Bad Luck

It was not that Uchiha Kagami did not want to pursue, but that he no longer had the strength to do so. Had Biwa Musashi and the others held on for a moment longer, Uchiha Kagami would likely have been the one in trouble. At this moment, a trail of bloody tears flowed from Uchiha Kagami's eyes.

"Was it still too much of a stretch?" Uchiha Kagami retracted his Susanoo and clutched his eyes. The consumption of ocular power just now had been immense, and his eyes could no longer hold out.

Biwa Musashi and the others, who had fled, were also filled with relief. Who the hell could have imagined that Uchiha Kagami still possessed such a ninjutsu? Had they not run quickly, no one could have withstood that massive entity crashing down upon them.

"Send the intelligence to the village, describe it in detail!" Biwa Musashi said to Kurisare Sankei.

Kurisare Sankei did not hesitate and began writing on a scroll. Once finished, he pressed one hand to the ground, and a small summoning creature appeared. Kurisare Sankei gave the scroll to the creature, which nodded and vanished.

Meanwhile, Li Yi was being pursued by five Hidden Mist Village ninjas. After receiving the message from his shadow clone, Li Yi knew they would come after him, but having already gained a significant lead, he still had time to set traps.

Between two tree branches, Li Yi set up a wire connected to an Explosive Tag. He crafted quite a few of these small traps to buy himself some time to escape.

Sure enough, as the sound of explosions continued behind him, Li Yi knew these traps had been triggered. However, the opponents were highly skilled—likely all Jonin—so killing them with mere traps was essentially impossible.

But delaying them for a while was still achievable.

He wondered how things were going for Uchiha Kagami; as Li Yi ran, he felt a flicker of concern for him.

"That Konoha brat is running quite fast, and he even used shadow clones to split up. Should we split up to pursue?" a Mist ninja asked, frowning from a tree branch.

The team leader hesitated. There was no helping it; Konoha ninjas were quite strong. Judging by the earlier exchange, the opponent was likely at the Jonin level. If they split up, they would easily be picked off one by one. They hadn't even managed to take him down with all five of them together, so splitting up was essentially suicide.

A Jonin's life was still very precious.

"No, let's gamble. If we can catch him, we catch him; if not, we turn back!" the Mist Jonin said directly.

Since the leader had spoken, they naturally would not disobey, and they all pursued in the same direction. At this moment, Li Yi was still thinking that if his shadow clones could lure away two of the Mist ninjas, he would find a way to take out the remaining three. As it turned out, they had all come after him.

This left Li Yi feeling somewhat helpless. Five-on-one was a very unwise choice, so he could only continue to run.

"To think our luck is this good, keep chasing!" the lead Mist ninja laughed loudly. Out of two choices, they had somehow picked the right one.

Li Yi cursed under his breath. Luck was a fickle thing; he could only say that the people from the Hidden Mist Village were truly lucky.

Watching the Mist ninjas closing in, Li Yi was speechless. Did he have to keep creating shadow clones?

Just as Li Yi was struggling with the decision, the Mist ninjas behind him pulled shuriken and kunai from their ninja tool pouches and hurled them at him.

Feeling the dozens of projectiles behind him, Li Yi knew that if he dodged sideways, he would waste time and close the gap between them. But if he didn't dodge, he would likely be turned into a pincushion.

With no other choice, Li Yi continued to run while dodging as best he could. When he needed to dodge a wide area, he opted for partial elementalization, letting the kunai and shuriken pass through his body without causing him the slightest harm.

"What? Are my eyes playing tricks on me?" a Mist ninja exclaimed.

The others shook their heads; their eyes were not deceiving them. Some shuriken and kunai had indeed passed right through his body.

"Could it be a Kekkei Genkai? Just like the Hozuki Clan's?" one Mist ninja suggested.

The others remained silent. They had never heard of Konoha possessing such a Kekkei Genkai, but the world was vast and full of wonders. Now, Li Yi's value had risen even further; they could not let such a ninja with a Kekkei Genkai grow up.

"Multi Shadow Clone Technique!" Li Yi crossed his index fingers and created three shadow clones, each running toward different positions ahead.

Seeing more shadow clones, one of the Mist ninjas cursed, "Konoha's shadow clones are so hard to distinguish from the real one!"

The others felt the same. There was no helping it; other people's clones were somewhat distinguishable, but when it came to Konoha, it was incredibly difficult.

Of course, there were those with quick eyes who fired kunai, but the shadow clones dodged them nimbly. They were back to their original dilemma: whether to split up to pursue, knowing that whoever caught the real one would likely be in for a bad time.

"Sigh, whatever!" the lead Mist ninja could only smile bitterly. They would have to rely on luck again.

Just like that, they picked a direction at random and gave chase. When they saw the figure ahead had not dissipated after such a long time, they looked at each other. No way, was their luck really that heaven-defying?

Li Yi, meanwhile, had cursed the heavens to death. Did it have to be this miserable? Were the people from the Hidden Mist Village cheating? It was as if they had installed a tracker on him; did it have to be this ridiculous?

He didn't believe there was a sensory ninja among them; after all, sensory ninjas were extremely rare and would never waste time hunting down a small fry like him.

But luck was just like that. When a person was down on their luck, they would break a tooth even on cold water. He felt like the world was targeting him!

"It is heaven's will! Konoha ninja, prepare to die!" The leader of the Mist team didn't know how to describe his luck; it was simply heaven-defying. It seemed that when he had the chance, he should go and gamble.

Li Yi ignored the Mist ninja's words and continued to cross his index fingers, whispering, "Multi Shadow Clone Technique."

Four more Li Yis appeared. The lead Mist ninja was speechless. Are you kidding me, again? He immediately pulled a handful of shuriken from his pouch and scattered them.

The others did the same. This time, they were determined not to let Li Yi's shadow clones scatter.

With the sky filled with flying kunai and shuriken, Li Yi and his clones could only dodge. Soon, several clones were grazed by the projectiles and turned into smoke. Li Yi felt helpless; these guys from the Hidden Mist Village had quite a lot of ninja tools.

One had to know, these were all money; only he, Li Yi, was relatively poor.

"Can't keep wasting chakra." Li Yi sighed, looking at the ninjas closing in behind him. Frowning, he quickly formed hand seals.

At the same time, he turned around, and while retreating, he continued to form seals. When the Mist ninjas saw his movements and the seals—especially the sheer number of them—they immediately slowed down. Two of them even began forming seals rapidly, spitting out walls of water from their mouths to block Li Yi's ultimate move.

However, Li Yi didn't do a damn thing and simply turned back to keep running.

The two Mist ninjas who had released their defensive ninjutsu were stunned. What was going on? Was this brat just trying to scare them?