Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 240 Crescent Moon Sky

Leaving aside the headache-inducing Hiruzen Sarutobi, on the other hand, the return of Hashirama Senju's Otsutsuki relic to the space inside the moon was what awakened Hashirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation.

"Is this a pure land?"

As Hashirama Senju emerged from the coffin, he surveyed his surroundings, his consciousness still frozen at the moment of his death.

"Is this state a sign that Tobirama's Impure World Reincarnation technique failed to destroy that forbidden jutsu after all?"

He quickly noticed the abnormality and looked down at his cracked palm. Hashirama Senju realized that this must be the Impure World Reincarnation technique that his younger brother had researched back then.

This was a backup plan made after discovering that Madara might not be dead, in an attempt to revive himself to fight Madara.

However, this forbidden technique violates the laws of life and death, and the deceased should not disturb the world of the living.

Furthermore, he had great confidence in the younger generation of the village. Even if Madara were still alive and attacked Konoha again, the younger generation would defeat him.

"First Hokage, my name is Otsutsuki Shari. I want to fight you and see your Wood Release and Sage Mode."

At this moment, Otsutsuki Shari spoke up. He was not only eyeing Senju Hashirama's Wood Release chakra, but also his Sage Mode.

According to ancient records, our ancestors and the Sage of Six Paths also possessed Sage Techniques. Unfortunately, our ancestors did not leave behind any methods for cultivating Sage Techniques, so they had to find ways to obtain them from the ninja world.

After investigating intelligence in the ninja world, it was discovered that the First Hokage's Sage Mode power was the strongest, and this power must be obtained by oneself.

"Is your eye a kind of dojutsu? It's different from Madara's Sharingan."

Hashirama Senju then noticed that there was another person beside him, and looked curiously at the other person's eyes that were glowing purple.

Judging from the power of the pupils alone, the other person's eyes are no worse than Madara's back then, but they don't look like kaleidoscopes.

Is it a mutated version?

This curious look surprised Otsutsuki Shari, who hadn't expected the First Hokage, rumored to be the God of Shinobi, to react this way.

"Fight me. If you lose, Konoha will be destroyed by me."

He spoke very seriously, even with a hint of murderous intent, wanting to force the other party to use their full strength, especially that kind of immortal power.

"War will always be a part of things, no matter the era!"

Sensing the youth's murderous intent, Hashirama Senju sighed, then became serious.

"Young man, do you truly intend to destroy Konoha?"

The village is something I must protect. I even killed my best friend back then. Although I don't recognize the young man in front of me, if he insists on destroying Konoha, then I have no choice but to fight.

"Your Hyuga clan of Konoha stole my power. I must take it back and wipe out the Hyuga clan. If I were to fight in Konoha with my strength, it would be difficult for Konoha to survive."

Because the other party was a respectable and powerful individual, Otsutsuki Shari explained.

"I see!"

Hashirama Senju understood, then clasped his hands together and shouted.

"Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World!"

A massive amount of chakra surged into the ground, and then countless trees sprang up and swept across the area.

"That's the power!"

Upon seeing the power of Wood Release, Otsutsuki Rei was very excited; he could even sense the resonance of the incomplete Ten-Tails within his body.

Without delay, he raised his hand, formed hand seals, activated the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and condensed the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to meet the attack head-on.

The combined power of the fierce tornado and the descent of the tree realm was astonishing, causing the earth to tremble.

"Wood Release: Descent of the Flower Tree World!"

Seeing that he could not defeat the Tree World Advent, Hashirama Senju used an even stronger version of Tree World Advent, based on the Tree World Advent.

Giant trees grew rapidly, with enormous flowers sprouting from their tops, spreading pollen with a paralyzing effect.

"A boring trick!"

Seeing the pollen spreading, Otsutsuki Shari increased his chakra output, further expanding the scale of the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, which devoured the pollen and even forcibly crushed the flowering trees.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Despite this, Hashirama Senju remained calm and unleashed an even stronger Wood Dragon Technique, attempting to probe the opponent's abilities.

However, the result disappointed him. The opponent was still the same tornado, but it was larger in size, and the Wood Dragon Technique could not absorb the chakra in the opponent's ninjutsu.

That chakra was strange; it was different from the chakra of ordinary ninjas.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

Left with no other choice, he had to use an even more powerful wooden puppet technique, but he was very disappointed with the size of the wooden puppet he created.

"It's not a real body after all."

Looking at the wooden figure, which was only half the size it was in life, Hashirama Senju felt helpless.

This is, after all, just an impure world resurrection, and the offerings are relatively ordinary, so the strength he can exert is very limited.

"Sage Mode!"

His expression turned solemn, and he clasped his hands together again. A divine face quickly appeared on his face, indicating that he had activated his divine mode.

With the infusion of Sage Chakra, the wooden figure grew rapidly, quickly reaching a height of 100 meters, and due to the enhancement of Sage Chakra, its strength surpassed that of the wooden figure in its previous life.

"That's the power!"

Seeing the changes in Hashirama Senju's chakra through the Reincarnation Eye, Otsutsuki Shari became even more excited, for that was the power he desired.

"Spiritual communication!"

He quickly formed a hand seal, then slammed his hand on the ground. A massive stone statue, no smaller than the wooden figure, appeared, and with a roar, it charged forward.

"What terrifying young people!"

Seeing the giant stone statue rushing towards him, Hashirama Senju sighed and then controlled the wooden doll to charge forward as well.

The two colossal beings began to fight, their fighting styles simple yet incredibly powerful, causing the surrounding earth to crumble continuously.

Otsutsuki Shari was in no hurry to end the battle and did not use the more powerful Kinrin Tensei Baku. Instead, he carefully observed Namujin's technique.

According to his calculations, once the incomplete Ten-Tails absorbs Hashirama Senju's chakra, it should also possess the power of Wood Release, or rather, it should be able to unleash the power originating from the Divine Tree, thus enabling him to possess this power as well.

This power is no weaker than the Tenseigan; it must be mastered.

After fighting for several tens of minutes, until he had fully understood the Wood Man Technique and the Wood Dragon Technique, Otsutsuki Relic finally manipulated the Yin-Yang Release black ball to quickly gather in his palm.

"It's time to end this boring battle. It's just a pity that your body can't let you use your full strength."

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

A golden beam of light appeared in his hand, illuminating the dim sky.

He then swiftly slashed down, splitting the massive wooden figure in two, and the wooden dragon wrapped around it was also severed.

Even Wood Release enhanced by Sage Mode is powerless against such force.

Before Hashirama Senju could launch a counterattack, several black spheres enveloped in green chakra shot out, severing Hashirama Senju's arm.

Otsutsuki Shari flew over quickly and slammed the green ball of light in his hand into Hashirama Senju's chest.

"What a domineering devouring!"

Senju Hashirama was surprised to feel his Sage Chakra being rapidly devoured by the ball of light.

This devouring power is stronger than his own Wood Release.

"So this is what magic is like."

Feeling the Sage Chakra surging into his body, Otsutsuki Shari felt his entire body become more active, and even discovered that the Tenseigan Chakra Mode had become more perfect.

Or perhaps this is the true Tenseigan chakra pattern, the same Tenseigan chakra as the ancestor, the kind of Sage Mode power that I lacked before.

At the same time, the incomplete Ten-Tails sealed within its body also underwent a transformation under the blessing of Wood Release chakra and Sage chakra, becoming more complete and stable, and even its body was covered with a layer of green Tenseigan chakra.

"You're after my chakra?"

Hashirama Senju realized that the young man's real target was his chakra, and he might even have Wood Release.

"As a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, you have every reason to be proud of possessing this power."

"Can you please not destroy Konoha?"

Hashirama Senju pleaded humbly, "The village cannot be destroyed by this young man."

"It's no use. What I want to destroy is not just Konoha, but the entire ninja world. This is the will left behind by our ancestors."

The ninja world created by the Sage of Six Paths has failed. We are responsible for eradicating this mistake and creating a perfect new world.

Otsutsuki Shari became increasingly certain that the ninja world was a product of error and had to be eradicated in order to usher in a new era.

"Destroy the ninja world?"

Hashirama Senju was taken aback, feeling that this young man might have something wrong with his mind.

Although he is powerful, his strength is about the same as when he was alive. He can definitely destroy Konoha, but it is unrealistic for him to destroy the ninja world.

The ninja world is too vast; it cannot be destroyed by one person alone.

Otsutsuki Shari did not explain, and continued to draw chakra from Senju Hashirama.

Although the amount of chakra that Hashirama Senju unleashed in his Edo Tensei state was far less than that in his previous life, its duration was far greater.

Even if Otsutsuki Shari used the power of his Tenseigan and the incomplete Ten-Tails to extract it, it would be difficult to extract it all in a short time.

After being drained for more than an hour, Hashirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation suddenly collapsed, and his soul disappeared.

"Couldn't take it anymore and broke down?"

Otsutsuki Shari was taken aback; this situation was beyond his expectations. However, he didn't pay much attention to it. He carefully sensed the changes in the incomplete Ten-Tails and finally controlled the power of the incomplete Ten-Tails to grow a branch in his hand.

"I did indeed obtain Wood Release!"

Looking at the branch, he was very happy. His plan had not been in vain, and he had indeed obtained this power.

Moreover, the incomplete Ten-Tails underwent a transformation, becoming not only more powerful in chakra but also much larger.

In particular, the integration of Sage Mode has further enhanced the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and he is confident that he can defeat Hiashi Hyuga if they face off again.

Even if the opponent obtains Miyu's chakra and further evolves the Tenseigan, they are still no match for him.

"Miyu, it'll be here soon, wait for me!"

Thinking of that beautiful figure, Otsutsuki Shari felt a surge of passion within him.

If they were to unite with Lady Miyu, they would surely be able to produce a perfect Otsutsuki bloodline, and then create an even more perfect Tenseigan. After that, they could find a woman from the Hyuga main family to marry their son, and thus produce offspring whose bloodline was infinitely close to that of their ancestors, becoming the foundation for the propagation of the perfect world.

However, before that, one needs to fully master Wood Release, and the power of the incomplete Ten-Tails' transformation also needs further refinement.

In a month, it will be Hiashi Hyuga's death day. Even if he has a space-time jutsu, he cannot escape. With my current Tenseigan mode, I can lock onto him.

Leaving aside the Otsutsuki Relic preparing for revenge, on the other side, Black Zetsu's clone went to Kumogakure with news of the Otsutsuki Relic's deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Unfortunately, Tamura Hao had gone to Turtle Island for secluded training, so they could only go to Turtle Island to wait.

Meanwhile, in the illusion of a real waterfall, Tamura Hiroshi's battle with the dark side intensifies, and they both improve together.

Meanwhile, Tamura Hiroshi is further researching the mysteries of the Real Waterfall illusion. He has improved a lot since then, and with the multiple experiments on Shimura Izumi, his control over the illusion space is getting better and better. He is now able to see the deeper mysteries of the Real Waterfall.

"You should have figured it out by now, right?"

After an unknown amount of time, the somewhat weary Dark Side spoke up.

While he himself couldn't surpass the limit, the main body, being a cheat-like character with a cheat ability, would definitely be able to replicate that move.

"That's about it!"

Tamura Hao nodded; he had indeed almost grasped the essence of that move.

"Then let's settle this with a single strike!"

His face showed anticipation, and his fighting spirit grew stronger.

"One strike decides the outcome!"

Tamura Hiroshi did not refuse. He held the sword with both hands, slowly gathering his strength, and then slashed down with great force.

"Crescent Moon Anecho!"

A sharp wind-attribute chakra blade aura extended from the tip of the blade, forming a large crescent moon that was both incredibly condensed and incredibly fast.

This is a detached slash developed by Tamura Hao based on Mifune's Sky-Splitting Slash. The incorporation of wind-style chakra makes it more destructive and has a longer attack range.

The reason it's called Crescent Moon Sky Rush is because I was too lazy to think of a new name, and the shape of the blade energy it unleashes is crescent-shaped, which fits the name perfectly.

"Slash! Slash! Slash..."

Faced with the approaching crescent-shaped blade energy, the Dark Side wielded its blade and slashed wildly, constantly eroding the crescent-shaped blade energy.

However, this was developed by Tamura Hao with his enhanced comprehension, and its destructive power exceeded the limits of the two of them at this stage. It could not be stopped by sheer numbers.

"Clang!"

The crescent moon blade in the dark side's hand finally couldn't withstand the force and was cut open. Without any obstruction, the crescent moon blade energy instantly slashed across his body, and the sharp blade intent destroyed his body.

"Aren't you going to say something to conclude this?"

Tamura Hao stepped forward, holding Zangetsu, preparing to seal away the remnants of the dark side as the sword spirit of Zangetsu.

"I don't like straw sandals!"

He left behind a sarcastic remark, his dark side merging itself into the broken sword in his hand.

The main reason he disliked Ichigo Kurosaki's form was because of those straw sandals; they were just too cheap-looking.

But Blue is different; he's one of the few characters in the Bleach series who fights while wearing boots.

"I don't like straw sandals either!"

Tamura Hao wholeheartedly agreed, not only because of the straw sandals in Bleach, but also because he disliked the ninja boots and sandals in Naruto.

In my past life, when I watched Naruto, seeing those powerful characters fighting while wearing sandals made me feel like my level of coolness had suddenly plummeted to the sewers.

There are very few characters in Naruto who fight while wearing proper shoes.

Of course, those open-toed ninja shoes also have their own advantages. The material is soft, so the sound when walking is very quiet, which makes it convenient for stealth assassination.

Having your toes sticking out makes it easier to perform actions like climbing trees and wading through water, which is quite practical.

Unfortunately, it's rather awkward in close combat; if you hurt your toes, it will hurt a lot, for example, if your toenail is flipped.

Holding the Zangetsu sword spirit formed from the dark side, Tamura Hao watched the illusion gradually shatter. His consciousness returned to his body, and he immediately merged the sword spirit into Zangetsu.

"You've worked hard, brother!"

Nodding to the several ANBU ninjas who had been taking turns guarding him, Tamura Hao got up and went to his room to take a shower.

I've been staying here for quite a while, and I already smell bad, so I need to take a good shower.

"What's the matter?"

Looking at the Black Zetsu climbing up, Tamura Hao knew that something big must have happened again.

"Otsutsuki Relic went to find Hiruzen Sarutobi and conspired to lure Hiashi Hyuga out of Konoha and deal with him on the way to the southwest front. There are still six days left. He also took Hashirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation. He probably wants to devour the incomplete Ten-Tails to enhance it."

The information Black Zetsu revealed presents a good opportunity to eliminate the Otsutsuki Relic.

"The Tenseigan!"

Tamura Hao also knew this was a good opportunity. Rather than waiting for Otsutsuki Rei to come knocking on his door at any time, it was better to take the initiative. This time, he finally seized the opportunity.

"Looks like I need to fuse with Swift Escape sooner rather than later. Can you come in and give me a hand?"

Without delay, Tamura Hao got out of the bathtub, shook off the water droplets, and went outside.

Black Zetsu merged into the sealed space inside Tamura Hao's abdomen, waiting for his younger brother to fuse with Swift Escape.

Although he had seen many people fuse their bloodline limits and achieve transformation over the past thousand years, those people all fused using dominant attributes. There were no precedents for his younger brother's fusion using recessive attributes, so he wasn't very confident.

He can only merge with his mother's power, using precise manipulation of Yin and Yang to guide and assist, thus increasing the success rate.

After getting dressed, Tamura Hiroshi first went to say goodbye to the island turtle before using the altar set up here to perform the Heavenly Sending Technique to send himself back to the village.

After informing the Third Raikage and Karura, he went to the laboratory where the Third Raikage had his fusion technique and lay down on the machine.

"Is she going to undergo bloodline fusion?"

Tsunade, who came with Karura, was quite surprised. Didn't this kid only have one lightning attribute?

"That was one of our research findings. A ninja's chakra itself possesses all attributes, but some attributes are so powerful that they can be manifested, and are called dominant attributes."

Some attributes are too weak to manifest and are called latent attributes. Hao Jun has already cultivated the wind attribute, which is a latent attribute, to its limit. Theoretically, it can be fused with the manifest lightning attribute to form a bloodline limit.

While staring at the various data indicators on the monitor, Galuro replied.

"Lightning attribute, wind attribute, is he going to fuse with the Swift Release bloodline limit?"

Tsunade understood and guessed what kind of bloodline limit that brat wanted to fuse with.

She was no stranger to Swift Release; Shimura Danzo had once fused with the arm of a Swift Release ninja, and the Senju clan had been keeping track of their intelligence.

Swift Release is a bloodline limit from Sunagakure, possessing the ability to unleash speeds surpassing Lightning Release and Wind Release, which is indeed very suitable for this brat.

Once he masters Swift Release, this brat's strength will undoubtedly increase further. Coupled with his powerful swordsmanship, she can't think of anyone in the ninja world who could rival him in close combat.

After being shocked for a moment, Tsunade began to observe the various data detected by the equipment. Even with her strong will, she was shocked by those exaggerated physical data.

"Is this even human?"

This physical condition, especially the bone strength, is completely inhuman. Even I, as a member of the Senju clan, am far inferior to it.

"These are the data records from when I last fused with the Transcendental Technique. Compare them with your own records."

The Third Raikage handed Tsunade the numerous data records he had made previously, hoping she could carefully compare them to ensure everything was accurate.

That kid is the future of their Hidden Cloud Village; this bloodline fusion must not have the slightest mishap.

"You inhuman brat!"

After muttering something, Tsunade carefully reviewed the record and kept comparing it with what was displayed on the current equipment.

(End of this chapter)