"True Thousand-Armed?!"
Madara Uchiha stared intently at the newly appeared wooden figure, then slowly shook his head after a long pause. "No, the size is too small, and that chakra is missing. A disguised version?"
"Sharp eyes!" Lin Nan clapped his hands. "But it's enough."
"You brat!" Madara Uchiha laughed instead of getting angry. "Your various ninjutsu must be copied. I've never used this move, and no one in this world can reach Hashirama's level. How did you learn it?"
"That's none of your concern!"
In the midst of the battlefield, Madara Uchiha's wooden figure slowly stood up. Facing it was a colossal Buddha statue of the same size.
However, the Buddha statue had countless arms behind it.
To be precise, both were Wood Release techniques!
Although they shared the same name, their manifestations were worlds apart.
The great Buddha slowly extended its palm, and the countless hands behind it rained down upon the wooden figure like a storm.
With wood chips flying and earth-shattering roars, the wooden figure was quickly at a disadvantage, unable to even stand up.
The nearby Kage watched the grand spectacle with their mouths agape, filled with awe.
Here, two hundred-meter wooden figures were fighting each other, and over there, two hundred-meter giants were clashing.
What happened to this world?
Had it devolved into a world ruled by giants?
What was the point of ninjutsu users like them?
Wouldn't it be simpler to be ruled by giants...
After their complaints came a deep sense of powerlessness.
As the pinnacle ninja of the current era, they could only watch in the face of such powerful combat.
Just moments ago, Onoki had also revealed a remarkable technique.
As the wooden figure attacked, Onoki glanced at the younger generation and scoffed, "Isn't it just a giant? I can do that too!"
"Old Tsuchikage, you can too?" A surprised Ay replied, his spirits lifting.
"Watch closely, I'll only show you once!"
Onoki declared, slamming his hands onto the ground. "Earth Style: Humanoid Technique!"
"Rumble!"
The ground began to tremble, and soon, a robust earth golem rose from the ground.
"Tsuchikage? Is that your giant technique? Where's the giant?" Ay asked impatiently.
Onoki, looking at the earth golem that was like an infant in a swaddling cloth compared to the wooden figure, stubbornly said, "Don't rush!"
The next second, Onoki channeled more chakra, and layers of soil wrapped around the earth golem, causing its form to grow again, reaching forty to fifty meters in height.
"Impressive, old Tsuchikage! Stop that wooden man, and I'll help you!" Ay said, eager to join the fray.
After all, if someone on their side could match the opponent, the threat wouldn't feel so overwhelming.
"Experience the power of the two-Arrowhead Onoki!"
Onoki laughed heartily and directed the earth golem towards the wooden figure. Ay, crackling with lightning, was about to move in to support.
However, the next moment, the wooden figure stiffened. It looked down and saw a pile of earth on the ground. Without giving it much thought, it continued its advance towards the Kage.
"Ah..."
As the earth golem crumbled into rubble, Onoki cried out in pain, his old back having gone out again.
"..."
Everyone present couldn't bear to watch, but they were also prepared for battle.
At this very moment, Lin Nan's wood clone instructed Tsunade to channel chakra into it.
Madara Uchiha was right; one person's spiritual power was finite.
However, any type of clone technique possessed an independent consciousness, and thus, its spiritual power was also independent.
Lin Nan's wood clone had been continuously supplying chakra to the Inorganic Reincarnation, but this did not prevent him from creating another great Buddha.
The reason for having Tsunade channel chakra was due to her possessing the First Hokage's bloodline.
As expected, with Tsunade's chakra augmentation, the Wood Release Lin Nan displayed was even more refined than what White Zetsu had previously shown.
The arms behind it were even more numerous and longer than before.
Before long, the wooden figure, unable to withstand the onslaught of the great Buddha, disintegrated into a pile of splinters.
"This level is not enough to defeat me!"
Madara Uchiha looked at Lin Nan, but the smile had vanished from his face.
"Is that so?"
Lin Nan controlled the giant and lunged at Madara Uchiha.
"Ultimately futile, foolishness!"
Madara Uchiha shook his head slightly, then began to gather power for a sword slash!
"Whoosh!"
A colossal sword light flashed, as if about to pierce the heavens.
"Crack!"
With an extremely sharp, grating sound, Lin Nan's horizontally raised katana snapped in two.
The next moment, the head of the giant beneath Lin Nan's feet was cleanly severed.
Lin Nan leaped up, surprised to see Madara Uchiha's Susanoo wielding two swords.
He had been holding back.
"It all ends now!"
Madara Uchiha seemed to be holding back no longer. The two katanas merged into one, and a sword aura that soared a thousand feet high was unleashed, directly striking the great Buddha not far away.
This strike was accompanied by the force of thunder and lightning, an unstoppable momentum, like Mount Tai crashing down, or the heavens collapsing.
Even standing next to the great Buddha, the Kage trembled under this power.
Was this Madara Uchiha's full power?
Truly terrifying!
This is bad!
This was the shared sentiment of the Kage, as they too were within the coverage of the incomprehensibly vast sword light.
At this moment, all resistance and defiance seemed futile.
Gaara, much like during the descent of the Heavenly Condemnation, had given up all hope of resistance.
An atmosphere of despair enveloped the entire dome.
However, there was one who still believed in Lin Nan.
At this moment, Onoki stepped forward once more.
Already aged and with little time left, he faced death with resolve.
"Dust Release: Original World Undoing Jutsu!"
Matrix-like light emanated from Onoki's hands, but the casting animation was too slow, seemingly too late.
"Am I going to die here?"
Onoki's face was filled with unwillingness.
"Don't you have the Humanoid Technique? Create another one to block it!" Ay shouted.
"Shut up!" Onoki retorted irritably.
This battle felt as though the Kage were mere spectators.
Before Madara Uchiha's overwhelming power, they were like helpless children.
"Slap!"
However, at this critical juncture, a resounding clap echoed through the heavens.
Everyone looked up and saw the hundred-armed great Buddha extend four hands, firmly catching the sword light.
Catching a blade with bare hands?
Madara Uchiha was taken aback by this sight.
Even Hashirama hadn't dared to say he could catch his blade.
Although he had conceded two hands.
Upon closer inspection, Madara Uchiha's expression turned to one of dawning realization and gloom.
It was his armored Susanoo.
The great Buddha was now covered in a layer of blue armor, and even all the arms behind it were encased in a blue, armor-like material.
Susanoo clad the great Buddha, appearing out of nowhere!
"You brat, you're quite playful!" Madara Uchiha glared at Lin Nan, unable to utter any other words for a moment.
"Just average!"
Lin Nan smiled slightly and clapped his hands again.
Simultaneously, a wood clone appeared beside him at some point.
"Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!"
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
The decapitated cement giant shattered into pieces, transforming into an extremely murky hurricane that instantly enveloped Madara Uchiha's colossal Susanoo.
"You think this can control me?" Madara Uchiha snorted coldly. He tried to take flight, but found his feet firmly ensnared by thick branches, and wooden dragons roared furiously within them.
"Lin Nan, what do you want?"
A hint of solemnity finally appeared in Madara Uchiha's eyes.
"What do I want?"
Lin Nan sneered and leaped high. The armored great Buddha had already arrived beneath Lin Nan's feet.
Madara Uchiha's eyes widened, and then the great Buddha spread its arms like a blue peacock, with countless arms flashing with blue light, launching a barrage of attacks towards him like shooting stars.
"You brat!"
Madara Uchiha's body was immobilized, but he could still swing his sword.
However, his two swords were tightly gripped by four palms.
"Today, I'll give you four hands!"
"Wood Style: True Thousand-Armed!" Lin Nan shouted coldly.
Of course, that last sentence was just for show.
Scaring him a little, that wouldn't be too much, right...