Senjutsu Chakra

A single Vacuum Blade could hurt the Raikage. What about countless Vacuum Blades?

Vacuum: Infinite Sword was a technique Guo Wang had created with that very idea.

"Oh, the Natural Energy is actually beginning to run wild. That gloomy old man's technique is already taking shape as a Sage Art."

At the rear of the battlefield, Jiraiya sat on a rock, having barely regained the ability to move with help from the medical ninja. He watched the entire battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure. Even before Vacuum Infinite Sword was unleashed, he had sensed a slight disturbance in the Natural Energy between heaven and earth. After the technique activated, even those who had never practiced Senjutsu could feel the oppressive, frenzied aura in the air.

He didn't know that, as a cultivator from the Dao Realm, even a Qi Refiner who had only just begun cultivating immortality could sense Natural Energy and was adept at refining and using it.

It was simply that in the Dao Realm, Natural Energy was called Earth Spiritual Qi.

During the early days after Guo Wang had been reborn, he had wanted to use the Dao Realm's cultivation methods to cultivate magical power.

But the Earth Spiritual Qi in this world seemed to have a special code. The cultivation methods from another world couldn't refine it, so he had no choice but to focus on Chakra, the most widespread power in this world, and use that system to tap into the seemingly boundless Natural Energy between heaven and earth.

As for the inspiration, it had come from Orochimaru. One of his research projects explored using Natural Energy to awaken the body's latent Kekkei Genkai without practicing Sage Mode or possessing a Sage Body.

Because he had recently devoted himself entirely to developing Living Corpse Reincarnation, the project had been relegated to fourth priority. Guo Wang had happened to see it during a visit to Orochimaru's laboratory, and that had become the catalyst for creating this technique.

Vacuum: Infinite Sword was a pseudo-Sage Art formed by using powerful Mental Energy to subdue Natural Energy with Chakra.

As one of Konoha's top leaders, Danzo had read the unabridged Scroll of Seals. It even recorded the Sage Mode that the First had written about himself.

To create complete Senjutsu Chakra, one had to combine Physical Energy, Mental Energy, and Natural Energy within the body and bring them into perfect balance. Then, by refining and fusing them in a special way, one could activate Sage Mode and use Sage Arts, which surpassed Ninjutsu.

For Guo Wang, who had absorbed Earth Spiritual Qi his entire life, balancing the three energies was as easy as drinking water. The hard part was the method for refining Senjutsu Chakra, which was said to be passed down only by the Three Great Sage Regions.

With the war pressing, Guo Wang had no time to go looking for trouble with the Three Sage Regions. Instead, he used a simple trick to skip refining Senjutsu Chakra and complete Vacuum: Infinite Sword.

Using his powerful Mental Energy, he drew out Physical Energy and mixed it with Natural Energy outside his body. Then, he used Goji Chongshi to activate the balanced Chakra formed by combining the three energies, unleashing the Shinobi World's first S-rank Ninjutsu that could wield Natural Energy without entering Sage Mode.

"Kagami, your eyes protected Konoha well."

As Infinite Sword activated, the thought flashed through Guo Wang's mind. It seemed Danzo's traces had not yet completely vanished from this body.

Though he had only tested the pseudo-Sage Art refined with the Mangekyō Sharingan once, its immense power convinced Guo Wang that it was the most powerful Wind Release in the history of the Shinobi World.

One after another, pale blue sword beams radiated from Guo Wang's right eye, forming a perfect circle that filled the air and stilled the atmosphere.

To those on the battlefield, it looked as if dozens of enormous Vacuum Blades had enclosed Danzo and the Raikage, creating a blue-white domain.

Several Kunai and Shuriken were thrown into it, but the hard black-iron ninja tools didn't last even a breath. The frenzied, razor-sharp Chakra filling the domain shattered them into scraps of metal that scattered across the ground.

"Well? What do you think of this Wind Release?"

Though Guo Wang had forced Vacuum: Infinite Sword into being with the Mangekyō in his right eye, it still had all sorts of flaws. Its completion was only around fifty percent. Still, he couldn't resist showing off to his enemy, his tone flippant.

"Not bad Chakra, and the range is wide enough. But the setup was the key. You restricted my movements step by step until I was right in front of you."

The Raikage had broken free of Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka's control, but had withdrawn the One-Finger Nukite he'd pressed against Danzo's forehead. He studied the twenty-three enormous blue sword blades surrounding the two of them with keen interest.

Feeling the tremors in his bones and the hairs standing on end across his dark skin, A recalled the day he had fought Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

It was almost the same sensation of impending death.

"The Shinobi World calls my body the Strongest Shield, but I've never tested just how strong that shield is. Looks like I can finally give my body a thorough workout today."

With a series of cracking sounds, the Raikage rolled his neck. Dark lightning began to course over him, converting every other attribute of his Chakra Mode into "hardness."

"Oh, you know you can't escape this technique, so you're preparing to take it head-on? Your battle instincts are still as sharp as ever."

Guo Wang watched the Third A drive his Lightning Release Armor to an unprecedented state. He slowly raised his right hand and spread his fingers. The twenty-three ten-meter-long Vacuum Blades turned with them, all their sharp edges aimed at the Raikage.

"That Fuinjutsu mark isn't just for show, is it? To deal with me, you first have to restrict my speed. I assume that once the mark's on me, these enormous Vacuum Blades will keep chasing me and cutting me down. Rather than waste time dodging, I might as well see whether your so-called hatred can shake my body."

The Raikage pointed to the "Infinite" Mark Namikaze Minato had placed on his waist at the cost of a serious injury. His face was full of defiance.

"With an opponent like you, I really don't want to kill you all at once. I want to break both your arms and legs, so you can taste what it's like to have your wounds ache every time it rains, as mine have all these years."

Guo Wang had barely finished speaking when the Raikage's One-Finger Nukite slammed into his head.

But Danzo's body had already turned into a blur.

Using the "Sword of Shinobi Love" he had placed before the battle began, Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to pull Guo Wang out of the Vacuum: Infinite Sword domain.

Then Guo Wang clenched his spread fingers into a fist.

The "Infinite" Mark on the Raikage's waist suddenly burst open, triggering the technique's full formation.

The twenty-three enormous Vacuum Blades trembled slightly. Then, an endless barrage of razor-sharp Wind Release needles and blades, concentrated to the utmost, swept toward the Raikage.

A blue beam of light nearly a thousand meters in diameter appeared out of nowhere. It swept across the land, annihilating any matter, life, or form that entered the domain.

"Dad!!!"

The Fourth Raikage took a Fire Release attack from Shisui head-on and tried to charge over.