Chapter 111

Of course, they each had their own pride in their hearts!!

They admitted that Hashirama Senju's senjutsu training might already be ahead of theirs,

but if just the aura Hashirama Senju unconsciously radiated while training senjutsu was enough to crush them,

then they could never forgive themselves for that!!!

"Crack!!!"

"Crack!!!"

"Crack!!!"

……

The ground beneath Hashirama Senju's feet,

and everything around him,

was turning to powder bit by bit.

His entire body also began to be covered in golden flames of aura,

making him look like a god!!!

In the eyes of the three Great Sages, Hashirama Senju

was now like a dazzling sun,

burning everything around him.

"Not good!!"

"If this keeps up, the entire Shikkotsu Forest will be destroyed by him!!!"

"White Snake!! Gamabunta!! I can't seal off all of his aura by myself!!"

"I need the two of you to help me!!"

The Slug Sage turned his head and shouted anxiously at the other two.

He hadn't expected

that just the aura Hashirama Senju was unconsciously radiating

would already be this powerful!!

If he didn't act now to suppress this aura,

the Shikkotsu Forest beneath Hashirama Senju's feet would probably be completely destroyed by him.

Hearing this,

the Great Toad Sage and the White Snake Sage exchanged a glance,

both showing a deep, bitter smile.

How could they help?!

The two of them could barely protect themselves!!

Not being crushed by this aura of his

was already the absolute limit of what they could do.

Just as the three felt the pressure growing greater and greater,

about to be unable to hold on,

the vast, overwhelming aura radiating from Hashirama Senju

abruptly vanished completely.

Three dull "thuds."

The bodies of the three Great Sages all collapsed onto the ground.

Among them, the White Snake Sage looked the most haggard,

because he was the proudest of the three Great Sages,

and he had used every ounce of strength in his entire body

to keep his body from bending even a little!!

The three Great Sages exchanged a glance, each feeling as if they had narrowly escaped death.

They had survived……

"Sorry…… three Sages……"

"I was studying senjutsu too seriously just now and got a little carried away."

"I didn't expect that after adding Shikkotsu Forest's senjutsu, it would actually produce a qualitative change!!"

"I startled the three of you for a moment — that's my fault……"

"I also didn't expect the gap between us to widen again……"

Hashirama Senju hurriedly ran up to the three Great Sages with an apologetic look on his face,

and channeled a stream of natural energy into each of them!!

The three Great Sages, already exhausted to the extreme, heard him say this

and were so angry they nearly blacked out and fainted.

Because they knew Hashirama Senju was telling the truth,

which made them feel even more bitter inside.

When had the three Great Sages ever been treated as weaklings??!

When they felt the natural energy Hashirama Senju channeled into them,

they felt even more shocked and terrified!!

This energy was too pure, and far too powerful.

And having channeled three such massive surges of natural energy in one breath,

Hashirama Senju didn't even take a single pant,

nor could the slightest trace of fatigue be seen on his face,

which made the three Great Sage toads secretly even more shocked in their hearts!!

Just how far has Hashirama Senju's senjutsu cultivation reached by now?!

His grasp of natural energy,

had probably already far surpassed the understanding of the three Great Sage toads themselves.

If it had been the toad couple, the Sages Fukasaku and Shima, of Mount Myōboku, or the three Great Snake Deities of Ryūchi Cave receiving those three surges of energy,

their bodies would probably have been blown apart on the spot!!!

They were utterly unable to absorb and digest such an enormous amount of natural energy.

"You monster…"

The White Snake Sage slumped down on the ground,

picked up the tobacco pipe in his hand,

and said, vexed.

He sized up the Hashirama Senju before him carefully,

and found helplessly

that he could no longer see through Hashirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju gave him the feeling as though he were natural energy itself,

and if he tried to sense Hashirama Senju with senjutsu,

all he could feel was the natural energy between heaven and earth existing right before his eyes!!

In the Great Toad Sage's eyes, however, a trace of secret delight appeared,

it seemed Mount Myōboku had still bet right.

This Asura reincarnation was indeed extraordinary,

he might be able to surpass Asura himself,

and accomplish what even the Sage of Six Paths could not!!!

Only the Slug Sage's expression was the most composed,

he only needed to ensure that he himself was stronger than before,

he did not care whether others were stronger than him!!

"It seems that, in the cultivation of senjutsu, you have indeed comprehensively surpassed us."