"Three thousand ninjas? It seems the Kumogakure has pulled out all the stops this time. If we can defeat them again, the Kumogakure will probably be as devastated as the Suna for the next ten years or so."
Meikyō chuckled lightly, still admiring the Fourth Raikage's courage.
"Don't underestimate the Kumogakure, Meikyō- kun. The Kumogakure we faced last time wasn't the complete one. They still have more than one trump card up their sleeve."
Orochimaru chuckled and said.
"Oh? I'd like to hear more about it."
Meikyō straightened up and asked Orochimaru.
"In the history of Kumogakure, there has always been an A and B Combination. The Raikage is A, and the other one is usually the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure. The ultimate technique they use together Killer Bee Lariat, is famous in the Ninja World. So far, no one has been able to withstand this move head-on and can only dodge it."
Orochimaru casually found a chair and sat down, then took a document out of his pocket.
"To prevent the Eight-Tails from going berserk, the Kumogakure's jinchūriki has always stayed in a place called Cloud-Lightning Gorge. However, since I assassinated the previous Eight-Tails, causing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki to go berserk, the Kumogakure seems to have moved its location. Even when I was the vice-leader of Root, I collected information on this matter but couldn't find any trace of it. According to my analysis, it's possible that the Kumogakure has hidden it on an island overseas."
Meikyō took the document and found several pictures mixed in with it.
"It is worth mentioning that the Kinkaku and Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, who instigated the rebellion in Kumogakure and killed the Second Raikage and the Second Hokage, left behind some powerful ninja tools. It is said that they were passed down from the Sage of Six Paths and have strong sealing abilities. When Kumogakure did not have a suitable Jinchuriki, they would use these Six Paths Tools to temporarily seal the Tailed Beast, without having to find someone to serve as a temporary Tailed Beast vessel."
"Therefore, in order to prevent the Tailed Beast from going berserk, these Six Paths Tools are usually placed next to the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki so that they can be sealed at any time. Now, Killer B has returned to Kumogakure with these things."
The pictures show a fan, a Crimson Gourd, a broadsword resembling a door panel, a golden rope, and an orange container that looks like a large jar.
Orochimaru continued:
"These ninja tools inherited from the Sage of Sage of Six Paths are quite mysterious. Apart from the core high-ranking members of Kumogakure, no one knows much about them. However, I can confirm that the Second Hokage, who once dominated the Ninja World with his Flying Thunder God Technique and a series of forbidden techniques, must have died because of these Six Paths Tools."
Orochimaru's face was filled with deep apprehension.
As the new master of forbidden techniques in Konoha after Tobirama Senju, he had read a lot of the research materials left by Tobirama Senju and knew very well how terrifying Tobirama Senju's strength was.
He was a person who used only forbidden techniques except for Water Style, and possessed extremely high intelligence, making him a perfect ninja.
Without the Six Paths Tools, almost no one could kill Tobirama Senju.
"So, Mr. Meikyō, I advise you to be very careful, because these things really could kill you."
"I see."
Meikyō nodded in reply to Orochimaru.
If others don't know the functions of these things, how could he not know them?
As long as the Gold Dust Rope doesn't touch it, the Crimson Gourd will be useless, and the Seven-Star Sword will only be a powerful weapon that is difficult to destroy.
The other Amber Purifying Pot are also very powerful, but they cannot be sealed as long as they do not respond to the owner.
The remaining one is the Bashōsen, which can ignore the nature of one's own Chakra and unleash a powerful Ninjutsu of all five basic Chakra natures. It is very powerful, but compared to other Six Paths Tools with bizarre abilities, it is relatively conventional.
The Kumogakure is eager for revenge and hopes to resolve the battle with the Konoha as soon as possible, and then devote its forces to the war against the Iwagakure Village to avenge the Third Raikage.
The day after Meikyō Orochimaru, the Fourth Raikage led the regrouped Kumogakure to begin their assault on Konoha's positions.
"Uchiha Meikyō, Orochimaru! Today is your death day!"
This time, besides Raikage's retainer Dodai, the Fourth Raikage was accompanied by a burly man wearing sunglasses, carrying seven swords.
Moreover, this time, the Fourth Raikage was carrying a broadsword as big as a door on his back, Crimson Gourd at his waist, and a large orange vat at his feet.
In Dodai's hands, he now held a Bashōsen and a golden rope.
"Big brother is right, today is your death day, Baka yarou, kan ma yarou!"
Killer B was rapping awkwardly, echoing the Fourth Raikage.
"Um... Senior Orochimaru, are all the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure... like this, not very bright?"
"Hehe, Meikyō- kun, you're actually right. The previous Eight-Tails Jinchuriki wasn't very smart, otherwise how could I have so easily assassinated him and caused him to go berserk?"
Orochimaru licked his lips and spoke to Meikyō as if no one else was around.
"Baka yarou, kan ma yarou! You two..."
"No need to waste any more words with them!"
The Fourth Raikage reached out to stop Killer B, flicked the Amber Purifying Pot beside him with his toe, lifted it up, and held it with both hands.
"Uchiha Meikyō, Orochimaru! If I call your name, will you dare to answer?"
Meikyō wore a mocking smile, remained silent, and gestured for Orochimaru to be quiet.
Orochimaru's face immediately showed a knowing expression, and he also tightly shut his mouth, then stretched out his hand in front of him.
Shadow Snake Hands!
"Pooh!"
The Fourth Raikage, enraged, threw the Amber Purifying Pot aside, his body crackling with countless Inazuma, and charged forward.
The Dodai moved even faster than him.
With a wave of the Bashōsen, a raging sea of fire engulfed the swarm of snakes.
When the fire subsided, the ground was littered with charred snake carcasses.
"Clang!"
The Fourth Raikage had already grasped the Seven-Star Sword and was fighting against Meikyō.
"The Samehada!"
Killer B also removed the seven swords from his back, using his hands, mouth, arms, and legs to control one sword each and attacking Meikyō.
Meikyō stared with his rapidly spinning Mangekyō Sharingan, flames swirling around the Ama-no-Ohabari Feather in his hand as he met the Seven-Star Sword and the Seven Ninja Blade. At the same time, he created a clone and began to use the Mirror Body Flicker Technique to engage the two in a fierce battle.
The Fourth Raikage's swordsmanship was surprisingly decent.
However, in reality, most of the ninjas in Kumogakure are skilled in Nintaijutsu and taijutsu, as well as Cloud-Style Swordsmanship. It is reasonable that the Fourth Raikage, as the leader of Kumogakure, would have a certain level of expertise in swordsmanship.
Actually, it was because the power of the Meikyō was too strong, and the Ama-no-Ohabari Feather was indestructible, that forced the Fourth Raikage, who had always fought with his bare hands, to switch to the Seven-Star Sword, a Six Paths Tools that was almost equally indestructible.
But Killer B gave Meikyō a big surprise.
This person's Seven-Sword Style swordsmanship is the strongest swordsmanship user he has ever encountered in the Naruto World.
Perhaps White Fang's swordsmanship is stronger than his, but Meikyō has never fought with him, and the man is long dead.
Generally speaking, Two-Sword Style swordsmen are already rare. They require a higher level of stability and coordination in both hands than One Sword Style, and they cannot use both hands to wield weapons like One Sword Style to maximize their power.
The Three-Sword Style is even rarer.
As for the Seven-Sword Style, it is the first one that Meikyō has encountered so far in the three worlds.
It is precisely because of its rarity that Killer B's Seven-Sword Style focuses on speed and unpredictability.
With seven sharp swords, if the opponent wasn't someone with a high level of swordsmanship like Meikyō, and didn't also possess the Mangekyō Sharingan and Observation Haki, most skilled opponents would already have numerous cuts on their bodies.
The sound of metal clashing rang out continuously.
Even though the Fourth Raikage and Killer B were both top-tier close-combat ninjas in the Ninja World, they were completely unable to defeat Meikyō.
Just then, Lightning began to flash on Killer B's sword.
"Super Sonic Vibrating Lightning Blade!"
Meikyō instantly used Mirror Body Flicker Technique to switch positions and dodge Killer B's attack, but was then entangled by the Fourth Raikage.
[While stimulating the body with Lightning Style, can one also utilize Inazuma to generate high-frequency vibrational waves, thereby enhancing speed and attack power?]
With the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Transparent World's vision, Meikyō can clearly see all the techniques used by Killer B.
In the past, even if Meikyō understood it, he would be limited by his inability to replicate the nature of the vibration of Lightning Style Chakra, and thus would be unable to copy the technique.
However, the Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll brought out by Orochimaru not only recorded the training methods for Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but also the contents of all the Lightning Style Chakra Nature Transformation that correspond to it.
The flames on the Ama-no-Ohabari dissipated, replaced by blue-white lightning, just like the blade in Killer B's hand.
Killer B looked like he'd seen a ghost.
"Damn it, using pirated software, you idiot, you bastard!"
"By the way, stop wasting your breath on him!"
The Fourth Raikage seemed unfazed by this.
This guy can even make a pirated copy of One-Finger Nukite, let alone Super Sonic Vibrating Lightning Blade.
The Fourth Raikage gave Killer B a look.
Killer B, who had an exceptionally strong rapport with the Fourth Raikage, instantly understood.
In the blink of an eye, the two rushed to Meikyō's sides, each extending their arms to attack Meikyō's head from both sides.
"Lightning Style: Killer Bee Lariat!"
This move was very fast and extremely powerful. Instead of taking it head-on, Meikyō used Mirror Body Flicker Technique to leave the spot again.
However, Killer B then swiftly threw out the seven Ninja Blade he carried.
With the enhancement of Lightning Style, these swords were launched at extremely high speeds, instantly piercing through most of Meikyō's clones in two or even three hits at a time.
Taking advantage of this moment, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a bolt of Inazuma, raised the Seven-Star Sword high, and slashed it down towards Meikyō's head.
Meikyō swiftly raised the Ama-no-Ohabari, imbued with Armament Haki, pushed off the ground, twisted her waist, and delivered a powerful upward slash to meet the Fourth Raikage's ferocious attack.
"Clang!"
Another ear-piercing sound of metal clashing.
Uchiha Meikyō and the Fourth Raikage were both sent flying backwards simultaneously.
Several tentacles then wrapped around Meikyō, following the path she had taken backward, and surrounded her completely.
Killer B entered a state of Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, becoming a gigantic bull-headed octopus the size of a mountain.
Just as the Eight-Tails was brewing ink, attempting to seal the Meikyō with its Yinuduanshufanliunu, several sharp sword lights pierced through its tentacles.
"Boom!"
The tentacles were cut into several pieces, revealing Meikyō's figure.
Golden-orange Chakra spread around Meikyō, quickly condensing into a spine, ribs, head, and arms. Chakra -infused flesh filled these parts, transforming him into a half-body warrior whose size was in no way inferior to the Eight-Tails.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two behemoths engaged in a fierce collision.
In an instant, the earth shook.
"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"
A series of cracking sounds rang out as the Fourth Raikage launched an attack on Meikyō's Susanoo from the other side.
This is a bit troublesome.
Meikyō thought to himself.
So he gathered his eye power again and poured it into Susanoo.
Since the Second Stage of Susanoo blocked, then Third Stage Susanoo with its super strong defense!
The Susanoo, whose surface had been cracked by the Fourth Raikage, quickly recovered and was gradually covered by a thick layer of Crow Tengu armor.
At this point, although the Fourth Raikage could still inflict some damage on Susanoo, it was no longer of any real effect.
The great battle was raging.
Even though Meikyō's own strength is half a level above the current Ninja World -Kage Level ninjas, he is still helpless against the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, both of whom are firmly ranked in the upper echelons of the Kage Level.
As for Orochimaru, he was engaged in battle with Dodai.
The latter is already quite strong, and its Lava Release bloodstains are also quite troublesome. Now it has the Bashōsen, Six Paths Tools that can unleash powerful five-attribute Ninjutsu.
Although Orochimaru, like his teacher the Third Hokage, was proficient in all five elemental Ninjutsu, he still had to guard against being touched by the Gold Dust Rope. Under these limitations, he could only suppress Dodai but could not kill him.
Meanwhile, on the Mist Village Front.
The inexperienced Uchiha Shisui officially stepped onto the stage of the Ninja World.
"That's... Uchiha Meikyō's Mirror Body Flicker Technique!"
Kurenai Yuhi stared in shock at the few small figures flashing in front of her.
That was Shisui's clone.
In its eye sockets were two rotating Tomoe.
Having witnessed the cruelty of the battlefield, Uchiha Shisui awakened the Sharingan with Futatsudomoe even earlier than Meikyō.
"Teacher Shinku, mission accomplished."
After single-handedly killing the Kirigakure squad, Shisui handed their Forehead Protector to Kurenai Yuhi.
"I see."
Kurenai Yuhi gently pressed down on Shisui's head.
The Uchiha Clan is about to produce another genius for Konoha.