Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 205 Bloodline Elimination

"The Hidden Cloud Village is quite ruthless."

At the Sunagakure camp in the Land of Rivers, looking at the newly acquired intelligence, the Third Kazekage couldn't help but marvel at the ruthlessness of the Hidden Cloud Village, which had annihilated the Konoha ninja army in one fell swoop, and wiped out the Uchiha elite.

"There must be something wrong here. The Uchiha are very strong. Even if they couldn't fight against the entire Hidden Cloud Village, they couldn't have been wiped out so easily."

Rasa had a different opinion. He believed that the eastern front was the weakest of Konoha's four fronts, mainly because the Hidden Mist Village had been weakened by an internal coup before the war. Several top ninja clans had been wiped out, and the village lacked high-level experts. Therefore, Konoha would not send too many experts to fight against it.

Secondly, there's their side. Konoha has done a lot of limb transplants on their side, creating many ninjas with partial bloodline limits, making them very difficult to deal with.

Next are the Grass Country Front and the Hot Spring Front. The Grass Country Front has the largest number of Konoha ninja and the most Jonin, but only five Kage-level ninja.

The battlefront in the Land of Hot Springs was led by the Uchiha clan. According to intelligence, before the decisive battle, the Uchiha had seven pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, plus the White Fang of Konoha, making a total of eight Kage-level powerhouses.

Not to mention, two giant summoning snakes appeared, which must have been Orochimaru's doing.

Even if the Hidden Cloud Village could be wiped out by such a lineup, it would certainly pay a heavy price, and it would be difficult to completely annihilate them.

If someone's strength reaches that level and they want to escape, it's very difficult to stop them, unless three times the number of Kage-level powerhouses are deployed to surround and kill them.

But the result was that the entire ninja army on that side was wiped out, with only Konoha's White Fang escaping, which was very unusual.

"Internal strife is normal; it's Konoha's fatal weakness. I just didn't expect it to escalate this fiercely. Even with the battle situation like this, they're still fighting."

The Third Kazekage wasn't surprised; he was simply astonished by the sheer amount of recklessness Konoha had shown.

Aren't those people afraid of destroying Konoha?

"Perhaps they have some kind of confidence."

Rasa had a guess, but he couldn't guess what gave those people in Konoha the confidence.

"It's definitely not just a Wood Release experiment. Unless you use Wood Release at the level of the First Hokage, it won't be able to contain you."

But the existence of the First Hokage was a miracle, and it's impossible for him to appear again.

Perhaps it's another piece of information that kid mentioned.

The Third Kazekage recalled the information the boy had given him at the last Four Kage Summit: Konoha definitely had another powerful trump card, and it seemed that it was not yet fully developed.

"Still unable to break through?"

Unable to understand what it was, the Third Kazekage looked at his disciple beside him, somewhat disappointed.

He had high hopes for Luo Sha, whose talent was also considerable.

However, comparisons are inevitable. Leaving aside the young people in Kumogakure, there is someone in Sunagakure who is even more outstanding than Rasa.

It was Ye Cang, who had already broken through to the Kage level and evolved the Scorching Release, making it even more powerful. Even he was somewhat frightened when he saw the Great Fusion Scorching Release.

Compared to him, Rasa, who was still stuck at the limit of elite Jonin, was far inferior, making him look rather dull.

Luo Sha remained silent, but his fists clenched tightly under his sleeves.

Being outshone by a woman is a disgrace to him, but he just can't break through quickly, and he has failed even after months of seclusion.

"The One-Tailed Beast has been successfully separated. The chakra in the tail is the largest. Prepare yourself, and then seal it into your body."

The Third Kazekage knew that this was not Rasa's fault. Rasa was already very talented, even more so than himself back then. It was just a pity that there were too many geniuses in this era, and the foundation of their Sunagakure was somewhat weak, unable to compare with other ninja villages.

The only way to break through now is to use the One-Tailed Beast's chakra; otherwise, he wouldn't dare to nominate Rasa as a candidate for the Fourth Hokage.

"Yes, teacher!"

Luo Sha should agree; he can only follow the teacher's instructions.

At the same time, he does not reject the sealed One-Tailed Beast. Not only can it help his own chakra break through, but it may also help him evolve his Magnet Release.

Although the magnetic magnetic release of gold sand has a unique effect, it is far inferior to iron sand and the purest sand in combat.

Because the amount of placer gold is too small and it is too heavy, it is difficult to handle flexibly.

Iron sand and sand are much better in comparison, and now that it is wartime, he needs strength more.

At the same time, both Iwagakure and Kirigakure received intelligence about the decisive battle in the Land of Hot Springs and had the same guess that it was Konoha's internal strife that led to the annihilation of the ninja army there.

After marveling at Konoha's ability to court death, they became even more wary. Although Konoha was constantly courting death, their foundation was truly solid, far beyond what they could compare to.

Furthermore, they were also somewhat envious of the Hidden Cloud Village's covert operations. Although the Hidden Cloud Ninja Army maintained order in the Land of Hot Water on the surface, they secretly purged many powerful and wealthy people in the Land of Hot Water and amassed a fortune.

Now they've seized another 500 kilometers of the Land of Fire's territory, making another fortune.

Even if the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning turns a blind eye to this, it is possible that the Daimyo secretly instructed them to do so.

According to the intelligence they received, the Daimyo's office in the Land of Lightning had already sent people to take over the Land of Hot Water and that part of the Land of Fire's territory.

They could try to copy this tactic and make a quick buck, but only if they could defeat the Konoha ninja army.

Regardless of the changes in the outside world, Tamura Hao returned to Kumogakure after the war and plunged into the new research department located in the Summoning World, using the many high-tech devices there to study the gains from that battle.

First, the bodies and souls of the White Snake Sage and the three Snake Sages are a great tonic for the Ten-Tails.

Furthermore, the White Snake Sage's soul memories also gave Tamura Hao some understanding of the ancient times, especially the origin of the spirit world.

It was indeed created by human monks who cut it out of reality using a barrier and then expanded it continuously with natural energy, eventually forming that semi-independent alternate dimension.

The spirit beasts surrounding the three holy lands and the outer edge of the Spirit Realm were once experimental subjects of the monks, used to research and improve the talents of the immortal race, and with the help of the Spirit Realm, three immortal pearls were created.

These are the beads worn by the three great immortals, containing the purest immortal power, and their effects are several times stronger than the immortal talismans.

Then there are some things from ancient times, such as the Divine Tree and Kaguya Otsutsuki, the descent of Isshiki Otsutsuki. At that time, humans and countless yokai were swept away by Isshiki Otsutsuki with absolute power, and all powerful beings became nourishment for the Divine Tree.

What followed was the reign of Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Sage of Six Paths, as well as the establishment, development, and changes of the Ninja Clan, which can almost be described as a living history.

Tamura Hao wasn't very interested in these things. What interested him was that dragons had existed in this world, and that Ryuchi Cave was related to dragons, containing many dragon-shaped statues.

The fangs with their reverse scales are a kind of bloodline atavism, which is why the White Snake Immortal coveted them.

However, the reverse scale is only an external manifestation; the real power lies within Xin Ya's body.

Tamura Hao has already manipulated the twin dragons of the Sage Art Seal to devour Shinya. It is believed that after the devouring and fusion, there will definitely be a transformation, and perhaps it will really transform into a dragon.

Next came the Mangekyou Sharingan of Uchiha Chiri and the others. The biggest surprise for him was Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyou Sharingan. It turned out that Fugaku's eye technique was time-based.

I needed a time-based kaleidoscope eye technique to prepare for taking down Loulan, and this was just the perfect opportunity.

Moreover, this is a time-based ability after all. Although it is only the simplest form of prediction, it at least allowed him to come into contact with the time dimension.

Furthermore, according to Black Zetsu, the dragon vein contains unstable temporal power. If it can be guided and refined into this Cloth Blade Jade Life Eye Technique, it might be enhanced.

"I wonder where that veteran fisherman, Urashiki Otsutsuki, is. It would be awesome to get my hands on that thing, and given Kaguya's condition, she should be able to control it."

As I pondered this, I couldn't help but think of the Otsutsuki clan's secret treasure, the Plowshare, which could travel through time.

Urashiki Otsutsuki used it to travel back in time, and it seems he also served as a background character in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

I had Black Zetsu search the ocean, but I don't know if he'll be able to find it.

After calming his thoughts, Tamura Hiroshi continued to study the other eye techniques he had acquired.

Fugaku Uchiha's other eye technique, Samsara, is also quite effective and can assist in training and combat.

Uchiha Chiri goes without saying; he's perfect as a vessel for the virtual world.

Uchiha Naka's eyes were taken, but it didn't matter; those two eye techniques were useless against him.

Then there are Uchiha Sora and his two companions. Uchiha Sora's eye technique is a copy eye technique and a technique similar to Izanagi, which is also somewhat similar to Uchiha Hikaru's second eye technique.

The Copy Eye Technique is similar to the Uchiha's Transcription Seal, allowing you to actively copy the eye techniques of others' Mangekyou Sharingan. However, it can only be used once, making it relatively useless. Nevertheless, this Copy Eye Technique itself is of great research value and can help you study the essence of eye techniques.

The remaining two also possess impressive eye techniques. One of them has a fusion eye technique, where both eyes are fused eye techniques. However, one fuses external ninjutsu, while the other fuses internal chakra attributes, thus forming a bloodline limit.

What Kushina Uzumaki said last time about the opponent using Scorch Release was actually incorrect. According to the memories gained during the absorption process, the opponent fused the Great Fireball Technique and the Wind Ball Technique to form a form similar to Scorch Release, rather than fusing the chakra within the body to form a bloodline limit.

The fusion of bloodlines has very high requirements; one must cultivate a certain property change of the two attributes to the limit. This is the foundation for fusing bloodlines.

That person's cultivation of wind and fire attribute transformations was not up to standard, making it impossible to fuse and transform into a bloodline. Therefore, the eye technique used to fuse the bloodline had never been used.

However, the power of external ninjutsu fusion is not bad, but it requires the use of eye techniques to fuse each time, unlike bloodline fusion which is a one-time solution.

Furthermore, bloodline fusion consumes a great deal of energy. According to the information in the eye technique, fusing a bloodline limit will completely deplete the eye's power, making it essentially a one-time eye technique.

However, this eye technique is very suitable for the little ten-tailed fox. With the little ten-tailed fox's eye power and recovery ability, it is enough to use it indefinitely.

The last person's eye technique is Ōyama Tsumi, which is similar to Kagutsuchi's type and controls Earth Release. Another eye technique is also named Ōyama Tsumi, but it increases gravity on the locked target. The increase depends entirely on the amount of chakra consumed, similar to the gravity space of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

This Ōyama Tsumi Tamura also attaches great importance to it, as it corresponds to the seven chakra natures of earth, fire, lightning, and wind, along with the previously obtained Kagutsuchi, Takemikazuchi, and Shina Toshihiko. All that's missing is a Water Release eye technique to complete the set of five basic natures.

Finally, there is the carefully cultivated Thor clone, the body that merged with the ten clones.

"I still can't refine chakra."

He tried again to control Thor's clone to refine chakra, but unfortunately, he failed.

This body is very successful, but it is just a body; it has no spirit or will, and even less of a soul.

It was expected that chakra could not be extracted using physical strength alone, but it was still disappointing.

This will limit the potential of this body, making it difficult to compare with the path taken by Hyuga Kagami next door, but it's enough to serve as a disguise.

In addition, after the fusion, he discovered that the chakra of the esoteric arts were difficult to coexist in pairs, mainly those esoteric arts chakra that were not related.

For example, Steel Release and Swift Release have no overlapping attributes in their fusion properties.

Swift Release and Storm Release chakra can coexist without conflict because Swift Release is a bloodline limit that combines wind and lightning attributes, while Storm Release is a bloodline limit that combines water and lightning attributes. Both have a lightning attribute, which is what they have in common.

He speculated that the future Fifth Mizukage was also able to possess two bloodline limits simultaneously because of this. Boiling Shield was a bloodline limit that combined water and fire attributes, while Lava Release was a bloodline limit that combined water and earth attributes, with water attribute as a common attribute.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this, and the several escape techniques he chose were all interconnected, allowing them to be used in combination to deal with any opponent.

As for the four Sage Bloodlines—Senju Bloodline, Shikotsumyaku, Sharingan, and Byakugan—they are different from Escape Technique Bloodlines; they are not very mutually exclusive and can coexist as passive abilities.

"Is this the clone you created?"

At that moment, the Third Raikage walked in and looked at the burly figure lying on the machine.

The body's appearance is typical of those in their Hidden Cloud Village, with striking blond hair, a tall and robust physique, and bulging muscles, perfectly fitting their aesthetic standards.

"His name is Thor. I will grant him some control. Teacher, you can also control him within a certain range by using the resonance between the eight thousand spear imprints."

But he can't fight, and he can't refine chakra on his own, so I have to use Samehada to transfer it through the Eight Thousand Spears seal.

"It should be better to apply a Six Yang Seal afterwards."

Even he can only control this clone and supply it with chakra through the small Ten-Tails; no one else can.

However, it will be enough to allow him to show his face in Kumogakure in the future, so as not to arouse suspicion, or even suspicion about himself.

"Why did you call me here this time? And right here?"

After examining the Thunder God for a moment, the Third Raikage looked at his disciple with great curiosity.

Previously, this kid sent a shadow clone to invite me to come here alone, and it was in this research department, but he didn't say what it was about. It must be something important.

As Tamura Hao manipulated the Thor to dismount from the device, he explained, "Last time, one of the Uchiha clan members had a Mangekyou Sharingan technique called Fusion. One could fuse external ninjutsu, and the other could fuse chakra attributes to form a bloodline limit."

It's very taxing, but with Samehada's accumulated power, it should be enough to help you fuse with the Bloodline Limit Break. Teacher, have you decided what kind of Bloodline Limit you want to fuse with?

The purpose of inviting the Third Raikage was to fuse with his bloodline limit.

He spared no effort in strengthening the Third Raikage, mainly because there were many enemies, such as the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, especially the Otsutsuki Relic.

Although the opponent is designated as a piece, sometimes a piece can turn the tables and become the player.

To stabilize the situation, our side must have an invincible powerhouse, and the Third Raikage is currently the best choice.

Moreover, this fusion of bloodline limits requires two nature transformations to be cultivated to their limits. There are not many people in Kumogakure who can do this. Currently, only the Third Raikage has cultivated all three nature transformations to their limits.

"Can it affect me?"

The Third Raikage was both surprised and delighted. He had read the information about those Uchiha Mangekyou Sharingan users, but he thought that kind of eye technique could only be used on the user. Since this kid had already absorbed it, it should only be effective on the user. But now it seems that it can also be used on others.

"This ability can be shared through the imprinting of eight thousand spears."

Nodding, he had never stopped researching and developing the Eight Thousand Spears Eye Technique, not only incorporating the Flying Thunder God Technique into it, but also making other developments.

Especially when combined with Kaguya's Yin-Yang Release ability, many maneuvers can be performed.

Upon receiving a positive response, even the Third Raikage, with his strong will, couldn't help but get excited, and it took him a while to calm down.

"I have mastered the three major nature transformations of the lightning attribute to their limits. I have mastered gravity and hardening of the earth attribute and explosion and high temperature of the fire attribute. I prefer the ultimate attack, followed by speed, and defense is the last priority."

Having shared his training progress and thoughts, the Third Raikage wanted to hear his disciple's advice.

"For ultimate attacks, it would definitely be the lightning attribute's cutting and piercing properties, the earth attribute's hardening properties which can enhance weapons, and the fire attribute's properties are all offensive, but the burst property has the strongest instantaneous attack power."

Currently, two types of bloodline limits related to escape techniques can coexist within the body; the elimination of bloodline limits is currently unknown.

Tamura Hiroshi made a simple analysis: since the teacher requires extreme attack, then we should follow the path of extreme attack.

"One bloodline elimination is enough for me to develop; having too many is not good."

The Third Raikage was quite content with this; he was well aware of his own abilities, and the Bloodline Limit alone was enough to keep him busy.

"Teacher, please come up here. I need to use this device to observe your physical condition."

That eye technique can only fuse with bloodline chakra, but the fusion with the body requires your guidance, teacher.

Tamura Hao gestured for the Third Raikage to lie down in the instrument, which was the most advanced observation equipment in Kumogakure at present, capable of observing all aspects of the human body, including the cellular level.

It even has a white eye installed inside, which can clearly see the meridians and acupoints.

The Third Raikage didn't say much, took off his shirt, and lay down in the same position as the Raikage clone had just been.

Tamura Hao reached out and pressed his hand on the Third Raikage's Eight Thousand Spears mark, sharing the Fusion Eye Technique through the mark, while simultaneously guiding the Third Raikage to cooperate.

"Teacher, you used Hell Thrust, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Earth Release Hardening Technique simultaneously..."

The Third Raikage followed instructions, raising his hand to form hand seals and unleashing Earth Release: Hardening Technique, followed by Hell Thrust and Lightning Release: Chakra Mode.

Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Hell Thrust have been honed to the point of being instinctive for him, and do not require hand seals.

Tamura Hao guided the fusion of the three chakra nature transformations. With the support of his immense eye power and chakra, the fused eye technique unleashed abilities far exceeding the limits of the Mangekyou Sharingan, fusing the three chakra attributes to create a stronger chakra.

Bloodline Elimination Chakra!

(End of this chapter)