Chapter 446

Because none of them had expected Madara Uchiha to actually say something like this!

This completely exceeded their understanding of Madara Uchiha!!

After Madara Uchiha withdrew from this battle,

Uzumaki Mizuto, Hyuga Kazuki, and Tobirama Senju exchanged glances for a moment and could only admit,

they could only withdraw from this battle along with Madara Uchiha,

without Madara Uchiha leading this battle,

they simply could not face Hashirama Senju,

nor did they have any chance of winning!!

So in the end, they could only withdraw from this battle together with Madara Uchiha!

Seeing that the four had already given up any intention of continuing to fight him,

a hint of disappointment, yet understandable, expression appeared on Hashirama Senju's face!!

Because he also knew that the four of them simply could not be his opponents,

the moves they had just unleashed,

had basically already been their full strength!!

Even Madara Uchiha, who had already stepped into the Six Paths level, had no way to pose any threat to him,

let alone the others who had not yet stepped into the Six Paths level!!

The fact that these few could still bring themselves to attack him,

this alone had earned Hashirama Senju's genuine respect for their courage,

and he gave full acknowledgment of their actions!! Shang.

214. Jigen's Shock! When Can I Recover My Strength!!

The four of them had still not recovered from the battle just now!!

They were all still replaying the scenes of the battle in their minds!!

Each of them had already used every technique they had,

yet they were still defeated by Hashirama Senju with the greatest of ease!!

From start to finish, Hashirama Senju had never truly intended to fight them seriously,

and that was the point that left them most frustrated!

Even Madara Uchiha had not expected,

that he himself would suddenly lose the confidence to continue fighting Hashirama Senju,

something that would have been completely impossible in the past!!

But in the end, Madara Uchiha himself also knew why he had thought this way,

the reason he had previously been confident he could defeat Hashirama Senju,

or at least engage Hashirama Senju in a thoroughly exhilarating battle,

was all because "540" his strength had not yet stepped into the Six Paths level!!

He believed that once he stepped into the Six Paths level,

at the very least he could be on par with Hashirama Senju,

but after he truly stepped into the Six Paths level and fought Hashirama Senju,

he only then realized that in all their previous battles,

Hashirama Senju had never let him see Hashirama Senju's true strength!!

Hashirama Senju had always been showing him mercy,

which was why he had ended up with such a mistaken assessment of Hashirama Senju's strength!!

And now that he himself had stepped into the Six Paths level,

the gap between himself and Hashirama had not shrunk, but instead grown even larger.

This left Madara Uchiha somewhat lost,

he did not know how he could narrow the gap with Hashirama Senju.

His current self had already surpassed the Uchiha clan's ancestor Indra, hadn't he,

and even the Sage of Six Paths' strength might not be much greater than his current state!!

Yet in the previous battle,

Hashirama Senju had also already defeated the Sage of Six Paths!!

Did this not mean that he himself would at least need to surpass the Sage of Six Paths,

before there could even be any possibility of fighting Hashirama Senju?

Seeing that these few all wore thoughtful expressions,

Hashirama Senju knew the battle just now had still left quite an impact on them,

so he gently shook his head and said to the four of them.

"You've fought several battles in a row, you must all be tired, go back and rest well…"

"Don't overthink it… it won't do you any good!!"

After saying this,

Hashirama Senju vanished from right before the four of them.

……

The Akatsuki,

Seeing that the four joining forces had still lost to Hashirama Senju, a deep longing flickered in Nagato's eyes — if only he possessed Hashirama Senju's strength,

No...!

If only he had half of Hashirama Senju's power,

he would have already resolved everything long ago,

and the shinobi world would have already been unified by him.

The current him simply had no ability to unleash the full power of the Rinnegan — he was merely clinging to life.

He could only wait until he had gathered all nine Tailed Beasts,

and perhaps then he would possess the absolute power to subdue the remaining countries!!

But regarding this plan now,

Nagato also harbored deep self-doubt,

after all, this plan was information that mysterious man had revealed to him,

and now it seemed,

that masked mysterious man,

he was not Madara Uchiha at all,

he merely wanted to use him and the Akatsuki to achieve his own purpose!!

But just how strong that mysterious man's power truly was,

Nagato also did not know,

they had known each other for so many years,

but he had never once seen the mysterious man strike with full strength,

nor did he know just how powerful he truly was!!

If it were only Nagato alone,

he would not have worried too much,

but behind him there was still Konan!!

If Konan were to suffer any harm because of him,

Nagato felt that even in death he would have no face to meet Yahiko!

"Nagato... don't worry about me... whatever you're thinking, just go ahead and do it."

"No matter what, I will definitely stand behind you and support you!!"

"I believe you are the one who can truly bring peace to this world!"

"Not just me... even Yahiko probably thinks the same way..."

Just from the subtle changes in Nagato's expression,