Whoosh! Whoosh!
Within the sea of trees, thick branches tore through the air and hurtled toward Naraku.
Crackle! Crackle!
Blue arcs of electricity flickered across Naraku's body. Then he kicked off the ground and shot forward, easily evading the assault of the massive branches.
Wrapped in blue lightning, Naraku moved swiftly through the sea of trees. From afar, he looked like a streak of blue lightning darting about.
"This kid has gotten stronger again!"
The First Hokage, whose body was controlled by Orochimaru, thought to himself. While under Orochimaru's control, he had clashed with Naraku several times. In practically every fight, the First Hokage could sense that Naraku had grown stronger.
With Wood Release that was not inferior to his own, coupled with eye power no weaker than Madara's, the First Hokage felt that Naraku now resembled a fusion of himself and Madara, possessing both of their abilities.
"Even if I were in my prime, I'm afraid it would be difficult to suppress this little fellow!"
The First Hokage thought to himself.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom!"
At that moment, the First Hokage, under Orochimaru's control, brought his hands together once more. A powerful surge of chakra poured from his body.
Rumble! Rumble!
In an instant, the ground, which had already been trembling, began to churn violently. The already thick branches grew madly once again, eventually forming enormous vines.
The thick vines coiled around one another, looking like flood dragons dancing through the air.
Not only that, dozens of enormous red flowers bloomed amid the vast and dense forest.
As the red flowers bloomed, dense yellow pollen poured from them and rapidly spread throughout the forest.
"First Hokage, you really are using the same old tricks."
Naraku showed a helpless expression as he watched the yellow pollen continually spread toward