Chapter 39: Wood Dragon Technique
"Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees!"
Danzo slammed his giant hand down. The ground began to shake violently.
Trees burst out of the earth one after another, twisting and wrapping toward Naruto and his Shadow Clones.
The Nativity of a World of Trees might not look like it has high destructive power, but in actual combat, it plays an extraordinary role.
It is an extremely powerful crowd-control ninjutsu.
The trees summoned by Wood Release have strong resistance to ninjutsu and possess powerful regenerative abilities.
Any ninja trapped inside the Nativity of a World of Trees will be constantly pursued by countless branches. Once caught, their chakra will be drained, directly sealing their defeat.
The Third Hokage watched this familiar Nativity of a World of Trees reappear in Konoha, his expression somewhat dazed.
The power of the First Hokage was still vivid in his memory.
For a moment, the Third began to waver. Perhaps Danzo, who could release Wood Release, really could subdue Naruto.
[Should I intervene and help Danzo?] This thought surfaced in his mind.
While the Third was hesitating, countless branches attacked Naruto and his Shadow Clones.
From the look of it, Danzo intended to trap every single Naruto at once.
Danzo, standing at the center of the hundred-meter-range Nativity of a World of Trees, was almost as tall as the trees themselves.
His deathly pale face carried a look of determination.
"Even if the real Nine-Tails appeared right now, I could still suppress it! Be obedient and become Konoha's weapon, jinchuriki!"
Facing the dense entanglement, these thick and flexible branches were far stronger than some blue grass vines.
Naruto didn't dare underestimate them either.
Both his main body and all the Shadow Clones moved at the same time. They gripped their cyan light swords and slightly bent their legs.
Eighth Form: Initial Gale Slash!
The Eighth Form was a sword style that combined rapid approach with damage.
All the Narutos, while advancing at extreme speed, unleashed dazzling sword light, cutting down every branch that swept toward them!
Wood Release has strong resistance against ordinary ninjutsu, but at this moment Naruto was in Sage Mode. The sword light carried Sage chakra.
Cyan sword light splashed everywhere, cutting through everything like a hot knife through butter as it flashed toward Danzo's main body.
"What?!"
Watching the Narutos constantly flashing closer to him, Danzo was shocked once again.
"This is Wood Release! How is this possible?!"
This was also what the Third was thinking right now. He imagined himself trapped in such a Nativity of a World of Trees.
He realized he would find it extremely difficult to break free in a short time.
Let alone charge toward Danzo's main body as easily as Naruto was doing, cutting through the branches like chopping vegetables.
Danzo roared. Ignoring the extremely unstable Hashirama cells inside his body, he pushed his chakra to the limit.
The trees grew wildly again in the wind, and the incoming branches became even thicker!
When Naruto slashed, although he could still cut the branches, it now required a bit more effort.
Fortunately, the distance wasn't far. With the rapid approach speed of the Eighth Form, Naruto quickly reached Danzo.
Looking at the dozens of Narutos standing in front of him, Danzo said in a deep voice,
"You think getting close to me means you can win? How naive!"
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
After forming several seals, Danzo summoned a massive Wood Dragon that raised its head from the ground.
Immediately after, dozens of meters of its body burst out from underground!
Naruto noticed something.
After releasing this technique, large lumps kept bulging and quickly subsiding on Danzo's pale body. It looked like he was already on the verge of collapse.
It seemed that stronger techniques like the Wood Human or the True Several Thousand Hands were no longer possible.
The Wood Dragon raised its head and swept toward Naruto.
The massive scale caused the ground to shake continuously and raised huge clouds of dust.
Inside the sealing space, the Nine-Tails looked at this familiar Wood Dragon and couldn't help shrinking back, recalling some unpleasant memories.
It bared its fangs and angrily transmitted its voice to Naruto:
"Naruto! Use my power! I want to tear this Wood Dragon apart!"
[I couldn't beat Hashirama Senju's Wood Dragon, but this old thing's? It's still within my grasp!]
Naruto, who was about to unleash a sword form, paused slightly.
After a brief moment of thought, he decided to use the Nine-Tails' power.
On his main body, fiery red chakra began to emerge.
It formed a Tailed Beast Cloak.
One tail…
Two tails…
Three tails…
It stopped only when four tails had appeared.
Unlike the four-tailed state in the original story, Naruto's skin was not burned by the chakra, and he hadn't lost his sanity.
The chakra cloak was not blood-red, but a dazzling pale gold.
When Danzo saw Naruto with four tails, his heart jolted.
"Nine-Tails' power, huh."
But immediately after, Danzo sneered inwardly.
[Wood Release is the natural counter to the Nine-Tails. This brat has finally miscalculated! Seal him!]
The Wood Dragon instantly changed direction and charged toward Naruto's main body.
The Third also saw the Nine-Tails' chakra on Naruto and his expression became extremely grave.
"Has he lost control?"
But soon, the Third noticed that Naruto, wrapped in the chakra cloak, had completely clear eyes. There was not a single sign of losing rationality.
A terrifying thought emerged in his mind.
That was — not only was Naruto himself extremely powerful, but he had even tamed the Nine-Tails!
A heaven-defying talent and a perfect jinchuriki?
If such a Naruto decided to take revenge on Konoha, how could Konoha possibly resist?
The Third felt completely numb. Everything he had experienced today was more exhausting than the past ten years combined.
Naruto's next action confirmed the Third's suspicion.
He controlled the Nine-Tails' chakra. The four tails transformed into four giant golden hands.
The four golden palms faced upward. At their center, blue and black particles intertwined, gathered, and condensed…
"This is… a Tailed Beast Bomb! Four of them at once — how is that possible!"
The Third cried out in alarm. Remembering the world-destroying power of a Tailed Beast Bomb, his forehead was already covered in sweat.
Danzo also looked grave, but thinking of Wood Release's natural counter to Tailed Beasts, his confidence surged.
Even a Tailed Beast Bomb — I can still block it!
The Wood Dragon didn't slow down at all. Its head charged straight at Naruto.
Forming a Tailed Beast Bomb required a large amount of Yin-Yang chakra in a 2:8 ratio, compressed and fused.
But Naruto did more than that. With the absolute observation of Transparent World and the assistance of Perfect Chakra Control, he also fused Sage chakra into it.
He had already tested this method with Shadow Clones earlier — it was feasible.
The four Tailed Beast Bombs grew rapidly from fist-sized to basketball-sized, and finally swelled in the wind to nearly ten meters in diameter.
In terms of size alone, they were a bit smaller than the Tailed Beast Bomb released by the Nine-Tails itself.
But because they contained Sage chakra, they could produce an effect greater than the sum of their parts!
Just look at the guy who hand-crafted a Rasengan with a timed detonation for reference.
The moment the four Tailed Beast Bombs formed, the violent aura they emitted made the Third's breathing stop for a moment.
Go.
With a push from the golden palms, the four Tailed Beast Bombs flew toward the Wood Dragon and Danzo at supersonic speed.
In the blink of an eye, the Tailed Beast Bombs collided with the Wood Dragon.
At that moment, Konoha seemed to fall into complete silence.
After the silence came a deafening explosion!!
The four Tailed Beast Bombs, fused with Sage chakra, detonated simultaneously.
In an instant!
A pillar of fire shot hundreds of meters into the sky. The Wood Dragon's massive body looked as small as a little snake in the center of the explosion.
In the heart of the flames, the Wood Dragon's raised head let out a silent roar as it gradually turned into flying ash and debris.
If Deidara had seen this scene, his eyes would definitely light up as he exclaimed:
"Art is an explosion!"
The entire village of Konoha shook like a massive earthquake.
The residents of Konoha all rushed out of their houses in panic, looking at the huge fireball rising into the sky in the distance. Everyone fell silent, not knowing what had happened.
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