Wood Release Chakra

Lab Zero.

As he watched the liquid in the test tube turn completely emerald green, Danzo could barely conceal his excitement.

Li Yao's cells and chakra inside the test tube had been completely devoured by the First Hokage's Cells' Wood Release Chakra.

With the Chakra Sensory Barrier he had set up beforehand, Danzo sensed that, in that instant, a gap had appeared in Li Yao's chakra, breaking the special state that made him immune to chakra-based genjutsu invasions.

In other words, the First Hokage's Wood Release Cells could break the special state of Li Yao's chakra, allowing the Chakra Memory Probing Technique to be used on him.

Danzo knew very well what that meant.

He walked over to the container cultivating the First Hokage's Cells, activated the equipment, and drew out a syringe of First Hokage's Cell solution.

Lab Two.

Sensing that Danzo had entered through the door carrying a tube of chakra that gave off the same fluctuations as the chakra that had devoured the portion separated from him earlier, Li Yao knew he had only two choices now.

The first was to remain still.

Danzo clearly intended to inject whatever it was in his hand—something or some kind of cells capable of forcibly devouring Li Yao's chakra—into his body and consume his chakra.

Li Yao had two ways to deal with it.

One was to reveal that he possessed sealing technique chakra and seal the chakra entering his body, preventing it from devouring his own chakra.

The other was to sense the changes in that chakra's nature the instant their chakras came into contact, then replicate and condense it. That should also be able to stop it from devouring his chakra.

The chakra he had separated earlier had possessed consciousness that was too weak and had not fused with a soul, so its sensory abilities had been insufficient to detect the changes in that chakra's nature.

Now that the chakras would be in contact, Li Yao was certain he could sense the changes in its nature and replicate them in a short time.

Thus, the first choice gave him a foundation for preserving his life.

But there were also many uncertainties.

Li Yao did not know whether he could hide the fact that he could use chakra if he did so in front of Danzo.

If he could not, he would inevitably face even stricter surveillance measures afterward.

He was not sure whether he could withstand them.

But if he did not choose the first option and instead chose the second, he would have no choice but to fight desperately.

The problem was that he had too few methods available to him now.

Before he developed the Adamantine Sealing Technique that belonged to him, his sealing techniques would have difficulty catching Danzo off guard.

As for the only genjutsu he knew, the Illusion Technique - Dark Walking Technique, Danzo knew it himself. Moreover, Danzo had a Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye, so Li Yao's genjutsu basically had no chance.

So if he fought desperately, he would most likely truly die.

After only an instant of thought, Li Yao made his choice. He chose the first option: remain still and see what happened first.

Danzo opened the glass chamber and removed Li Yao's body from within.

Carrying Li Yao, Danzo swiftly returned to Lab Zero and placed him on a specially made chakra metal bed.

Clank, clank... The chakra metal bed had specially made handcuffs and shackles, all forged from chakra metal.

Li Yao's hands, feet, waist, chest, neck, and other areas were firmly secured by restraints.

Special sealing formulas were inscribed within both the chakra metal bed and the restraints.

Together with the sealing formulas beneath the bed, these formulas extended all the way to a large chakra metal sphere buried underground, forming a massive sealing array.

This massive sealing array had only one function.

It devoured large amounts of chakra, then transmitted that chakra through the sealing formulas into the chakra metal sphere underground for storage.

"Another new sealing formula."

Lying on the chakra metal bed, Li Yao immediately discovered the secrets of the bed and the chakra metal sphere underground, and he also sensed the enormous amount of chakra within the sphere.

However, he did not know what the sealing formulas did, but that did not stop Li Yao from immediately beginning to sense the changes in the nature of the new sealing formula chakra beneath the bed.

Because there was no direct chakra contact, Li Yao's chakra sensory ability could not instantly detect the changes in the sealing formula chakra's nature. But because the distance was so close, he needed only half a day to fully sense and analyze all the changes in the nature of the sealing technique chakra on the bed.

After securing Li Yao, Danzo formed hand seals and removed the Eight Trigrams Seal from him.

The following experiment was unsuitable with a sealing formula still in place.

Danzo took out the syringe containing the First Hokage's Cell solution and drove the needle straight into an artery in Li Yao's arm, without considering sterilization in the slightest.

The instant Li Yao regained control of his body, he felt a chakra with a terrifying devouring effect and cells with tenacious vitality invading his blood vessels.

That chakra, with its terrifying devouring effect, immediately began consuming Li Yao's chakra.

Li Yao immediately sensed the changes in the nature of this chakra.

Too high... too complex!

Li Yao was shaken. The invading chakra's quality was even higher than that of the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the changes in its nature were extremely complex.

Even with the cells in contact, Li Yao would need half an hour to completely analyze all the changes in this chakra's nature before he could replicate and condense it.

But after half an hour, his chakra would already have been completely devoured.

Even the chakra within his acupoints could not withstand this chakra's terrifying devouring force.

Moreover, Li Yao sensed that his physical cells were likewise being consumed and dissolved by cells carrying this chakra. Given his condition, he absolutely would not last more than half an hour.

The only option now was to reveal the existence of his Acupoint Chakra.

With a thought, Li Yao condensed Acupoint Chakra and bound all the invading chakra, preventing it from spreading and devouring his chakra.

It was remarkable!

The chakra inside his acupoints, restrained from leaving by an invisible force, could not withstand the invading chakra's devouring power.

Yet the Acupoint Chakra developed from that invisible restraining force of the acupoints could seal and bind this chakra with its immense devouring power.

It had to be said that the most overpowered thing in the Naruto world was truly Sealing Techniques.

No wonder every nation feared the Uzumaki Clan so much.

Sealing Techniques were simply too impossible to counter.

Now that it no longer had the help of that devouring chakra, those cells brimming with vitality fell dormant as well and stopped consuming Li Yao's cells.

"Mm... this is... suppressed!!!"

Danzo had originally formed hand seals with both hands, ready to use the Memory Probing Technique on Li Yao the instant his chakra was devoured by the First Hokage's Cells' chakra and his immunity to genjutsu was broken.

Yet the sudden change left him stunned for a moment. Then, the instant he realized something, excitement surged through him, and he nearly went wild with joy.

"This guy withstood the erosion of the First Hokage's Cells and Wood Release Chakra!!!!"

Danzo's eyes widened, his face filled with shock and excitement. He could not help being shocked and thrilled.

In all these years, this was the first person who had been able to withstand the erosion of the First Hokage's Cells and Wood Release Chakra.

And this time, he had used the First Hokage's original cell solution—the original cells with the strongest corrosive and devouring properties, and the closest to the First Hokage himself in terms of Wood Release Chakra.

Back then, all those test subjects, including experts of the Senju Clan, had used First Hokage Wood Release Cells that had been weakened three times.

Yet even so, none of those experts, including the Senju Clan, had been able to withstand the First Hokage's Cells' erosion and devouring.

And now, someone had endured it... No, no, wait a little longer.

Danzo knew very well what it meant to withstand the First Hokage's Cells' erosion. He forced himself to calm down. He had to make sure Li Yao had not merely resisted them temporarily, but could continue resisting them.

In the blink of an eye.

Half an hour passed.

Within Li Yao's Chakra Acupoints, a strand of chakra appeared that possessed the same powerful devouring ability as the chakra in his blood.

"No, it also possesses terrifying vitality!"

After half an hour, having analyzed every change in the properties of the invading chakra within his blood vessels, Li Yao immediately replicated and condensed that invading chakra.

Then he discovered that this chakra not only had a powerful ability to devour chakra, but also possessed terrifying vitality.

Li Yao could feel that merely condensing a small strand of this chakra made every physical cell in his body crave its nourishment.

"This should be... Wood Release Chakra, right?"