Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 151 Grell Mine

On the sea near Turtle Island, two figures faced each other; they were Uchiha Hikaru and Tamura Hiroshi.

After forging the Masamune, which could withstand a direct clash with the Lightning Blade, Tamura Hao agreed to a duel with Uchiha Hikaru.

I've wanted to fight it before, but unfortunately, Big Meow and Little Meow are a level below the Thunder Blade, which is the Kusanagi Sword, so I have to put it on hold for now.

Now that I have this precious sword, I naturally have to have a good fight, and take the opportunity to test the authenticity of the sword I forged and the level of unity between man and sword.

Tamura Hao stared intently at the girl opposite him, and even borrowed the power of the Sharingan and Byakugan from Kaguya and the Ten-Tails to be on guard.

To this day, he still doesn't know the specific effects of Uchiha Hikaru's two eye techniques. He's not afraid of a head-on confrontation, but it wouldn't be fun if some strange or unusual ability came along.

His vigilance proved to be correct. Uchiha Hikaru appeared beside him in an instant, his lightning blade stabbing towards Tamura Hiroshi's arm.

It appeared too close; the tip of the knife was less than ten centimeters from my arm the moment it appeared, making it impossible to dodge.

Instinctively using his Instant Step to retreat, Tamura Hao glanced at the wound on his right arm before his gaze fell on the smug-looking girl.

"Teleportation? Or the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

If it weren't for the snake scales bearing the magic seal slightly hindering it, this arm would probably have been pierced through.

Even so, the snake scales were cut open, and a gash was made in its skin.

The sharpness of the Kusanagi sword is not so easy to block.

"you guess!"

With a playful reply, Uchiha Hikaru vanished again and reappeared above Tamura Hao's head, thrusting out his lightning blade once more.

Fortunately, Tamura had taken targeted precautions this time, parrying with his sword. Under the fusion of man and sword and sword spirit, the Masamune sword seemed to become an extension of his arm, making it more flexible and swift to control.

Simultaneously control a long dragon to assist in the attack.

Before the attack could hit, the girl's figure vanished again, reappearing directly opposite her the next moment. Her lightning blade thrust forward once more, and at the same time, a strand of Tamura Hao's white hair fell down—it had just been cut off.

Uchiha Kō appeared in quick succession, each move incredibly fast, disappearing the instant they touched him. His teleportation speed was unbelievable, and he didn't need any medium or incantation to teleport out of thin air, making him even harder to defend against.

I feel like this is about the same level as Minato Namikaze when he fully develops. It truly lives up to its reputation as a space-time ninjutsu; it's just too unbeatable.

From then on, Tamura Hao was almost entirely on the defensive, and could only try to minimize his own injury in the face of this unsolvable space-time ninjutsu.

His prized speed became exceptionally vulnerable when faced with spatial forces, which went beyond the concept of speed itself.

Speed ​​is a concept that combines distance and time, but space ninjutsu directly omits the concept of distance, thus making the concept of speed vague.

No wonder Tobirama Senju was known as the fastest ninja in the world during his lifetime.

Faced with such shameless tactics, he couldn't even use the sword intent he had cultivated.

After all, no matter how powerful a sword intent attack is, it's useless if it can't hit anyone.

"Beat him up, beat him to death."

On Turtle Island, standing atop a sharp spike, Uchiha Mikoto shouted excitedly, "That's how we should beat that shameless bastard! Let him know how powerful the Uchiha are!"

Kushina Uzumaki was also very excited; she wanted to show that despicable villain how powerful women could be.

Whirlpool Vanilla was full of worry; her master was being suppressed too much.

"They're so competitive!"

Karura shook her head; that girl was too competitive and too strong-willed.

But they forgot that Haojun is very petty and holds grudges. If they bully him now, he will definitely retaliate tenfold when he grows up, and they will be beaten to a pulp later.

"Flying Thunder God Technique? Or a visual technique?"

Yoruichi and Fukai were puzzled, unable to discern whether it was the effect of the Kaleidoscope or the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Tamura Hiroshi was also surprised and uncertain about this, and it took him a while to make a guess.

"Is it a combination of the two? The Flying Thunder God Technique allows for teleportation, while the Mangekyou Sharingan provides coordinates to replace the spell mark."

This is definitely not a simple Mangekyou Sharingan technique, otherwise Uchiha Hikaru would have gone blind long ago given how frequently he used it.

Therefore, it is most likely just providing coordinates to assist in the Flying Thunder God's teleportation, which would greatly reduce the consumption of eye power.

The intense battle raged for a full minute before Uchiha Hikaru finally teleported away.

Tamura Hiroshi touched his hair, which looked like it had been chewed by a dog, feeling extremely annoyed and determined to remember this grudge.

He was in a terrible state; his leather clothes were torn to shreds, and his light armor was covered in countless knife marks.

Then her long, flowing silver-white hair was shaved off, becoming a messy buzz cut, with her scalp visible in some places.

This was clearly the girl's revenge, and it was too cruel.

Suppressing his displeasure, he gripped the Masamune sword tightly with both hands, after all, the battle wasn't over yet.

Before the second round could even begin, Tamura Hao stared blankly at his empty hands.

The Masamune sword that I had just been holding was gone. Looking up, I saw that the girl had somehow taken it from me.

Is this the effect of another eye technique?

You're targeting me, Tian!

"Now I'll show you the true power of these eyes."

The girl spoke proudly, releasing the Yin seal between her brows. A massive amount of chakra surged forth from her soul core, and her blood-red pupil power formed blood-red bones, followed by tendons, skin, and clothing, and finally an ancient longsword.

"Ama-no-Murakumo-zaki!"

The long sword was drawn and slashed down swiftly.

Faced with the sharpness of that blade, Tamura Hiroshi fled in a sorry state.

That kind of sharpness was something he couldn't possibly withstand, because a thin black line appeared where the blade passed, meaning space had been cut open.

Even space itself has been cut open, how can we possibly block it?

The long sword cleaved through the sea, cutting open hundreds of meters of surface, and the seawater was unable to close up for a long time.

This scene filled Tamura Hiroshi with envy, but also with a sense of helplessness.

Although he had absorbed the eye techniques of three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, they unfortunately became nourishment for the Ten-Tails and Kaguya-hime. The eye techniques were preserved, but Susanoo was not left behind, making his dream of becoming a Gundam difficult to realize.

"Are you convinced now?"

The girl's figure appeared before him, her smugness deepening on her fair and pretty face.

"I'm impressed, you're amazing!"

Tamura Hao readily admitted defeat. He wasn't someone who couldn't accept defeat, but he would keep this score in mind. Once he developed and found a way to counter it, he would pay it back with interest and make sure it had a pure, powerful hairstyle!

Seeing someone admit defeat, Uchiha Hikaru walked happily toward Turtle Island, his steps becoming lighter.

"Owner!"

Whirlpool Vanilla rushed over immediately, took out some ointment, and applied it to the wounds.

Although those were just superficial wounds, and even the bleeding had stopped by now, the girl still felt very sorry for them.

Kushina Uzumaki also brought medical bandages.

"Light is now a powerhouse comparable to Shadow."

Ye Yue Ai and the others stepped forward and exclaimed that although he was one of the youngest among them, his progress in strength was frighteningly fast. Now that he had reawakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, coupled with his growth in other areas, he was already a true Kage-level powerhouse.

This isn't the sickly Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan; it can be used almost freely without worrying about blindness.

"What an enviable talent."

Fukai was equally envious; the Sharingan was simply too overpowered, truly deserving of being one of the strongest bloodline limits in the ninja world.

"This light armor set also needs to be retired."

Looking at his nearly shattered light armor, Tamura Hao knew he needed to get a more advanced suit of armor. He had some ideas about it and would try them out when he returned to the village.

He didn't stay there long. After returning to his residence and waiting for his wounds to heal to the point that they were mostly healed, Tamura Hao continued to forge swords. This time, he used the long sword Sewing Needle from the Seven Ninja Swords as a base and fused it with many rare metal materials.

The long sword, Sewing Needle, is made of wind-attribute chakra metal, similar in nature to Asuma Sarutobi's small cleaver, both emphasizing sharp cutting.

The long sword and needle itself possess extraordinary penetrating power, capable of even penetrating defensive ninjutsu.

The steel wires connected at the back are also made of wind-style chakra metal. With the addition of wind-style chakra, they can form extremely strong cutting ability, especially when pulling the wires.

The temperature of the alloy being cast gradually decreased. Once the appropriate temperature was reached, Tamura Hiroshi quickly swung his hammer to forge and shape it, and it soon became a long sword.

Then comes quenching, grinding, and sewing, and finally the handle and guard are fitted. The total length is 1.4 meters and the total weight is 4 kilograms.

This is a wind-attribute ninja sword that Tamura Hiroshi created based on the new Tensa Zangetsu form from the neighboring game. It's the one with three wavy protrusions on the back of the blade.

"It's not a famous sword."

Uchiha Mikoto curiously took the finished ninja sword and felt it; she could clearly tell that it was different from the previous authentic one.

I thought it would be another famous sword.

"This is what I prepared for my cultivation of wind attribute transformation. Once I've mastered it, I'll create a dark side to serve as the sword spirit."

To put it simply, his next attribute to cultivate is wind, and having a wind-attribute ninja sword will make the cultivation process much more efficient.

"Don't you only have one lightning attribute? Why are you cultivating the wind attribute?"

Mikoto Uchiha was puzzled. Although ninjas could cultivate nature transformations that didn't exist before, those nature transformations were not only difficult to use, but also consumed more chakra, and the power of the ninjutsu they enhanced was not great, making them utterly useless.

Therefore, ninjas rarely cultivate nature transformations that are not their own attributes.

"Wouldn't it be better to continue cultivating the nature transformation of lightning?"

Ye Yue Ai and the others also didn't understand. Given Tamura Hao's current level of cultivation, continuing to refine the nature changes of the lightning attribute would be the most appropriate course of action.

Once the nature transformation of lightning attribute is cultivated to its limit, and with the help of the Third Raikage, the power to transform into black lightning will be even greater.

This is the right path; at this point, cultivating other attributes is not a good choice.

"I have some ideas I'd like to try."

Tamura Hao didn't explain much. Even Black Zetsu had only speculated about the benefits of the bloodline fusion path; no one had actually tried it. There was no point in talking about it now.

"What divine weapons do your Susanoo possess?"

Turning to look at Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Hikaru, I noticed that in addition to the two eye techniques, the Mangekyou Sharingan also possessed Susanoo, and Susanoo often carries weapons.

For example, Itachi Uchiha's Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade, and Sasuke Uchiha's bow and arrow.

These are not real divine artifacts, but rather manifestations of Yin Release power, much like Susanoo.

The sword that Uchiha Hikaru just used was a weapon manifested from Yin Release power, possessing special characteristics that even cut through space.

"The Kusanagi Sword possesses unparalleled sharpness and can also manifest a bow and a zither, but that would disperse its power. I have integrated their power into the Kusanagi Sword."

Uchiha Hikari replied without hiding anything, and she had no regrets about giving up the other two weapons. She preferred concentrated power to scattered power.

Because of the concentrated power, the power of the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi is three times that of the previous one, which is why it can cut through space.

"The ultimate sharpness."

Tamura Hiroshi understood; he knew what kind of special characteristics he should forge for Uchiha Hikaru.

Although he was very unhappy about the previous defeat, he would not break his promise to forge a special sword for the girl.

He, Tamura Hitomi, is a man of his word; one thing at a time, and they shouldn't be confused.

Moreover, once that sword is forged, one can borrow it to comprehend the mysteries of the Kusanagi Sword. It is a weapon manifested through Yin Release, and its attribute is extreme sharpness, making it perfect for assisting in cultivating sword intent.

If one could materialize the intent of the sword through this, I believe it would be no less powerful than the Kusanagi Sword.

"I also concentrated the power of the weapon and transformed it into a full moon, which can seize the light of a certain area and plunge it into darkness. My Tsukuyomi eye technique can be projected onto the full moon and used to attack people in the area, but it will consume a lot of chakra."

Mikoto Uchiha then explained the function of her Susanoo weapon. This weapon was very useful to her, as it could amplify the range of Tsukuyomi's genjutsu, but the consumption would also increase, and she had to activate the Yin Seal to use it effectively.

"Increased illusion range!"

Tamura Hao was surprised. This magical artifact is really powerful. It can be said to be a low-end version of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After some contemplation, he began to study the alloy formulas he had previously worked on, searching for suitable materials to serve as the carriers for the two magical artifacts.

After preparing the appropriate materials, Tamura Hao melted and cast the two alloys together and then hammered and forged them into a Miao sword shape similar to that of a little cat. The sword had excellent performance in both stabbing and slashing.

Furthermore, by using the Ten-Tails and Kaguya-hime to imprint the Eight Thousand Spears, the dark energy from the Mangekyou Sharingan eyes of the two women was extracted and integrated into the two long swords as sword spirits.

Both of their kaleidoscopes were awakened by the stimulation of negative emotions from the dark side, which is equivalent to the remnants of the dark side, making them perfect as materials for sword spirits.

But that's not all; the spiritual artifacts of the two Susanoo need to be sealed inside as well.

Tamura Hiroshi can't handle this; he'll have to ask Uzumaki Tamayori for help.

It's also time to go back to the village.

The night before Tamura was about to return, the Black Zetsu clone came looking for him.

"Found it. It's a mineral vein containing an unimaginable amount of life energy."

Black Zetsu was very excited. Based on the information provided by his younger brother, he dispersed 100,000 spores to parasitize some fish and swim in the sea, specifically looking for isolated islands.

Finally, on an island surrounded by numerous reefs, whirlpools, and currents, they sensed that high-level life force and thus found the imperial family's legacy, including that book.

Following the directions, they found the sealed Grell mine in a hidden ruin on the mainland, and were shocked after sensing it for a moment.

It was simply too enormous. Even the divine tree of my mother's time did not possess such a vast life force, and it was incredibly pure, far surpassing the life force gathered by the divine tree from the countless living beings it had devoured.

"You've already made progress so quickly."

Tamura Hao was also shocked, shocked by Black Zetsu's high efficiency.

"The main body has provided the coordinates; use your mother's power to sense them."

The Black Zetsu clones didn't waste any words; in fact, they seemed rather impatient.

Without hesitation, Tamura Hao, after confirming that the fragrant grass in his arms was sleeping soundly, formed a hand seal to create a shadow clone to remain here in his place.

Guiding and fusing Kaguya's eye technique and the chakra of the Ten-Tails, he quickly sensed the main body of Black Zetsu in a distant location, used it as a coordinate to open a portal and walk over.

"It really is here."

Looking around, I realized it matched the scene in the animation from my previous life.

"Use the little ten-tailed fox to slowly absorb the power of the Grell mine above. Be careful, the power inside is too great, it's easy for it to go berserk."

The main body of Black Zetsu was attached to a man operating the controller, and a crystal was tossed over to Tamura Hao, indicating that he should carefully swallow it.

Tamura Hao reached out and caught the crystal, realizing that this was the Grell Stone. With this, he could draw upon and absorb the power of the Grell mine, just like Hyde.

Without delay, using the Grell Stone as a medium, they drew the power of the mineral vein down, broke the seal, and quickly devoured and absorbed it.

Black Zetsu is controlled by the man he brought back. This mine has been tampered with by the royal family of that empire, and only members of the royal family can perfectly control it. Anyone else would inevitably lose control.

With the two working together, the Grell mine was drawn down like a stream and quickly devoured. The little ten-tailed fox didn't even need to digest such pure life energy; it could directly absorb and integrate it into itself, and its size was growing rapidly.

It took all night for the massive Grell mine to be completely absorbed, and the little ten-tailed beast had already filled the sealed space, leaving very little space for Princess Kaguya.

"This is the legacy of that empire. You should go back as soon as possible. I'll study this spatial array here."

Black Zetsu handed the Book of Grell to his younger brother and began studying the magic circle himself.

This magic array is quite extraordinary; it's a top-tier spatial magic array specifically designed to target the Grell mine, making it highly valuable for research.

"There are many resources to be explored in the ocean, and with continents destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the sea, there must be many treasures left behind. We need more strength to enhance ourselves."

After receiving a reminder from the Book of Grell, Tamura Hao opened a portal and left to return to Turtle Island.

"With this life energy, the potential of the little Ten-Tails will be no less than that of its mother's Ten-Tails back then, and the mother's power will be able to recover better."

"Feathered Robe, we've got some fun to do now."

Whispering in a sinister tone, Black Zetsu continued to study the magic circle.

Leaving aside Black Zetsu's thoughts, it was already broad daylight when Tamura Hao returned to Turtle Island, due to the regional time difference.

Fortunately, he left behind a shadow clone, so no one noticed anything amiss.

After dispelling the shadow clone, Tamura Hao arrived on the island turtle's head and injected one percent of the energy from the Grell mine he had devoured into the island turtle's body.

There was no way around it; the energy in the Grell mine was too much. Even the little ten-tailed fox was under considerable pressure, being stretched into a sphere and filling the sealed space.

You have to relax a little, otherwise it won't be easy to absorb and refine the nutrients.

"Is it this energy that led you to my companions?"

Sensing the familiar energy entering its body, the island tortoise was extremely excited. This was the energy that those little creatures had fed them back then, the foundation for its longevity and enormous size.

"No, it has become an ancient ruin, and the surrounding area is very desolate."

Tamura Hao shook his head. After all, more than a thousand years had passed, and it was a miracle that the island turtle had survived.

Of course, this may also be due to the turtle's inherent longevity, coupled with the nourishment from the energy of the Grell mine, which allows it to survive for so long.

Energy is key to the evolution and longevity of life forms. The beings in the three sacred lands rely on natural energy to live long lives, with the Great Toad Immortal having lived for over a thousand years.

Not to mention the pure life energy of the Grell mine.

"No!"

The island tortoise is lost; his companions from back then are gone and will never return, leaving him all alone.

"You still have us as your friends. Now that you have this life energy, you can live longer and gain even more friends and partners in the future."

Tamura Hao comforted him, which made the island turtle feel a little better.

He then spoke to the island turtle about another enhancement plan. After this period of time, the island turtle's body had fully adapted to the chakra, and the next step of the plan could proceed.

Only when the island tortoise becomes stronger and larger can this overseas base develop better, and at the same time, it can also be considered as giving the island tortoise some means of self-protection.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(According to Japanese mythology, the process of Ōkuninushi seeking to marry Princess Suseri was tortuous. He was tested and made difficult by Susanoo. In the end, he could not bear it and eloped with Princess Suseri. He also took Susanoo's great sword, bow and arrow and the Heavenly Revelation Koto with him. Susanoo once possessed the Totsuka Sword and the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword, so here Uchiha Hikaru is named after the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword.)

Tsukuyomi is the ruler of the Land of Night. There are many interpretations of the Land of Night; some say it's a land ruled by the moon, others say it's the Land of the Dead. In this book, it's described as a land ruled by the moon, which naturally refers to the night.

(End of this chapter)