Chapter 262: Running Into the Comic Duo
"Advent of the Wood World!"
Li Jie Xuan slammed one palm onto the ground. The small sapling in his dantian gently swayed its branches, and a surge of vigorous life force mixed with chakra burst forth.
"Crack crack crack!"
Massive roots churned like flood dragons, overturning the entire land. Immediately after, a giant tree dozens of meters tall burst out of the ground.
And then…
The sapling stopped. It neither exerted any more effort nor cried out in hunger, returning to its original state only slightly taller than before.
"Since when does 'Advent of the Wood World' only produce one tree?" Li Jie Xuan curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "With my current jonin-level chakra, using this jutsu shouldn't be unreasonable, right?"
But no matter what Li Jie Xuan said, the sapling in his dantian didn't move at all, as if it hadn't heard a thing.
It practically seemed to be saying: I've only eaten this much, so I can only do this much. You want the horse to eat little but run fast where in the world does that happen?
Li Jie Xuan couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't exactly get angry at his own stomach.
Forget it. This was still better than before, when he couldn't even produce a single sapling. Li Jie Xuan believed that, just like the Yin-Yang Release within his body, once it accumulated to a certain level, it would eventually undergo a qualitative transformation!
For now… he would just nurture it.
After parting ways with Orochimaru, Li Jie Xuan took the long way back, returning to the forest on an island near the Land of Water. The Three-Tails, Isobu, lived in a certain lake there.
"While I was away, how far has the plot progressed?" Li Jie Xuan transformed into Flood Dragon Sage Mode and flew high into the sky.
Before long, he spotted Yakushi Kabuto and his group, who were attempting to control the Three-Tails…
On a small wooden boat, Yakushi Kabuto, Yukimaru, Gozu, and Rinji were all squeezed together. Kabuto had placed a device resembling an antenna helmet over Rinji's head…
"What a dragged-out storyline…" If Li Jie Xuan remembered correctly, this attempt to capture the Three-Tails would ultimately end in failure, and Guren wouldn't be able to defeat it either.
What followed would be another drawn-out back-and-forth between Konoha and Guren's group…
Rather than getting involved in the plot at this point, it would be better to use this time to train his ninjutsu.
"Development of electromagnetic ninjutsu!"
Before long, terrifying roars of the tailed beast echoed from the distant lake. Flickers of Crystal Release, along with Naruto and Yukimaru's heart-wrenching cries, rang out…
Yet Li Jie Xuan remained calmly leaning against a tree, attempting to tame the electric current in his hand. The first step was to at least turn it into a stable closed electrical loop.
"Crackle snap…"
The current twisted and jumped wildly. But every time it was about to form a closed loop, it failed at the last moment, scattering and exploding outward, destroying everything nearby.
Before he knew it, the commotion at the distant lake had already died down. Time always passed quickly when training ninjutsu. By the time Li Jie Xuan raised his head again…
The sky was already bright!
"Huh? Why is there such a cute little kid here?" A man wearing an orange mask leaped exaggeratedly in front of Li Jie Xuan.
"Ah Fei?"
Li Jie Xuan frowned and turned his head. Sure enough, Deidara was walking over, clutching his head with an impatient expression.
"Senpai, come take a look! There's a very strange kid here." Ah Fei bounced over to Deidara with exaggerated movements. "He might even be the Three-Tails in disguise…"
"Shut up!"
Deidara gritted his teeth. He had never imagined that one day he would be annoyed to this extent. Back when he partnered with Sasori, he was always the one playing the annoying role.
Could this be the suffering of being the senior?