Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 62 Purifying Chakra and Mental Attributes

late at night.

Outside a bustling town.

Li Yao appeared on a large tree halfway up the mountain, looking down at the town bisected by a river.

Four hours had passed since Li Yao escaped from Konoha. The moon had already risen above the mountaintop, and a faint light began to appear on the horizon.

Dawn is breaking.

Li Yao needs to hurry up and eat something.

Along the way, we passed through many villages and towns, but not a single courtyard house had an oil lamp still lit up so late at night.

Clearly, those villages and towns were not wealthy enough.

At this moment, in the town below, amidst the surrounding darkness, there was a villa where oil lamps hung everywhere, making it as bright as day, clearly belonging to a wealthy and noble family.

It is likely the location of a noble's residence in this city.

Only in such noble residences could Li Yao have food to enjoy at this time.

"call out!"

Li Yao leaped down from the tree branch and headed towards the brightly lit mansion in the town below.

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

Li Yao's stomach was rumbling uncontrollably; he was very hungry.

The time it took to escape Konoha was actually very short.

It only took a few minutes in total.

But they've been through quite a few battles.

Li Yao, who had just emerged from the nutrient solution, already had very little stamina. After a battle, he had also consumed a large amount of Wood Release chakra to heal his physical injuries, resulting in excessive energy depletion. He urgently needed to replenish his food to restore his strength.

soon.

Li Yao suppressed his chakra fluctuations and arrived at the high wall to the left of the brightly lit mansion in the city. Inside the wall, in the left corner, a ninja was crouching.

"As expected, there were ninjas!"

"It should be a Chunin."

Li Yao's lips curled up slightly. The reason he sought out a more bustling town wasn't just to have a good meal.

It was only the noble families in more prosperous towns who could afford to hire ninjas to guard their homes.

Li Yao's target was these ninjas guarding the house; to be precise, he coveted the chakra within them.

Mito Uzumaki gave him a big gift this time when he escaped from Konoha.

"Mito Uzumaki's version of Kongo Lockdown."

"This is a powerful sealing technique that can absorb the chakra of others and use it for its own purposes."

Li Yao smiled inwardly. With most of his acupoints destroyed and his chakra reserves restricted, the reason he wasn't too panicked was that the Adamantine Sealing Technique, which he had copied and condensed from Mito Uzumaki, could temporarily solve his chakra shortage problem.

As long as it can absorb other people's chakra.

He can quickly replenish the chakra he consumes.

Although it still doesn't solve the problem of low chakra levels, it can at least replenish his current vital points and dantian with chakra.

"Two ninjas, one on the left and one on the right."

Besides the ninja in the left corner, there is another ninja on the opposite corner.

Li Yao's chakra perception couldn't detect the headbands, so he didn't know if these two ninjas were from Konoha.

Judging from the amount and intensity of chakra sensed, none of them were as strong as the ANBU ninjas that Li Yao sensed.

He speculated that the two were probably Chunin-level ninjas, or even Genin.

Whether he's a Chunin or a Genin, with his current strength, there shouldn't be any unexpected incidents if he launches a sneak attack.

With a thought, Li Yao automatically split half of his chakra into a shadow clone.

Once a shadow clone has been created using hand seals, Li Yao, with his chakra control, will no longer need to use hand seals to create shadow clones. He can simply use his mind, just like now.

This is a great advantage brought about by Li Yao's absolute control over chakra. Just like Hashirama could summon whatever he wanted by clapping his hands and shouting, he could summon whatever he wanted with a thought.

Soon, the shadow clone tiptoed to the other side of the high wall.

"Let's do it!"

Li Yao and his shadow clone were connected by consciousness, and could synchronize their actions through communication of consciousness even without speaking.

Li Yao and his shadow clone simultaneously extended their right hands, aiming at the ninja inside the high wall.

"Clang clang!"

In an instant, two golden chakra chains shot out from his palms, passing through the high wall and piercing into the bodies of the two ninjas. They sealed the chakra within the two ninjas and imprisoned their bodies, rendering them unable to move or speak.

The whole process was completed in almost an instant.

The two ninjas guarding them were subdued before they could even react.

"There are enemies!"

"Chakra..."

The two ninjas had barely realized they had been ambushed by the enemy when they immediately felt their chakra being devoured, and despair filled their eyes.

"That felt so good!"

Feeling the chakra continuously flowing into his dantian and the Death Gate acupoint space, Li Yao's face showed an expression of enjoyment and pleasure.

The sealing techniques used by Mito Uzumaki on her Adamantine Lock were somewhat similar to the Chakra-devouring sealing array that Li Yao had seen in Danzo's underground base.

Perhaps that sealing array that devours chakra was the work of Mito Uzumaki.

Through the sealing techniques within the Vajra Seal, the absorbed chakra is pure energy that can be integrated and controlled by Li Yao's consciousness, becoming his own chakra.

this point is very important.

A ninja's chakra is formed by the fusion of spiritual and physical energy, and naturally possesses a strong personal will mark.

Li Yao can merge his own chakra with his consciousness, but he cannot merge the chakra of others.

However, the sealing technique on the Adamantine Sealing Chains purifies the absorbed chakra, eliminating the personal spiritual attributes within it and transforming it into pure chakra energy.

In this way, Li Yao can integrate his consciousness with the chakra he has devoured and transform it into his own chakra.

"No wonder the Nine-Tails could only be bound and restrained inside Kushina!"

Feeling the chakra absorbed into his body being perfectly integrated and controlled by his consciousness, and being no different from the chakra he had condensed himself, Li Yao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The Vortex Clan's Vajra Lockdown is indeed powerful.

The Nine-Tails, a chakra being, inherently possesses an extremely strong will within its chakra, filled with the power of hatred.

When ordinary people seal the Nine-Tails, they not only dare not use the Nine-Tails' chakra, but they also have to constantly resist the erosion of their own will by the will within the Nine-Tails' chakra, lest their will lose its autonomy.

The Uzumaki clan's Vajra Sealing Technique is domineering, directly devouring and eliminating the hatred and will within the Nine-Tails' chakra, turning the Nine-Tails' chakra into its own, and turning the mighty strongest tailed beast, the Nine-Tails, into a chakra battery for a Jinchūriki.

"Poor Nine-Tails!"

"But don't worry, wait for me. I will release you as payment for helping me hold off Mito Uzumaki at the crucial moment."

Li Yao thought to himself, although the Nine-Tailed Fox was also doing it for him, it did help him after all, and he wouldn't mind letting the Nine-Tailed Fox escape if given the chance.

What would happen if a ninja lost all their chakra?

The answer is no, nothing will happen.

It's just that the person is exhausted; they won't die.

Before long, Li Yao had completely absorbed the chakra from the two guarding ninjas, and his dantian and death gate acupoints were filled with chakra again.

Just feel it; it's almost approaching the chakra level of an Anbu Jonin.

It seems that Li Yao underestimated the improvement in his physical body after all the acupoints were opened, as both the acupoint space and the dantian space expanded considerably as a result.

This meant that Li Yao's chakra reserves weren't as bad as he had initially thought.

"Tap tap!"

Li Yao flipped over the wall and came to the corner of the courtyard. A ninja wearing a Konoha headband was lying on the ground. His face was pale under the oil lamp, and his body was weak. When he saw Li Yao's arrival, his eyes were filled with fear.

The ninja was not old, around eighteen or nineteen years old.

During the Ninja World War, they were offered lucrative jobs guarding the homes of nobles, either because they were of low strength or had connections within Konoha.

Li Yao didn't bother with the intricacies of the situation. He approached the young ninja and, with a thought, unleashed his illusory Dark Travel Technique, a genjutsu chakra, into the ninja's body.

"It really works."

Li Yao's lips curled up slightly. He had been curious before that genjutsu was a technique that involved illusory genjutsu chakra being integrated into the ninja's body. As the chakra flowed within the ninja's body, it would affect the ninja's various senses, such as sight and taste, thereby trapping the ninja in a genjutsu.

If you encounter someone who has no chakra, can genjutsu chakra trap them in a genjutsu?

The answer is yes!

And the effects are even more terrifying.

Li Yao only used the Dark Travel Technique, a genjutsu that blocks vision, but after invading a Konoha ninja who had no chakra, he was able to control the ninja's mind, which can be described as mind control.

"Where is the kitchen?"

"There's a house in the backyard with the word 'kitchen' written on the door."

The Konoha ninja, whose chakra had been invaded by the Dark Travel Technique, tremblingly raised his hand, pointed to the backyard, and said in a trembling voice.

(End of this chapter)