Chapter 289: Uzumaki Sword Style
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 289: Uzumaki Sword Style
There was a moment of respite as the head of the old Kage fell from his shoulders.
"I know what you are all thinking." Naruto stared. "How did he do that? Doesn't he need to have one of those formula kunais to activate the Flying Thunder God? You see, yesterday, I had nearly five hundred thousand clones working on this, and they managed to a—"
"Nooo! Lord Oonoki! You murderer! Die!"
Roshi, the Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails, just rushed at him.
"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!" The man spewed a massive wave of lava at him.
Naruto moved his hand in the way of the jutsu and activated his Preta Path. This was something he could absorb.
Not only that, but he could take things one step further and combine the Rinnegan ability with his own cultivation method, putting that energy to good use by sending it directly into his chakra pool to be refined and later fused into his core.
A vortex appeared on the palm of his hand and pulled all the elemental energy into him. The moment he removed the fuel powering the jutsu, it vanished into thin air.
"You will have to wait for a bit before I take care of you. So...just sit tight." Naruto sent a wave of energy to Roshi and pushed him with enough force to send the man flying to the other side of the battlefield.
"Kill him!"
Several ninjas jumped at the opportunity to attack him now that he seemed distracted.
These were the elite ones who had survived Naruto's initial attack. They were some of the best soldiers that the villages of the Cloud and Rock had to offer.
Almost four hundred of them...all hardened battle veterans.
Naruto held his sword firmly in his hand. "Let's give this one a go." The Kusanagi Sword used to belong to Orochimaru.
But after acquiring it from him, he hadn't had a good chance to try it in real combat, at least, until now.
He was surrounded on all sides. The first attacks came in the form of powerful ninjutsus, which were probably absorbed, just like how he did with the lava one.
"Stop! Don't use more ninjutsu!"
"That monster can absorb jutsus!"
They then changed tactics and began to use taijutsu and physical weapons.
"That's more like it." Naruto gave the sword a swing. It increased in length and went through the bodies of a dozen ninjas.
"Ahh!"
"Careful, that's the Sword of Kusanagi!"
"Didn't Orochimaru have that one?" The ninjas argued among themselves.
"Wait… I wasn't trying to do that." Naruto muttered. He now regretted not having some of his clones practice with this particular sword to learn what it did.
'Now that I think about it, the sword was also changing length when Orochimaru was using it.' He had assumed it was some trick of his, but it turned out it was an ability of the weapon itself.
He moved out of the way of some kunais, but hundreds more were flying his way.
"Forget it… I can adapt." Naruto vanished in a bolt of lightning and reappeared a hundred feet in the air, right above his enemies. "Uzumaki Sword Style… First Step: Clashing Stream."
Naruto made a vertical slash that incorporated all his accumulated knowledge about the Sword Dao and his mastery over the elements.
A thin line slashed the ground. Everyone who had the misfortune to be too close to the point of impact found their bodies cut into pieces.
Naruto teleported again, this time to the ground. "Second Step: Rippling Stream." A circular slash deflected all incoming attacks and released a single cut that went through several dozen ninjas.
This move was immediately followed by the next. "Step 3: Rolling Waves." Another vertical slash, but this one was like a violent explosion. A wave of energy collided with the ground, sending hundreds of wind blades everywhere.
Naruto charged forward. "Step 4: Raging Torrent." A flurry of stabbing motions began to pierce everyone in range. The sword changed its length as necessary to reach its targets.
He teleported back into the air and stabbed his sword toward the earth. Golden energy was now visible on the surface of his body. "Step 5: Thunderstorm Surge!" A column of pure elemental energy erupted at the epicenter of the impact. All of those who couldn't move out of the way in time were reduced to dust.
At this point, some of his enemies decided to give up and tried to escape. More than half of them were already dead.
"Step 6: Eternal Flow." A stabbing motion with nearly infinite range. No matter how far they tried to run, all of those who made the attempt were stabbed in the back of their heads.
A small group of less than a hundred ninjas were all that was left. They stood their ground and prepared to attack Naruto again.
But he was not done yet.
Naruto's body was now brimming with energy. Golden chakra emerged from his pores, creating something similar to a mist. His eyes shone with an eerie light that terrified everyone who saw it.
He twisted his body, moving the sword around, over and over, gaining speed with each circle.
The enemy ninjas jumped into action, knowing that this was their last chance to do something… because the last step was next.
"Step 7: Devouring Whirlpool." Powerful currents of wind began to create a suction effect that pulled everyone closer to him.
Those who failed to resist were flung into the tornado that had formed at the center and was torn to pieces.
This was not normal wind, either, it had been created using Naruto's monstrous affinity for wind and an enormous amount of chakra.
The strongest ones were able to resist for a bit longer, but eventually, everyone who had been too close when Naruto began his technique ended up the same way.
Feeling that no more targets were inside his range, Naruto ended the technique, and the torrent of wind disappeared, leaving only traces of blood behind.
Naruto scanned the area once more. From the nearly four hundred surviving ninjas… there were now seven left.
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