"Brat, if you're going to boast, go home and do it. You're saying you used this Wood Release? Impossible!"
Onoki glared, his beard seeming to bristle.
"Don't think this old man is ignorant. I lived through the era of Senju Hashirama. This is clearly you summoning and defiling the First Hokage!"
"It's just pitiful for the First. If he knew that the descendants of the village he worked so hard to build, because they couldn't protect it, had to resort to such sinister methods and even control him, would he regret founding this village?"
"Heh!" Onoki laughed scornfully.
Hearing his words, the Konoha group showed some unrest, though not much, as everyone here was Kage-level.
"Of course not, this is the Second Hokage's Jutsu!" Hiruzen said righteously: "The Second Hokage created it for a day when it would be needed!"
"Look, isn't it perfectly suitable right now?"
As he spoke, Hiruzen looked at Obito: "Alright, to avoid complications, finish this quickly. Capture everyone and find that... secret!"
"Remember, don't forget our agreement!" Hiruzen reminded.
"Fine!" Obito rolled his neck and stepped forward.
As he walked, Obito formed hand seals with both hands.
"Wood Release: Wooden Human Combat Formation Technique!"
"Rise, my Wooden Human Army!"
Saying this, Obito clasped his hands together and slammed them onto the ground.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble-
Powerful Chakra poured into the ground. Then, using Obito's Chakra as a guide, along with the Chakra of the Edo Tensei Ninjas in the Kamui Dimension, and the Chakra of the Ninjas captured by the Deep Forest Emergence, countless tree sprouts shot up behind Obito and rapidly grew.
Soon, a full eighteen colossal, 200-meter-tall wooden giants stood before everyone.
"Gods, this..."
Hearing the immense noise and seeing the gigantic size of the wooden giants, everyone was shocked!
"How do we fight this?" Mangetsu looked at the sword in his hand, which was at most two meters long, then looked at the opposing wooden giants, roughly 200 meters tall.
Looking at Obito's wooden giants, everyone fell into despair!
However, Obito didn't even give them time to despair!
"Go, let them experience the power first!"
Obito pointed a finger, and one wooden giant strode forward, marching towards the group!
Rumble rumble rumble-
Rumble rumble rumble-
With its immense size and weight, every step the wooden giant took was earth-shaking.
Facing the colossal wooden giant, Mei, as the commander, had no choice but to brace herself and step up.
Confronting the wooden giant, Mei formed hand seals frantically. A golden Blut Arterie shimmered around her, and an unprecedented powerful energy fluctuation erupted from her body.
Sensing this energy fluctuation, the group's expressions became excited.
"I knew it! As Mizukage-sama's woman, Mei-sama's abilities are different from ours!"
"With this power, we're sure to win this time, right?" Mangetsu said excitedly.
Hearing his words, the group's expressions relaxed.
On the opposite side, Obito also heard Mangetsu's words. The corner of his mouth twitched upwards, seemingly in disdain.
But Obito didn't show it openly.
Facts speak louder than words. Some things are better proven by crushing the opponent's will to resist directly than by talking!
Then, facing the giant wooden giant marching towards her, Mei slammed both hands onto the ground!
"Lava Release: Corrosive Bone Hell!"
Under Mei's control, a huge pool of bubbling, corrosive acid appeared beneath the giant wooden giant's feet.
Then, the wooden giant stepped into empty air and directly fell into the acid pool!
Gurgle gurgle gurgle!
The massive body sank down. The acid made contact with the wooden giant's body, corroding it.
Soon, the entire wooden giant disappeared before everyone's eyes!
This was the new technique Mei had developed: Corrosive Bone Hell!
Seeing Mei successfully destroy one wooden giant, the group became excited.
"Great, only 17 left!" Mangetsu said excitedly.
He looked at Ameyuri beside him: "Ameyuri, with me, let's take down one. Confident?"
"Of course!" Ameyuri smiled: "Mere wooden giants, just big targets!"
"Count me in too!" Onoki interjected.
Inspired by Mei's actions, everyone's morale lifted.
However, looking at the high-spirited group, Obito's expression was very strange, as if he was holding something back.
"Hey, hey!" Obito, unable to hold back, interrupted the group's discussion.
"You don't actually think that's enough to destroy my wooden giants, do you?" Obito asked skeptically.
"Heh, my fault for not explaining clearly. My Wood Release has the effect of absorbing Chakra!"
"In other words, right now, every Ninja in this entire forest is my Chakra reservoir!"
"Do you have any idea how massive a number that is?"
"Under these circumstances, it goes like this!"
Obito snapped his fingers.
Instantly, another wooden giant, identical to the previous one, rose up!