"This..."
The other Hokage present stared in disbelief at the scene!
"Little guy..."
Senju Hashirama looked at his Woodman and Wood Dragon being completely annihilated, yet he didn't seem despondent. Instead, he praised, "Your Woodman Jutsu is more agile than the ones I control..."
"However..."
"There's one move you should have learned as well?"
Senju Hashirama clasped his hands together as natural energy quickly surged into his body!
Akihara Kagura likewise clasped his hands together as natural energy also poured frenetically into his body!
"Sage Mode!"
"Sage Mode!"
Akihara Kagura and Senju Hashirama spoke in unison, entering Sage Mode almost simultaneously!
"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Thousand Hands!"
"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Thousand Hands!"
Two thousand-meter-tall Statues of Guanyin simultaneously grew from the ground, each with countless arms sprouting from their backs!
With the towering growth of the Statues of Guanyin, Akihara Kagura and Senju Hashirama stood atop them, looking at the silhouettes below as if looking at tiny black dots. Luckily, the spectators were Reanimators, so there was no worry for their lives!
"Big brother's Statue of Guanyin is slightly smaller..."
Senju Tobirama had already recovered, and he discerned the differences between them at a glance.
"However, being able to use it at all is already impressive..."
Senju Tobirama didn't mind too much and merely sighed, "Even though that kid used powerful beings as sacrifices, he ultimately couldn't grant big brother the perfect power he once had..."
"..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitated without speaking.
Considering Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama were senior Hokage of the village, Sarutobi Hiruzen found it hard to say anything about Akihara Kagura being superior to the First Hokage, softly asserting, "Kagura's talent is something I've never seen before; his ability to learn any Jutsu is astonishingly fast, even surpassing the original practitioners. Regarding the True Thousand Hands Jutsu, I taught Kagura for less than an evening before he had already mastered it..."
"It's terrifying..."
Namikaze Minato marveled at the towering thousand-meter Statues of Guanyin before him, and upon hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, couldn't help but exclaim again, "Has his talent reached such a measure?"
Namikaze Minato then nodded thoughtfully, "In my lifetime, I hadn't yet developed the nature transformation of Rasengan, and he has already fused multiple Chakras, even able to combine Bloodline Chakras..."
"At such a degree..."
Senju Tobirama looked up at the endlessly towering Statues of Guanyin, speaking gravely, "Perhaps they're destined for mutual destruction? However, that's a good thing as well. Big brother is a body of Reanimation, whereas that kid is still alive..."
However...
The battle hadn't ended!
Senju Hashirama had already grown his Statue of Guanyin to its fullest!
"Top Transformed Buddha!"
Senju Hashirama controlled his Statue of Guanyin, extending countless enormous wooden hands to form fists, which suddenly elongated and punched towards Akihara Kagura's Statue of Guanyin!
This was Senju Hashirama's strongest strike!
Once, he had used this move in the Valley of the End to resolve the most formidable duo of Uchiha Madara and the Nine-tails!
"Sage Art: Dust Release: Buddha's Radiance!"
Akihara Kagura controlled his Statue of Guanyin, suddenly extending countless wooden hands from its back, slowly producing beams of light from within each hand. These beams of Dust Release light instantly projected outwards, piercing through Senju Hashirama's Statue of Guanyin!
These beams converged and radiated, seemingly bright enough to illuminate the entire night!
Whether Senju Hashirama's Statue of Guanyin or Senju Hashirama himself was disintegrated by the Dust Release in an instant!
Plop...
Plop plop...
As Senju Hashirama's Statue of Guanyin dissipated, the remaining wooden hands plummeted to the ground, their size akin to Tailed Beasts. When they fell, it was like meteors crashing down. A wooden hand smashing onto the ground caused shockwaves that cracked the bodies of the three Hokage directly!
"What a terrifying Jutsu..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the wooden hands nearby, reminiscing about the scene when Akihara Kagura controlled True Thousand Hands to seize the Three-tails in Konoha: "The First Hokage was too modest back then to write such a Jutsu as one to combat Tailed Beasts..."
"Did that kid... win?"
Senju Tobirama did not pay attention to Sarutobi Hiruzen's ramblings, staring with wide eyes, somewhat unbelieving.
"Tobirama, it's also quite normal."
Senju Hashirama's body was gradually recovering. He was an honest man, actively explaining why he lost: "This little guy controls the Wood Release Jutsu with abundant life force. The Woodman and True Thousand Hands he manipulates are like his own body, even allowing him to use them for his Ninjutsu..."
"Simply judging by the mastery of Wood Release, he's already surpassed me..."
Senju Hashirama reached this point and, slightly embarrassed, continued, "Moreover, the little guy excels in many other Jutsu that I know none of..."
"If you sum it up..."
Senju Hashirama's gaze swept across everyone present, his expression becoming solemn: "Based on my observations this evening, in the areas we excel in, he has already exceeded us."