Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Tamura had complete confidence in Black Zetsu's abilities. After handing over the bodies of Momoshiki and the other two to Black Zetsu, he didn't inquire about them again. He also didn't interfere much in the affairs of the Empire, only making a brief appearance when Uchiha Shisui passed the throne to Yashi Kabuto.

Kabuto's name had already begun to spread. After the Fusang Divine Tree Project came into being, everyone knew that Kabuto was the mastermind behind it. In the past two years, everyone had enjoyed the benefits brought by the Fusang Divine Tree, and their cultivation of immortal techniques had become easier and faster.

With such achievements, Kabuto naturally received tremendous support for becoming the Seventh Sage Ninja. Even though there were many other young people in the Empire with great strength and prestige, such as Itachi Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake, their achievements were far inferior to those of Kabuto, who spearheaded the Fusang Divine Tree Project.

When Shimura Danzo, who had been hiding overseas, learned that his henchman had become the Seventh Sage Ninja of the Sage Ninja Empire, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Danzo, can you still control Kabuto?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette and also found it surreal. The spy his old buddy had planted had actually become the Seventh Sage Ninja of the Sage Ninja Empire. It just didn't seem real.

Danzo Shimura remained silent, as he truly couldn't say for sure about this.

"The Immortal Ninja Empire is growing stronger and stronger, and its people are constantly expanding outwards, even exploring the sea. Our place will be discovered sooner or later."

When Mitokado Homura got down to business, he said that based on the information he had gathered so far, the speed at which the Immortal Ninja Empire was improving was terrifying. With the cultivation of Sage Techniques, even Kage-level powerhouses were able to be mass-produced.

And they will grow stronger and stronger, it's only a matter of time before they take over the whole world, they are no longer safe here.

"Retreat to the open sea and wait for the right opportunity."

That's all Hiruzen Sarutobi can say for now, because the Immortal Ninja Empire is too powerful, and they simply don't have the opportunity to intervene and plot against it.

As for Kabuto, he didn't believe he was still in control. This wasn't to deny Kabuto's excellence, but rather because he was well aware of the strength of those people, their strength in all aspects.

They couldn't possibly allow a spy to become an Imperial Ninja; there must have been a thorough investigation.

There must be a reason why Kabuto was able to become the Seventh Sage Ninja; in any case, he had already broken free from their control.

There's not much he can do about the Immortal Ninja Empire right now, so he can only continue to lie low and wait for an opportunity, though he doesn't know what that opportunity will be.

Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't.

Not only did Hiruzen Sarutobi and others have no choice but to continue lying low, but the members who separated from the four major ninja villages also had no choice but to continue lying low, and the Akatsuki organization was no exception.

Obito Uchiha was even more agitated because Black Zetsu reported that all eight tailed beasts had disappeared, with signs of battle, but they couldn't pinpoint who was responsible.

With all eight tailed beasts gone, how can I proceed with my Eye of the Moon plan?

"Even the One-Tailed Beast has disappeared. What are you good for?"

Obito Uchiha was furious. He had heard eight bad news reports in the past week. One after another, the eight tailed beasts disappeared. Before he could even investigate the tailed beasts that had disappeared before, new tailed beasts would go missing.

Now even the One-Tailed Beast, which was originally within the Land of Wind, has disappeared without a trace. What are we going to do?

"We are conducting a full investigation."

Black Zetsu's tone revealed a sense of anxiety, as if he was also worried about the sudden disappearance of the eight tailed beasts.

"Investigate it as soon as possible."

Obito Uchiha decided to personally seize the Tailed Beasts and then immediately begin the Eye of the Moon Plan. After several years of training, he had mastered the power of Sage Mode and could maintain it for a long time.

Currently, he is trying to fuse Sage Mode and Tailed Beast Chakra Mode. Once he fuses the two modes, his strength will undergo a qualitative transformation.

No matter who captured the eight tailed beasts, he would take them back and create a world with Rin.

Black Zetsu didn't say anything, his figure disappearing into the ground as he controlled White Zetsu to search.

Even though it's acting, you have to go through the whole thing.

At the same time, the Sage of Six Paths also sensed that the Tailed Beasts had been captured, and with the help of the Tailed Beasts' senses, he saw who had captured them.

They weren't worried about this, because it had been their prey for a long time, only it had arrived a little earlier than expected.

His original plan was to first obtain his mother's power to help them break through, and then lure his mother's people to come down and hunt them down one by one, seizing their power as resources for his own evolution and improvement.

The Otsutsuki clan relied on plundering living worlds to improve and evolve themselves, while they wanted to improve and evolve themselves by hunting down members of the Otsutsuki clan, which would undoubtedly be more efficient.

Although it was unexpected, they were very confident in their own accumulated experience.

Tamura Hao, who was still cultivating, didn't care about any of this and couldn't spare any attention for it, because he was currently fusing the power of time into the Gold Release and Light Release.

If the fusion is successful, the speed of the light escape will surpass the speed of light, and even surpass time. Relying on the light escape, time can be reversed to a certain extent.

The fusion of the Metal Escape technique with the power of time tends to solidify, fixing one's own time and preventing it from being affected by external time.

If another timeline collapse were to occur, they would be able to withstand it on their own.

As for the Dharma bodies and tailed beast powers, he has already handed them over to his adopted son, Black Zetsu, as those powers are no longer of any use to him at this stage.

The main problem is that the limits of those powers are restricted. He only pushed the tailed beast's bloodline limit to the level of Bloodline Limit Mastery, and could not further integrate the power of space and time.

The limits of Susanoo are also limited, just as the Creation Lotus cannot bear the power of space and time.

However, he also gained something from the Creation Lotus, transforming his life force once. The transformed life force gave him some ideas.

With Kaguya protecting him from the outside using her Time Eye Technique, Tamura Hao sat cross-legged, simultaneously channeling the time power of the two bloodline fusions into his body, thereby creating a confrontation within him and alleviating the pressure to some extent.

The fusion of time power is many times more difficult than the fusion of space power. Tamura Hao's own time and the time around him are very unstable. His body will disappear or overlap from time to time, which means that his own timeline has changed.

If Princess Kaguya hadn't used her Time-Traveling Eye Technique to freeze it in place, it would probably have been transported to some unknown point in time by the power of time, or more likely, it would have collapsed.

Princess Kaguya planted her Fusang Divine Tree directly into the sun, absorbing solar energy to provide chakra to sustain her dojutsu to the maximum extent. Even though such overloaded operation would cause irreversible damage to the Fusang Divine Tree, she couldn't care less about that now.

Even Black Zetsu incorporated the Creation Lotus into the Fusang Divine Tree to enhance it and extend its operating time.

Time passed quickly, and after an unknown period of time, the Creation Lotus and the Fusang Divine Tree could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed, burned to ashes by the sun.

Even without the chakra supplied by the Fusang Divine Tree, Princess Kaguya did not stop maintaining her Time-Traveling Eye Technique, but instead began to deplete her own reserves.

She will never fall before Hao completes his fusion and transformation.

However, at that moment, Princess Kaguya's consciousness was suddenly affected by something, causing her eye technique to be interrupted.

Although it only lasted for a moment, it caused Tamura Hiroshi's body to lose its anchor point in time and disappear instantly.

When Princess Kaguya activated her Time Eye Technique again, she could no longer sense it.

"No way!"

With her third eye wide open to its limit, Princess Kaguya refused to believe the result and unleashed her full eye technique to search for that figure.

Unfortunately, no matter how much she activated her pupil technique, she still couldn't find that figure within the range of time she could see.

After trying for more than ten minutes without finding it, Princess Kaguya went crazy.

"You deserve to die!"

After trying again without success, Kaguya's killing intent surged. She flashed to the moon and grabbed her two sons.

"Mother?"

The Sage of Six Paths, who was refining his mother's power, was stunned when he saw the figure that suddenly appeared. How come there was a mother?

On the other side, Otsutsuki Hamura, who was protecting his brother, was also very surprised. He didn't understand where this mother came from, and her chakra and eye power were too terrifying.

And its eyes...

"You all deserve to die!"

With murderous intent raging, Kaguya Otsutsuki crushed the bodies and souls of the two, shattering and devouring their consciousness.

The reason she was affected just now was because those two rebellious sons broke the seal, grabbed the part of her sealed soul consciousness, and resonated with it, thus affecting her momentarily.

I had done a lot of calculations before, but I really hadn't considered this point.

Those two deserve to die!

"Kaguya!"

Otsutsuki Isshiki, who had been shrinking and hiding in the shadows, saw that figure and his killing intent surged fiercely.

Back then, it was that despicable person who took advantage of my greatly depleted chakra to launch a sneak attack, severely injuring me, and even using part of my remaining body and soul as a sacrifice for the Ten-Tails' transformation. He was truly hateful.

"You should die too!"

Princess Kaguya sensed the presence of Isshiki Otsutsuki, teleported over, grabbed him, and prepared to devour him as well.

Although she was filled with resentment, she knew that Hao could still be saved. That was by further developing her Rinnegan, which would allow her to travel through time and return to the past.

The best nourishment is the body of Otsutsuki Isshiki and his hidden body, Otsutsuki Shibakai, especially that of Otsutsuki Shibakai.

The crippled Otsutsuki Isshiki was no match for Kaguya-hime. His body and soul shattered instantly and were then devoured, including his unique black eye. Kaguya-hime obtained the space inside the black eye, but she did not find Otsutsuki Shibakai's body.

At that moment, time reversed, and Otsutsuki Isshiki's body was restored. Immediately afterward, his black eye shone brightly with golden light, and golden chakra flowed through Isshiki's entire body in the blink of an eye, causing his body to rapidly transform into the form of Otsutsuki Shibakai.

However, this time it wasn't guided by Isshiki Otsutsuki, but rather the power of Shiba Inu Otsutsuki was actively revived.

"Have any members of our tribe also embarked on the path of time?"

Opening his three eyes, Ōtsutsuki Shibai stared at Kaguya-hime opposite him, his gaze focusing on the Rinnegan between her eyebrows, sensing the power of time within it.

He sensed that the Rinnegan had just revived because it would be the perfect vessel for his resurrection. He had waited countless years and finally found such a body.

Feeling the oppressive power of that eye, Princess Kaguya was unwilling and wondered if she could stall for time.

She could tell that this was not a perfect resurrection of Otsutsuki Shibai; it should be similar to the state of power that was activated in his previous life, and it wouldn't last long.

Victory can be achieved as long as one can hold out until the opponent reaches their limit, but this person is simply too strong, and the power of the perfect Rinnegan far exceeds one's own imagination.

"I will leave your wedge behind. You, who have embarked on the path of time, are worthy to be my woman and to bear perfect offspring for me."

Otsutsuki Shibai spoke indifferently, while raising his hand to grab something.

Princess Kaguya tried to dodge, but found that the space and time around her were completely frozen. That spacetime power was far stronger than her own. Even though she also had time power, she could only maintain her consciousness from being frozen. She could only watch helplessly as Otsutsuki Shibakai's hand reached out to grab her.

Otsutsuki Shibai was far more powerful than she had imagined, far beyond her ability to contend with, especially in the use of spacetime power.

But before the hand could land on Kaguya's head, a flash of light appeared, the arm was severed, and the frozen spacetime was cut open, from which a majestic figure emerged.

"Hao!"

Upon seeing that figure, Princess Kaguya burst into tears of joy. Her Hao had returned, he had returned!

"Go and guard the area below."

He spoke softly, his gaze fixed on Otsutsuki Shibai across from him, and tossed the severed arm to Kaguya-hime, urging her to devour it as soon as possible.

It can carry the power of the Otsutsuki Shibakai, and even their genetic blueprints, making it the best resource to further enhance Kaguya-hime's abilities.

"Not a member of our tribe."

Otsutsuki Shibaju was also looking at the young man opposite him, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became.

Although the other party possesses chakra, they do not have their bloodline, meaning they are not Otsutsuki.

It's truly incredible that someone who isn't an Otsutsuki could gain the power of space and time.

"Your body is more perfect than his, and you are more suitable to be my vessel."

A burning desire, even greed, welled up within him; he was determined to obtain this body.

"Come and take it if you dare!"

Tamura Hao sneered, holding the latest version of the Greatsword Seikai in his hand. It was a brand-new weapon that combined the Masamune sword and the Heaven-Opening Axe. It was still a sword, but it was much wider and heavier.

"This body is too weak; we need to end the battle as soon as possible."

Suddenly, he frowned and looked at himself. Then, Otsutsuki Shibakai regenerated his right arm and condensed it into a long, black staff.

He realized that his opponent also possessed the power of spacetime, and it was unlikely that he could suppress him with the power of spacetime. He could only fight with pure strength.

Although it would be very inelegant, this kind of opponent is worth being inelegant about once.

With a thought, two figures stepped out of time, revealing themselves to be their future selves.

His current vessel can last for three minutes, and he will summon himself to fight for the next two minutes, which will be enough to suppress that youth.

Without delay, the three of them stood in three different directions, forming a triangle to surround and kill Tamura Hao in the middle.

However, Tamura Hao was by no means weak. He swung his sword and cleaved through space and time, and two figures emerged, who were also his future selves.

He had just been observing Otsutsuki Shibaitaka's use of spacetime power. He also controlled spacetime power and could clearly sense how the other party used it. With the help of his cheat ability to enhance his comprehension, he managed to steal this move.

This move puzzled Shiba Inu, but he could only continue to surround and kill Shiba Inu, looking for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Of course, before unleashing a decisive blow, you must first probe the opponent's capabilities.

With this thought in mind, he used the power of space and time to assist in his powerful attack with his stick, but all of them were neutralized by Tamura Hao, who secretly learned from him.

He doesn't have many methods for using spacetime power, especially in terms of time, mainly relying on Princess Kaguya's three eye techniques and the priestess's precognitive abilities.

Now that I have such a master of spacetime powers teaching me, I naturally have to study hard.

Of course, he was also looking for an opportunity to deliver a decisive blow to his opponent, and even prepared a backup plan.

Kaguya, who has returned to the ninja world, is focusing all her efforts on refining that arm, hoping to improve herself as soon as possible so that she can help Hao in that kind of battle.

Black Zetsu merged into the Fusang Divine Tree, guiding all chakra to erupt and strengthen the barrier's defense.

The battles of that kind were terrifying; the aftershocks alone were enough to tear apart space and time. Celestial bodies were pitifully fragile in the face of such power.

The moon has now been shattered into pieces by the aftershocks of their battle.

Although the two mainly engage in physical combat, the additional spacetime power they possess is extremely terrifying; the spatial ripples they generate can decompose and shatter all matter.

The power of time is even more terrifying; it's only because there are no living beings on the moon now that the divine power of time can be demonstrated.

That's enough to make someone instantly young again, or instantly die of old age.

The battle continued, and Otsutsuki Shibai realized how difficult this young man was to deal with. He tried hundreds of times, but still could not find a way to deliver a fatal blow.

"This is your hometown, where your family is, right?"

Turning his gaze to the planet protected by the barrier, Otsutsuki Shibai conjured a spatial vortex and hurled it over, containing chakra capable of disintegrating everything, including the soul and consciousness.

Preparing to destroy that planet, annihilate one's homeland, and kill one's loved ones should cause a ripple in the other's mind.

That's where the flaw lies!

The spatial vortex rapidly expanded, distorting the space around the entire planet and causing it to shatter.

The defensive barrier formed by the Fusang Divine Tree was instantly shredded like a piece of paper in the face of this power. Then, the continental plates collapsed, lava erupted, and all sorts of world-ending natural disasters unfolded one after another.

Tamura Hiroshi's emotions did indeed fluctuate for a moment, but he quickly calmed down, though Otsutsuki Shibai still managed to catch him.

"Time and Space Imprisonment!"

The moment the power of spacetime was affected by fluctuations in his mental state, the golden Rinnegan between his brows unleashed its full power, forcibly imprisoning the surrounding spacetime.

Even its own body was forcibly squeezed and collapsed, and even the Byakugan, Konogan, and Rinnegan disintegrated and turned into the power to imprison time and space, which was more powerful than the power used to imprison Kaguya.

Even with Tamura Hao's mastery of time and space, it was difficult to resist. Time and space were imprisoned, and the two figures from different time and space were sent back to their original time and space by the power of time.

At the same time, a black wedge appeared between Tamura Hao's eyebrows, spreading out lines and eroding Tamura Hao's soul.

That was the wedge formed by Otsutsuki Shibaki sacrificing everything, containing all his power and secrets, even his soul and consciousness.

However, when his soul consciousness appeared in Tamura Hao's mental space, he was stunned. Tamura Hao's soul was smiling at him, and this mental space was not affected by his spacetime confinement.

This made him realize that something was wrong.

Before he could figure out what was going on, a piece of broken jade suddenly appeared above his head. As the power of destiny was consumed, it emitted rays of mysterious light, rapidly disintegrating Otsutsuki Shibai's soul and erasing his will imprint at lightning speed.

That was Tamura Hiroshi's golden finger, a power that surpassed all known strength, and his ultimate trump card.

"you……"

Shiba Inu was both shocked and furious, and in the end, he only had time to send a ripple message into the depths of the universe using his spacetime powers.

He will die, but this person won't get away with it either.

That wasn't the end of it. With his last bit of consciousness, Ōtsutsuki Shibai broke his own seal, preventing that person from obtaining his power.

Even Tamura Hiroshi couldn't stop the opponent's desperate counterattack in this regard, and could only watch with a frown.

After the golden finger shattered the jade fragments and completely destroyed his soul, consciousness, and will, Tamura Hao regained control of his body.

Looking up, they found that the Ninja World Planet had been shattered, with only Kaguya and Black Zetsu surviving, but they were in a state of near-collapse, and even the Origin Planet space had been torn apart.

Otsutsuki Shibai was far more powerful than her in terms of spacetime manipulation, so she was completely unable to save people, and even the souls and consciousness of everyone were destroyed.

"He must have been sending a message to the higher-ups in the tribe that we need to leave here as soon as possible."

Princess Kaguya, now only half her body remaining, flew over, urging us to leave as soon as possible.

Although Otsutsuki Shibai is powerful, he is still just an individual. There are many similar beings in the Otsutsuki clan. If such a being were to descend, it would be disastrous.

We have to get out of here right now!

No, I want to stay.

Looking at the shredded remains of the planet, Tamura Hiroshi decided to stay.

He owes his success to the help of his cheat system, which requires the power of destiny to activate. Without the power of destiny, the cheat system would be useless, and he would have almost no chance to continue improving.

Currently, the power of destiny can only be obtained on the Ninja World Planet, and he wants to try again.

They gathered the power of destiny to become stronger before the arrival of the powerful members of the Otsutsuki clan.

In addition, he was also worried that the powerful Otsutsuki who descended could also travel back in time, so that even if he ran away, they could still target his past self.

He can handle it, but Princess Kaguya might not, not to mention his wife and children are here.

As a man, he couldn't back down! (End of Chapter)