Facing the even more violently outputting flames, Clear Water Wave was pushed back. Tobirama cried out, "He can still increase the power!?"
"Wood Release: Demon Face Technique!"
A gigantic demon-faced wooden shield rose, blocking the flames from outside.
Looking at the figure before him, Tobirama said quietly, "Sorry, big brother."
"Haha! Don't worry about it, Tobirama. You did very well."
Hashirama laughed twice, then suddenly raised his volume to the maximum. "Everyone, charge! I'll block all of Madara and Izuna's attacks!"
In an instant, Izuna noticed the opposing Senju-Uzumaki ninja's expressions become fervent—their morale visibly boosting with just one sentence.
"Worthy of being Uzumaki Naruto's previous life. His talk-no-jutsu is already taking shape."
Izuna muttered internally. When Hashirama ordered both clans to attack in full force, his own hands weren't idle either.
"It begins, big brother."
Izuna called out.
"Come on, Izuna!"
Madara immediately responded.
Izuna bit his finger, rapidly forming seals and pressing them to the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
As white smoke dispersed, a beast's roar emanated from within, and the resulting gale blew the smoke away.
"It appeared—it's the Two-Tails!"
Uzumaki Hiro'umi shouted, "All Uzumaki clansmen, join me in facing Uchiha Izuna and the Two-Tails! Prepare sealing techniques!"
"Is that the Tailed Beast Elder Hiro'umi mentioned—the Two-Tails that fought alongside Izuna many times at the Shirotani Pass battlefield?"
Hashirama asked curiously.
"This isn't the time for admiration, big brother."
Tobirama said, "The Uzumaki's sealing techniques have excellent suppressive effects on Tailed Beasts. Leave Uchiha Izuna to them. On our side, we'll resolve Uchiha Madara and most of the opposing forces as quickly as possible, then go assist the Uzumaki Grand Elders."
However, deep blue chakra rose from Madara's body like flames.
A humanoid Susanoo with legs suddenly materialized to a height of fifty meters. Its target: Uzumaki Hiro'umi and Uzumaki Wakou leading the Uzumaki clan!
Madara controlled the Susanoo, landing heavily before Uzumaki Hiro'umi with the bearing of one holding a mountain pass alone.
Standing within the Susanoo, Madara crossed his arms before his chest and declared proudly, "If you want to pass, you'll have to get through me first."
"That guy Madara can still use Susanoo!"
Hashirama couldn't help but click his tongue. It seemed his claim of full recovery was true, and judging by Madara's appearance, using Susanoo didn't bring that exaggerated pain anymore.
Had the Mangekyo Sharingan's drawback truly been resolved?
"Big brother, stop focusing on Uchiha Madara!"
Tobirama shouted, "Their brothers' strategy is for Madara to hold off the Uzumaki while Izuna handles the main battlefield. We were all trying to get the Uzumaki to deal with Uchiha Izuna's Two-Tails!"
"Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
Just then, Uzumaki Wakou struck. Golden-tinged chains drilled out from the earth behind him.
This was a sealing technique mastered by nearly all elite Uzumaki jonin, with extremely strong suppressive effects on Tailed Beasts!
However, Madara's right eye rotated slightly. The Mangekyo Sharingan's ability captured the attack trajectory of these chains.
They wanted to bypass him and attack Izuna.
The four-armed humanoid Susanoo moved decisively, catching all those chains in its hands.
"I won't say it again. If you want to pass, you'll have to get through me first!"
Madara said coldly.
On the other side of the battlefield, the Two-Tails glanced at Izuna atop its head. "Only a few months have passed. I thought you'd never call on me again."
Izuna smiled faintly, raising an eyebrow as he signaled Matatabi, the Two-Tails, to look at Senju Hashirama across the battlefield. "That man is the one who will capture every single one of you Tailed Beasts in the future."
Hearing this, Matatabi turned its gaze toward Senju Hashirama. It briefly sensed his energy and couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "What an exaggerated amount of chakra! Is he really human?"
"He is human, but you must not treat him as an ordinary one."
Having said his piece, Izuna immediately formed a one-handed seal. "Do it, Two-Tails!"
The azure flames on Matatabi's body surged, condensing into a massive fireball that was instantly hurled forward. "Onibi-maru!"
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi!"
Black flames and azure flames—two unusual fires—merged together.
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi Onibi-maru!"
"It's the inextinguishable flame!"
"Everyone, use Earth Release to block it!"
Immediately, Senju Unkan took action, slamming both hands onto the ground. "Earth Release: Great Earth Flow Wall!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Several thick earthen walls, towering a hundred meters high, rose consecutively from the soil. However, the fusion Fire Release formed from Amaterasu and Onibi-maru was not so easily withstood.
"Wood Release: Double Coil Strangle!"
Countless wooden vines wrapped around the final stone wall, reinforcing its defense. Only then was the fiery offensive halted. Yet, the azure and black flames continued to incinerate the vines relentlessly; they would not stop until their target was burned to ash.
"My deepest gratitude, Vice-Clan Head," Senju Unkan said to Senju Hashirama.
Hashirama nodded heavily, offering a warning. "Unkan, take the other clansmen and deal with Madara and the rest of the Uchiha. Izuna is not an opponent you can handle."
"Yes."
Though unwilling, Unkan had to admit that the current Uchiha Izuna was operating on a level they could no longer face.
"Tobirama, you also..."
"Tailed Beast Bomb!!!"
Before Senju Hashirama could finish, Izuna's shout suddenly rang out from the other side of the vine-covered stone wall.
Immediately after, a pitch-black sphere of condensed chakra smashed through the wall. It expanded into an energy shockwave dozens of times its original size, blasting straight toward Hashirama and the others.
Hashirama's pupils constricted sharply.
"Wood Release: Great Tree World Wall!"
A wooden wall rose from the soil and gradually fanned out, revealing the situation behind it.
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