Chapter 407: A Thousand Years
AS HALF AN HOUR PASSED, the sparks thickened and grew angrier.
Each time he used it, it made his muscles twitch. Lightning in general was truly overpowered in this world. He could see why many fans favoured it.
When he let it loose again, a sharp crack shot out and shattered a rock clean in two. By late afternoon, he had it—more or less. Black Lightning was just darker electricity at a higher voltage. The real power came in executing a technique with it.
And what better technique than the one written of in Kaguya’s Legacy?
Upon closing his eyes, Arthur began to gather natural energy into his core. Slowly, carefully, he formed the Black Lightning in his palm again—but this time, it spun and began to drill so loud that the animals far away raised their heads in his direction.
Then, in one flick of his wrist, it reinforced into a ball of electricity. This was it; this was the Hagoromo’s "Drilling Hand of Sage Lightning" technique. Essentially the Chidori, but better since it used Black Lightning and Sage Chakra.
As Arthur gazed at his electric-induced palm, the technique quickly died out. No surprise there since it was his first time trying this highly advanced ninjutsu.
It seemed pleasing to have in his arsenal. The main issue lay in control; the technique was extremely loud, much louder than he remembered from that filler arc. More training needed to be done for it to be perfect.
The rest of the day was spent practicing. Trial after error, bruised fingers, and a burn on his forearm.
But by the end, he had succeeded. It still needed polish, yet it was potent enough to use in combat now. And it was his to do as he pleased with.
As he prepared to leave the area, his senses caught something. At first, he thought it was just some other distant wildlife. But it was someone—or rather, multiple someones—headed his way. It was a cluster of small figures moving across the terrain.
As they drew closer, he identified them as children—young, no older than ten or eleven—and they were heading toward the open field where he had been training.