Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 45: They withstood it, Danzo was excited.

By now, Li Yao had come to his senses.

In Konoha, there are very few, or rather only one, types of chakra of higher quality than the Mangekyou Sharingan: Wood Release chakra.

It possesses not only the terrifying ability to devour chakra, but also a terrifying life force attribute.

Aside from Wood Release, Li Yao couldn't think of any other type of chakra that could have this effect.

The liquid Danzo injected into his body was Hashirama's cell solution!

Phew... thank goodness!

Thinking of the terror of Hashirama cells, Li Yao felt very fortunate that he had developed acupoint chakra.

Otherwise, the sealing and imprisoning effect of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique might not have been able to imprison the Wood Release chakra.

Only acupoint chakra with a strong binding chakra attribute can ensure that the Wood Release chakra is sealed and bound, preventing Li Yao from being drained.

"hey-hey!"

After feeling relieved, Li Yao smiled happily.

Danzo didn't know what he wanted to do by injecting Hashirama cells into him, but the appearance of the Wood Release cells allowed him to replicate and condense them.

In this way, his physical lifespan problem will be solved by the nourishment of Wood Release chakra, and at least he will not have to worry about dying of old age in a year or two.

He has plenty of time to take revenge on the Third Hokage and on Konoha.

Furthermore, the appearance of Wood Release chakra also means that Li Yao finally has the strength to "fuck it" and overturn everything.

Just give him time!

It won't take long, just four or five years, and he will surely have a place at the pinnacle of the ninja world.

At that time, he will have plenty of time to slowly torment the Third Hokage and Konoha.

For now, let's just survive.

Let's wait a while longer until he develops his Vajra Lock.

With Wood Release chakra, even without corresponding Wood Release ninjutsu, Li Yao doesn't need to fear any unexpected accidents that would leave him with no hope of survival.

If he could hold out for a while longer, Li Yao would have the basic strength to leave this place.

Now, he needs time.

Therefore, Li Yao did not act rashly after gathering Wood Release chakra.

These Wood Release chakra were inside the chakra points, which Danzo couldn't sense even through his sensory barrier.

Half an hour passed, and Li Yao showed no signs of deterioration. His sensory barrier also did not detect any increase in First Hokage cells or Wood Release chakra.

no doubt.

Li Yao did indeed withstand the erosion and devouring by the First Hokage's cells and Wood Release chakra.

Danzo can now finally confirm this.

"marvelous!"

Even though he had already been excited before, Danzo's face still couldn't hide his excitement.

"Hiruzen, as expected of my friend!"

"Thank you for the Wood Release gift package. I'll keep it all to myself."

"hey-hey!"

Danzo's lips curled into a wild grin. Li Yao's appearance meant that the plan to revive Wood Release had made significant progress.

He didn't know what accident had happened to Li Yao that allowed him to withstand the erosion and devouring by the First Hokage's cells and Wood Release chakra.

He only needs to understand the principle to replicate it on himself.

With Wood Release and the Mangekyou Sharingan in hand, he will be the next God of Shinobi, and the Hokage position will be within his grasp.

Thinking of all this, how could Danzo not be grateful to Hiruzen for sending him such a great treasure as Li Yao?

Danzo's gaze upon Li Yao was blatantly burning with desire. His longing seemed to penetrate Li Yao's chakra perception and reach the depths of his heart. Li Yao, who sensed the change in chakra temperature at the location of Danzo's eyes, felt a sudden tightness in his chest. He didn't know why he felt this tightness, but he felt that Danzo was very dangerous at that moment.

Li Yao suppressed the urge to take action, knowing that a moment's hesitation could ruin a grand plan.

Fortunately, Danzo did not continue to look at Li Yao with a different gaze.

"Illusion - Darkness Technique"

Suddenly, Danzo quickly formed hand seals and unleashed a Dark Travel Technique towards Li Yao. The speed was so fast that Li Yao almost couldn't react in time.

Even in his excitement, this guy remained vigilant.

After unleashing the Dark Travel Technique, Li Yao's chakra naturally refused to invade, just like before.

Sensing that the Dark Travel Technique had no effect, Danzo smiled with relief. Li Yao was still in a vegetative state and had not woken up.

"Perhaps it was precisely in this vegetative state that he was able to withstand the erosion of the first generation of cells."

Danzo suddenly had this thought.

Having confirmed that Li Yao's physical condition was not in any danger, Danzo removed the shackles from Li Yao's body and then placed a reverse five-element seal on him.

Black, reversed Five Elements sealing chakra patterns appeared on the outer skin of Li Yao's heart, firmly enveloping his entire heart.

Danzo has decided to protect Li Yao and keep it a secret from the Third Hokage.

But he also knew the power of Wood Release.

Once Li Yao truly adapts to and merges with the First Hokage's cells to gain powerful Wood Release, Li Yao, who already harbors hostility towards him and Konoha, will definitely not obediently listen to him.

Therefore, the reverse five-element sealing is the last resort and a safe measure.

If Li Yao disobeys, the Reverse Five Elements Seal will be successfully broken into the Forward Five Elements Seal, sealing Li Yao's chakra and body.

If Li Yao manages to escape from Konoha.

Danzo could also activate the Reverse Five Elements Seal to blast Li Yao's heart, shattering it and killing him.

However, this is the worst-case scenario.

Before obtaining Wood Release, Danzo would not easily kill Li Yao.

After sealing him, Danzo removed the shackles from Li Yao and placed him in an empty, transparent glass chamber in the laboratory, which contained nutrient solution to maintain the activity of human cells.

These nutrient solutions don't need to be changed. There's a chakra metal tube at the bottom of the glass chamber that connects to a chakra metal sphere below. The chakra inside continuously supplies the nutrient solution to the glass chamber, ensuring that the solution always has nutrients and energy.

The chakra sealed inside the metal sphere was provided by ordinary Root ninjas and Danzo himself, ensuring that the entire base's laboratory was in a state of active operation.

After doing all this, Danzo left satisfied.

Next, we just have to wait for Li Yao's body to assimilate and fuse with the first-generation cells.

After Danzo left, Li Yao only took a few seconds to replicate and condense the Reverse Five Elements Sealing Technique chakra that Danzo had left in his heart.

Of course, Li Yao didn't know that this was the Reverse Five Elements Sealing Technique, nor did he know its specific effects.

However, just thinking about it, you know that this thing is definitely not good for him. It should be some kind of sealing technique that can control or even kill him at a critical moment.

Unfortunately, Danzo was unaware of Li Yao's abilities.

The ability to replicate and condense the same sealing chakra means that Li Yao can release the sealing technique left by Danzo in his heart at any time.

However, Li Yao did not immediately release the debuff, fearing that a hasty release would cause a special reaction and be noticed by Danzo.

He needs time now.

However, he can't just leave it unattended, otherwise, if Danzo suddenly activates the sealing technique one day, he won't be able to react in time.

Therefore, Li Yao gathered the same sealing chakra to envelop the sealing formula left by Danzo, so that when Danzo activated the sealing technique, the sealing chakra left by Li Yao could instantly release Danzo's sealing technique.

After eliminating the potential heart hazard, Li Yao wasted no time and immediately devoted himself to fusing the acupoint chakra attributes with the Bagua sealing chakra attributes.

Once his mind was sufficiently exhausted, he rested for a while before developing the chakra cable structure.

This cycle repeats itself.

Li Yao didn't even have time to gather Wood Release chakra.

For him, the new Vajra Lockdown is his basic ability, and it provides the greatest boost.

Without the support of corresponding Wood Release ninjutsu, Wood Release chakra is not as powerful in combat as the Adamantine Sealing Barrier he developed.

Li Yao was very clear about this.

During the time Li Yao was developing the Adamantine Sealing Chains, the ninja world was in turmoil.

(End of this chapter)