Kumogakure's Trap

Yichen naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to stand on the ground and wait for the three of them to arrive.

All three are close-combat experts, Yichen is not so arrogant as to think that he can fight against these three in close combat.

As soon as Yichen stepped out of the science museum, he used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly over the Kumogakure.

However, due to the barrier, Yichen could not fly high and could only fly at low altitudes like those flying machines.

As Yichen ascended into the air, a large amount of Porcelain Mud began to form around Yichen and spread rapidly over the entire Kumogakure.

With a whoosh, a figure shot towards Yichen. Yichen, Mind's Eye had already sensed the danger, dodged the approaching figure easily in mid-air.

This person is directly in the path of the Fourth Raikage.

Unable to change direction in mid-air, the Fourth Raikage darted a great distance before landing on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Yichen did not turn to look at the Fourth Raikage.

With his Mind's Eye, Yichen essentially has full map vision, rendering his eyes largely useless.

Moreover, as the Fourth Raikage's attack missed, a giant tentacle extending from Killer B's body lashed out at Yichen.

Meanwhile, Darui wasn't idle either; a dozen bolts of Black Lightning were rapidly attacking Yichen's direction.

Yichen multitasked, controlling a large amount of Porcelain Mud to form barriers to resist the Black Lightning's attacks while dodging the tentacles of the Eight-Tails.

Meanwhile, the aircraft hovering in the air began to approach Yichen in waves.

In addition, as Yichen flew, he would occasionally be attacked by Ninjutsu or hidden weapons from below.

However, with Yichen's full-map vision, all of this was of little effect, except for forcing Yichen to dodge constantly or use Porcelain Release to intercept, and had little other use.

After the first round of probing attacks, the Cloud ninja achieved no results. On the contrary, Yichen took advantage of this time to deploy some very low-density Porcelain Mud in the sky above the Kumogakure.

However, the Cloud ninja were also secretly making preparations, and by this time Cloud ninja preparations were complete.

"Hmm?" Yichen frowned.

According to Yichen's perception, the previously scattered Cloud ninja below gradually began to become orderly.

The Cloud ninja, who had been aimlessly chasing Yichen, began to head to their designated locations with a specific purpose.

"Has the Command System been established? This is troublesome!" Yichen thought to himself, realizing that he was still no match for the Allied Shinobi Forces Technique.

"However, it seems I've discovered something very interesting," Yichen with a mysterious smile.

The Allied Forces below will take some time to reach full combat capability, so let's take care of these guys in the air first.

My setup is almost complete.

Yichen habitually glanced at the flying machines.

The next moment, the Porcelain Mud was originally scattered above the Kumogakure quickly gathered in front of these flying vehicles.

Then rocks of varying sizes floated in the air, blocking the path that these aircraft could only take.

Two flying machines crashed into the rocks because the ninjas on board didn't react in time.

The high-speed aircraft suffered a mechanical malfunction after being hit and immediately went out of control.

The ninjas on the flying machine jumped off one by one.

These were all Jonin, and with the help of their subordinate ninjas, few of them were injured.

Then several ninjas on the aircraft, preoccupied with dodging the rocks, forgot that these rocks were not unclaimed; they were controlled by Yichen.

These aircraft followed in the footsteps of the previous two, being unexpectedly struck by nearby rocks by Yichen and forced to retreat prematurely.

The remaining ones were more clever; they didn't let any rocks get close to them, and those that could potentially threaten their safety were all knocked away by the Ninjutsu on the aircraft using Ninjutsu or hidden weapons.

However, Yichen didn't care, because this was just an appetizer.

The next moment, the clumps of rocks that had coalesced in the sky above the Kumogakure began to fly aimlessly through the air under Yichen's control, their speed increasing rapidly.

Boom boom boom boom.

Soon, the remaining aircraft were attacked one after another.

Meanwhile, Yichen was not idle either, as he was constantly dodging the combined attacks of the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Darui.

Of the three, the Fourth Raikage was the strongest, but he was the least effective at dealing with Yichen, who was flying around in the air.

Darui's Black Lightning is very troublesome; it can turn and bypass the interception of Black Lightning Porcelain Release.

Of course, Darui's Chakra Control is far inferior to Yichen's; the number of times his Black Lightning can bend is limited.

After Yichen controlled Zi Dun and intercepted it several times, the Black Lightning also became ineffective.

The most troublesome combination is Killer B and the Eight-Tails.

The giant octopus tentacles flew through the air, sweeping away all the Porcelain Mud that Yichen had painstakingly set up in the air.

Fortunately, this is the Kumogakure, so the Eight-Tails cannot display its complete form.

This Partial Tailed Beast Transformation attack actually limited Killer B Bee's performance.

Meanwhile, at the Cloud ninja command center, the commanders of the encirclement were organizing the Cloud ninja while analyzing Yichen's intelligence.

"Lord Raikage, based on the current battle situation, the Tsuchikage's strengths are as follows: First, his Chakra control is extremely high; he is probably the most powerful ninja in the entire Ninja World in this area."

"The pebbles were flying around in the air, and he himself was flying around in the air, but not a single stone hit him, not even two stones collided with each other."

"This shows that the seemingly random flying rocks were actually under his control. Such precise Chakra control is something no one else could achieve."

The Fourth Raikage nodded in agreement.

Because he had just witnessed the Sand Manipulation Technique of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, in the Land of Hot Water.

His judgment was that Rasa's skill level was far inferior to Yichen's.

Moreover, these seemingly low-density pebbles in the air would gather in his path whenever he launched an attack.

This meant that almost every attack he made involved advancing through a large amount of debris, which not only slowed him down considerably but also increased his energy consumption.

The commander continued to relay their analysis.

"The Tsuchikage's second powerful ability is perception."

"We can't determine the limits of his perception right now, but one thing is certain: his perception range covers the entire village."

"Previously, when he dodged, he could precisely avoid all the places in the village where Elite Jonin hiding."

"The Tsuchikage's Sensory Ninjutsu can not only sense the location and number of ninjas, but also determine their approximate strength."

"Therefore, all sneak attacks are useless against him. Neither you, Lord Raikage, nor those Elite Jonin in the village who can threaten the Tsuchikage, are effective in hiding."

The Fourth Raikage nodded to himself and began to reduce his attack frequency. He had just tried to launch a sneak attack several times, but Yichen had been able to dodge it accurately each time.

The commander took a deep breath and continued:

"The Tsuchikage's third ability is his mental strength, which far surpasses that of ordinary ninjas; it should be a level above mine. In other words, in terms of mental strength alone, he can unleash Kage Level power."

"Therefore, the Tsuchikage can be distracted by many things. He can scout out our troop deployments and avoid our elite ninjas."

"And I was able to easily dodge the continuous attacks from Lord Raikage, Killer B Bee, and Darui."

"Genjutsu attacks are also ineffective against him, unless one possesses Genjutsu at the level of the Uchiha Clan's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but our village doesn't have one."

The Fourth Raikage was somewhat shocked and used his mind to convey that this person was the one with the strongest mental power in the Kumogakure.

Even though the Cloud ninja aren't known for their mental strength, this person would still rank in the top ten in Konoha in that regard.

If Yichen than his, then it is very likely that, as that person guessed, he could indeed deal Kage Level damage with just his mental strength.

When did the Iwagakure develop the method for Yin Release? Did they obtain it from the Konoha? Or was it actually Yichen's personal talent?

Now is not the time to think about these things. As long as we kill Yichen today, everything will be over.

Then the commander's voice rang out again.

"The Tsuchikage's fourth ability is Sage Mode. His Sage Mode is far more perfect than Shia's was. The Tsuchikage's Sage Mode can amplify his Kekkei Genkai."

"The Tsuchikage's Porcelain Release can cover the entire village; I suspect it's because of Sage Mode."

"Similarly, be Tsuchikage's Ninjutsu when he uses Sage Mode."

The Fourth Raikage knew this; he had witnessed Yichen's performance during the attack on Jiraiya.

The Fourth Raikage knew that Yichen was only a quasi-Kage back then, but he had displayed the fighting power of a relatively strong Kage Level.

The commander concluded by saying:

"Besides these four abilities, the Tsuchikage's other abilities are basically built upon these foundations. For example, the Tsuchikage's rapid flight speed stems from his exceptional Chakra control."

"According to intelligence, the Tsuchikage has many other abilities, and we need to be careful."

"Seal-less Ninjutsu, One-handed Hand Seals, rapid Hand Seals. Hmm, the Tsuchikage's Hand Seals speed is at least 6.5 seals per second."

"There's also Storm Release Bloodline Limit, and a Kekkei Tōta that emits blue light."

"The Tsuchikage's Kekkei Tōta is probably his only means of breaking through our Defense Barrier and escaping."

"According to intelligence, the Tsuchikage has a clear starting move Kekkei Tōta Tota; we absolutely must not let him Kekkei Tōta."

After listening to the Command Center, the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Darui were all extremely solemn. Yichen's difficulty in dealing with them exceeded their expectations.

But this only strengthened their resolve to kill Yichen.

If even this situation can't save Yichen, then killing him later will be difficult.

After a while, the commander spoke again:

"Here are three strategies for killing the Tsuchikage: the first is attrition."

"According to intelligence, the Tsuchikage's Chakra reserves are a weakness, and Sage Mode consumes even more Chakra."

"The Tsuchikage is probably not good at prolonged battles; none of his battles have lasted particularly long."

"So the first method is to wage a war of attrition, exhausting the Tsuchikage's Chakra."

"Second, increase the density and frequency of our attacks to force the Tsuchikage into our ninja army's attack range. Cover the area with Area of Effect Ninjutsu."

"The Tsuchikage is a typical Ninjutsu- based ninja; his defense is not high, so a combined attack from the army could potentially be effective."

"Third, to distract the Tsuchikage, I will arrange for the ninja army to constantly change positions within the village, keeping the Tsuchikage preoccupied."

"Even the strongest mental strength has its limits. I will try my best to create a battle atmosphere that can greatly deplete the Tsuchikage's mental strength."

After analyzing Yichen's intelligence, the Command Center began to mobilize the Cloud ninja army in order to distract Yichen.

At this moment, Yichen couldn't help but sigh to himself, "So my information was already known to others during my repeated adventures."

Indeed, Yichen heard every word of the analysis and plan that the Cloud Ninja Commander had just said.

This is precisely the ability that the commander mentioned, which comes with the insight into Mind's Eye and powerful mental strength.

This was the first time Yichen had combined his Mind's Eye and soul, and he hadn't expected it to have such an effect.

However, sensing the Cloud ninja slowly adjusting their tactics, Yichen became increasingly solemn.

"Porcelain Release - Kunai Rain." Yichen launched an attack on the Cloud Ninja Army while flying.

This was Yichen's first proactive attack on the Cloud Ninja Army. The number of Kunai Rain was small, and he didn't use Shinra Tensei like he did when he dealt with Konoha.

Therefore, the effect was not significant, and the few groups that were roaming within the Kumogakure quickly set up defenses.

They weren't in a hurry; dragging things out was more advantageous for the Cloud ninja.