The moment Kikyo struck, she directly shattered the First Hokage's Wooden Dragon. This scene was incredibly shocking; no one had expected that a shrine maiden who appeared so frail could actually clash directly with the legendary God of Shinobi.
"A shrine maiden?"
Senju Tobirama stared dead-on at Kikyo across from him. However, within his perception, there wasn't a single trace of chakra fluctuation on this shrine maiden's body.
She looked just like an ordinary shrine maiden...
But would an ordinary shrine maiden destroy his elder brother's Wooden Dragon with a casually shot arrow?
Senju Hashirama's Wooden Dragon was no ordinary Wooden Dragon; it possessed highly robust vital capabilities and even exerted a certain degree of suppressing effect against Tailed Beasts. Backed by Senju Hashirama's immense chakra reserves, its vitality could continuously regenerate without end.
Yet, a technique like this had been destroyed by an arrow from the opposing shrine maiden?
Furthermore, the power generated by that arrow just now gave the Senju brothers an invisible pressure from the unseen world.
Senju Hashirama crossed his arms and laughed loudly: "Wow, what an amazing shrine maiden! In that case, try this next move. Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom!"
Deep Forest Bloom was a large-scale Wood Style ninjutsu even stronger than Nativity of a World of Trees. It was a technique that could only be used by someone possessing power at Senju Hashirama's tier, and it was also the absolute strongest technique within the Wood Style framework.
This technique treated one's own chakra as nutrients to force the trees slumbering deep within the earth to rapidly grow and expand, allowing the user to manipulate these trees completely at will.
The massive branches and trunks rising from beneath the earth would split mountains, pierce through boulders, and completely cover the entire ground.
Furthermore, several flowers would bloom upon the trees, and once open, they would produce toxic pollen; anyone who inhaled the pollen would collapse from paralysis.
Seeing the First Hokage strike, the Konoha shinobi immediately backed away, yet Kikyo remained standing still in her original position on Sunagakure's side.
"That shrine maiden seems to have been scared out of her wits; in front of such a powerful Wood Style..."
An Anbu guardian who had actually been arranged beside Kikyo by Shiraishi warned her: "Lady Kikyo, this is the First Hokage's Wood Style technique. Watch out for those flowers!"
Barrier Technique: Butterfly Purification!
In an instant, countless multicolored butterflies were released from Kikyo's body, circling around the massive Deep Forest Bloom as if they were feeding on the pollen.
Seeing this scene, many Konoha people were utterly bewildered, but Senju Hashirama's expression turned grave.
Kikyo's Butterfly Purification utilized paper talismans to materialize pure power, used to counter impurities that could not be touched.
Under the illumination of the gentle light, the Deep Forest Bloom withered away at a speed visible to the naked eye, throwing the forces of both sides into absolute horror for a moment.
"Sunagakure... is indeed the strongest hidden village of this era. An ordinary-looking shrine maiden can actually exert pressure on my Wood Style."
Senju Hashirama did not seem to have any self-awareness that his technique had been dispelled; on the contrary, he really liked the feeling this shrine maiden gave him.
This was a person as pure as himself, whose eyes alone could see through everything.
Upon the maritime base, a dark shadow lunged out from the gloomy world, its palm transforming into the vicious claws of a ferocious beast, directly attacking Shiraishi's various vital spots.
The latter's physical form did not move, as countless whirlwind blades formed a defensive net that rapidly withstood the physical assault.
After a brief period of intense combat, the black-haired youth before his eyes revealed a trace of bloodthirsty light in his gaze: "The chakra inside your body is actually even greater than mine; it's truly astonishing."
"Menma Namikaze..."
Although Shiraishi was certain the person across from him was Menma Namikaze, logically speaking, he should have reverted to his original state by now. Why was his hair still pitch-black?
Perceiving Shiraishi's doubt, the black-haired Menma Namikaze standing coldly in place let out a sneer: "Are you the new candidate chosen by the cards? Compared to that hypocritical predecessor, the feeling you give me isn't bad."
Over these years, Menma Namikaze had desired to control and master the immense power within the cards at every single moment, yet he had consistently failed to receive their recognition.
Especially since within his original world, the cards had already selected a master—an existence even more hypocritical than himself.
The Akatsuki organization leader, Uchiha Itachi!
"What happened to the world you were in?"
Shiraishi could clearly perceive that alongside the arrival of the four cards and Menma Namikaze, that world on the opposite bank of the space-time rift had ultimately twisted and completely dissolved into the cosmic plane, as if it had never existed.
Otsutsuki Asura... who exactly was he?
"After Naruto Uzumaki left my world, the Akatsuki organization leader Uchiha Itachi suffered a sudden attack from a mysterious person.
I didn't expect Itachi to master such powerful card skills either, but that mysterious person possessed a unique ability called Infinite Tsukuyomi, which directly destroyed the world I was in."
Infinite Tsukuyomi?
The master of Judgment, the reincarnation that entity sought, turned out to be the Uchiha Itachi of the Fifth World...
As for the Naruto Uzumaki that Menma Namikaze referred to, it was naturally the one Shiraishi had encountered in the ancient kingdom of Rouran in the past—the Naruto from the future timeline.
Not only Naruto Uzumaki, but Gaara from the future timeline had also appeared in this world. However, due to his identity and stance, Gaara had chosen to assist this world's Sunagakure in fulfilling its ideal of the absolute unification of the shinobi world.
Shiraishi could detect Gaara's changes because over these years, he had long since laid down a specialized web of consciousness within Sunagakure; once someone experienced an anomaly, the web of consciousness could rapidly connect and inform him.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi of the future world had already been activated and had even exerted an influence on this world. In fact, it was highly probable that the world he was currently in was heading down the exact same path as the Fifth World.
Although it was the Limited Tsukuyomi world, logically speaking, it should not undergo a collapse of the world simply because Naruto Uzumaki left. Judging by the intelligence displayed inside the cards, it should be related to Otsutsuki Asura.
"My world was destroyed, which is precisely why your world was born!"
Menma Namikaze looked toward Shiraishi, a trace of chilling malice appearing in his eyes: "The root cause is precisely because of the relationship with these cards; do you understand?"
"Yes, I don't deny it."
"Then let me witness what capability you have to control these powerful forces!"
The moment Menma Namikaze's words fell, he abruptly triggered the Nine Masked Beasts summoning technique.
As the child of destiny of the Fifth World, Menma Namikaze possessed the Dark Nine-Tails and this unique summoning technique of chakra materialization.
The Nine Masked Beasts represented the nine beasts of Seiryu, Byakko, Suzaku, Genbu, Kuchiki, Nanju, Hokuto, Sanni, and Gyoku.
In an instant, the entire sky turned gray and overcast. While Menma Namikaze unleashed his true strength, Shiraishi remained free of joy or sorrow, the Shindo Heavenly Sword in his hand directly slashing out a blade of light.
Confronting Shiraishi's strike, the dark power of the Nine-Tails gradually manifested behind Menma Namikaze.
Black Nine-Tails Mode!
"Sage Art: Great Spiraling Ring Chaos!"
Six dark spiraling spheres circled behind Menma Namikaze. The dark Nine-Tails chakra mode made the power of this move from Menma Namikaze exceptionally horrifying; a slight oversight could cause the entire base to be destroyed.
However, having obtained the full inheritance of the cards' power, the strength Shiraishi displayed at this moment was already past anything Menma Namikaze could fathom.
This strike Shiraishi executed by controlling the Shindo Heavenly Sword seemed to make everything within the surrounding space freeze completely, to a degree so absolute it was terrifying. Menma Namikaze attempted to evade, but it was entirely futile.
Space was completely locked down at this precise millisecond. The moment the blade light cut down, the summoning beasts created by Menma Namikaze alongside all the dark spiraling spheres were forcefully crushed, causing him to spray out a mouthful of blood.
The technique Shiraishi utilized was not Judgment, but rather a technique from within the three other skill cards that had appeared simultaneously with Judgment.
Space-Time Flow Secret Technique: Subspace Severance!
With merely a single move, he completely suppressed the child of destiny of the Fifth World.
The battle was decided. Shiraishi calmly walked before Menma Namikaze's eyes: "Follow me, and I shall grant you the opportunity for vengeance."
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