Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

Yu's right arm was severed at the shoulder, and amidst the spray of blood, he staggered backward.

call out!

The Soul Style, like a ghost, moved behind him, and in his left palm, he held an extremely unstable black sphere, which he struck at Yu's heart... but passed right through it!

His penetrating power, which was lost in the battle with Yang Yan, has finally been restored!

Soul Style's gaze was deep and unfathomable: "The penetration of Divine Might is based on the principle of spatial displacement. The part of your body that was hit is in another space, so it has no effect... But in the instant my palm and body overlapped, I had already 'calculated' the spatial location of that part of the body..."

Whoosh! The black sphere disappeared, directly teleported to Yu's part of his body in the space-time using some special method by Soul Style!

Bang! !

Yu's chest caved in, and he flew out in a sorry state, falling into a pool of black blood!

The Soul-Style Staff approached, looking down at him and said, "What I just used was the power of the Tenseigan's 'Metsubou-Tsurugi,' which can nullify your regenerative abilities. Do you have any last words?"

"I want..." Yu's voice was somewhat muffled in the wind and snow.

"Huh?" Hun Shi, unhurriedly, supported himself with his scepter, knelt on one knee, touched his ear, and leaned closer to ask, "What do you want?"

A smug smile played on Yu's bloodied lips: "I will become the supreme god of the great nation!"

call out!

Amidst the powerful force field impact... Soul Style was thrown back!!

Yu, lying on her back, used her heels as a fulcrum... to stand up, and the large hole in her chest was repaired with a crystalline light.

"Hmm!?" Soul Style's pupils contracted slightly: "This chakra... it has never appeared even when we faced a full-scale attack that day!"

“Of course, as the strongest protector of this land, how can I let the enemy know my secrets so easily?” Feather’s head and shoulders slumped, and a deep voice came from the shadows on his face: “This is a mode that I have never used in actual combat since I awakened the Tenseigan… I’ll use it to test you, the supreme god of this great nation!”

—Six Paths Ten-Tails O Reincarnation Eye Chakra Mode!

Chapter 825 Reincarnation, Judgment by the Blazing Sun!

The battle was not only fierce in the Yu and Hun style battlefield; a frenzied battle was also unfolding on the vast territory of Jianzhou!

Zatoichi vs. Otsutsuki Risshiki!

The two swordsmen pushed their chakra to its limit, expressing their understanding of the 'sword'!

The clash of sword intents created a realm that only the two of them could enter!

During this time, the two clashed swords no less than a hundred times!

Zatoichi's ever-present purple cloak was tattered and torn, and blood was flowing from his head, shoulders, chest, back, and even the hand that held the knife!

Yes, this man known as the God of Samurai was at a disadvantage in the decisive battle of the He Li Shi!

"Huff, huff, huff..." This was the first time Zatoichi's breathing had become disordered during a battle since his fight with Yu more than ten years ago!

*Buzz! Buzz!* The black sword in his hand trembled. Zatoichi lowered his head: "Is that your mournful cry?"

Li Shi arrived with his sword, completely unharmed!

Zatoichi raised his head, his eyes, cleaved by scars and revealing a slightly terrifying white, released a chilling killing intent!

—The Secret Technique of the World-Seeing Mind's Eye Black Knife Style: Sanzu River!

Zatoichi suddenly disappeared, followed by a powerful downward slash from above!

"..." Li Shi indifferently raised his sword, blocking the back of his neck!

clang!

The convective sword energy solidified into a black aura, and after exploding... the black slashing breath that spread forward pushed Li Shi away a hundred meters before its momentum was exhausted!

He crouched in a Li-style posture, wearing a snow-white swordsman's robe, with blood staining his left shoulder.

After getting up, Li Shi stood beside him with his sword: "Including the move just now, you have used your sword skills a total of eighteen times."

Zatoichi used his black sword to support himself on the ground, barely managing to stand: "But the only technique that will truly work for you is the last one."

Li Shi glanced around meaningfully and said, "Not necessarily... The trajectory of those eighteen sword intents you left in the void matches the number of times your sword skills were released. It's amazing that you could still set up such a backup plan in the midst of such a fierce battle."

Zatoichi frowned deeply: "Since you've seen through my plan, I'll make a fool of myself!"

He gripped the knife hilt tightly with his hand!

—The swallows return!

Every time Zatoichi uses a powerful sword technique, it leaves a trace of sword intent in the void. The Swallow Return is a technique that moves between any two traces and creates a powerful slash along the trajectory!

The 'Swallow Return' with its eighteen marks shuttles back and forth in pairs, unleashing five thousand eight hundred and thirty-two cyclical slashes in an instant!

Crack! The fierce sword pierced into the ground, and crimson sword energy burst forth from the ground, swirling to form a tornado of sword energy that countered the sword energy flow of Yan Fan!

clang clang clang!

After the curtain fell, Li Shi had nearly a hundred wounds on his body, but unfortunately, the wounds were too shallow!

Li Shi stood up and said, "Your swordsmanship is exquisite, but unfortunately... your cutting power is not strong enough. It is your mortal nature that limits your potential. If you were born on Takamagahara, you might become like that person!"

"That person..."

"You don't need to know any more." Li Shi coldly looked at the sword in his hand: "Do you know why this sword is named 'Heaven's Destructive Blade'?"

"I don't know."

"Because it was created to destroy the enemy's weapons!"

Li Shi, wielding swords with both hands, leaps forward and slashes!

Zatoichi stepped to his feet and parried with his sword!

clang!

Their figures intertwined, their postures frozen in time.

Click!Click!

Black Blade O Masterpiece Kanze Masamune, Collapse!

"..." Zatoichi, holding the broken sword, was momentarily lost in thought.

With his back to Zatoichi, Rishiki said with a wistful expression, "When I was young, I traveled to Ashihara Province incognito and fought against many self-proclaimed swordsmen. I only destroyed their weapons and did not take their lives. I also shattered more than one black sword that was inhabited by 'tsukumogami'. I have always hoped that one day, those defeated opponents would break through their own limits and come back to fight me. Unfortunately, I have not been able to realize this wish until now."

Zatoichi said, "The lifespan of a mortal is no more than a hundred years. Even if one reaches the pinnacle of skill, it cannot make up for the huge gap in foundation."

"Hmm?" Li Shi turned around: "Are you giving up on yourself, human swordsman?"

Zatoichi smiled and shook his head: "The gap between humans and gods is predetermined from birth. To bridge, or even surpass, this gap... one must know how to 'leverage' resources."

With a snap, his powerful hand slowly but firmly drew the 'new sword' from its sheath at his waist—a sword that had been on the scene for some time but had yet to be used!

hum!

A dazzling white light shone on Li Shi's face, and his pupils shrank sharply: "What kind of knife is that!"

As mentioned before, the use of swords by ninjas can be divided into several stages.

The first stage involves wrapping chakra around the surface of an object to enhance its power. Once the chakra is released, the object will revert to its original properties without any change. Most samurai and ninjas only reach this stage in their mastery of this technique!

The second stage involves infusing chakra into the object itself, fundamentally altering its properties. In the realm of swordsmen, this process is called 'sword forging'!

The creation of a famous sword is not merely a matter of quenching it after it is forged, but rather it is the result of years of 'forging' by a master swordsman, transforming it into a world-renowned blade!

The treasured swords sleeping in the Hall of Famous Swords in the Land of Iron, including the famous sword 'Kurosawa' belonging to the samurai leader Mifune, all originated from this... and the demon swords wielded by Naruto and Sasuke are essentially variations of this type of famous sword.

Faced with a god-like opponent, even a famous sword seems useless.

Only the black sword of Zatoichi, the god of samurai... still has the power to fight.

The black sword is a sword inhabited by a tsukumogami!

Tsukumogami are spirits or deities that are formed from objects left unattended for 100 years, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, accumulating resentment, or experiencing Buddhist nature and spiritual power... They possess unfathomable power!

But besides the accumulation of a century of history, there are also methods for artificially creating black knives.

This is the third stage of sword forging, surpassing the realm of forging swords with chakra... The samurai infuses his obsession and the power of his soul into the sword, and when forged to the ultimate, he can generate a tsukumogami, transforming it into a black sword!

The name "Black Knife O-Meibutsu Kanze Masamune" comes from this.

But it has just been destroyed by the Heavenly Blade of the Li Shi.

It is clear that although the Black Blade could fight against a god... it could never defeat a god.

Knowing this outcome all along, Zatoichi had been plotting all these years to forge a sword powerful enough to 'slay a god'!

However, the third stage of the sword-forging method involves using obsession and the soul. What else can surpass that?

He racked his brains, but couldn't figure it out; it seemed he had entered a dead end.

Finally, one day, Zatoichi attained enlightenment!

To defeat an invincible enemy, you must first accept your own insignificance and powerlessness!

Building on this foundation, leveraging external forces means utilizing and harnessing external resources to transform them into one's own power!

What power should we leverage? What could possibly inspire fear even in the heavens?

As times progressed and military power expanded, even the moon shed its mysterious veil and became a plaything of the strong.

But there is one thing that has endured to this day… and still retains its supreme sublimity and mystery!

Yes, an ancient being that resided in the outer stars long before the birth of all life, even before the birth of the gods in Takamagahara.

--sun!

chap!

The moment it was drawn, the sword's intent transformed into a bright blue sky, melting away the swirling snow and wind!

Ōtsutsuki Riki, his eyes bloodshot, asked, "How did you forge this sword, and how did you comprehend its essence?"

Zatoichi recalled, "A year ago, I had the honor of exploring the sun with the strongest person in our Mitsuki Country, Mr. Uchiha Yu the Shadow. Although we almost lost our lives when we were about halfway to the sun, it was that experience that helped me forge this 'God-Slaying Blade - Chasing the Sun'!"

"Chasing the sun, chasing the sun... God-slaying blade, hahahahahaha!" Li Shi laughed loudly, "Good, good! Then let me see... a god-slaying sword forged from a non-god's body!"

"Please excuse my poor appearance..."

Swish! Zatoichi swung his sword and brought it down.

—Radiant Blaze Slash: Blazing Sun Judgment!