Its enormous body moved across the battlefield at a dazzling speed, appearing on the left one moment and the right the next. Every movement kicked up fierce winds and shattered stones.
The Seventh Hokage and the two Sasukes desperately controlled their two giants, firing Tailed Beast Bombs and slashing out Susanoo sword light.
But Kurama was like a giant leaf in a storm, nimbly gliding past every attack and leaving them all to strike empty air.
"Almost there."
Naruto stood some distance away and lightly pressed one hand against the ground beneath his feet.
"Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands."
The next moment, the earth shook.
The ground beneath Kurama's feet split open with a thunderous roar. An indescribably thick tree trunk burst from the earth, then massive trees grew one after another around the main trunk, stretching toward the sky. Within a few breaths, a colossal Buddha statue rose from the ground.
The Buddha was entirely made of wood, with a benevolent face and lowered eyes.
Behind it, countless arms spread out in every direction like the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara.
Tsunade abruptly rose to her feet in the stands.
Her eyes were fixed on the Buddha statue, and the fingers at her side trembled slightly.
"This is Grandpa's Wood Release..."
The two colossal beings faced each other.
One was the Nine-Tails, blotting out the sky and sun. The other was the Wood Buddha formed by Wood Release.
They stood face-to-face like two ancient deities that had stepped out of myth.
Beneath them, the two Susanoo looked as small as two standing children.
"I'll let you have one hand."
Naruto stood atop the Wood Golem's head, both hands in his pockets.
As soon as he spoke, the thousand hands behind the Wood Buddha moved at once.
Like a thousand giant pythons