Its method of use was as simple and brutal as could be.
First, hack at the enemy with the battle-axe.
If it failed to cut through, smash the back of the axe with the hammer, breaking through the enemy's defenses with brute force.
It supposedly could crush any defense.
Uchiha Minamoto's verdict was-
Trash!
Utter trash!
The remaining three Ninja Blades, however, truly did each have their strengths.
[Kiba].
This blade's abilities were an excellent match for Uchiha Minamoto's primary specialty, Lightning Release.
[Hiramekarei].
The only Ninja Blade capable of releasing long-range chakra shockwaves.
Last was the [Samehada] in Uchiha Minamoto's hand.
The most unusual of the seven Ninja Blades, without exception.
If Uchiha Minamoto remembered correctly, [Samehada] seemed to be the only weapon in the Shinobi World that truly possessed self-awareness.
Not even the "Six Paths Tools" left behind by the Sage of Six Paths could manage that.
The Sage of Six Paths' Amber Purifying Pot, Benihisago, Banana Palm Fan, Seven-Star Sword, Rope of the Gold and Silver Brothers...
Although these tools all possessed extremely powerful special abilities, every last one was an unconscious, inanimate object.
Only [Samehada] possessed consciousness and could judge friend from foe according to its own preferences.
Rather than a "weapon,"
[Samehada] was more like a "living organism," a special animal bearing the name of a "blade."
This blade's loyalty depended entirely on the quality of its wielder's chakra.
It followed whoever had the tastiest chakra.
All one could say was that this fit the behavioral logic of a "fish" very well.
Uchiha Minamoto glanced at [Samehada]'s ability panel description.
In all fairness,
[Samehada]'s three abilities were all quite practical.
Devouring chakra could counter the vast majority of ninja who relied on ninjutsu in combat.
Healing injuries greatly improved its wielder's staying power.
And merging