Senju Hashirama had always been quite confident in his taijutsu. After all, even barehanded, he had once punched straight through Susanoo while fighting Madara.
Earlier, Yoru Machi had been able to contend with Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Slash without falling behind, which had led Senju Hashirama to believe that Yoru Machi was a technical taijutsu ninja like his younger brother Tobirama.
But the instant their fists collided, Senju Hashirama's confident expression vanished completely!
This younger member of his clan could not only concentrate Chakra to unleash monstrous strength like him, but seemed to have improved the way Chakra was used as well.
When Senju Hashirama saw the violent torrents of Chakra blasting from beneath Yoru Machi's arms and from his back, even tearing apart his ninja flak jacket, he realized things were going badly.
And that was indeed the case. The moment their fists met, Senju Hashirama felt an irresistible, terrifying force travel directly through his arm and into his body.
After only a brief stalemate, his Impure World Reincarnation arm shattered inch by inch like porcelain. His body was sent flying by the impact, while the Toy Dragon that had swooped down alongside him was crushed into a shower of wood chips by the opponent's powerful fist pressure.
"Ruyi Staff—Enma!"
As massive amounts of rubble fell from the air, a black staff suddenly spun through the sky. In midair, it transformed into an ape roughly two meters tall.
Yet before Enma could seize Yoru Machi, he had already extended a finger. As lightning flickered at his fingertip, a bolt of white lightning shot through the air the next second.
Compared to the summoned beasts of the Three Great Sacred Lands, Enma might not have had such an impressive background. But as the Hokage's summoned beast, the relatively small