The Heavy Cost of Sage Art: Gate of the Great God

At the sound of Hashirama Senju's unmistakable laugh, Madara Uchiha's face darkened.

Even though he knew Hashirama Senju well, there were still times when he couldn't stand the man's personality.

"Hashirama... this is the true power of the Rinnegan."

As Madara Uchiha spoke, his four Limbo: Border Jail Clones closed in on Hashirama Senju from all sides.

Hashirama Senju struggled against attacks he couldn't detect until the instant before they struck.

For a time, the blows left him in a sorry state.

After enduring them with difficulty, Hashirama Senju finally found an opening. He created more than a dozen Wood Clones to gain the advantage in numbers.

Then he joined his Wood Clones in unleashing Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence over an enormous area.

Countless trees sprang from the ground, transforming the entire battlefield in an instant. Pollen drifted through the air as well.

Only then did Uchiha Ensei, hidden in the shadows, realize that several Wood Release: Flower Tree World techniques had been concealed among the dozen or so instances of Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

The pollen released by those flowering trees had a powerful paralyzing effect. Even though Uchiha Ensei had concealed himself with Kyōka Suigetsu, he still had to dodge a technique that covered such a wide area.

When Uchiha Ensei turned his attention back to the battlefield, more than a dozen Hashirama Senjus had joined forces to cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique on Madara Uchiha.

The technique robbed its target of sight. It was practically a genjutsu designed to counter the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan.

Few genjutsu in the Ninja World could counter the Sharingan, and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique was one of them.

Unfortunately, it was useless against the Rinnegan.

More precisely, Madara Uchiha had been caught in the technique, but his Rinnegan dispelled it on its