Sarutobi Hiruzen was beaten beyond recognition. All around him were enemy shadow clones, and the weakness of shadow clones was that they could not take much punishment.
Sarutobi Hiruzen formed hand seals rapidly, his chest swelling high. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
A wide-range Wind Release ninjutsu was the perfect weapon for wiping out shadow clones.
Seeing this, Hashirama Senju's shadow clones could only retreat quickly.
But four of the shadow clones struck the nearby perimeter walls, and the walls immediately broke into several sections.
Then two shadow clones, one to the south and one to the north, each lifted a larger section of wall and smashed them toward Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The scene looked like a pair of giant hands swatting at a flying mosquito, trying to clap Sarutobi Hiruzen to death.
"Boom...!"
The two walls slammed together. Sarutobi Hiruzen kept retreating, avoiding the attack.
"Damn it, that enormous amount of chakra... and that strength and speed... How could the Daimyo Residence have an expert like this?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was bitter. He bit his thumb, drew a line of blood across his palm, then slapped it to the ground.
"Summoning Technique: Monkey King Enma!"
The instant white smoke burst open, a white giant ape over two meters tall appeared at his side, finally giving Sarutobi Hiruzen a faint sense of security again.
"Hiruzen, this is...?" Enma's voice was full of wariness.
"No time to explain! Transform into the Adamantine Ruyi Staff!"
Monkey King Enma spun, transforming into a black staff over two meters long and flying into Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand.
The Adamantine Ruyi Staff kept extending—twenty meters... forty meters... sixty meters... Sarutobi Hiruzen swept it forward with force, and more than a dozen houses caught in its path were smashed in half and collapsed.
Uchiha Sanpo, watching the battle, narrated