"Heh!"
At this moment, a golden rope shot down from the sky, instantly wrapping around Takemi's body. Moreover, this rope also contained some special Chakra.
"This is Hagoromo's thing. It's called the Kōkinjō, isn't it?" Kaguya immediately recognized what it was, which made her feel a bit emotional.
"I never thought I'd see Hagoromo's things here. It's truly pathetic."
"What are you thinking about again?"
Looking at the approaching Kōkinjō, Takemi couldn't help but inwardly complain.
"Don't tell me you think this is the Sage of Six Paths' conspiracy again?"
Takemi was truly speechless. He felt that the Sage of Six Paths should just be called Shimura Hagoromo from now on.
As for these Six Paths ninja tools, Takemi was originally quite curious. He even once thought about whether he should try to dig them out.
It was a bit of a shame, though. He didn't know where Kinkaku and Ginkaku's bodies were buried, and he hadn't triggered any similar missions. This left him with some regrets.
However, considering that he had obtained the Uchiha's divine artifact, yet he was still so nonchalant about digging it up, most likely, he would probably just take his time to dig this thing out at some point.
And by now, this thing held little value to him.
'I don't need the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra attached to this either…'
Looking at the approaching Kōkinjō, Takemi thought for a moment and decided to show some respect to the Sage of Six Paths.
He casually threw the Fourth Raikage away like trash, then calmly leaped up.
"Die!"
However, at that instant, a vast amount of Chakra erupted above his head, followed by countless bolts of lightning sweeping towards him.
Clearly, this was the power of the Bashōsen unleashing, and along with the countless bolts of lightning came Ginkaku, who had circled to his rear, holding the Shichiseiken.
The two attacked from front and back, clearly intending to deliver a harsh blow.
"Interesting."
Takemi looked at this scene, nodded slightly, and then chuckled softly.
"But that's all it is."
In an instant, the earth churned, and then a giant Wood Golem suddenly burst out of the ground.
The Wood Golem let out a roar, blocking Takemi's back, while Takemi's short blade, condensed from Yin-Yang Release, instantly met the Shichiseiken.
"You're asking for death!"
Ginkaku didn't yet understand the gravity of the situation. He gritted his teeth and accelerated his attack towards Takemi, but the next moment he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Because when his Shichiseiken collided with the black short blade's Chakra, he was shocked to find cracks appearing on his Shichiseiken.
"How is this possible?!"
Six Paths ninja tools were by no means ordinary items. In the past, he had used this weapon to dominate the Ninja World, never suffering a loss when clashing with enemies.
But at this moment, this Six Paths ninja tool was cleaved and cracked by a single blade, and the cracks were still spreading, causing a dazed expression to appear on his face.
"This is a good weapon, but it also depends on who uses it."
Takemi's calm voice sounded once again, and his power intensified at this moment.
"You are not the true owner of this weapon, so as long as it's like this, it's completely useless."
Crack—
Under Takemi's increased force, Shichiseiken suddenly broke, and Takemi's hand had, at some point, already formed a purple lightning bolt with black spots.
"Damn it…"
Although Ginkaku was full of surprise, he instantly retreated backward.
However, the lightning still struck him, and he could only watch as a large hole was smashed open in his chest.
Roar—
The Wood Golem let out a roar at this moment. The tall Wood Golem instantly turned around and delivered a heavy punch to Kinkaku in the back.
Boom—
Another deafening roar, accompanied by a shockwave that swept across the land, sent Kinkaku flying in an instant. His body uncontrollably flew towards the still recovering Third Raikage, and the two collided heavily.
The earth cracked 'crunch, crunch' at this moment, and both of them seemed to have not yet recovered from all these sudden changes.
"This… this guy…"
These former Kumogakure high-ranking officials now looked terrified. They were very clear about their own speed.
However, even with their burst of speed, they couldn't even touch Takemi, which made it somewhat difficult for them to accept.
If it were Flying Thunder God, it would be fine, but Takemi clearly hadn't even used Flying Thunder God.
"Since you want to play, let's play big…"
However, Takemi didn't pay much attention to them. His gaze swept over the four individuals.
He then looked at the army of White Zetsu still heading towards him, despite the flames, and nodded casually, saying. "Then, Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence."
As his Chakra surged, countless vines and tree roots instantly burst out of the ground.
These vines were instantly ignited by the flames, burning fiercely, yet they still didn't stop their continuous entanglement and intertwining.
"Damn it, get out of the way!"
Upon seeing this, the Third Raikage immediately shouted, then continuously used his hand to cut down the vines rushing towards him.
Not only him, but the Fourth Raikage, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku also immediately moved, but no matter how they retaliated, more vines would only come.
And those flaming vines had already madly rushed towards the White Zetsu, while at the same time, the Wood Dragon and Wood Golem continued to frantically attack all living beings.
For a moment, flames and vines intertwined, and the giant Wood Dragon and roaring Wood Golem constantly flickered in the firelight.
Takemi stood atop a burning tree, his arms crossed, indifferently watching everything below. It was as if it wasn't him who was surrounded, but the tens of thousands of White Zetsu army.
Roars and screams intertwined, flames and giant trees seemed to cover the entire battlefield, the earth trembled continuously at this moment, and the sky was stained a fiery red.
"What kind of battle is this?"
The Allied Ninja Forces behind looked at everything before them, each falling into a trance.
They had never seen such a terrifying battlefield, it had already exceeded their imagination.
Tens of thousands of troops, even if they were all Chunin and Genin who weren't very good at fighting and could only rely on taijutsu, with such numbers, even a Kage would be in danger.
Yet Takemi appeared so nonchalant, as if numbers held no meaning at all at this moment.
"Could it be that the First Hokage was like this back then…"
"Wood Release… Is this the power of Wood Release?"
"Fire Release and Wood Release… Is this the meaning of Konoha?"
"It's terrifying. With Fifth Hokage-sama present, the form of war will probably be changed…"
All the ninjas couldn't help but mutter inwardly. Everything before them was simply too incredible.
And they also realized something else now. The legends they had heard about Wood Release back then seemed to be true.
Looking at all this, they seemed to understand why Hashirama was evaluated as the ninja who 'pacified the chaotic world.'
Such power could indeed pacify a chaotic world.
"Truly terrifying…"
Not just them, but Jiraiya and Tsunade also felt their scalps tingle.
Although they had witnessed similar battles and realized that if Takemi and the First Hokage truly fought against a multitude, the effect would likely not be much different.
But imagination is just imagination, the feeling of witnessing this scene was completely different from imagining it.
"But, Takemi, why does this scene you've created feel like hell?"
Jiraiya murmured after a while, finding that his throat was a bit hoarse now.
"It is indeed too terrifying."
Tsunade also nodded, then spoke with a somewhat strange expression.
"But Takemi seems to be playing with them. Does he dislike Kumogakure that much?"
"Who knows what he's thinking?"
Jiraiya wasn't too sure, but thinking carefully, Takemi indeed seemed unfriendly towards Kumogakure.
Aside from the Akatsuki members, the ones he hit hardest were the Raikage. Of course, the Kazekage wasn't bad either.
But compared to the fate of the Raikage and the entire Kumogakure, the Kazekage and Sunagakure's situation was much better.
"Perhaps, he dislikes these dark-skinned guys just like he dislikes toads?"
"Do you know that you're annoying?"
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"Alright, stop wasting time. The battle here is probably almost over. We should start thinking about how to split our forces to reinforce other areas."
"I guess so…"
Jiraiya pursed his lips and no longer thought about Tsunade's words. The battle here seemed to be nearing its end, no matter how one looked at it.