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The First Hokage, now taking the fight seriously, held nothing back. He immediately brought his hands together and unleashed the Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, launching an attack against Danzo.
In an instant, countless trees seemed to come alive, winding around Danzo’s Susanoo from every direction. In just a few moments, they had completely enveloped his dark-red Susanoo in layer upon layer of thick branches.
And that wasn’t all. The trees wrapped around Danzo’s Susanoo were slowly tightening, gradually squeezing away its room to maneuver!
"Damn it!"
Inside his Susanoo, Danzo roared furiously. Two streams of bloody tears flowed from his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which were filled with violent fury and a bloodthirsty glow!
As the bloody tears trickled down, the dark-red Susanoo, tightly bound by countless trees, began struggling frantically.
Danzo’s Susanoo already possessed tremendous strength. Coupled with its razor-sharp claws and fangs, it soon began tearing apart the thick trees one after another.
At the same time, the blood mist surrounding its body grew increasingly dense.
This highly corrosive blood mist was extraordinarily vicious. Even the trees produced by the First Hokage’s Wood Release could barely withstand it, gradually withering and deforming under its corrosive effects.
Seeing this, the First Hokage frowned. He formed another hand seal and shouted, "Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique!"
Countless trees erupted from the ground and converged together. In just a few moments, they merged into a gigantic wooden humanoid, standing even taller than a Complete Body Susanoo!
The First Hokage leaped onto the wooden giant’s shoulder and commanded it to throw a punch at Danzo’s Susanoo.
BOOM...
Amid a thunderous explosion, Danzo and his Susanoo were sent flying by the punch, crashing violently into the rock wall!
Having landed a successful blow, the First Hokage gave Danzo no chance to catch his breath. He immediately commanded the wooden giant to charge at Danzo’s Susanoo once more.
But just then, a mass of blood-red crystals suddenly appeared around the wooden giant’s feet, connecting its legs to the ground and immobilizing it.
"Crystal Release?"
Standing on the wooden giant’s shoulder, the First Hokage was momentarily stunned.
Seizing this brief opportunity to recover, Danzo immediately drove his Susanoo forward, charging at the First Hokage’s wooden giant and engaging it in a fierce grapple!
The clash between the two giants caused the already crumbling volcanic cavern to deteriorate even further. Cracks spread across its walls, and if not for the First Hokage’s trees supporting the cavern from within, the entire volcano would likely have collapsed into ruins long ago.
ROAR...
At that moment, Danzo’s dark-red Susanoo, still locked in a stalemate with the First Hokage’s wooden giant, let out another terrifying roar!
This roar seemed to possess a special ability that could penetrate directly into the mind. The First and Second Hokage, being reanimated bodies, showed no reaction, but Kagami and Orochimaru were another matter entirely.
Kagami immediately felt a sweet, metallic taste rise in his throat and nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Pfft...
Orochimaru, meanwhile, spat out a mouthful of blood and dropped to his knees, his face deathly pale.
"It was the same just now. What exactly is this ability?"
Kagami was extremely wary of Danzo’s ability to directly attack the spirit body.
Ordinary shinobi had virtually no means of strengthening their spirit bodies, so when faced with an attack at the soul level, they could be said to have absolutely no resistance.
Looking utterly exhausted, Orochimaru said, "I never expected Danzo to become this powerful..."
Kagami curled his lips. "If you hadn’t messed around, we wouldn’t be dealing with this trouble!"
As he spoke, Kagami turned his gaze toward the battlefield.
Although the First Hokage was extraordinarily powerful, he was still only a reanimated body. Based on Kagami’s assessment, Danzo’s current chakra reserves and chakra strength were not much inferior to those of the First Hokage’s reanimated body.
If they relied solely on the First Hokage to subdue Danzo, things probably wouldn’t go so smoothly.
And if Danzo managed to escape, the consequences would be disastrous.
Thus, Kagami immediately said to Orochimaru beside him, "We can’t just stand here watching anymore. Let’s join the fight and finish this quickly!"
"Mm!"
Orochimaru also understood that they absolutely could not allow this monster of his own creation to escape.
Otherwise, once Danzo adapted to his new body and became proficient in using his various Kekkei Genkai, dealing with him would become infinitely more difficult.
Having reached an agreement with Orochimaru, Kagami immediately drove his golden Susanoo forward and charged into the battle.
WHOOSH...
The moment he attacked, Kagami unleashed a sword strike with all his might!
As the dazzling golden sword descended, the entire right arm of Danzo’s dark-red Susanoo was severed and sent flying!
Danzo was visibly stunned, seemingly having never expected Kagami’s golden Susanoo to be so powerful that it could sever his own Susanoo’s arm with a single strike.
After recovering from his shock, Danzo let out an enraged roar. He then extended his hand toward Kagami and clenched his fist around the empty air!
RUMBLE...
The earth trembled once more as countless trees erupted from the ground. However, this time, every single tree surged toward Kagami’s golden Susanoo!
"Wood Release!?"
Standing on the wooden giant’s shoulder, the First Hokage was also somewhat surprised. He hadn’t expected Danzo to be capable of unleashing such powerful Wood Release.
Seeing countless trees erupt from the ground and wind toward him, Kagami did not simply sit back and wait. Instead, he calmly raised both arms and began forming hand seals.
What shocked everyone present, however, was that Kagami’s golden Susanoo actually raised its hands as well, forming exactly the same hand seals as Kagami himself!
"Blaze Style: Hell’s Golden Lotus!"
A few breaths later, Kagami and his golden Susanoo simultaneously unleashed Blaze Release.
In an instant, towering golden flames erupted across a radius of over a hundred meters centered on Kagami, illuminating the originally dim volcanic cavern with brilliant light!
The golden flames were both Kagami’s Kekkei Genkai and a unique innate ability of his Susanoo. Thus, when Kagami and his Susanoo unleashed Blaze Release simultaneously, one could easily imagine the terrifying power they produced!
Soon, a tug-of-war between Wood Release and Blaze Release began.
The trees binding Kagami’s golden Susanoo continued to grow, only to be repeatedly incinerated by the overwhelming golden flames. For a time, the two forces became locked in an endless cycle of growth and destruction!
"Hm?"
Standing on the wooden giant’s shoulder, the First Hokage let out another soft exclamation of surprise.
Danzo’s Wood Release was already extraordinarily powerful, yet he had never expected that it would be unable to do anything to Kagami, barely managing to hold him in place!
And just as Danzo was using his Susanoo and Crystal Release to fend off the First Hokage’s wooden giant while simultaneously using Wood Release to hold back Kagami’s Susanoo, Orochimaru made his move.
"Eight Branches Technique!"
Accompanied by Orochimaru’s distinctive raspy voice, he transformed into an enormous white serpent with eight heads and lunged toward Danzo’s dark-red Susanoo.
Braving the corrosive effects of the blood mist, all eight serpent heads began biting and tearing at Danzo’s Susanoo...