Tamura Hiroshi had indeed expended a great deal. Ten of his fifteen Yang Seals were empty. Every crescent-shaped blade of chakra he had unleashed had cost him real chakra.
Even after doing his best to recover and reuse it, and compressing the blades to conserve energy, he had still spent ten cards' worth of chakra.
Of course, that was nothing compared to the chakra required to create True Thousand-Armed. That was a super move whose cost was measured in tens of thousands of cards.
It was Orochimaru who had created that thing this time. If it had been Hashirama Senju, then a technique like Beheading the Wooden Buddha wouldn't have been enough to break it.
Ultimately, Orochimaru had only stolen the power of Wood Release. He wasn't Hashirama Senju himself, so he was using Wood Release indirectly rather than directly. There was an extra layer between him and the power.
Unless he could fuse his own chakra natures to create Wood Release Chakra and transform his bloodline, the Wood Release he produced would never truly belong to him.
But that was clearly impossible. Wood Release was too special. Others could combine earth and water at most to create Lava Style and the like. Wood Release was a unique power connected to the God Tree. Without the Senju clan's bloodline, Orochimaru had no chance of fusing it.
That was a dead end, and one of the main reasons Orochimaru had ultimately decided to abandon this body.
After catching his breath, Tamura Hiroshi saw a flash of golden light behind him. Minato Namikaze had appeared again, using his Dojutsu in conjunction with the Flying Thunder God Technique to launch a sneak attack. The golden Light Sword in his hand pointed straight for Tamura Hiroshi's vital spot between the shoulder blades.
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