Uzumaki Ashina watched Gekkō Raito's clean, decisive moves, secretly astonished.
What a powerful brat. No wonder someone used a jutsu like Impure World Reincarnation, which desecrates the dead, against him. For someone so young, his strength is far too terrifying!
While Ashina reeled inwardly, he suddenly felt Raito's icy gaze lock onto him.
The Great Sage still needed half an hour to unravel his opponent's sealing barrier, and Raito had no patience to waste time here.
If there was a way to make this fellow undo the sealing jutsu himself, that would save a lot of trouble.
Using Kotoamatsukami to alter his will might work...
A sharp gleam flashed in Raito's eyes. He had yet to try this ocular jutsu in actual combat. Its effects should not be too bad!
"Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"
Suddenly, Hashirama's deep, resonant voice rang out.
An enormous red torii gate descended from the sky, bearing down on Raito at tremendous speed with the force to suppress everything.
Raito jerked his head up!
Not good!
This move did more than look intimidating. Simply dodging it would not end things.
It had a targeting property akin to a law of causality.
This was a sealing jutsu, not merely an offensive ninjutsu. Once activated, it would forcibly seal its target without fail.
No matter how quickly Raito teleported, the torii gate would pursue him relentlessly until it pinned him beneath it.
Of course, he could play this game of chakra attrition with Hashirama, but Hashirama now had a body granted by Impure World Reincarnation. His chakra was infinite, and he would never tire.
If the two remained locked in this stalemate, who knew how long it would drag on!
So dodging was useless. He had to meet it head-on.
"Getsuga Tenshō!"
Boom!
The crimson