Hashirama had no choice but to fight.
He clapped his hands together and shouted:
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
An enormous wooden dragon surged out of the ground and coiled toward Susanoo.
Over the past five years, he had taken the form of that magnificent, majestic figure that had once appeared-the Silver Dragon-
and etched it deep into his mind, creating this ninjutsu.
Yet its bearing and splendor were as far from the original as a firefly from the radiant moon. It failed to capture even a ten-thousandth of its glory.
Even so, it possessed an inexplicably powerful presence, far surpassing ordinary ninjutsu.
Boom!
Madara swung the Susanoo Sword at the Wood Dragon.
But rather than being severed, the Wood Dragon wound its way up the Susanoo Sword.
Susanoo and the Wood Dragon became entangled.
At last, after several blows, Susanoo's tremendous power burned the Wood Dragon away.
The next moment, Madara swung his sword again.
"Susanoo: Two-Sword Style!"
An enormous blade of energy spilled from Susanoo's sword and swept toward Hashirama.
Hashirama clapped his hands together again and shouted:
"Fivefold Rashomon!"
Five enormous iron gates bearing demonic faces rose from the ground.
Boom!
As Susanoo unleashed its Two-Sword Style, several Rashomon gates shattered.
But in the end, they stopped the attack.
That was not all. Hashirama clapped his hands together once more and shouted:
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Countless towering trees burst from the ground, instantly turning the battlefield into a forest.
The trees attacked Madara's Susanoo in succession.
From afar, the enormous blue giant could be seen cutting down one massive tree after another.
Other ninjutsu erupted intermittently amid the fighting, yet the two remained evenly matched.
And so they became locked in battle once more.
After five years, Yuya had finally finished rebuilding his external