Although Shiraishi had forcefully split the six Truth-Seeking orbs into eighteen crystals, they were still Truth-Seeking Balls in essence. Since they were Truth-Seeking orbs, they naturally possessed all properties of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements combined.
This was an existence that surpassed both Bloodline Limits and Bloodline Selections, floating permanently around the user. The user could manipulate them at will according to their own desire.
These crystals possessed the ability to render any ninjutsu they touched ineffective. In other words, even for an Impure World Reincarnation body, as long as it was struck, it would die due to the inability to regenerate. The only flaw was that they could not neutralize Sage Arts.
In the original history of the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Truth-Seeking orbs had severed Namikaze Minato's arms, rendering them completely unrecoverable.
Those who possessed the Six Paths power could also touch ordinary Truth-Seeking Balls without taking damage. The user could change the Truth-Seeking orbs into any shape for offense and defense according to their own will.
In fact, the sword in Shiraishi's hand was also transformed from the shape of a Truth-Seeking Ball. Therefore, Shiraishi was no stranger to condensing and changing Truth-Seeking Balls.
Shiraishi's current state with the eighteen attribute crystals was, in fact, his Sage version of the Truth-Seeking orb Mode. After all, to suppress Senju Hashirama, he had activated a power that he hadn't even unleashed when facing the Otsutsuki clan.
The moment the Light of Shadow was released, the dark world was enshrouded, and Shiraishi's body seemed to merge with the darkness.
For a time, Senju Hashirama could feel a massive threat descending; thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, slowly closing his eyes to perceive.
A moment later, an explosion allowed the light to restore once again. At this time, Senju Hashirama spat out a black liquid resembling blood, and three crystals rapidly pinned themselves into half of his arm.
"Lord First!"
"Isn't the Impure World Reincarnation an immortal body? Why is Lord First injured?" At this time, several Konoha shinobi who witnessed this discovered the problem.
Using his own half-arm to break the Light of Shadow?
Just like the original Shinobi World War, Senju Hashirama, who was thought to have the immortal body of the Impure World Reincarnation, directly had one of his arms incapacitated.
Namikaze Minato's expression shifted: "These strange crystals have a suppressing effect on the Impure World Reincarnation!"
"We must support Big Brother. Fourth, get ready."
Amidst a resounding explosion, Namikaze Minato and Senju Tobirama appeared simultaneously, each executing the Flying Thunder God Technique to manifest from both sides of Shiraishi.
Yet, they saw Shiraishi manipulate these floating crystals to release a massive amount of photons, which continuously swept and sprayed outward.
We cannot directly take these photons head-on!
Having reached a consensus, the two quickly switched their coordinate positions, appearing directly above Shiraishi.
Calculating from just now, there were six crystals releasing photons from Shiraishi, three suppressing Big Brother, and nine crystals left. In terms of their angles and positions, they were located in the A, B, C, D... orientations.
In that case, let's use this technique...
Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!
This technique was a ninjutsu created by the Third Hokage, who drew inspiration from the Shadow Clone Technique developed by the Second Hokage. It belonged to an ultra-high difficulty ninjutsu, multiplying the number of shuriken with chakra to form a net-like sword formation.
Splitting a single shuriken into tens of thousands was a combination technique of a ninja tool and ninjutsu.
This shadow clone of physical matter was higher in difficulty than an ordinary shadow clone; it required no preparation beforehand, and every single shadow clone was a physical reality, meaning each shuriken possessed extremely powerful lethality.
As the net of sword light swept in, Shiraishi's expression remained unchanged. He manipulated three of the crystals to move—specifically, the crystals at positions C, D, and H in Namikaze Minato's mind began to shift, forming a specialized net of light to block this wave of bombardment.
Senju Tobirama switched coordinates once again. The Sword of the Thunder God and the samurai sword in his hands were drawn simultaneously, the dual blades merging to strike down at an extremely fast speed for an instant kill.
In an instant, Shiraishi's gaze rapidly locked onto Senju Tobirama. Three crystals formed a photon net and gushed out, as he suddenly executed a Teleportation to flash and switch locations: "Only three crystals are left. Have you calculated them all? Namikaze Minato!"
The light released by the crystals was analyzed and processed relying on Shiraishi's powerful Regeneration Core calculation system, including the ultimate speed of the two men's Flying Thunder God.
However, at this moment, Namikaze Minato and a shuriken shot out earlier actually produced a scene of a mismatched exchange.
The most basic Body Replacement Technique!
The continuous calculations of the two opponents were simply waiting for Shiraishi to exhaust all eighteen crystals. However, Shiraishi ultimately snapped back to reality. Just as the last three crystals formed a unique magnetic field defense, Senju Hashirama made his move!
At this time, although Senju Hashirama had one arm pierced by the crystals, he suddenly stood up and, utilizing his remaining half-arm, abruptly released a powerful wood dragon.
Compared to the previous wood dragons, this wood dragon seemed to be alive, possessing a power on its body that made even Shiraishi wary.
The highest-level application of Yang Release?
The wood dragon roared and bit its way forward. The last three crystals forming Shiraishi's defensive net were projected out.
Seeing that all eighteen crystals were used simultaneously, Namikaze Minato finally switched positions with Senju Tobirama. The two, using one final tricky angle, went straight for the location where Shiraishi was.
Flying Thunder God Slash!
Rasengan!
A massive explosion resounded across the entire sky above the battlefield. The joint confrontation of the three Hokages finally succeeded in completing this sequence of thrilling combat.
"Sage Art: Wood Style: True Thousand Hands!"
A colossal Buddha statue possessing countless giant arms towered over the earth. Senju Hashirama did not give Shiraishi any chance to breathe; countless giant hands smashed down frantically. The world-destroying, terrifying power left the Sunagakure crowd breathless for a time.
At this moment, Kikyo made her move once more. A large defensive barrier and an earth barrier were combined together, forming a stable defensive energy shield behind Sunagakure.
Currently, the primary target of Senju Hashirama's thousand-hand offensive was Shiraishi, so the combined barrier Kikyo arranged could still manage to cope.
Even so, Kikyo's ability left the Sunagakure crowd thoroughly shocked.
Confronted by such a terrifying ninjutsu, this priestess could still arrange a barrier to protect everyone?
"Father!"
Aoki Shigeru looked incredulously at the earth, which was nearly distorted before his eyes. However, Uzumaki Tomoko quickly appeared at his side with a Body Flicker: "Idiot, hurry up and retreat, don't add to the Kazekage's burden."
Uzumaki Tomoko, who possessed the Byakugan, could very clearly perceive that the Kazekage's condition was not as serious as imagined; he was just seemingly a bit disheveled.
Under the frantic joint sniping of three Hokages, to be merely a bit disheveled—it was probable that only this single individual in the entire shinobi world could pull that off.
Senju Hashirama's offensive did not stop, because he also perceived Shiraishi's condition. Therefore, regardless of the cost, he continued to use this move, as countless giant Wood Style hands grew out and smashed down frantically.
The terrifying power, sufficient to destroy countless ninja villages, seemed to shatter the earth itself. The massive impact force that erupted forced both sides in the battle to retreat to evade the First Hokage's terrifying killer move.
Shiraishi, down in the giant crater, had almost no intact piece left on his armor. Clearly, the First Hokage's sudden outbreak had dealt him a heavy blow, but the battle between the two sides had only just begun.
Roar of Time!
At this moment, Shiraishi also began his counterattack!
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