Born with a great love for the Uchiha

The First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, come on!

"...It's you again, Orochimaru."

Hashirama Senju clearly recognized Orochimaru as well. He raised his hands and looked at his mottled and broken palms.

"...You used the Impure World Reincarnation Technique again?"

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have had Tobirama completely destroy this forbidden technique in the first place."

Hashirama Senju was fully aware of his younger brother's talent for developing ninjutsu.

If the opponent develops any water-style ninjutsu, it will definitely be a high-level ninjutsu.

Once the opponent develops a non-water-style ninjutsu...

Then it's highly likely to be an inhumane forbidden technique.

It's like the Impure World Reincarnation Technique!

Even Hashirama Senju was helpless against this forbidden technique that manipulated the souls of the dead.

Even after death, one cannot find peace.

That's really enough...

"But what's going on this time?"

Hashirama Senju slowly clenched his fists twice, already feeling the power surging within him.

Although he's not at his peak yet, he's still around 60% as good.

It's important to know that when Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon him, the strength he could unleash was less than one-tenth of what it was in life.

"Sashiburi da na (long time no see) ~ First Generation Master."

Orochimaru took out a specially made kunai from his pocket, with a piece of paper bearing a special seal attached to the end of the kunai.

This is the "control tool" for the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.

If this kunai with a special seal is placed into the body of a ninja resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, even if the ninja retains a conscious mind, their body will be controlled by Orochimaru, the caster, and they will become like a death puppet.

"The ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage are all very powerful, although some of them can easily cause 'trouble'."

"Are you trying to control my body with that special spell again?"

Hashirama Senju was no stranger to Orochimaru's tactics.

He had been controlled by Orochimaru using talismans several times before in this way.

However, this time, the situation is a little different.

"Although I don't know what you did..."

Hashirama Senju's eyes narrowed, and his massive chakra surged rapidly, unleashing an extremely terrifying aura.

"But this body of mine is barely enough for me to move around in now."

The astonishing aura unleashed by the first generation transformed into a visible, violent shockwave that swept across the entire laboratory like a whirlwind.

Orochimaru's long, flowing hair was blown up and scattered behind him, causing him to freeze instantly.

'Is this much power just from a mere burst of chakra?'

Orochimaru subconsciously used the talisman kunai as a weapon, holding it upright in front of him, and cold sweat involuntarily poured down his back.

'This is completely different from what I expected!'

Orochimaru guessed that using White Zetsu to revive Hashirama Senju might enhance the latter's Edo Tensei state.

But he never expected it to be such an epic enhancement!

The First Hokage he resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique was as weak as the Third Hokage.

No.

He's even worse than Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But now this first generation...

Orochimaru could tell from just looking at the opponent that he was terrifyingly strong!

"Absolutely!"

Orochimaru was about to call for his teammates.

But at some point, Black Zetsu's figure had already disappeared from the laboratory.

Inside this secret laboratory.

At this point, only Hashirama Senju, Orochimaru, several living White Zetsu, and the "dead White Zetsu" on the testing table remained.

Black Zetsu deserted during the battle!

Orochimaru's back was soaked with cold sweat.

"While I also hope that every descendant of the village can become a worthy inheritor of the Will of Fire, someone like you who has already gone astray..."

Hashirama Senju's gaze slowly swept across the laboratory, his eyes lingering for a moment on the few strange yet inexplicably familiar white humanoid creatures.

"I absolutely do not agree."

Hashirama Senju clapped his hands together and immediately activated a ninjutsu.

[Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World]!

Chapter 216 Orochimaru VS Hashirama Senju!

Hashirama Senju was labeled with the legendary title of "God of Shinobi".

However, this First Hokage was not like the later Seventh Hokage of Konoha, who was a typical nice guy.

Hashirama Senju was addicted to gambling, which indirectly led his granddaughter astray.

He fought his way from the Land of Fire throughout the entire ninja world, almost single-handedly ending the brutal Warring States period.

He's incredibly ruthless in fights; to protect the village, he wouldn't hesitate to kill even his closest friends and family...

Even someone as powerful as Hashirama Senju could distinguish those repulsive evils!

Evil.

Orochimaru is the kind of guy who uses and tramples on the weak for his own benefit!

The younger generation of this village, now completely plunged into darkness... will be personally punished by the First Hokage!

Rumbling--

Hashirama Senju infused the surrounding environment with Wood Release chakra.

In an instant, the incredibly thick tree trunk burst forth from the laboratory floor, walls, ceiling, and other surfaces simultaneously.

Before the First Hokage's Wood Release, the sturdy walls and bedrock of this secret laboratory, meticulously crafted by Orochimaru, were easily torn apart like tofu, with fragments of mud and stone flying everywhere.

The tree trunks grew wildly at a visible rate, and the dark brown branches swept across the entire laboratory space like giant pythons, easily overturning the lab benches and shattering test tubes and glasswares all over the floor.

As for the living White Zetsu that Black Zetsu had sent over beforehand, they were easily defeated in a single move by Hashirama Senju's Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.

However, Hashirama Senju's true target was only Orochimaru!

'What's so special about this?!'

Orochimaru's eyes widened as he watched Hashirama clap his hands together and unleash a ninjutsu.

What about hand gestures? What about mudras?

This level of Wood Release ninjutsu doesn't require any hand seals.

Clapping your hands, whatever you shout, comes to pass?

Is this the true strength of the First Hokage?

Compared to Tenzo's Wood Release, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release is worlds apart!

Orochimaru was internally ranting, but his speed in action was by no means slow.

He launched himself forward, rapidly retreating backward, the talisman kunai in his hand almost leaving a trail of afterimages.

Click, click—

The specially made talisman kunai was swung around repeatedly, quickly severing many tree branches that had been wrapped around it.

But when one branch is cut off, hundreds and thousands of branches surge over again.

Orochimaru's speed in cutting tree branches couldn't keep up with the branches' own growth rate at all!

'Amazing! Incredibly amazing!'

Orochimaru once again swung his talisman kunai, cutting off a branch that was about to wrap around his arm.

But more branches surged in from all directions, entwining his legs and even his waist.

Seeing that he was about to become the target of the Wood Release technique, Orochimaru stopped trying to fight the God of Shinobi with his small kunai.

Orochi Style: Substitution Jutsu!

Orochimaru grinned, and a sticky black head emerged from his throat, followed by his complete body.

The body that was bound by Wood Release was discarded like the remains of a snake.

The new Orochimaru emerged from his original body like a molting process, avoiding the powerful restraints of the Wood Release.

"This substitution technique is like a snake shedding its skin..."

Hashirama Senju looked at Orochimaru's displayed abilities, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes, but more than that, regret.

"Orochimaru, you've got some ideas, haven't you..."

However, the more talented someone is, the more regret Hashirama Senju felt when they fell into darkness.

Under Hashirama Senju's control, [Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees] continued its relentless attacks on Orochimaru.

Orochi Style: Substitution Jutsu!