Orochimaru raised a hand to his mouth and blew out a stream of fire.
He had possessed all five elemental natures long ago. Any ninjutsu came to him effortlessly, let alone at his current level.
The flames grew with the wind, turning into a wall of fire more than ten meters high as it crashed toward the outer hull of the Starsea Battleship.
The outside of the battleship suddenly flickered, and a layer of translucent blue light appeared, firmly blocking the flames outside.
Shamu flew beside the battleship and studied the energy shield.
The shield was highly defensive, but it seemed specially designed to absorb thermal energy, light energy, and radiation.
Thinking of Yōshiki's abilities, Shamu was no longer surprised.
Shamu shook his head. "It seems this Divine Garden Clan is quite aggressive. This was obviously designed to invade other Otsutsuki."
He had yet to meet Yōshiki and had no idea what level he was truly at.
But even the Starsea Battleship's protective shield had been designed to absorb thermal energy.
That might mean Yōshiki's attacks had an enormous range, so vast that even his own people could easily be caught in the crossfire.
Naturally, Orochimaru had thought of what Shamu had thought of as well.
"The worst-case scenario you predicted may happen." Though Orochimaru said it in a matter-of-fact tone,
his eyes were anything but relaxed.
Shamu frowned slightly. With things already at this point, all they could do was take it one step at a time.
"We need to notify Minato and have him place enough Flying Thunder God markings."
"I've already told him to do so." Orochimaru answered, raising his head to look toward Konoha.
"Hashirama should have crossed that line by now."
Let us turn back time a little.
Orochimaru's Shadow Clone was handing Hashirama a