And in the instant the spray exploded, blocking their sight—
"Wood Release: Cutting Technique!" Senju Hashirama slammed his hands together!
Several sharp wooden spears tore through the curtain of water, whistling through the air as they stabbed with deadly precision and speed toward Ba Cangyue's vital points!
He could not stand by and do nothing while his little brother was in danger right in front of him!
Facing wooden spears powerful enough to pierce stone, Ba Cangyue merely shifted slightly.
As if he had foreseen it all, he avoided every attack with effortless ease, his angles so profound they were measured to the finest hair's breadth.
The wooden spears grazed the hem of his clothes and stabbed into the ground, leaving deep holes behind.
The instant he successfully evaded them, his gaze locked firmly onto Senju Hashirama.
"Greetings, my lord!" Without the slightest hesitation, Ba Cangyue respectfully dropped to one knee before Senju Hashirama, who had just attacked him!
"Greetings, my lord!" Behind him, Guiwang Jie and Yumen Luo likewise dropped to one knee before Senju Hashirama, incomparably respectful!
This sudden turn of events was like thunder from a clear sky!
The anger on Senju Butsuma's face froze, his eyes filled with utter shock and disbelief.
Senju Tobirama clutched his tight chest and stared at the three kneeling before his big brother, completely unable to understand what had happened.
The Senju Four Polar Generals and the elders were even more dumbstruck. They forgot to continue forming their hand seals, their minds going blank.
The atmosphere that had been on the verge of erupting into a life-and-death battle moments ago was instantly replaced by this scene of submission so bizarre it bordered on absurd.
Everyone's eyes focused on Senju Hashirama, who looked just as bewildered.
"You... you all..." Senju Hashirama looked