Now? Not Even a Threat!

"Hashiramar, is this all you know?"

Ban suddenly leaped up, his figure soaring through the air like a black shadow, and in the blink of an eye, he was above the head of the Senju Clan Buddha, his aura surging like a raging sea.

There was no Susanoo, no Ninjutsu, just a pure, violent punch imbued with the Yang Power the Six Paths, the Ten-Tails, and Yin and Yang!

"Smash it all!!!"

"Boom!!!"

The moment the fist struck, the air roared and exploded, and cracks immediately appeared on the head of the Buddha with True Several Thousand Hands, as if the statue had been desecrated. The entire Buddha statue began to shake violently.

Hashirama's expression changed. He planted his feet on the ground and his Wood Release Chakra surged wildly, attempting to stabilize the Buddha's body structure.

But at that moment—

"Looks like you can block a punch..."

Ban sneered, then suddenly opened his mouth. As his chest trembled, a dark purple beam of light, bearing traces of distorted space, shot out from his mouth!

"Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang!!!"

"!!!"

Hashirama's eyes narrowed sharply, and almost instinctively he dodged to the side, his entire body transforming into a blur as he charged towards the flank!

"Boom--------!!!"

The "light fang" grazed Hashirama and instantly pierced through the giant Buddha statue behind him, severing it in one strike. The cut was so smooth it looked as if it had been melted by ultra-high temperature, even tearing the air apart with a scorching trajectory.

"Ugh--!!"

A huge crack burst open in the center of the Buddha statue, running from the neck to the waist. The entire Thousand-Hand Buddha collapsed like a tall building, with shattered hands and fragments of limbs falling from the sky like giant rocks falling from the sky in the apocalypse!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battlefield trembled, strong winds swept through, and the ground was riddled with countless craters from the smashing of countless fragments of the giant Buddha, creating a suffocating atmosphere reminiscent of the apocalypse.

He rolled to avoid the Hashirama, barely managing to stop, his face pale. When he looked up, all that came into view was the crumbling remains of the Buddha's body.

"My... True Several Thousand Hands ..." he murmured, his eyes filled with horror and disbelief.

At the eye of the storm, Uchiha Madara landed slowly, his Rinne Sharingan swirling like a sea of stars in his eyes, a contemptuous sneer playing on his lips.

"You're quite fast," he said in a low voice.

"But you should be glad you weren't sliced open by that attack."

He opened his left hand, and the shadows of the Eightfold Limbo appeared around him, causing his aura to surge once more.

"How many more times can you dodge?"

"Thump--!"

Hashirama staggered backward, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

The shadows of the Eightfold Limbo emerged from the void, brimming with killing intent, their attack trajectories as unpredictable as ghosts.

Each strike contained the Yang Power the Six Paths and Yin and Yang. Even though Hashirama was an Impure World Reincarnation, he was blasted to pieces.

The limbs constructed from the Six Paths Power and Wood Release Chakra are peeling away and disintegrating little by little.

Because Madara was imbued with the Six Paths Power by the Sage of Six Paths, his shadow can be seen by many people.

"This guy... has eight shadows? And he's fighting even harder than his real body..."

Hashirama gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing, and dodged repeatedly, struggling to maintain his balance.

"Bang!"

A Limbo side kick struck like a ghost, slamming into Hashirama's lumbar spine from Hashirama, sending him crashing into the ruins amidst billowing dust!

"It's not over yet."

Ban's eyes flashed with a cold light. He didn't move, but the eight shadows behind him seemed to step forward at the same time, unleashing eight punches simultaneously, causing the void to rumble!

"Boom!!!!"

The entire ground collapsed instantly, and the afterimages Hashirama were shattered into fragments by the explosion, like puppets being crushed!

But--

"Call out!!"

Before Minato and Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique could even land, a mocking smile appeared on Madara's lips.

"Flying Thunder God - Combo Slash?"

"Ha... the same old tricks in different guises, you've been playing them for half a century and you're still not tired of them?"

Behind him Truth-Seeking Orb surged, then condensed into a black blade of light!

"Whoosh--!!!"

A black light spun out and slashed out, and Minato's figure was precisely sliced in half the moment he appeared in mid-air!

The next moment--

"Puff--!!"

Madara's Storm Release power erupted into a second beam of light within the Truth-Seeking Orb, like a death sentence, piercing straight towards the target's nerve center!

In the blink of an eye--

Minato's throat, arms, and legs were all cut off, leaving only his mangled body lying paralyzed on the ground, unable to speak or move, and even Hand Seals became a luxury.

Ban slowly looked down, his voice icy and chilling:

"You must not speak, you must not move your hands, and you must not run away."

"Let me see who needs to form Hand Seals to perform Ninjutsu."

"Don't force yourself to pretend you still have value; you're not even as good as a Ninja Dog now."

Although Madara interrupted their Flying Thunder God technique, Tobirama had already arrived in front of Madara. Upon hearing this, he was furious, Explosive Tag flew everywhere!

"Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags!"

Hand Seals! Explosion! A fierce pounce!

But Ban didn't even bother to make a move; he simply raised his palm and softly murmured:

"Immortal Technique: Yin-Yang Sealing Array"

Buzz--!!!

The purple-gold barrier crashed down, sealing off the entire area!

Tobirama was trapped inside, amidst a continuous barrage of explosions!

"BOOM--!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

Each time his Reanimated Body is reborn, it is torn apart again by Explosive Tag!

Furthermore, Ban added some ingredients to it!

--Tobirama was trapped in the hell of his own Ninjutsu, constantly self-destructing and regenerating, without even a chance to curse!

Ban smiled faintly:

"A master of forbidden arts?"

"In the end, he made a fool of himself with his own Ninjutsu."

"You're the same, from beginning to end... just a tool to clean up other people's messes."

"The Fourth Hokage relied on speed, you rely on techniques."

"I really miss those days—back then you guys would at least act like a threat."

"Now?"

He looked up at the sky, where a Five Elements Technique roared in, combining fire, water, wind, earth, and lightning in a deafening attack!

"It's not even a threat!"

Ban raised his hand and pointed to the sky:

"Storm Release: Heaven's Slash"

"Buzz!!!"

A pillar of dark purple light fell straight down from the sky!

The Five Elements techniques were like Utakata bursting before it!

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, didn't even utter a single word before being pierced by the heavenly light, and the next second—

"Smack!!!--"

His body disintegrated into thousands upon thousands of pieces in mid-air—as fine as dust!

If the Impure World Reincarnation Rebirth Technique cannot find a host to rebuild itself, it is no longer even qualified to be Impure World Reincarnation!

"Tch... That mischievous Monkey should have turned to dust long ago!"

Ban lightly shook his sleeves, not even a speck of dust remained.

In the distance, Tobirama was still exploding, Minato lay sprawled in his mangled remains, and Hashirama knelt amidst the ruins, his face filled with shock and rage.

"Did you see that?"

"This is your 'Guardian Deity of the Ninja World'."

"One cannot move."

"One person went insane from blowing himself up."

"Not even a shadow can be seen."

"There's one more..."

His gaze fell on Hashirama his lips:

"... Still indulging in self-pity."

"Sucker Punch!"

He slowly spread his arms, and the shadow of Limbo reappeared.

Wake up.

"You are not 'Hokage' now."

"You are just—my toys."

"And I, Ban--"

"It's the final script for the entire Ninja World."