Chapter 29: Spider Demon Capture, Dead Body Refinement, and Yatsufusa Forging
Naraku looked at Enma transforming into the Adamantine Nyoi Staff and couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration. By his own evaluation standards, if counted as weapon assistance, Enma's contribution to Hiruzen was definitely greater than most A-grade weapons.
Naraku slowly walked to the center of the arena and released the Spider Demon.
As expected, the spider's appearance was exactly that of a pure, giant spider. The only surprise was its size—fully 10 meters tall!
The colossal spider's body was covered in a hard black carapace that glinted with cold light. Its eight thick legs supported its massive frame; every step caused the ground to tremble. Its sharp fangs and razor claws sent chills down everyone's spine.
Hiruzen showed no mercy. He enlarged the Adamantine Staff in his hand and smashed it viciously toward the Spider Demon.
The strike carried immense power, but it only dazed the Spider Demon's head slightly—nowhere near an instant kill.
What followed was a brutal back-and-forth physical slugfest between Hiruzen and the Spider Demon. Midway through, Hiruzen casually wove in various ninjutsu—harassment, defense, or supplementary attacks—executed with flawless skill.
It was clear that Hiruzen's mastery of foundational ninjutsu was extremely broad—no wonder he could teach the Legendary Sannin.
From this, Naraku also saw Hiruzen's fighting style clearly: Relying on the overwhelmingly powerful Adamantine Staff for direct confrontation. With his vast arsenal of ninjutsu, he could easily apply elemental counters against opponents.
This pure power-crushing style was indeed formidable. It was precisely because of this that Hiruzen had briefly held the title of Konoha's strongest fighter in this era.
Unfortunately, Hiruzen was ultimately just an ordinary human without any extraordinary bloodline. In this cheat-filled ninja world, even he had limits.
Soon the Spider Demon was completely dazed from being hammered. Of course, this was also because its puppets hadn't been transported along with it. If the Spider Demon had its full puppet army, even Hiruzen wouldn't have been able to take it down so quickly.
Seeing the Spider Demon collapse unconscious on the ground, Hiruzen formed seals and used Shadow Clone Technique—creating four clones.
Then Hiruzen and all four clones simultaneously unleashed different ninjutsu!
A blazing inferno erupted from Hiruzen's mouth. One clone summoned a blinding lightning bolt that struck with thunderous force. Another manipulated a raging torrent of water that engulfed the Spider Demon. A third raised an impenetrable earth wall, blocking any escape route. The final clone whipped up a violent whirlwind that howled toward the target.
Different elemental ninjutsu rained down like a storm, instantly overwhelming the Spider Demon. For a moment, dazzling lights intertwined into a breathtaking spectacle.
But it wasn't over. A deafening explosion erupted!
Under the tremendous force, the Spider Demon's head shattered into pieces like broken porcelain. Its grotesque, twisted face was torn apart, revealing a dark, hollow interior.
Having witnessed this ninjutsu extravaganza, Naraku gave high praise: Hiruzen Sarutobi—I hereby crown you the strongest ordinary ninja in mastery of all five basic natures!
Then Naraku immediately began refining the Spider Demon's corpse on-site. He continuously carved different curse seals across its body. Although Hiruzen was tempted by Naraku's forging secrets, reason held him back.
He couldn't understand why Naraku was so careless with his secret techniques. All he could do was order Danzō and his subordinates to leave the base, giving Naraku space.
Of course, the two old foxes—Hiruzen and Danzō—weren't as honest as they appeared. While they withdrew the visible personnel, hidden agents frantically recorded every rune Naraku carved.
Naraku didn't mind at all. These runes weren't so easily mastered—especially Teigu-related ones, whose complexity was on another level.
Even with system-implanted memories, Naraku at A-grade forging level hadn't mastered them instantly. For ordinary forgers, reaching A-grade would take a lifetime—if they ever could.
Naraku even suspected that in the Akame ga Kill! world, Teigu weren't forged by one person, but by an entire forging department—each member handling one part, allowing complete Teigu to be created.
A few hours later—
Naraku had now covered the Spider Demon's corpse in dense curse seals. He cut off several of its hardest leg tips.
The dead Spider Demon's hardness had decreased significantly—making it easy for Naraku to sever them.
Next, he split off several shadow clones and roasted the remaining corpse. Under the combined effect of curse seals and flames, the entire Spider Demon was reduced to 200 ml of black liquid.
Naraku quickly stored the liquid in a container and left the Root base at once.
He needed to forge the weapon fast—prolonged time might degrade the biological material's activity.
Back in the forging room, Naraku took out: Spider Demon essence, 10 portions of Oriharukon, 10 kg of fine iron, one portion each of green-grade Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand and Monkey Scarlet Ore.
He habitually used Shadow Clone Technique—creating several clones.
Clone 1 melted the Oriharukon metal. Clone 2 processed the fine iron along with Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand and Monkey Scarlet Ore.
Naraku first forged the Oriharukon into a rough blank.
Next, he executed a series of forging secret techniques—hammering the material while engraving specific patterns.
Then he infused the Spider Demon's biological essence into the blade's core, meticulously carving specialized runes across the surface.
Finally, he took the processed fine iron, Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand, and Monkey Scarlet Ore from Clone 2 and filled in the blade's frame. The sword blank quickly took shape.
Naraku hammered the blank repeatedly. Under his strikes, it gradually formed into a proper blade.
In the end, the weapon became a pitch-black long sword!
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