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Chapter 1411: Ay's Devil Fruit Ability! (Three-in-One)
"Hiss—*pant*—"
In the center of the crater covered in cracks, Ay, with black lightning surging all over his body, took a deep breath and stood up.
His gaze towards Hashirama Senju was incredibly solemn, but his fighting intent hadn't diminished in the slightest.
The most troublesome aspect of the opponent's Wood Release was its ability to absorb chakra.
This caused the power of any ninjutsu that touched it to be greatly weakened.
So, this was a problem he had to solve.
But even Madara Uchiha hadn't overcome this problem in half his life, so what could he do?
"Looks like I can't clash head-on with him anymore. That's really annoying."
Ay spat to the side.
Immediately, with a 'boom', he transformed back into black lightning and shot straight into the clouds.
However, this time he didn't rush towards the wood golem. Instead, he pulled back a distance until he was at the same height as Hashirama Senju.
"Your wood golem is indeed very strong, but my speed is also far superior to yours!"
Maintaining his 'Black Lightning Chakra Mode', Ay floated at high altitude, staring directly at Hashirama Senju.
"Oh?"
Hashirama Senju raised an eyebrow in surprise, thinking to himself, "Indeed, this Raikage's speed is truly astonishing."
At the same time.
Ay surged again, diving down from above at high speed. The wood golem beneath Hashirama Senju didn't show any weakness either.
Its fists were once again stained with dark black glow, stirring up surging gale and huge waves, and struck with full force towards the incoming black lightning.
However, the black lightning chose not to clash head-on. Instead, it rapidly dodged sideways, almost grazing the wood golem's arm as it continued to approach Hashirama Senju.
This was the method Ay had thought of.
In his opinion, Madara Uchiha couldn't defeat Hashirama Senju because he didn't have his speed.
He could only rely on his Perfect Susanoo to fight him head-on.
Of course, that couldn't defeat a wood golem with chakra absorption ability.
As for himself, he only needed to target Hashirama Senju himself. As for the wood golem, he could just avoid it directly.
Just then, hundreds and thousands of vines suddenly grew from the surface of the giant, thick, and long wood golem arm.
They were like countless ferocious pythons, attacking the black lightning from all directions.
Immediately after, large, crimson flowers bloomed between the tree branches.
When their petals unfurled, they instantly sprayed out a large amount of dark yellow pollen.
In the blink of an eye, it spread to every corner between the wood golem's arms.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Hashirama Senju maintained the hand seal posture with his hands, his sharp eyes fixed on the imposing black lightning.
【Buzz buzz buzz buzz——————】
The incredibly dense pollen, like waves, continuously invaded the black lightning on Ay's body, wearing down its energy and power.
Coupled with the dense, crisscrossing vine interception, it truly brought him considerable pressure.
Ay could only release various Lightning Release techniques to clear the pollen and vines in front of him, creating space for his breakthrough.
However, the vines and pollen were endless, and as time passed, their scale grew larger and larger.
This caused the battle to turn into a battle of chakra amount again, and his breakthrough progress became increasingly slow.
Helplessly, he had to give up on continuing forward and quickly left the airspace near the wood golem's arm.
"Damn it, this layered defense is truly annoying!"
Ay glared with wide eyes, looking at Hashirama Senju, who was still holding his hands in front of his chest on top of the wood golem's head, wearing a smile.
"What's wrong? Is that all?"
"To become a Raikage who can stand alongside us, you must at least have the strength to injure me!" Hashirama Senju laughed heartily.
But his tone held no mockery, instead carrying clear encouragement.
"Says the guy who acts like he can hurt me!" Ay pouted and gave a cold snort.
It was difficult for him to approach Hashirama Senju, but it wasn't an easy matter for Hashirama Senju to hit him either.
"Hahaha, but you're the challenger!" Hashirama Senju teased.
Ay was instantly speechless.
Although one of the rules of the Summit War was that lasting five days also counted as success.
But as a strong individual, how could he not want to defeat the opponent as quickly as possible?
"Then let's try this technique..."
Ay's gaze was firm. He slowly raised his right hand, bending four of his fingers, leaving only his index finger pointing upwards.
Hell Stab: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite!
He condensed a large amount of Armament Haki and Black Lightning Chakra onto his finger.
Across from him, Hashirama Senju slowly lowered his hands from his chest, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
Because he could faintly sense that this technique of Ay's was enough to pose a significant threat to him.
【Swish————】
The next second, the black lightning reappeared.
Following a Z-shaped trajectory, it flashed past the incoming wood golem's punch in the blink of an eye.
Then, it attacked Hashirama Senju on top of the head from the outside of the right arm.
This way, only the vines and pollen growing on the right arm could cause him obstruction.
But these alone could not stop the black lightning, which was several times stronger in power.
It was like a black spear capable of god-slaying, heading towards Hashirama Senju's position.
"Wood Release: Wood Barrier Technique!" Hashirama Senju dared not be careless.
He immediately created a giant wood shield with fanged demon faces on its surface around him.
This was the strongest defense technique among his Wood Release techniques, one that even Madara Uchiha's 'Armored Susanoo' couldn't cut through.
But when the black lightning descended from the sky, striking heavily at the center of the brow on the wood shield's demon face.
Centered on the point of contact, the surface first rapidly turned red under high temperature, and then visible cracks actually appeared.
Finally, it completely broke open an opening, allowing Ay to successfully break through into the interior of the 'Wood Barrier', instantly penetrating and shattering Hashirama Senju, who was inside with a face full of astonishment!
But precisely because of this, Ay was not happy but instead became angry.
How could Hashirama Senju be killed so easily?
"Wood Clone!"
Looking at the shattered wood fragments scattered on the ground, Ay gnashed his teeth.
He had to admit, these Wood Clones were truly difficult to distinguish; even Observation Haki was useless.
【Bang!】
Just then, the opening he had just broken through suddenly recovered completely, and the chakra on his body rapidly drained towards the surrounding wood walls.
Because the Wood Barrier Technique was also a sealing jutsu, it could completely absorb even the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb in a short time.
So, if he lingered here for even a moment, he might be completely drained of chakra.
But the problem was that Ay could come in, and naturally, he could also go out. After all, the defense power of the Wood Barrier was even tougher on the outside.
【Boom————】
Indeed, the black lightning just surged upwards, breaking open another hole and returning to the vast blue sky and white clouds.
This was the power of 'Armament Haki: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite'!
"Oh my, that's really impressive. The Wood Barrier Technique was broken."
On the giant left arm of the wood golem, Hashirama Senju felt quite emotional seeing this scene.
"This is something even Madara couldn't do!"
Inside the Sea Ninja Village on Wano Island.
Madara Uchiha, who had taken time out from his Dust Release cultivation to watch the live broadcast of this battle, turned ashen upon hearing this.
What did he mean, something he couldn't do?
Yes, he couldn't do it before, but now he was fully capable of cutting through the Wood Barrier Technique!
Why did it sound like he was weaker than this Ay?
Madara Uchiha muttered in a low voice, "Hmph, when you come back, I'll immediately give you a performance of cutting through the Wood Barrier with a blade, and it must be cleaner and more decisive than him."
At the Summit War scene, Hashirama Senju was jumping back and forth on the wood golem.
He continuously used various Wood Release ninjutsu to fiercely exchange blows with Ay, who had transformed into black lightning.
No, it should be said that he was dealing with the pursuit of 'Armament Haki: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite'!
"So fast, my naked eyes can barely keep up. The power isn't something the current Wood Release can block either."
Hashirama Senju felt it was time to enter his next state.
With a thought, his originally black eyes instantly turned orange-yellow, and green markings appeared around the edges of his eyes.
"Sage Mode!"
In this state, his strength was enhanced in all aspects.
Especially the amplification in perception allowed him to more accurately determine Ay's position.
But immediately, his eyes turned into scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan again.
"Madara, let me borrow your strength!" Hashirama Senju thought to himself.
Indeed, under the powerful insight of the Sharingan, the incredibly fast black lightning seemed to have slowed down considerably.
This way, both his eyesight and perception were sufficient to resist Ay's speed!
Crucially, the Wood Release infused with Sage Mode chakra became even tougher, and even black lightning could no longer easily shatter them.
This caused the fierce battle between the two sides to fall into a stalemate once again.
Or rather, Hashirama Senju was now able to confront Ay head-on, even engaging in a taijutsu battle.
After all, he could also use Armament Haki to protect his body and resist the continuous bombardment of black lightning.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
On top of the giant wood golem, Hashirama Senju once again summoned a majestic wood dragon to entangle with Ay alongside himself.
This scene was simply incomparable to the previous Top 100 Competition.
It was practically a great battle between gods and demons!
It wasn't that Hashirama Senju didn't want to use 'True Several Thousand Hands'.
The main reason was that Ay wasn't like Madara Uchiha, who would summon a 'Gundam'; his target was very small.
Moreover, he could fly at super high speed like lightning in the air, so even if he used 'Sage Art: Summit Transformation Buddha', there was an eighty percent chance it would be dodged.
What was the point if it couldn't hit?
That would just be a waste of chakra. The current him was not in 'Edo Tensei state' and didn't have infinite chakra recovery.
"So strong!"
"As expected of the man known as the 'God of Shinobi', to be this strong..."
At this moment, Ay was also greatly shocked.
He originally thought his current strength was already powerful enough, but he didn't expect Hashirama Senju could still resist him!
"Fortunately, I still have a trump card, and his Sage Mode should be his strongest state."
Actually, he could also learn Sage Mode now.
It was just that he had invested most of his energy into other cultivation recently.
After this Summit War ended, he would definitely choose a Sage Jutsu style to study.
It was just that he looked down on toads, serpents, and Katsuyu somewhat, but he could only bite the bullet and choose one.
The battle between the two continued.
The wildly erupting black lightning almost completely enveloped the upper body of the wood golem.
Wave after wave of sonic boom, like real thunder, continuously echoed throughout the entire RL1111 Zone of the Red Line landmass.
Tourists and duelists from the neighboring 'Duel City' had already confirmed that a battle was happening in the distance.
Some curious people wanted to approach but were stopped by the army soldiers and officers the Army Headquarters had arranged beforehand.
This left them standing at the edges of the RL1111 and RL1112 Zones.
They saw the boundless savage tree sea and the black glow occasionally flashing in the sky.
A few people who could fly flew into the air and could vaguely see a giant figure, seemingly a hundred meters tall, at the end of their line of sight, bathed in the sky-filling black lightning, with loud dragon roars occasionally emanating from it.
As for these people, as long as they didn't intend to continue approaching Area RL1111.
The army soldiers responsible for guarding did not obstruct them much.
At this time, the mage's advantage became apparent. Not only could they fly on magic wands, but they could also use 'Far Sight Technique' to see a clearer picture.
Honestly, the 'Far Sight Magic' of the Familiar of Zero world had affected the Hyuga Clan to a certain extent.
After all, most of the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan could only see up to one kilometer.
But with 'Far Sight Magic', the more magic power consumed, the farther one could see.
However, it did not have the X-ray function, which gave the Byakugan an advantage in that regard.
So, they could only see a rough outline; more specific battle situations were impossible.
Whether it was Hashirama Senju or Ay, the speed of their current exchange had long exceeded the upper limit that most people's vision could capture.
But this was already enough to make this group of people continuously exclaim, marveling at the terror of the true Sea Star powerhouses.
At the same time.
Im, Garp, the Five Elders, Raimon, Sengoku, Zephyr, Kuzan, Newgate, Borsalino, Shiki, Kaido, and other higher-ups were also silently observing the battle situation of this first Summit War.
In this regard, it truly gave Hashirama Senju and Ay a lot of face.
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office at the Marine Headquarters on the moon.
Borsalino, while peeling a banana in his hand, teased Enel, who was sitting next to Kuzan, with a crooked mouth.
"Enel, why do I feel like this 'Lightning Minister' is even stronger than you are now?"
Enel, sitting on the sofa opposite, his expression darkened upon hearing this.
He had just arrived not long ago and was already annoyed by this guy.
Although Enel was only a Vice Admiral, his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and his current strength, which far surpassed that of a Vice Admiral, gave him the qualification to sit here at any time.
In the eyes of many Marine officers, Enel would likely become a Marine Admiral in the future.
But honestly, Ay's performance in the picture did make it impossible for him to say he was guaranteed victory.
He was only twenty-one years old now. No matter how fast his growth speed was, it couldn't be too outrageous.
After all, not everyone had protagonist treatment.
And being twenty-one years old and having Enel's current strength was already very terrifying!
"Hmph, my evaluation is that he's not bad, but definitely not as good as me."
Enel answered Borsalino with a proud lift of his chin.
"Perhaps."
Borsalino didn't mind, took a bite of the banana's fruit flesh, and squinted his eyes, enjoying it.
Anyway, from his perspective.
The current Enel and Ay were about the same; if they truly fought, the victory or defeat was an unknown.
"Hmph!"
Enel, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, turned his head away unhappily, while Kuzan, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up.
"Aren't you watching anymore?"
Sengoku, behind the office desk, asked in surprise.
Kuzan smiled, "Arara, I estimate they won't finish fighting for a while. I'm going back for a nap." After saying that, he said hello to Borsalino and Enel and left the office.
Sengoku looked speechlessly at his back, thinking to himself:
"Kuzan, just how strong have you become now? Why can't I sense your aura anymore?"
Sengoku truly regretted that no one was challenging Kuzan; otherwise, he might have been able to see some clues.
In his Observation Haki perception, Kuzan was like a completely normal ice cube.
Although he faintly carried a chill and a faint cold wind when he walked, his specific strength was indistinguishable.
Could it be that he had deliberately concealed his aura?
Just like the conquered otherworlds were learning the Sea Star's power system.
These Sea Star powerhouses were actually also absorbing the excellent aspects of the otherworlds.
For example, the technique of aura concealment mastered by Meilard from the Imperial Arms world was absorbed into 'Observation Kill'.
So now, the 'Observation Kill' mastered by these military high command.
Besides preventing others from predicting their future, it could also block the opponent's sensory ability.
In other words, other people's Observation Haki could no longer sense their aura when they were in the 'Observation Kill' state.
However, as long as they made intense movement, such as launching an attack, they would lose the 'aura concealment' effect.
On the Red Line, RL1111 Zone, at the Summit War battlefield.
Hashirama Senju in Sage Mode and Ay in Black Lightning Chakra Mode had been fighting fiercely for over two hours.
Both sides had brought their respective combat experience into full play.
The terrifying aura of strong individuals clashing head-on was extremely shocking, highlighted by the wood dragon and black lightning.
However, their stamina was still abundant!
Hashirama Senju needed no explanation.
Ay, on the other hand, originally possessed the stamina to battle ten thousand ninja for three days and nights.
The current him was naturally even more powerful and fierce; a mere two hours was just a warm-up.
"If this is all you have, then you probably won't be able to stand off with me for five days!"
After repelling Ay again, Hashirama Senju suddenly stopped his actions and laughed loudly:
"Because next, I will become a bit stronger. Can you handle it?"
"What?!"
Ay was startled, thinking to himself, "Does this guy also have a trump card?"
Immediately, he retorted without politeness, "Alright, then this old man wants to see what other technique you're hiding!"
In Ay's view, Hashirama Senju revealing his trump card early was purely because he was forced by himself.
And since his own trump card was still held back, the advantage was naturally on his side.
"Hey, I say, in front of me, you shouldn't refer to yourself as this old man, should you?"
Hashirama Senju complained while making a starting stance.
A string of black lines immediately appeared on Ay's head.
But he was immediately drawn to the golden light emanating from Hashirama Senju's body.
"This is..." Ay's pupils suddenly contracted.
He clearly felt Hashirama Senju's aura rising linearly, bringing him an extremely strong sense of oppression.
In the blink of an eye.
That golden light formed a Thousand-Handed Buddha completely composed of chakra around Hashirama Senju!
It was like a compressed, miniaturized, energy-formed 'True Several Thousand Hands' about ten-odd meters tall!
To put it simply, it was another type of Susanoo, which he had learned from the Fire Temple.
"Sage Art: Summit Transformation Buddha"
As Hashirama Senju softly chanted, one arm of the golden Buddha instantly transformed into a light fist and struck towards Ay.
Ay immediately turned into black lightning and dodged, but more light fists came at him.
They were overwhelming, dense, and layered, with almost no gaps visible.
His line of sight was completely covered by countless golden fist shadows, leaving Ay with nowhere to dodge. He could only brace himself and meet the attack head-on, turning his black lightning-covered arms into streaks of afterimage, engaging in an earth-shattering, continuous fierce battle with it!
【Bang bang bang bang bang】
The endless violent expansion produced a terrifying rumble that was hard to describe.
Strong gale and huge waves vented wildly in all directions.
The giant head of the wood golem was rapidly flattened, shattered, and sunken in the violent tremors.
Golden fist shadows and black lightning filled both sides of the sky in a stalemate.
Soon, the air was stirred to its limit, completely forming a tornado storm that swept across the entire field at the edges.
Golden light flashed within, black lightning erupted, and the deafening explosion sound was endless.
But after only a moment, everyone noticed that the golden light began to overpower the black lightning, completely submerging it, yet still wildly pouring out fist shadows.
No one knew how many times Ay had been subjected to bombardment in those few seconds!
It must be said that although Hashirama Senju had learned it for a shorter time.
He used it more perfectly than the ninja monks at the Fire Temple, including the abbot.
At least they couldn't maintain the original state of the golden phantasm that appeared during attack and defense. Instead, it turned into a crimson color that made people feel unease.
But this was a manifestation of insufficient control over Sage Mode chakra.
It turned the originally calm and peaceful Kannon Buddha into the so-called Wrathful Vajra.
But here with Hashirama Senju.
The Thousand-Handed Buddha on his body showed no change, silently covering the area where Ay was located with fist shadow firepower.
It continued until it had smashed him from high altitude to the ground, along with the Red Line, before finally stopping.
"Wow, that looks terrifying. Fleet Admiral Sengoku, how does he compare to you?"
Borsalino let out a somewhat humorous exclamation, then looked at Sengoku with a crooked mouth.
Sengoku was expressionless, glancing at this guy: "This old man and Hashirama are already friends."
At the Summit War scene.
Hashirama Senju maintained the pure Sage Art version of 'True Several Thousand Hands', standing on the edge of the headless wood golem's neck, overlooking the area below, which was enveloped in a large amount of thick smoke.
【Whoosh————】
When he controlled the wood golem to swing its giant palm and blow away the smoke.
He immediately saw that the area had become ruined Red Line ground, a huge dent sunken dozens of meters deep.
And Ay's entire body's clothing was tattered, his mouth and chest covered in blood, kneeling in the center position of the deepest part.
Only his body size and appearance had undergone a huge change...
"So that's it, you ate a Devil Fruit?"
Hashirama Senju looked at Ay, who had many beastly features on his body, and said softly.
No wonder Ay's strength was surprisingly large when they were competing in taijutsu earlier.
He originally thought it was the multiple enhancements brought by the Perfect Cell Enhancement Serum, Armament Haki, and Black Lightning Chakra Mode.
Now it seemed that on top of those, there was also the boost from a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
Below.
Ay felt his injuries rapidly self-healing and his strength recovering as he stood up.
He had lingering fear; thinking about the offensive just now, he truly had lingering fear!
If not for the beast form granted by Armament Haki and the Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability.
He would definitely not be able to get up right now...
At this moment, Ay's eyes glowed with faint blue light, and he had two golden horns on his head.
His originally dark yellow long hair had turned silver-white, and the teeth in his mouth had become sharper.
On his greenish-blue skin, rough yellow carapace appeared, with silver-white electric flash flowing in the gaps.
A thick and long dragon tail with jagged pointed horns on its edges had also grown behind him. A gentle flick could generate powerful wind and waves and lightning.
"That's right, this old man ate the Zoan-type Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Danger Beast Zinogre Form!"
Ay felt the strength inside his body reaching its peak, and a confident smile appeared on his face:
"If you've already used up all your trump cards, then I'll gladly accept the victory of this battle, Hashirama Senju!"
Hashirama Senju also smiled upon hearing this: "You probably haven't awakened it yet, right? Just this much improvement isn't enough to defeat me!"
"Enough or not, we'll know after fighting!" Ay retorted without showing weakness.
As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of silver-white lightning erupted from his body, and then the Black Lightning Chakra Mode reappeared.
【Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz!】
White lightning and black lightning intertwined around Ay's body.
Making him look like a powerful deity who controls thunder in myth.
Above, Hashirama Senju's dazzling golden Thousand-Handed Buddha stood ready.
"You are indeed qualified to bear the name 'Raikage', but whether you can pass this Summit War depends on yourself..."
"That's for sure!!"
Ay bent his arms at his waist, roared up at the sky towards the giant wood golem before him.
【Boom——————】
Thunder sounded again. The black and white intertwined lightning exploded all the Red Line within a one-kilometer radius.
Carrying a mighty and terrifying momentum, it rushed towards the golden fist shadows that were once again attacking from all over the sky.
(End of this chapter)
"Hiss—*pant*—"
In the center of the crater covered in cracks, Ay, with black lightning surging all over his body, took a deep breath and stood up.
His gaze towards Hashirama Senju was incredibly solemn, but his fighting intent hadn't diminished in the slightest.
The most troublesome aspect of the opponent's Wood Release was its ability to absorb chakra.
This caused the power of any ninjutsu that touched it to be greatly weakened.
So, this was a problem he had to solve.
But even Madara Uchiha hadn't overcome this problem in half his life, so what could he do?
"Looks like I can't clash head-on with him anymore. That's really annoying."
Ay spat to the side.
Immediately, with a 'boom', he transformed back into black lightning and shot straight into the clouds.
However, this time he didn't rush towards the wood golem. Instead, he pulled back a distance until he was at the same height as Hashirama Senju.
"Your wood golem is indeed very strong, but my speed is also far superior to yours!"
Maintaining his 'Black Lightning Chakra Mode', Ay floated at high altitude, staring directly at Hashirama Senju.
"Oh?"
Hashirama Senju raised an eyebrow in surprise, thinking to himself, "Indeed, this Raikage's speed is truly astonishing."
At the same time.
Ay surged again, diving down from above at high speed. The wood golem beneath Hashirama Senju didn't show any weakness either.
Its fists were once again stained with dark black glow, stirring up surging gale and huge waves, and struck with full force towards the incoming black lightning.
However, the black lightning chose not to clash head-on. Instead, it rapidly dodged sideways, almost grazing the wood golem's arm as it continued to approach Hashirama Senju.
This was the method Ay had thought of.
In his opinion, Madara Uchiha couldn't defeat Hashirama Senju because he didn't have his speed.
He could only rely on his Perfect Susanoo to fight him head-on.
Of course, that couldn't defeat a wood golem with chakra absorption ability.
As for himself, he only needed to target Hashirama Senju himself. As for the wood golem, he could just avoid it directly.
Just then, hundreds and thousands of vines suddenly grew from the surface of the giant, thick, and long wood golem arm.
They were like countless ferocious pythons, attacking the black lightning from all directions.
Immediately after, large, crimson flowers bloomed between the tree branches.
When their petals unfurled, they instantly sprayed out a large amount of dark yellow pollen.
In the blink of an eye, it spread to every corner between the wood golem's arms.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Hashirama Senju maintained the hand seal posture with his hands, his sharp eyes fixed on the imposing black lightning.
【Buzz buzz buzz buzz——————】
The incredibly dense pollen, like waves, continuously invaded the black lightning on Ay's body, wearing down its energy and power.
Coupled with the dense, crisscrossing vine interception, it truly brought him considerable pressure.
Ay could only release various Lightning Release techniques to clear the pollen and vines in front of him, creating space for his breakthrough.
However, the vines and pollen were endless, and as time passed, their scale grew larger and larger.
This caused the battle to turn into a battle of chakra amount again, and his breakthrough progress became increasingly slow.
Helplessly, he had to give up on continuing forward and quickly left the airspace near the wood golem's arm.
"Damn it, this layered defense is truly annoying!"
Ay glared with wide eyes, looking at Hashirama Senju, who was still holding his hands in front of his chest on top of the wood golem's head, wearing a smile.
"What's wrong? Is that all?"
"To become a Raikage who can stand alongside us, you must at least have the strength to injure me!" Hashirama Senju laughed heartily.
But his tone held no mockery, instead carrying clear encouragement.
"Says the guy who acts like he can hurt me!" Ay pouted and gave a cold snort.
It was difficult for him to approach Hashirama Senju, but it wasn't an easy matter for Hashirama Senju to hit him either.
"Hahaha, but you're the challenger!" Hashirama Senju teased.
Ay was instantly speechless.
Although one of the rules of the Summit War was that lasting five days also counted as success.
But as a strong individual, how could he not want to defeat the opponent as quickly as possible?
"Then let's try this technique..."
Ay's gaze was firm. He slowly raised his right hand, bending four of his fingers, leaving only his index finger pointing upwards.
Hell Stab: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite!
He condensed a large amount of Armament Haki and Black Lightning Chakra onto his finger.
Across from him, Hashirama Senju slowly lowered his hands from his chest, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
Because he could faintly sense that this technique of Ay's was enough to pose a significant threat to him.
【Swish————】
The next second, the black lightning reappeared.
Following a Z-shaped trajectory, it flashed past the incoming wood golem's punch in the blink of an eye.
Then, it attacked Hashirama Senju on top of the head from the outside of the right arm.
This way, only the vines and pollen growing on the right arm could cause him obstruction.
But these alone could not stop the black lightning, which was several times stronger in power.
It was like a black spear capable of god-slaying, heading towards Hashirama Senju's position.
"Wood Release: Wood Barrier Technique!" Hashirama Senju dared not be careless.
He immediately created a giant wood shield with fanged demon faces on its surface around him.
This was the strongest defense technique among his Wood Release techniques, one that even Madara Uchiha's 'Armored Susanoo' couldn't cut through.
But when the black lightning descended from the sky, striking heavily at the center of the brow on the wood shield's demon face.
Centered on the point of contact, the surface first rapidly turned red under high temperature, and then visible cracks actually appeared.
Finally, it completely broke open an opening, allowing Ay to successfully break through into the interior of the 'Wood Barrier', instantly penetrating and shattering Hashirama Senju, who was inside with a face full of astonishment!
But precisely because of this, Ay was not happy but instead became angry.
How could Hashirama Senju be killed so easily?
"Wood Clone!"
Looking at the shattered wood fragments scattered on the ground, Ay gnashed his teeth.
He had to admit, these Wood Clones were truly difficult to distinguish; even Observation Haki was useless.
【Bang!】
Just then, the opening he had just broken through suddenly recovered completely, and the chakra on his body rapidly drained towards the surrounding wood walls.
Because the Wood Barrier Technique was also a sealing jutsu, it could completely absorb even the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb in a short time.
So, if he lingered here for even a moment, he might be completely drained of chakra.
But the problem was that Ay could come in, and naturally, he could also go out. After all, the defense power of the Wood Barrier was even tougher on the outside.
【Boom————】
Indeed, the black lightning just surged upwards, breaking open another hole and returning to the vast blue sky and white clouds.
This was the power of 'Armament Haki: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite'!
"Oh my, that's really impressive. The Wood Barrier Technique was broken."
On the giant left arm of the wood golem, Hashirama Senju felt quite emotional seeing this scene.
"This is something even Madara couldn't do!"
Inside the Sea Ninja Village on Wano Island.
Madara Uchiha, who had taken time out from his Dust Release cultivation to watch the live broadcast of this battle, turned ashen upon hearing this.
What did he mean, something he couldn't do?
Yes, he couldn't do it before, but now he was fully capable of cutting through the Wood Barrier Technique!
Why did it sound like he was weaker than this Ay?
Madara Uchiha muttered in a low voice, "Hmph, when you come back, I'll immediately give you a performance of cutting through the Wood Barrier with a blade, and it must be cleaner and more decisive than him."
At the Summit War scene, Hashirama Senju was jumping back and forth on the wood golem.
He continuously used various Wood Release ninjutsu to fiercely exchange blows with Ay, who had transformed into black lightning.
No, it should be said that he was dealing with the pursuit of 'Armament Haki: Black Lightning: One-Finger Nukite'!
"So fast, my naked eyes can barely keep up. The power isn't something the current Wood Release can block either."
Hashirama Senju felt it was time to enter his next state.
With a thought, his originally black eyes instantly turned orange-yellow, and green markings appeared around the edges of his eyes.
"Sage Mode!"
In this state, his strength was enhanced in all aspects.
Especially the amplification in perception allowed him to more accurately determine Ay's position.
But immediately, his eyes turned into scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan again.
"Madara, let me borrow your strength!" Hashirama Senju thought to himself.
Indeed, under the powerful insight of the Sharingan, the incredibly fast black lightning seemed to have slowed down considerably.
This way, both his eyesight and perception were sufficient to resist Ay's speed!
Crucially, the Wood Release infused with Sage Mode chakra became even tougher, and even black lightning could no longer easily shatter them.
This caused the fierce battle between the two sides to fall into a stalemate once again.
Or rather, Hashirama Senju was now able to confront Ay head-on, even engaging in a taijutsu battle.
After all, he could also use Armament Haki to protect his body and resist the continuous bombardment of black lightning.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
On top of the giant wood golem, Hashirama Senju once again summoned a majestic wood dragon to entangle with Ay alongside himself.
This scene was simply incomparable to the previous Top 100 Competition.
It was practically a great battle between gods and demons!
It wasn't that Hashirama Senju didn't want to use 'True Several Thousand Hands'.
The main reason was that Ay wasn't like Madara Uchiha, who would summon a 'Gundam'; his target was very small.
Moreover, he could fly at super high speed like lightning in the air, so even if he used 'Sage Art: Summit Transformation Buddha', there was an eighty percent chance it would be dodged.
What was the point if it couldn't hit?
That would just be a waste of chakra. The current him was not in 'Edo Tensei state' and didn't have infinite chakra recovery.
"So strong!"
"As expected of the man known as the 'God of Shinobi', to be this strong..."
At this moment, Ay was also greatly shocked.
He originally thought his current strength was already powerful enough, but he didn't expect Hashirama Senju could still resist him!
"Fortunately, I still have a trump card, and his Sage Mode should be his strongest state."
Actually, he could also learn Sage Mode now.
It was just that he had invested most of his energy into other cultivation recently.
After this Summit War ended, he would definitely choose a Sage Jutsu style to study.
It was just that he looked down on toads, serpents, and Katsuyu somewhat, but he could only bite the bullet and choose one.
The battle between the two continued.
The wildly erupting black lightning almost completely enveloped the upper body of the wood golem.
Wave after wave of sonic boom, like real thunder, continuously echoed throughout the entire RL1111 Zone of the Red Line landmass.
Tourists and duelists from the neighboring 'Duel City' had already confirmed that a battle was happening in the distance.
Some curious people wanted to approach but were stopped by the army soldiers and officers the Army Headquarters had arranged beforehand.
This left them standing at the edges of the RL1111 and RL1112 Zones.
They saw the boundless savage tree sea and the black glow occasionally flashing in the sky.
A few people who could fly flew into the air and could vaguely see a giant figure, seemingly a hundred meters tall, at the end of their line of sight, bathed in the sky-filling black lightning, with loud dragon roars occasionally emanating from it.
As for these people, as long as they didn't intend to continue approaching Area RL1111.
The army soldiers responsible for guarding did not obstruct them much.
At this time, the mage's advantage became apparent. Not only could they fly on magic wands, but they could also use 'Far Sight Technique' to see a clearer picture.
Honestly, the 'Far Sight Magic' of the Familiar of Zero world had affected the Hyuga Clan to a certain extent.
After all, most of the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan could only see up to one kilometer.
But with 'Far Sight Magic', the more magic power consumed, the farther one could see.
However, it did not have the X-ray function, which gave the Byakugan an advantage in that regard.
So, they could only see a rough outline; more specific battle situations were impossible.
Whether it was Hashirama Senju or Ay, the speed of their current exchange had long exceeded the upper limit that most people's vision could capture.
But this was already enough to make this group of people continuously exclaim, marveling at the terror of the true Sea Star powerhouses.
At the same time.
Im, Garp, the Five Elders, Raimon, Sengoku, Zephyr, Kuzan, Newgate, Borsalino, Shiki, Kaido, and other higher-ups were also silently observing the battle situation of this first Summit War.
In this regard, it truly gave Hashirama Senju and Ay a lot of face.
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office at the Marine Headquarters on the moon.
Borsalino, while peeling a banana in his hand, teased Enel, who was sitting next to Kuzan, with a crooked mouth.
"Enel, why do I feel like this 'Lightning Minister' is even stronger than you are now?"
Enel, sitting on the sofa opposite, his expression darkened upon hearing this.
He had just arrived not long ago and was already annoyed by this guy.
Although Enel was only a Vice Admiral, his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and his current strength, which far surpassed that of a Vice Admiral, gave him the qualification to sit here at any time.
In the eyes of many Marine officers, Enel would likely become a Marine Admiral in the future.
But honestly, Ay's performance in the picture did make it impossible for him to say he was guaranteed victory.
He was only twenty-one years old now. No matter how fast his growth speed was, it couldn't be too outrageous.
After all, not everyone had protagonist treatment.
And being twenty-one years old and having Enel's current strength was already very terrifying!
"Hmph, my evaluation is that he's not bad, but definitely not as good as me."
Enel answered Borsalino with a proud lift of his chin.
"Perhaps."
Borsalino didn't mind, took a bite of the banana's fruit flesh, and squinted his eyes, enjoying it.
Anyway, from his perspective.
The current Enel and Ay were about the same; if they truly fought, the victory or defeat was an unknown.
"Hmph!"
Enel, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, turned his head away unhappily, while Kuzan, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up.
"Aren't you watching anymore?"
Sengoku, behind the office desk, asked in surprise.
Kuzan smiled, "Arara, I estimate they won't finish fighting for a while. I'm going back for a nap." After saying that, he said hello to Borsalino and Enel and left the office.
Sengoku looked speechlessly at his back, thinking to himself:
"Kuzan, just how strong have you become now? Why can't I sense your aura anymore?"
Sengoku truly regretted that no one was challenging Kuzan; otherwise, he might have been able to see some clues.
In his Observation Haki perception, Kuzan was like a completely normal ice cube.
Although he faintly carried a chill and a faint cold wind when he walked, his specific strength was indistinguishable.
Could it be that he had deliberately concealed his aura?
Just like the conquered otherworlds were learning the Sea Star's power system.
These Sea Star powerhouses were actually also absorbing the excellent aspects of the otherworlds.
For example, the technique of aura concealment mastered by Meilard from the Imperial Arms world was absorbed into 'Observation Kill'.
So now, the 'Observation Kill' mastered by these military high command.
Besides preventing others from predicting their future, it could also block the opponent's sensory ability.
In other words, other people's Observation Haki could no longer sense their aura when they were in the 'Observation Kill' state.
However, as long as they made intense movement, such as launching an attack, they would lose the 'aura concealment' effect.
On the Red Line, RL1111 Zone, at the Summit War battlefield.
Hashirama Senju in Sage Mode and Ay in Black Lightning Chakra Mode had been fighting fiercely for over two hours.
Both sides had brought their respective combat experience into full play.
The terrifying aura of strong individuals clashing head-on was extremely shocking, highlighted by the wood dragon and black lightning.
However, their stamina was still abundant!
Hashirama Senju needed no explanation.
Ay, on the other hand, originally possessed the stamina to battle ten thousand ninja for three days and nights.
The current him was naturally even more powerful and fierce; a mere two hours was just a warm-up.
"If this is all you have, then you probably won't be able to stand off with me for five days!"
After repelling Ay again, Hashirama Senju suddenly stopped his actions and laughed loudly:
"Because next, I will become a bit stronger. Can you handle it?"
"What?!"
Ay was startled, thinking to himself, "Does this guy also have a trump card?"
Immediately, he retorted without politeness, "Alright, then this old man wants to see what other technique you're hiding!"
In Ay's view, Hashirama Senju revealing his trump card early was purely because he was forced by himself.
And since his own trump card was still held back, the advantage was naturally on his side.
"Hey, I say, in front of me, you shouldn't refer to yourself as this old man, should you?"
Hashirama Senju complained while making a starting stance.
A string of black lines immediately appeared on Ay's head.
But he was immediately drawn to the golden light emanating from Hashirama Senju's body.
"This is..." Ay's pupils suddenly contracted.
He clearly felt Hashirama Senju's aura rising linearly, bringing him an extremely strong sense of oppression.
In the blink of an eye.
That golden light formed a Thousand-Handed Buddha completely composed of chakra around Hashirama Senju!
It was like a compressed, miniaturized, energy-formed 'True Several Thousand Hands' about ten-odd meters tall!
To put it simply, it was another type of Susanoo, which he had learned from the Fire Temple.
"Sage Art: Summit Transformation Buddha"
As Hashirama Senju softly chanted, one arm of the golden Buddha instantly transformed into a light fist and struck towards Ay.
Ay immediately turned into black lightning and dodged, but more light fists came at him.
They were overwhelming, dense, and layered, with almost no gaps visible.
His line of sight was completely covered by countless golden fist shadows, leaving Ay with nowhere to dodge. He could only brace himself and meet the attack head-on, turning his black lightning-covered arms into streaks of afterimage, engaging in an earth-shattering, continuous fierce battle with it!
【Bang bang bang bang bang】
The endless violent expansion produced a terrifying rumble that was hard to describe.
Strong gale and huge waves vented wildly in all directions.
The giant head of the wood golem was rapidly flattened, shattered, and sunken in the violent tremors.
Golden fist shadows and black lightning filled both sides of the sky in a stalemate.
Soon, the air was stirred to its limit, completely forming a tornado storm that swept across the entire field at the edges.
Golden light flashed within, black lightning erupted, and the deafening explosion sound was endless.
But after only a moment, everyone noticed that the golden light began to overpower the black lightning, completely submerging it, yet still wildly pouring out fist shadows.
No one knew how many times Ay had been subjected to bombardment in those few seconds!
It must be said that although Hashirama Senju had learned it for a shorter time.
He used it more perfectly than the ninja monks at the Fire Temple, including the abbot.
At least they couldn't maintain the original state of the golden phantasm that appeared during attack and defense. Instead, it turned into a crimson color that made people feel unease.
But this was a manifestation of insufficient control over Sage Mode chakra.
It turned the originally calm and peaceful Kannon Buddha into the so-called Wrathful Vajra.
But here with Hashirama Senju.
The Thousand-Handed Buddha on his body showed no change, silently covering the area where Ay was located with fist shadow firepower.
It continued until it had smashed him from high altitude to the ground, along with the Red Line, before finally stopping.
"Wow, that looks terrifying. Fleet Admiral Sengoku, how does he compare to you?"
Borsalino let out a somewhat humorous exclamation, then looked at Sengoku with a crooked mouth.
Sengoku was expressionless, glancing at this guy: "This old man and Hashirama are already friends."
At the Summit War scene.
Hashirama Senju maintained the pure Sage Art version of 'True Several Thousand Hands', standing on the edge of the headless wood golem's neck, overlooking the area below, which was enveloped in a large amount of thick smoke.
【Whoosh————】
When he controlled the wood golem to swing its giant palm and blow away the smoke.
He immediately saw that the area had become ruined Red Line ground, a huge dent sunken dozens of meters deep.
And Ay's entire body's clothing was tattered, his mouth and chest covered in blood, kneeling in the center position of the deepest part.
Only his body size and appearance had undergone a huge change...
"So that's it, you ate a Devil Fruit?"
Hashirama Senju looked at Ay, who had many beastly features on his body, and said softly.
No wonder Ay's strength was surprisingly large when they were competing in taijutsu earlier.
He originally thought it was the multiple enhancements brought by the Perfect Cell Enhancement Serum, Armament Haki, and Black Lightning Chakra Mode.
Now it seemed that on top of those, there was also the boost from a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.
Below.
Ay felt his injuries rapidly self-healing and his strength recovering as he stood up.
He had lingering fear; thinking about the offensive just now, he truly had lingering fear!
If not for the beast form granted by Armament Haki and the Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability.
He would definitely not be able to get up right now...
At this moment, Ay's eyes glowed with faint blue light, and he had two golden horns on his head.
His originally dark yellow long hair had turned silver-white, and the teeth in his mouth had become sharper.
On his greenish-blue skin, rough yellow carapace appeared, with silver-white electric flash flowing in the gaps.
A thick and long dragon tail with jagged pointed horns on its edges had also grown behind him. A gentle flick could generate powerful wind and waves and lightning.
"That's right, this old man ate the Zoan-type Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Danger Beast Zinogre Form!"
Ay felt the strength inside his body reaching its peak, and a confident smile appeared on his face:
"If you've already used up all your trump cards, then I'll gladly accept the victory of this battle, Hashirama Senju!"
Hashirama Senju also smiled upon hearing this: "You probably haven't awakened it yet, right? Just this much improvement isn't enough to defeat me!"
"Enough or not, we'll know after fighting!" Ay retorted without showing weakness.
As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of silver-white lightning erupted from his body, and then the Black Lightning Chakra Mode reappeared.
【Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz!】
White lightning and black lightning intertwined around Ay's body.
Making him look like a powerful deity who controls thunder in myth.
Above, Hashirama Senju's dazzling golden Thousand-Handed Buddha stood ready.
"You are indeed qualified to bear the name 'Raikage', but whether you can pass this Summit War depends on yourself..."
"That's for sure!!"
Ay bent his arms at his waist, roared up at the sky towards the giant wood golem before him.
【Boom——————】
Thunder sounded again. The black and white intertwined lightning exploded all the Red Line within a one-kilometer radius.
Carrying a mighty and terrifying momentum, it rushed towards the golden fist shadows that were once again attacking from all over the sky.
(End of this chapter)
