with intense anger.

That junior Orochimaru actually used the Hokage's orders as an excuse not to tell him about the Wood Release cell transplant. How despicable!

"Hokage, Hokage, it's all Hokage!"

"Just wait, this war won't end easily, and I won't give up my Wood Release technique easily either."

"Just because you didn't tell me doesn't mean I wouldn't know! Hmph!"

Danzo sneered inwardly. He had long since mastered the flight routes of every Konoha messenger hawk, and he also knew the sealing ninjutsu for unsealing letters. He had already cracked Orochimaru and Hiruzen's letters.

Since that experimental subject might be in the hands of Sunagakure, he can simply send people to infiltrate Sunagakure to find it.

In Danzo's eyes, any ninja village without a sensory barrier would be easy to infiltrate, and he happened to have a spy who was very good at infiltrating other countries' ninja villages.

If he really can't find it, he can make a deal with the Fourth Kazekage.

Sasori's reputation has threatened the position of the Fourth Kazekage, so the Fourth Kazekage would probably be very willing to cooperate with him to get rid of Sasori.

As the dark side of the ninja world, Danzo was well aware of the darkness within the various ninja villages.

Someone as rapidly rising to power and strong as Sasori of the Red Sand will certainly be feared by the Fourth Kazekage.

This was Danzo's idea.

At that time, eliminating Sasori of the Red Sand will not only help Konoha reduce a threat, but also make up for the loss of not being able to obtain Wood Release.

Danzo was also very interested in the puppet ninjutsu that could overpower Orochimaru's Wood Release.

Unaware that he was being targeted by Danzo, Li Yao's Wind Release clone had already left a shadow clone and traveled to the Land of Rivers shortly after Orochimaru's information about his Wood Release was received.

Sasori has mastered the combination ninjutsu - Iron Sand Lightning Realm.

Ten thousand meters in the air, Li Yaofeng's clone was playing with a ball of lightning in his hand.

That's right, it's just for playing with.

The ball of lightning in Li Yaofeng's clone's hand could transform into a bird, a tree, a sword, or even a smooth mirror under his control.

But all these changes were flashing with electricity.

"Wow, you can even use Magnet Release and Lightning Release like this? Sasori's idea is really something else. I never thought you could do it like this."

"go!"

Li Yaofeng used his clone technique to create a lightning bolt, which immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and struck out. Its speed was almost the same as that of lightning; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was as fast as lightning.

Unlike other lightning bolts that dissipate after striking, this lightning bolt stopped in mid-air after striking twenty meters, as if a lightning bolt had been suddenly paused.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the lightning bolt contains a piece of iron sand about the thickness of a finger, just like an electrical wire, only wrapped in lightning.

With a thought, Li Yaofeng's clone withdrew the lightning, transforming it into a round ball of lightning that swirled around him.

This is Sasori's ninjutsu, Iron Sand Lightning Realm, which combines Magnet Release: Iron Sand Manipulation with Lightning Release: Lightning.

By utilizing the property of iron sand to condense freely and combining it with the conductivity of lightning, iron sand gains a terrifying attack speed. Furthermore, by incorporating the high-thrusting property of lightning, the Iron Sand Lightning Realm gains terrifying attack power.

"Actually, if this Sand Iron Lightning Realm technique is used in close combat and suddenly thrusts out, almost no one can block it."

"Unfortunately, Sasori's chakra control is not good enough."

Li Yaofeng escaped into the body and mind path.

Through this period of observation, Li Yao's Wind Release clone discovered that although Sasori's soul was also integrated into chakra, there was still a difference between him and Sasori.

Sasori's soul was only fused with the chakra inside the Puppet Heart; the chakra flowing out of the Puppet Heart did not fuse with his soul.

Uh... in this respect, he is the same as Li Yao. His soul will only be integrated into the chakra of his body. Apart from the chakra of his body, only his consciousness remains.

As for Sasori, his chakra outside of the Puppet Heart is like that of other ninjas; his consciousness is not integrated into it, so his chakra control is insufficient.

There's no way to control the combination of Magnet Release and Lightning Release—the Sand Iron Lightning Realm—as precisely as Li Yao's Wind Release Clone Technique.

At the same time, it may be because of this that Sasori did not gain a strong chakra perception ability despite his soul being integrated into chakra.

This is one of the scorpion's weaknesses.

Another weakness is the puppet's heart.

Once the puppet's heart is destroyed, Scorpion will die, and die a very thorough death, his soul burning away instantly.

This was an important piece of information that Li Yaofeng had observed through his clones during this period, which instantly reduced the threat that Scorpion posed to him.

Upon closer examination, while the Puppet Heart is powerful, it also creates a very obvious weakness for itself.

Moreover, this weakness can be easily exploited by Li Yao's Wind Release slash and Black Hole Space attacks.

In this way, the threat level posed by the scorpion will decrease dramatically.

On the contrary, Orochimaru's sudden acquisition of Wood Release made Li Yao's Wind Release clone somewhat concerned.

I wonder if Orochimaru, having obtained Wood Release, will still be obsessed with the Sharingan.

Perhaps he will embark on a different path in scientific research.

Li Yaofeng escaped into the body and mind path.

While Orochimaru was confronting Sasori in the Land of Rivers, other fronts in Konoha were also opened one by one, suddenly increasing the pressure of the war.

In the blink of an eye.

Half a year has passed.

Leaf.

Uchiha family.

Inside the training room, in front of Fugaku, the Fire Release clone, a deep, abyss-like black flame hovered in the air, burning silently.

It had no light, no temperature, and not even the hissing sound of a burning flame; it looked like a decorative plastic flame, utterly powerless.

But... hahaha!

Fire Release Clone - Fugaku laughed, a hearty laugh.

"It's been a month!"

"It's been burning for a month!"

Li Yaoxin's long-awaited bloodline elimination level fire ninjutsu - Amaterasu - has finally been successfully developed, he is very certain.

The black flame in mid-air was released by Fugaku, the Fire Release clone, a month ago. It has been burning ever since without any continuous input of chakra, and there is no sign of it weakening.

Why is it able to keep burning?

Because this black flame burns matter and energy, it will continue to burn as long as there is matter and energy in the air.

However, because there is no chakra input, it will continue to burn in its current form and will not grow larger.

This is a flaw that isn't really a flaw.

However, the flame that can burn away all matter and energy is no weaker than Dust Release. In fact, in terms of attack power alone, Amaterasu Flame, which burns away all matter and energy, is the strongest.

Unless it's a Bloodline Limit at the Six Paths level, even a Sage Technique wouldn't be able to withstand the attack of Amaterasu Flame.

Now that Fugaku has made Amaterasu's flames a regular occurrence, his strength is on a completely different level. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he is one of the strongest in Konoha.

After all, there's still a Lightning Release clone – White Fang.

"Knock knock knock!"

A knock sounded on the door, and the voice of a married woman named Mikoto came from outside.

"Honey, the Hokage has sent someone to summon you to the Jonin meeting."

(End of this chapter)