Naruto: The Progenitor of Sage Arts
Chapter 40

Complete Body Susanoo and True Several Thousand Hands

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"Alright, then let us join hands to build a village without war."

Uchiha Madara said with a look of earnest sincerity.

"Right, haha!"

Hearing his good friend Uchiha Madara validate his dream, Senju Hashirama laughed happily.

"It is easy to build a village, but creating one without war is no simple task. The greatest disaster before you now is how to resolve the hatred between the Senju and the Uchiha; a thousand years of enmity is not so easily undone."

Just then, the voice of Otsutsuki Yuhao rang out from behind them.

"I know, but I must make it a reality!"

Senju Hashirama looked at Otsutsuki Yuhao with a determined expression.

"Haha, is that so?"

"Then I wish you success!"

Otsutsuki Yuhao said with a hearty laugh.

Time flew like water, slipping away inadvertently, and ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

BOOM!

The earth's crust shook violently, as if an irresistible force had been released from deep within the core. Mountains dozens of meters high swayed and teetered, while fissures in the ground slithered like ghostly earth dragons.

[Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation]

A long-haired youth clad in a black tight-fitting combat suit with red layered armor over it leaped ten meters into the air, his hands weaving signs in a blur.

He spat four fire dragons, each twenty to thirty meters long, toward the ground, attacking Otsutsuki Yuhao from above, below, left, and right, effectively sealing off all his escape routes.

"Fire Release again?"

"In that case, let us see how you handle my [Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique]."

Otsutsuki Yuhao formed a single seal, overlapping his thumbs with the left on top. A massive torrent of water erupted from behind him, instantly forming a river a hundred meters long in the sky, which extinguished Uchiha Madara's fire technique in an instant.

[Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique]

Senju Hashirama hurled a giant shuriken at Otsutsuki Yuhao, which then multiplied into tens of thousands, raining down upon him.

Otsutsuki Yuhao watched the thousands of shuriken hurtling toward him.

The river behind him surged forward, forming a wall that blocked every single projectile from the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.

"Hashirama, stop testing him!"

"Ordinary attacks are useless against Senior Yuhao; we should just go all out!"

Uchiha Madara stood with his arms crossed over his chest, speaking with a cool, detached air.

Ever since Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had grown up, Otsutsuki Yuhao had disliked them calling him "ancestor," insisting they call him "senior" instead.

After all, the three of them looked to be about the same age now, and it felt strange to be called "ancestor" every single day.

"Right!"

"Then I shall get serious! This is my specialty!"

With a sharp clap, Senju Hashirama struck his right fist into his left palm, his gaze finally turning grave.

"It seems you two are finally ready to get serious."

Otsutsuki Yuhao watched Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama with a smile.

"Here we go!"

Uchiha Madara shouted, his eyes shifting into the Mangekyo Sharingan, the pattern displaying his brother Izuna's Mangekyo design overlaid upon his own.

This was the Mangekyo Sharingan cell clone Otsutsuki Yuhao had created using Izuna's cells; once implanted into Uchiha Madara's body, his Mangekyo had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo.

[Complete Body Susanoo]

A massive skeletal frame of chakra erupted from Uchiha Madara, rapidly growing as layers of muscle-like tissue formed over the bones.

Armor sprouted wings on its back and equipped it with twin blades—a blue Complete Body Susanoo, towering over most mountains at five hundred meters tall, manifesting the form of a war god.

Senju Hashirama pressed his palms together, instantly entering Sage Mode, golden markings appearing around his eyes and across his face.

[Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands]

Senju Hashirama roared, his hands pressed together. Behind him, countless giant arms emerged, coalescing into a massive statue of a thousand-armed Bodhisattva.

In the original story, this statue was dozens of times larger than the Nine-Tails, capable of pinning it down with a single hand; the scale of the Buddha's hands compared to the mountains was clear, its volume rivaling that of the Ten-Tails.

Though this version was not quite as powerful as Senju Hashirama at his peak, it was not far off, and it was significantly larger than the Nine-Tails—at the very least, its size eclipsed Uchiha Madara's Complete Body Susanoo.

"Damn it, how is this guy's new technique so huge!"

Uchiha Madara watched as the sheer scale of Senju Hashirama's Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands instantly dwarfed his own Susanoo.

The five-hundred-meter height of the Susanoo simply could not compare to the two-thousand-meter stature of the True Several Thousand Hands.

Uchiha Madara gritted his teeth, desperately pouring his chakra into the Complete Body Susanoo, forcing its size to expand to over a thousand meters tall; although it still fell short of the True Several Thousand Hands, at least the gap was no longer so vast.

"Is this the full extent of your power?"

"Not bad, not bad at all. You have already far surpassed your fathers, Uchiha Tajima and Senju Butsuma."

Otsutsuki Yuhao wore an expression of gratification and satisfaction, his eyes filled with mirth as he appeared thoroughly pleased.

"Then, let me see what the two of you are truly capable of."

A hint of seriousness entered Otsutsuki Yuhao's gaze.

Following this, Otsutsuki Yuhao's right eye shifted into the sky-blue Tenseigan, while his left eye remained in the state of the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.

"Senior Yuhao, let us finish this!"

As the two men shouted in unison, BOOM!

The ground instantly erupted as if countless missiles had detonated in a single spot, sending a massive, circular energy field rippling outward.

Within mere seconds, a pitch-black, bottomless crater appeared.

The battle between these Super Kage-level fighters was nothing short of apocalyptic.

Over a dozen beams of varying colors shot straight into the sky, blooming proudly in the air and illuminating the earth as if it were broad daylight.

It was as if the colors of a kaleidoscope were blossoming within the darkness.

Yellow starlight shimmered brilliantly, red sparks burned with intensity, and blue fireworks unfurled like a dreamlike ocean.

Centered on the three combatants, a massive black cloud formed over the battlefield, spreading like a giant curtain to slowly cover the sky and block out all sunlight.

The earth shook violently, as if its very foundations were trembling.

From a distance, Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama watched the battle unfolding before them, shivering in secret.

"Is this my brother's power?"

"It's too overwhelming. Such astonishing destructive force—even my father could never achieve this."

Uchiha Izuna gazed at the distant Complete Body Susanoo with a face full of adoration.

"Your brother and mine are already terrifyingly strong, but what makes me even more curious is how Senior Yuhao will face such world-destroying power."

"I have always been curious; perhaps this time, Senior Yuhao will finally use his full strength."

Senju Tobirama's eyes burned with excitement as he looked toward the battle a kilometer away.

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