He struck especially hard when he fought. To protect the village, he would think nothing of killing even his dearest friends and loved ones...
Yet even Hashirama Senju could recognize that revolting evil!
What was evil?
People like Orochimaru, who exploited the weak and trampled them for their own sake!
The First Hokage would personally punish this younger member of the village who had fallen completely into darkness!
Rumble-
Hashirama Senju infused [Wood Release] chakra into his surroundings.
In an instant, immensely thick trunks burst out simultaneously from every direction-the laboratory floor, walls, ceiling, and more.
Before the First Hokage's [Wood Release], the sturdy walls and bedrock of this secret laboratory, painstakingly constructed by Orochimaru, were torn apart as easily as crumbly tofu. Shattered fragments of earth and stone flew everywhere.
The trunks grew wildly at a visible speed, their dark brown branches sweeping through the entire laboratory like giant pythons. Lab benches were easily overturned, and test tubes and vessels shattered across the floor.
As for the living White Zetsu that Black Zetsu had sent over beforehand, they were easily subdued in a single encounter with Hashirama Senju's [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence].
But Hashirama Senju's real target was Orochimaru alone!
What the hell was that?!
Orochimaru could not help widening his eyes as he watched Hashirama Senju clap his hands together and unleash the ninjutsu directly.
Where were the gestures? The hand seals?
A [Wood Release] ninjutsu of this scale required no hand seals whatsoever.
He just clapped his hands and got whatever he called out?
Was this the First Hokage's true strength?
Compared with Tenzo's [Wood Release], Hashirama Senju's was simply worlds apart!
Orochimaru inwardly ranted, but his movements did not slow in the slightest.
He shot backward at top speed, the Sealing Tag Kunai in his