I will use the ninja world to aid my cultivation of immortality.

"what?!"

"How is this possible?! Ah!"

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Whether it was the surrounding Hidden Mist ninjas or Kakashi, who was distracted by killing Rin Nohara, they were all drawn to Obito Uchiha's roar.

Among them, the Hidden Mist ninjas, seeing Obito Uchiha charging towards them, prepared to intercept and kill him without hesitation.

However, no matter how they attacked, their attacks simply passed right through Obito Uchiha's body.

It was as if what was in front of me was not a real person, but merely a phantom.

Blood splattered.

Ignoring the attacks of the Hidden Mist Ninja, Obito Uchiha charged straight to where Kakashi and Rin Nohara were.

This made Kakashi instinctively pull out his arm, wary of Obito Uchiha approaching.

Because of the White Zetsu's cover and voice distortion, Kakashi didn't recognize the person in front of him as his former teammate.

"Go away!"

As he approached, Obito Uchiha glared at Kakashi with hatred and roared as he threw a punch at him.

Kakashi was already badly injured from his previous battle with the Hidden Mist ninja, and now he was completely unable to fight against the greatly strengthened Obito Uchiha.

With a muffled groan, Kakashi was struck in the face by Obito Uchiha's punch, sending him flying into the distance and immediately falling unconscious.

"Lin, I'm here!"

Obito Uchiha, who had just knocked Kakashi away, didn't look at him again. Instead, he quickly helped Rin Nohara up as she lost her balance and was about to fall.

Unfortunately, Rin Nohara, whose heart was torn apart, had already lost her life.

"It's okay, it's okay, Lin. Even if this world is without you, I will create another world with you!"

Stroking Rin Nohara's face, Obito Uchiha gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth while murmuring softly.

"kill!!!"

Despite being shocked that their attacks couldn't reach the enemy, the Hidden Mist ninja charged at Obito Uchiha once again.

"Wood Release: Hell Chaos!"

One after another, towering trees covered in thorns burst forth from the ground, piercing through the bodies of all the Hidden Mist ninjas, spiraling upwards, circling the high-hanging bright moon, transforming into a scene known as hell.

"You destroyed my only world, so I'll destroy your only world!"

With tears streaming down his face, Obito Uchiha scooped up Rin Nohara with both hands and stared blankly at the Hidden Mist ninja weaving through the thorny trees.

Swaying unsteadily, Obito Uchiha carried Rin Nohara away into the distance until their figures disappeared into the night sky.

"According to the latest intelligence report, Kakashi Hatake, whom you have been keeping an eye on, was recently ambushed by Kirigakure."

In the Star Tower office, when Naraku heard what Garuro was reporting, his fingers, which were lightly tapping the table, suddenly paused.

"So, Konoha has determined that Nohara Rin is dead, but they haven't found her body?" Naraku turned to look at Garuda.

Jia Liuluo nodded and said, "Yes, sir. According to the information gathered by the intelligence team, Kakashi Hatake was knocked unconscious by the enemy. When he woke up, there were only the corpses of Kirigakure ninjas around him, and he did not find the corpse of his teammate Rin Nohara."

Although she didn't understand why Naraku would have the intelligence team pay special attention to Kakashi Hatake, she dared not overlook the slightest bit of information reported by the intelligence team.

Naraku continued to tap his fingers lightly on the table, then withdrew his gaze, a deep look in his eyes.

He had the intelligence team gather information on Kakashi not really for Kakashi's sake, but to determine whether Obito Uchiha had deviated from the original storyline.

Chapter 197 Breakthrough of Xuanjin Sword Qi

Kakashi was the son of the former White Fang of Konoha and a renowned genius in the village. It was much easier for him to gather information than for ordinary people.

Naraku also learned of the case of Obito Uchiha's death at sea from the intelligence group.

Although being buried at sea is different from the original storyline, Naraku would not easily believe that Obito Uchiha was really dead without a clear discovery of Obito's body.

Now, Rin Nohara's experience provides further evidence.

The ambush by the Hidden Mist ninjas, and Rin Nohara's death diagnosis but no body found, all seem to be a return to the original storyline.

"So, it's highly likely that Obito Uchiha was still targeted by Madara Uchiha?" Naraku pondered.

Considering Obito Uchiha's personality, the other party did indeed fit Madara Uchiha's needs very well.

One is easily fooled, the other is emotionally rich.

If it truly follows the original storyline, then Obito Uchiha would likely have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan and is currently undergoing further training from Madara Uchiha.

"Notify the intelligence team that the surveillance on Kakashi Hatake can end now." After a moment's thought, Naraku gave the order to Garuda.

Attention is attention.

Obito Uchiha was actually just a medium through which he learned about Madara Uchiha.

It is now confirmed that Madara Uchiha is likely hiding in the shadows as in the original storyline, and has even chosen Obito Uchiha as his proxy for the Eye of the Moon, which is enough for him.

What he wanted was merely advance intelligence gathering; he wasn't actually that afraid of Obito Uchiha or Madara Uchiha.

Next, Naraku continued to listen to Garuro's report.

The intelligence team's work naturally extends beyond just monitoring Kakashi Hatake; they gather intelligence on all aspects of the entire ninja world.

Aside from the information that Naraku specifically instructed, the intelligence team would compile and report the most important information, which would be selected by Nonou and then reported to Naraku by Karura, who served as his secretary.

Soon, Naraku learned about the recent situation in the ninja world from Garuro's report.

There haven't been any major changes.

The biggest situation in the ninja world is still the war between the four great ninja villages and Konoha.

The battle was naturally going to be a disadvantage for Konoha.

Apart from the battlefield in Iwagakure, the situation in Konoha was somewhat stabilized due to the addition of Minato Namikaze.

In the battles of the other three ninja villages, Konoha suffered repeated defeats and was pushed back into the Land of Fire.

Of course, thanks to the fertile land of the Land of Fire and the full support of the Daimyo, Konoha, despite being at a disadvantage in the overall battle, still put up a tenacious resistance.

Given the current state of affairs, even without any unforeseen circumstances, it would be far from possible for the four major ninja villages to completely breach Konoha's defenses in a short period of time.

The land of wind.

The location of a sand dune.

With a flash, Naraku arrived using the "Flying Thunder God Technique".

The moment Naraku arrived, figures deep within the sand dunes beneath his feet immediately opened their eyes.

However, upon realizing that the newcomer was the real body, the numerous true qi shadow clones hidden beneath the sand dunes immediately closed their eyes and continued to absorb the metal element power in their respective areas.

Beneath these sand dunes lies a large, undiscovered gold mine.

At the same time, this gold mine is also Naraku's new training ground for the "Mysterious Gold Sword Qi".

"The 'Mysterious Gold Sword Qi' has finally reached the upper limit of the beginner stage!"

Naraku sensed the numerous shadow clones of true energy absorbing the power of metal beneath the sand dunes, and anticipation shone in his eyes.

Although the power of metal is not as easily obtained through the earth and sea as the power of earth and water.

However, resources like gold mines can provide far more and faster energy than the land and sea.

Thanks to the abundant gold resources of the Wind Kingdom, and after absorbing several gold mines in succession, the 'Mysterious Gold Sword Qi' has successfully reached the entry-level limit.

Naraku came here at this moment precisely for the purpose of breaking through the 'Mysterious Gold Sword Qi'.

Without hesitation, Naraku also used Earth Release, quickly diving under the sand dunes to absorb the metal element power within the gold mine along with his numerous shadow clones.

Because it is a newly discovered large gold mine, the gold mine contains a very high concentration of the elemental energy of gold.

He activated the "Mysterious Gold Sword Qi," and strands of gold-elemental power rapidly entered his body.

During this process, every now and then, true qi shadow clones would feed back to Naraku as they fully absorbed the power of metal.

Naraku absorbed the energy while simultaneously replenishing his true energy shadow clones.

A two-pronged approach.

Before we knew it, it had lasted for a full seven days.

boom! ! !

Suddenly, ripples spread from Naraku's body throughout the entire gold mine, growing stronger and stronger until the sand dunes in the entire gold mine area were shaking.

One after another, the shadow clones of true energy dissipated amidst the tremors of the sand dunes, causing the absorbed metal elemental power to be fed back to the sole Naraku.

It resembles a snake swallowing an elephant.

Naraku, radiating ripples, suddenly experienced a surge in his absorption of the metal element power. He not only instantly absorbed the metal element power fed back by his true qi shadow clone, but also turned a large amount of gold ore in the gold mine into powder.

Zheng! !

Sword energy erupted, splitting the sand dunes.

A black gold sword aura, tens of feet long, pierced through the sand dunes like a divine sword radiating light, and stood tall on the earth.

After several breaths, the divine sword transformed into countless golden threads, swaying and cutting the sand dunes in all directions to pieces.