The Roar of Time was, in factual reality, not a soundwave-class technique; it belonged to a specialized type of ray energy that caused the opponent's time to undergo a brief, transient distortion.
The brilliant blue light illuminated the entire expanse between heaven and earth, as if time itself had generated a brief frame-freeze.
Senju Hashirama's expression shifted drastically because, as a vessel of the Impure World Reincarnation, he could distinctly feel the exact damage this blue light was inflicting upon him.
This single deployment of the Roar of Time alone was enough to leave Senju Hashirama horrified.
Unlike Tobirama and the others who were conducting long-distance support and observation, Hashirama had already clearly perceived that his own time was continuously being impacted, entering a state of accelerated passage.
Even with his Impure World Reincarnation physique, this single technique had forcefully shrunken the remaining maintenance time of his reincarnation vessel by a small margin.
The Kazekage before my eyes has already surpassed both myself and Madara in raw strength!
Letting out an angry roar, the offensive of the giant Buddha arms manipulated by Senju Hashirama grew even more savage, forcefully blasting Shiraishi downward once again: "Tobirama, take Konoha and rapidly evacuate the battlefield! Leave this place to me to handle."
The combat arena for both sides was the ancient citadel of the Senju clan. Although the ancient citadel had long been left battered and dilapidated under the successive series of mutual bombardments from earlier, the moment a specialized Un symbol surfaced upon Senju Hashirama's hand, Senju Tobirama instantly understood his elder brother's absolute determination.
"In that case—Fourth, prepare to evacuate!"
Catching the First Hokage's gaze, Namikaze Minato—who had once utilized the Reaper Seal to perish alongside the Nine-Tails—nodded his head. He rapidly brought the powerful mobility of the Flying Thunder God into play, covering the retreat for a batch of wounded Konoha shinobi.
The sound of the Un symbol abruptly diffused outward, forming endless, profound Sage Art mysteries that echoed across this domain of the world.
While the giant wooden Buddha continuously smashed down countless colossal arms, the earth beneath Senju Hashirama's feet began to shift, transforming into five specialized avatars of Skanda.
Shiraishi slowly stood up. However, at this moment, the thunderous Buddhist chants echoing past his ears were deafening and mind-shattering, nearly causing his mental faculties to stagnate and his spirit to go hollow, slowing his footsteps.
But very quickly, the fire of the Blue Flame coiled around his form, isolating the interference of the Buddhist chants.
Merely summoning them out can generate such a powerful genjutsu-class Buddhist chant?
The Blue Flame's capacity to counter genjutsu was clear for all to see; yet even so, it had merely shrunken the impact of the Buddhist chants before his eyes rather than neutralizing them completely?
The sound of the Un symbol continuously rotated around Senju Hashirama's perimeter, generating a powerful resonance with the entire ruins of the ancient Senju citadel. Soon, within a certain radius, a giant Un seal manifested.
"A barrier?"
Kikyo watched the changes occurring upon Senju Hashirama's body, her brows knitting together involuntarily:
"This is a form of Buddhist sealing methodology. Right now, that individual is planning to use his own soul as a medium to summon the power of the Skanda Wisdom King to suppress Shiraishi."
The priestess had not anticipated that someone in this world actually mastered such a sophisticated sealing barrier technique.
Ever since his childhood, Senju Hashirama had possessed a deep interest in the Buddhist studies found within temples, and had even functioned as a monk for a period of time.
His core mindset and many of his behavioral patterns were, in factual reality, related to Buddhist doctrines; even the naming style of many of his Sage Arts was correlated with this.
"This sealing technique is somewhat structurally similar to the Uzumaki clan's..."
As a member of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Tomoki naturally detected that the operational application of a portion of this sealing barrier's principles originated from the Uzumaki clan.
Senju Hashirama also seemed to spot Uzumaki Tomoki and Uzumaki Tomoko: "I never expected that I would still see members of the Uzumaki clan... and I never expected that even you all would turn into enemies."
"What Konoha did to the Uzumaki clan has long caused the thousand-year friendship between the Senju and Uzumaki families to cease to exist."
Confronted by Uzumaki Tomoki's words, Senju Hashirama fell silent. He was currently incapable of partitioning any more mental focus for casual conversation.
Around his perimeter, these five Skanda avatars possessed distinct facial expressions and postures, resembling furious Vajra guardians, completely devoid of any tranquil aura and saturated with a sensation of absolute slaughter.
Vast quantities of Wood Style power were continuously channeled into the five giant Skanda avatars. Senju Hashirama clapped his palms together: Sage Art: Pure Land Divine Light!
Om! Mani! Padme! Hum!
Countless Buddhist chants simultaneously materialized in the immediate void. Past the ears of the crowd—above, below, left, right, front, and back—the air currents vibrated violently as the torrential Buddhist chants converged into a single point, where thousands of words resided solely within this sound!
The pure light of paradise transformed from the vast Buddhist aura seemed to turn the world viscous, thick like molasses that could not be thinned. Shiraishi and the Sunagakure crowd fell deep into it; their movements slowed, their speed decreased, and their entire soul consciousness was heavily suppressed.
Within the perimeter of the Un seal where everyone was located, it was as if the world had transformed into the Pure Land of Paradise itself, causing everyone's souls to completely freeze at this exact millisecond.
This was precisely the technique Senju Hashirama released by burning his own life force, causing the world within a certain immediate radius to become an existence identical to the Pure Land of Paradise, ensuring that everyone's souls were completely locked down.
If an individual had not truly died and gone to the world of the Pure Land of Paradise, it was fundamentally impossible to master this strongest ultimate secret of the Senju clan.
Unohana Retsu and Kikyo were entirely unaffected by this surge of paradise light, because their existences were not bound by the constraints of the Pure Land of Paradise. However, very quickly, the instant the Tenseigan on Uzumaki Tomoko's forehead snapped open, she also stepped out from the influence of the paradise light.
The power of the Tenseigan additionally allowed Gaara and Aoki Shigeru to regain their clarity. Gaara looked with a horrified expression at the First Hokage's strongest killer move.
He had simply never expected that the First Hokage still reserved such a terrifying secret sealing technique. If it hadn't been for the power of Tomoko's third eye... their souls would have been permanently anchored here.
Although it was strange to him why these individuals were unaffected, Senju Hashirama's primary objective remained the Sunagakure crowd.
The five Skanda avatars formed a pentagram. Just as Senju Hashirama prepared to integrate this world illuminated by the pure land light into the legendary Pure Land of Paradise, the eighteen crystals upon Shiraishi's body abruptly released a powerful light.
What?
The Truth-Seeking Ball, power of all things, under the control of Shiraishi's will, transformed into a blanket of darkness that enshrouded the world. The individuals whose souls had previously been shackled temporarily regained their clarity beneath this dark world.
Uzumaki Tomoki's face turned pale as he sank to one knee: "So this is what it feels like after a person dies..."
"Uncle, pull yourself together!"
Uzumaki Tomoko, who had the Tenseigan open on her forehead, rapidly integrated a strand of golden light into Uzumaki Tomoki's body, allowing him to recover bit by bit.
Floating in mid-air, the eighteen crystals continuously circled Shiraishi's perimeter, transforming into a surge of sacred light that flickered across this expanse of earth.
"Senju Hashirama, your strength has surpassed my estimations. Let us use this single technique to draw the definitive final point for this battle."
Confronted by Shiraishi's increasingly powerful momentum, Senju Hashirama did not seem to care about his own predicament; instead, he asked a question he had consistently wished to ask: "Kazekage, why do you resolutely insist on unifying the shinobi world?"
"First Hokage, the peaceful world you hoped for had already fallen into a battered, dilapidated state following your death, even triggering a Fourth Shinobi World War that sits at a scale larger than the Warring States period. Therefore, I will use my own method to create genuine peace for this world."
The First Hokage's path of peace had long been ruthlessly shattered by reality. His initial intent was incredibly grand, which even Shiraishi deeply admired; however, he had incorrectly underestimated the greed and darkness of human nature.
Shiraishi was not a practitioner of Talk No Jutsu. After delivering these words, the light of judgment behind his back abruptly erupted outward, transforming into a terrifying torrent that consumed all things, as the Heavenly Dao Divine Sword in his hand perfectly integrated with this power.
The entire world of the Pure Land of Paradise seemed like glass being smashed apart, turning fractured and shattered. The localized illusions nearby were completely torn into one dark fissure after another, ultimately being consumed by the Judgment Gravel.
Countless beams of light converged into a massive blade of heaven. The moment Shiraishi swung the Sword, the giant heavenly blade sliced straight toward Senju Hashirama.
With a thunderous boom, amidst the shattering of the barrier, the distant Konoha crowd only witnessed a colossal heavenly blade directly impaling Senju Hashirama's torso...
"Big Brother!"
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