On the Pure Land's shogi board, as the battle between the two legendary figures, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, unfolded in full, its earth-shaking spectacle left many of the relatively ordinary souls occupying Pawn positions on both sides numb and speechless.
In life, they might have been Chunin, Jonin, or even powerful figures in their own right. They had heard of the renown of the "God of Shinobi" and the "Asura of the Ninja World," but those had only been legends.
Until now, when they witnessed it with their own eyes.
Hashirama Senju clapped his hands together. Vast life force and chakra took shape through Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique, forming a towering giant that seemed to hold up the sky. Like a giant from myth, its every movement could tear the earth apart and shake mountains!
Madara Uchiha laughed wildly, ocular power surging through his purple Rinnegan. A Perfect Susanoo clad in Crow Tengu armor and wielding twin blades rose from the ground, radiating world-destroying pressure as it crashed head-on into the Wood Golem!
Rumble!
Every collision seemed to shatter heaven and earth. The shock waves of escaping energy shook the entire board, and even the patterns beneath the Pawns' feet seemed to groan.
Two other Susanoo were fighting as well.
Someone had even taken flight to battle Hanzo of the Salamander, who stood atop the enormous Ibuse.
"Are they... really human?"
One ninja muttered to himself, the blade in his hand trembling slightly.
"This... this isn't a battle between ninja anymore, is it? This is a clash of gods and demons!"
Another ninja from the Small Shinobi Village went pale, feeling that he was less than a speck of dust before such overwhelming power.
The vast majority of the Pawns felt a profound sense of helplessness and despair.