Treading on the God of Shinobi to Ascend to Godhood! Lumen's Ambition!

The surroundings fell silent.

Several ANBU ninja felt their palms grow sweaty.

One ANBU ninja could not help looking at Hashirama, his voice hoarse.

"More troublesome than the First Hokage was in life?"

Kakashi explained solemnly, "It does not mean his frontal power necessarily surpasses his prime. It means he does not need to worry about injuries or chakra consumption."

"When the living fight, they instinctively protect their vital points and must conserve chakra for the battles ahead. But an Impure World Body does not need to do that."

"If the First Hokage disregarded all damage and pursued nothing but the maximum release of ninjutsu, then that fighting style would indeed be harder to deal with than when he was alive."

Kakuzu's green pupils contracted slightly as well.

He possessed five hearts and had always regarded his difficulty to kill as his greatest source of confidence. Yet compared with a true Impure World Body, Earth Grudge Fear's so-called immortality still had its limits.

If all five hearts were destroyed, he would still die.

Impure World Reincarnation was different.

As long as he was not sealed away, even if his body was blasted into fragments, it could reassemble itself.

Orochimaru looked at Lumen and laughed hoarsely. "Lumen-kun, the Second Hokage has already made the risks clear enough."

"If you change your mind now, it is not too late."

"There is no need."

Lumen answered without the slightest hesitation.

He looked at Hashirama with a calm expression.

"I know all of this."

Tobirama frowned deeply.

"Since you know, you still want to voluntarily release his consciousness?"

"That's right."

The iron sand giant behind Lumen slowly dispersed. Streams of black sand fell back to the ground, and the heavy pressure subsided with them, but everyone's eyes remained fixed on him.

"If all I