"Earth Style, seal them off! Fire Style, meet the enemy!"
"Earth Style: Iron Prison!"
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
The moment Izuna's order fell, the Konoha ninja split into ranks. More than fifty of them rapidly formed hand seals and unleashed Fire Style at the advancing ninja, while the ninja in the forest quickly formed seals together and used Earth Style to isolate the entire area. Massive fireballs exploded in front of the charging ninja, but countless trees grew rapidly, bursting from the ground to form a wooden wall that blocked the attack.
"Hashirama Senju!"
Before anyone could react, Susanoo appeared in the forest and sprang up like a loosed arrow, slamming straight into the wooden wall and shattering it. Madara activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and roared at the crowd, sweeping his sword across. A wooden dragon appeared with it, blocking Madara's attack, and a wooden golem also broke up from the earth. Hashirama Senju stood atop the wooden golem's head, his expression grave as he looked at Madara without a word, using both hands to control the wooden golem and launch a powerful counterattack against him.
The range affected by Madara and Hashirama's battle was enormous, so great that the other ninja could not even intervene to help. Seeing Madara's sudden attack throw the enemy formation into chaos, Izuna immediately issued another order: Earth Style ninja were to provide cover, and Fire Style ninja were not to stop but continue unleashing Fire Style to burn the forest.
Because of the Iron Prison, the forest had been separated from the outside by massive walls. No matter how fierce the flames inside became, they could not burn the outside world. Thus Izuna directly ordered the ninja under him to set the entire forest within ablaze. Izuna was confident that the shinobi forces