The Hidden Mist Blacksmith, forging the glory of the Ninja Sword Style!

"Orochimaru, Danzo Shimura, and Jiraiya, three Kage-level ninjas."

"Even though Fuguki-senpai and the others have obtained Zanpakuto, they are still lacking something."

"Furthermore, if Konoha were to draw upon the armies originally intended for fighting Iwagakure and Kumogakure, Kirigakure would have no advantage in terms of ordinary ninjas."

"The Blood Mist Village has resulted in a significantly smaller number of ninjas than it should have been."

"The current situation can be described as one of complete disadvantage."

"I wonder to what extent Senior Qing can unleash the power of the Evil King Flame Killing Sword."

"But it won't come to the point of attacking Kirigakure."

"If we really manage to reach Kirigakure, that will be the time for Kirigakure to retaliate."

"The Third Generation Lord wields the Skeleton Emperor; one man can fight an entire army."

"Yagura-senpai's Water Mirror Technique is also very powerful."

Yuan Shi and the others believed that Yagura was being controlled by Konoha.

But Uehara Osamu knew that Yagura was controlled by Uchiha Obito.

Obito Uchiha couldn't stand seeing Kirigakure doing well.

However, that doesn't necessarily mean we want Konoha to be better off.

It's impossible for them to help Konoha at this time.

A mutually destructive outcome is what Obito Uchiha would prefer to see.

"Hopefully, the casualties in the village won't be too severe this time."

"The Hidden Mist Village is still not strong enough."

Uehara Shu shook his head.

"Even with so many Zanpakuto I've provided, it's still the same."

"Senior Juzo, Senior Fuguki, Senior Raiga, in the end, they were just lacking in talent."

"Only after Kisame, Mei Terumi, Utakata, Yuri Amegakure, and Mangetsu Hozuki have grown up will Kirigakure's top-tier ninjas be no weaker than those of Konoha."

"In other words, it also shows how profound Konoha's foundation is."

Regardless of how Konoha fell, it was indeed strong in terms of top-tier ninjas.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, Danzo Shimura

There's even Uchiha Fugaku, who is suspected of having awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Hiashi Hyuga, who could kill a Jonin from Kumogakure with a single chop to the neck.

Tsunade, who was wandering outside.

These people may not all reach the Kage level, but they are at least among the best of the elite Jonin.

Neither Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, nor Sunagakure have so many top-tier experts.

The small ninja village is even more so.

"However, it will take quite some time before Kisame and the others have fully matured."

"During this time, besides improving forging techniques, crafting Zanpakuto, learning ninjutsu, and increasing my strength, I can actually think of a way to increase the strength of ordinary ninjas in Kirigakure."

"Otherwise, before I can use the blacksmith system to raise my personal strength to its peak, Kirigakure will be conquered by other ninja villages first, which would be terrible."

"The current development of the ninja world no longer fully conforms to the original storyline."

"Improving the strength of ordinary ninjas will improve the overall strength of Kirigakure, which in turn will improve my ability to protect myself."

"We can start with the Rock Stream."

The Third Mizukage once said that regardless of whether Kirigakure wins or loses, you don't need to worry about your life.

Other ninja villages wouldn't have the heart to kill someone as talented as Uehara Osamu.

However, not dying doesn't mean things will be better.

Chapter 183 The Power of the Evil King's Flame-Slaying Sword

He was made a prisoner and imprisoned in a basement by other ninja villages, where he was forced to forge ninja tools every day.

How is this any better than death?

Even if other ninja villages treat Uehara Shu more politely, they will never grant him freedom.

I can show respect, but I will absolutely not show intimacy.

His current status in Kirigakure is incomparable to that of Uehara Osamu.

"Even if the plot changes, I will not let Kirigakure disappear."

The main reason for starting with the Rock Stream style is its low barrier to entry.

Forging a Zanpakuto requires accumulating reputation, and the Zanpakuto itself has stringent requirements for its user.

It takes a lot of time to forge a Zanpakuto.

It's not that Uehara Shu is slow; on the contrary, Uehara Shu is already very fast.

We can't wait for Kirigakure to recover in its current state.

Crafting a greatsword requires special materials.

Not to mention the time it takes to find the materials, it's hard to say whether we can even find them.

Only the Rock Style can be used with a broadsword of the Good Quick Sword level. The materials are just ordinary materials, and the learning difficulty is not very high.

"My current swordsmanship is at the proficient level."

"With some more swordsmanship experience, you can reach a good level."

"At that time, if I were to develop the Rock Stream with Yoshiki Hoshigaki, the efficiency would definitely be much higher."

Uehara Osamu knew very well that in the blacksmith system, "good" was already a very good rating.

In the entire ninja world, there are probably very few swordsmen whose skills can be recognized as good or above by the blacksmith system.

"But there is a problem with the Rock Stream."

"That is, the Rock Stream's defense can only be effective against the opponent's melee weapon attacks."

"Once the opponent uses ninjutsu, genjutsu, the effect of the Rock Style will be gone."

"Ninjutsu and genjutsu might be able to be combined with Kiriyuu."

"However, among the Anbu ninjas, there are not many who are proficient in the Rain-Cutting Technique."

Suddenly, Uehara Shu seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"It's not necessary to cooperate with a large number of ninjas who have mastered the Rain Cutting Technique. Kisame and the Sword of Wisdom are also very effective against ninjutsu and genjutsu."

"As long as Kisame can combine the power of the Sword of Wisdom with his own Water Release abilities and develop them to a higher level."

"Perhaps we can form an extremely powerful legion!"

Qing's figure arrived at the front line.

Even before we arrived, the stench of blood filled our nostrils.

What you see is horrific.

In terms of top-tier ninjas, Konoha is above Kirigakure.

In terms of the number of ninjas, Konoha also surpasses Kirigakure.

This is why the Hidden Mist army has retreated to the sea, and with the advantage of the terrain, they have managed to hold off the Leaf Village army, but are still suffering repeated defeats.

The dead and wounded are too many, far too many.

Even the seawater seemed to have been dyed red.

Qing saw many familiar faces.

War is cruel.

Death and injury are common occurrences.

But Ao hadn't seen Kirigakure suffer such a crushing defeat in a long time.

The previous wars between Kirigakure and Konoha were mostly stalemates, consisting mainly of small-scale battles.

A single death of hundreds of people is already a very large number.

But now, looking around, Qing saw that there were more than several hundred corpses floating on the sea.

Not to mention those who were killed before.

"Konoha!"

"They're using the entire village's resources to target just one village, Kirigakure?"

"They don't even care about the safety of the village itself?"

Qing's face turned cold.

Anger was burning within me.

Without hesitation, he raised the Evil King Flame Killing Sword.

"Burn, Evil King Flame Killing Sword!"

A burst of flame shot out from the tip of the sword.

"boom!"

It accurately hit a Konoha ninja.

In an instant, the Konoha ninja was engulfed in flames, burned to death, and his body sank into the sea.

The current situation of Kirigakure is as if it is joining forces with Kumogakure and Iwagakure to attack Konoha.

But it just means a stalemate.

They are waging a steady, protracted war.