But Hashirama Senju was still Hashirama Senju, after all.
With [Hashirama cells] growing all over his body, just how tenacious was Big Pillar's life force?
Even after [Chakra Black Rods] had skewered him into a big hedgehog.
Hashirama Senju still had not died on the spot.
Even so.
At this point, Hashirama Senju was already close to death...
Powerful as [Hashirama cells] were.
Hashirama Senju was ultimately still flesh and blood.
Even though Madara Uchiha had deliberately avoided vital areas such as the brain when attacking Hashirama Senju.
There were simply too many [Chakra Black Rods] embedded in him.
So much so that Hashirama Senju was bleeding nonstop. A large patch of ground beneath his feet had already been stained red, and his breathing was weakening at a visibly noticeable rate.
As for that "Hand Seal-less Self-Healing ability"...
It bore repeating.
All of a ninja's supernatural abilities were, in fact, built upon chakra.
Hashirama Senju's "Hand Seal-less Self-Healing ability" likewise relied on his own chakra.
Yet the [Chakra Black Rods] created by the [Rinnegan] had an extremely powerful suppressive effect on other people's chakra.
As early as when Madara Uchiha drove the first big black rod into Hashirama Senju's body.
Big Pillar had already sensed that something was wrong.
It was not as though he had never experienced anything similar.
When Hashirama Senju had "sparred" with Uchiha Minamoto before, the latter had also pierced his body with a [Black Rod].
That time, Hashirama Senju had already learned how formidable the [Black Rod] was.
Once a [Black Rod] pierced his body.
Hashirama Senju's chakra seemed to slip completely out of his control.
And that had been only one [Black Rod]!
Right now.
How could the number of [Black Rods] Madara Uchiha had driven through Hashirama Senju's body be just one or