The Sound Four had already been at the end of their rope, and Shukaku's latest attack made them cough up blood on the spot.
The four of them lost consciousness, drained dry. Without their chakra sustaining it, the Four Violet Flames Formation naturally shattered.
Everyone froze for a moment at the sight. Once they reacted, however, Orochimaru's expression turned ugly. These useless fools couldn't even maintain the Four Violet Flames Formation! What use were they?
After considering the situation with a dark expression, Orochimaru immediately controlled Hashirama Senju and made him clap his hands-
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
An enormous amount of chakra surged forth. Everyone felt the ground beneath their feet shake, and then countless trees burst out of the earth, sweeping wildly outward as though they would fill the entire space.
At the sight of this spectacle blotting out the sky, Sakura and the others gaped, hardly able to believe that this was a Ninjutsu cast by just one person.
Was this the power of the man called the God of the Shinobi World...?
In the blink of an eye, the rampaging branches had reached them, while the unconscious Sound Four already had branches wrapped around their limbs.
Hiruzen Sarutobi retreated frantically, dodging the branches, then warned Sakura and the others:
"Don't let the branches touch you! They'll absorb your chakra!"
Hearing this, everyone hurried backward, dodging the branches constantly bursting up from below.
In moments, the original rooftop vanished, replaced by an ancient forest-and all of this had been created by a single Ninjutsu from the First.
Everyone stared at the scene in shock. Without witnessing it firsthand, it was truly difficult to comprehend such power.
Just as Su Yu had said, their strength was on an entirely different plane from the First's.
It was truly