How Terrifying Is Wood Release

Wooden colossal serpents formed an unbroken wave, surging toward Mimi to crush her.

With senjutsu strengthening it, the wood was extraordinarily hard.

How hard could wood be? There was a kind of birch whose hardness was more than twice that of steel. It was fireproof, waterproof, sank easily, and was especially suitable for building houses.

If chakra was compared to cement used as reinforcement, could the core wrapped inside it—noodles—possibly be the same as steel bars?

Of course not.

Take Ice Release, for example. Pure ice was hard but brittle, with insufficient resistance to pressure. But if cotton was stuffed inside it to serve as a framework and fill the gaps, increasing its density, it would become extremely sturdy.

Madara knew nothing about plants. The species he had chosen varied, most of them common trees from the mountains and forests, so their hardness was uneven.

Even so, strengthened by senjutsu, their hardness was enough to kill.

But in Mimi's eyes, they were nothing special.

Although Wood Release's most terrifying trait was its ability to absorb an enemy's chakra.

"Die!"

Madara roared furiously as the branches whipped about, pounding down at Mimi in an unbroken barrage.

Mimi did not dodge. She was submerged beneath the tide of branches.

Seeing this, Madara directly activated Wood Release's ability, worried that the attack would not kill her, and began absorbing Mimi's chakra.

But—

He could not absorb anything!

Madara narrowed his eyes as he stared at the forest created by Wood Release, which had quieted down for the moment.

The erupting tide of Wood Release covered the enormous circular crater Mimi's previous attack had created.

Was she dead?

Madara narrowed his eyes slightly.

He simply could not believe it had been that easy.

Why hadn't she dodged?

Perhaps the pollen toxin from earlier had