Both Sides Fail Their First Battle

"Hashirama, those two over there have already steeled themselves. It's time for us to fight side by side again."

Madara walked up behind Hashirama and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Madara? Could you... in your current state, can you really still fight?"

Hashirama turned slightly and looked at the aged Madara with deep doubt.

"Now isn't the time for nonsense."

Chakra surged from Madara's body, and Susanoo appeared.

Nearby, Naruto and Sasuke had already merged into one. Susanoo encased Naruto in his complete Tailed Beast form, and compared to the Armored Susanoo from the original story, it even had an extra pair of huge wings.

After all, they were fighting high in the sky. Without wings, it would be rather inconvenient.

As for Madara and Hashirama, Madara's Susanoo had also been placed over Hashirama's Wood Golem.

That's right, the Wood Golem, not the Thousand-Armed Giant Buddha.

In theory, Hashirama's Thousand-Armed Giant Buddha could stand up apart from the thousand hands on its back and start pounding people, but that required several people working together.

Like piloting a mech, it needed a group of people with the Will of Fire to control it together.

With only Hashirama and Madara, they naturally didn't have enough people.

Besides, Madara had ulterior motives and didn't meet the requirements either.

Even taking a step back, even if Madara could temporarily work in perfect harmony with him, his Susanoo was far too small to cover the Thousand-Armed Buddha.

The Wood Golem and Susanoo were about the same size. At most, it could wear a mask.

So it could only be placed over the Wood Golem.

It was just different from the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails had a long, slender body, while the Wood Golem was rather bulky.

With Susanoo covering the Wood Golem now, it looked