Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!
Over the vast ocean where huge sheets of ice had shattered.
Yarukiman Mangroves originating from Sea Star burst through the water one after another, clustering together as they grew wildly.
Endless green spread outward, swiftly covering the original icy blue.
Like a mighty tide, they surged in vast ranks toward the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in the distance.
Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!
Another forceful shout rang out.
A colossal wooden dragon formed from an immense number of tree trunks rose into the sky from the boundless forest of trees, accompanied by a high, drawn-out dragon roar.
Atop the dragon's head.
Hashirama Senju, clad in red armor, faced the fierce winds and crashing waves as he pressed his palms tightly together before his chest like a man praying to Buddha.
His face wore a bold, spirited smile, and his bright eyes stared directly into the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's cold gaze.
Chakra poured from his body and flowed around him like blazing blue flames.
Hashirama Senju truly loved fighting, and he enjoyed battling powerful opponents from other worlds even more.
"Hmph!"
"I am the Divine Beast of Ice, the Frost Demon God!"
"All things in this world shall be eternally frozen with the blooming Red Lotus!"
Inconceivable freezing cold swept forth alongside snowflakes filling the sky, frost rapidly condensing in the air, and thousands upon thousands of densely packed ice spikes rising from the ice. Centered around Red Lotus's massive body, they collided head-on with the vast forest of trees surging in like a tidal wave.
[BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM]
On distant Nine-Tails Island.
Kurama, nearly seventy meters tall, watched the trees and frost before him collide and slaughter one another like two armies at war, and suddenly felt intensely small.
Red Lotus, who was fiercely