Chapter 56: All Chakra Points Unleashed — Clash with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki
"So fast!"
As Li Yao streaked through the air, he sensed Uzumaki Mito behind him suddenly accelerating. Alarm surged in his heart.
"This won't do."
"I have to find a way to move faster."
Li Yao's brows knit. Mito's speed was overwhelming. He knew that if he didn't act quickly, she'd catch up within half a minute.
Once that happened, escaping would become nearly impossible.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the ground below, the two black iron chains trailing from Li Yao's back functioned like the 3D maneuver gear from the anime "Attack on Titan," yanking him through the air at high speed.
"Stimulate my body with large amounts of Wood Style chakra… no, that won't work."
"No matter how much I push my body, ground movement won't be faster than my current flight."
"Then… increase the pulling force of the black iron chains?"
"But this is already the maximum speed I can control!"
"What do I do?"
"Is there any other method that could give me more speed than Uzumaki Mito?"
As Li Yao rapidly brainstormed ways to boost his velocity and evade pursuit—
Uzumaki Mito, in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, had already caught up to him, closing in from just five kilometers beyond Konoha's chakra-sensing barrier.
Though there was still a thousand-meter gap—
That was already within her attack range.
At first, she intended to form a small Tailed Beast Bomb and blast him to bits.
But upon seeing the black iron chains trailing behind him, her expression darkened, and she changed her mind.
"Monkey!"
"Danzo!"
"You two really outdid yourselves!"
"You dared experiment on my clansmen in secret!"
"And not just any clansman—but one talented enough to modify the Adamantine Sealing Chains."
At that moment, Mito naturally assumed Li Yao was an Uzumaki.
After all, the resemblance between the black iron chains and the Adamantine Sealing Chains was too strong. Both were made of sealing chakra. The moment she saw them, she sensed their true nature.
Such a gifted clansman, turned into a vengeful enemy of Konoha by Hiruzen and Danzo's experiments.
She didn't need to ask—Mito could easily imagine the kind of horrific pain he must have endured.
And because of that, she changed her mind.
There were so few Uzumaki survivors to begin with.
Talents like Li Yao were nearly extinct—if not unique.
Uzumaki Mito decided to hold back.
But for Li Yao, that decision was a nightmare.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
When she was still a thousand meters away, Mito made her move. She clapped her hands together, and the earth quaked as countless golden chakra chains, thick as towering trees, burst from the ground.
Five hundred meters ahead of Li Yao's path, those enormous Adamantine Sealing Chains surged upward, shaking the heavens.
Li Yao's pupils shrank. He stopped mid-air and quickly surveyed the area.
Dozens—hundreds—of chains, like titanic trees, rose into the sky. Their tops curved inward, forming a massive dome with a three- to four-kilometer radius, trapping him and Mito inside.
Not only that—accompanying the rising chains was a layer of golden, transparent barrier chakra gathering toward the center of the dome.
Once completed, it would form a cage-like sealing barrier.
Because his consciousness could travel along with his chakra—
Li Yao's Shadow Clone Technique was different from others'.
He could perceive everything his clone experienced in real time.
So Li Yao understood well the horror of barrier techniques.
He couldn't even escape the Four Violet Flames Formation.
There was no way he could break free from a barrier cast by Uzumaki Mito in her Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
If Mito succeeded in sealing the dome, Li Yao's journey would end here.
"I can't let the barrier complete!"
With a slap of his palms, Li Yao forcefully activated the chakra in his body, forming a single giant chain that matched the Adamantine Sealing Chains in size, bursting from the ground to coil around one of them.
Zzzzzz!
Li Yao's black iron chain twisted like a world serpent, wrapping tightly around the Adamantine chain, trying to crush it inward.
The two chains sparked violently like clashing steel, emitting arcs of lightning and showers of sparks.
"It's working… but not enough!"
That chain's ascent slowed slightly, but among the thousands rising, one lagging didn't make much difference.
Even if he stopped this one from linking with the others, it wouldn't prevent the dome from forming.
The barrier might be slightly weaker—
But even so, it would still be more than Li Yao could break through.
He'd have to stop at least one-third of the Adamantine chains from rising.
"Chakra!"
"I need a massive amount of chakra!"
In an instant, Li Yao realized his only option.
To counter Uzumaki Mito's chakra-overwhelming tactic, the only answer was to use an equally massive amount of chakra to unleash Black Iron Chains.
"Chakra Point Sealing Technique: Release!"
His face contorted, muscles contracting violently around his eyes. Madness filled his gaze. With a roar, he opened all his chakra points—except for the Death Gate and his dantian.
Boom!
In that moment, it was like every dam within his body burst. All the chakra stored in his acupoints surged out simultaneously.
Hissssss!
His skin bulged and swelled like it was being stitched through by countless needles. Blood instantly seeped from every capillary pore.
Then, the friction from the explosive chakra turned the blood into red mist that hissed outward like steam.
Li Yao now looked like a humanoid balloon leaking crimson vapor from thousands of pinholes.
Even his skin and eyeballs turned a scorched, dark red.
At that moment, he resembled Might Guy in Eight Gates Released Formation—gaining terrifying power at the cost of his body.
Li Yao hadn't expected this.
He had deliberately left the Death Gate and dantian sealed, thinking it would be manageable.
But even so, his body was under unimaginable pressure—comparable to Might Guy opening the final gate.
"Will I even survive this?"
The question flashed through his mind—and he laughed.
Who cared?
Maybe he'd die afterward.
But the chakra he'd gained was absolutely immense.
"Aaaaahhhh!!!"
Li Yao's eyes widened, and with a furious roar, he channeled all of that chakra into summoning Black Iron Chains.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Rumble…!
In an instant, the earth shook violently. For every Adamantine Sealing Chain that had emerged, a corresponding Black Iron Chain burst up beside it, coiling around it tightly.
Then, they all began to squeeze inward.
Zzzzzzz!
Thousands of sparks and lightning flashes erupted across three to four kilometers, illuminating the area like broad daylight.
The disturbance was so massive, Konoha had already erupted into chaos.
(END CHAPTER)
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