Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Tamura Hao transformed into a second-generation steel miner and found an iron vein in a sea hundreds of miles away. He used the Shukaku method to mine the iron ore bit by bit with the Sand Iron Magnetic Release.

Then he used the flame of the Two-Tail and the Burning Release of the Four-Tail to melt and refine the steel, and finally slowly molded it into the desired shape. It took a month to finally make a hollow iron ball with a diameter of two hundred meters, with a mesh structure formed by steel bars inside.

Nara Shikaku and others dismantled the aerial fortress of the Aerial Ninja Village, took the materials and rebuilt it in the iron ball. They first built the flying device, giving the big iron ball the ability to fly, and continued their journey.

After wandering like this for more than a month, we finally arrived at a strange place on a dark and windy night.

The surrounding area is desolate land, with only some greenery and a sinkhole in the center.

"This is the legendary holy land, also known as the cave. It is said that a secret treasure is buried there."

Tian Cun Hao looked down at the sinkhole below, which was their next target.

He was not very interested in the means used to shape thunderclouds, but was interested in the catalytic effect of that energy on living things.

That was obviously an application of life energy, which was very valuable for him to study, especially since he was going to research the ultimate psychic beast, which was exactly what he needed.

"It is said that there is a guard force here. I am afraid that fighting is inevitable."

Nara Shikaku was also looking at the tiankeng. Although it was still dark and the visibility was poor, he could still see the weirdness of the place.

The surrounding area is desolate, but the tiankeng is covered with lush vegetation, which is very abnormal.

"Something's wrong. According to the climate here, there shouldn't be such a desolate scene. It feels like all the life here has been swallowed up by that big pit. Is that what a cave means?"

Yamanaka Inoichi also noticed that something was wrong. There must be something wrong with the tiankeng.

"It's a pretty round pit, it doesn't look like it was formed naturally. Maybe there's something underneath. The most likely spot is the center. Brother Haiyi, go down and clean up the center first."

Tian Cunhao's eyes fell on the center of the tiankeng. He knew that the Spear of Heaven was at the center point.

Shanzhong Haiyi didn't say much, he sat down and performed the spiritual transformation technique.

Nara Shikaku used his shadow to send a bottle of liquid medicine down and let Yamanaka Inoichi control one person to operate it. Not only did he want to drug everyone, but he also wanted to keep it secret and not let anyone see them.

Not long after, Yamanaka Haiyi opened his eyes and nodded, indicating that everything was done.

Everyone then jumped down, and as soon as they reached the ground, Tian Cun Hao frowned and looked down at the ground beneath his feet.

"what happened?"

Jingyin, who was standing next to her, noticed something was wrong with her fiancé and looked at the ground, but she couldn't see anything.

"There are tree roots all over the place, very dense and deep. Perhaps this sinkhole is deeper than it appears today, but because it is too long ago, dust, water and trees have buried it."

After continuing to sense it, Tiancun Hao made a judgment.

Although he himself did not integrate the power of Wood Release, the Immortal Lotus of Creation had integrated it. Especially after absorbing the power of the Holy Tree, the power of Wood Release was further enhanced, and he had a special sensitivity to trees, especially those with vigorous vitality.

It has also been shown in the Naruto anime that this tiankeng is filled with dense tree roots, and the tiankeng is supported by the tree roots.

Apparently, the Spear of Heaven revealed is not just the little bit shown in the anime, there is a larger base underneath.

"Brother Haiyi, you continue to gather intelligence. The others should knock out the people in the tiankeng and transfer them to the upper part. Remember to change your appearance and don't reveal your true identity."

After Tiancun Hao said this, he unlocked the Bagua seal at the core of his abdomen and transferred the Immortal Lotus of Creation out.

As soon as the Creation Fairy Lotus Pu appeared, it was attracted by the powerful vitality here. Its roots actively penetrated into the earth and began to frantically extract the vitality of the tree roots below.

After the transformation after devouring the sacred tree last time, the power of the Wood Release of the Creation Immortal Lotus has increased a lot, and its absorption of energy has become many times faster.

Even if they didn't have the power of Wood Release, they could still feel the vigorous vitality being drained. It was simply too much and too strong.

After being amazed, everyone took the medicine and took action.

Although they are few in number, their ability to act as ninjas is unquestionable.

Not only were all the people in the tiankeng knocked out and moved out quickly, but the residents of the nearby town were also knocked out to prevent them from noticing any abnormalities here.

The Immortal Lotus of Creation devoured very quickly. In just half a night, all the tree roots at the bottom of the sinkhole were devoured and dried up. Finally, they were ignited by the Two-Tail's Fire Release and quickly burned to ashes, revealing the huge Spear of Heaven below.

It was dawn when they finished all this. They didn't have much time left and had to finish it and leave before daybreak.

"It's not easy to get such a big guy up there."

Looking at the things at the bottom of the sinkhole, everyone couldn't help but frown.

"I don't know if the Sky Fortress can carry this thing."

Tian Cun Hao was not too sure. The base of the Spear of Heaven was too large. It covered the entire bottom of the tiankeng. He had no idea how it was built.

"If you overload the power of the Zero Tail, you can increase the power of the Aerial Fortress. If you use the Tailed Beast Chakra to perform the Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique, it should be enough."

Vortex Vanilla gave some suggestions and thought it should be possible to bring it up.

"I will use Earth Escape to split the earth."

Tamura Hao agreed to this proposal, and then mobilized Shukaku's power to turn the contact surface between the Spear of Heaven and the surrounding ground into sand. Finally, he drilled deep into the earth and turned the bottom into sand, making it easier to pull it out later.

At the same time, Uzumaki Kushina, who stayed in the aerial fortress, controlled the aerial fortress to land, and everyone directly removed the power core of the aerial fortress and connected it with the Spear of the Sky.

There is no way. Compared with the Spear of Sky, their aerial fortress is much smaller.

After making preparations, Tamura Hao performed the Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique based on Shukaku's chakra below, while Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Vanilla above worked together to overload and guide the Zero Tail's power to burst out, allowing the power core to operate at full power.

As a result of the two effects, the huge Spear of the Sky began to rise slowly. After reaching a high altitude, it turned around and flew towards the nearby sea.

With the departure of the Spear of Sky, subtle changes occurred in the surrounding land. The vitality that had been continuously extracted slowly stopped, and perhaps it would not be long before vegetation would grow here.

The villagers who were knocked unconscious by drugs also woke up one after another at noon, including the guards of the tiankeng, who were the first to discover the abnormality of the tiankeng.

"After all, I didn't hold on."

The old village chief sighed as he looked at the empty sinkhole, but he felt relieved in his heart, and even felt a sense of liberation.

The disappearance of the secret treasure of the tiankeng is not necessarily a bad thing for them. Perhaps it won’t be long before this place can truly recover its vitality.

At the same time, they no longer have to guard the secret treasure. For the sake of that mysterious treasure, they have guarded it here for generations, and they don’t know how many people have sacrificed.

This destiny has now finally come to an end.

As for who took the secret treasure, it doesn’t matter, at least not to them.

Not to mention the changes in people's hearts here, on the other side, Tian Cun Hao was flying high in the sky with the huge Spear of the Sky. It took him a whole day to finally reach the sea. He immediately put down the Spear of the Sky and sank it to the bottom of the sea.

"worn out!"

Lying on the inflatable hovercraft that Yamanaka Haiyi took out, Tiancun Hao felt like his body was hollowed out.

Although his chakra increased greatly after breaking through to the Kage level, he was able to mobilize the power of the tailed beasts for a longer period of time, and with the expansion of the Yin Seal, it lasted even longer.

But after persisting for a whole day, even if he was only mobilizing the power of the tailed beast to maintain the Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique instead of the complete tailed beast form, he was still very tired. The chakra in the Yin Seal was completely exhausted, and his body was a little overdrawn.

He was able to survive by constantly eating high-energy food on the road to replenish and refine his chakra.

However, the harvest was also gratifying. Not only was the Spear of Heaven a powerful weapon in itself, the life energy it had absorbed and accumulated over countless years was also quite astonishing. It felt no worse than the Greyer Mine that was obtained at the beginning.

“The energy in there is terrifying.”

Uzumaki Kushina is still shocked. That energy is so terrifying. It feels like it is much more than the Nine-Tails.

And that was pure life energy. I really don’t know how long it took to accumulate to form.

"What is that thing used for?"

Xihihong couldn't figure out what that thing was used for, and it felt very complicated.

“We’ll study it slowly later, but now we have to build a big ship.

I will take a break first, you guys go and dismantle the sky fortress, then I will use Wood Release to build a big ship, and then I will make the steel of the sky fortress into iron sheets and stick them on it."

After recovering from his shock, Tian Cun Hao told the next thing. He must take the aerial fortress away. Not only is it a powerful weapon, the life force accumulated inside it cannot be given up.

"I'll go to the nearby port and get some paint and lumber."

After saying this, Nara Shikaku waved to Xiao Hei who was hovering in the air, jumped up, and flew towards the nearby port on Xiao Hei.

A ship cannot sail just by being built, especially in the sea. Seawater is highly corrosive, especially to metals, so ships generally need to be painted.

Everyone took action and violently dismantled the steel-made aerial fortress.

After a day of recovery, Tamura Hao used the Sand Iron Magnetic Release and the Four-Tail's Melting Release to melt the steel again, making pieces of iron plates, which he then welded together to form a semi-elliptical ship, a very large one. Nara Shikaku also bought a lot of paint and painted the iron ship inside and out with several layers of paint.

Then, using the wood he had obtained as the foundation, Tamura Hao activated the Immortal Lotus of Creation to perform the Wood Release technique to prop up the interior of the iron ship and create a base to place the Spear of Heaven.

Finally, he used the Super Light and Heavy Rock Technique to lift up the Spear of Heaven that had sunk to the bottom of the sea and placed it on the giant ship.

However, the Spear of the Sky was too heavy, and in the end it took the help of the aerial fortress's power core to prevent the ship from being sunk.

After making sure that the large ship could barely carry the load, everyone set off immediately.

They have stayed here for too long. Now it is war time and all parties are very sensitive. If they continue to stay here, it will inevitably attract more people.

It will be very troublesome once your whereabouts are exposed.

Fortunately, the power core of the aerial fortress is very powerful. It can not only lift up, but also move sideways at a fast speed.

We continued sailing like this, heading towards our final destination, the waters of Tongling Island.

After sensing an iron ore vein on the seabed during the journey, Tamura Hao used sand iron magnetic escape to mine some, and once again made it into a semi-elliptical shape and buckled it onto the giant ship. The interior was also supported by huge wood shaped by wood escape, and the gaps were also welded firmly, turning the giant ship into a huge submarine.

With the extra half of the cavity, the giant ship was finally able to bear the weight of the Spear of Heaven, while also making it much more concealed.

Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Vanilla took Xiao Hei to search that sea area first, hoping to find it as soon as possible and see if the other party had really found their people.

With Kagura's insight and Xiao Hei's speed, it took them several days to find the so-called Psychic Island. When Tamura Hao arrived in the Spear of Heaven submarine, the place had already been captured by the two.

Of course, not all violent means were used. After all, the Uzumaki member lived a relatively good life here. He was not sliced ​​up for research, nor was he abused.

Tian Cun Hao is not interested in the people here. His real purpose of coming here is to see the ultimate summoning beast that the other party has researched and created.

After Yamanaka Inoichi's spiritual secret search, he finally reaped some rewards.

The plan for the Ultimate Summoning Beast started more than ten years ago, and even the search for Uzumaki Hinokana was just to use the Uzumaki Sealing Technique to seal the Ultimate Summoning Beast and thereby control it.

"You really are not afraid of death. If this thing wakes up, it will definitely swallow all of you."

Looking at the ultimate summoning beast that was still sleeping, Tamura Hao lamented the ability of these people to commit suicide.

This thing is very powerful. Once it grows up, it will definitely not be worse than the spirit beasts in the three holy places.

"Are you going to take it away?"

The old man who is in charge of this experimental project is somewhat sad and helpless. This is the sadness of the weak.

“No, although this thing has some strength and potential, it’s just some. It’s not worth it for me to snatch it. But I want to take some of its cells, and I also want a copy of all the research materials.

Besides, Hinokana is a member of the Uzumaki clan, so I must take her away.

As a reward for your care for Hinoka over the past few years, I have a cloning technology and some cell samples of powerful creatures that I can share with you.

This is an exchange and learning experience.”

Tamura Hao is not very interested in the ultimate summoning beast nowadays. What he wants to create is a super summoning beast that can rival the tailed beasts. The one in front of him, after developing to the limit, is probably at the level of Gamabunta.

“We would love to learn from you.”

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they were not all robbed away or even killed.

"Let me remind you that this is a product of failure. You can't control it."

After giving a friendly reminder, Tamura Hao went to check the research data here and took out the cloning technology information that Orochimaru had given him.

He had already figured out the information thoroughly and had tried it several times. With the help of his own life force, the effect was quite good.

With this background, it is much easier to understand the information on the Psychic Island.

The old man was also very interested in the information on cloning technology, and he took a group of researchers to read and study it.

Nara Shikaku and the other two were keeping an eye on these people, while Kushina and the others, led by Uzumaki Hinokana, were touring the Summoning Island, with the task of collecting the cells of all the special summoning beasts.

Huo Noxiang was also very happy about the arrival of these two tribesmen and was willing to leave.

Although the people here are very nice to her, she still wants to be with people of the same tribe, as that would make her feel more at home.

Tamura Hao and others stayed on the Spirit Island, and some people in Konoha became more uneasy because of their disappearance.

"Could it be that he was sent by Tsunade to the sacred place of the Wet Bone Forest to practice fairy arts?"

In the Hokage's office, Utane Koharu was feeling very uneasy.

Ever since that plan failed, she knew that she had fallen out with Zhu Ludie and she had to get rid of Zhu Ludie, otherwise she would not be able to sleep well in the future.

The most terrifying one is Tamura Hao, who is only twelve years old but can already unleash such combat power with the help of the power of the tailed beast.

Moreover, she seemed to have made a breakthrough. This terrifying talent made her think of her first generation teacher.

If that junior were allowed to grow to the level of a first-generation teacher, they would all be finished.

The power accumulated in the village over the years is nothing compared to that level of power and will be completely suppressed.

Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent, also having this guess.

He had heard from the first generation teacher about the practice of immortal arts. The requirements were very high, and even the second generation teacher could not master it.

His disciple Jiraiya has been practicing for so many years, but he has only mastered half of it. Minato seems to have succeeded, but because of his limited chakra, the duration of maintenance is too short, which is not suitable for his own fighting style.

Therefore, the cultivation of immortal arts requires higher aptitude and understanding. That child's aptitude and understanding are undoubtedly top-notch, even better than Minato. Maybe he can really cultivate immortal arts.

And once he has mastered the immortal arts, his strength will inevitably increase dramatically, and he may even be able to reach the level of the first generation teacher.

"The Ino-Shika-Cho clans seem to want to push that child to compete for the Fourth Hokage. They haven't put all their hopes on Orochimaru for the future."

Mitomon En, who was wiping his glasses, revealed a piece of information that he was more sensitive to.

If that kid really were to become the Fourth Hokage, Ino-Shika-Chou would definitely take the opportunity to snatch the power in their hands. If things go wrong, they would follow in the footsteps of the Senju clan.

But he really has the strength to do so. He defeated two tailed beast Jinchuriki of the Iwagakure Village, one of whom died and the other escaped, and also killed four thousand Iwagakure ninja soldiers. Even Hiruzen could not do it.

That was already a Jinchūriki who was no less powerful than the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki. Even though he could only maintain his power for a short time, he was nearly invincible during that time.

"Have they guessed that we have the means to deal with Orochimaru?"

Utane Koharu was even more uneasy. The back-up plan against Orochimaru was their trump card, but now it seemed that the other party had seen through it and had taken precautions. This made things even more troublesome.

"That should be it. This means that in the competition for the Fourth Hokage, we not only have to deal with Orochimaru, but we will also have to deal with that brat and the Ino, Deer, and Chou clans later.

In the past few years, the Ino, Deer, and Chou clans have improved too fast and too much. If we really fight, we may not be their opponents. Moreover, they have also won over Tsunade, Yuhi Shinku and Mitarai Shisho.

He may even be secretly contacting the Hyuga and Uchiha."

Putting on his glasses, Mizuto Menen looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who had been silent all the time.

The final decision on how to deal with the situation will have to be made by this old friend.

"I'll go see Danzo."

After finishing smoking the tobacco in the pipe, Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed a solution.

Now that the Ino-Shika-Chow has become a powerful force, it is too difficult for them alone to deal with it. They have to join forces with Danzo.

"Let Danzo be the fourth generation?"

The two of them frowned. The old fellow was not a good person and was very radical. He might not allow them to continue sitting in this seat.

"Minato is the best choice, but he has been discovered and plotted against in advance, so he can only make the next best choice."

Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew the radicalism of that old friend, but there was nothing he could do now.

He originally wanted to secretly support Minato Namikaze, but he was exposed in advance. The information about Minato Namikaze was leaked to the four major ninja villages, asking them to be on guard.

He has verified this matter and it was indeed done by Danzo.

Obviously, it is no longer possible for Minato Namikaze to become the Fourth Hokage by making achievements on the battlefield, so he has to make another choice.

Although Danzo is a bit radical, they are still a group after all, and they will inevitably confront and suppress the Ino-Shika-Chou faction in the future.

Moreover, Danzo and Qufeng were teammates back then, and they have a better relationship. I hope I can convince Qufeng to put the overall situation first.

(End of this chapter)