Chapter 77: Hiiro Hunts Feather-Type Beast, Naraku Forges Mostima, and Talent Gains
As the Uchiha quartet unleashed Four Violet Flames Formation, Naraku said to Uchiha Hiiro: "Later I'll release a special dangerous species. This dangerous species can fly and shoot feather attacks from its wings. It also has great power and speed. This time I won't intervene—you hunt this special dangerous species alone. Can you do it?"
"Mm-hmm!" Uchiha Hiiro nodded cutely in agreement.
Then Naraku released the Feather-Type Beast. The Feather-Type Beast stood 3 meters tall, with four wings. Its entire body was covered in snow-white feathers like snowflakes. It had a hard beak on its mouth and sharp talons on its feet.
The Feather-Type Beast that had just arrived in the ninja world was a bit confused. It had clearly been sleeping—how did it suddenly end up in this strange place?
But as soon as it saw the humans in front of it—the kind it loved to torment most—it immediately shifted focus.
It instantly spread its wings to take flight, only to be blocked by the Four Violet Flames Formation—and even slightly scorched by the flames on the barrier.
It let out an angry screech, as if releasing all the rage in its heart.
Immediately after, it began using the feathers on its wings to attack—targeting Naraku and Hiiro.
Countless feathers shot toward them like arrows, forming a dense barrage with extremely wide AOE coverage, leaving no escape.
Facing this attack, Naraku formed hand seals with both hands and unleashed Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall.
The ground instantly rose into an earthen wall, completely shielding Naraku.
The dense feathers struck the wall with crisp sounds but failed to penetrate its defense.
At the same time, Uchiha Hiiro demonstrated her exceptional combat skill. She moved nimbly, skillfully dodging most of the feather attacks.
Meanwhile, she wielded Muramasa at high speed, slicing through every feather that came close.
It seemed the Feather-Type Beast realized this AOE attack wasn't very effective—or perhaps because it couldn't fly high.
The beast landed directly on the ground and fanned its large wings toward Uchiha Hiiro.
However, Uchiha Hiiro was exceptionally agile—she leaped aside, dodging the attack.
Then she swung Muramasa straight at the beast's wing. But the thick feathers blocked it—Hiiro's strike wasn't particularly powerful and only slightly broke through the defense.
Muramasa's curse seal quickly spread across the Feather-Type Beast's entire body. However, the beast didn't fall—it only let out two pained cries, its breathing becoming weaker.
Watching from the side, Naraku had a certain guess in mind. Muramasa's poison came from the Cursed Poison Beast. The Cursed Poison Beast's toxin worked fine against humans.
But against creatures with maxed poison resistance and huge body size, it was somewhat lacking. Previously it hadn't instantly killed the Undying Lion King—he had thought the beast's immortality suppressed the curse poison, but now it seemed not.
Seeing that one strike didn't kill the Feather-Type Beast, Uchiha Hiiro was slightly surprised. But she quickly reacted and slashed at the beast's wing again—this strike completely enraged the Feather-Type Beast.
The beast raised its claws to grab Uchiha Hiiro, but she dodged with Body Flicker.
Then the beast seized the moment and pecked at Uchiha Hiiro with its hard beak. Uchiha Hiiro immediately raised her sword to block.
With a "clang," Uchiha Hiiro was forced back by the beast's immense power. She used that momentum to pull distance.
Then Uchiha Hiiro formed hand seals with both hands.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Technique!"
Uchiha Hiiro released a straight-line flame from her cherry-small mouth. The flame directly burned the Feather-Type Beast's body. The beast let out a sharp, miserable screech.
Naraku watched anxiously from the side—he was really worried that if the wings were burned off, it would affect the quality of the new Teigu.
Uchiha Hiiro gripped Muramasa tightly, her eyes firm and resolute. She knew this was a great opportunity to output damage.
At that moment, she unhesitatingly channeled Lightning chakra into Muramasa while also letting her body receive Lightning chakra stimulation.
In an instant, her body became light and nimble, as if fused with lightning. Her speed was astonishing—like a bolt of lightning, dazzling to the eye.
The Feather-Type Beast couldn't track Uchiha Hiiro's figure at all—it could only take hits passively.
Uchiha Hiiro swung Muramasa, every strike carrying fierce sword qi and lightning power.
Her attacks came like a violent storm, constantly leaving deep and shallow wounds on the Feather-Type Beast.
The beast screeched in pain but couldn't escape Uchiha Hiiro's attack range.
Finally, under Uchiha Hiiro's last strike, the Feather-Type Beast's bird head was completely severed.
Blood splattered everywhere. The beast's body fell powerlessly, ending its life.
Uchiha Hiiro panted heavily, looking at the fallen Feather-Type Beast.
Naraku patted Uchiha Hiiro's head and said: "Well done. Go back, rest well, and eat some barbecue!"
Afterward, Naraku had the quartet disband Four Violet Flames Formation and brought the Feather-Type Beast's corpse to the forging room.
But Naraku didn't start forging immediately—he first prepared to claim rewards. He saw the system had new rewards available.
Ding...
[Shimura Danzō has reached Beginner utilization of A-rank (pseudo) Teigu "Inspiring Armor." Talent Replication activated: Shimura Danzō's complete mastery of all Wind Release techniques!]
As Naraku received Danzō's full Wind Release power, techniques like Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Wave, Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere, Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere, Wind Release: Shuriken, Wind Release: Vacuum Blade… Danzō's countless times-trained Wind Release ninjutsu were rapidly mastered by Naraku.
Naraku opened his eyes again, thinking: his Wind attribute chakra seemed to have been copied from Danzō too. Lord Danzō's kindness toward him could never be forgotten!
So he decided that when he killed Danzō later, he'd make it quick and painless!
Ding...
[Uchiha Hiiro has reached Intermediate utilization of A-rank Teigu "One-Cut Killer [Muramasa]." Talent Replication activated: Uchiha bloodline power – Intermediate!]
The intermediate Uchiha bloodline power from Uchiha Hiiro directly infused into Naraku's body. Naraku felt his whole body heat up, and his eyes itched a little. Unfortunately, even until the end, Naraku didn't awaken the Mangekyō.
Naraku looked at the description of intermediate Uchiha bloodline power—it wasn't simply ocular power. He guessed this might be raising his own bloodline upper limit.
He had always had a clear understanding of his own talent: without the infusion of ocular power and the promotion from Senju bloodline, he might never have reached three-tomoe in this lifetime, let alone be one step away from Mangekyō Sharingan at age 9.
And awakening Mangekyō Sharingan should heavily depend on bloodline—not everyone qualified to awaken it. Otherwise, during the Uchiha Clan Massacre night in the original story, several pairs of Mangekyō should have appeared.
Naraku reflected: to awaken Mangekyō Sharingan faster, he needed stronger stimulation and the obsession born from it.
Additionally, continuously raising bloodline purity could also lead to awakening.
Uchiha Sarada was the best proof: single-tomoe took a long time without her dad awakening it, two-tomoe awakened when she got angry fighting an enemy, and Mangekyō awakened directly while crying in front of her dad over Boruto's situation.
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