Kamui (Part 2)

"Sage Mode"

The moment his chakra formed a stable balance with Natural Energy, a black face pattern appeared on Hashirama Senju's face, and an extremely powerful yet elusive aura burst from his body.

"A sage?"

Madara Uchiha sneered, then controlled his Susanoo and brought its sword crashing down.

"Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique"

Facing the terrifying slash from Susanoo, Hashirama Senju stood fearlessly.

He transformed his chakra into the wood attribute and injected it into the ground. Countless thick, tree-like roots surged up from beneath the earth, twisting and merging together until they formed a gigantic arhat figure wrapped in a wooden dragon. It was hardly smaller than the giant Perfect Susanoo.

Just as Susanoo's sword was about to reach him, the Wood Golem clasped its hands together and caught the blade by the narrowest margin, trapping it firmly between its palms.

At the same time, Hashirama, standing between the Wood Golem's brows, controlled the wooden dragon on its body and sent it lunging at the nearby Susanoo.

In the blink of an eye, the wooden dragon followed Susanoo's sword-wielding arms and coiled around its body, binding it tightly.

"The same trick won't work on me anymore, Hashirama!" Madara Uchiha snorted.

Then the two arms behind his Susanoo released their light blades and clamped down hard on the wooden dragon wrapped around its body.

With a forceful pull, they tore the wooden dragon in half and ripped it off his body.

While the two of them were locked in a stalemate, the many reanimated experts who had just been cleaved apart by Susanoo's sword restored their bodies and launched attacks with the resolve to die.

Hozuki Gengetsu directed his Steam Clone to charge forward.

His enlarged Steam Clone was not small by any means, but before that Perfect Susanoo, it