Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 61 The Price and Gains of Escaping Konoha (One chapter today)

"Huh...is no one from Konoha chasing after us?"

Li Yao raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. Given the obvious marks left on the ground by the black iron chains when he moved, if anyone from Konoha had been chasing him, they should have found him by now.

However, there is no one within the range of chakra perception.

"Has something happened in Konoha?"

Li Yao thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Forget it, whether something happened or not, let's keep going and find a populated town to eat and find clothes to wear first."

Li Yao stood up, having no extra chakra to condense the Black Iron Chain Feather Robe, and was completely naked. He glanced down.

"Not bad, quite imposing!"

"It's just a little chilly!"

Li Yao rubbed his legs together. The autumn night was a bit chilly, but it was still nice. The bright moon hung high, and the earth under the moonlight looked as if it were covered with a layer of white frost. The visibility was still quite clear, so there was no need to worry about tripping over small stones.

Li Yao didn't know where to go either, so he headed forward towards Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yao leaped and moved among the branches of the big tree, with two black iron chains pulling him back when he lost his footing and stepped into a branch.

The trees in the Naruto world are very large, especially their branches, which are very suitable for ninjas, who are superhumans, to use for propulsion, making them much faster than running on the ground.

However, it is clear that even for a ninja, moving and jumping between trees requires a certain level of skill.

This is the skill that Li Yao lacks.

He desperately needs to make up for this deficiency and become a true ninja.

Li Yao had a good learning ability and made fewer and fewer mistakes. Before long, he rarely needed to use the two black iron chains extending from his back to correct his position.

This also gave Li Yao the opportunity to examine in detail the price he had paid for escaping Konoha.

"This price is a bit too high!"

After carefully sensing the condition inside his body, Li Yao frowned and didn't relax his brow.

Not to mention that the chakra accumulated over many years was completely used up.

The price of opening all the acupoints except for the Death Gate is... now all of these acupoints are destroyed and cannot be restored.

This was something Li Yao never expected.

He had previously used acupoint chakra to open acupoint spaces, but only partially. After opening, he could close them again, and the acupoint spaces did not cause any problems.

I never imagined that opening all the acupoints this time would lead to their direct destruction.

Without the acupoints restricting chakra, the chakra within Li Yao's meridian channels... huh... seems alright!

The chakra flowing within Li Yao's meridian channels did not go out of control.

Thanks to Li Yao's absolute control over chakra, even though the acupoints that controlled chakra flow were destroyed, his chakra did not go out of control.

If it were someone else, having their pressure points destroyed would essentially mean they had completely lost the possibility of becoming a ninja.

There are many chakra points in the human body.

These chakra points are like reservoirs and dams on a great river, located along the meridian pathways.

With these reservoirs and dams in place, the river will not overflow its banks during the rainy season when the water level rises sharply.

Similarly, with chakra points that can limit and control chakra flow, a ninja can ensure that chakra remains under control when increasing chakra output.

Once these chakra points are destroyed, they're gone.

Just like if the dams on a river were to disappear, causing flooding during the rainy season, chakra would also rush out of the meridian channels, causing harm to the human body.

The key issue is the lack of chakra point control and restriction. Once chakra is mobilized to release ninjutsu, it will directly rush out of the meridian channels, making it impossible to mobilize and condense the corresponding ninjutsu chakra attributes according to the hand seal sequence.

In this way, the ninjutsu cannot be successfully released.

Simply put, if it were someone else, and most of their acupoints were destroyed, they would never be able to unleash elemental ninjutsu again.

Imagine how much a ninja's strength would be affected if they couldn't use ninjutsu.

Fortunately, Li Yao has absolute control over chakra. Even without the control and restriction of acupoint space, he can still release various elemental ninjutsu without being affected.

However, the destruction of the acupoints in Li Yao's body, except for the Death Gate acupoint, still had a significant impact on him.

The most direct impact is that the amount of chakra that Li Yao can store in his body is completely limited.

Now he can only store chakra in his dantian and the Death Gate.

With the talent of his body, even with Wood Release chakra being used to modify him day and night, by the time he comes of age, his chakra level will be at most that of an average Jonin.

This amount of chakra is enough to deal with ordinary people, but it's not enough to deal with ninjas of the caliber of the Third Hokage and the Legendary Sannin of Konoha.

In terms of chakra reserves, the price Li Yao paid for escaping Konoha this time was considerable.

However… as Li Yao felt his control over the black iron chains, his furrowed brows finally relaxed a little, and a smile appeared on his face.

As the saying goes, misfortune may be a blessing in disguise.

While the destruction of his acupoint space limited Li Yao's future chakra reserves, it also greatly enhanced his various attributes.

The acupoint space is very special, like a gene lock. Once it is completely opened and destroyed, it means that the physical body is no longer restricted and gains corresponding enhancement.

After opening all eight gates, a ninja will not only gain a terrifying amount of chakra surpassing that of a Kage, but also have all the limitations of the human body broken.

Mental strength, physical strength, and nerve reaction speed will all receive an exaggerated boost.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. If you only increase chakra and physical strength without improving the corresponding mental attributes and nerve reaction speed, it's not a good idea.

That's like giving a child a three-meter-long blade without increasing the child's strength and height accordingly.

A child simply cannot wield a three-meter-long blade.

Even ninjas cannot control the sudden surge in chakra and physical strength.

Only by increasing chakra reserves while also enhancing the ninja's own attributes can the vast amount of chakra gained from opening the Eight Gates be transformed into real power.

Li Yao is currently in a state similar to having opened the Eight Gates, but his chakra is completely depleted, and the Eight Gates are not closed.

The chakra reserves are gone, but the enhancements to mental and physical attributes gained from opening the Eight Gates remain.

The physical improvement is not yet obvious, but in terms of mental attributes, the improvement to Li Yao's strength is significant and obvious.

Before the acupoints were destroyed, Li Yao controlled the black iron chains like a child wielding a sword.

Although the sword was a sharp blade capable of cutting a hair in two, he wielded it with very little speed and force.

After most of his acupoints were destroyed, Li Yao suddenly transformed from a child into an adult who had practiced swordsmanship for twenty years, resulting in a qualitative improvement in the speed and power of his swordplay.

His current control over the black iron chains is at least five times faster than before.

His corresponding neural reaction speed has also improved significantly.

Previously, his reaction speed was barely keeping up with that of an Anbu Jonin, he was almost no match for the Third Hokage, and he was a whole level below Mito Uzumaki.

Li Yao estimates that his neural reaction speed is now approaching that of Mito Uzumaki.

With his current reflexes and the speed at which he can control the black iron chains, he no longer needs to worry about taijutsu ninjas being unable to react in time to defend against his attacks in close combat.

In addition, the enhanced mental attributes also greatly expanded his chakra perception range.

Now, within a five-kilometer radius around him, as long as it's not a ninja who's very good at concealing chakra fluctuations, he can sense the specific chakra flame human form.

The closer you get to him, the clearer your chakra perception becomes.

It's safe to say that any ninja who tries to ambush him will find it very difficult to succeed unless they use space-time ninjutsu.

"It doesn't seem like...a complete loss!"

Li Yao suddenly smiled. After comparing the two, it seemed that compared to the disadvantage of having limited chakra, the benefits he gained were quite good.

At least for him at this stage, both his control over the black iron chains and his enhanced chakra perception greatly improve his chances of surviving the pursuit by Konoha.

For Li Yao, simply surviving was a victory.

What he lacks most is time.

Give him time. Given his speed of learning ninjutsu, he can quickly learn all kinds of blood sacrifices and rituals, as long as he can sense the specific changes in chakra nature and attributes.

Given time, his strength will improve rapidly.

He will take revenge tenfold for everything he experienced in Konoha.

A chilling glint flashed in Li Yao's eyes.

That's all for today. The plot isn't fully developed yet, so I won't force myself to write more.

(End of this chapter)