"I absolutely—!"
"I'll never let a guy like you keep destroying our village!"
"The village we all worked so hard to build together!"
An astonishing aura surged out from the sea of flames.
"Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique!"
Creak, creak, creak...
A gigantic wooden golem suddenly "stood" up from the sea of flames. It already towered over a hundred meters tall.
The blazing vines only reached as high as its thighs.
Moreover, the golem wasn't the crude dark green it had been before. Its bright green hue carried a faint golden sheen, giving it a remarkably impressive appearance.
"He can actually combine the Nine-Tails' power with Wood Release?"
"This kid..."
Madara narrowed his eyes, seeming to take an interest in the golem amid the flames.
"But..."
"The only one who can stop me is Hashirama!"
Violet light blazed in Madara's Rinnegan. A fierce wind rose with waves of blue Chakra, whipping his hair about. Through the strands blown aside, his other, scarlet Sharingan could just barely be seen.
A short while later.
The Perfect Susanoo appeared before the Konoha Ninja once again.
Even the Wood Golem, empowered by the Nine-Tails, still seemed like a dwarf before Madara's deep-blue giant. The two were nearly twice as different in height.
A dull, oppressive sound of air being cleaved apart rang out. Madara's Susanoo had drawn its blade, over a hundred meters long, and brought it crashing down on the golem.
On the other side of the battlefield, at the edge of the sea of flames,
a half-body of orange-red samurai armor stood with two brothers inside.
The younger black-haired boy stared at the battle between the two colossal figures, his face full of shock and frustration.
The shockwaves from their fight alone made the ground rumble, as though a powerful earthquake were