The tree demon's body, leaves, and roots were blasted into flying wood chips. But before long, it returned to normal.
Then a vine grabbed his foot and quickly wound around his body. Before long, a tightly wrapped bundle appeared before everyone.
With a thought, Tobirama Senju vanished from the vines and appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi. But now both of them were bound together.
"Hiruzen, how did you get tied up too?" Tobirama Senju asked.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked somewhat ashamed. "I... I let my guard down."
Then Tobirama Senju vanished into the vines again, taking Hiruzen Sarutobi with him.
They gathered together, and Tobirama Senju panted heavily. "This is really too tricky. No matter what method I use, they counter it easily."
Hiruzen Sarutobi lay on the grass, staring straight at the dark red sky, his eyes vacant, as though he had lost everything.
Shimura Danzō was no better off. "They're just too powerful. There's no room to fight back at all."
The Tsuchikage and Ōnoki sighed repeatedly as well. People in the Shinobi World already held Wood Release in awe, so they held absolutely nothing back when fighting those vines.
They all wanted to find some clue to a way of countering Wood Release.
Even Tobirama Senju and the others were no exception.
They all wanted to find the tree demons' weakness, but there were too many tree demons inside. They were no match for them at all.
Tobirama Senju had even used his ultimate move. Although it destroyed an entire area, the tree demons' severed roots immediately grew again, forming new tree demons.
No matter how much they fought, there was no end to them. As long as a single root remained uncleared, it would rapidly grow again.
Time passed little by little.
In the Forest of Despair, Yotsuki