Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"Did you really think I stopped to become a sitting duck?"

Tamura Hao sneered inwardly. He was flying high in the sky just to attract the attention of the three of them. When he dropped the pineapple bomb, he also sent the chakra core made from Mito Uzumaki's corpse underground.

He then used chakra threads to control and activate the Adamantine Sealing Barrier, slowly traversing underground before finally capturing the two.

Unfortunately, his chakra level is not high enough at this stage. Even if he unleashes the chakra in the Yin Seal, he can only activate two Vajra Seals, which can only target two people. He cannot even completely suppress the tailed beast jinchūriki.

He hadn't expected Iwagakure to send a Jinchuriki, a Tailed Beast, to participate in the battle; that was quite a move.

"It's the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Technique; there are Uzumaki clan ninjas underground."

Feeling his own and the Four-Tails' chakra being suppressed, Zi Xinshen was greatly shocked and recognized that this was the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Technique, which could suppress even tailed beasts.

"underground!"

Explosion Release: Hunter looked down at the ground beneath his feet, decisively raised his hand to form hand seals, preparing to unleash a massive explosion to kill the Uzumaki ninja hiding below.

Before he could even make a move, ten tiny, sharp blades suddenly flew towards him. In desperation, he immediately stopped forming hand seals and used the Instantaneous Movement Technique to dodge.

Unfortunately, my skin was still cut by two sharp blades, followed by the spread of numbness.

"Magnetic escape?"

Immediately use a kunai to cut off the skin and flesh of the injured area. Explosion Release Hunter was surprised and doubtful. Only the Magnet Release of Sunagakure could do this kind of remote control.

Have the Sand Village and the Hidden Mist Village joined forces?

"How long can you hide?"

Tamura Hao continued to control the finger blades to launch attacks, while Explosion Release Hunter skillfully dodged. Although he was quickly cut in several places, he immediately cut them off with kunai to prevent the toxins from spreading.

Soon, more than a dozen wounds appeared on Explosion Release Hunter's body, but he smiled.

"burst!"

He raised his hand and formed a hand seal to control the blood on the finger blades to explode. Instantly, all ten finger blades were shattered, and the Magnet Release chakra on them was scattered, making them difficult to control.

"As expected of a bloodline limit."

Tamura Hiroshi was taken aback, then sighed.

Although the art of explosions in Explosion Release Hunter is not as good as Deidara's in the future, it is quite powerful in close combat, representing two directions of development for Explosion Release.

"Your Magnet Release is far inferior to that of the two Kage of Sunagakure. Without those sharp blades, can you even use it?"

Explosion Hunter grinned maliciously. He had deliberately allowed those finger blades to cut him so that he could get his blood on them and use it as a medium to unleash his Explosion Release and shatter.

As a Kage-level powerhouse, he had a wealth of combat experience. In a brief encounter, he could tell that the opponent's Magnet Release tended to be more flexible and maneuverable, unlike the large-scale ninjutsu of the two Kage of Sunagakure.

It relies on those sharp blades; without them, its magnetic release power is essentially useless.

"My Magnet Release power is indeed no match for those two, so I've prepared a lot of weapons. Go ahead and explode them, let's see how many you can shatter."

Tamura Hao nodded in agreement, then unfurled a sealed scroll. Instantly, hundreds of longswords of various shapes flew out and, under the control of Magnet Release, spun rapidly around Tamura Hao, forming a large circle.

As the rotation speed increases, the kinetic energy carried on it also increases.

"Damn it!"

Upon seeing this, Explosion Release Hunter's expression changed slightly, and he immediately formed hand seals to cast Hardening Technique on himself.

He wasn't known for his speed, but he couldn't dodge so many blades, not to mention there were two teammates with him. If he retreated, those blades might shoot towards Zi and the others.

The next moment, the accelerated longswords flew out and shot towards the steel warrior whose chakra was suppressed and stagnant, making it impossible for him to maintain his steely state.

Explosion Release Hunter quickly leaped over, using his hardened body to punch the incoming sword blades, bombarding them with the power of Explosion Release.

"Boom boom boom..."

With each punch, the blades were shattered, and the fragments flew everywhere, but none of them could scratch the hardened body of the Explosion Release Hunter. Instead, the Iron Warrior protecting him from behind was cut in many places, and the toxins on the blades instantly entered the blood circulation system and slowly circulated throughout the body.

The powerful paralyzing toxin swept through his entire body, causing the Iron Man, who had been trying to break free of the Vajra Lock, to collapse to his knees.

"hateful!"

The steel warrior was filled with resentment, but he still couldn't stop the spread of the toxin.

While bombarding the flying swords, Explosive Hunter pondered a way to break the deadlock.

The previous Tailed Beast Ball explosion was too powerful, clearing out an area of ​​hundreds of meters. Their people were hundreds of meters away and could not come to their aid in time.

Not to mention that the enemy also has ninjas attacking, especially those that fly in the sky, making it even more difficult for their own people to come and provide support.

Most importantly, during the Tailed Beast Ball explosion, he not only used the Hardening Technique to strengthen his body and withstand the attack, but also unleashed a massive explosion to counter the Tailed Beast Ball's blast and reduce the impact on their side.

He's not in good shape; his chakra is extremely depleted, and continuing the fight would be very disadvantageous for him.

"not good!"

Just as he was pondering this, he suddenly realized something was wrong. One of the flying swords had not been shattered by his explosive technique, and its strength far exceeded that of the other flying swords.

"laugh!"

Before he could react, the black flying sword sliced ​​through his right fist, pierced his chest and abdomen, and sent his entire body flying backward, piercing right through the kneeling steel warrior behind him.

That wasn't the end of it; the sword was rapidly consuming the blood in his body.

In just a second or two, half of their blood had been consumed, leaving their bodies completely weak and sore.

The Adamantine Lock that was wrapped around the Iron Man also bound the Explosion Release: Hunting, sealing the chakra within his body and completely depriving him of the ability to resist.

"Damn it!"

Both of them were extremely unwilling to accept defeat; they had actually lost like this.

"hunting!"

Seeing the two being pierced, Zi on the other side was extremely angry. She forcefully unleashed the power of her four tails, and the fourth tail that had been suppressed before regenerated, which even loosened the Vajra Seal binding her body.

But the next moment, Tamura Hao swooped down, quickly forming hand seals and channeling nearly half of the chakra from the Yin Seal to strike Zi's abdomen with a palm.

"seal up!"

The complex sealing array spread rapidly across Zi's body, resonating and merging with the Vajra Lock to form an even more powerful sealing force.

While the power of the Tailed Beasts is immense, it is not invincible. In the current ninja world, there are three powers that can counter them: the Sharingan, Wood Release, and sealing techniques, especially the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan.

Tamura Hao happens to possess the Whirlpool Sealing Technique. Although he can't use many of them at the moment, he can still suppress a half-tailed beast Jinchuriki by combining it with the Adamantine Sealing Technique.

As expected, under the combined effect of sealing techniques and the Adamantine Sealing Technique, the tailed beast chakra on Zi's body was forcibly suppressed, and the number of tails behind him also decreased rapidly.

Just then, Zi's body suddenly swelled up.

"Tailed Beast Bomb?"

Thinking of the move Naruto would use against Orochimaru in the future, his expression changed slightly. He leaped back and, realizing he was being locked on, decisively took out a round shield ninja tool.

"The Blazing Sky Covers Seven Rings!"

Seven purple petals unfolded from the shield, quickly creating seven layers of chakra barriers in front of it.

That's right, he copied the Sevenfold Ring of the Heavenly Sky from the neighboring Fate series, borrowing inspiration from that form.

Based on the chakra protection barrier technology of the Snow Country's chakra armor, combined with the ninja tool manufacturing technology of the Takumi Village, and some sealing barrier techniques, and finally using the meteorite from the Hoshi Village as the energy conversion core, this shield was formed.

At the same time, the power of the Tailed Beast Ball that Zi had been gathering and unleashing within her body also reached its limit, instantly shooting out a beam of light from her mouth.

This is an extended application of the Tailed Beast Ball. It consumes less energy and its power is more concentrated, making it most suitable for use in the present era where chakra is quickly sealed.

The Tailed Beast Cannon's beam of light struck the counterfeit Seven-Layered Heavenly Covering Ring. The first layer of energy shield shattered instantly, the second only held for a moment, then the third, the fourth, and so on, until the fifth energy shield was finally broken before the Tailed Beast Cannon's power was exhausted.

"It's still not perfect enough."

Looking at the two remaining energy shields and their corresponding petals, Tamura Hao understood that this ninja tool still needed further upgrades.

Keep in mind that this is just a small Tailed Beast Ball; if it were to encounter a fully-formed Tailed Beast Ball, it would instantly disintegrate.

While thinking about these things, his hands moved quickly, and the Chi You swords that were stuck in the bodies of Explosive Hunter and Steel Warrior flew out and shot towards Zi.

At this moment, Zi Jie used the Tailed Beast Ball to forcefully break through the Adamantine Seal, and then squeezed out by taking advantage of the sudden contraction of her body after the explosion.

However, the explosion had left him feeling quite unwell, and with the continued effects of Tamura Hao's sealing technique, all the tailed beast chakra in his body had been retracted.

In addition, the side effects of the Tailed Beast Bomb had slowed down Zi's reaction time considerably. Although she used her Body Flicker Technique to dodge immediately, she was still a beat too slow.

The sword blade flew past, and two legs flew up, instantly drawing out a large amount of blood.

This Chi You sword was reforged by Tamura Hao using the core of the decapitation sword. It incorporates the latest technology from the Takumi Ninja Village, some sealing techniques, and many precious materials, making the sword stronger and enhancing its life-stealing effect.

After just one contact, more than half of the blood in Zi's body was drawn out from her severed leg, and her face turned quite pale.

Without delay, he landed and used Earth Release ninjutsu to quickly disappear underground and escape.

If he doesn't run now, he'll really die. His life no longer belongs to himself, but to the village. He absolutely cannot die here.

He absolutely cannot be captured by Kirigakure, otherwise the village will have to pay a huge price to ransom him.

The village has already endured too much pressure from the war; we can't afford to cause any more trouble.

As for our compatriots here, they can only pray for their own good fortune.

"Decisive enough."

Sensing that Yukari's chakra had already penetrated dozens of meters underground and was quickly leaving, Tamura Hao knew that he could not pursue her.

There's nothing I can do; it's my own fault for not knowing Earth Release ninjutsu.

However, this harvest is already enough.

"All Iwa ninja, listen to my command: retreat! Retreat back to the village at all costs!"

At this moment, Bakuten Hunter, whose blood had been drained by more than half, suddenly shouted.

They had already lost this battle. Their strongest fighters had been defeated by the enemy, and even Yukari, the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts, had lost both of her legs. The two of them were also half-crippled and could no longer fight.

Now, we should spare as many as possible to escape; we can't let them all be slaughtered here pointlessly.

The demolition squad ninjas who were advancing in this direction were filled with anger and resentment, but when they saw the armored man who had defeated the three adults turn around to look at them, they immediately retreated and shouted.

"retreat!"

Instead of chasing after those people, Tamura Hiroshi came to Mizuki Shizuka's side.

This person is almost gone, so we need to get started as soon as possible while they're still fresh in our minds.

Using the chakra released by the Yin Seal to enhance the Sharingan chakra core, he cast a genjutsu to forcibly read Mizuki Shizuka's memories, mainly fragments of memories related to her Ice Release training.

Mizuki Shimo, already suffering from severe chakra depletion and on the verge of death, was unable to resist and had her memories quickly read.

Tamura then had him euthanized and sealed his body inside a sealed scroll.

A sealing scroll can seal many things, but it cannot seal living things; you have to kill them first and then seal them.

After dealing with Mizuki Shimo, Tamura Hao walked up to the two, Explosion Release: Hunting and the others. He also used his Sharingan to enhance his genjutsu and read their memories, including training fragments and various secrets about Iwagakure.

Both of them were in very bad condition, and their chakra was completely sealed, so they were unable to resist the genjutsu enhanced by the Sharingan's power. Not to mention that Tamura Hao had also unleashed the massive chakra supply from the Yin Seal, pushing the power of his three-tomoe Sharingan to its limit.

After reading their memories, Tamura Hao also euthanized them, sealing them inside a sealed scroll to await further processing.

Purple's two legs were also sealed away, and Tamura Hao valued these two legs very much.

After all, Zi possesses the Lava Release bloodline limit, and with the support of the Four-Tails' power, she has developed it to an extremely high level, obtaining the Lava Release Chakra Mode.

The opponent used this pattern before on the battlefield in the Land of Grass, as recorded in intelligence, proving that they had developed the Lava Release bloodline limit to the extreme, making them excellent material.

Once all this was done, the chakra stored in the Yin Seal was exhausted.

This is his greatest source of confidence for this battle; he can forcibly boost his combat power by unleashing the chakra from the Yin Seal.

Whether it's the Magnet Release burst on the Third Kazekage's chakra core, the sealing technique, or the burst on Mito Uzumaki's chakra core, it can greatly enhance his abilities, temporarily giving him Kage-level combat power.

In previous battles, he had been using his Sharingan and Byakugan chakra cores continuously, which allowed him to precisely control his flying swords and finger-blade attacks.

Now that the chakra in the Yin Seal is exhausted, it has naturally reverted to its original form.

However, we've fought enough for now. With the record of defeating three Kage-level powerhouses, those Iwa ninjas certainly wouldn't dare to come and die.

With the Iwa ninja taking the initiative to retreat, the battle ended even faster, finally concluding completely after leaving behind more than a thousand corpses.

The Mist Ninja did not pursue them excessively, after all, their Kage-level ninjas and Jonin had been mostly killed by the enemy's Tailed Beast Balls, and the Ringo Ninjas were also quite exhausted, not to mention they had to guard against the Cloud Ninjas.

Next came cleaning up the battlefield. The Ringo ninjas mainly focused on collecting the corpses of ninjas with bloodline limits.

Tamura Hao felt quite sorry about this. The elites of the three clans had been killed by that Tailed Beast Ball, and the remaining people were not very skilled, so they were not of much value.

However, there are some good materials from Iwagakure.

Of course, the corpses of the other Iwa ninjas were not wasted either; they were all collected and sealed away, ready to be taken back to feed the island turtles.

Not only is the flesh and blood of those summoned beasts highly nutritious, but the corpses of ninjas are also highly nutritious.

Humans can't eat them, but it doesn't matter if they're island turtles or ninja hawks.

After his clansmen finished cleaning up the battlefield, Tamura Hao glanced at the three clans' ninjas who were on guard, but had no intention of going over to make contact, and turned to leave.

He knew what the three clans of ninjas were thinking; they were simply worried that he would use this great victory to seize control of the ninja army here.

There are less than a thousand ninjas from the three clans in this ninja army; the rest are all commoner ninjas and ninjas from some small clans.

Now that all the elite forces of the three races have been wiped out, this is the weakest point on this side.

Furthermore, since the Ringo ninjas were sent to provide support under orders from the Third Mizukage, it's normal for the enemy to be on guard.

However, he had no interest in contacting the other party, mainly because the timing wasn't right.

Only after the Third Mizukage further suppressed it and wore down its arrogance could it be subdued.

Most importantly, his own strength is not enough; he needs to reach at least the Kage level.

Seeing the Ringo ninjas quickly retreat, the ninjas of the three clans breathed a sigh of relief, but then became worried again.

Although the battle was won, the losses were heavy, with the Jonin and the two adults all killed in action.

Although there are still strong members in the family, it will take some time for them to come over, and the Cloud Ninja on the side are still eyeing them covetously.

Most importantly, their camp was destroyed by the first Tailed Beast Ball, and they have no idea what to eat next.

Having lost their camp, they were unable to withstand the subsequent attack from the Cloud Ninja.

"retreat!"

The remaining few Jonin gathered together to discuss the matter and ultimately decided to retreat.

The situation is now clear: having lost their camp, supplies, and top-tier fighters, they are simply no match for the Cloud Ninja's attack.

Once the Cloud Ninja understand the situation, they will inevitably launch an attack. There is no point in staying; retreating first and preserving our strength is the most important thing.

They will launch a counterattack once their family sends strong reinforcements.

As for the Ringo family, they are currently unable to ascertain their stance, and the strength they have demonstrated is too for them to feel at ease.

After confirming the situation on the other side, the Cloud Ninja camp decisively dispatched troops to pursue them.

This was something they had planned long ago. After discovering that the Iwa ninja and Kirigakure ninja were fighting, they wanted to reap the benefits and at least drive them out of the area.

Although the process and the result were beyond their expectations, this did not affect their decision.

However, their priority was to pursue the fleeing Iwa ninja. Compared to the Kirigakure ninja, the Iwa ninja had a deeper grudge against them, as even their Third Hokage had been killed by the Iwa ninja. This grudge had to be avenged.

Moreover, the Iwa ninja were beaten even worse this time, making it easier for them to pursue and kill them.

Furthermore, there's the injured Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts; it would be perfect if we could capture him.

As for Kirigakure, the Ringo ninja mentioned in the intelligence report are a bit strange, making them wary.

This time, the opponent even killed the Explosion Release Hunter and Steel Warrior who had been giving them a lot of trouble, and they also had the ability to fly, so they were not easy to fight.

However, what neither side knew was that someone was quietly following behind them, happily collecting their corpses, especially those ninjas with bloodline limits, such as the Iwagakure Explosion Squad, which was composed of families with Explosion Release techniques, making them excellent materials.

"Where can you run to?"

Tamura Hiroshi, who was collecting the body, glanced in a certain direction, and a murderous intent surged in his heart.

He wasn't satisfied with just getting the other person's legs; he coveted the entire body, and it would be even better if he could get the tailed beast inside.

Moreover, killing him would also be a plot twist, inevitably yielding a wave of destiny's power. (End of Chapter)