The Battle of Three Hokage (Part Two)

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Hashirama Senju laughed heartily, "Tobirama, well done! You truly are my brother!"

He didn't waste the opportunity created by the Second Hokage's sacrifice. He clapped his hands and shouted, "Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

He then clapped his hands again Muken, drawing a large amount of Natural Energy from the void, and immortal patterns appeared on his face.

The First Hokage entered Sage Mode.

He shouted again, "Wood Release: Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!!"

The [Deep Forest Emergence], which could have grown into Primeval Forest, was completely devoured by the [Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands], and a colossal Buddha with Senju growing from his back rose from the ground.

Shazo glanced at it and asked curiously, "First, how come your Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands is only a little over 150 meters long? It's much smaller than I expected."

Hashirama Senju chuckled sheepishly, "This body is terrible. Not only is its Chakra limit very low, but it can also hold very little Natural Energy."

"Although I used [Deep Forest Emergence] as a prelude, this is all I can do."

Shazo sighed, "Alright, we really can't have too high expectations for the Impure World Reincarnation. I'll urge Orochimaru to work harder to improve and perfect it in the future."

Hashirama Senju sighed, "That's all I can do. I can only show you so much today. You'd better catch it carefully."

Shazo suddenly laughed, "Catch? First Generation, you underestimate me."

At that moment, a white snowflake drifted Hashirama Senju, making him notice that the ocean beneath his feet had frozen completely at some point.

The Senju Buddha, which is over 150 meters tall, is frozen below the knees in a thick layer of ice and is completely unable to move.

[Ice Style: Ice Age]

Hashirama Senju asked in surprise, "Such powerful Ice Style! Fifth, how did you do that? So fast, and yet so silently, without me noticing—it's simply the Miracle."

Shazo stretched out his hands. "Combine Ice Style and Vapor Style to achieve a tenfold speed of freezing, then use Flame Style and Magnet Style to conceal temperature changes and Chakra fluctuations."

"Next, this is the most powerful attack I can currently use."

Shazo Zuo raised his hands high, guiding Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju look up and see the Thunderclouds gathering above their heads.

Lightning flashed in the dark, heavy clouds, making their hair stand on end, but there was not a sound of thunder.

Shazo both Hokage had raised their heads, Xia Zuo suddenly pulled his hands down, and hundreds of dazzling beams of light shot out from the Thunderclouds.

[Storm Release: Hundred Forms: Light Fang]

In an instant, the Senju Buddha was pierced by hundreds of penetrating wounds, and dozens of thick arms fell off. His whole body exuded the smell of burnt wood and a strong ozone aura.

The unique controllability and flexibility of the Storm Release, as well as its unparalleled sharpness, were fully demonstrated.

However, the First Hokage and the Second Hokage were very disappointed.

Hashirama Senju casually clapped his hands, and the body of the Senju Buddha instantly returned to normal. He commented with dissatisfaction, "Using Scorch Release to evaporate the Forest and the earth, then Boil Style to control the gathering of clouds, and Magnet Style to change the properties of the clouds, the power of all these preliminary techniques is just so-so."

After reassembling his body, Tobirama Senju regained his senses and made a sarcastic comment. "The Storm Release is too slow, and the clouds are too high. How can you possibly hit anyone with that?"

Shazo chuckled and retorted, "How can you say that this Storm Release is for attack?"

"Why can't it be used to guide even more powerful Ninjutsu?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a deafening roar erupted from the sky.

Theoretically, Inazuma travels at the speed of light. The reason we can see Inazuma is that it takes time for voltage to break down the air in stages.

Now, the Storm Release had already created a circuit for electricity, so neither the First Hokage nor the Second Hokage were able to react in time and were struck by Hundred Plans Inazuma.

The Second Hokage instantly turned into scattered Impure World Reincarnation, while the First Hokage miraculously withstood it, though when he opened his mouth to laugh, he spat out a cloud of black ash.

But Hashirama Senju didn't care at all, ignoring the ozone smell emanating from his body, and laughed loudly as he asked, "Hahaha, what a magnificent technique! What's it called?"

Shazo replied, "I haven't named myself yet, and—"

"----This technique isn't over yet."

Hashirama Senju was stunned. "It's not over yet? Is it that powerful?"

Shazo nodded, while quickly retreating. "It'll be even more intense and widespread next, unleashing all the Thunderclouds's energy in one go."

Hashirama Senju was startled by what he heard, but when he tried to move, he discovered that a huge magnetic field had formed in the area struck by lightning, turning into countless invisible Magnetic Lines of Force that bound him firmly to the spot.

The First Hokage was stunned. "Hey, this is too much—"

Rumble rumble rumble-!!

The Inazuma, cascading down like a waterfall, engulfed everything, including the First Hokage who hadn't finished speaking.

Before closing his eyes, Shazo saw the Second Hokage's head just beginning to materialize.

Tobirama Senju, who always seemed to have a stern face, raised his head. His face appeared unusually pale in the Inazuma, making the cracks on his face appear even deeper.

The Second Hokage opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, before being engulfed by Inazuma once more.

Shazo himself was also taken aback. This was the first time he had used this large-scale Ninjutsu, and its power far exceeded his expectations.

In particular, the magnetic field formed after the first burst not only restricted the First Hokage and the Second Hokage with its Magnetic Lines of Force, but even he, the instigator outside the arena, also felt a huge suction force, trying to drag him into the range of the lightning strike.

Shazo almost got caught in it himself.

Fortunately, it was purely magnetic attraction, and he was also proficient in Magnet Style. Through precise and frequent magnetic force conversion, he transformed the attraction into repulsion, which propelled him to escape.

Inazuma is the most violent form of energy release in the world; a single Inazuma can often kill Ninja instantly.

However, because the bursts are so violent and the current dissipates so quickly that it is imperceptible, the environmental damage caused by Inazuma is usually not exaggerated.

However, after the first round of hundreds of Inazuma completely Ionization the air, the number of Inazuma in the second round surged to tens of thousands, and the accumulation of quantity finally brought about Nature Transformation.

Tens of thousands of Inazuma struck the battlefield simultaneously. The enormous energy could not be released and was converted into high temperature and light on the spot, causing a massive explosion.

The shockwave swept across everything at a speed far exceeding that of sound; even Konoha Ninja about 10 kilometers away from the battlefield felt the threat to their lives.

They saw the white shockwave from the explosion, and chaos erupted instantly.

Kakashi Hatake led his Ninja skilled in Earth Release, quickly unleashing [Earth Release: Earth Style Wall] to create five thick earthen walls in front of them.

But looking at the towering white shockwave that destroyed everything in its path, no one thought these earthen walls could stop it.

Kakashi Hatake and Shisui Uchiha a glance, then said, "I can take half of them underground!"

Shisui paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can activate Susanoo to block the shockwave."

Kakashi stopped talking and immediately used [Earth Release: Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish], his entire body disappearing into the ground like a fish entering water.

As Kakashi entered the underground, the Konoha Ninja, realizing what was happening, held hands and, with the help of Kakashi's technique, sank underground along with the prisoners.

A green light emanated from Shisui Uchiha's body, and a second-stage, legless Susanoo appeared.

Having experienced the battle with the Eight-Tails, Shisui's progress was very obvious. Even in the second stage of Susanoo, there were clearer details in his eyebrows and eyes, and the muscle contours of his body and arms were more obvious and stronger.

The massive Susanoo crossed its arms and slightly bowed forward, assuming a defensive stance to block the Konoha Ninja behind it.

Just as Shisui Uchiha was in position, the shockwave from the explosion swept across, destroying everything in its path.

The once lush forest was instantly turned into a barren wasteland, and then covered by endless smoke and dust.

After the shockwave from the explosion swept past, a storm howled like a dragon, and the gale whipped up billowing smoke and dust.

The smoke and dust contained dangerous heavy objects such as broken tree trunks, branches, and Rock, which either slammed into Susanoo with loud bangs or rolled across the ground, carving out terrifying ravines.

Hidden underground, the Konoha Ninja listened to the muffled rumble and prayed that the storm would end quickly, or at least not for longer than they could hold their breath.

The Konoha Ninja, hiding inside the Susanoo, clung tightly to Susanoo, watching the high-speed storms raging on both sides and above, praying that Shisui Uchiha could hold on.

The storm lasted only three minutes before it ended, but the Konoha Ninja felt as if they had been through another world.

They were situated on a slightly raised hill covered with sparse trees, from which they could easily see the battlefield more than ten kilometers away.

The forest is now completely gone, and the ground has been scraped away, leaving the soil stripped bare in many places, revealing dark blue-green Rock.

The ground protected by Susanoo was half a meter higher than the surrounding area, forming a teardrop-shaped platform.

The surrounding ground was very clean, without any small debris, but there were also many houses-sized stones and huge tree trunks that would take ten people to encircle.

After Orochimaru was dragged out of the ground by Kakashi, he stared blankly at his surroundings, just like the other Konoha Ninja and prisoners of war from the Hidden Ninja Village.

They had all witnessed the spectacular changes in the distant landscape.

The forest was submerged by the flood, the flood swallowed the Forest, the Forest fought each other, half of the Forest withered and turned into a desert, and then the ocean submerged it again.

In addition to the changes in terrain and landforms, there are giants and dragons rising from the sea, sudden appearances of dark Thunderclouds, falling snowflakes, and thunderstorms like waterfalls.

The Ninja all felt that they were directly confronting the age of mythology.

But those changes are still far off, and the personal experience isn't intuitive enough.

When the second thunderstorm broke out, spreading for several kilometers and creating a terrifying shockwave, they were only then bewildered and began to sense the danger.

Now that the danger has passed, and seeing the completely transformed environment resembling Wasteland, he finally connected the terror of the three Hokage with his own weakness.

Except for Shisui Uchiha was slightly better, everyone else felt genuine awe and worship, as if they were facing one, no, two true Gods.

Orochimaru suddenly chuckled and shouted, "I only realized today that the First Hokage truly deserves the title of God of Shinobi; he really is Gods walking among mortals!"

Then his voice trailed off, and he groaned softly, "The Fifth Hokage —he was truly a god—"

The First Hokage was incredibly strong, almost godlike in power.

But he is ultimately a dead man, and his Impure World Reincarnation is only a temporary awakening; he will soon return to the Pure Land.

But the Fifth Hokage Shazo, was only 17 years old. He could live for at least another 50 years, making him a true god walking among mortals.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, every Konoha Ninja wore a proud smile, while the prisoners from Otogakure lowered their heads and became unusually docile.

Even the most arrogant Kimimaro lowered his head at this moment.

Orochimaru suddenly said, "Kakashi, untie me."

Kakashi Hatake paused for a moment, while Orochimaru smiled wryly, raised his hands, pointed to the battlefield ten kilometers away, and said, "With Fifth Hokage like this suppressing the Ninja World, how much courage do I have to continue being missing-nin?"

Kakashi nodded, agreeing with Orochimaru's point, but he didn't remove the Restraint Device from Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru —Lord, this is the Fifth Hokage's order. Please don't make things difficult for me."

Upon hearing that it was Shazo's order, Orochimaru said nothing more.

After the second wave of thunderstorms triggered by the Flame Style technique, the Thunderclouds completely dissipated, and the ground bombarded by the thunderstorms turned into dark red lava craters, forming a scene of Raurava Hell with the charred and smoking ground.

Shazo used Ice Style to create a small Iceburg on the ground, providing a foothold for the First Hokage and Second Hokage to reassemble their bodies and revive.

With the battle having progressed to this point, the First Hokage had proven he wouldn't lose his mind, and the Fifth Hokage had proven his strength was no less than his; there was no need to continue.

As for the Second Hokage, his strength was too weak in this battle, so whether he lost his mind or not is irrelevant.

Hashirama Senju was the first to recover, and he laughed heartily, "What a wonderful technique! It can deal with powerful Kage from various villages and Tailed Beast, and it can also crush Legion of Ninja armies."

Tobirama Senju was a step slower to recover and sneered, "Brother, the Kage of each village don't need this kind of move. His Scorch Release and Magnet Style are enough to leave me helpless."

He turned his head and asked, "Fifth, how old are you this year?"

Shazo replied, "I am 17 years old."

The Senju brothers stared wide-eyed.

Tobirama Senju amazement, "It's unbelievable! I thought you were very young, but your demeanor and wisdom are so mature that it completely confused my judgment of your age."

"Konoha is so Luck to have such a young and outstanding Hokage as you."

Hashirama Senju slumped down, tracing circles on the Iceburg with his finger, and muttered, "I became Hokage at 17. What was I doing at 17? And what was Madara doing at 17?"

"Ugh, I'm so bad, we're all so weak."