Killing Machine on the Battlefield, Dance of the Clematis

Chapter Fifteen: Killing Machine on the Battlefield, Dance of the Clematis

Tobirama Senju nearly got struck by the bone spike that had suddenly lunged before him. His kunai lasted less than two clashes against the Dead Bone Pulse before being snapped apart by the bone.

He pulled back in alarm, staring at the drastic change in his opponent's appearance. It looked just like the demons from the tales passed down among commoners—ghastly white bones pierced out from within his body, exposed to become weapons for attack and armor against it.

And those scarlet eyes.

"How is this possible?! Aren't you from the Uchiha Clan? Other than the Sharingan, how could you possibly possess the Dead Bone Pulse?! This is simply impossible!"

As he looked at the bone demon before him, fear rose from the depths of his heart. He could not imagine why an Uchiha Clan member could possess the bloodline limit unique to the Kaguya Clan.

Tobirama Senju had forgotten that this was a battlefield. He retreated in terror. Though he would become one of the ninja world's foremost figures in the future, Tobirama Senju was only thirteen years old now and had yet to truly mature.

"Impossible? Want to know how I did it? Heh, but even if you ask, I might not tell you."

"So take your doubts with you and report directly to the Pure Land!"

"Dead Bone Pulse! Dance of the Clematis!"

Tilting his head aside, he reached to his left shoulder and pulled out a bone sword. With a cold laugh, he slashed directly at Tobirama Senju. At that moment, Uchiha Shangwu truly resembled a demon, exposed bones covering his entire body as he let out a crazed, savage laugh.

Dance of the Clematis.

The most basic move of the Kaguya Clan's Dead Bone Pulse bloodline limit. It allowed the user to draw bones from their body as blades and swords, attacking with footwork and fierce taijutsu.

"Shadow Clone!"

Tobirama Senju hurriedly formed hand seals and used a ninjutsu. His body split into five, fleeing in different directions.

The Shadow Clone was a special ninjutsu that created physical clones. Thus, Uchiha Shangwu, who only had a one-tomoe Sharingan, could not see through the physical Shadow Clones.

But now that he had revealed his ultimate trump card, there was no way he would let Tobirama Senju escape before his eyes.

"Think you can run?"

"Don't make me laugh! If I let you escape, what would be the point of revealing the Dead Bone Pulse?!"

"Dead Bone Pulse! Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!"

He raised his hand and spread his palm, separating all five fingers as he aimed at the five Tobirama Senjus fleeing in different directions. It did not matter which one was the real body; as long as one was hit, he could identify it.

Because Shadow Clones vanished the moment they were struck!

Whoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The attacks fired from his fingers struck four Tobirama Senjus in succession.

The ones hit all vanished. Only one Tobirama Senju was still fleeing, having used the Body Flicker Technique to evade the Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets.

"Shangwu, you really succeeded!?"

Just as he was about to give chase, someone appeared beside him. It was Izuna Uchiha.

Many people in the Uchiha Clan knew that Uchiha Shangwu had ordered his servant Ying to select commoners gathered by the clan. Most assumed he was training loyal subordinates for himself and paid it no mind.

But some also knew that besides training subordinates, Uchiha Shangwu was using commoners to conduct urgent human experiments.

Tobirama Senju had already fled far away. It was too late to pursue him now. Uchiha Shangwu sighed inwardly, lamenting that Tobirama Senju's life was not yet meant to end. He could only let this target go for the time being.

"Yes, but among experimental subjects capable of truly merging the bloodline limits of other ninja clans, only one in a hundred succeeds."

"Such bloodline-limit fusion experiments still need more time to be completed. Right now, I am the only successful case."

After saying that, Uchiha Shangwu shifted his target to others. Exploding with terrifying speed, he charged at those twelve- and thirteen-year-old Senju Clan ninja.

Not every Senju ninja was named Senju Hashirama or Tobirama Senju. Against these average Senju ninja, some of whom barely met the standards of Genin, Uchiha Shangwu could easily kill them with a single slash.

The demon clad in ghastly white bones became a killing weapon on the battlefield. His bone sword, harder than steel, cleaved into the Senju ninja, and not a single one could withstand it.

Izuna Uchiha looked at his younger cousin, whose strength was already not much inferior to his own and who even possessed two bloodline limits. A dark thought silently emerged from the depths of his heart. If...

His eyes turned cold as he looked around, expressionlessly harvesting the lives of Uzumaki Clan members. The battlefield did not contain only the Senju Clan; there were also Uzumaki ninja standing alongside them.

"Whatever Shangwu can do, I can do as well. The success rate is only one percent now? Then I'll become that successful one percent."

"I will merge a bloodline limit no weaker than the Dead Bone Pulse. You aren't the only one who can fight for the clan. So can I."

"I will become Big Brother's most capable support."

If Uchiha Shangwu had seen Izuna Uchiha's current expression, he would certainly have said it resembled someone named Shimura Danzō.

Having completely transformed into a killing weapon on the battlefield, he rampaged freely and harvested lives without restraint. The ghastly white bones covering his body were all stained with the blood of Senju Clan enemies.

"Notification: Obtained skill fragment 'Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique' (x1)"

"Notification: Obtained skill fragment 'Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique' (x1)"

"Notification: Obtained skill fragment 'Water Release: Water Clone Technique' (x1)"

"Notification: Obtained bloodline limit—Rust Release (x1)"

The skill fragments he had opened from the boxes earlier were fairly good. He had obtained offensive Earth Release and Wind Release ninjutsu, as well as a physical clone technique.

Yet when the bloodline limit appeared, Uchiha Shangwu frowned instead. Bloodline limits in the ninja world were complex and varied, ranging from ocular techniques to bodily transformations and alterations in physique.

But this so-called Rust Release was undoubtedly the most useless bloodline limit he knew of so far. Its only ability was to erase one's own presence, and only while remaining still.

Thus, a short figure planting mushrooms appeared in Uchiha Shangwu's mind, happily planting mushrooms somewhere along the riverbank.

This bloodline limit seemed rather sneaky, didn't it?