"As expected of the old man!"
Her sharp gaze swept over the shuriken filling the sky, and Tsunade could not help marveling inwardly.
Soon after arriving on the battlefield through the Heavenly Transfer Technique, she had begun fighting the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi.
As his student, Tsunade knew her teacher all too well.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was also very familiar with Tsunade's fighting style and abilities, and their battle had entered extremely dangerous territory almost from the outset.
The Allied Shinobi Forces supporting them from the sidelines could not even intervene. The pace of their battle was too tight for anyone else to find a suitable opening to help.
But Tsunade did not need help from the other ninja. Fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi alone was not particularly difficult for her.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi did not have to worry about chakra in his reincarnated state and could unleash all manner of ninjutsu at will, he was not at his living peak, after all, so Tsunade still handled him with ease.
But that was only because she was Tsunade. Anyone else would have long since died under the storm-like ninjutsu barrage of the reincarnated Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Tsunade's extraordinary regenerative abilities sometimes allowed her to completely disregard all manner of immensely powerful ninjutsu, and on top of that, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not bring himself to strike with his full strength.
While he retained his own will, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not stop attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces and Tsunade, but he would always instinctively hold back during their exchanges.
After all, he could not truly bring himself to kill Tsunade!
"Hah!"
Tsunade swept her gaze over the shuriken hurtling toward her from all across the sky and clenched her fist. The next instant, chakra gathered, and she slammed her fist into the ground.
Boom!!!
The earth