Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 336 The Battle of the Valley of the End Reappears

Two green waves extended countless branches, twisting and intertwining like coiled snakes. Although Madara Uchiha had the upper hand, the confrontation was still fierce.

The fierce confrontation strained the tree, causing its branches to gradually bend and arch, and the clashing branches were constantly raised, eventually transforming into a battle dome.

As Hashirama Senju felt the pressure mounting, he unconsciously began to absorb the natural energy from the air, and red eyeshadow quietly appeared on his eyes.

The emerging Sage Marks connected together, and Hashirama entered Sage Mode, but he was surprised to find that he was already at a disadvantage.

Madara Uchiha noticed Hashirama's change, and as the rings of his Rinnegan expanded and contracted, he released even more chakra, steadily accumulating and suppressing Hashirama.

Madara Uchiha, who was in a great mood and was very comfortable with the situation, chuckled and said, "Hashirama, you see? My power has reached a new level, which is beyond your reach."

Hashirama Senju gritted his teeth and advised, "Madara, I admit that your power is indeed very strong, and I also admit that my judgment was inferior to yours back then, and I made a grave mistake."

Madara Uchiha: "?"

He never expected that Hashirama Senju would apologize to him, and to his utter surprise, he stopped attacking.

Hashirama Senju hadn't expected his apology to be so effective, and pressed on, saying, "Madara, we're all dead! Our era has passed. Wouldn't it be better to hand over the future to future generations, to outstanding successors like the Five Hokage?"

"Nonsense!" Madara Uchiha roared again, "You're the one who's dead! Your whole family is dead, except for one girl!"

"I will definitely be resurrected, not through Tobirama's [Edo Tensei], but a true resurrection, a resurrection that restores my youth!!"

Enraged, Madara Uchiha increased his chakra output, pushing the battle line between the two forests directly to Hashirama Senju's front.

Hashirama Senju had no choice but to clap his hands again.

[Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique]

Behind Hashirama Senju, in the forest, the trees intertwined to form a pointed-nosed wooden dragon, which leaped into the air and swooped down along the treetops.

However, he was caught by countless branches of the forest created by Madara Uchiha and dragged into the dense forest, where he never made a sound again.

Just then, a kunai was nailed to Madara Uchiha's feet, and Tobirama Senju appeared out of thin air, his kunai about to sever Madara Uchiha's neck.

Flying Thunder God Slash

However, this teleportation slash, which was powerful enough to surpass the Mangekyou Sharingan, was clearly visible to the Rinnegan, whose eyesight was capable of seeing spatial folds.

Madara Uchiha didn't even raise his hand, only chuckled coldly: "Tobirama Senju, you used this move to kill my brother Izuna, and you think you can use it against me?"

"Is it possible that I've been thinking about this countermeasure against you for a full 60 years?"

【Live Graveyard: Border Prison】

Clang!

The kunai rang out with a sharp clang, but it missed Madara Uchiha's neck and was blocked by an invisible force halfway through its trajectory.

Tobirama Senju: "!!"

He couldn't understand the situation. There was a monster in the void in front of him that could block his kunai, yet it was completely absent from his chakra perception.

Even more terrifying, Tobirama Senju's attacks on the monster failed to touch anything, yet he was attacked again, leaving a large hole in his stomach.

With a soft shout, Tobirama activated the Body Flicker Technique and quickly moved away from his original spot, but in the process of moving at high speed, he suddenly bumped into something, like a solid wall, which blocked him.

This block felt like being struck by a hammer at the same speed as the [Body Flicker Technique]. Not only was Tobirama Senju forced to stop, but he also broke countless bones.

More importantly, Tobirama Senju instinctively sensed that stopping would be dangerous. Ignoring the pain in his body and without needing to form any hand seals, he activated his proud forbidden technique.

Flying Thunder God Technique

The spatial traversal was unimpeded, and Tobirama Senju appeared smoothly beside Madara Uchiha.

But as soon as he appeared, Madara Uchiha's hand reached out and grabbed his neck.

Madara Uchiha sneered, "Tobirama, haven't you noticed that my eyes can see through all space-time ninjutsu?"

Tobirama Senju remained unmoved. Instead, he puffed out his cheeks, unleashing a massive surge of water-style chakra, about to unleash a deadly water-style ninjutsu.

However, the reanimated body is not alive after all. Tobirama Senju was much slower than when he was alive when extracting chakra, which caused the near-instantaneous [Water Release: Water Severing Wave] to take half a second to prepare.

Before Tobirama Senju could unleash his ninjutsu, four black rods shot out from the void, piercing his body from two different directions.

As a Six Paths level chakra creation, the black rod has an absolute suppressive effect on low-level chakra. Once it entered Tobirama's body, it completely sealed off his chakra flow.

Although it did not completely deprive Tobirama Senju of his mobility, it completely interrupted his Water Release ninjutsu.

The attackers and Tobirama's chakra clashed fiercely, and the two phantoms finally materialized.

Madara Uchiha sneered, "How could a ninja like you possibly see through the techniques of the Rinnegan?"

When Hashirama Senju saw his younger brother in danger, he instantly forgot that he was a resurrected dead man and unleashed a surge of chakra, summoning a wooden dragon from behind him that skimmed along the ground towards the two phantoms attacking Tobirama.

At the same time, he shouted at Madara Uchiha, "Madara, stop being so stubborn!"

"Hashirama, it's you who have fallen by lying!"

Madara also summoned a wooden dragon, intercepted Hashirama Senju's wooden dragon halfway, and forcefully bit the wooden dragon, tearing it in half.

"No matter how terrifying the ninjutsu is, as long as my Rinnegan sees it, I can learn it with just one glance."

"No one can stop my dream. As long as I live, Infinite Tsukuyomi will surely come true!"

In his death throes, Tobirama Senju threw a kunai at Madara Uchiha.

Under Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan gaze, one of the two phantoms disappeared and then appeared in front of the kunai, using its body to block Madara Uchiha's attack.

But at that moment, Tobirama Senju smiled, because he threw a sword of love from below with his other hand, while Minato Namikaze had already appeared on the other side of Madara Uchiha.

The deafening clang of metal against metal was followed by a flash of dazzling sparks. Madara Uchiha turned around to block Minato Namikaze's kunai, but was struck in the abdomen by the Rasengan and sent flying into the air.

Minato Namikaze first knocked the black rods off Tobirama Senju's body, helping him regain his freedom of movement.

Then the two Hokage simultaneously used the Body Flicker Technique to chase after the enemy into the sky, while throwing out more specially made kunai and the Sword of Shinobi Love.

Konoha Village is very wealthy now, so Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze can completely ignore the price and throw their specially made kunai as ordinary throwing weapons.

The "all-or-nothing" tactic is always very effective, and Madara Uchiha felt considerable pressure, once again unleashing the Rinnegan's secret technique.

【Live Graveyard: Border Prison】

The two Hokage sensed intuitively that two more invisible yet tangible humanoid figures capable of attack and defense had appeared, but they were unable to break the technique and could only helplessly be defeated.

Minato Namikaze reacted extremely quickly, and before he even landed, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique again, suddenly disappearing from the battlefield.

Tobirama Senju, due to continuous injuries, suffered physical deformities and was unable to use ninjutsu, so he fell heavily to the ground.

Clang! Clang!

Madara Uchiha, who was originally in mid-air, instantly arrived and thrust two black rods into Tobirama Senju, piercing through Tobirama's chest and forehead respectively.

This time, the needle was inserted into a vital area, not only suppressing the flow of chakra but also severing Tobirama's nerves, rendering him completely incapacitated.

Under the Impure World Reincarnation, Tobirama Senju is immortal. Even if his head is blown off, he will not die and will not feel much pain.

He even tried to extract some information from the situation: "What kind of ninjutsu is this?"

Madara Uchiha laughed angrily: "Idiot, do you think I don't know you're trying to trick me? Of course I won't tell you, but you can guess for yourself."

After saying that, Madara snorted coldly again, ignoring Tobirama and turning to fight Hashirama Senju.

At this point, Hashirama Senju also felt that he could hardly hold on, so he no longer cared about his body's endurance and devoted himself to absorbing natural energy, raising his Sage Chakra level to its current limit.

Feeling his body tremble, Hashirama Senju clapped his hands together again and shouted, "Ha!!"

[Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands]

The dense forest converged to form a wooden sacred image hundreds of meters high. It was a Buddha with the countenance of all living beings on his face, and thousands of arms were closely arranged behind him to form a disc.

The magnificent figure of the Thousand-Armed Buddha was so large that it blotted out the sky. The primeval forest created by Madara Uchiha was like a clump of grass that barely reached his ankles in front of the Buddha.

Hashirama Senju manipulated the Buddha to step forward, and the Thousand Hands Disc behind him stirred up a whirlwind, dispersing the dust and smoke caused by the battle, allowing the sunlight to shine on the earth again, and incidentally draping his body in a warm glow.

Madara Uchiha raised his head, looking at the behemoth with deep emotion. Last time, it was this very thing that shattered the Nine-Tails' armor and also shattered his pride.

Overwhelmed with excitement, Madara completely forgot about using Tobirama Senju to fish out Minato Namikaze, muttering to himself, "What a nostalgic technique. It's still so imposing and powerful, like a true Buddha. What a pity—"

Looking at the Wood Release spirit creation that had once defeated him, Madara Uchiha revealed a genuine smile.

He laughed heartily, "Hashirama, you died too young, you didn't make any progress at all, while I am no longer the person I used to be."

"You are no longer my match!"

Hashirama Senju was shocked and exclaimed in horror, "Madara, could it be that you can learn the True Several Thousand Hands technique with just one glance using your Rinnegan?"

"—" Madara Uchiha was speechless, and said somewhat awkwardly, "This, this is impossible. I can't sense natural energy, so how can I replicate your Sage Technique?"

"Damn it, I'm Uchiha Madara, not some damn clone ninja!"

The raging chakra and the power of the Rinnegan merged to form a deep blue chakra flame, and an even taller Susanoo rose from the ground.

Susanoo has a massive body that reaches the sky and stands on the ground. It is more than ten times larger than when it suppressed Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Izumi. Its height is comparable to that of the Wood Release: Sacred Elephant of True Several Thousand Hands.

Madara Uchiha roared, "The complete Susanoo is no less powerful than the True Thousand Hands. Feel it!"

Two chakra swords coalesced and slashed towards the Buddha statue with thousands of hands.

Meanwhile, thousands of giant hands behind the Wood Release: Sacred Elephant clenched their fists and struck at Madara Uchiha's Susanoo.

The fist collided with the chakra sword. The pure physical collision generated terrifying high temperatures and shockwaves due to its immense power, just like a real explosion.

It was as if the battle of the Valley of the End was being replayed, with a massive explosion destroying everything.

Even the Konoha regular ninja army, several kilometers away, could not stand firm amidst the continuous shockwaves and had to use ninjutsu to create defensive fortifications.

[Earth Escape - The Great Wall]

More than 2000 Konoha ninjas skilled in Earth Release combined their ninjutsu to create a long rammed earth wall on the ground, reaching a height of 20 meters and a thickness of more than 40 meters, with a huge blue brick surface.

The Great Wall easily blocked the shockwaves created by the battle between Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, protecting the safety of the Konoha ninja.

When the smoke cleared and the battlefield reappeared before the Konoha ninja, they discovered that this battle, which seemed to be a replay of the Battle of the Valley of the End, had actually been won by Madara Uchiha.

The blue Susanoo's wings and armor looked tattered, but its basic form remained intact and it had not been destroyed.

In contrast, the thousands of hands on the back of the True Thousand Hands Wood Release Sacred Elephant had all disappeared, and the Buddha himself had a deep sword scar that almost cut the sacred elephant in two.

Madara Uchiha laughed heartily inside Susanoo, freely displaying his smugness and joy.

However, Hashirama Senju was completely exhausted, and even the Edo Tensei (impure earth) was scattering from his body; his body was about to fail.

Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju appeared beside Hashirama. Tobirama frowned, deeply worried about Madara Uchiha's strength, but Minato was only serious, because he still had the Nine-Tails as his trump card.

Just as Minato Namikaze and Kurama were communicating in their hearts, Madara Uchiha let out a loud laugh: "Hokage, do you feel my power now?"

"Are you still going to stop me?"

Hashirama Senju said, "Madara, you're wrong this time. Although I'm no match for you, the four of us Hokage working together can definitely stop your foolish plan!"

Madara Uchiha: "That's wishful thinking. Just the four of you—wait, why are there only three?"

Hashirama Senju looked around: "Three? Who's missing?"

Tobirama Senju gritted his teeth: "Damn monkey, you're nowhere to be seen when it matters most."

Minato Namikaze: "Um—I think I saw the Third Hokage get hit by the First Hokage's fist—"

Hashirama Senju: "—He shattered?"

Minato Namikaze: "It looks like... it's broken."

Madara Uchiha: "Hahahaha—"

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