Chapter 342

"I have to say…"

"You four are the four strongest ninja I have ever seen…"

"Whether in ninjutsu, taijutsu, or combat experience, each of you has already reached the absolute limit of what you can achieve…"

"Any one of you could easily found your own school for later generations to study…"

Hearing Hashirama Senju's assessment,

the four men felt not the slightest anger in their hearts,

but instead a trace of pride welled up!!

The man before them was qualified to judge them that way!!

Looking across the entire ninja world,

who else could fight Hashirama Senju for as long as they had?!

An ordinary ninja standing before Hashirama Senju

wouldn't even have the courage to speak!!

This was already a gap between different tiers of life itself,

if an ordinary ninja could be likened to a single drop of water,

then Hashirama Senju was a vast ocean!!

What comparison could there possibly be between a water droplet and the sea?

Seeing the four trapped by his own hand,

a faint trace of admiration rose unbidden in Hashirama Senju's eyes.

The words he had just spoken

carried no falsehood,

and no flattery either!!

The four who had stepped into the Six Paths tier—

their strength had even surpassed Madara Uchiha,

and surpassed the future Sasuke as well!!

In his eyes,

they truly were the four strongest in the ninja world at present,

and had they not run into him,

any one of those four would have had the power to rule the entire ninja world!!

"Hmph!"

"Hmph!"

Hearing Hashirama Senju's assessment,

Madara Uchiha and the future Sasuke each turned their faces away and gave a cold snort.

Madara Uchiha clenched his fist in unwillingness,

his fingernails nearly digging into his own flesh!!

Though he was extremely displeased by what Hashirama Senju had said,

he still admitted that Hashirama Senju was stating fact!!

These four before him—

any one of them was stronger than he was!!!

And the moment this thought struck him,

Madara Uchiha grew even more displeased!!

Before all this,

he had looked down on every single one of those four!!

Even if the four joined forces, they could not possibly have been his match,

yet in the blink of an eye,

all four of them had surpassed him!!

Any one of them now possessed strength that towered above his own,

which made Madara Uchiha yearn for the Six Paths tier even more desperately!!

But he also knew

that it could not be rushed in a short time.

These four had relied on external power

to briefly enter the Six Paths tier,

but once enough time passed,

they would fall back down from the Six Paths tier,

and return to their original strength!!!

Even so,

Madara Uchiha still envied those four greatly,

for after briefly stepping into the Six Paths tier,

the next time they stepped into the Six Paths tier it would be that much easier!!!

"Very well… everyone, a bet is a bet."

"From today on, there will no longer be the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, or the Land of Water…"

"m "From now on, all of you will be people of the Land of Fire."

After hearing Hashirama Senju say this,

the four men's faces turned deathly pale.

If this battle had been only their own personal defeat,

then so be it.

But they had come here representing four nations to fight Hashirama Senju,

and at the same time they had lost the nations behind them!!

They could not imagine

how, after returning to their own countries,

the people of their own nations would look upon them.

"But before that, I still want to communicate with the one behind the four of you."

"Since you have grievances with me, why not say them to my face?"

"Having others help you accomplish what you yourself cannot do — that would be rather hard on a person, wouldn't it…"

Hashirama Senju smiled faintly,

a glint flashing through his eyes.

The four men of Yetsuki moved their lips,

but in the end said nothing!!!

Seeing the four unwilling to speak,

Hashirama Senju furrowed his brow,

preparing to make the four of them suffer a bit,

and wring out everything they knew.

He saw the air before his eyes ripple.

"Enough… stop making things difficult for the four of them."

"All of this was done on this old man's orders."

"Hashirama Senju… your actions have truly gone too far."

"You are far too arrogant!!"

The Sage of Six Paths' figure slowly emerged from the air.

Seeing his appearance,

Hashirama Senju's expression did not change in the slightest.

He had suspected from the very beginning that all of this was the Sage of Six Paths scheming behind the scenes,