Before the Fire Release could be fully absorbed, it was like putting a lid on a boiling pot—the heat was all trapped inside.
Boom!
However, the Planetary Devastation did not last, because Momoshiki destroyed it from within.
A giant wrapped in magma, like lava encased in earth, broke free.
Momoshiki stood atop its head.
"You lowly creatures have truly enraged me..."
The reason he said that was simple. His body had not been injured, but his clothes had been burned away, and even his hair was gone.
For him, this was indeed the first time he had suffered such humiliation.
"Is that so?"
Hashirama said, "Then let's show him again."
"Compared to little Kitahara Kaede, I may be a little weaker now. But I still have some confidence in True Several Thousand Hands."
"That's fine. I have more Chakra than before, anyway."
Madara Uchiha said.
"..."
Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki watched Madara and Hashirama.
He wanted to see what these two intended to do.
But very soon...
"Sage Art: Wood Release, True Several Thousand Hands!"
"Susanoo!"
A hundred-meter-tall Buddha statue with a thousand arms rose from the ground.
Then its middle section suddenly separated, and blue armor appeared over the Buddha's body.
This was a true Susanoo-clad Buddha.
The Buddha's body broke away from its thousand arms and arrived before the magma giant.
It raised its enormous hand.
"..."
"..." Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki.
Momoshiki looked toward the Buddha's palm.
Because... the magma giant he stood on was only forty-nine meters tall.
So... why was this Buddha statue so huge?!
"Because you are among the first Otsutsuki Clan members to arrive in the ninja world, so..."
"As the hosts..."
"We'll give you a 999-hand handicap!"
Hashirama and Madara pressed their hands together, and the Buddha completely smashed apart the magma giant.
"And