Branches of the God Tree several meters thick burst from the ground. As if they had caught the scent of something delicious, they charged toward the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
Tobirama Senju fired a cutting jet of water from his mouth. It severed the God Tree's branches, but they immediately grew back.
They ignored Tobirama, who lay on the ground. Their targets seemed to be the living ninja!
"Kisame!"
"Mr. Shisui!"
With Chakra comparable to a Tailed Beast's, Kisame Hoshigaki drew the God Tree's attention. Just as he was struggling to fend off its branches, Shisui Uchiha appeared and cut them down with a few slashes!
"Consider us even for before. I did deceive you, after all!" Shisui called over his shoulder before hurrying away.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
A vast forest sprang up and tangled with the branches, an attempt to reduce the Allied Shinobi Forces' casualties!
But the trees Hashirama had created with Senjutsu were still too fragile compared to the God Tree. Before long, its branches began draining the ninja's Chakra.
They left only after sucking their victims dry!
"All Chakra belonged to this tree in the first place. Every bit of Chakra here, and all the Chakra in the Shinobi World, belongs to the God Tree!"
"Humanity stole Chakra from the God Tree. Now it's simply taking back what was its own!"
"Do you know how ninja came to exist?"
"Long, long ago, humans knew nothing of Chakra. Even then, they fought among themselves. The God Tree never involved itself in their conflicts. People even revered it as the Divine Pillar. Then one day, the tree bore a fruit. No one knew why, but a rule was passed down: never pick it!"
"A woman picked the fruit to gain the power