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Immediately following, an equally enormous wooden giant leaped up and pounced on the blue nine-tailed fox once more!
The two sides once again engaged in an earth-shattering battle! The sounds of fists and feet clashing were no longer muffled thuds, but roars as if the sky were collapsing and the earth was splitting!
Each collision generated a shockwave that transformed into a real storm, spreading wildly in all directions!
The ground was cracking and collapsing like a fragile biscuit!
Only by tightly gripping Naruto's arm and pressing his body low could Hikaru barely avoid being blown away by the terrifying storm!
She looked up at the two enormous figures that seemed to have stepped out of a mythical era.
The Mangekyou Sharingan activated involuntarily, its eyes filled with disbelief and horror!
Naruto, on the other hand, was completely stunned, staring blankly at the two sides engaged in battle.
He would never mistake that giant made of wood release; it was a technique of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju!
And that blue Susanoo Nine-Tails... that unique chakra aura, that fighting style...
"Dad... Dad..." Naruto murmured unconsciously.
At the same time, a monstrous wave was also raging within his mental space!
A phantom image of Minato Namikaze appeared, his face filled with unprecedented shock and solemnity: "This...this chakra fluctuation...this scale of battle...could it be...this is the Battle of the Valley of the End recorded in the historical records?!"
"The final showdown between Madara and the First Hokage?!"
Nine-Tails lay on the water's surface, snorted, and said in a complicated tone, "Hmph, that's right, it was at this time. Back then, my chakra reserves were still quite considerable, but I was powerless against it, forcibly controlled by that old Madara!"
As it spoke, it glanced resentfully at the culprit who was still calmly lying on its head.
Madara merely "watched" the battle unfold outside with an indifferent expression, his crimson Sharingan eyes devoid of any emotion, as if he were watching a drama that had nothing to do with him.
Outside, the battle has reached its climax!
The Nine-Tails donned the Susanoo Armor, its power and defense surging, and with a deafening roar, it pounced on the wooden golem once more!
Above the wooden dummy's head, Hashirama Senju's voice, amplified by chakra, came through, filled with pain and anxiety: "Madara! Stop! I don't want to fight you! We didn't establish Konoha to kill each other!"
However, this advice only added fuel to the fire!
"So, you mean you can beat me anytime, right, Hashirama?!"
The voice of the founder, Madara, was filled with rage and paranoia, and his attacks became even more ferocious and insane!
Every collision between the two sides was a disaster!
The shockwave pushed aside layer by layer like a solid wall, further tearing and shattering the already devastated earth!
Naruto had to attach his chakra to the soles of his feet to keep himself firmly planted on the ground while tightly protecting the light that was about to be blown away.
"This...this is too exaggerated!"
Naruto gritted his teeth, feeling the terrifying power that seemed capable of crushing everything, and his heart was filled with shock.
Only at this moment did he truly understand what it meant when he and Sasuke challenged the First Hokage and Madara.
Uncle Hashirama's words, tinged with a helpless smile, "The two of us against those two kids? Wouldn't that be too much of a bully?"
What an enormous gap in strength this implies!
If those two had really gone all out back then, I and Sasuke probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single blow!
At this point, Hashirama Senju realized that Madara was completely deaf to advice, and that continuing the battle would only cause greater destruction.
He finally made up his mind.
Then a resolute look appeared on his face, and he clasped his hands together tightly!
A chakra far more vast, sacred, and terrifying than before erupted from his body like a volcano!
Red eyeshadow appeared at the corners of his eyes, signaling that he had entered "immortal mode"!
"Wood Release: Sage Art! True Thousand Hands!"
Rumble——! ! !
The earth trembled violently, as if some ancient behemoth was awakening!
Before Naruto and Hikaru's horrified eyes, a colossal, indescribable thousand-armed Buddha slowly rose from the cracked earth!
Its size is so enormous it's almost despairing!
The towering wooden figure from before now sits cross-legged on the head of the Thousand-Armed Buddha, just like a child's toy!
Even as Naruto strained his neck to look up, he couldn't see the top of the Buddha statue; it seemed to connect heaven and earth!
"Is...is this really a ninja?"
Guang's voice was choked with sobs, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
The miraculous scene before her completely shattered her understanding of "power".
Faced with such power, the so-called Mangekyou Sharingan and the so-called Ninja Clan Wars are simply child's play!
Just then, Rei, who had been kept in Naruto's ninja tool bag, also peeked out and saw this scene.
For the first time, its electronic sound carried an incredibly clear, almost terrifying fluctuation:
"Holy crap! An ultra-high energy level reaction has been detected! Historical coordinates locked—Valley of the End!"
"This era is too dangerous! You two hold on tight! Forcefully extract energy!"
"Emergency time-space jump procedure initiated! Any later and we'd all be blasted into elementary particles by the aftershocks! Hurry!!!"
They didn't give Naruto any time to react at all!
Li's body erupted with an unprecedentedly dazzling white light, more intense and rapid than ever before!
A tyrannical force of spacetime instantly enveloped Naruto and the light!
"Hey! Wait—!"
Naruto's protest was drowned out by the sudden sound of countless fists tearing through the air, as if they could shatter stars—the True Thousand Hands had moved!
Just moments before countless enormous fists, capable of covering an area of several kilometers, were about to completely annihilate their region.
Naruto and Hikaru's figures were completely swallowed by the white light and disappeared without a trace.
The next moment, a devastating attack descended, completely erasing the spot where they had just stood, along with everything around it, from the map...
Chapter 382 Thankfully, there was no danger this time!
This time travel felt completely different from the previous ones.
There was no intense weightlessness or dizziness, and no thrill of falling from a great height.
It was as if I had simply stepped over an invisible threshold; the surrounding scenery rippled and rearranged like water before settling down.
Naruto and Hikaru stood firmly on the solid ground without even stumbling.
"Huh? This time... it's pretty smooth!"
Naruto said something with some surprise, and then immediately looked around warily.
They appeared to be in a hilly area, surrounded by low slopes and sparse woods.
The evening sunset painted the sky a warm orange-red, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of grass and earth, quiet and peaceful.
He immediately closed his eyes, rapidly spreading his powerful senses like a spider web.
A moment later, he breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes and said to the light, "There is no strong chakra reaction within several kilometers around, nor is there any obvious sense of danger."
"This time it should be safe."
He reached out and pulled up the still somewhat hazy light.
He patted the dust off his clothes, his face still somewhat pale, and his eyes still held a lingering sense of shock.
She subconsciously looked into the distance, as if she could still see the towering Thousand-Armed Buddha and the Nine-Tailed Fox clad in blue armor.
"Is...is that really the power a ninja should have?"
Her voice trembled slightly as she asked again, still finding it hard to believe even after seeing it with her own eyes.
In her original understanding, the Mangekyou Sharingan was already the pinnacle of power.
But in the face of those two godlike beings, her power seemed so insignificant.
Naruto understands her feelings. When he first witnessed the true power of his father and Uncle Hashirama, he was probably also greatly shocked.
He scratched his head and explained, "The one who fought against Madara was our First Hokage, Hashirama Senju."
"He is revered as the 'God of Shinobi' by the entire shinobi world. Their level of power is indeed beyond our conventional understanding and measurement."
As Naruto said this, he was internally screaming: Hashirama, you've never used that "True Thousand Hands" technique when you spar with me!
That thing is really magic? Compared to your mighty Buddha, my Sage Mode is just child's play! The difference is too disheartening!
He shook his head with a wry smile, trying to put those distracting thoughts aside.
The most urgent thing is to find a place to spend the night.
Soon, they found a dry, well-ventilated cave on a nearby hillside.
After checking that no wild animals were inhabiting the area, the two decided to rest there.
Fortunately, when they first arrived in Konoha, the young Madara had his clansmen prepare some dry food and water for them, which came in handy now.
Naruto took out food from his ninja tool pouch and shared it with Hikaru, saying somewhat embarrassedly:
"I'm sorry, Hikaru."
"I originally wanted to take you back to my peaceful era, but instead you followed me through a series of hardships and almost got caught up in that level of battle... We didn't even get a hot meal."
Hikaru took the rations and ate them in small bites. When she heard Naruto's apology, she gently shook her head.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the opening into her face, softening her cold features.
"no need to say sorry."
She looked at the food in her hand, her voice soft but carrying an unprecedented calm: "I think...it's very interesting."
"Huh?" Naruto was taken aback.
Guang raised his head, his dark eyes reflecting the flickering campfire, a hint of reminiscence flashing across them: "Before, when I was all alone, my life was very monotonous, basically a life on the run."