Seeing Orochimaru relax his suppression on the three Hokage—the First, Second, and Fourth—and incite them to deal with her, Karin would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous.
It was true that Orochimaru was a traitor to the Hidden Leaf, but it was also a fact that she wanted the half of the Nine-Tails inside the Fourth Hokage. Therefore, she couldn't explain to the three Hokage that she actually belonged to 'Daybreak' and had nothing to do with the maniacs of 'Akatsuki'.
So she didn't open her mouth to defend herself and remained silent.
But it was precisely this wordless silence that made the three Hokage feel something was amiss.
One must know that in the perception of the three Hokage, there was no ninja in the Ninja World who could calmly face three Hokage. Moreover, their side also had Orochimaru and Sage Kabuto.
And the opponent's silence undoubtedly confirmed what Orochimaru had just said: the opponent came for the Nine-Tails inside the Fourth Hokage.
The Second Hokage said to the First Hokage: "Big Brother, we can't let the Nine-Tails fall into the hands of that kind of organization!"
"Mhm." The First Hokage nodded and said to the Second and Fourth Hokage: "The opponent has mastered Wood Release, be careful."
"Yes!"
The Second and Fourth Hokage responded respectfully.
After giving instructions to the Second and Fourth Hokage, the First Hokage took a step forward and shouted: "If you retreat now, a slaughter can be avoided!"
Karin remained unmoved, encouraging herself in her heart: "They are just Impure World Reincarnation bodies, nothing to be afraid of!"
"Sigh!"
With a sigh, the First Hokage clapped his hands together with a clap.
Instantly, amidst a loud rumble and the shaking of the earth, countless branches broke through the soil from underground and grew frantically.
"Is this the First Hokage's true Wood Release?"
Yakushi Kabuto was startled.
The scale of the Wood Release displayed by the First Hokage, who had regained his spirituality, was more than double what it was just now. Moreover, it seemed that the First Hokage was still at ease, appearing not to have used his full strength!
Countless branches converged to form a surging sea of trees, rushing overwhelmingly toward 'B' opposite him like a tidal wave.
The Second and Fourth Hokage also leaped onto the sea of trees, observing 'B' while moving with the undulating sea of trees, looking for an opportunity to strike.
On the wooden high platform, Karin's expression hardened. She no longer held back and also spurred her chakra to fiercely activate Wood Release, urging the sea of trees generated by her own Wood Release to meet the sea of trees created by the First Hokage.
Rumble...
Two massive seas of trees collided, strangling and tearing at each other. The scale was so spectacular and the scene so intense that not only Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto but even the Second and Fourth Hokage, and even the two casters, the First Hokage and Karin, were stunned for a moment.
Because in the history of the Ninja World, there had never been such an exaggerated Wood Release clash!
"So strong!" The First Hokage instinctively praised, then formed hand seals again: "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
Instantly, an incredibly massive wood dragon grew out from beneath the First Hokage's feet. This wood dragon quickly shuttled to the forefront where the two seas of trees clashed, and relying on its powerful impact force, it charged back and forth in Karin's side of the sea of trees, sweeping repeatedly!
With the appearance of the wood dragon, the advantage in the deadlock between the two seas of trees rapidly tilted toward the First Hokage's side.
Swish...
Just then, a kunai passed through the gaps between countless branches, whistling through the air as it attacked Karin on the wooden high platform.
Karin immediately waved her hand, and a branch beside her shielded her front, intercepting the kunai shot at her perfectly.
However, in the next instant, with a whoosh, the Fourth Hokage appeared in front of her. Appearing along with the Fourth Hokage was the Rasengan in his hand, glowing with a soft light!
Almost at the same time, a low splurt sound rang out behind her. A water column only as thin as a finger easily pierced through the branches shielding Karin, aiming straight for her heart!
There were no complicated probes, no back-and-forth tug-of-war. The three Hokage, collaborating for the first time, launched an almost unsolvable joint strangulation in an instant!
If not for the mask covering her face, the Fourth Hokage, who was closest to Karin, would have clearly seen the panic on her face at this moment.
Facing the joint strangulation of the three Hokage, Karin did panic, so the moment she felt the threat to her life, she subconsciously activated Almighty Push with full power!
Suddenly, everything around her went quiet.
Boom!
Then, this stillness was broken by a sudden burst of violent repulsive force. Everything, whether it was the Fourth Hokage attacking Karin with a Rasengan in hand, the slender water column behind her that was about to touch her body, or the high platform beneath Karin's feet constructed by her own Wood Release.
Everything was blown away by this violent repulsive force.
Weight, solidity, and so on, all lost their meaning in this instant. Everything except Karin herself was ruthlessly blown away, without exception.
After a long while, the violent shockwave finally vented completely.
On the ground, be it the sea of trees or the wood dragon, all were flattened by the shockwave just now. Even the large pit of the previous underground laboratory was flattened, leaving not even a rough outline, making it completely impossible to see that there had once been an underground laboratory there.
"This is... the Rinnegan?!"
Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto froze in place.
Because they were further away, they were only blown back a dozen meters by the vented shockwave and didn't suffer any injuries, but the shock on their faces was hard to conceal.
The shock 'B' gave them time and again before was not as great as this one.
They never imagined that 'B' would actually possess a pair of Rinnegan, known as the 'Eyes of the Sage', just like the Akatsuki leader Nagato.
On the field.
As a giant wooden face statue opened, the First Hokage, who was hiding under the Wood Release: Hōbi Technique, revealed his figure.
Undoubtedly, due to the distance and the Hōbi Technique, which could withstand a Tailed Beast Ball, the First Hokage was not blown away.
However, at this moment, a rare solemn expression appeared on his face. Looking at Karin floating in the air, he murmured: "What jutsu is this?"
Not far away.
In that instant just now, the Fourth Hokage relied on his superhuman reaction ability to activate the Flying Thunder God Technique to dodge Karin's Almighty Push. However, the specialized kunai he left elsewhere as coordinates wasn't far enough, so he was still affected by the Almighty Push, looking slightly disheveled.
The Second Hokage, who was further away, fared much better, completely avoiding Karin's Almighty Push with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
But the two didn't feel any relief. Instead, they simultaneously looked up at the sky, at 'B' floating in the air seemingly without any external force, their faces full of shock and suspicion!