Chapter 131: As Expected, It's Still About Bloodlines
The battlefield is like a talent show — a graveyard for the weak, and a stage for the strong.
As countless genius ninja emerged across the shinobi world...
On a large island near the Arctic Circle...
A certain handsome man who had been diligently training every day finally, and unexpectedly, reached the peak limit of what his physical body could achieve.
Boom!
High above the icy white sea, Li Yao slammed his fist into three meters of solid ice from midair, blasting open a crater ten meters in diameter. Cracks spread outward for over a hundred meters.
Landing atop a shattered ice block, Li Yao looked down at his fist with disappointment in his eyes.
"So this is my limit?"
"How pitifully weak..."
He shook his head and sighed, face full of unfulfilled expectations.
Three months ago, the physical strength of his current body had reached its maximum. No matter how hard he trained, he couldn't make the slightest improvement.
In other words, his body had hit its ceiling.
To the average person, being able to punch a ten-meter-wide crater into ice three meters thick without using chakra was already terrifying — superhuman, even.
But it was nowhere near what Li Yao had envisioned — nowhere near the power of a serious punch from Saitama, or the space-distorting strength of Might Guy with all Eight Gates open.
It wasn't even as powerful as Tsunade's full-force monstrous strength.
And Li Yao had unlocked every single limit point in his body — the gates were wide open, and there were no restrictions on his flesh.
But reality was cruel.
This was the ceiling of what his body could achieve, even after completely removing all its physical limits through training.
Sigh!
He stood there for a long time. Despite his unwillingness, he could only let out a helpless sigh.
"As expected of a fantasy world crafted by Japanese writers — in the end, you can't escape the bloodline narrative."
Li Yao was convinced that if he'd been reincarnated into someone from the Senju or Uzumaki clans, his physical ceiling would've been far higher.
Mukura Yao, the body he now inhabited, was a true civilian ninja. His parents were civilian ninja too. Not like Namikaze Minato, who claimed to be a civilian but had such "civilian" genes that even the signature red hair of the Uzumaki clan had been overridden into golden blond.
His body's talent had already hit its genetic limit.
Even with the nourishment and reconstruction of Wood Style chakra, that was the end of the line. He couldn't become a Sage Body — his cell genes just couldn't go any further. That was an immutable limitation.
Unless Li Yao transplanted Hashirama's cells, he would never go beyond this point. No matter how hard he trained in the future, his growth would never be transformative again.
"This really is frustrating!"
The corner of Li Yao's mouth twitched. Deep in his heart was a desire to shatter the concept of Ōtsutsuki bloodlines.
Whether it was Naruto...
Or One Piece...
Or even Baki...
In all those stories, the ones who became strongest always relied on bloodlines and destiny. Hard work and struggle were nothing before inherited fate.
Everything was predetermined. Everything was fate.
To someone like Li Yao — an ordinary person — the idea that everything is dictated by lineage and fate was nothing short of infuriating.
Boom… zzzt!
With a thought, Li Yao unleashed a surge of powerful Lightning Style chakra.
Blue-white arcs of electricity condensed around his body like a solid armor, occasionally crackling with bright white sparks.
"Fate, bloodlines — I'll shatter all of it, through nothing but my absolute control over chakra."
Gazing at the armor of concentrated Lightning chakra covering his body, Li Yao sneered coldly. So what if he didn't have Ōtsutsuki blood? He could still stand atop the shinobi world.
Lightning Style Chakra Mode — mastered in just one year.
In the future, there was still Dust Release, Sage Chakra, and more.
Li Yao didn't believe for a second that with his perfect chakra control, he couldn't break free from the chains of bloodline and fate.
Zzzt!
He shot off like a bolt of lightning, sprinting toward his wooden cabin at a speed not much slower than the Third Raikage under Lightning Style Chakra Mode.
Compared to the Third Raikage, whose chakra armor constantly radiated energy and couldn't be suppressed, Li Yao's perfect chakra control allowed him to form a truly solid armor — no, rather than "covering" his body, it had fused completely with it. The chakra armor was a part of him.
In that sense, although Li Yao's physical strength might not match the Third Raikage's, his Lightning Chakra Armor was more durable and defensively superior.
Because it was denser, more cohesive — practically one with his flesh.
One minute later...
Li Yao arrived at his wooden cabin and retracted the chakra armor into his body. Unlike the Third Raikage, he could fully absorb and store his Lightning Style Chakra Armor.
This alone gave him a theoretical edge in stamina.
Unfortunately… Li Yao checked the chakra capacity of his dantian.
Unsurprisingly, Mukura Yao's natural talent was indeed subpar — a perfect example of a civilian ninja. Even with all physical limits removed and reaching peak condition, his dantian could only hold the chakra equivalent of ten elite ANBU-level jonin.
To be more precise, Li Yao currently had the chakra capacity of ten Kakashis.
That might sound like a lot, but in truth, it wasn't. At least not when compared to true prodigies.
In chakra terms, the unit "1 Kakashi" refers to the amount of chakra Kakashi could use after a large portion was consumed by his Sharingan.
Without the chakra drain of the Sharingan, Kakashi's natural reserves weren't low at all.
But in the shinobi world, what could 10 Kakashis' worth of chakra do?
Li Yao had tested it — it wasn't even enough for one full-scale Tree World Emergence with a one-kilometer radius. He could only manage a 400-meter-wide forest.
What could that do?
It was enough for average opponents, but against top-tier foes, it was far from sufficient. Especially against Jinchūriki like Mito Uzumaki, or even the future Kushina — he'd be outmatched.
After much thought, Li Yao knew this chakra issue had to be addressed!
He stripped off his clothes and went to the bedroom, creating a shadow clone and once again began engraving the Devouring Seal Array on his body.
Now that his physical dantian had reached its limit, the only way to increase chakra capacity was through the Devouring Seal Array.
As long as he could successfully inscribe the array onto his body, Li Yao would be able to steal and store chakra from others — even Tailed Beasts.
Though the stored chakra was one-time use and would need replenishing after use...
As long as it lasted through a single battle, it would be enough.
"Starting today, half of my time will be spent researching the Devouring Seal Array. The rest will go to refining Wood Style chakra."
Li Yao had made up his mind. It wasn't time to emerge from seclusion yet. Not until he solved his chakra problem.
(END CHAPTER)
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