Chapter 234: This Era Belongs to Shimura Yami!
The main battlefield was near the coastline.
The three combined forces, along with Naruto and Sasuke who had rushed back after suppressing Indra and Ashura, heard the roar of thunder in the distance and looked over.
Even though they were not in the same land, they could still clearly see the Buddha statue, thousands of meters tall.
But in the eyes of the sensory-type shinobi, it seemed as if the sky had fallen.
That was not a Buddha statue, but an enormous mass of chakra.
Are you crazy?!
Do all the shinobi in their land combined even have as much chakra as this Buddha statue?
What the hell!
"Sasuke, let's go help Yami-nii."
Naruto looked at the miraculous Senju Buddha with a solemn expression.
Honestly, Naruto felt that this Senju Hashirama was somehow even stronger than Ashura. At least in their previous battle, Ashura had not used Wood Style, and his strength came from his body, with chakra comparable to his and Kurama's combined.
No Sage Art, no Wood Style, so he could handle that.
"Don't go and cause trouble for Yami-sensei." Sasuke glanced at Izumi, who was sealing Ōnoki with an icicle. "Izumi and Ancestor Hikari are neither worried nor anxious. If we go, we will only get in the way."
The ones in this world who believed in Yami the most were definitely the women in his family. The other one was Sasuke.
Even people did not believe in Yami as much as Sasuke did.
After all, Naruto had always been very obedient. Whatever Yami told him to do, he would complete.
As for Sasuke... there was no other way. After being beaten so many times, he finally submitted.
"Don't worry about Yami."
Hikari glanced at the Buddha and then stopped paying attention to it. He said to Sasuke, "Hurry and find that Orochimaru. He is running away like a loach. So annoying."
Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and were about to nod when the big Buddha in the distance changed again.
A shade of crystal blue began to appear, spreading continuously. In the blink of an eye, the wooden steps of Senju were covered, while the main body still retained its original natural color.
Sasuke's expression finally changed.
"Susanoo?!"
Yes, Susanoo.
The thousand-meter-tall Senju Buddha was now covered with a layer of finely-leafed armor, and its arms were armed, giving the compassionate Buddha a more ferocious aura.
However, the Crow Tengu armor was somewhat incomplete, or rather, very incomplete. It could only barely cover the arms.
But this was already Madara's limit. If he had the ability to cover the entire Buddha, then Susanoo in its extreme form would not only be over a hundred meters.
The chakra of the two had been pushed to the limit, and cracks began to appear on the Impure World bodies, healing quickly afterwards.
This attack was the strongest the two could currently use. The Senju Buddha statue moved slowly, and wherever it went, the ground was crushed by its terrifying weight, the soil compacting as if it had become solid stone.
Monsters of this level should not exist in this world.
However, even so, Hashirama's expression was very solemn. He believed that with Yami's strength, he would also be able to use the same level of ninjutsu, or even stronger.
Could they really win?
Madara, on the other hand, was much more confident. He had originally created this combination to fight Hashirama. Now, with Susanoo added, even if the Sage of Six Paths was resurrected, he probably would not be their match without the power of the Ten Tails Jinchūriki.
They both yelled in unison.
The giant Buddha tilted slightly, carrying endless killing intent, with thousands of mighty hands ready to strike.
Finally, Yami made his move.
The flames of Sage chakra burst out, and the small chakra snakes expanded into giant pythons, surrounding Yami.
As the chakra surged, the size of his Great Buddha began to grow again.
In the blink of an eye, it reached the same height as the Senju Buddha statue, and then… surpassed it!
There were also densely packed Buddha hands growing behind it, competing with the Buddha statue opposite without showing any weakness.
It seemed as if heaven and earth were about to be torn apart by these two behemoths.
"The ultimate secret of Wood Style… Brother, how did you create this level of ninjutsu?"
Tobirama sighed deeply as he gazed at the two huge Buddhas, his heart filled with excitement.
He had heard his elder brother describe this ninjutsu before, but had never seen it himself.
Previously, he thought it was just a powerful ninjutsu similar to a Wooden Golem, maybe a bit stronger.
But now it was clear that this was an entirely different dimension!
He could vaguely see that the tall Wooden Golem, which had looked like an ancient Buddha or a wrathful Vajra before, was now just an ornament on the head of the Senju Buddha statue.
Boom!
Tsunade suddenly stomped, making a big hole in the ground, and said angrily, "Grandpa, why won't you let us go? Even though the two Buddhas look about the same size, Grandpa's has Susanoo's blessing. The situation is very unfavorable to Yami!"
Tobirama was about to say something to comfort her, but then he saw something that made his eyes suddenly widen.
"How is this possible!"
"To show my 'respect' for the First Hokage's ideals, I have decided to give you both hands."
Following a cold wind, Yami's words reached the ears of Hashirama and Madara. At the same time, the two giant hands at the top of Great Buddha, which were the thickest, formed a strange seal.
The hands were pressed together, the middle fingers bent and touching, while the other fingers stretched out straight, all aimed at Hashirama and Madara.
"This is the Sin-Extinguishing Karma Seal, also known as the Karma-Exiting Hand Seal."
Hashirama, who had studied True Buddha culture deeply, said in a low voice, "This seal is generally used by monks to save the most vicious and evil people… It seems Yami is judging our sins."
"Whether someone is guilty or not is not determined by Yami, but by strength!"
Madara's long hair danced wildly, and his aura rose again. Many long and narrow samurai swords appeared in the palms of the Senju Buddha statue.
"How is this possible!"
The earth continued to rumble, and the two Buddha statues moved closer and closer. Hashirama's eyes widened, and fear unconsciously appeared in his voice.
The thousands of hands behind the Great Buddha actually moved at the same time, forming different hand seals. These were not symbolic seals like the Sin-Extermination Seal, but real ninjutsu seals!
Because of the enormous size and the different seals on each hand, it was dazzling to see, but there was also a strange beauty to it.
The Buddha of True Several Thousand Hands could actually be used to perform ninjutsu?!
Hashirama could not even imagine what level of chakra control and multitasking skills were needed to achieve this.
What he did not know was that Yami's special talent flashed, and aside from a few punishments during his research into perfect Sage Mode, all the other times had been dedicated to chakra control.
Although the panel still showed limit-breaking level, that only meant that the current upper limit of the system evaluation was limit-breaking. It did not mean that he was restricted to that.
Although it was a bit troublesome to release so many ninjutsu at the same time, it was completely possible!
Madara's face darkened as well. Yami's methods had once again exceeded his imagination.
"Hashirama! Attack first, we must not let him use his ninjutsu successfully!"
"I understand!" Hashirama naturally understood this as well, and his hands trembled slightly.
Thousands of Buddha hands covered in Susanoo and holding samurai swords extended at the same time, like the sky collapsing and earth shattering, pressing down!
Yami's expression remained calm.
Even though he was using countless seals at the same time, his seal speed had always been extremely fast since childhood.
Both sides shouted at almost the same time.
The earth let out a long wail, volcanoes began to erupt, the atmosphere above the clouds churned violently, and severe celestial phenomena appeared.
The two Senju Buddha statues collided!
Boom!
In just a short moment, the two sides clashed thousands of times!
The mighty samurai swords were indestructible. Great Buddha performed thousands of ninjutsu, and colorful lights burst out at this moment.
Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, Lightning Style: Kirin in the palm, Scorch Release: Great Sun Fireball, Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, Lava Release: Scorching River.
An unprecedented feast of ninjutsu blossomed from the hands of the Great Buddha, magnificent yet terrifying enough to destroy everything, leaving one breathless.
The aftermath of each collision had no time to spread before a new wave of impact shattered it.
Boom!
The world seemed to have come to an end. Apart from the deafening rumbling, there were endless natural disasters.
Crack, crack!
The faint sound of cracking was insignificant in such a battle, but it made Hashirama and Madara's expressions change drastically.
Cracks had begun to appear on the Crow Tengu armor on the Buddha statue. When the first crack appeared, it was followed by the second, then the third. The speed of cracking became faster and faster.
Until everything shattered!
Eighty percent of the thousands of hands belonging to the Senju Buddha statue were destroyed, leaving only the huge, lonely Buddha statue and the Wooden Golem tent on top of it.
In the desperate eyes of the two men, the nearly unscathed the Great Buddha once again pushed out all his arms, smashing the Senju Buddha statue into countless pieces, burying the two figures!
Even if the Sengoku duo used their full strength, what did it matter?
This era belongs to Shimura Yami!
(To be continued.)
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