Inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
Working together, the First and Second Hokage had left Hiruzen Sarutobi panting and utterly bedraggled after only a short while.
At his age, he could no longer sustain such prolonged, intense combat.
"Sakumo!!"
While tangling with Houka, Jiraiya shouted at Hatake Sakumo.
By now, Hatake Sakumo had no idea how many pieces he had chopped Orochimaru into, but his instincts told him that Orochimaru was not dead!
"Damn it!"
Hatake Sakumo was deeply unwilling, but when he turned back, he saw the First kick Hiruzen Sarutobi flying once again.
He could not tolerate this!
Hatake Sakumo flickered, instantly merging with his blade and transforming into a frigid white streak of sword light that crossed dozens of meters and slashed straight at the First's back.
The First did not even glance at him. Clasping his hands together, he coldly shouted, "Tree World... Descent!"
"What?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed drastically.
Jiraiya also hurriedly broke away from Houka and retreated.
Bang, bang...
Beneath the tiles of the main grandstand's roof, tiny seedlings broke through the ground one after another. Then, at a terrifying speed, they rapidly grew, becoming countless enormous vines, roots, and towering trees in an instant!
More than half of the vast rooftop was already covered by a sea of trees!
Before Hatake Sakumo's blade light could approach the First, it was blocked by a giant tree!
"So this is the First's Wood Release."
Hatake Sakumo stared at the massive tree before him, thick enough that five or six people would need to link arms to encircle it, his expression turning incomparably grim.
When his blade had struck the trunk just now, it had only sunk halfway in before the tree began madly absorbing the Chakra within him. Before his sword technique could even display