Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 426 Shift Between Offense and Defense

At first, the battle unfolded exactly as Li Yao had anticipated.

Even though Naruto and Sasuke worked together perfectly, they couldn't do anything to him. In fact, they were forced into a dangerous situation by him and had no choice but to seek help from the tailed beasts.

But... it still comes down to the same thing.

Real people think and devise solutions. Li Yao, who was overconfident in his abilities, was still outmaneuvered by Sasuke, who almost delivered the fatal blow.

The best approach is to avoid leaving any loopholes.

With this thought in mind, Li Yao activated his Black Hole Space Garment, which extended out and completely enveloped his head.

Inside, Li Yao's main body continued to maintain the state of the Time Mirage. In order to prevent accidents, Li Yao even gathered Izanagi genjutsu chakra and cast Izanagi genjutsu on himself to rewrite reality. He cast it once every ten minutes to ensure that everything he did afterward could be reverted.

At the same time, the main body also activated the passive etherealization ability to swap bodies with the Kamui space it created.

Now, Li Yao had truly mastered all the defensive and life-saving ninjutsu he knew.

Even so, Li Yao still learned from his previous mistakes, stopped being overconfident, and instead constantly observed the condition of Naruto and Sasuke to make sound judgments in battle.

In fact, when Sasuke repeatedly forced him to teleport without having time to fight back, Li Yao should have teleported 5,000 meters away immediately to calm down first.

Perhaps Li Yao wouldn't have fallen into that crisis just now.

However, these are all hindsight.

Closer to home.

After stacking up various defensive ninjutsu again, Li Yao teleported to the top of Naruto's head and slammed down with a punch.

The fist, which was wrapped in the black hole space cloak, instantly pierced through the Nine-Tails' golden chakra cloak.

"Naruto!"

Sasuke cried out in surprise and instantly used Amenotejikara to shift the two of them to different positions.

Bang!

Li Yao created a shadow clone.

Sasuke is too troublesome. I'll have a shadow clone keep an eye on him to prevent him from having the same trick happen again.

call out!

call out!

Li Yao and his shadow clone simultaneously teleported to Naruto and Sasuke's side and unleashed a punch.

Hiss!

The Nine-Tails' cloak and Susanoo could not stop Li Yao's black hole space from swallowing them up, and Naruto and Sasuke used Amenotejikara to leave again.

It's sizzling!

This time, after teleporting away, Sasuke immediately released another lightning field, filling the space within a kilometer radius around the two of them.

However, this time Li Yao was completely enveloped by the Black Hole Space Garment, so Sasuke's lightning could no longer invade Li Yao's body.

Ignoring the lightning, Li Yao and his shadow clones launched another attack on Naruto and Sasuke.

This time, Naruto finally emerged from the shadow of the previous failed seal. The moment the Nine-Tails' cloak was pierced, he got up and flew away, dodging Li Yao's attack.

On the other side, Sasuke was also helpless against Li Yao, who was completely enveloped in the black hole space cloak, and could only use Amenotejikara to dodge again.

However, Li Yao's shadow clones continued to use teleportation to follow him.

With no other option, Sasuke used Amenotejikara to switch the positions of Lee Yo-yō's clone and Naruto.

"trouble!"

Li Yao frowned slightly. A series of attacks had failed to separate Naruto and Sasuke. The Amenotejikara ability was too troublesome.

"In that case, let's get started."

This time, Li Yao teleported directly to Naruto's side, but did not launch an attack; he only needed to stay within a hundred-meter radius.

However, Li Yaoying's clones had no reservations about Sasuke, and every move they made was deadly.

"What does this guy mean?"

"You really won't kill me?"

Li Yao's choice left Naruto somewhat bewildered, but now was not the time to ponder the answers to these questions. He was fine, but Sasuke was in grave danger. Now that Li Yao was no longer afraid of Sasuke's lightning, it was Sasuke who was forced to take the initiative and dodge.

Li Yao doesn't attack Naruto, and Naruto can't do anything about Li Yao in his current state.

"Sasuke!"

Naruto chose to rush towards Sasuke to help him share the burden, but... it was to no avail.

This time, the two of them were truly helpless against Li Yao's black hole space robe, which was even more like a tortoise shell.

Faced with the attack from Li Yaoying's clone, the two could only dodge.

"This guy... if he can fight like this, why didn't he use it before?"

Naruto looked at the black hole, the empty gate, the feather robe that completely enveloped him, preventing him from seeing or seeing them, yet still allowing him to accurately determine their positions without affecting the battle in the slightest. He felt a mix of despair and confusion, wondering why Li Yao hadn't used this fighting style before.

If they had used it, those two would never have had the chance to use the Six Paths Earth Explosion Star Sealing Technique before.

Why didn't Li Yao wrap his entire body in the Black Hole Space Feather Robe from the beginning?

At first, Li Yao was afraid that Naruto and Sasuke would despair and give up the struggle. He was also afraid that Naruto would lose hope and remove the Truth-Seeking Balls, making it impossible for him to replicate them. Therefore, he needed to give Naruto hope so that he could continue to gather Truth-Seeking Balls and fight with him.

But after what just happened, Li Yao understood and realized the truth.

Compared to the Seeking the Way Jade, my own life is more important.

Besides, even if this world can't produce the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, there are still two Naruto worlds.

With his current strength, and having learned from this experience, Li Yao now knows how to avoid the unexpected interference of Minato.

Next time, he'll use a clone that wasn't marked with the Flying Thunder God seal by Minato as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, then hide in his own Kamui dimension. He'll see what the Sage of Six Paths can do to him then.

Therefore, Li Yao will not give Naruto and Sasuke a chance now.

Of course, he wouldn't kill Naruto and Sasuke, nor would he be able to kill them in a short time.

Li Yao then had his shadow clone continue to attack Sasuke, while his main body remained by Naruto's side, sensing the Truth-Seeking Ball chakra within him.

It would be best if we could replicate the Truth-Seeking Ball chakra in this world, but it's not a big deal if we can't.

And so, the battle between Li Yao and Naruto and Sasuke became entangled in a strange way.

However, on the other side, Minato and the others were in agony.

Above the town closest to Konoha.

Obito's clone had already teleported here, standing on the void, looking down at the town of about 20,000 people below, quietly waiting for Minato and the others to arrive.

shhhhhh!

soon.

Under Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato quickly arrived at the town. Beside him, Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Hashirama and the others over.

"They're here."

With a thought, Li Yao's Obito clone's body flickered with dark purple chakra, and at the same time, the Black Hole Space Feather Robe covered his entire body, giving Minato and the others no chance.

He then raised his hand and condensed a black hole space sphere, as large as a small car.

Upon seeing this, Minato and the others' expressions changed drastically.

"stop!!!"

Minato and the others, realizing what Li Yao's Obito clone was about to do, shouted. Minato raised his hand and shot out a Flying Thunder God kunai, which instantly flew towards Li Yao's Obito clone in the sky.

Tobirama, on the other hand, headed down into the town.

Hashirama clasped his hands together, gathering a large amount of chakra.

"Wood Release: Ranking Technique!"

In an instant, two enormous wooden shields carved with ghost faces rose up on either side of the town, converging towards the center of the town in mid-air.

"Too late!"

Li Yao's Obito clone smiled coldly and threw the black hole space sphere downwards.

(End of this chapter)