Madara clapped his hands together, then abruptly spread them apart.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Crack! Crack...
Thick, vine-like plants burst through the earth one after another, shooting up into the sky!
Their sinewy bark looked ancient and rugged, with deep grooves in it. They were clearly incredibly tough.
Some unlucky Konoha Ninja were snared by the vines' branches and wrapped up. In just a moment, they were sucked dry, swiftly desiccating and rotting away, as if the vines were bloodthirsty monsters.
Before long, when the vines had reached an altitude of dozens of meters, enormous lotus-like flowers suddenly opened at the tips of the plants.
Hiss... Hiss...
The moment the flowers opened, a dense cloud of pale yellow pollen spread through the air.
"Why can he use the First's Wood Release, too?!"
"Look out!"
"That's the First's—"
"The pollen is poisonous! Hold your breath!"
Minato's expression changed, but there was no time to think about why Madara could use Wood Release. He cried out, warning everyone.
"Hmph!"
Madara gave a quiet snort, then brought his fingers together again and formed a hand seal.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Boom!
Madara opened his mouth and unleashed a vast torrent of flames, surging forward like the sea. ஜ۩۞۩ஜ ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
The scorching waves of fire swept into the pollen-filled area, instantly setting the pollen ablaze, along with the vines that had shot into the sky.
Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter!
The enormous wooden golem Naruto had summoned was being bound by thick, sturdy vines. The flowers "growing" on them kept spewing yellow pollen.
Naruto controlled the fists on the wooden golem's back, pounding at the tangled vines wrapped around it, but to little effect. The two seemed to be separated by a couple of levels in strength.
The power of Madara's Wood Release far surpassed