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"There was no other way. I could only capture him first, then decide what to do next."

Standing atop the Thousand-Armed Buddha's head, Hashirama Senju broke out in a cold sweat.

Though he thought that, Hashirama had no real confidence.

The enemy before him was even stronger than Madara Uchiha had been. If he had not promptly mobilized most of the Thousand-Armed Buddha's power to block that golden beam just now, he would never have been able to stop it.

And when the Buddha's head had been severed earlier, Hashirama had lost control of it entirely. Though he had quickly reconstructed the Thousand-Armed Buddha and restored it to its peak state, his heart was still pounding wildly.

If his opponent had launched a surprise attack at that moment, he likely would never have had the chance to gather the Thousand-Armed Buddha's power again.

Even someone with as much chakra as Hashirama would lose more than half his strength without the Thousand-Armed Buddha.

"Top Transformed Buddha!"

With no time to think further, Hashirama unleashed all the power he possessed at his peak.

In that instant, the Thousand-Armed Buddha's thousand giant hands, spread behind it like a wall, struck continuously toward Uchiha Ensei.

Watching the Wood Release fists blot out the sky and appear before him as though they had teleported, Uchiha Ensei narrowed his eyes and summoned Susanoo.

But this time, the Susanoo was not for defense, but offense.

Infusing Kamui's power into Susanoo's long blade, Uchiha Ensei swung it straight at the incoming attack.

Each of those fists was nearly a third the size of Uchiha Ensei's Susanoo, and they came endlessly, as though there were no end to them.

A vast amount of spatial power had gathered along Susanoo's chakra blades, embodying extreme sharpness and force.

In Uchiha Ensei's