—Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique!
Boom! The earth heaved upward, and a vast forest erupted, its trees twisting and coiling into a wooden mass more imposing than a mountain. As if shaped by some unseen master craftsman, the timber took on the likeness of a celestial being!
A war god's head, a guardian's eyes, mighty arms, and a general's belly!
What a magnificent, majestic Wooden Human!
Viewed from afar, its presence seemed to swallow mountains and rivers. Sasuke looked like a tiny white speck atop the Wooden Human's head.
Had they not seen it with their own eyes... the Five Kage and the assembled shinobi would never have believed that this towering colossus had emerged from that tiny white speck!
The shinobi were astonished, but only by the Wooden Human's overwhelming presence.
Only the Tsuchikage, Ōnoki of Both Scales... felt astonishment born of firsthand terror!!
"This is bad. This is really bad...!!"
Mei Terumi asked, "Lord Tsuchikage, why are you so terrified?!"
Ōnoki clenched his sweat-soaked hands. "How could I not be shocked? How could I not be terrified? That's the 'Wooden Human'!! The Ultimate Technique of Wood Release that Hashirama Senju used to stand against the Uchiha back then!!! He's merely someone implanted with Hashirama cells, yet he can use this technique? How is that possible? If this is real, doesn't that make him... a living Hashirama Senju...?"
Orochimaru smiled. "With the White Cursed Seal released to state four, Sasuke-kun's power is no different from Hashirama Senju's. The only distinction is that, until it has been fully absorbed, state four is an add-on rather than his foundation. That is why he cannot learn Sunlight Senjutsu..."
Atop the golem's head, Sasuke surveyed everything from above. "So this is the wood golem. Its raw power is no less than Perfect Susanoo's,