Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 76 A-Rank Ninjutsu: Chakra Fluidity

Peng Peng!

After flying around the air a dozen times and gaining a basic understanding of how to control the Black Iron Giant Eagle, including acceleration and turning, Li Yao rode the Black Iron Giant Eagle to a height of 100 meters above the pool.

bump!

With a thought, Li Yao created a shadow clone, which stood on the back of the black iron giant eagle, behind him.

With the addition of another person, the Black Iron Giant Eagle visibly sank, but stabilized itself after flapping its wings a few times.

Li Yao sensed that the Black Iron Giant Eagle's flight stability was not significantly affected by adding a shadow clone.

Logically speaking, it should be greatly affected.

Li Yao's current body is twelve years old, about 1.6 meters tall, and weighs about 80 kilograms. The shadow clones he creates also weigh about the same.

The two of them together weigh 160 jin (approximately 80 kg).

A weight of 160 pounds with a wingspan of 14 meters is, frankly, not enough.

The lift generated by a 14-meter wingspan is insufficient in nature to propel a weight of 160 kilograms into flight.

It won't be as easy as the Black Iron Giant Eagle.

At least it was impossible on Earth in Li Yao's previous life.

However, considering that this was the Naruto world, a world with such a magical energy as chakra, Li Yao decided not to delve any deeper.

He guessed it was because the Black Iron Giant Eagle was made of chakra.

Chakra is energy and has no concept of weight.

Although the black iron chains have physical properties, they are essentially chakra, a form of energy, and have no weight.

Perhaps because of this, coupled with the special nature of chakra, his fourteen-meter wingspan Black Iron Giant Eagle could easily carry him and his shadow clone, both weighing a combined 160 pounds, into flight.

"It's up to you now."

With his thoughts turning, Li Yao turned to his shadow clone and smiled. The shadow clone was connected to his consciousness and knew what Li Yao was thinking without him having to say anything.

The shadow clone took over Li Yao's control over the Black Iron Giant Eagle.

Whoosh... The Black Iron Giant Eagle roared and soared into the sky once more.

Standing on the back of the giant eagle, Li Yao had regained control of the Black Iron Giant Eagle and could now focus his attention on other things.

Clang clang... Four black iron chains shot out from behind Li Yao, dancing rapidly in the air in coordination with the flight of the black iron giant eagle.

"Very comfortable."

"We have great chemistry."

Li Yao's control over the black iron chains and the shadow clone's control over the black iron giant eagle's flight were perfectly coordinated, without a trace of chaos.

When Li Yao manipulates the black iron chain to swing downwards, the shadow clone will simultaneously control the black iron giant eagle to rotate its body, causing the black iron chain controlled by Li Yao to rotate as well, increasing the attack power.

While Li Yao was dodging the attack, the black iron giant eagle controlled by his shadow clone was able to cooperate perfectly, truly achieving synchronized action.

Li Yao smiled broadly, a contented smile spreading across his face.

This kind of tacit understanding is probably something only he, whose consciousness and shadow clones are connected, could achieve.

Others cannot achieve the same level of mind-body connection as their shadow.

However… Li Yao turned his head and looked at the shadow clone standing behind him. He thought about how he had to avoid the shadow clone several times when he was controlling the black iron chains, which made his movements inconsistent when he was controlling the black iron chains.

This is a point that can be exploited in battle.

"We need to hide the shadow clones."

"How do you hide it?"

Li Yao subconsciously touched his chin. Not long after, his eyes lit up, and he immediately had a thought. A hole appeared on the back of the Black Iron Giant Eagle, and his shadow clone jumped into the hole and entered the empty belly of the Black Iron Giant Eagle.

After the shadow clone entered the belly of the black iron giant eagle, it sat on its belly and, with a thought, condensed several black iron chains to firmly fix it inside the belly.

At this moment, Li Yao, who was outside the Black Iron Giant Eagle, was thinking about flying upwards.

In an instant, the black iron giant eagle flapped its wings and took flight.

Li Yao then thought of turning right, and instantly, the Black Iron Giant Eagle flew to the right.

Next, Li Yao no longer needed to control the Black Iron Giant Eagle; he only needed to think, and the Black Iron Giant Eagle would fly in the direction he wanted.

"As expected, this is another way to use shared consciousness."

Li Yao had a smug look on his face. Although his shadow clone could not see outside after entering the belly of the Black Iron Giant Eagle, the shadow clone, which was connected to his consciousness, could share his vision and even all his senses.

The connection between Li Yao and his shadow clones is very similar to Pain's Six Paths' ability to share vision.

With this shared vision ability, the shadow clone hidden inside the Black Iron Giant Eagle can safely control the Black Iron Giant Eagle to fly, and Li Yao can stand on its back to fight enemies in the air.

When necessary, he can also switch places with his shadow clone.

He hid inside the belly of the Black Iron Giant Eagle to control it, while his shadow clones fought outside, thus confusing the enemy.

……

While Li Yao was having a great time maneuvering the Black Iron Giant Eagle, spinning and turning at a height of a thousand meters.

Inside the Perception Barrier Center in the Eastern Land of Fire.

Beneath a giant, transparent sphere of perception, stood Yamanaka Gogo, an elite Jonin of the Yamanaka clan, wearing a helmet that connected to the perception barrier.

During the war, each country in the Land of Fire had a chakra sensing barrier center along its borders with the four major nations, capable of sensing chakra fluctuations within a radius of thousands of kilometers.

Once the chakra fluctuation exceeds a certain level and reaches a certain danger level, it will be detected by the barrier center and reported to the corresponding ninja team for investigation.

At this moment, on the huge transparent sphere of perception barrier, a point in the northeast direction rippled with extremely faint waves, invisible to the naked eye, but only Shanwu Jia, who was wearing a helmet that could amplify chakra perception, could sense them.

"A-level fluctuation has occurred in the southern part of the yellow-green forest to the northeast."

Shan Wujia succinctly reported the location and level of the chakra fluctuations he sensed.

A-rank fluctuation corresponds to A-rank ninjutsu chakra fluctuation.

In the world of ninjas, strength is largely determined by the level of ninjutsu a ninja can perform.

A ninja who can perform A-rank ninjutsu, regardless of their taijutsu and genjutsu abilities, must at least possess the chakra to unleash A-rank ninjutsu. Coupled with the ninjutsu talent to unleash A-rank ninjutsu, their strength would not be lower than that of a chunin.

This is a very basic assessment of strength.

In the ninja world, chakra reserves and ninjutsu are paramount.

With both chakra reserves and ninjutsu, his strength couldn't be too low.

This provides the basis for judgment.

The danger level at the center of the barrier is also determined by the level of ninjutsu chakra fluctuations.

A-rank ninjutsu chakra level corresponds to A-rank mission danger level, requiring at least one Jonin to handle.

The A-rank fluctuation reported by Shanwu Jia at this moment meant that they needed at least one Jonin to go and check the location where the chakra fluctuation was occurring.

Inside the barrier's center, besides the mountain nogao, there was also Nara Sanjo, who was responsible for handling and distributing emergency tasks.

Upon hearing Shanwu Jia's report, Nara Sanjo's expression turned serious, and he asked, "Which ninja team is closest to the Yellow-Green Forest?"

Wu Jia from the mountain said, "It is a small team led by Lord Tianzhu."

"Lord Tenju..." Nara Sanjo frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Could it be the Konoha fugitive that Lord Tenju is tracking?"

Sarutobi Tenjutsu had already contacted the border barrier centers before tracking Li Yao, informing him of the presence of A-rank ninjutsu chakra fluctuations.

The location where the chakra fluctuations are occurring is very close to Sarutobi Tenshin, so there's a high probability that it's a fugitive.

Thinking of this, Nara Sanjo immediately instructed Yamashiro no Ko to inform Sarutobi Tensuke to go to the location where the chakra fluctuations were appearing.

(End of this chapter)