Once that threshold was crossed, the difference in size became a source of despair.
Never mind whether you could break through its defenses. Imagine finally landing your strongest ultimate technique on it, only to leave a wound that, to it, was no bigger than a pinprick. How despairing was that?
And even setting aside the question of fighting, that size alone was an enormous deterrent.
Could you imagine how shocking it would be to see a mountain suddenly start moving?
The ninja on the battlefield had no need to imagine it, because they were experiencing it firsthand.
"Quick, hurry to Konoha and fetch the First Hokage!"
A distance of several kilometers took ninja several minutes to run, but for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, it was only a few steps.
This was a massacre, a one-sided massacre!
Ordinary ninja's attacks could not even break through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's defenses.
Yet when the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path stomped down, even the shock waves could injure them.
They were not remotely on the same level. They could not fight it! They simply could not fight it!
Accompanying the ninja's screams and wails was the wild laughter of Madara Uchiha, who stood atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head.
The scene felt like something out of an absurdist play.
Just as the ninja in the camp were scrambling to evade annihilation, Hashirama Senju finally arrived.
He was not alone. The Five Kage, Naruto and the others, and Konoha's Elite Jonin had come as well.
The moment they appeared, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's immense size startled them too.
They, too, felt somewhat powerless against this monster, so everyone's gaze fell on the First Hokage.
And Hashirama Senju lived up to their