Since the Uchiha Cannons had displayed their might in the Lightning Country, the Flame Hidden Armory had worked around the clock. Its forges burned twenty-four hours a day, consuming nearly eighty percent of the Land of Flame's resources before the war with the Land of Fire, just to produce twenty Uchiha Cannons.
Although the Uchiha Cannon was far less powerful than a single Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Ball, the Nine-Tails was, after all, the strongest of the Tailed Beasts. It might have looked like a pet before the three Uchiha brothers, but in truth, only those three in the entire Flame Hidden Village could control it. Even Uchiha Jiri, who also possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, could not perfectly control the Nine-Tails for long periods!
Though the Uchiha Cannon had the flaw of being unable to fire continuously, it could be mass-produced. To crush Konoha's main forces in one blow, Madara personally led the force and deployed all twenty Uchiha Cannons at once!
When six purple beams packed with terrifying chakra tore through the sky, Nara Shikaku, who had personally witnessed the Chakra Cannon's power, went pale at once. Though he knew Hashirama was beside him, facing death at close range still made his heart pound in terror!
It was not just Shikaku. Nearly everyone present shuddered instinctively, standing frozen in place.
Though Hashirama, standing at the forefront, wore an exceptionally grave expression, he did not panic. He bit his left thumb and, without forming a single hand seal, slapped the ground!
Summoning Technique: Fivefold Rashomon!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Five demon-faced gates of different colors erupted from the earth, overlapping as they shielded everyone behind them!
The next second, the six lasers struck the first Rashomon one after another!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Five deafening crashes rang out almost