Hiruzen Sarutobi paid no attention to Aramaki's taunts and wild laughter.
Keeping a calm expression, he tightly gripped the Adamantine Staff in his hand.
Leading the two Shadow Clones beside him, he leaped and dashed swiftly above the trees.
At the same time.
The wooden giant beneath Aramaki raised an arm dozens of meters long.
Its fist, nearly as large as the Hokage's office building, came crashing down on them.
The terrifying force instantly blasted apart the air.
A thick, visible shockwave spread out into the surrounding sea of trees.
Although Aramaki had said before that being big alone was useless, that did not stop him from using size to suppress Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.
After all, not all people were the same.
Indeed.
When Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru saw the massive hammer-like blow descending, their expressions changed.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
"Lightning Release: Lightning Style: Thunderclap!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and his two Shadow Clones rapidly formed hand seals.
At the same time.
Danzo and Jiraiya behind them joined in with the ninjutsu they excelled at.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
"Sage Art: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
In the blink of an eye, the five great ninjutsu merged in flight into an enhanced Great Barrage Technique.
And because Jiraiya's Fire Release contained Senjutsu Chakra.
This move could actually be called the Sage Art: Great Barrage Technique!
In an instant.
The advanced ninjutsu of five Chakra natures spiraled around one another.
They crossed more than a hundred meters of sky almost simultaneously.
Then collided with the descending wooden giant fist.
[BOOM!!!]
A thunderous explosion erupted.
Terrifying force compressed the air into a blurred, violent shockwave.
It sent vast stretches of forest and the Konoha ninja fighting within them flying.
Aramaki, standing atop