Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

Naruto remained silent.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata couldn't help but exclaim.

“Continue building the spatial barrier. He’s mine. Oh, and keep an eye on his shadow. What I need to grab is in the shadow.” With that, Naruto took a deep breath and clasped his hands together.

Fairy Fox Mode, activated.

"Sage Art, Wood Release, True Several Thousand Hands."

Rumble!

Landslides and landslides.

A giant Buddha with a thousand arms appeared out of nowhere, larger than Susanoo in his complete form, the form of Indra.

"Hahaha, it really is Ashura, I didn't see wrong." The extra amount of chakra made Indra wonder if he had mistaken him for someone else.

Only then did he realize that this was indeed Asura, without a doubt.

Hinata, who is safe and secure in the Infinite Realm, floats in mid-air, constructing a spatial barrier while keeping an eye on the battle and Indra's shadow.

Her reincarnation eye power allows her to see things that ordinary people cannot.

"To target a Jinchuriki, it seems Black Zetsu is the one who's going after them," Naruto thought to himself.

There's nothing more to say about that. Besides, the corrupted Indra is no saint; he's capable of killing even his loyal followers for power.

Naruto silently controlled the Great Buddha, unleashing the Thousand Hands technique all at once.

"So powerful!" Indra exclaimed solemnly.

Even now, having awakened the Rinnegan and possessed the Bloodline Limit, he still has an intuition that he cannot defeat the True Several Thousand Hands that once instantly killed him.

If one uses the Rinnegan eye technique, this technique can be easily avoided, but…

"I will not back down! I will not run away! Hahhhhh!" Indra roared as he attacked.

The fully-formed Susanoo unleashed a frenzied barrage of sword strikes.

To clash head-on with the Thousand-Hand Buddha.

Boom boom boom boom.

Chapter 197 The Wood of the Divine Tree

"earthquake?"

Hey! Look over there! What's that?!

There was a flash of golden light.

Without announcing his resurrection, the Fourth Hokage, Minato, continues to do his part to protect Konoha as the head of the Anbu, appearing out of nowhere on his own Shadow Rock.

Behind the two small holes of the animal mask, calm and steady eyes gazed at the dust rising high into the sky at the end of the line of sight.

"Natural disaster? Or man-made?"

It's more likely a tailed beast, but does a tailed beast have that much destructive power?

Despite the great distance, the dust level is estimated to be over 10,000 meters.

"Go and have a look."

Sensing the vicinity, there was no sign of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and no hand seals were seen from Minato. He vanished into thin air and reappeared amidst a sky full of dust.

Unable to open his eyes, he heard a dense, continuous roar of collisions. Minato put on his goggles and looked in the direction of the sound.

Dust, pebbles, trees, and a whole bunch of random things were flying around, making it impossible to see clearly. You could only vaguely make out that two enormous creatures were fighting.

That size left Minato speechless and his scalp tingling.

The Nine-Tailed Fox is big enough, but compared to these two, it's nothing.

"Who exactly is this person?" Minato asked with a serious expression.

This place is still quite a distance from the Land of Fire and Konoha, but this standard is for ordinary people and ninjas.

In the eyes of these non-human creatures, they could probably cross into the Land of Fire in a short time and thus threaten the safety of the village.

"Dad! What brings you here?"

Upon hearing this, Minato was inevitably stunned.

Turning his head, he saw his daughter-in-law, Hinata, floating in mid-air with her feet off the ground, appearing not far behind him at some point.

"Hinata! What are you doing here?" Minato exclaimed in surprise. "Wait! Since you're here, that means one of those two is Naruto?"

"Yes." Hinata nodded.

Watergate remained silent.

Although they had never fought, he understood one thing: Naruto was much stronger than him, and not just by a little bit.

However, the exact extent of its strength has never been clearly seen, let alone felt.

At this moment, witnessing Naruto's all-out battle with his opponent up close, he was speechless for a moment.

"Unbelievable..." Minato sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Then, who was fighting Naruto?"

"I don't know," Hinata shook her head.

"Where did you come from?" Minato.

Hinata shook her head.

"What's his name?" Minato.

Hinata looked down at her fingers.

How could he be so clueless when asked? Minato was speechless.

"Naruto only told me to assist him and help him catch a guy," Hinata whispered.

The sound was so soft that Minato almost didn't hear it.

"A guy? Not human?" Minato asked in confusion.

"I don't know if it's a person or not, but that guy was hiding in someone's shadow," Hinata said.

A lone figure, in the shadows, Minato seemed lost in thought.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, one of the enormous creatures staggered back several steps and crashed to the ground.

Another colossal creature pressed its advantage, its numerous massive arms slamming into the fallen opponent amidst sonic booms.

"Naruto!" Minato exclaimed in surprise.

"It's alright, Naruto has the advantage," Hinata said.

The shockwave swept in, and Minato quickly controlled his chakra, spreading it to the soles of his feet to adhere to the ground and avoid being blown away.

Noticing that Hinata remained motionless and unaffected by anything, Minato remarked that these juniors were truly impressive.

"I'll go find some help." Minato said, then realized what he meant and said with a wry smile, "Alright, in a battle of this level, meddling rashly might just make things worse."

"Did Naruto ask you for anything? Don't worry about me, you go ahead and do your work."

Upon hearing this, Hinata hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then Dad, please be careful and stay safe."

Shuimen nodded.

Hinata then soared into the sky, her body covered by a layer of extremely high-quality chakra.

A dozen or so tiny black spheres appeared out of nowhere, fluttering and swirling around me.

Hinata showed no hand seals or any preparatory movements, but suddenly, a golden beam of light burst forth and shot straight into the sky.

With Hinata's swing, the beam of light slashed down, striking the massive creature that was lying on the ground, enduring the impact.

Rumble!

"Both of them are incredibly strong," Minato chuckled dryly.

"Hinata, are you done?" Naruto asked.

"We were in a rush, so the area isn't very big, only about 1,300 square meters," Hinata said.

“That’s enough. Drive him into that area,” Naruto said.

the other side.

Indra, who was being suppressed on one side, could only watch helplessly as Susanoo was destroyed and stripped away, powerless to resist.

"Why is it so powerful when it is neither a technique of the Six Paths nor possesses the power of the Six Paths?" Indra could not understand.

"How can ordinary wood possess such immense strength? It's almost like a legendary divine tree."

Although he had never faced the divine tree directly, only heard of it, this was the only explanation he could come up with within his comprehension.

The "wood" in Wood Release is not wood in the conventional sense, but the wood of the Divine Tree.

"Lord Indra!" Black Zetsu said anxiously.

“It’s alright,” Indra said casually.

"Without the Rinnegan, I was no match for him. But after awakening the Rinnegan, I became invincible and the strongest."

"Even if it's that person... the Sage of Six Paths, I'm confident I can defeat him."

You can't be too sure of what to say. Even someone as invincible as a mother can stumble against Naruto. Black Zetsu was speechless.

Seeing that Indra was stubborn and wouldn't listen to advice, and knowing that this person could only be guided silently and not forcefully changed, Black Zetsu retreated back into the shadows.

They were planning their escape route.

Before calculating victory, one must first calculate defeat; one must plan out one's escape route to avoid chaos and loss of composure when things go wrong.

Bang!

Finally, Susanoo was completely destroyed.

The Thousand-Handed Buddha's wooden fist and the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, two supreme profound techniques, crashed down upon him.

Indra stood up slowly without changing his expression, brushing off the dust that had settled on his body.

In an instant, a terrifying and boundless explosion resounded through the sky.