Ōnoki, a cunning old man, was the first to come to his senses, and his voice exploded in the square, urgent and shrill:
"Your Excellency Hashirama! He knows Eight Gates Release! Don't give him the chance to use Eight Gates, otherwise no one will be able to catch up with him!"
The voice of Fourth Raikage followed closely:
"He will also give us Kumogakure's Lightning Release Chakra Mode! Don't fight him in close combat!"
Hashirama Senju's eyes fell on the golden armor on Yongye's body, and the expression on his face changed from shock to solemnity.
He spoke slowly, "What... is this?"
Yongye The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and the golden light reflected a dazzling gleam on his lips.
"Golden Cloth."
"Open your eyes, you rubes!"
"Come on, let me see how much the so-called God of Shinobi weighs!"
Hashirama Senju's gaze paused on the golden armor for another moment, and then he folded his hands in front of his chest and crossed his fingers.
"Then try it!"
Chakra surged out of his body, and the green light film rapidly expanded on the surface of his skin, spreading down his arms and seeping into the Stone Slab ground beneath his feet.
The ground began to shake.
First there was a very light tremor, which came up from the soles of the feet, and then it was heavier and more muffled, as if countless super beasts were arching upward from the depths of the ground.
Stone Slab exploded!
Thick wooden vines spurted out from the cracks, not just one or two, but hundreds or thousands of them, breaking out of the ground at the same time from every corner of the square, like an awakened forest rising up from the depths of the ground.
The diameter of the vines exceeds a person's waist, and the surface is covered with dark green bark. The branches continue to branch, extend, and twine as they rise, turning the entire square into an airtight wooden cage in a matter of seconds.
Wood Release, Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!
Yongye's figure pulled up at the same moment as the vines surged, and stepped on a thick branch with his toes. The whole person was ejected backwards and landed on the top of a broken stone pillar behind.
Golden light shone around him, and there was not a single sawdust between the gaps in his armor.
His eyes turned scarlet, Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan fully bloomed, and the golden Chakra condensed, expanded, and took shape on his body.
Susanoo·Complete body!
Chakra exploded from his body like a volcanic eruption, golden flames soared into the sky, and in a few breaths condensed into a giant that was much taller than the forest of Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.
Golden bones emerged from the void, followed by muscles, chest armor, shoulder armor, and arm armor. Thick Chakra armor covered the giant's body. A dark golden luster flowed on the armor's surface, and every line glowed with a dazzling golden light in the sunlight.
A pair of huge golden wings spread out from the giant's back. Each feather was condensed from pure Chakra, with a flame-like light flowing around the edges.
The golden giant rose from the ground, and the moment its wings spread out, the air current pressed the surging vines around it to the sides.
Then, Perfect Susanoo pulled out the long sword.
The golden sword blade extends from the palm of the hand, with a length of more than ten feet, and dark golden lines flow on the blade surface, like a ray of solidified sunlight.
The giant swings his sword and sweeps across!
The sword blade cut into those thick vines, like a hot knife cutting through butter, without any hindrance. The broken branches flew to both sides, rolling and burning in mid-air, turning into gray-white ashes and falling down.
Hashirama Senju took half a step back.
He closed his hands again in front of his chest, Chakra surged again, Wood Release Chakra overflowed from his body, and the vines on the ground began to grow faster, and more and thicker gushes out from the ground, as if the entire earth was responding to his call.
"Advent of a World of Flowering Flowers!"
The branches of the vines began to bloom.
White, pink, and purple petals bloomed from the end of each branch at the same time, forming a continuous sea of flowers that covered the entire square.
The petals flutter in the sunlight, dyeing the surrounding space with colorful hues.
But the golden giant just waved his sword again.
Along the trajectory of the sword, the petals were rolled into pieces by the air waves, the vines broke and collapsed in the sword light, and the sea of flowers that had just bloomed were crushed into a messy wreckage.
At the same time, the golden wings of the Susanoo giant flapped, setting off strong winds and sweeping away all the poisonous pollen.
Hashirama Senju's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Wood Human Technique!"
Chakra surged out from his palm and condensed into a wooden man on the ground that was taller and larger than all the previous vines.
The wooden man's body is composed of a thick tree trunk and knotted tree roots, and the surface is covered with a green Chakra light film.
The wooden man's head was raised, and two dark green lights lit up in the wooden eye sockets. He then swung his giant fist and hit the golden Susanoo hard.
Golden Susanoo swung his sword to meet the attack.
The moment the fists and swords clashed, shock waves exploded in all directions, crushing all the remaining vines and petals on the ground into powder.
Yongye stood on the head of the golden Susanoo, his eyes fell on Hashirama Senju, the smile still hanging on the corner of his mouth.
"Stop dawdling and using these little tricks."
"Let's get real."
"Those allies of yours are going to be scared to death!"
After he finished speaking, the golden Susanoo wings spread out again.
The wings were pressed downward fiercely, airflow exploded at the wingtips, and then the entire golden giant was pulled up from the ground, like a huge golden sun, flying high into the sky.
The golden wings cut through the clouds, spreading a golden stream of light that stretched for tens of feet in the sky.
Hashirama Senju stood on the ground, looking up at the golden figure rising into the sky.
The corners of his mouth twitched for the first time, as if he was laughing at himself, or as if he was aroused with a fighting spirit that had not been ignited for a long time.
"You are indeed... stronger than Madara Uchiha!"
He closed his hands in front of his chest again. This time, the fluctuations of Chakra were heavier and thicker than before, as if the entire earth was surging under his feet.
"In that case..."
The ground began to shake violently.
Instead of vines emerging from the ground, the entire land was rising upwards. The Stone Slab in the center of the square was lifted from the inside, gravel flew in all directions, and smoke rose into the sky.
A huge Buddha statue rises from the ground!
The body of the Buddha statue is made up of countless thick trees and vines, and each branch is so thick that it requires several people to hug it to surround it.
Behind the Buddha statue, there are thousands of arms!
Those arms extend from the back and shoulders of the Buddha statue, densely packed and layered, like a forest made of wood and Chakra.
Each arm holds a fist, and each fist is covered with a thick layer of Chakra light film.
Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands·Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!
Hashirama Senju stood on top of the Buddha statue, the red armor glowing with a dull luster in the dark green light.
His voice came down from a high place, with a sense of joy that had been suppressed for too long and finally found an outlet.
"This is my strongest technique."
"Uchiha Yongye, take the move!"
"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"