Chapter 277

He rubbed his chin and spoke out the guess in his heart.

"The ninja of this era..."

"Could give Master a bit of trouble."

"Could the ninja you're talking about be the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha?"

Seeing Sasuke Uchiha sigh and then nod,

Uzumaki Boruto said with a face full of doubt.

"Master... it can't be that bad."

"Although the textbooks record that the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha were extremely powerful,"

"you and Father are the two strongest ninja in Konoha right now."

"After so many years of development and reform in the ninja world, just the variety of ninjutsu alone has been revamped countless times..."

"No matter how strong those two were, they were ninja of the past — merely the strongest as judged by the standards of their own era..."

Uzumaki Boruto did not think Sasuke Uchiha was no match for Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

In his eyes,

history was merely a product shaped by the specific circumstances of its time,

and in the Warring States period,

many cultivation systems were still in their initial stages.

Most ninja were only groping their own way forward, finding it hard to develop their own cultivation system.

So the ninja of that era should generally not have been that strong,

and the reason Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha earned the title of strongest

was only because of the specific circumstances of that time.

The reason later generations held them in such high regard

was also because the two of them created a new era.

Speaking of true strength,

Uzumaki Boruto did not believe those two legendary ninja were a match for later ninja.

He had considerable confidence in Sasuke Uchiha's strength —

after all, this was a master who could possibly defeat his father, the Seventh Hokage.

130. Sasuke's Confidence: With Me, Invincible!

Hearing Boruto say this,

the expression on Sasuke's face eased a little, as if he had regained his confidence.

That's right,

he and Naruto had experienced the Fourth Great Ninja War

and received a gift from the Sage of Six Paths.

They had once briefly stepped into the Six Paths level,

and Madara Uchiha's Eye of the Moon Plan had been destroyed by the two of them.

Thinking of this,

the expression on Sasuke Uchiha's face also turned gloomy.

If only, after the Fourth Great Ninja War ended,

he and Naruto had properly cultivated.

They wouldn't be so passive now.

By Sasuke's estimate,

if during the Fourth Great Ninja War

he and Naruto had been willing to cultivate properly,

they might have long since stepped into the Six Paths level —

after all, after receiving the Sage of Six Paths' gift,

the two of them had once felt the Six Paths level,

so for them to step into the Six Paths level again

would surely be far simpler than blindly groping on their own.

But now, whatever they said was too late...

Sasuke shook his head at this thought,

and sighed again.

And Boruto's attention was immediately drawn away by the ancient buildings and environment around him!!

Although this place looked completely different from the history he knew,

the ancient buildings around him, steeped in a sense of history,

made him feel extremely curious the moment he stood here in person.

Just the thought of traveling through time and space was enough to make anyone excited!!!

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"Madara... how is it? Did you sense it?"

Hashirama Senju turned his head and said to Madara Uchiha, who was cultivating with his eyes closed.

"Hmph! The moment those two stepped into the Land of Fire, I sensed them."

"I didn't expect the ninja world of today to still have experts like this."

"Much stronger than those four wastes from the Land of Lightning!!!"

Madara Uchiha's eyes burned with eager battle lust!!!

When Hashirama Senju heard his words,

a faint bitter smile appeared on his face.

The four powerful ninjas from the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Water were each their nation's strongest ninja,

but in Madara Uchiha's mouth,

they became wastes! 28!

In Madara Uchiha's words,

if you can't even defeat the Nine-Tails, what else are you but a waste?

When the Nine-Tails heard this,

its entire body bristled with rage,

it nearly couldn't resist rushing to kill Madara Uchiha.

But remembering Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan,

the Nine-Tails shuddered,

and ultimately abandoned this idea!!!

When the Nine-Tails was captured by Hashirama Senju and brought to the Land of Fire,

Madara Uchiha had already been unable to suppress his curiosity and fought the Nine-Tails once!!!

For this legendary creature,

Madara Uchiha had never seen one before, so he was extremely curious about the Nine-Tails' strength.

And that battle left the Nine-Tails with deep psychological trauma!!

Madara Uchiha didn't even lift a hand himself,

merely with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he rendered the Nine-Tails unable to move!!

And from that moment on,

the Nine-Tails and the other Tailed Beasts refused absolutely to fight Madara Uchiha!!

In their eyes,

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju were inhuman beings,

one surpassing them in chakra quantity and physical constitution,

able to pin them down and beat them senseless!!