Senju Hashirama stretched out his hands, tore open the Iron Sand Binding Coffin, roared, and flung them back towards the flames. His hands and feet were covered in cuts and bruises, but they healed completely in a short while.
The enormous Iron Sand ball continued flying towards the flames, and after being flung by Senju Hashirama's immense strength, it moved at an incredible speed!
Seeing this, Sasori frowned and mobilized a large amount of Chakra to have the Third Kazekage's puppet stop him, finally spitting out a mouthful of blood! Damn, the First Hokage's power is so great, even the Chakra I mobilized was difficult to slow down.
However, at the last moment, the Iron Sand ball stopped, and Lin and the Human Puppet successfully dodged it. Lin was sweating profusely, looking at Senju Hashirama with a shocked expression, and then nodded to his son in gratitude.
Sasori smiled, then took three pills from Sunagakure to restore his Chakra. His Chakra quickly returned to full strength.
However, this elixir has side effects, and it contains erysipelas, so it should not be taken in large quantities. If too much is taken, various training methods must be used to expel the impurities.
But at this point, when the very existence of Sunagakure was at stake, who cared about the poison? Let's just do it!
Senju Hashirama frowned slightly as he watched this scene. "Young man, that medicine of yours has side effects."
"Enough with the nonsense!" Sasori roared, then manipulated more than thirty puppets to attack Senju Hashirama from all angles. Senju Hashirama shook his head, remained silent, and continued to kill indiscriminately.
One punch shattered a puppet, one kick broke another, and seven puppets were destroyed in just five seconds! But Scorpion remained unmoved, continuing to command the puppets to attack relentlessly.
But to Senju Hashirama, this was child's play, nothing to brag about. Lin manipulated the Human Puppet to launch ranged attacks from all sorts of tricky angles, but Senju Hashirama seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and he was able to perfectly dodge them every time.
Seeing his son's puppets dwindling and his body trembling—a sign of impending collapse—he roared, "Scorpion, step back! Your body can't withstand this kind of strain!"
"I'm not backing down! Old man, stop nagging! I'm waiting to go home and eat my mom's stir-fried ham! Get serious!" With that, Sasori of the Red Sands went berserk, his potential being unleashed once more!
Dozens of scrolls were thrown out in succession, Chakra Threads spread wildly! In the end, a total of seventy puppets were created, shocking Chiyo Senju Hashirama, shocking Granny Chiyo, and shocking the puppeteers standing on the city gate with burning eyes!
"Not enough! Anyone have a puppet? Throw it down!" Sasori of the Red Sands roared, veins bulging on his forehead, his roar igniting the passion of the Sunagakure ninjas!
The crowd roared, "This is the crucial moment! Everyone throw the puppets down!" Someone shouted this, and the next moment everyone started throwing down puppets, about thirty in total!
"Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!" Sasori of the Red Sands roared, and a hundred Chakra Threads flew out, connecting to all the puppets, making them seem to come alive!
Sasori of the Red Sands's hair was now half white, but his gaze remained clear and resolute. Lin's pupils constricted upon seeing this. "Sasori, you!"
"Old man, stop talking nonsense!" Sasori of the Red Sands manipulated a hundred puppets, who surged wildly towards Senju Hashirama. He slowly exhaled, "Very good Ninjutsu. I reckon you're the most talented puppeteer in the last hundred years! Why don't you join my Konoha!"
Senju Hashirama said gently, but Sasori of the Red Sands took it as a provocation. "I've added a dam to your dam!" With that, the Performance of a Hundred Puppets was activated again!
Senju Hashirama shook his head. Since that was the case, seeing how hard his juniors were working, he should show them respect. He clapped his hands and unleashed three Ninjutsu in quick succession.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"
"Immortal Technique: Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
The earth trembled violently, and a Wood Dragon flew out from the ground, roaring as it charged towards the pile of puppets. A Wood Golem rose from the ground and joined the Wood Dragon in attacking the pile of puppets.
The puppet pile suffered heavy damage immediately, with about thirty puppets being blown to pieces, causing the overloaded Scorpion to cough up blood!
"Damn it! I can still fight!" He continued to manipulate the seventy puppets to charge towards Senju Hashirama. The next moment, cracks appeared beneath Senju Hashirama's feet, and a giant Buddha statue, four hundred meters high, rose up. Even the Wood Dragon and Wood Golem that had originally seemed so strong began to give way.
The wooden Buddha statue, with Senju behind it, stunned everyone, including Senju Hashirama and Tsunade behind the wooden wall!
The Saiken inside Tsunade's body trembled uncontrollably. "It's this move! A world-destroying move! Back then, the Nine-Tails was caught and sealed on the spot by this move!"
Tsunade glanced at the Buddha statue, a smile playing on her lips. "No wonder he's her Great Grandfather!"
The Sunagakure was filled with despair!
Chiyo shouted, "We surrender! We surrender! First Hokage, please stop your supernatural powers! We, the Sunagakure, are willing to surrender!"
Lin's face was pale at this moment. When he saw this giant Buddha, he knew that he was no match for the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama. The reason why they had fought back and forth was just that Senju Hashirama was toying with them!
This was Hashirama Senju at his peak. Sasori, witnessing this, was horrified. "Ma... Masaka!" he cried out, then looked at his puppet, and then at the Senju- Senju Hashirama Kannon. His face turned deathly pale.
The next moment, Senju Hashirama manipulated his seventy hands to fall, instantly destroying all the puppets controlled by Sasori's Performance of a Hundred Puppets. Sasori was also affected by the backlash, spitting out a mouthful of blood and fainting. A complicated look flashed in the eyes of the Third Kazekage's puppet, but it still managed to hold him back.
Lin didn't notice this, nor did Chiyo, but Senju Hashirama did. However, he didn't need to tell the stubborn elements of Sunagakure!
The ninjas of Sunagakure were filled with despair as they looked at the remaining 930 hands. If they pressed down, Sunagakure would probably be razed to the ground!
Due to Sasori's fainting, the two puppets holding up Chiyo also lost their strength and collapsed!
Chiyo immediately jumped down from the castle tower and knelt before Senju Hashirama: "Respected First Hokage, Lord Senju Hashirama, our Sunagakure surrenders! Please do not harm my son, grandson, or the villagers of Sunagakure. They are all innocent. If there is any sin, I will bear it all alone!!"
After saying this, she lowered her head, a scene that deeply stung the ninjas of Sunagakure. However, they all understood Chiyo, after all, the name Senju Hashirama was an invincible presence!
Seeing this, Senju Hashirama jumped off the giant Buddha, snapped his fingers, and the Thousand-Armed Buddha vanished without a trace!
He smiled and helped Chiyo up, "Chiyo, you've gotten old. I vaguely remember during the Five Kage Summit, you were just a young girl in your early twenties! And there Reto too!"
Chiyo looked at Senju Hashirama, her eyes moist. "In response to the First Hokage, time flies, who can escape aging? It's the First Hokage who seems to grow younger with each passing year!"
Hashirama Senju Hashirama, but he didn't tell them about the Uchiha Kō Dōjutsu. Even if Sunagakure surrendered, he wouldn't be so open about it, and he didn't want to cause trouble for his grandson-in-law!
"From this day forward, Sunagakure will be removed from the list and renamed Konoha Sand Division. Are you willing?" Senju Hashirama returned to the main topic and spoke calmly.
"We are willing!" Chiyo said, pulling her son along. Even though Kazekage Rin was filled with reluctance, he could only accept reality. At this moment, no one could rival Senju Hashirama's strength! The loser could only accept all the conditions of the victor!
Senju Hashirama nodded, then removed the wooden wall. The Konoha Ninja immediately rushed forward. Tsunade even examined her grandfather's wounds and found that Senju Hashirama had no wounds on his body and that his Chakra was still full!
She couldn't help but marvel, "No wonder he's my Great Grandfather! He just used Ninjutsu like the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, yet his Chakra is still plentiful!"
"Great Grandfather, they..." Tsunade suddenly said.
Senju Hashirama smiled and said, "They've agreed to submit. Since the goal of unification has been achieved, let's not increase casualties unnecessarily! It will only make things worse for everyone!"
Tsunade nodded. "In that case, Konoha will occupy Sunagakure and rename it Sunagakure Konoha Sand Division. Furthermore, Senju Hashirama will serve as the head of Sand Division. You will all obey the Sand Division. In the rest of the time, you are free to do as you please."
"Once Konoha issues a mission, we will notify Captain Sand Division immediately. Sand Division's words are Konoha's words!"
"Furthermore, we will leave two thousand elite ninjas in Sunagakure as soldiers for Senju Hashirama of the Sand Division. You have no objections, right?" Tsunade's eyes swept over the crowd like knives.
However, Chiyo nodded and said, "No objection!" After saying that, she ordered the Sunagakure ninja to open the village gate so that the Konoha Ninja could go in and rest.
Tsunade. "Now that the situation in Sunagakure has been quelled, I'm going to lead troops to support my Second Grandfather in attacking Kirigakure!" After saying this, she led her soldiers on their way, heading towards Kirigakure.
Prior to this, news of the capture of Iwagakure and Kumogakure had been relayed to her by phone. Currently, only Kirigakure is still putting up a stubborn resistance. There's nothing that can be done about it; the enemy has the sea as their protection, and it won't be able to be taken down in a short time!
Since that's the case, I'll lead my troops to support my Second Grandfather. At this moment, Konoha is just one step away from unifying the Ninja World. Whether I achieve merit or not doesn't matter; the goal is unification!
As Uchiha Kō led his troops on the road, the system voice activated. "Ding, host's unification of the Ninja World is 75% complete, very fast! Reward: Ice Release Kekkei Genkai!"
Uchiha Kō was stunned. Was this damn system doing this on purpose? Knowing that the biggest obstacle to attacking Kirigakure was the sea, giving him Ice Release now was practically speeding him up!
However, it doesn't matter. What difference does it make if we don't do it intentionally? The Otsutsuki are about to attack. The sooner we subdue the Ninja World, the more powerful the ninja army we can assemble to resist the enemy!