"Sage Method: Thousand-Handed Buddha!"
A gigantic wooden Thousand-Handed Avalokiteshvara rose from the ground. The entire Buddha statue was at least a hundred meters wide and a hundred meters tall, countless palms spreading outward like rays of boundless light. Yet the Buddha at its center had its eyes closed and head bowed, as though repenting. Madara was stunned. He had never expected Hashirama to use such a world-shaking ninjutsu, and Mingye had not expected Hashirama to truly master Sage Arts completely within two years—and even create this ultimate ninjutsu that left him speechless.
The Thousand-Handed Buddha was unquestionably the most powerful ninjutsu in this world at this point in time. No one could possibly withstand its attack. Its range was simply too vast—so vast that Mingye believed only spatial ninjutsu might allow someone to escape before Hashirama launched his attack. Every other ninjutsu was insignificant before it! At least at this time, neither Madara nor he could possibly contend with it. Moreover, Mingye clearly remembered that in the manga, the immensely defensive Susanoo, combined with the Nine-Tails attacking at full force, had still been utterly crushed by those Buddha palms.
"Hmph! I won't lose!"
"Big Brother, you can't take it head-on!"
Madara's eyes were blood-red. Proud as he was, Madara simply could not endure the thought of Senju Hashirama being stronger than him, even for an instant. He bit his thumb, leaped forward, and landed before the hundred-meter Buddha statue, pressing one hand against the ground.
"Corporeal Susanoo."
Having exceeded the limits of what his body could bear, Madara unleashed the extreme physical destruction ninjutsu recorded on the stone tablet—a technique he had never displayed before. Blood trickled uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth, and fluid began to seep from his eyes as well. In a daze, Madara suddenly felt