"Not good!"
Kagami's pupils abruptly constricted. She screamed in utter terror, "Teacher, run..."
Everything was too late. A prescient slash pierced through Tobirama's chest the moment he materialized!
"Squelch!"
Excruciating pain forced Tobirama's eyes wide open, blood vessels bursting across his pupils. Locked in an expression blending shock and agony, the katana propelled him backward through multiple coral formations before slamming him against the cliff wall with a thunderous crash.
On the battlefield, Hashirama clearly noticed the distant situation after sending Kamihane flying with a single punch.
"Tobirama!"
His heart twisted slightly, but reason reminded him - he couldn't turn back, couldn't afford to be distracted!
After activating Sage Mode, he could not only rely on its enhanced perception to counter attacks but also harness surrounding natural energy for combat, managing to hold his own against the monstrous opponent.
But...
This wasn't what he wanted!
"Kamihane has completely fallen into darkness. If this prolonged battle continues, I'll most likely lose..."
"If we let him leave unchecked, who knows how many more people will end up like Tobirama in the future!"
He made up his mind and exhaled a long, steady breath.
"Let's go all out!"
Hashirama pressed his palms together as usual, resembling a meditating monk, yet the bone-chilling killing intent in his gaze transformed him into an Asura heralding annihilation.
"Sage Art—Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
A tsunami-like surge of majestic chakra erupted. Beneath Hashirama's feet, beams of stark white light pierced the earth as colossal timbers collided with thunderous roars, kicking up swirling dust clouds. Accompanied by Hashirama's furious roar, a kilometer-tall wooden Buddha statue erupted from the ground!
Countless wooden arms densely packed behind the Buddha stretched endlessly – heavy, unyielding, radiating overwhelming pressure. Bathed in moonlight, the Buddha's silhouette dominated the night sky, its gargantuan shadow swallowing the entire coastline.
Facing the boundless Thousand-Handed Wooden Buddha, Kamihane craned his neck upward. His eyes discerned the moon-crowned figure standing atop the Buddha's head – a silhouette radiating divine authority akin to a celestial deity.
"Lord Madara, is this what you faced back then?" He shook his head with a smile. "No, what you confronted in those days must have been far stronger than this."
"Forget it, this is exactly what I want!"
He crossed his hands, assuming a power-gathering stance. Surging chakra coursed through his meridians, his black hair stirring without wind. Surrounding debris rose and fell with each breath, signaling immense energy coalescing.
Though seemingly a simple movement, the instant he assumed the posture, the surrounding hundred-meter radius froze. Sea breezes, crashing waves, trembling debris... all movement decelerated to slow motion.
An invisible "aura" radiated from his body, blanketing all directions and blotting out the heavens and earth. Dark clouds pressed down on the night sky, making distant Kagami hold its breath as he attempted to approach Tobirama.
Kagami had no choice but to halt her movement, casting a fearful and startled gaze toward Kamihane.
"Eight Gates Release: Sixth Gate of View, Open!!!!" Kamihane spread his arms wide and roared hoarsely.
Dense azure energy detonated like a bomb, roaring with mountain-shaking force that pierced the heavens. The terrifying energy column tore through the dark clouds, scattering them into fragments. From afar, it resembled a colossal cyan lotus blooming across the sky.
Kamihane leaped into mid-air. This time, no water molecules condensed beneath his feet - he truly stood suspended in the void, mastering aerial levitation through pure energy.
After advancing to the "Sea God's Body," his cultivation progress in the "Eight Gates" became extremely sluggish.
The meridians that once opened with ease now stood as solid as rock, requiring him to exert a thousand times the effort of an ordinary person to push open this "Forbidden" gate.
Of course, the rewards are worth it.
The reason is that the intensity of his current "Sixth Gate of View" already surpasses Might Guy's "Eighth Gate of Death" from the original timeline.
"Apex Buddha!!!"
Hashirama roared, the Thousand-Hand Wooden Buddha beneath him lowering its eyelids with a compassionate gaze, determined to subdue the malevolent demon before them!
Endless colossal palms surged forth, blotting out the sky and moon, unstoppable as if to crush everything in their path. The mere force of their palms whipped up gale-force winds, shattering boulders and splitting mountains.
Kamihane swiftly threw a punch, the thunderous sonic boom erupting as an enormous air cannon tore through space, instantly shattering several massive wooden Buddha palms. The speed of this strike was unimaginably fast, its power far surpassing "Chongming"!
He did not stop throwing punches, afterimages rippled as a sudden whirlwind erupted from the ground. His fists moved faster than the eye could follow, launching machine-gun-like barrages of powerful air cannons that collided with the endless sea of palms.
"Evening Elephant: Eighty-One Consecutive Strikes!!!"
Kamihane roared at the sky, his jet-black hair wildly dancing in the frenzied wind as he resembled a demonic deity; he completed an escalating sequence of eighty-one consecutive punches in merely three sanxi!
Light exploded, splintered wood flying in all directions!
However, the Wooden Buddha's attacks surged like an endless torrent, wave after relentless wave, as countless gigantic palms once again submerged Kamihane's form.
Kamihane stepped on air, shooting toward the colossal Buddha like Icarus from Greek mythology. Without hesitation, he spread his arms to face the fiery rain in the darkness, as if to embrace a sun that did not exist, intoxicated by its radiance yet unafraid of having his wings scorched by the searing heat and plummeting downward.
"Boom boom boom!!!!"
The heavens and earth paled as a deafening roar pierced the sky. The ground was torn asunder, and a ring-shaped storm centered on the Wooden Buddha swept outward for thousands of feet!
The relentless storm sent Uchiha Kagami, who had been like a leaf in the wind, hurtling straight to Tobirama's side before slamming into the jagged rocks.
...
Hashirama gasped heavily, no longer knowing how much strength he had left. All his attention remained fixed on the gradually dissipating dust and smoke.
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