At Sen Senju's words, Kakashi Hatake's face twitched twice.
He hurriedly reached out to grab Sen Senju's sleeve, shouting:
"Sen! Settle down already! This is the Five-Seal Barrier!"
"If you try to smash it with brute force, the chakra in the barrier will send all of us flying!"
"Naruto, shut up! Kakashi-sensei and Granny Chiyo both said it was dangerous!"
"And you're still egging him on! Are you going to take responsibility if something happens?"
"Sen, this isn't a joke. The Five-Seal Barrier has a nasty defense mechanism."
"If you force your way through, the barrier will multiply the impact and reflect all of it back at you."
"You'll basically be hitting yourself with your own full strength. Understand?"
Sen Senju gave him a sidelong glance and slowly settled into a horse stance.
"Reflect it back? Let's see if it can even take this punch."
As he spoke, he drew a deep breath of the forest's damp air.
The air flowed down his throat and into his lungs, awakening the Divine Tree origin within him.
Dense streams of green chakra began racing through his meridians toward his right fist.
The energy was so concentrated that it eventually formed a dark green, woody shell over his fist.
The shell bore concentric patterns like tree rings, with a faint metallic sheen.
"This brat... what a terrifying amount of chakra."
Granny Chiyo abruptly retreated two steps, her clouded eyes filled with astonishment.
She could distinctly feel that even the wind around them seemed to have stopped.
It wasn't that the wind had stopped; the crushing pressure radiating from Sen Senju had pinned it down.
Dead leaves beside the stream began spinning on their own, and the gravel on the ground trembled.
Seeing that he couldn't talk Sen out of it, Kakashi could only