The Second "Hashirama" (5)

On the field, Naruto and Shin Uchiha clashed in a matter of breaths. From Shin's remaining sleeve, a large number of blades shot out – his final struggle.

The rapidly spinning blades gathered into the shape of a large shuriken, slashing towards Naruto.

Seeing this, Naruto calmly met the challenge head-on. A instantly formed Rasengan scattered the shuriken anew. He then charged through the rain of scattered blades. The sharp double-edged blades couldn't cut through Naruto's chakra cloak, and Shin couldn't withstand Naruto's fierce counterattack!

"Wind Style: Rasenshuriken!"

Shin, seeing an attack of this magnitude, turned and ran in terror. In that piercing buzzing sound, he felt his death approaching. All resistance was futile.

Just as Naruto's Rasenshuriken was about to hit Shin, a strange Wood Release ninjutsu arose from behind Shin. Rows of trees intertwined into vines, thickly blocking Shin's path.

——Wood Style: Tree World Wall!

The Rasenshuriken exploded first, but Shin was pulled away from the scene by an arm made of extended wood, narrowly avoiding the originally fatal blow. But that didn't mean he was safe!

Within the range of Amenotejikara, Sasuke exchanged places with shattered wood chips, quickly flashing behind Shin. A Chidori Sharp Spear shot from his palm. The blue electric light stick was wrapped in electric current, and its extension speed completely exceeded the Wood Release's ability to pull back.

Therefore, just as Shin thought he had regained a life, a blue sword pierced his heart, the surging voltage plus the sharpness of the Chidori cut Shin in half at the waist!

"So useless. I originally planned to spare your life," the cloaked man's deep voice came from afar.

"We meet again, Naruto Uzumaki." The cloaked man covered half of his face with his hand, revealing a scarlet light between his fingers.

"Mangekyō Sharingan?" Naruto said in shock.

Sasuke retreated to Naruto's side and asked, "What's going on? Who is this guy?"

"An enemy I encountered when I came. He has a pure Wood Release Kekkei Genkai. He used a large-scale 'Tree World Descent' in the previous battle with me. I estimate that the chakra in his body is not inferior to a Jinchuriki!"

"!!?" Sasuke was shocked. He didn't expect such an enemy to appear in the ninja world, and no one had noticed it beforehand!

"Sasuke Uchiha, you're here too? It seems this trip is quite fruitful." The cloaked man nodded to himself, as if he had already captured them both.

After a brief conversation, the cloaked man immediately formed hand seals, still using 'Tree World Descent' to transform the terrain to his advantage!

Within a hundred miles, dense forests quickly rose from the ground, and strangling vines crushed everything in their path. Even the iconic tower was submerged in the sea of trees.

Seeing such a large-scale attack again, Naruto immediately jumped up, trying to avoid the entanglement of the forest again, but this time the cloaked man would not let him off so easily.

A massive net covered the sky above Naruto's head. It was a sturdy giant net woven from Wood Release vines, and Naruto simply created a Big Ball Rasengan, attempting to break through the restraints with brute force.

"Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan!"

Naruto held a ball far exceeding his own size in his hand, crashing straight towards the sky, crushing the net covering his head.

Just as he was about to look at Boruto's situation, countless vines suddenly stretched out from under Naruto's feet, entangling Naruto's feet and dragging him back to the ground.

The previous net pressed down again, and the cloaked man stood directly above the net, with an expression as if he had Naruto in his grasp, letting out a triumphant smile.

On the other side, Sasuke took Sarada and retreated to a safe distance. As for Boruto, he didn't find him for a while, guessing that he should be with Naruto.

The sea of trees formed by Tree World Descent was like a maze, with huge branches and roots intertwined in a chaotic manner, but Sasuke's Amaterasu could burn everything, and these attacks were almost effortless for him!

After leaving the range of the sea of trees, Sasuke entered the sea of trees again and left a sentence to Sarada: "Escape to a safe place, the farther the better."

"Dad? Be careful!" Sarada shouted silently.

At this time, Naruto was being trapped by the cloaked man, who used 'Thorn Murder Technique' to tightly trap Naruto on the ground. Countless vines separated Naruto's limbs, and at the same time, a ninjutsu that even made Naruto feel chills was being performed before his eyes.

"Wood Style: Hotei Technique!"

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This was a technique specifically used to suppress the Tailed Beasts. A 'seat' character appeared in the palm of the cloaked man, and chakra surged. Wooden cuboids suddenly appeared around, suppressing the chakra of the Tailed Beasts.

Naruto's Nine-Tails cloak instantly collapsed, leaving only the eye shadow at the corners of his eyes. Sage Mode was still normally maintained, but this didn't mean it was over, because the cloaked man was still forming hand seals, and it was another technique that shocked Naruto to the point of cold sweat.

——Four Symbols Sealing!

"This is bad," Naruto said in a low, trembling voice.

At this time, Sasuke had just arrived. Seeing Naruto in such a miserable state, he immediately took this enemy using Wood Release seriously. The other party obviously noticed Sasuke's arrival, so he calmly created a Wood Release Shadow Clone.

Sasuke didn't expect to be looked down upon by the other party like this, so he immediately put on the skeleton version of Susanoo and formed hand seals at the same time: "Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

The cloaked man (Shadow Clone) fearlessly met him, and simply formed hand seals as well: "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The fiercely exploding power of fire was washed away by the cloaked man's water dragon, and a thick layer of fog immediately covered the air. In the white smoke, Sasuke's Sharingan was unusually bright, quickly searching for the enemy's location.

"Wood Release: Impaling Technique!"

On the treetop, the trees around Sasuke launched an attack in the same way, stabbing towards Sasuke with sharp wood.

The low-level version of Susanoo couldn't withstand the Wood Release: Impaling Technique. Sasuke's figure disappeared first from the broken Susanoo, and came to the cloaked man's side accurately.

——Chidori!

Sasuke, wielding Chidori, launched an attack towards the cloaked man, who tried his best to stir up the trees on the ground, like the sea, creating waves, making it difficult for Sasuke to rush forward.

But this only slowed down Sasuke's speed. The trees that launched the charge again were shattered by Sasuke's Chidori. Seeing this, the cloaked man immediately urged the trees under his feet to lift himself to a higher altitude.

On the ground, Naruto's situation could be said to be severe. Because Sasuke was drawn away, Naruto's hands and feet were entangled at this moment, and the Nine-Tails was completely suppressed by 'Hotei Technique', unable to draw out the slightest strength.

But Sage Mode gave Naruto a strong physique. At this time, he was trying to break free from the restraints on his limbs with brute force, but in this situation, his limbs couldn't exert any force at all, and his struggle was not very effective.

The cloaked man pinched the sealing technique and quickly came to Naruto. At this time, the airflow in the air was faintly disordered, and the invisible Rasengan suddenly hit the cloaked man's hand, physically interrupting his technique.

"Who...?!"

The cloaked figure was instantly startled, thinking Sasuke had already taken out his Wood Release clone. He didn't expect that standing before him was just a young child who didn't seem threatening at all.

The cloaked figure casually tried to deal with him, waving his hand to manipulate the forest behind Boruto. Countless vines stretched out like arms, reaching for Boruto.

"Run, Boruto!" Naruto shouted.

Ignoring the attacks coming from behind, Boruto took off running towards the cloaked figure. With a few simple body flickers, he dodged the grasping vines behind him, and a glowing Rasengan materialized in his hand.

To Naruto's wide-eyed bewilderment, Boruto hurled the Rasengan forward. The glowing orb spun wildly, destroying all the vines the cloaked figure sent to intercept it.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Crimson - Shadow Clone Technique!"

In a burst of flames, Boruto threw several shuriken into the fire. They exploded into a rain of flaming shuriken, destroying the wood blocking the Rasengan's path. Under the cover of the flaming shuriken, the Rasengan successfully reached the cloaked figure.

Although this combination ninjutsu was executed beautifully, the cloaked figure thought it would be easy to withstand a normal Rasengan. So, he didn't move, simply extending his arm, which split open to reveal several extending wooden tendrils that engulfed the Rasengan in the elongated wooden arm.

The subsequent flaming shuriken flew towards the cloaked figure with calculated trajectories. These were even less of a concern. The cloaked figure dodged the shuriken's surprise attack with a few sidesteps. With the Mangekyō Sharingan's gaze, every attack was predictable.

That's when he noticed that these shuriken seemed somewhat different. Not only were they enveloped in high-temperature flames, but they also had Boruto's Flying Thunder God Technique formula inscribed on them!

With a body flicker, Boruto instantly appeared behind the cloaked figure, releasing a Big Ball Rasengan at point-blank range! Only then did the cloaked figure realize the shuriken were unusual, but Boruto's attack came immediately after, without any pause!

"Nice one!" Naruto couldn't help but praise.

It was then that he noticed Boruto (Shadow Clone) had also taken the opportunity to release him from his restraints. The trees binding his limbs were cut open by kunai infused with Lightning Release. Regaining his freedom, Naruto immediately prepared to go all out!