Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 362 The Overbearing Power of Natural Energy

The fact that Killer Killer could withstand Amaterasu's flames and still maintain his clone form shows that even though he appeared to be charred by Amaterasu, his clone still possessed fighting power.

It was all just an act by Killer Bee.

Kirabi just wanted to find a chance to go out of the village and play.

Otherwise, with his combat talent and intuition that even Minato would admire, how could he have been attacked by Amaterasu's flames without any defense?

Sasuke now is no match for Killer Bee.

Only after Sasuke awakens the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can he fight on the same level as Killer Bee.

"Then..." Black Zetsu looked at Obito.

"Follow them, I'll take action myself," said Li Yao's Obito clone.

Black Zetsu is right. Once the Eight-Tails is defeated, only the Nine-Tails remains for Naruto. At that point, he can directly become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, control the power of the Bloodline Limit, and become a Six Paths level powerhouse.

Li Yao will continue to roam the ninja world, returning to his original Naruto world, where he can do whatever he wants.

However, to avoid any surprises, we should wait until Killer Bee is far away before making our move.

……

Leaf.

At Tsunade's house, one night passed.

After their morning conversation, Tsunade went on to be the Fifth Hokage, while Li Yao continued his experiments on controlling natural energy.

Bang!

Li Yao created a shadow clone, which then used a perfect transformation technique to become Jugo.

Whoosh... With a thought, the shadow clone of Jugo absorbed the surrounding natural energy into its body.

Bang!

As soon as the natural energy entered his body, it transformed into Jugo's shadow clone and exploded.

"Still not working!"

Li Yao sat on the sofa, his brows furrowed. This wasn't the first time he'd exploded.

After transforming into Jugo using the Perfect Transformation Technique, Li Yao did sense natural energy, but he was unable to condense Sage Chakra.

Because natural energy, unlike physical and mental energy, is not entirely under Li Yao's absolute control, Li Yao has almost no control over natural energy.

Li Yao can sense natural energy and absorb it into his body through his mind, but this absorption is more like a pull and cannot be precisely controlled.

Therefore, Li Yao did not dare to directly condense Sage Chakra with his physical body, since there was a risk of natural energy entering the body and becoming unnatural.

Li Yao tried using a shadow clone, which was a test of disconnecting the consciousness connection.

But all of them failed.

Sage Chakra is a type of chakra formed by fusing spiritual energy, physical energy, and natural energy in a 1:1:1 ratio.

Originally, Li Yao's plan was that as long as he could absorb natural energy, even if he couldn't precisely control it, he could simply match his physical and mental energy in a one-to-one ratio with the natural energy he absorbed.

But reality doesn't work.

A 1:1:1 ratio alone is not enough to achieve proper fusion. Li Yao guessed that in addition to a 1:1:1 ratio, the proportions of each component also needed to be considered.

One hundred to one hundred to one hundred is a ratio of one to one to one.

Nine to nine to nine is also a ratio of one to one to one.

However, there are still differences between the two, and the differences are quite significant.

Li Yaoying's clones tried different proportions of physical energy, mental energy, and natural energy, but all attempts failed.

It seems that only when specific amounts of physical energy, mental energy, and natural energy are combined in a 1:1:1 ratio can Sage Chakra be condensed.

Finding the specific proportions of the three energies that fuse and condense into Sage Chakra is extremely difficult, akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, Li Yao could only start by controlling natural energy.

Once he can control natural energy to attack like Jugo, and with his absolute control over his own physical and mental energy, he will be able to forcibly condense his own Sage Chakra.

However, unexpectedly, after transforming into Jugo, once he absorbed natural energy, he not only could not transform into Jugo, but he also could not maintain his shadow clones, which made it impossible for Li Yao to find a way to control natural energy.

Li Yao had considered the domineering nature of natural energy, but he hadn't expected it to be this domineering.

Li Yao's Shadow Clone Technique and Perfect Transformation Technique are ultimately just ninjutsu, and ninjutsu requires ninjutsu chakra to maintain.

When natural energy enters the body, the ninjutsu chakra is directly destroyed, causing the Shadow Clone Technique and Perfect Transformation Technique to collapse instantly.

Li Yao has tried to transform into Jugo using Shadow Clone Technique hundreds of times, but he has never been able to hold out until his body begins to mutate.

All of these are natural energies that explode as soon as they enter the body.

"It seems we can only wait for Naruto to return from his Sage Mode training and try to find a specific ratio by absorbing the Sage Chakra from Naruto's body."

"It should be possible!"

Li Yao suddenly remembered a passage in the original work where Madara Uchiha, after absorbing the Sage Chakra from Hashirama who had activated Sage Mode, said a few boastful words.

So this is Sage Chakra!

This power is nothing special!

It doesn't seem to be too difficult to control!

This also shows that as long as Li Yao absorbs Sage Chakra, he can also control it. Once he can control it, with his absolute control over chakra, it won't be difficult for him to find the specific ratio of Sage Chakra to fuse with.

It's a pity we still have to wait for Naruto to appear!

Thinking of this, Li Yao looked at Jiraiya in the interlayered space and complained, "Speaking of which, Jiraiya, I didn't expect your talent to be so pathetic. You can't even gather Sage Chakra on your own!"

Since Li Yao had thought of absorbing Sage Chakra to find a specific ratio, he naturally wouldn't have overlooked Jiraiya, who also possessed Sage Mode.

Unfortunately, Jiraiya's Sage Mode requires the help of the two toads of Mount Myōboku to activate; he can't do it on his own.

Li Yao didn't want his existence to be known in advance, so he could only wait for Naruto to return after mastering Sage Mode.

Compared to Naruto, who could master Sage Mode in just a few days, Jiraiya, a powerful figure who trained for several years and even needed the help of toads to unlock Sage Mode, truly lacked talent.

"Your goal is Naruto?"

"Are you also a member of the Akatsuki?"

Upon hearing Li Yao mention Sage Mode and his self-criticism of his talent, and recalling Li Yao's previous attempt to condense Sage Mode chakra using Shadow Clones, Jiraiya suddenly realized that Li Yao was waiting for Naruto to return after mastering Sage Mode.

It might not just be for Sage Chakra; the opponent's ultimate target could be Naruto, or rather, the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.

"Hehe, you guess!"

Li Yao chuckled, then blocked his visual and auditory perception of the interlayer space. No matter how much Jiraiya questioned him in the interlayer space, Li Yao could neither see nor hear him.

"Let's wait!"

"Naruto should be back by tomorrow at the latest."

Li Yao smiled slightly. Through his soul perception, he knew that Nagato and Konan had already invaded a place two hundred kilometers away from Konoha.

By tomorrow at the latest, Nagato, having rested and recuperated, will launch an attack on Konoha.

By then, Naruto will definitely come back with Sage Mode.

Li Yaogang hasn't been in this Naruto world for very long, so he probably won't change much.

So he only needs to wait one more day to obtain Sage Chakra.

(End of this chapter)