Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates Chapter 117: Promised Victory

The slash missed.

Sakumo quickly steadied himself and looked around.

The instant Natsuki's Soru ended, he closed in and thrust out with his blade.

It was decisive and fast, aid straight at Natsuki's heart.

Water Breathing, Second Form, Water Wheel!

Seeing this, Natsuki turned his body and rose into the air, avoiding the strike.

At the sa ti, Kurosawa quickly fell from his hand.

The blade light carried water as it poured down like a tide.

While retreating, Sakumo raised his blade.

After he poured a large amount of chakra into the short sword in his hand, it gave off a dazzling white light.

Clang!

The white light collided with the water current.

Natsuki and Sakumo both trembled and retreated at the sa ti.

But Natsuki was still in midair at that mont. Before he could make another move, Sakumo seized the opportunity.

His body turned into an afterimage, and his short sword stabbed toward Natsuki's thigh like a venomous snake.

Water Breathing, Sixth Form, Whirlpool!

Seeing this, a force appeared around Natsuki's body out of nowhere, and he spun upward again.

Sakumo's blade missed.

Natsuki gripped his sword with both hands and slashed down at him.

Water flowed around his blade like a water dragon biting toward Sakumo.

Sakumo remained calm and displayed exquisite footwork, suddenly pulling away and moving to the left.

He imdiately slashed backhanded toward Natsuki's arm.

Geppo!

Natsuki stepped on the air with both feet, generating propulsion, and vanished from where he stood.

"What kind of taijutsu is that?"

Seeing this, Sakumo could not help showing a stunned expression.

Although he had been present when Natsuki fought Rasa, he had also been fighting at the ti and had no spare attention to focus on the details of their battle.

"Geppo."

Natsuki landed steadily and answered, "A taijutsu I created myself."

"Truly impressive."

Sakumo could not help praising him.

This was the first ti he had seen this kind of taijutsu. It could actually allow short-term flight.

"It really is incredible."

Not far away, Hiruzen, who was watching the battle, sighed.

"Geppo is different from the taijutsu of the shinobi world."

Tsunade nodded and said, "It does not rely on chakra, but on a powerful body."

"That is true."

Hiruzen said in confusion, "I really wonder where Natsuki got the inspiration."

"Perhaps that is what makes him a genius."

Tsunade chuckled and said, "The thoughts of geniuses are always different."

"Indeed."

Hiruzen comnted, "Although ordinary people cannot learn Geppo, anyone who does learn it will gain an advantage in battle."

Clang!

Natsuki and Sakumo clashed again.

Their styles were actually sowhat similar. Both of their swordsmanship styles emphasized speed.

Because of that, in theory, Sakumo should have been suppressing Natsuki.

Because he was faster.

But in actual battle, they appeared evenly matched instead.

Hiruzen and Tsunade both saw the reason.

Natsuki's reaction speed was fast.

One had faster sword speed, and the other had faster reaction speed. They were like the sharpest spear eting the strongest shield, resulting in a deadlock.

But in the end, there would always be a winner.

However, like Tsunade, Hiruzen did not dare say who would win.

Sakumo retreated and pulled away.

He let out a breath and tightened his grip on his short sword.

After fighting for so long, he had also understood Natsuki's strength.

Next, it was ti to show his real skill.

Otherwise, they could fight for a long ti.

Sakumo narrowed his eyes and suddenly advanced.

A brilliant silver light appeared in the air.

His offensive was like a violent storm, several degrees faster than before.

But Natsuki still reacted.

One-Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!

He swung his sword, and a sword wave struck the silver light head-on.

Seeing this, Sakumo increased the amount of chakra he poured in.

He pushed his speed to the limit and swung with force, directly cutting through the sword wave before flying toward Natsuki like a silver venomous snake.

At the critical mont, Natsuki directly let go of Kurosawa in his hand.

Broken Phantasm!

Kurosawa suddenly exploded.

Soru!

Natsuki vanished from where he stood.

Sakumo's pupils contracted. In that instant, he slashed toward the center of the explosion.

At the sa ti, he retreated.

Even so, he was still affected by the aftershock of the explosion, and his clothes were scorched black.

He was not injured, but there was a faint burning sting.

However, he did not have ti to think about it before he saw Natsuki reappear and leap up.

Water Breathing, Tenth Form, Constant Flux!

A massive amount of chakra turned into a coiling water dragon. In an instant, Natsuki launched several consecutive rotating slashes.

The blade lights stacked together, filling Sakumo's vision.

But even such a terrifying killing move still failed to defeat him.

He stomped hard on the ground. The ground cracked, and broken stones flew up.

Sakumo's speed reached its peak.

The short sword in his hand disappeared, replaced by countless silver lights.

Natsuki only felt Kurosawa in his hand tremble countless tis in the blink of an eye.

Each tremor represented a collision between Kurosawa and Sakumo's short sword.

And the huge water dragon above Natsuki's head was also cut into pieces in an instant.

"Is Natsuki going to lose?"

Nawaki widened his eyes.

This was the first ti he had seen Natsuki's Water Breathing, Tenth Form, Constant Flux be broken.

Tsunade frowned and did not answer.

"Sakumo's swordsmanship can indeed be called the best in the shinobi world."

Hiruzen praised.

In truth, Natsuki's swordsmanship was not bad either.

But if his speed was slightly lacking, then the gap would beco very large.

In the current shinobi world, combat power had not yet inflated to the point of giant bombardnts, so speed was still very important.

If Sakumo lived until the later period, he would be restricted everywhere.

Because his opponents would possess the Mangekyō Sharingan, Wood Release, Sage Mode, the Rinnegan, and so on.

At that mont, the situation changed again.

After Sakumo broke Water Breathing, Tenth Form, Constant Flux, his burst of power did not end.

His entire body suddenly stopped, then he thrust out his final strike.

The dazzling blade light was as blinding as the sun.

Within the blade light, Sakumo's short sword moved at extre speed.

This was clearly his peak strike.

Tsuba Gaeshi!

Kurosawa in Natsuki's hand quickly lengthened.

Kurosawa had been projected, so he could freely change its length.

The reason he made it longer was that Tsuba Gaeshi required a longer sword to perform.

The sword used by Sasaki Kojirō was called Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu, and it was one and a half ters long, longer than most swords.

Natsuki swung his sword.

In an instant, the entire space seed to freeze.

Sakumo's originally calm expression imdiately turned shocked.

Because from his perspective, it felt as though he had only blinked, and three blade lights had appeared in front of him.

These three blade lights blocked all of his positions.

Sakumo felt that no matter where he dodged, he would not be able to avoid these three slashes.

With no other choice, he could only raise his short sword and et them.

The sound of impact rang out in succession.

After three sounds, there was a crisp snap.

Under Natsuki's control, the three blade lights had accurately struck Sakumo's short sword.

In fact, from the very beginning, he had aid for Sakumo's short sword.

Because this was a spar, not a life-or-death duel.

Half of the blade fell to the ground.

Sakumo stared blankly at the broken sword in front of him.

But his mind was still fixed on the Tsuba Gaeshi Natsuki had just used.

That strike was too stunning, leaving him unable to recover for a long ti.

"He won?"

Nawaki had not quite reacted.

"He won!"

Kushina imdiately cheered.

Nonō did not speak, but she subconsciously waved her fist.

"What kind of swordsmanship was that?"

Tsunade's face showed confusion.

"That strike. Why did it feel a little like space-ti ninjutsu?"

Hiruzen found it hard to believe.

This was a sword technique that had never appeared in the shinobi world.

"How is that possible?"

Tsunade subconsciously denied it, saying, "There cannot be swordsmanship like that."

"It is certainly possible to swing three strikes in an instant."

Hiruzen steadied himself, took a deep breath, and said, "But Natsuki gave the impression that he swung once, and that one slash beca three."

Tsunade recalled the scene and found that it was indeed the case.

One slash beca three, as if three Natsukis had swung their swords at the sa ti.

But there was only one Natsuki.

The most reasonable explanation was that space, or perhaps ti, had been layered in that instant.

Natsuki slowly withdrew his sword.

Tsuba Gaeshi was indeed very powerful, but the burden was also heavy.

Otherwise, Sasaki Kojirō could directly use Tsuba Gaeshi the mont they t and end the battle.

Tsuba Gaeshi was his Noble Phantasm and also his ultimate move.

Most Heroic Spirits would not use their Noble Phantasms until the final mont, because the consumption was too great.

Natsuki now had the illusion that his body was about to fall apart.

He took a mont to recover, then looked at Sakumo.

"Sorry."

Natsuki spoke, "I will pay for it."

"It is fine."

Sakumo shook his head and said, "Being able to see that final strike was worth losing one sword."

"Natsuki."

Hiruzen walked over and could not help asking, "Is this sword technique sothing you created yourself?"

Natsuki answered, "It is called Tsuba Gaeshi. It was created to cut down a flying swallow in the air."

"Are you sure the one you encountered was a flying swallow?"

Tsunade retorted, "Whose flying swallow moves that fast?"

Good question.

The corner of Natsuki's mouth twitched, and he was actually left speechless.

"Tsuba Gaeshi is enough to be rated as an S-rank ninjutsu."

Hiruzen said emotionally, "Perhaps your future achievents will even surpass Sensei's."

"The Second Hokage created a large number of forbidden jutsu. I am still far from that."

Natsuki said humbly.

"All right. Do not aim too high too soon."

Tsunade tapped his forehead with her finger and warned, "Creating forbidden jutsu is certainly impressive, but you have to understand that forbidden jutsu are dangerous."

She was worried that Natsuki would beco too obsessed with creating ninjutsu, affecting his normal life or even injuring himself.

"I understand."

Natsuki nodded and said.

After all, he was not really the one creating the ninjutsu.

"Natsuki, congratulations on passing the Jonin assessnt."

Hiruzen finally rembered the main matter.

"Thank you, Hokage-sama."

As soon as Natsuki finished speaking, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[Congratulations to the host for unlocking Sasaki Kojirō Template Ability Four, Mind's Eye.]

Natsuki could not help letting out a breath of relief.

He had finally unlocked Mind's Eye.

The description of Mind's Eye was a sixth sense used for battle, an innate danger-prediction ability.

Without question, this was a god-tier ability.

Natsuki felt it was like an enhanced version of the Sharingan, or perhaps similar to the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The Mangekyō Sharingan possessed the ability to see through a target's movents.

Mind's Eye was like a passive Mangekyō Sharingan.

[You have awakened the Artoria Pendragon Template.]

Who?

Who did it say?

Natsuki could not help feeling stunned.

He had actually awakened the Artoria Template?

Artoria was one of the female protagonists of Fate/stay night and its derivative works.

She was the legendary King Arthur and King of Knights, summoned as a Saber-class Servant in the Holy Grail War.

Why had the Artoria Template awakened?

The only similarity between her and Sakumo was swordsmanship. At most, there were so similarities between chivalry and the samurai spirit.

Or was it related to Natsuki using Tsuba Gaeshi?

Because during the Fifth Holy Grail War, Artoria and Sasaki Kojirō had fought before.

Natsuki quickly looked at the Artoria Template.

[Na: Artoria Pendragon [Alter].]

When he saw the first line, he was slightly startled.

This was not the usual Artoria, but the darkened Artoria after being corrupted by the Holy Grail.

Of course, the darkened Artoria was still Artoria Pendragon. There was essentially no difference.

[Period: Fifth Holy Grail War, Heaven's Feel Route, Saber-class Servant.]

When Natsuki saw the second line, he thought that was indeed the case.

Under normal circumstances, Artoria's Master would be Emiya Shirou.

But in the Heaven's Feel route, she would beco corrupted, and her Master would change from Shirou to Matou Sakura.

Natsuki continued reading.

[World: Fate/stay night.]

[Rank: S-rank.]

[Ability One: Magic Resistance, Unlocked.]

[Effect: When ninjutsu below B-rank directly hits you, its power will be greatly reduced.]

[Ability Two: Invisible Air, Locked.]

[Effect: By wrapping the target in multiple layers of wind, the enemy cannot see your ninja tool. Its attack power and accuracy will increase to a certain extent.]

[Unlock Condition: Learn five Wind Release ninjutsu.]

[Ability Three: Mana Burst, Locked.]

[Effect: Releases chakra to strengthen your body and ninja tools.]

[Unlock Condition: Defeat five Jonin using only swordsmanship.]

[Ability Four: Infinite Mana, Locked.]

[Effect: Chakra provided by the Black Grail.]

[Unlock Condition: Create the Black Grail according to the blueprint.]

[Ability Five: Excalibur, Locked.]

[Effect: An anti-fortress Noble Phantasm that releases all the chakra in your body through the sword in your hand. Its power is great enough to destroy a city.]

[Unlock Condition: After possessing the Black Grail, rebuild a nation.]

After Natsuki finished reading, he had only one feeling. He was stunned.

They were both S-rank character templates, but he felt that the Artoria Template seed sowhat stronger than the Misaka Mikoto Template and the Heroic Spirit Emiya Template.

Ability One, Magic Resistance.

This ability was relatively unimpressive.

It required enemy ninjutsu to hit him before taking effect, and it was limited to ninjutsu below B-rank.

To be honest, with Natsuki's current strength, the probability of ninjutsu below B-rank hitting him was extrely small.

However, it was not useless.

If he was ambushed and failed to react in ti, it would be very useful.

Since it ca automatically, he would not be picky.

Ability Two, Invisible Air.

This was one of Artoria's classic abilities, and its effect was also quite good.

Simply put, it mainly acted on ninja tools, allowing them to disappear, or rather, making it so enemies could not see them.

If it was applied to a sword, Natsuki would be fighting the enemy with an invisible blade.

The enemy would definitely fall into a disadvantage due to being unable to adapt.

It would be like an ordinary person suddenly going blind. They would be extrely unused to it, causing their strength to drop significantly.

What if it was applied to ranged ninja tools such as kunai, shuriken, senbon, or arrows?

Natsuki could only describe it in three words, too underhanded!

Its unlock condition was to learn five Wind Release ninjutsu.

When Natsuki previously obtained the Uzumaki Naruto Template, he had already unlocked Wind Nature.

Learning Wind Release ninjutsu would be much easier for him than learning Lightning Release ninjutsu.

Ability Three, Mana Burst.

Its effect was similar to Reinforcent Magecraft and Armant Haki.

Natsuki felt that if this continued, he was going to beco a shinobi with both high attack and high defense.

But that was a good thing.

Its requirent was not difficult either. He only had to defeat five Jonin using swordsmanship alone.

With Natsuki's current swordsmanship, it would not be an exaggeration to call him the best in the shinobi world.

When it ca to Ability Four and Ability Five, both the effects and unlock conditions beca extrely outrageous.

Ability Four, Infinite Mana.

As Natsuki's strength improved and the number of character templates increased, his greatest weakness had beco insufficient chakra.

Because all of his abilities needed chakra to take effect.

For example, Unlimited Blade Works.

Although it was not unlocked yet, four Kakashi's worth of chakra probably would not be enough.

Now, things were different. He had directly gained Infinite Mana, aning infinite chakra.

It was just that the unlock condition was also extraordinary. He needed to create a Black Grail.

When Natsuki saw it at first glance, he felt that this was impossible.

One had to know that the Holy Grail in Fate/stay night had been created over a long period of ti by the Three Families of Fuyuki.

But after looking at the Black Grail blueprint, he realized that his guess was wrong.

Clearly, the Black Grail blueprint had also been localized.

The two most important things were the following.

One was the special material used to create the Grail.

The other was a nearly endless mass of chakra.

This so-called Black Grail gave Natsuki the feeling of being equivalent to a tailed beast, allowing him to beco an existence similar to a Jinchuriki.

But masses of chakra were not limited to tailed beasts.

In the shinobi world, there were quite a few existences similar to tailed beasts, such as the Ryūmyaku, Mōryō, and the Zero-Tails.

The greater the ability, the greater the difficulty.

Although Natsuki felt regretful that Infinite Mana had not been given to him directly, he could accept it.

Ability Five, Excalibur.

It was Artoria's Noble Phantasm as a Heroic Spirit. It was also the legendary holy sword, one of the ultimate Divine Constructs.

Clearly, this ability would not give Natsuki the sword itself.

But its power was terrifying enough, possessing the might to destroy a city.

In the shinobi world, it was probably equivalent to Nagato's Super Shinra Tensei.

It was just that its unlock condition was also terrifying. Rebuild a nation.

Natsuki's first reaction was that this had to be a joke.

Rebuild ant that the nation had already been destroyed.

But the problem was, where was there a destroyed nation in the shinobi world?

Did he have to go and destroy a nation?

Natsuki could not help falling into thought.

Suddenly, his heart stirred, and he thought of the Land of Rain.

If Hanzō died, then A and the Land of Rain would fall into a state of collapse. Perhaps that would satisfy this condition.

(To be continued.)

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