"Gulp~~"
Watching Tobirama Senju get swatted away like a doll, Ay could not help shrinking his neck. His resolve never to make an enemy of Ronglin grew even firmer. Even Ōnoki's expression turned ugly.
Just think about it: as Kage from the same village, an enemy you found extremely troublesome had no power to fight back against Ronglin. How would that make you feel? Disappointed? Frustrated? Or even despairing?
The powerful aura erupting from Susanoo made Hashirama Senju wary. Unlike his younger brother Tobirama Senju, he remained where he was. After a long moment, Hashirama Senju raised his hand.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!!!"
Hashirama Senju stopped taking things easy and slammed both hands onto the ground.
"Rumble!!!"
At a speed countless times faster than before, innumerable towering trees burst from the ground. It was clear that Hashirama Senju had not been using his full strength earlier.
This made Ōnoki and Ay's expressions turn even uglier.
Vines transformed into towering trees one after another, while countless tendrils swept toward Susanoo.
"Come on!! Come on!!"
Ronglin laughed loudly as the two longswords in Susanoo's hands swung rapidly. The vines that had taken Ōnoki and Ay so much effort to cut through fell like dead branches beneath Susanoo's attacks...
They were severed one by one by the blades, and flames that refused to go out continued burning on the cut vines.
"Break!!"
Ronglin closed his eyes and swung both arms fiercely. The swords in Susanoo's hands turned into streaks of black lightning.
"Rumble!!"
The towering trees around them collapsed one after another. Within several hundred meters around Susanoo, everything became a vacuum, leaving behind only the unceasing blaze.
The Black Flame seemed impossible to extinguish as it continued clinging to the vines and trunks, burning away.
Deep Forest Emergence could not stop