A clash of titans

"What happened! It's just a few dark lines around my eyes!"

Raikage looked at the three old men and one old woman beside him, all of whom seemed to have lost their souls. Since he didn't know much about that period of history, he naturally couldn't understand what the situation was like.

"Lord Raikage, according to intelligence from the Warring States period, which was left behind when Kumogakure was first established, the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, mastered a Ninjutsu called Sage Mode," Dodai explained. "Upon entering this mode, strength, speed, sensory abilities, Ninjutsu power, and recovery abilities all receive unimaginable and terrifying boosts."

"What! It's already this strong, and it's going to get even stronger!?"

While looking astonished, the Raikage also began to consider Sage Mode. He had only recently taken over the Village and hadn't paid much attention to what had happened before. Now that he had the opportunity to improve his strength, he wanted to give it a try.

"Oh no... it's coming!"

Hashirama clapped his hands together, and the ground rapidly rose, revealing a Wood Dragon bursting forth from the earth!

Hashirama leaped onto it, and the Wood Dragon opened its massive jaws and charged towards Eiji!

Eiji's figure flashed rapidly, constantly dodging the impacts with the Wood Dragon.

The Wood Dragon kept crashing into Rock and Tree, sending pebbles Wood Chips flying everywhere it went.

"That's right, that's how you dodge. I can see that the control over the Impure World Reincarnation is already very strained. That masked guy doesn't have the resources to strengthen his control over me anymore. He can't keep suppressing my brother in this state indefinitely."

Tobirama stood on a Giant Rock, observing the battle. As long as he wasn't attacked, he wouldn't take any initiative.

When his attack failed, Hashirama immediately changed his attack method.

He leaped off the Wood Dragon and clapped his hands together!

"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence"

Rumble rumble rumble--

The ground began to surge violently, and then a large number of thick vines burst out of the soil, instantly surrounding Eiji!

The vines writhed wildly like pythons, then launched a fierce attack on Eiji constantly twisted his body to dodge them.

At this moment, the ground rose up again, and six sturdy plants with flower buds broke through the soil!

"That's it!" Hiruzen Sarutobi contracted.

"Junior, be careful of this smoke. Big Brother's Advent of a World of Flowering Trees will spray out pollen that can paralyze people's nerves."

Since Tobirama wasn't participating in the attack, he started giving Eiji a tutorial on how to defeat Hashirama.

Just as Tobirama said, the flower bud quickly bloomed, revealing its stamen, and then emitted yellow smoke. Eiji was enveloped in the smoke but did not show any unusual reaction.

"Oh? You can even ignore something as minute as pollen?"

Tobirama raised an eyebrow.

Looking around at the vines and giant flowers, Eiji felt as if he had entered some kind of primeval jungle.

That means he has Six Eyes; otherwise, even the dust would blur his vision. Wood Release is just too overpowered.

Let's finish it off in one go.

"Phase"

"Twilight"

"Eye of Wisdom"

The technique reverses "Cang"

Azure light gathered in Eiji's hand, its power greatly increased due to the incantation, continuously engulfing everything around it.

Eiji maneuvered "Azure" to begin circling around itself, tearing and pulling everything in its path with its powerful Gravity, ultimately reducing it to dust.

All the vines and flowers that touched "Azure" were swallowed up, and even the remaining broken branches and leaves could no longer launch an attack!

"That's incredible! It wiped them all out in one go!"

Upon seeing this, the Allied Shinobi Forces cried out in alarm, while Danzo, atop the high cliff, looked increasingly grim.

He didn't understand what Ryuuzaki Eiji was still insisting on at this point. Hashirama in this Hashirama was quite terrifying, and if his eyes were destroyed, his entire plan would be ruined.

"Well then, it's my turn!"

Eiji Body Flicker Technique appeared high in the sky, his fingertips flashing red light, and fired a super-fast "Haku" at Hashirama, who was still on the ground!

Hashirama's body reacted automatically; he clapped his hands, and a large number of logs burst from the ground with a dry sound!

Wood Release: Ranking Technique

A large number of wooden rafts wrapped Hashirama Hashirama's body, forming a wooden shield shaped like a fanged demon's face. The crimson energy blast collided with the demon's face shield, and a terrifying explosion accompanied by a deafening roar dyed half the sky red!

As the smoke cleared, a dent remained on the ghost-face shield; it had not been pierced by a single blow.

Eiji wasn't surprised at all; this technique could even withstand Tailed Beast and Susanoo, making its defensive power extremely terrifying.

With the addition of Sage Mode, Eiji felt that Hashirama was now the ultimate numerical monster.

Eiji felt more and more strongly that he needed to learn Sage Mode. He had a premonition that once he mastered Sage Mode, the power of his Jujutsu would experience a qualitative leap.

The wooden shield, shaped like a fanged demon's face, split open in the middle, opening to both sides like a sliding door, revealing the figure of Hashirama Senju.

"The Wood Release released by your older brother in Sage Mode is much more resilient than the initial one. If you can't increase the power of your Ninjutsu, it will be difficult to inflict effective damage. In addition, he is Impure World Reincarnation body. If you can't come up with an effective countermeasure, continuing will be extremely disadvantageous for you!"

"Tobirama- senpai, I know about this, but finding a solution doesn't seem so easy," Eiji said helplessly.

Before him stood the God of Shinobi, and he lacked the Yin-Yang Release to inflict irreversible damage on the Impure World Reincarnation body. Was he truly left with no choice but to temporarily seal them away and await the enemy's second Impure World Reincarnation?

No, the decision must be made here.

Eiji had no doubt about Black Zetsu's cunning; he might very well take advantage of the moment Edo Tensei to release the Impure World Reincarnation, which would not only be a waste of time but also make the enemy's second attack even more dangerous.

Calm down, you must calm down.

The fact that he doesn't have Yin-Yang Release is a major weakness. Shisui, who possesses Kotoamatsukami, hasn't been born yet. Black Zetsu's modified Impure World Reincarnation has an overly strong control effect, and Hashirama and Tobirama cannot actively break free from its control.

Continuing like this will only exhaust us; we need to come up with a solution before that happens.

He could have left this place with the people he cared about.

But...

That's a useless way of thinking, isn't it?

Eiji's lips curled into a forced smile; he felt it was time for him to give it his all.

"Young man, concentrate! No Ninjutsu is perfect, and I believe you can find a way to break it!"

At that moment, Hashirama clapped his hands together, then brought them together with Eiji's palms, his five fingers spread!

"Wood Release: Wood Release: Hotei Technique"

The ground began to tremble violently, Eiji looked around.

Encircling the body, numerous enormous wooden hands burst forth from the ground, causing sand and gravel to tumble down and billowing dust to rise!

Eiji giant wooden arms surrounded Eiji, poised to attack him!

Eiji drew the Kusanagi Sword again, this time extending the blade to a hundred meters.

It took a little time for Cang to completely envelop it, and then a powerful spinning slash severed all the hands!

The battle was so intense that screams of alarm echoed from the distant battlefield.

"Croak! I never imagined I'd witness such a spectacular battle in my lifetime!"

"Even if I die this time, it'll be worth it!"