Hashirama Senju's face finally changed completely. His blood-red Sage face stared intently at Kaoru before him. Having trained Sage Mode to an extremely high level, he naturally understood what Kaoru's current state meant!
"Very well, fighting someone like you must be interesting!"
"Sage Art: Gate of the Gods!!!"
Putting aside his myriad thoughts, Hashirama Senju lightly clasped his hands together. Driven by the Sage chakra within his body, colossal red sealing gates, arranged in a cross shape, rained down furiously towards Kaoru's position!
Kaoru's scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan gazed at the countless sealing gates firmly locked onto his position, descending from the sky. Kaoru knew very well that this Wood Style technique, amplified by Sage Art, was capable of not only suppressing Madara, the god of reanimation, in the original story but also restraining the Ten-Tails. If he were suppressed by these red sealing gates, even a tailed beast would be sealed of its chakra and subdued!
"No wonder in the original story, this technique captured tailed beasts like catching chicks…"
Seeing the overwhelming power Hashirama Senju displayed after activating Sage Mode and unleashing this technique, Kaoru felt a deep sense of emotion. Today's Hashirama Senju was indeed vastly different from the one he had fought before. If the Hashirama Senju of today had been summoned by Orochimaru during his attack on Konoha, Kaoru might have been defeated then as well…
However, the past is the past, and the present is the present. Kaoru felt emotional, but his expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his right hand, countless chakra kunai shot out in all directions. Using these kunai as anchors, he activated the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, constantly teleporting and moving.
Bang! Bang! Bang!…
Countless giant red sealing gates bombarded the ground in the sky. In this forest, towering red structures were erected one after another. The shocking spectacle scared away all living creatures within a radius of hundreds of miles.
"Can't keep up with his speed… Tobirama's ninjutsu is just one more troublesome thing after another…"
Hashirama Senju, with his hands clasped together before his chest, found that all the giant red sealing gates he had summoned were completely unable to track Kaoru's constantly flickering, teleporting figure.
"It's just that you're too slow…"
Just as Kaoru's voice suddenly echoed in Hashirama Senju's ear, he was startled and instinctively threw a whip kick as he turned around. As a ninja at the pinnacle of the ninja world, his reaction was undeniably fast. However, when he looked back, he couldn't find Kaoru's figure. This whip kick naturally missed!
"!!!"
Just as Hashirama Senju was surprised, he felt a strong gust of wind from behind him. Turning around again, he saw Kaoru's fist magnified infinitely before his eyes!
BOOM!!!
The punch thrown under Sage Mode, though purely taijutsu, contained abundant Sage chakra. Carrying the earth-shattering force of Kaoru's punch, it slammed into Hashirama Senju at point-blank range!
With a single punch from Kaoru, it was as if the entire space trembled. Hashirama Senju was sent flying like a cannonball. His reanimated body gradually disintegrated into flying ash under this immense force, scattering everywhere.
"Uchiha Kaoru…" Obito watched the scene in silence, repeatedly murmuring Kaoru's name.
"If it weren't for the reanimated body, even with your Yang Release Sage Body, I would have killed you twice by now…"
Kaoru's calm voice reached the ears of Hashirama Senju and Obito. His scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan gazed at Hashirama Senju, who was gradually reassembling from flying paper fragments in the distance. No one could discern Kaoru's expression at this moment.
"Even the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, is no match for him…" Obito, hiding in the intangible void of Kamui, had a wavering gaze in the only visible Sharingan on his mask. He seemed to be contemplating how to retreat after Hashirama Senju's inevitable defeat.
"You're mistaken about that…" As Hashirama Senju's complete form gradually reformed in the air, he refuted Kaoru's statement. "After activating Sage Mode, my body's self-healing ability greatly increases. Your punch earlier was indeed powerful, but if it were not for my reanimated body, I could have fully recovered through Wood Style's healing jutsu…"
"Is that so…" Kaoru curled his lips slightly. He then remembered that Hashirama Senju indeed possessed superior healing abilities to Tsunade. And now, in his reanimated state, this monstrous self-healing ability was completely rendered useless.
"However… hearing you say that, I truly feel like a failure, to be underestimated by such a young junior…" Hashirama Senju, naturally open-minded, couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating wry smile.
However, after this self-deprecation, Hashirama Senju's eyes sharpened. Facing Kaoru, whom he had already been defeated by twice, he, who stood at the pinnacle of the Warring States period, admitted he had never encountered an opponent like this. He quickly formed a hand seal before him, unleashing the boundless Sage chakra within him!
Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!!!
As Hashirama Senju formed the hand seals, a deafening roar echoed. It was as if the surrounding air was pushed away by a strong gust of wind. The light in the sky instantly dimmed.
To everyone's utter horror, a truly sky-obscuring, colossal Wood Style Buddha statue rose from the ground. Tens of millions of massive arms gathered behind the giant Buddha, as if it could pluck stars and moons from the heavens, descending from the divine realm to the human world, looking down upon all beings below…
"This is…"
The colossal Wood Style Buddha statue rising from the ground was truly awe-inspiring. Even the Wood Golem Jutsu, which was as large as Madara's Perfect Susanoo, seemed like a baby standing before an adult in comparison.
"Is this the Wood Style Hashirama Senju praised by people? It truly lives up to its reputation…" Staring blankly at the colossal Wood Style Buddha statue, whose top he couldn't even see by looking up, even Obito was deeply shaken.
After all, this was the first time he had witnessed Hashirama Senju's true power today. Although he had long imagined Hashirama Senju's abilities, the reality was far more shocking.
"What exactly is that… How powerful is the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju…" At this moment, the four former Kage and the four current Kage, still fighting in the canyon lake, simultaneously stopped their actions. Their eyes glazed over as they gazed at the giant Wood Style Buddha statue standing in the distant forest, feeling as insignificant as grains of sand.
"This must be the power that stood at the pinnacle of the Warring States period…"
Looking up at the colossal Wood Style Buddha statue that seemed to pierce the sky, even Kaoru's heart was filled with shock. In the entire world of Naruto, there was probably no ninjutsu larger than this.
One must know that in the original story, even Uchiha Madara's "Armored Susanoo," which combined the power of the Nine-Tails and his Perfect Susanoo, was shattered by Hashirama Senju's Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence. This technique even altered the terrain of the Valley of the End!
"As expected, this power is greater than Uchiha Madara's…"
Gazing at the towering Wood Style Buddha statue that pierced the heavens, Kaoru felt the passion he had felt when fighting Uchiha Madara instantly ignited. His scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan blazed with infinite fighting spirit, his eyes fixed intently on Hashirama Senju, clad in crimson armor with flowing black hair.
"Junior, I wonder if you can withstand this move!"
"Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands!!!"
Almost as the aura of both men reached its peak, Hashirama Senju suddenly manipulated the giant Wood Style Buddha statue, raising its thousands of massive arms behind it. Each colossal Wood Style arm seemed to tear through the air before them, unleashing a furious barrage towards Kaoru below!
All the air above was torn apart, all light was completely obscured, and thousands of giant Wood Style arms filled the entire space above Kaoru's head. The surrounding temperature seemed to boil!
"Summoning Jutsu!!!"
Facing the immense pressure of the surging Wood Style Buddha, Kaoru immediately formed hand seals and slammed his hand onto the ground!
Bang!!!
As the thick smoke dissipated, a giant humanoid monster clad in extremely heavy armor appeared before Kaoru.
This humanoid monster also held a giant anchor in its hand. Moreover, its eyes beneath the heavy armor emitted a purple glow. If one looked closely… the source of that purple glow was… a Rinnegan with bizarre ripples!
And this was Nautilus, the Deep Sea Titan, summoned by Kaoru!
And he, too, had been designated by Kaoru as one of the Six Paths of the Rinnegan!
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