Chapter 257

So these buildings and facilities remained unharmed!!

The materials required to set up these arrays,

Made all four of them feel a chill run down their spines just by thinking about it,

Giving them a much clearer understanding of the gap between themselves and the Land of Fire.

At the same time, they deeply anticipated,

The resources of the Land of Fire they would divide among themselves after defeating Hashirama Senju!!

Defeated!!!

Seeing Niu Gui fall to the ground,

The Nine-Tails and the other seven Tailed Beasts all simultaneously thought this.

And the Nine-Tails himself had little confidence

In whether he could defeat these four.

Although Tailed Beasts lived extremely long lives,

They lacked extensive combat experience.

The enemies they encountered were either far too strong,

Or far too weak!!

Their most common combat method was to unleash Tailed Beast Balls in wild, relentless bombardments,

Because for them,

Chakra was the least valuable resource!!

【Jiraiya: I never expected all eight Tailed Beasts would be defeated— the power of the First Kages is far stronger than we imagined.】

【Orochimaru: The strong ones who ended the Warring States period in each ninja village must have had their own unique strengths. We thought they were weak only because of the presence of the First Hokage…】

【Tobirama Senju: These four are battle-hardened masters, not delicate flowers raised in greenhouses. Their combat experience is supreme, and theoretically, the Tailed Beasts surpass each of these four in every aspect—but in actual combat, it's not like that.】

【Raikage: After watching the First Raikage's fighting style, I realized many of my own combat methods were wrong. I thought that after all these years, later Raikages had surpassed him—but now I see I was mistaken…】

【Omoi: Don't underestimate the strong ones of that era. The trials they endured are beyond our imagination. We've reached today only because we inherited what they left behind.】

【Terumi Mei: It's a pity—no matter how powerful the Four First Kages are, even if they can defeat the Nine-Tails, they still cannot stand against the First Hokage…】

【Nine-Tails: Sometimes I truly envy humans. Though their lives are short, they can surpass Tailed Beasts through cultivation.】

【Eight-Tails: It seems only the Nine-Tails might have a chance against these four together—but even that seems unlikely.】

【Temari: From the perspective of these First Kages, the Tailed Beasts don't seem so terrifying after all.】

"Niu Gui… let me handle it."

"You're already severely injured. There's no need to keep fighting."

Seeing Niu Gui, his face filled with frustration, struggling to rise from the ground,

The Nine-Tails immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"Alright… then be careful."

"These four are incredibly strong… and their coordination is absurdly good."

The Eight-Tails Niu Gui muttered to the Nine-Tails,

Then left the area.

He hadn't expected that even after unleashing his full power,

He still couldn't match the combined strength of these four,

And ended up suffering the same fate as the previous seven Tailed Beasts.

But he also knew,

Even if he stayed here, his contribution would be minimal,

So rather than that,

It was better to leave the battlefield to the Nine-Tails,

Letting the Nine-Tails fight for the honor of all the Tailed Beasts.

"Finally, the last big one's turn."

"After defeating it, we'll finally meet Hashirama Senju, right?"

"I'd like to see if this guy's strength matches his arrogance!"

Yeyue stared at the red fox with nine tails before him,

Speaking with clear displeasure.

The other three, upon hearing this,

Looked no better.

They had come to the Land of Fire,

Endured such grueling battles,

Yet still hadn't laid eyes on Hashirama Senju.

At the same time, they deeply admired their respective Daimyo's insight,

After personally fighting these Tailed Beasts,

They now understood just how terrifying the power contained within these creatures truly was.

Although all four of them had joined forces to defeat these Tailed Beasts,

They knew,

The most terrifying aspect of the Tailed Beasts wasn't their use in these battles,

But deploying them as weapons of war on the battlefield!!!

Any nation that possessed even a single Tailed Beast like this,

would hold an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield.

To ordinary ninja,

these Tailed Beasts were simply an unsolvable existence!!

With nearly limitless chakra and a fearsome physical body,

ordinary ninja could not possibly harm such a creature.

"Although I do admire your courage."

"You have no idea what kind of existence you are about to face."

"I hope you won't regret the choice you've made."

The Nine-Tails genuinely admired these four for daring to join forces and challenge Hashirama Senju.

Although they had defeated the other eight Tailed Beasts,

and had already earned his recognition of their strength,

the Nine-Tails still knew

that even those nine Tailed Beasts combined with the four people before him could not possibly be Hashirama Senju's match.

That man had long since walked ahead of everyone else!!

"Hmph!! Still talking big at a time like this."

"You Tailed Beasts aren't much in terms of strength, but your mouths sure can run!!"

Yozuki and the others thought the existence the Nine-Tails spoke of was themselves,

so they raised their brows,

and shot back at the Nine-Tails with mocking faces!!

"Roar!! Continuous Tailed Beast Balls!!!"

With a furious roar from the Nine-Tails,

dense Tailed Beast Balls immediately appeared around him, like a downpour of rain.

He unleashed his strongest attack right from the start,

for he knew

that this was his true advantage over the people before him!!

His ordinary attacks,

would probably pose no threat to these people at all.