"Kid! Think you can take on a couple of old warhorses like us?" The Second, Tobirama Senju, also showed confusion.
Their reputations as brothers had long echoed throughout the entire Naruto world.
In this world, if they claimed second place, no one dared claim first!
"Of course. But we can stop when one side gets the upper hand. If I win, I kill Danzo. If I lose, I'll join your damn Konoha. Deal?"
"Fine! Let's do as you say!" Senju Tobirama quickly agreed.
"Tobirama-sama, you can't do this!" Danzo anxiously cried out.
"What? Do you think you have the qualification to speak? Or do you actually believe we will lose?" Tobirama asked indifferently.
"That's not it..."
His tone was icy cold. Danzo immediately stopped speaking, but his gaze toward Ye Liang carried more resentment now, like a scorned lover who could never let go, her eyes full of bitterness.
"Alright then, let's begin." Ye Liang walked to the middle and waved his hand at Tobirama's group, indicating he was ready.
Sigh.
Do you really think I want to do this?
It's all forced upon me!
I've still got the Fire Shadow's Challenge quest to complete!
God-damn it!
Ye Liang had his own reasons too.
Even someone who loves showing off doesn't always want to flaunt himself—he values his life as well.
"Hmph. Bring it on."
After saying this, Tobirama Senju rushed toward Ye Liang urgently.
[Kinjutsu - Bone Dragon Projectile!]
As soon as he formed the hand seals, countless bones suddenly surged from the pits around them. They flew into the sky and assembled into an enormous bone dragon midair—one resembling a Western dragon.
"Looks like Tobirama's not holding back anymore!" Hashirama Senju said aside.
"Lord Hashirama, won't you help him?" Danzo curiously asked.
"Of course not. Although this kid is being arrogant, we aren't shameless people like some Hokage who would gang up on someone. Besides, I quite like this boy. He's as handsome as I was when I was young."
"I see now, Lord Hashirama."
Danzo nodded at Hashirama Senju, as if he understood.
Handsome my ass!
You gotta be kidding me. Now how am I supposed to follow through? If I fail in the end, what about my life? Am I just handing it over to others?
Hiruzen Sarutobi approached as well: "What Lord Hashirama says makes sense. Just now I was considering helping Lord Tobirama. What a shame, truly a shame!"
"Haha, monkey, you better not make mistakes again. Just watch carefully."
"Yeah."
At that moment,
Far away, a yellow shadow found nothing to do or say and quietly sat down behind everyone.
The battle in the center continued.
Ye Liang tried several Barrier Jutsu techniques but found none were effective against the bone dragon!
"Could it be magic-immune?"
Western dragons naturally had magical immunity—no idea where Senju Tobirama got this image from; perhaps it indeed possessed similar abilities.
[Sage Art - Spiraling Shuriken!]
A powerful spiraling shuriken rapidly rotated in his hands before he hurled it at the bone dragon.
Since elemental Barrier Jutsu were useless, Ye Liang decided to try Sage Art.
Can't handle you with normal chakra?
Surely Sage Art can deal with you?
"Boom!"
Right before Tobirama Senju's disbelieving eyes, the enormous Bone Dragon was actually disintegrating midair!
"Why hasn't he transformed yet?"
Hashirama Senju, watching from afar, began to feel doubtful.
Even someone as powerful as him could clearly see Ye Liang had used Sage Chakra. However, one must enter Sage Transformation to utilize Sage Chakra—ordinary human bodies simply couldn't absorb ambient chakra, much less wield it!
"What's wrong, Lord Hashirama?" Danzo remarked. "Seems this kid managed to break the Second's Bone Dragon, but at great chakra cost. You two have reincarnated bodies through Impure World Reincarnation with unlimited chakra. This brat's defeat is only a matter of time."
"That's not it," Hashirama replied. "Though his chances aren't high, his chakra manipulation is simply beyond comprehension. A person without Sage Transformation directly using Sage Art? That's nothing short of a miracle!"
"Really? Is this really that difficult?"
"Yeah, it's practically impossible! Even the legendary Sage of Six Paths couldn't do something like this!"
[Gasped] Danzo sucked in a sharp breath.
So… should I help then? Or help then? Or help then?
Asking himself three times in succession, he was slightly tempted to act unscrupulously.
The battlefield situation shifted again—first, Ye Liang was being suppressed by the Bone Dragon, now Ye Liang was overwhelming Tobirama.
Don't be ridiculous!
If Ye Liang wasn't afraid of facing all Akatsuki members, how could he possibly lose to just Tobirama?
From the beginning, his only concern was fighting against all five Kage-level opponents together!
Because Hashirama Senju was strong! Tobirama Senju was strong! Hiruzen Sarutobi plus Minato Namikaze were also extremely strong!
But if they came one-on-one, Ye Liang feared no one.
In fact, Ye Liang was stronger!
"Don't need any help yet?" Ye Liang teased mockingly. He raised his hand once more, launching a Tailed Beast Ball straight at Tobirama.
"BOOM!"
If this battle had taken place anywhere but Konoha's rear mountainous area, the Hidden Leaf Village would've already been flattened!
Tobirama narrowly escaped the massive explosion. Having an Impure World Reincarnation body, despite admiring Ye Liang's strength, for now he remained unaffected.
Moreover, his chakra was infinite. As long as he prolonged the battle, Ye Liang would eventually fall!
"So that's your plan!"
Ye Liang sneered coldly, having seen through Tobirama's strategy, but he wasn't afraid!
His body already contained Nine-Tails' full chakra, enhanced with undying energy, and countless Sage Arts across three elemental natures!
As long as he didn't continuously use S-rank Ninjutsu, Ye Liang could maintain perfect chakra balance!
Chakra never depleting!
"This is strange. How come his chakra hasn't run out yet?"
Three hours passed in battle, and Tobirama finally felt puzzled.
Normally, after such a prolonged fight, anyone would've collapsed already. Even someone as powerful as Hashirama would show signs of exhaustion.
Yet Ye Liang hadn't at all. In fact, he seemed to be growing stronger!
"I understand now! He possesses complete Sage Mode!"
From afar, Hashirama's eyes widened dramatically, as if witnessing something absolutely incredible!
"Sage Mode completely? What exactly does that mean?" Danzo asked curiously.
"That means he can maintain Sage Transformation permanently! No wonder he's been able to keep fighting until now, because he can continuously absorb Sage Chakra from his surroundings!"
Hashirama Senju answered.
Back in his youth, he'd also trained in Multiple Sage Transformations, but until his death, he only mastered two—Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest.
As for Ryuchi Cave, he never even found the way.
For ordinary people, the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave is far too strange. Trying to learn Sage Mode there is practically impossible!
Ye Liang was just lucky—and had read the original novel. Otherwise, there's no way he would've found Ryuchi Cave!
"Haha, such a powerful opponent, how could I possibly miss out? Tobirama, let me join too!" Hashirama said.
"My Lord Hashirama, you're shameless!"
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