Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

After being beaten up, Tamura Hao took Fat Sheep Teacher to Snake Uncle's research base, but the First Generation looked at him strangely along the way, making him a little uncomfortable.

"This was proposed by Haojun, and I think it's very feasible."

Upon Tsunade's arrival, Orochimaru offered an explanation, but in the end, he didn't forget to shift the blame to a certain junior disciple.

Tamura Hao cast a resentful glance at his senior uncle. Only now did he realize that the person who had been waiting for him to speak had already thought of using the First Generation's body.

I'm still too inexperienced!

"I should have killed you a long time ago!"

Tsunade glared at the rebellious disciple through gritted teeth. This lecherous brat actually dared to set his sights on her own grandfather; he was utterly despicable.

"Don't be angry, I also want to become a big tree and watch over the village forever."

Hashirama Senju stepped forward to persuade him, as he was very supportive of the proposal. The original idea of ​​carving a stone statue on the cliff was to keep an eye on the village, and now that there was a better option, it was only natural to do it.

As for the body, it's nothing more than a handful of dust a hundred years from now, so it's meaningless. It's better to make some more contributions to the village.

"I think it would be best to put the big tree on Hokage Cliff. When I came back this time, I found that the village has become much bigger, and it will definitely become even bigger in the future. Then we can walk around Hokage Cliff."

The current Hokage statues are definitely not enough to see the whole thing, so a big tree would be perfect.

Hashirama Senju has already decided where to build the Great Tree. He had talked a lot with Torifu and learned about the detailed changes in the village over the years, as well as its plans for the future.

Expansion is inevitable, and the best way to expand is to form a circle around Hokage Cliff, which will facilitate construction and management.

Therefore, Hokage Cliff is still the central point, and it is most suitable to place that big tree on Hokage Cliff, so that it can be seen from any angle.

"The Hokage Cliff is indeed the best choice, but it needs to be built with a foundation that is deep enough. We need to dig a hole that is at least 200 meters in diameter and 500 meters deep to accommodate the main root."

We also need to dig out channels for the secondary roots around it; otherwise, if the eldest brother's Wood Release expands on its own, that size of Wood Release will definitely damage the village's foundation.

Tobirama Senju also thought it would be best to place it on Hokage Cliff, but a solid foundation was needed, otherwise it would be a disaster for the village if it were to be broken and collapsed.

After glaring hatefully at the traitorous disciple, Tsunade pondered for a moment and said, "It can be done. We have obtained the group Earth Release ninjutsu that the Hidden Stone Village can jointly perform, and we can quickly complete an Earth Release project of that scale."

However, some departments are hidden within Hokage Cliff and will require some time to relocate and vacate.

"The kind of group Earth Release ninjutsu used by the Hidden Stone Village?"

Tobirama Senju was surprised; he hadn't expected the village to be able to get his hands on something like this.

And if I'm not mistaken, Tsunade seems to possess the Steel Release bloodline limit. Is this a sign of impending doom for Iwagakure?

The group then discussed the artificial holy site plan in detail, from the creation of the sacred tree to the modification of the barrier, and even Tobirama Senju had Orochimaru resurrect his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki, using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

After all, she was the pinnacle of sealing techniques, and even the village's barrier was built by Mito Uzumaki and the Uzumaki clan back then.

However, things didn't go as planned. Just as the people of Konoha were embarking on their plan to create a sacred site, a major event occurred.

"The daimyo prefectures of the five great kingdoms have been destroyed?"

In the Hokage's office, Tamura Hao, who had been summoned, was a little confused when he heard the news. There was no such plot in the Naruto anime, was there?

Are they butterfly wings flapping on their own?

"Our Fire Country's Daimyo Mansion was completely destroyed, with no survivors. It was destroyed by a large number of explosive tags, and many of its resources were looted."

The powerful and influential figures in various territories across the country have already received the news, and things are certainly not going to be peaceful from now on.

Nara Shikaku's expression was very solemn. This matter was no small thing; if not handled properly, it could lead to continuous warfare.

"A large number of explosive tags? Did they do it?"

Akimichi Torifu instantly thought of his old buddies. Those men had led some of their trusted clansmen out of the village, taking with them a lot of supplies, including the Book of Sealing. Among those supplies were many explosive talismans.

Furthermore, the Sarutobi clan is skilled in fire-style techniques and has been controlling the village's explosive tag manufacturing industry, stockpiling a large number of explosive tags and materials for making them.

To destroy the entire capital, you would need at least 50 million high-quality explosive tags, not to mention that it might be the capital of one of the five great nations, which would require 200 to 300 million explosive tags.

There aren't many forces that can produce so many explosive tags.

"It's unclear at the moment. The capitals of the five great nations are complex places, and the enemy ultimately destroyed everything with explosive tags. We haven't found any useful information yet."

Nara Shikaku replied, "That's the most troublesome part."

Few in the entire ninja world could do this, but the motivation behind it is hard to determine.

"Lord Hokage, Lord Orochimaru has confirmed that it was Hiruzen Sarutobi who led the attack."

At that moment, an ANBU ninja entered the office and reported the results from the other side.

"Bang!"

"It really was that old bastard!"

Tsunade was furious when she smashed the desk that had only been installed a few days ago with a single punch.

Those old geezers are really relentless.

Previously, she had people send the numerous flesh and blood specimens she brought back to Orochimaru so that he could be resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique to inquire about information and identify the culprit behind this tragedy.

Sure enough, it was that group of old fogies.

"Even with the resource reserves of the five major capital cities, they're still not satisfied!"

Akimichi Torifu sighed, knowing that those people hadn't given up and would definitely come back again.

"The problem now is how to deal with this mess. The entire daimyo prefecture has been wiped out, and all of the daimyo's descendants and relatives have been slaughtered. Not a single one has survived."

According to the traditions of the Warring States period, the feudal lords would inevitably fight each other to determine a new daimyo, plunging the Land of Fire and even the entire ninja world into chaos.

Yuhi Shinku was very worried. The Fourth Shinobi World War had just ended, and they hadn't even signed a ceasefire agreement with the other three great shinobi villages yet, and this major incident had already occurred.

Those people don't want peace for Konoha and the entire ninja world.

That's so vicious!

"We can't afford to be in chaos domestically. We can't predict how the new daimyo they choose will treat Konoha. We might as well strike first and wipe them out, then establish a unified system, which is to say, a ninja nation."

Tamura Hao suddenly spoke up. Although this major event was unexpected for him, it was also an opportunity.

In fact, everyone knows that the ninja village system has many problems. It's not just the competition and conflicts between the various ninja villages, but also the numerous conflicts between the ninja villages and the daimyo's prefecture.

The Daimyo Prefecture has always been using its samurai and monk factions to guard against the ninja villages. To resolve these conflicts, the only way is to push the ninja villages to a higher level, reaching the level of a ninja nation, so that the entire country can be unified.

And now the opportunity has arrived.

These words stirred something within the group. Even Fugaku Uchiha and Hiashi Hyuga, who had remained silent until now, looked at Tsunade, awaiting the Hokage's decision.

After thinking for a long time, Tsunade finally gave the order.

"Pass on my order to recall all ninjas from all four fronts back to the country to suppress all powerful noble forces. Anyone who dares to resist may be executed immediately."

There was nothing to hesitate about in this matter, because if they didn't take action, the country would definitely fall into war. Those powerful nobles all wanted to become the supreme ruler, and no one would back down in the face of that power. There was no way to resolve the conflict, and war would be inevitable.

Once a nationwide war breaks out, the casualties will be greater than in the Ninja World War, and the entire country's systems will collapse, directly impacting Konoha.

At this point, suppressing everyone would be the best option, and after such a forceful suppression, it would be inevitable to expand the ninja village into a ninja nation.

This is an inevitable trend that cannot be changed by individual will.

Seeing that Tsunade had indeed made a decision, everyone's faces lit up with joy.

Expanding the ninja village into a ninja nation would also be very beneficial for them.

After a brief discussion, the group set out to act. The key to this operation was speed; they had to take down the powerful and influential before they could react.

To put it simply, it was a decapitation operation. The number of Konoha ninjas was too small compared to the entire country, so it was impossible to carry out a large-scale cleanup of the entire country. This was the only tactic they could use, which was also what ninjas were good at.

Not only Konoha, but the other four great ninja villages also made the same decision one after another, and sent envoys to Konoha to strongly condemn Konoha's treason. They also presented scattered evidence, and even survivors, found in the ruins of their own daimyo's mansion to prove that it was Konoha that did it.

In response, Tsunade decisively declared that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were rogue ninjas, and that their actions and lives were none of Konoha's business.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions, who were hiding overseas, fell silent upon hearing the news. They were certain they hadn't done it; someone was framing them.

This is not just a frame-up; the other party must have a bigger plan, and they are trying to make them take the blame.

"Hiruzen, this is an opportunity."

Danzo Shimura looked at his old buddy; this was an opportunity for them.

The village had dispersed its main forces across the country, leaving its interior vulnerable.

"Can you defeat Tsunade and her group?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi retorted irritably, saying that although the village's strongmen had been deployed to various parts of the country, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Tamura Hao had not been mobilized.

With those three around, they had no way to take over the village.

Moreover, even if they conquer the village, they won't be able to stop the return of Qu Feng and his men who were away.

Furthermore, the Sarutobi clan had suffered the greatest losses previously, with their elite forces wiped out by the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball. Coupled with the death of their eldest son, their clan had become far weaker.

It is not advisable to act rashly at this time.

"Now is not the time for us to make a move. Let's focus on cultivating our immortal techniques first, because strength is the key to everything."

Remembering what the toad sage had said, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to stop now and focus on improving his strength by cultivating sage techniques.

Not long after he used the monkey clan to reverse his way to the spirit world, he received an invitation from Mount Myōboku and reached some agreements.

Mount Myōboku gave them the opportunity to cultivate their Sage Mode powers, while they were responsible for eliminating certain people, who happened to be their opponents or even enemies.

Unfortunately, the requirements for cultivating Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku are too high; only those who have reached the Kage level are qualified to cultivate it.

Currently, only I and Danzo have met the standard, which is a pity for Shinnosuke.

The thought of his eldest son's tragic death filled Hiruzen Sarutobi with resentment.

He will make those people pay tenfold or a hundredfold.

Regardless of Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts, Orochimaru and others in Konoha were still pushing forward with the artificial holy land project, unaffected by the changes in the Land of Fire.

The plan itself didn't require many people; it was quickly completed by leaving behind a thousand ninjas skilled in Earth Release techniques.

First, he used Earth Release to dig a large pit with a diameter of 200 meters and a depth of 600 meters at the center of Hokage Cliff. Then, he dug out countless channels horizontally as landing points for the secondary roots.

Finally, using Hashirama Senju's body as a foundation, Wood Release was activated, creating an incomparably enormous flowering tree.

Hashirama Senju was very experienced in creating large-scale Wood Release creations; he once created a Thousand-Armed Buddha that was much larger than the Hokage Cliff.

Compared to the Thousand-Armed Buddha, which requires precise control over its form, this simple tree-shaped Wood Release is much easier to create.

Its size even far exceeded expectations, with the tree reaching a height of three thousand meters.

In the end, Tamura Hao used the remaining bit of power from his tail to cast Magnet Release, turning the rock layer at the bottom of the pit into sand for a thousand meters, allowing the main root to continue to grow downwards, thus forming a stable foundation.

The entire tree has no branches or leaves, just a bare trunk and flowers at the top. This effectively reduces the impact of the wind, since a large tree will attract more wind.

With the flowering tree taken care of, the next step is to modify the Leaf Village barrier, adding the ability to bind natural energy, sealing the absorbed and gathered natural energy within the village, creating a high-concentration natural energy environment similar to the three sacred lands.

Tamura Hao didn't need to get involved in these later matters; his main task remained cultivation.

He cultivated his body, practiced the nature transformation of chakra, refined and stored chakra, and separated the mixed energy within the Eight Trigrams Seal.

There's also the training in swordsmanship, or rather, axe-wielding, as well as the exploration of cheat codes.

He discovered that as his strength increased, his cheat ability could provide more insights, especially after fusing with the bloodline limit.

This might be the legacy left from the previous life.

This training lasted for three years, yielding fruitful results, with the greatest improvement being in bloodline inheritance.

"That's a bit too conspicuous!"

Looking at her traitorous disciple's brand-new Gold Release technique, Tsunade couldn't help but raise her hand to shield her eyes; it was just too bright.

"That's how the Lightning Release fusion works. It will be even more impressive once the Gold Release Chakra Mode is activated."

Tamura Hao appeared quite pleased with himself. After three years of secluded training, he finally attempted to use the Metal Release to absorb the Lightning attribute, upgrading the Metal Release into a three-attribute Bloodline Limit.

This intense light effect is a characteristic of the lightning attribute, and it is greatly enhanced after being combined with the metal attribute.

His path differs from existing bloodline fusions in the ninja world. Other ninjutsu-type bloodline limits are simple fusions, while his is a devouring fusion based on Yang Release.

It does not devour a single property change, but the entire attribute; all property changes can be cultivated and included within it.

Therefore, the current Metal Release possesses various nature transformations of Lightning Release, such as stimulating the body to increase burst speed, paralyzing others' nerves, and powerful cutting, etc.

Furthermore, these properties were greatly enhanced after being incorporated into the Metal Release.

"Making it so eye-catching, be careful you don't get targeted!"

After making a comment, Tsunade turned and left.

The pressure from that traitor's advancement was considerable, and she needed to hurry up and upgrade her own Metal Escape Technique, which involved absorbing water-attribute abilities.

"Don't force yourself to stay strong."

After Tsunade left, Orochimaru, who had been staring at the equipment data, finally spoke, and then Tamura Hao instantly knelt down, the golden light on his body dissipating to reveal his pale face.

"I didn't expect it to be so dangerous; I almost died."

Unable to support himself, he collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, blood seeping from his skin pores.

The fusion of bloodline elimination is not simple and is very risky, especially since there are no precedents for his devouring fusion, and he has to explore it himself.

If it weren't for his own strong physique, his body would probably have collapsed this time.

"It was much more dangerous than expected, but because we had a lot of trial and error, and with your fusion data, we were able to perfect the fusion method."

Orochimaru was very satisfied with the experiment, as he obtained complete data. Afterwards, he only needed to organize the data to create a perfect fusion method, which would make it much safer for others to fuse with it.

Of course, all other conditions must also be met, especially physical fitness.

The fusion and enhancement of bloodline limit is not simply a matter of fusing chakra; it also requires integrating the fused chakra into the body to drive the enhancement of the body's chakra bloodline.

That involves the genetic level; even a single bad gene can cause the system to collapse.

Hao Jun's previous fusion was due to too many trial and error attempts, which caused more than half of his body's cells to collapse. He was just barely holding on just now.

"Opening roads is indeed a difficult job."

After catching his breath, Tamura Hao remarked that he really didn't know if he had also taken the bloodline fusion route in his previous life, and how he had overcome these difficulties.

This was still a legacy he inherited from his previous life. Most importantly, it completed his chakra attributes. Without those chakra attributes, relying solely on the nature changes he cultivated later in life to fuse and transform would be much more difficult and dangerous.

"When will they make a move against the three holy lands? They haven't been very peaceful these past few years; they've already made contact with the other four great ninja villages."

When Orochimaru mentioned the three sacred lands, he said, "Those beasts are all cunning."

They have completely broken ties with Konoha and are now approaching the other four great ninja villages, offering to teach them Sage Mode. They want to use the four great ninja villages to destroy Konoha.

"I need to wait a month, and then I'll need to replace the chakra in the Yin-Yang Seal with the latest Gold Release chakra."

Tamura Hao also knew he couldn't wait any longer; once he recovered, he would storm the three holy lands.

He has been preparing for this battle, and has made great progress in all aspects, even upgrading the Yin Seal to form the current Yin-Yang Tai Chi Seal, or Tai Chi Seal for short.

The Taiji Seal can store ten times more chakra than the Yin Seal, and it is also simpler to seal and use.

The fact that I was able to successfully upgrade the Gold Release to Bloodline Elimination in one go was thanks to the massive amount of chakra stored in the Taiji Seal; otherwise, it would have been very difficult.

Fusion of bloodlines requires a vast amount of chakra, and the higher the level of fusion, the greater the demand.

The last time the fusion of the Bloodline Limit's Gold Release depleted the chakra stored in the Yin Seal, this time it has almost depleted the chakra in the Taiji Seal as well, leaving less than 10% of it.

Next, he needs to store the latest version of the Gold Release chakra into it, and once it's full, he'll storm the three sacred lands! (End of Chapter)