Sea of Trees Descent (Requesting subscriptions)

For today's collection attempt, Hanfeng had gone to bed early last night, specifically refraining from going out after midnight to wreak havoc on the bandits along the border. Unfortunately, his first collection attempt of the day had failed.

As expected, Wood Release wasn't something he could collect so easily.

Perhaps...

The Wood Release hidden deep within Tenzo needed to be drawn out under pressure.

Hanfeng pondered briefly, then immediately drew the Kusanagi Sword and turned into a blur as he charged toward Tenzo.

He's attacking!

Tenzo's almond-shaped eyes were filled with wariness. He watched the sword's shadow streak through the night, trailing a brilliant flash of lightning, and rapidly formed hand seals. "Wood Release: Wood Wall!"

Boom!

As a torrent of Chakra surged into the ground, layer upon layer of tough, sturdy wooden vines burst from the earth in an instant, forming a barrier between Tenzo and Hanfeng.

Rumble!

Thunder exploded. The next moment, a brilliant azure bolt of lightning violently cleaved through the wooden vines, sweeping forward with overwhelming force as it hurtled toward Tenzo.

"It's not over yet!!"

Tenzo's hands moved without pause. "Wood Release: Wood Golem Jutsu!"

Thud, thud, thud!

Two rows of thick, yellow-brown logs burst rumbling from the ground, and in the blink of an eye, they formed an arching wall around Tenzo.

Hanfeng raised an eyebrow. "That's a nice technique. You can use it to attack or defend, but..."

But your wood isn't as hard as my sword.

If the First Hokage had used Wood Release, even Hanfeng's Kusanagi Sword couldn't have cut through it so effortlessly. But Tenzo's Wood Release was only a fifth as powerful as the First Hokage's, while Hanfeng had also awakened his Divine Strength Talent in addition to wielding the Kusanagi Sword!

With Strength of a Hundred Technique, the