Chapter 122: War Erupts in Amegakure, Uchiha Mobilization, Uchiha Boqiang's Battlefield Debut, and Elite Jōnin Hiryūda's Shock
Not long after, large numbers of Iwa-nin and Kumo-nin arrived at the border. Once again, the three great nations chose the Land of Rain as their battlefield.
This time even Salamander Hanzo could not stop it, though the warring parties intentionally limited fighting to peripheral areas.
Iwa-nin and Kumo-nin still attempted to push toward Konoha.
However, without super-strong combat power, Iwa and Kumo advanced with great difficulty. After one and a half years of training, the three Sannin had all improved further.
Combined with their powerful summons, they temporarily suppressed the two villages' ninjas despite being outnumbered.
Yet this situation began to become difficult as the enemy exerted more force.
With no other choice, Sarutobi Hiruzen began sending noble clans to the front lines—first and foremost the Uchiha clan.
For this, Sarutobi Hiruzen also explained the situation to Naraku.
On the other side, a meeting was underway in the Uchiha clan grounds to discuss participation in this war.
"Great! This time our Uchiha must shine brilliantly!"
"Right—we have to show the prestige of Konoha's number-one dōjutsu clan!"
"What Hyūga clan? In front of us Uchiha they're nothing!"
Uchiha Sengoku looked at the high-spirited Uchiha below and nodded with satisfaction.
The Uchiha clan sometimes had excessive arrogance plus certain personality flaws, and their work as Konoha Military Police Force made the entire clan somewhat out of place in the village.
As a dove faction member, Uchiha Sengoku hoped to change the village's view of the Uchiha through this war.
However, he did not know that prejudice in people's hearts is a great mountain.
When others begin discriminating against you: If you are strong, they fear you and hate you in their hearts. If you are weak, they become greedy.
It could be said that ever since Uchiha Madara left Konoha and tried to destroy it with the Nine-Tails, and later Uchiha Setsuna rebelled and failed—being imprisoned by Senju Tobirama— the subsequent clan heads were all executors of Senju Tobirama's will. The Uchiha in Konoha could never turn things around. Wanting to gain village recognition through effort and sacrifice was forever unrealistic.
In this regard, old man Uchiha Min actually saw things more clearly.
But this war—neither doves nor hawks could avoid it. Standing on the platform, Uchiha Sengoku began assigning people.
"Uchiha Den'en, Uchiha Enbin, Uchiha Boqiang, Uchiha Shimasu. The four of you possess powerful vassal weapons forged by Naraku. I hope you perform well in this war. Earn battle merits diligently—later I will request Naraku to forge even stronger weapons for you." Uchiha Sengoku seemed to have found the dominance of a clan head.
"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"
Because of Uchiha Min and Uchiha Naraku's existence, his position had always been suppressed and his clan head authority compressed.
He felt this war was an opportunity—a chance to restore the clan head's prestige!
Thus, many of the Uchiha clan's combat forces marched grandly toward the battlefield under Uchiha Sengoku's leadership.
Uchiha Boqiang looked at the Kumogakure ninjas on the battlefield—feeling no panic, only excitement.
He had two points of confidence: one was the three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes, the other was the Thunder Travel Blade in his hand.
As a Lightning-attribute vassal weapon, Uchiha Boqiang believed he would definitely display powerful combat strength on this battlefield against Kumogakure!
Carrying Thunder Travel, Uchiha Boqiang quickly picked out a Kumogakure special jōnin.
This special jōnin was also a blade user with solid swordsmanship foundation and good Lightning Release mastery. He was currently wantonly bullying Konoha chūnin on the battlefield.
Uchiha Boqiang charged with Thunder Travel in hand. The special jōnin showed no fear. As someone who became special jōnin through swordsmanship, he was confident his blade skills wouldn't be easily defeated. He channeled chakra into his ninja sword and swung toward Uchiha Boqiang.
This was the no-hand-seal Lightning Release enchantment technique that Kumogakure had specially developed—because lightning could conduct through metal.
"Clang!" The two weapons collided.
Both sides were confident. The special jōnin was sure his enchanted ninja sword could conduct electricity while dealing high damage—surely paralyzing the opponent.
However, he soon discovered Uchiha Boqiang's ninja sword was also coated in Lightning Release chakra.
Moreover, his beloved ninja sword had a large chunk chipped off in this clash.
Just as he prepared to follow up with a few normal attacks—
Uchiha Boqiang used his three-tomoe Sharingan to cast genjutsu. The special jōnin was horrified to find himself paralyzed by lightning.
This was Uchiha Boqiang using Lightning Rebound combined with Attack Enhancement—transferring the blade's lightning into the special jōnin's body.
Then, with a stylish Uchiha swordsmanship slash, Uchiha Boqiang beheaded the special jōnin.
At this moment, Kumogakure elite jōnin Hiryūda also noticed the situation. His promising junior had been easily defeated in swordsmanship by the enemy.
Even if it was an Uchiha, it shouldn't have been this effortless!
He felt the enemy before him was troublesome, so he stepped in front of Uchiha Boqiang.
Hiryūda said to Uchiha Boqiang: "Uchiha, you're not bad. But your luck ends here with me."
Uchiha Boqiang looked at the dark-skinned man before him and sensed his aura. He understood this person probably wasn't simple—but his heart only felt excitement.
An Uchiha who had awakened three-tomoe Sharingan already possessed jōnin-level strength. With Sharingan enhancement, he could fight ordinary elite jōnin.
And with the Thunder Travel Blade granted by Naraku—on this battlefield against Kumogakure—
he wanted to test his limits!
Hiryūda erupted with killing intent, stimulating his body with Lightning Release chakra for activation and using a stronger Lightning Release chakra-enchanted ninja sword than the previous special jōnin.
"So fast!" Uchiha Boqiang only had time to exclaim before Hiryūda assaulted him at terrifying speed.
Using his three-tomoe Sharingan, he observed the enemy's movement trajectory. Though slower than the opponent, the three-tomoe Sharingan allowed him to predict parts of the attack path in advance.
With the advantage of waiting at ease for the weary foe, he had ample time to use Lightning Rebound and attribute enhancement.
"Clang!" The two ninja swords collided again.
What shocked Hiryūda was that a surge of Lightning Release chakra was traveling along his beloved blade, trying to enter his body.
Normally, with his Lightning Release proficiency and powerful Lightning Release chakra, this should have been impossible.
He could only increase his Lightning Release chakra to counteract the blade's lightning.
He followed with several more slashes—then something horrifying happened!
His beloved ninja sword had a small chunk chipped off!
Although Hiryūda's ninja sword wasn't as good as Naraku's forged blades, it was still crafted by a famous smith and reinforced with various chakra metals.
In past battles it had been unstoppable—even able to cut through enemy weapons when chakra-enchanted.
Yet now it was being suppressed by the opponent's ninja sword. Hiryūda pulled back and carefully observed Uchiha Boqiang's blade—seeing it was purple-bodied with a dark purple edge.
It looked like precious metals had been added, and under Lightning Release chakra stimulation it emitted a dazzling, flashy purple glow.
Hiryūda shouted: "This must be a ninja sword forged by Uchiha Naraku!"
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