Chapter 160: On the Path to Becoming the Strongest in the World of Naruto
For an entire night, the ninjas of Kirigakure almost turned the whole village upside down…
Yet Li Jiexuan was still nowhere to be found!
"Where the hell did that bastard go?" After searching all night without even catching a glimpse of him—and instead throwing the entire Kirigakure Village into chaos—the Mist ninjas couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"That's enough. He's already gone!" Gengetsu Hōzuki frowned as he walked out of the Mizukage's residence. Only then did the Mist ninjas finally give up, each returning home.
After everyone had left, Gengetsu Hōzuki walked over to the ruins of the former guest room with a smile.
"Alright, come out now!"
A strange rustling suddenly came from the collapsed rubble. Li Jiexuan crawled out with a grin. "Looks like nothing can escape the Mizukage's eyes!"
Hearing this, Gengetsu Hōzuki burst out laughing. "Actually, I was just guessing. I'll see you out…"
When Li Jiexuan jumped out of the rubble, the Mist ninjas had already been misled by their own assumptions and never searched this place again. What they could never have imagined was that Li Jiexuan had long since used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the ruins.
"I'd only heard that Senju Tobirama had a ninjutsu that could travel through space and time," Gengetsu Hōzuki said with admiration. "But I never expected that someone as young as you would actually learn it!"
For once, Li Jiexuan felt a little embarrassed. The Flying Thunder God Technique was extremely complicated. Even with his talent, after studying it for five months he could barely manage to use it. Compared with Minato and Tobirama, he was still far behind…
But for Li Jiexuan, who was only three years old, that wasn't really a problem!
Dawn had just arrived, and the faint morning light shimmered across the sky…
Facing the sunrise, Gengetsu Hōzuki escorted Li Jiexuan to the village entrance. Just as they were about to part ways, a Mist ninja who had been searching outside and had just returned to the village ran straight into them.
"Good morning, Lord Mizukage!" the Mist ninja greeted casually.
But in the next second, he froze like a duck with its neck strangled, pointing at Li Jiexuan with his face turning red.
Seeing that the "duck" was about to shout, Gengetsu Hōzuki quickly covered his mouth.
"Shh. You didn't see anything, understand?"
After a long moment, the "duck" of a Mist ninja finally calmed down. After nodding in agreement, he left while repeatedly looking back over his shoulder.
"Looks like you're in trouble," Li Jiexuan said with a grin. Even as the Mizukage, damaging Kirigakure's reputation and harboring an enemy would be enough to get him into serious trouble.
But hearing that, Gengetsu Hōzuki merely showed a ferocious smile.
"Hmph. In the face of absolute strength, what right do they have to cause me trouble?"
This was Gengetsu Hōzuki—the domineering presence a Mizukage should have!
However, this left Li Jiexuan puzzled about one thing.
"Why didn't you kill me?"
A three-year-old child defeating the Mizukage in public was undoubtedly a humiliation for him, yet Gengetsu Hōzuki had never considered killing him.
"Because I can't."
Gengetsu Hōzuki waved goodbye with a smile.
"I may love to fight, but I'm not a fool. A three-year-old Kage-level powerhouse? I don't want to become the sinner of Kirigakure! Besides, I also want to see just how far you'll go in the future."
Sure enough, just like the rumors said, Gengetsu Hōzuki had a strange fondness and expectation toward young people. It seemed the knowledge from anime wasn't entirely unreliable after all. However…
Defeating the Mizukage in public and then being respectfully escorted out of the village by the Mizukage himself!
"Even Crown Prince Naruto never received treatment like this!" Li Jiexuan laughed as he left Kirigakure Village.
Three days later, Xuan Lord Town!
Slowly injecting the golden Asura bloodline from the syringe into his body, Li Jiexuan could feel that at a certain instant, two energies—one cold and one hot—suddenly collided and merged.
Like hot and cold.
Like chaos.
Like yin and yang.
It was Yin–Yang Release!
A black sphere of energy slowly rose behind Li Jiexuan, floating above his head…
"This is… a Truth-Seeking Ball!?" Li Jiexuan's eyes widened in shock. At the same time, the system's description quietly changed.
"Asura Bloodline (Dormant)"
"Indra Bloodline (Dormant)"
Converted into:
"Yin–Yang Six Paths Sage Body (Dormant)"!
If Naruto represents Yang, and Sasuke represents Yin—
Then at this moment, Li Jiexuan possessed both Yin and Yang, no different from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya herself!
Although, because it had not yet awakened, the quantity was far inferior to Kaguya's, in terms of quality it had already reached the exact same level.
At this moment, Li Jiexuan had already stepped onto the path toward becoming the strongest in the world of Naruto!