Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 202 Scheming Against the White Snake

At this point, the Konoha ninja were unaware that their superiors had been instantly killed. They continued to charge forward according to their previous battle orders, waiting for their superiors to use Susanoo to destroy the city walls and break in.

Although it wasn't long before someone noticed something was wrong, by then, Ei and Fukai had already led their team to complete the encirclement, and countless kunai with explosive tags attached were thrown out to bombard the area.

After all, the Konoha ninja army only sent 5,000 men this time, and since it was a concentrated attack, the area they occupied was not large, so it was not difficult to surround them.

What followed was a frenzied massacre, a one-sided massacre.

Without a Kage-level fighter to stop Tamura and his group, and with their numbers outnumbered, the outcome was already decided.

"really!"

Seeing that the battle was beyond saving, Hatake Sakumo sighed and drew his sword to attack the golden lightning bolt.

His ninja way and swordsmanship do not allow him to abandon his comrades and run away, even if it means dying here in battle.

Tamura Hiroshi quickly noticed Hatake Sakumo's approach and turned to meet him.

"Clang!"

The two knives clashed together, and the two men locked eyes.

"Senior Sakumo, your defeat is inevitable. Why not submit to our Hidden Cloud Village? I will take responsibility for bringing your wife and children safely to the Hidden Cloud Village."

He tried to persuade him, saying that he admired Sakumo Hatake and that their Hidden Cloud Village needed such talent.

"I am the White Fang of Konoha!"

With a nonchalant reply, Hatake Sakumo launched a powerful attack, his sword enveloping him and the ninja blade in a whirlwind of lightning, unleashing his full power.

He even opened the Yin Seal that he had only recently formed, intending to fight with everything he had, and even had a desire to die.

The current situation is clear: they are surrounded from the opposite direction and even outmaneuvered, resulting in a complete defeat.

Judging from the state of the Hidden Cloud Village, it's clear that no one will be left alive. He couldn't possibly abandon his five thousand comrades and run away; dying here is the best option.

With this unwavering resolve to die, Hatake Sakumo's swordsmanship was constantly improving, and his combat prowess was becoming increasingly formidable.

In addition, the massive amount of chakra provided by the activation of the Yin Seal allowed him to squander it without restraint, making his combat power extremely ferocious.

Tamura Hao naturally sensed Hatake Sakumo's improved strength and mental state, and was very excited about it.

A swordsman who fights to the death is a good role model to learn from, but it remains to be seen whether Hatake Sakumo can break through his own limits.

Hatake Sakumo's desperate burst of power was very strong at this moment, but Tamura Hao's Golden Lightning Chakra Mode was not bad either. In this state, the Eight-Sword Flash was used as a basic attack move, and the two fought to a standstill.

At the same time, Fugaku Uchiha, who had finally recovered, also erupted.

He tore off the sealing bandages on his arm, used the many three-tomoe Sharingan eyes on his arm to gain a field of vision, observed the battlefield, gritted his teeth and activated the Seven-Tails' chakra, quickly evolving into the complete Seven-Tails form.

Although his Mangekyou Sharingan was taken away, he still had some of his ocular power, and with the many three-tomoe Sharingan on his arm, he could still control the Seven-Tails.

At least in the short term, control should not be a problem.

The moment the Seven-Tails in its complete form appeared, it opened its mouth to gather chakra and create a Tailed Beast Ball.

The only way to break this deadlock right now is with the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Diamond Lockdown!"

Before the Tailed Beast Ball could fully materialize, eight Vajra Locks swiftly attacked, binding the Seven-Tails form tightly. It was Kushina Uzumaki and Vanilla Uzumaki who had made their move.

This was also the task assigned to them in this decisive battle: to keep an eye on Uchiha Fugaku and go there to seal and suppress him the moment he unleashed the Seven-Tails.

At the same time, the Third Raikage charged over with the Hell Spear and cut off the Seven-Tails' wing-shaped tail.

Kushina and the other girl quickly used the sealing ninja tools they had prepared to seal it away.

The Third Raikage, having severed the Seven-Tails' tail, did not continue his attack and returned to the castle wall to oversee the situation.

He had a premonition that this battle wouldn't end so easily.

The pain caused by the severed tail drove the Seven-Tails into a frenzy, and even Fugaku Uchiha, who had lost his Mangekyou Sharingan, could no longer control it.

However, Fugaku Uchiha's trump card was not only the tailed beast. Sensing the Seven-Tails' rampage and the suppression of the Adamantine Sealing Chains, he did not hesitate and immediately raised his hands to form hand seals to use Wood Release.

"Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World!"

Although it deviates greatly from the plan, we are now in a real life-or-death crisis. If we don't use it, we will die. At that time, no matter how many methods we have, they will be meaningless.

Saving your life is the most important thing right now!

A violent burst of chakra surged into the earth, and countless enormous trees sprang up from the ground and grew wildly, quickly transforming into a forest spanning hundreds of meters in diameter.

That wasn't all. Fugaku Uchiha forcibly extracted the Seven-Tails' chakra using Wood Release to power his Wood Release, further expanding the area of ​​the Tree World Advent and relieving the pressure of the Seven-Tails' rampage.

At the same time, the appearance of Wood Release forced Kushina and the other two women to retreat, as their attack range was still somewhat inferior to Wood Release.

However, Wood Release doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. At least right now, Fugaku Uchiha doesn't have time to differentiate. Wood Release attacks any target with chakra in the vicinity, and the first to suffer are the Konoha ninjas, especially the Uchiha ninjas.

Upon seeing the Wood Release technique, Yotsuki A and Fukai immediately ordered their ninjas to move away from the trees and then continued to surround and kill the Konoha ninjas in other areas.

"How could this happen?"

He quickly extracted the three-tomoe Sharingan from an Uchiha ninja and transplanted it into his eye socket. With the help of the First Hokage's cells in his arm, the connection was quickly restored and his vision was restored. Looking at everything around him, Uchiha Fugaku was filled with hatred.

Everything was planned out in advance: to seize Uchiha Myōkyō's eyes, or even Uchiha Chiri's, during this decisive battle, so that the Wood Release power in his arms could be fully unleashed.

But who would have thought that Tamura Hao had such a trick, instantly dragging them into an illusion, and then having Uchiha Hikaru quickly gouge out their eyes, not even giving them a chance to use Izanagi.

Clearly, they were scheming against each other, and the other side was scheming against them, but the other side was more skillful.

Now that they are completely surrounded and have lost their Mangekyou Sharingan, escape is difficult.

He should have led the Uchiha clan to rise to power and become the Fourth Hokage to control Konoha. How could he die here?

"It seems that Mr. Fugaku has encountered some difficulties."

Just as Fugaku Uchiha was filled with despair, a magnetic voice rang out. Fugaku turned his head and saw a small white snake. Then, a figure crawled out of the snake's mouth.

Orochimaru!

Upon seeing the newcomer, Fugaku Uchiha's expression changed slightly.

He didn't want to see this person, especially at this time.

"To fuse with that arm, I really need the help of the Kaleidoscope, but unfortunately, Fugaku-kun's Kaleidoscope is gone."

Orochimaru's gaze fell on Fugaku Uchiha's right arm. After seeing Fugaku use Advent of a World of Trees, he knew who had attacked the base.

But it didn't matter; he valued Uchiha Fugaku himself and the Seven-Tails within him more.

"Fugaku-kun, let's make a deal."

Licking his lips, Orochimaru was eager to study it further.

"What kind of deal?"

After glancing at the surrounding battle situation, Fugaku Uchiha knew that he would have to rely on Orochimaru to escape this predicament, but this man was no pushover and he had to be on guard.

"Fugaku-kun, there's no need to be wary of me. Although that arm is my creation, it was made for Shimura Danzo. Once I finished it, it was no longer mine, and I lost interest in it. Whoever gets it is none of my business."

Sensing Fugaku's wariness, Orochimaru smiled and explained, then changed the subject to the transaction.

"I can use your cells to grow a new pair of eyes for you to transplant. Perhaps this will allow you to open your eyes again, or even unlock the kaleidoscope."

In return, I need Fugaku-kun's cooperation in some small research projects, including studying the Seven-Tails within you. I can also help you further control the power of that arm, and even enhance it. I can also lend you a hand in cultivating Sage Mode.

"King Fugaku exposed so much in this battle; he certainly needs even more strength to deal with everything that follows."

"make a deal!"

Fugaku Uchiha agreed after a moment's thought; he had no other choice at the moment.

Orochimaru was very satisfied with this decisiveness. He then bit his finger, raised his hand, quickly formed hand seals, and finally slammed his hand hard on the ground.

"Bang!"

A massive cloud of mist burst open, revealing two enormous figures: Xin Ya and the White Snake Immortal. Three more snake immortals floated in the air.

Orochimaru would naturally not confront Kumogakure head-on, especially against the overly powerful Third Raikage.

This trip was arranged with the White Snake Immortal, who will lead the battle and be the main force in this fight.

"It's Wood Release again!"

The White Snake Sage looked at the surrounding wood-elemental forest with great apprehension and aversion.

The reason she decisively ran away last time was because that divine tree escape technique was too powerful, and she simply couldn't outlast it.

He agreed to Orochimaru's invitation this time because he wanted to take the opportunity to catch Kumogakure off guard, reclaim the Summoning World, and even control the Sage Tree. But who would have thought that he would see Wood Release as soon as he arrived?

Moreover, the surrounding battle situation was not quite right, much different from what was expected.

Orochimaru didn't explain much, and went to collect the Sharingan and corpses of those Uchiha ninjas, which were all good materials.

Furthermore, summoning those five beings had nearly depleted his chakra, along with the chakra he had previously sealed and stored, leaving him with little combat power in the short term.

Upon seeing the appearance of the White Snake Sage, especially Shinya, Tamura Hao, who was fighting Hatake Sakumo in the distance, became excited.

"Senior Shuo Mao, we will not stop you if you can take a hundred people away, but don't have any more ideas, otherwise none of you will be able to leave."

The lives of a hundred people are in your hands; don't let them down.

"Furthermore, your defensive lines need to be maintained, otherwise our Cloud Ninja will be able to advance unimpeded into the heart of the Land of Fire, and the number of deaths will likely be in the tens of thousands. Senior Sakumo, please consider this carefully."

He spoke rapidly, then abandoned Hatake Sakumo and charged at a Snake Sage, taking out a ninja tool that sealed liquid lightning and activating Golden Lightning Sage Mode to maximize his combat power.

Last time, I was still regretting that the White Snake Immortal and his gang had slipped away, but now they've come to us of their own accord, so of course I can't be polite.

The Third Raikage, wielding the Hell Spear, charged at the White Snake Sage, also activating his Thunder Sage Mode.

Although he hasn't yet mastered Tamura Hao's Golden Lightning, his perfect Sage Chakra foundation greatly reduces the side effects of Black Lightning Sage Mode, allowing him to fight better.

Uchiha Hikaru immediately activated Susanoo and attacked Orochi Shinja, going all the way to the fourth stage in one go.

Yotsuki A and Fukai immediately handed over command of the ninja army to their deputy, instructing him to continue leading the ninja army to annihilate the Konoha ninja army. The two of them then swung their swords at the other two Snake Sages.

Although they can't defeat this kind of being, they can still hold them off.

Hatake Sakumo looked at the new battlefield, hesitated for a moment, then turned and rushed towards Uchiha Myōkyō's location.

That's their commander; we must rescue him and bring him back to the village. As for the others, we'll rescue as many as we can.

Given the current situation, rescuing a hundred people is better than losing the entire army.

As for joining forces with those giant snakes to fight against the Cloud Ninja, those snakes might not be reliable.

Not to mention that they were visitors who were not part of the battle plan, and who knows what they were up to.

And if he wasn't mistaken, Fugaku Uchiha had just used the power of the Seven-Tails and Wood Release in succession, and the secrets contained within them made him tremble with fear.

This battle cannot continue; we must retreat as soon as possible.

Leaving aside Hatake Sakumo's actions, on the other side, Tamura Hao created a small shadow clone to find Orochimaru before attacking the Snake Sage.

"Hao Jun!"

Orochimaru, who was looting a corpse, noticed the little figure running towards him and became interested in it.

"Lord Orochimaru, I want the body of the White Snake Sage."

The shadow clone stated its intentions directly: to capture the White Snake Sage, the summoning contract must be destroyed. After all, the White Snake Sage had been summoned and was in a summoned state, so it could use the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape at any time.

The summoning contract must be destroyed first, which is very difficult to do, and it's unknown whether Orochimaru can accomplish it.

"I want Mingjing-jun's eyes, and Hao-jun, you must tell me why you need the White Snake Immortal's body."

Orochimaru did not refuse, but stated his conditions.

There's nothing he can't trade, as long as the offer is right, and he also wants to kill the White Snake Immortal.

The shadow clone pretended to hesitate for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I will create an opportunity later. Lord Orochimaru, you will need to go and snatch it yourself."

As for my thoughts on the White Snake Sage's body, it's mainly because I'm the Samehada Jinchuriki. Samehada possesses a strong devouring ability, allowing it to absorb powerful creatures to enhance itself and gain power from them to some extent.

"Samehada, it seems to be a ninja sword that Kirigakure used to use."

Orochimaru was surprised. He had a particular fondness for swords and paid close attention to information in this area. He knew about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village's plan, and one of the swords seemed to be called Samehada, which was a living creature.

"Samehada is the companion creature of the Three-Tails, assisting in devouring food to extract more chakra to supply the Three-Tails, and can also be considered a tailed beast."

Tamura Hiroshi offered a simple explanation, stating that his current achievements are largely due to Samehada.

Anyway, Samehada has already been swallowed by the Ten-Tails, so it's up to me, Tamura Hiten, to decide what really happened.

"Hao Jun is indeed fortunate."

Orochimaru suddenly realized that Samehada must be something similar to the smaller Three-Tails inside the Three-Tails, and could indeed be considered a tailed beast.

However, Samehada's characteristics are quite interesting; no wonder it allowed Haojun to grow so quickly. I even saw Haojun rapidly collecting corpses before.

It seems that he was feeding the sharkskin in the sealed space, which would explain many things.

"I need ten minutes!"

Orochimaru glanced at the White Snake Sage fighting over there, then leaped away, preparing to break the summoning contract.

He didn't care about the life or death of the White Snake Immortal and the three Snake Immortals. Once he took over that body, it wouldn't matter whether he had a summoning beast or not.

Moreover, the White Snake Immortal is also a threat to him, as the other party is also coveting that body.

He had no desire to outwit and outmaneuver an ancient monster that had survived for thousands of years. Now that he had this opportunity, he naturally had to seize it and kill it.

Besides, you can also obtain the eyes of the Mirror King, so why not?

"Giving those eyes to Orochimaru wouldn't be a bad idea; who knows, there might be some unexpected surprises in the future."

The shadow clone whispered something to itself, then raised its hand to release the seal and transmit the message back to the main body.

Tamura Hao, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, was secretly delighted to receive news of the shadow clone. He quickly used the Eight Thousand Spears Mark to send the message to the Third Raikage and the others, telling them to prepare for a decisive blow.

This is an ability he developed based on the Eight Thousand Spears Inscription, which allows for one-way communication, but unfortunately the range is limited. However, it is just right for this situation.

Unaware that he had been outmaneuvered, the White Snake Sage faced the Third Raikage's powerful attack without taking his strength seriously.

Initially, they were mainly wary of the power of the immortal tree, and at that time, the Cloud Ninja had created a large area of ​​thunderclouds for support, which would have put them at a great disadvantage in the battle, so they decisively left.

But now they're launching a sneak attack, and the Cloud Ninja no longer have the advantage they had last time. If they pay more attention to the use of those massive amounts of explosive tags, victory is only a matter of time.

It's a pity that the Konoha ninja army was too disappointing; they failed to severely damage the Kumo ninja army, or even disrupt their operations.

A bunch of useless trash!

However, what the White Snake Immortal didn't know was that on a high mountain several kilometers away, a giant cannon hidden on the mountaintop was aiming at the battlefield.

This is the latest giant cannon created by the Hidden Cloud Village by combining its own research on chakra cannons with that of the Hidden Sky Village. It has higher precision and a faster speed for firing chakra rays.

Just in case, this powerful weapon was already requested and placed here by Tamura Hiroshi.

"Lord Tsuchidai, a message from the front says that the decisive operation will begin in about ten minutes. Lord Tsuchidai is to seize the opportunity himself."

A member of the Anbu ninja rushed over to report that this was news that had just come from the front lines.

"Is there a way to counter reverse summoning techniques?"

Upon hearing this, Tu Tai, who was observing with an ultra-long telescope, was surprised and guessed that they must have found a way to prevent the White Snake Immortal from escaping using the Reverse Summoning Technique, otherwise they wouldn't have said such a thing.

"Check the chakra cannon again to make sure there are no oversights."

The leader gave the order: since it was a plan to eliminate the enemy, then the elimination had to be carried out.

By killing the White Snake Immortal, they can also eliminate a major hidden danger.

"yes!"

The research department ninjas behind him received the order and conducted another detailed inspection of the chakra cannon.

On the other hand, Orochimaru was very efficient, and it could even be said that he had a similar plan in mind beforehand, and successfully created and destroyed the summoning contract.

The White Snake Immortal sensed the destruction of the summoning contract the moment it was broken, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately guessed what had happened.

Orochimaru!

With an angry roar, the White Snake Immortal did not hesitate for a moment, suppressing his rage and turning to run away.

At that very moment, a beam of light shot from the north. Even though the White Snake Immortal sensed it and tried his best to dodge, he was still hit in the body. The part below his head was almost broken off, with only a bit of skin and flesh connecting it.

At the same time, the Third Raikage pierced the White Serpent Sage's eye with the Hell Spear, and then into his brain, whereupon a powerful surge of Sage Art Black Lightning followed.

That wasn't all. The accompanying ANBU ninjas plunged long swords, each radiating a chilling aura, into the White Snake Sage's body, and bound him with chains that also exuded a chilling aura.

That's right, this is the ninja tool that Tamura Hao crafted using the Death God's Short Sword and a bracelet. The ninja sword can cut and damage the soul, while the chain can bind the soul. Furthermore, it incorporates the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique specifically designed to target spirits.

This was to prevent the White Snake Immortal from escaping with his soul like the Great Toad Immortal, and to completely eliminate him from the root of the problem.

(End of this chapter)