Rumble!
Rumble!
The Sarutobi Clan Members continuously gathered Chakra into their hand cannons.
Then they fired pale blue energy spheres one after another.
Each one left a crater when it struck the trees.
These things were basically foolproof to operate.
There was no need to consider how to form hand seals or how to channel Chakra.
As long as one knew the Chakra Refining Technique and had Chakra in their body, they could use them easily.
The energy spheres fired each time were fairly powerful, roughly comparable to a genin's C-Rank Ninjutsu.
However, each Sarutobi Clan Member could only fire three or four times before running out of Chakra.
But the Sarutobi Clan Members could take turns.
A gap was quickly blasted open in the sea of trees, raising the Sarutobi Clan Members' morale.
Even more Sarutobi Clan Members emerged and used their hand cannons to bombard the trees.
Under the bombardment of hundreds of hand cannons, the trees' growth speed noticeably slowed.
Starting from the entrance, the trees surrounding the fortress were rapidly blasted open.
Every Sarutobi Clan Member was beaming.
"This is great. Stop scaring yourselves."
"How could it possibly belong to the First Hokage?"
"It's probably another test subject like Tenzo."
At a surveillance blind spot on the back mountain, Nagato lowered his clasped hands.
Hashirama nodded repeatedly beside him. "Not bad. You handled both Chakra control and Chakra reserves very well."
"But Wood Release can't rely solely on your own Chakra to force growth. After making them grow, you need to let them naturally absorb nutrients from their surroundings."
"That way, the trees produced by Wood Release will grow faster and grow better."
"So when using Wood Release, you need to stimulate part of the root system."
"The release of Chakra..."
Hashirama Senju patiently taught