Chapter 434

"Release!"

Facing an unheard-of powerful enemy, Senju Hashirama, with a heavy face, made a desperate gamble and chose to dispel the wood clone left in Konoha.

When splitting out that wood clone, Senju Hashirama, in order to maintain the strength of the wood clone for a long time, had specially split half of his own chakra to it.

Didn't expect it to become his life-saving straw now. As long as he had the abundant chakra of the wood clone, Senju Hashirama would have the confidence to turn the tide and successfully take down this strange monk with a pointed head.

"Still have a backup plan?"

Seeing the confidence on Senju Hashirama's face, Jigen frowned. His dojutsu cooldown still needed a while to finish.

"Haha~ Back! All back... is it?"

Senju Hashirama grinned, just wanting to say a harsh word, but the smile on his face froze first. Cold sweat as big as beans flowed down like rain.

No,

Where is the chakra I stored?

Where did such a large mass of chakra go?

The next moment, the clone's memories surged in like a tide.

"Heh heh."

Jigen, observing through his Byakugan, saw that the chakra in Senju Hashirama's body had only increased by less than one-tenth, and his tense face finally relaxed.

"Bluffing."

As soon as the words fell, he again raised his black rod and stabbed toward the sweating Senju Hashirama.

"Gulp~"

With a donkey roll, Senju Hashirama awkwardly dodged Jigen's attack. After getting up, he cursed his brother who had pitted him.

"Tobirama! You loser!"

In just a few seconds, he had finished absorbing the clone's memories and also knew that the chakra he had in Konoha had been taken by Senju Tobirama, who wanted to save money, to repair the Hokage Rock.

"Phew... Now, I can only fight with everything I've got."

After being depressed for a few seconds, Senju Hashirama, having regained his strength, showed a look of determination on his face. Only to see him clap his hands, and a kind of energy that Jigen found unfamiliar gushed out.

"After all, Madara is still waiting for me!"

【Sage Art: Sage Mode】

Red facial markings appeared on Senju Hashirama's rugged face, and the exaggerated eyeshadow was slightly enchanting, making Jigen frown.

"This kind of power..."

"Good thing I accumulated Sage chakra in advance."

After successfully entering Sage Mode, the wounds produced when fighting Jigen just now healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Accompanied by wisps of white smoke rising, Senju Hashirama, having recovered as before, once again struck his classic stomping starting pose.

"Sorry, next, I might not be able to hold back my strength."

Senju Hashirama bent his legs slightly, and the rock under his feet collapsed instantly. Jigen's different pupils shrank slightly.

The next moment, a fist glowing with blue light had already appeared before his eyes.

So fast!

This was the first thought in Jigen's mind.

Followed by the next,

So much strength!

"Boom!"

Jigen, who didn't have time to react, was smashed in the face by Senju Hashirama's punch. His chin was dislocated on the spot, and his whole body rotated rapidly in the air in a 3600° spin posture.

Senju Hashirama, seeing the hit, immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue. After jumping high, his size-42 big foot stomped down hard.

"Poof! ~"

Jigen, who had been stunned by Senju Hashirama's punch, also reacted at this moment. Ignoring the need to close his dislocated chin, he grew several black rods from his hands and threw them toward the figure falling from the sky.

However, the next scene made Jigen difficult to understand.

"Clang~"

"Clang~"

"Clang~"

The previously invincible black rods were all blocked and slapped away by Senju Hashirama raising his hand.

Seeing this, even if Jigen was arrogant, he wouldn't want to take this kick head-on. He raised his hand to summon a dark red black hole beside him and quickly drilled into it.

"Rumble!"

Senju Hashirama landed. The big foot infused with Sage Art super-strength stomped out a pit of dozens of meters where Jigen had just stood, and his eyes showed a few more points of surprise.

Space-time ninjutsu?

"Crack!"

"All-around amplification, truly magical means."

Jigen walked out from a black hole not far away. Looking at the giant pit where the dust hadn't yet dissipated, he reached out to close his dislocated chin. In his heart, he couldn't help but look up to Sage Mode a few more times.

After the brief exchange just now, Jigen had a rough understanding of Sage Mode. In this mode, Senju Hashirama's four dimensions had received a leap-style amplification, and he was like a different person from the weak appearance just now.

"If you hand over Tobirama now, I can still spare your life."

Senju Hashirama said with a tense face.

"Heh heh, truly an arrogant ant."

Jigen had the pride of being an Otsutsuki, so how could he submit to a native? He immediately sneered twice, raised his hands, and summoned several black rods out of thin air again.

"Better worry about your own safety."

Looking at the aggressive Jigen, Senju Hashirama shook his head slightly.

Since that was the case, he had no choice but to convince people with reason.

Only to see him clap his hands, and surging Sage chakra poured into the ground. The entire forest began to tremble with Senju Hashirama's movements. Jigen, running, felt the violent shaking under his feet and frowned in confusion.

Following that, he suddenly discovered that the entire sky had actually dimmed. The sun, which had been emitting heat just now, was nowhere to be seen at this moment.

"What... thing?"

Jigen looked up, his gaze gradually becoming dull.

【Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands】

A Buddha statue with a body size comparable to the complete Ten-Tails stood between heaven and earth, lifelike and solemn.

"Phew."

Senju Hashirama, having overloaded to summon the Thousand-Hand Buddha, let out a long sigh. He clapped his hands together again, and a simple and honest-looking Arhat wood man appeared under his feet.

Manipulating the wood man to jump a few times and finally successfully reaching the top of the Thousand-Hand Buddha, Senju Hashirama nodded with satisfaction.

"Although it's a bit smaller than before, it can still be used."

Ever since the strange illness last time was cured, Senju Hashirama's strength had been weakened quite a bit, and along with it, the power of Sage Mode had also been cut. The Buddha summoned had shrunk compared to his peak period, but it was still full of deterrence.

"Heh heh heh, Subarashi!"

Facing the towering Buddha, the expression on Jigen's face changed unpredictably, finally freezing into a crazy smile. The eyes looking at Senju Hashirama were filled with full possessiveness.

"Truly a perfect collectible!"

Although Senju Hashirama didn't have flashy dojutsu, nor did he have elegant white hair, the power he displayed made Jigen's heart move.

If he could take Senju Hashirama under his command and, using him as a blueprint, replicate an army of wood Buddhas, wouldn't he be able to step on Princess Kaguya and punch the tall and short little candy man combination?

"What are you mumbling about over there?"

Senju Hashirama, standing on the top of the Buddha, naturally couldn't hear Jigen's muttering while immersed in his fantasies.

"Forget it, I won't earn the money for this mission either. Tobirama's safety is more important."

After thinking for only a second, Senju Hashirama made a decision. Compared to the bounty of the missing person notice, he was more worried about his brother's safety.

Only by completely physically erasing Jigen could Senju Tobirama's shadow clone be safe and sound.

Clapping his hands together again, Sage chakra poured into the Buddha under his feet like it was free.

"Top Transformed Buddha!"

"Not good!"

Feeling the crisis of death, Jigen looked up suddenly. Seeing countless arms smashing toward him, he was so scared that he immediately summoned a black hole, preparing to slip away.

"How could I let you have your way! Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"

As a result, before Jigen's foot could step into the black hole, a red torii gate descended from the sky.

"Tsk!"

Keenly perceiving the sealing power contained in the Gate of the Great God, Jigen had no choice but to take a step back.

The Buddha's fist was already close at hand. Jigen, who had nowhere to hide, had a faint light flash in his beige pupils.

"Sukunahikona."

"Rumble!!!"

"Ora ora ora~"

Only hearing the roaring sounds ringing one after another across the entire sky, the golden light produced by the explosion could be seen clearly from a hundred miles away.

The explosion lasted for several minutes. After smashing down the last fist, Senju Hashirama on the top of the Buddha revealed a hint of fatigue.

Waiting for the dust to disperse took quite a bit of time. Senju Hashirama, somewhat anxious, jumped down and landed on the battlefield where the terrain had changed greatly. With the help of the superior perception of Sage Mode, he searched carefully but didn't find any traces of chakra.

"If he can survive this, I'll eat Madara's big thunder raw."

In Senju Hashirama's view, no one could survive this move. Enemies who had seen the Thousand-Hand Buddha were all dead.

"Phew."

Senju Hashirama, feeling much more relaxed, let out a long sigh. The chakra in his body was gradually unable to keep up, so he closed his eyes and exited Sage Mode, and the red face paint disappeared completely.

Sitting casually on a tilted rock, Senju Hashirama frowned slightly.

"Speaking of which, why haven't Tobirama and the others come yet?"

Logically speaking, his wood clone was dispelled at the handover ceremony, and Konoha should have been in a mess. Tobirama should definitely have come to find him at the first opportunity.

"Forget it, I'd better go back and apologize myself~"

Having missed his best friend's most important ceremony, Senju Hashirama felt very guilty, so he decided to set off immediately, dragging his tired body to leave.

"Thud~"

Just as Senju Hashirama turned around, a slight sound of footsteps sounded behind him. Alarm bells rang in his mind instantly.

Turning his head suddenly, he found nothing there.

"Illusion?"

Senju Hashirama felt relieved in his heart.

"Scaring myself~"

Puchi!

As a result, the next second, a black rod that appeared out of thin air pierced through his hard armor and stabbed into his lower abdomen. The chakra in his meridians began to run wild.

Enduring the severe pain, he grabbed the black rod. Just as Senju Hashirama was about to pull it out, he found that on the open space in front of him, a figure had appeared out of thin air.

"Cough, cough, cough... truly terrifying power."

Jigen, covered in blood, stared with wide eyes, looking fixedly at Senju Hashirama, who had been successfully ambushed by his enlarged black rod.

Even though he had avoided 90% of the damage by shrinking under the effect of Sukunahikona, he was still severely injured by the impact caused by the Top Transformed Buddha.

"You... you are actually still alive?"

Senju Hashirama showed a look of surprise, but the movements under his hands didn't slacken in the slightest. Even though the black rod had the ability to disturb chakra circulation, he still relied on brute force to pull out more than half of the black rod inserted into his abdomen.

"Obediently become my collectible."

How could Jigen let Senju Hashirama escape? He had already used all his trump cards and couldn't afford any more mistakes.

Only to see him jump and land in front of Senju Hashirama, his yellow beige-character eyes exuding astonishing pupil power.

"Daikokuten!"

Senju Hashirama had long expected this and closed his eyes, but what greeted him was still endless darkness.

The dojutsu had already taken effect the moment the two sides looked at each other.

Thud!

The blood-stained black rod fell to the ground, but Senju Hashirama's figure had already disappeared. Jigen, covered in a mess, slowly closed his stinging eyes.

Opening his eyes again, Jigen's pupils had returned to normal black, the black markings on his face gradually faded, and the sharp horns on his head began to wither.

"Indeed, one cannot underestimate the natives of this planet."

When everything returned to normal, Jigen touched the Karma on his chin with lingering fear.

Senju Hashirama, this native, had given him a huge shock. Jigen couldn't help but feel lucky for his behavior of lying dormant for a thousand years.

Not to mention ten or eight, but if there were three or four humans of Senju Hashirama's level, their Otsutsuki duo coming to this planet would be like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather—one delivery after another.

Having finished sighing, Jigen waved his hand to summon a new set of clothes, his eyes full of inexplicable colors. He vaguely remembered that the human he had just locked into the time-stopped space seemed to be quite famous.

"After going back, collect some intelligence. Should... should there not be any more humans of this level existing, right?"

In the Pure Land.

"Eh? Did that previous reincarnation of Asura die?"

Otsutsuki Hamura, enjoying himself on a massage chair, opened his eyes in confusion.

"Oh my, why are you worrying about such idle matters? Haven't Asura's chakra reincarnations all come to the Pure Land to report?"

On the massage chair next to him, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, with a look of comfort, rolled his already snow-white Byakugan. The reincarnations without Asura's chakra were no longer within their monitoring range.

"That's true, but that stinky brat Asura, like his brother, has become someone who doesn't let people worry."

The younger brother's words were rough but the meaning was not, Otsutsuki Hamura nodded slightly. When mentioning Asura, his purple circle eyes were full of helplessness.

"What happened again?"

"He said he wanted to go visit Indra's house."

"Isn't that quite good? Just like the two of us now. Speaking of this, I still have to thank my filial descendant~"

"That's my descendant, moon people don't come to get involved, okay?"

"I even gave him the Tenseigan, what about you?"

"I..."

Looking at his younger brother's Byakugan full of mockery, Otsutsuki Hamura curled his lips, raised his hand to release a wisp of purple chakra, and added time to the massage chair that was about to stop service.

Konoha.

Uchiha Madara, standing on the rooftop of the Hokage Building waving his hand for a long time, steadied the hat symbolizing the supreme power of Konoha on his head and, amidst the cheers of the crowd below, turned and walked into the building with a smile.

"Big Brother! When will you appoint me as the Jonin squad leader?"

Along the way, Uchiha Izuna, following closely behind Uchiha Madara, didn't take Senju Tobirama on the side seriously at all, opening his mouth to ask for power.

"Izuna, I have something to discuss with him. You go out first."

Walking into the Hokage office, Uchiha Madara turned his head, the smile on his face had long faded, leaving only a suffocating coldness.

Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna felt cold in his heart. Big Brother actually excluded him; clearly, he was the younger brother!

"By the way, guard the door. No matter what screams you hear, don't come in."

"Guarantee to complete the mission!" (End of chapter)