Boom! Across the snowfield, the surging Wood World ran rampant, thick tree trunks binding the Five Kage and their guards!
"Damn it, they're just pieces of wood! Don't underestimate the Raikage!!" The Raikage tore free from the trunks around him through sheer brute force, but soon... even more and thicker trunks coiled around him.
"No mistake, this is the First's signature ninjutsu, Deep Forest Emergence!" Minato Namikaze exclaimed. With a whoosh, he escaped using the Flying Thunder God, then helped the Kage and their guards break free one by one.
Riu stood atop a tree, watching without stopping them.
"Damn you, Uchiha Riu! You dare make me look so pathetic? Get down here and die!!" the Raikage roared at the treetop.
"I already told you, I didn't come here to fight you. Otherwise, what I used just now wouldn't have been Deep Forest Emergence, but Flower Tree World Emergence..." Riu said, his gaze darkening.
"Empty threats! You just summoned a few trees. If you won't come down, I'll go up there and tear you into eight pieces!" The Raikage cracked his neck impatiently.
Minato Namikaze hurriedly said, "Everyone, he isn't exaggerating! The First's Flower Tree World Emergence can release massive amounts of poisonous pollen in an instant. No matter how fast you are, it's nearly impossible to avoid. Once you're hit, it's over. The fact that he didn't use it proves he truly has no intention of fighting us to the death!"
"Damn Sharingan, damn Wood Release!!" The Raikage gritted his teeth, but did not press the matter further.
"The Fourth Hokage is the reasonable one after all..." Riu said as he sat down.
"Mr. Uchiha Riu, when you evaded the Five Kage's combined attack earlier, you used the First's Wood Release Shadow Clone Technique, didn't you?" Minato Namikaze asked,