Chapter 250

"Then let's see whether you cut through my Wood Release first, or I smash your Susanoo first!"

Senju Hashirama steeled his heart, attacking with full force while also defending with full force!

Clang!!!

A sound of metal striking metal rang out.

Firelight exploded in the air!

Susanoo's long blade struck the Wooden Golem Jutsu, sinking into a momentary stalemate.

Crack!

Crack!

At the same time, the two long blades blocking Susanoo snapped!

"Die!!!"

A sharp glint flashed in Senju Hashirama's eyes as he wildly threw punches, wanting to be the first to blast Susanoo apart.

But, the next instant.

Boom!

A thunderous roar suddenly exploded, deafening.

Under Senju Hashirama's shocked gaze, terrifying Lightning Release chakra erupted from the long blade, its sharpness surging once again!

One slash severed his Sage Art: Wooden Golem Jutsu!

And then!

Sliiiiice!!!

Susanoo's long blade struck the True Several Thousand Hands!

It slashed clean across!

True Several Thousand Hands, cleaved in two with a single strike!

The enormous slash wave flew sideways into the distance, destroying everything in its path.

A distant mountain was struck, and its peak instantly flew off.

The upper half of True Several Thousand Hands also floated up!

Shocking!

Utterly shocking!

Senju Hashirama stared at this scene in disbelief.

His strongest technique, the invincible True Several Thousand Hands, had actually been cut in two!!!

Simply inconceivable!!

"No, I haven't lost yet!"

"True Several Thousand Hands can still attack!"

Suddenly, Senju Hashirama came to his senses, his eyes filled with madness as he looked at Ishihara.

"Top Transformed Buddha!!!"

Boom boom boom!

True Several Thousand Hands attacked wildly!

But!

Bang bang bang bang!!!

Countless fists rained down on Susanoo, each impact producing a deafening explosion.

Susanoo's massive body staggered backward under the bombardment of tremendous force.

Crack crack crack!

Cracks appeared on the Tengu armor!

"Die!"

Ishihara roared, and the staggering Susanoo suddenly raised one leg and kicked out.

Thud thud thud thud!

Susanoo's great foot collided with the countless fists, instantly blasting them apart, then viciously stomped onto the face of the True Several Thousand Hands Buddha.

Bang!

The True Several Thousand Hands Buddha flew sideways, then crashed into the ground with a thunderous boom, triggering yet another disaster-level earthquake.

But Senju Hashirama, even as he flew through the air, seemed not to feel any of it, his eyes locked dead on Ishihara as he cried out in shock.

"How is this possible?!"

"My True Several Thousand Hands was enough to smash Madara's Susanoo, yet it only cracked your armor, and didn't even fully break it?!"

He saw that Susanoo's body now bore several huge fissures, with only the armor at the abdomen and a few other spots completely shattered!

Ishihara steadied Susanoo, looked down at him, and said coldly:

"What's impossible about that!"

"My Susanoo is more than twice as strong as Madara's!"

"And with the reinforcement of Sage Mode, blocking your attack is only natural!"

He took a deep breath, his expression gradually calming.

The battle just now had only been to test how strong Susanoo could be at its maximum.

Now it seemed it wasn't that Susanoo was weak, but that Madara wasn't strong enough, which was why he lost to Wood Release!

Now that this point had been confirmed.

And he had already copied Senju Hashirama's Wood Release secret technique.

So, Ishihara said indifferently, "It's time to end this battle!"

"It's not over yet!"

The First Hokage shouted, unwilling to accept it.

He was a ninja too, so naturally he had a competitive heart.

But Ishihara had no intention of continuing to play with him!

"I said it, this battle should end!"

Ishihara's expression unchanged, he stretched out a finger to point at him and said, "Shadow Control Art!"

Whoosh!

A pitch-black sea-like shadow spread rapidly from beneath his feet.

Senju Hashirama's face changed, but it was already too late for him to dodge!

And the shadow's range was too vast—he couldn't escape at all!

In the blink of an eye, the ground around him was covered by shadow!

Senju Hashirama's body stiffened. He looked at Ishihara, let out a somewhat disappointed sigh, and stopped struggling.

"You've already surpassed me!"

With his chakra volume, he could naturally break free from the Shadow Imitation Art.

But he was even more aware that doing so would be pointless.

Mangekyo dojutsu, Lightning Release, Wood Release, Shadow Imitation Art, Mangekyo dojutsu…

He had already gone all out, but Ishihara had only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

Once Ishihara went all out using shadow to bind him, he wouldn't be able to break free in a short time either, and defeat would be inevitable.

What answered him was Ishihara unleashing a full-power slash from his Susanoo!

Boom!!!

A several-hundred-meter-long lightning blade descended vertically.

It cleaved the True Thousand Hands and Senju Hashirama together, splitting them in two!

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

The massive slash wave was still spreading toward the distance!

Ishihara looked at Senju Hashirama, who had entered the Edo Tensei resurrection mechanism, and said calmly:

"Of course!"