The Third Hokage looked at these defiled predecessors and powerful figures, his heart aching with grief. He glared furiously at Orochimaru, his voice trembling with rage. "Orochimaru! How dare you... how dare you desecrate the souls of the dead! You are utterly unforgivable!"
"Rather than holding me accountable, Sensei, you should be more concerned about your own situation." Orochimaru smiled unconcernedly as his hands rapidly formed seals.
In an instant, the First Hokage Hashirama Senju's body began moving against his will. His hands came together automatically as immense chakra gathered.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
The Third Hokage's expression changed drastically, and he immediately roared at everyone around him, "Get out of here, now!"
Before his words had even faded, the ground all around them shook violently. Countless massive trees burst from the earth, growing and spreading like giant living pythons, instantly transforming a vast area into a primeval forest!
The Third Hokage himself tried to retreat at once, but the instant he moved, four purple walls of light shot into the sky, forming an enormous Four Violet Flames Formation that trapped him firmly at its center!
"Sensei," Orochimaru said leisurely from outside the barrier, watching the trapped Third Hokage, "just stay here peacefully and... have a good 'reunion' with your predecessors."
The Third Hokage had not expected Orochimaru to have prepared so many contingencies just to deal with him.
Standing at the center of the barrier, surrounded by Edo Tensei powerhouses eyeing him hungrily, the Third Hokage looked utterly grim, yet his gaze remained sharp. "Orochimaru! Do you think these manipulated dead can really keep me here?"
"If you were still young, I would never have used such methods against you." There was a trace of complicated emotion in Orochimaru's voice. "But Sensei, you are old now. Alone, facing