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Hashirama lightly tapped the ground beneath his feet and retreated, bringing his hands together.

He knew the enemy's second attack was coming.

Kyūshiki stomped down and swung the Black Halberd at Hashirama.

Just then, a wooden shield shaped like a fanged demon's face grew from Hashirama's body.

It was the Bangpai Technique!

With a dull crash, the Bangpai Technique shattered at once.

Even the Bangpai Technique enhanced by senjutsu could only block a single blow.

However, Hashirama had been brought along mainly to test the gap between him and powerful Otsutsuki.

So someone had been keeping an eye on him the whole time.

Minato, who was fighting Ranshiki, was the best man for the rescue.

Before space was sealed off, he was the fastest.

Minato flashed away, vanishing from in front of Ranshiki and appearing behind Hashirama.

Then, in the nick of time, he grabbed Hashirama and flew back behind Itachi.

Minato was too fast. This kind of spatial traversal was far quicker than opening a space portal.

Ranshiki naturally had no way to stop him and could only watch as Minato rescued Hashirama.

"Interesting."

Interest appeared on Yōshiki's usually stern face.

The Otsutsuki Clan could continually devour God Tree fruits or unfreeze Karma to gain vast amounts of combat experience and skills.

But there had never been much innovation in spatial abilities.

At least within their Divine Garden Clan, very few specialized in the rules of space.

These Otsutsuki generally only knew how to open Yomotsu Hirasaka, with few other applications.

There was no other reason. It was simply too difficult.

Researching the rules of space was extremely dangerous.

Most people who awakened a space-based dojutsu simply kept using it.

They themselves only had a superficial understanding of it.

After all, studying rules came at a price. Other rules