At that thought, the Third Tsuchikage felt a chill run through his entire body.
"Back then, for Sunagakure to be willing to form an alliance at any cost, there could only be one reason."
"That Fifth Hokage must have already possessed strength beyond the Kage level at the time."
"He had strength beyond the Kage level at twelve. Even Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were never that terrifying at that age."
Although the Third Tsuchikage did not know much about Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha in their younger years.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had only begun to make names for themselves in the Ninja World in their twenties.
Madara Uchiha had only awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan at fifteen, and did not awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan until his twenties.
Yet Yeyu of Konoha had already possessed power beyond the Kage level at twelve.
Second Pillar had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan at sixteen and could even activate the complete Susanoo. At sixteen, he already possessed the power Madara Uchiha had only gained in his twenties.
Moreover, because Sasuke had mastered senjutsu completely at thirteen, his strength had actually already been close to that of Madara Uchiha in his thirties or forties by the time he awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
After awakening the Rinnegan, he had even surpassed Madara Uchiha at his peak.
After all, Madara Uchiha had awakened the Rinnegan when he was near death.
By then, his body had already grown extremely old, and his combat strength had declined terribly.
Otherwise, he would not have entrusted his final wish to Obito Uchiha.
Though Obito Uchiha ultimately had not followed Madara Uchiha's plan either.
Sasuke could be said to have made up for every weakness Madara Uchiha had possessed back then.
He used senjutsu to compensate for the blood-burning drawback of