Here goes nothing…

Just as the thought flashed in Seimei's mind, he immediately formed a single-handed seal and puffed his cheeks.

Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets

He spat a total of fifteen vacuum bullets with deadly penetrative power and launched them toward Hashirama, targeting his vitals.

These deadly bullets were capable of penetrating the ground to kill underground enemies and piercing through thick walls made by Earth-style Wall Jutsu.

Even employing Earth Release: Hardening Technique wouldn't be able to save a ninja's life if the ninja got hit by this almost bug-level Wind Release Ninjutsu.

And what did Hashirama do facing these deadly vacuum bullets?

He stood still and snapped his fingers with a faint smile.

And at the next moment, a thick wall of greenish-brown wood containing extreme vitality rose from the ground, blocking the vacuum bullets before they could even touch Hashirama.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The barrage of fifteen vacuum bullets collided with the wooden walls. The bullets blasted a big chunk of the wooden wall with a loud bang, causing wooden splinters to fly into the air.

However, they couldn't even penetrate the wooden wall halfway through before losing their power. And that wasn't all.

As soon as the barrage of vacuum bullets ended, the damaged wooden wall sprang into life as the damaged parts were repaired within seconds.

"The true Wood Release is really unreasonable," muttered Seimei as he prepared to cast his next Ninjutsu.

However, before he could do that, the ground around him suddenly moved.

Ten human-sized hands made of earth emerged from the ground and tried to capture him. If he got captured by them, it would be game over for him.

Left with no other choice, he was forced to abandon casting Ninjutsu to dodge the earthen hands that were determined to capture him and give him a 'nice' whole body massage.

It would be a true bone-breaking experience. One that Seimei had no intention of experiencing any more.

Seimei frantically dodged hand after hand before using Thunder Body Flicker to retreat and create a distance of at least fifty meters between him and the giant earthen hands.

However, the earthen hands, like a leech sensing warm blood, stretched toward Seimei.

Seimei, on the other hand, wasted no time. He quickly used one of his signature Jutsu that countered most Earth Release Ninjutsu, including these giant earthen hands.

Lightning Release: Chidori Stream

Countless bolts of lightning burst out of Seimei's right hand before they spread around him like an entangling web of slithering, deadly lightning bolts.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dense amount of chaotic lightning bolts soon met the earthen hands before blasting them into pieces with the sound of a grenade explosion.

Amidst the chaotic scene of the explosion, Seimei quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to arrive within 10 meters of Hashirama before forming a hand seal to gather a large amount of Water Release chakra in his throat.

Water Release: Water Severing Wave

Seimei spat a five-centimeter-wide, thin, high-pressure beam of water with enough penetrative power to cut through tough steel blocks like butter at Hashirama.

Seeing the deadly wave of water, Hashirama immediately dodged sideways, only to find three one-meter-long spears made of destructive purple lightning charging at him at a breakneck speed.

They were three destructive lightning spears with high penetrative power, created by Seimei's Lightning Release: False Darkness Jutsu, which Seimei launched as soon as he predicted Hashirama dodging sideways.

However, dodged them with ease, too, causing the lightning spears to miss their target and hit the unfortunate trees a couple of hundred meters away, obliterating the poor trees.

But Seimei wasn't discouraged at all.

Instead, he created another hand seal and slammed his palm on the ground.

Earth Release: Stone Dragon Bullet Technique

Soon, the ground trembled. Influenced by Seimei's enormous amount of Earth Release chakra, a nearly 20-meter-long serpentine dragon made of deep brown stone erupted from the ground and rocked toward Hashirama with the momentum of a bullet train.

Seeing the incoming stone dragon rushing at him, determined to turn him into a bloody pulp, Hashirama merely grinned.

He clenched his fist, gathered chakra in it, and punched the 20-meter-long, giant stone dragon before detonating the gathered chakra.

Chakra Enhanced Strength

Under Seimei's watchful eyes, the entire giant stone dragon seemed to halt for a second.

But soon…

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!

The stone dragon cracked before Hashirama's punch completely obliterated it with a deafening explosion.

Countless fragments of rock, which were originally a part of the stone dragon, were scattered everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Seimei finally understood how terrifying the Senju clan's secret Taijutsu technique can become in the hands of a capable ninja.

After all, it didn't seem like his uncle exerted any strength at all to destroy the giant stone dragon, even though he was only using the strength of a Kage-level ninja who had just reached the Kage level.

Forget about Wood Release for a second.

Seimei felt that this uncle of his was entirely capable of sending Nine-tails flying backward with just one punch empowered by Chakra Enhanced Strength.

God of Shinobi indeed.

Just as the commotion subsided, Hashirama began to analyze Seimei's performance so far.

"Good. Very good."

"Your reflexes are indeed impressive."

"The execution of each Jutsu was also flawless."

"And it seems that the first major physique enhancement gave a nice boost to your chakra pathway as well, allowing you to mobilize chakra with ease."

"The way you are now capable of casting Ninjutsu a fraction of a second faster than before is proof of it."

"Alright. I have seen everything I needed to check."

"Let's end this sparring session after one more round."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hashirama snapped his fingers once again as a large amount of Earth Release chakra emerged from his body and merged with the ground.

Modified Earth Release: Blunt Earth-Flow Spear

Soon, tens of blunt spears made of solid earth erupted from the ground just below Seimei's feet and all around him before pouncing toward him.

Even though Hashirama modified the spears to be blunt, getting hit by them would still hurt like hell. Even a few bones of his body might break.

The spears were too quick, and they gave Seimei no time to activate any Ninjutsu to destroy these earth spears. His retreat was blocked by the literal jungle of spears, giving him no opportunity to perform the Body Flicker Jutsu.

So, he did the next best thing he could do.

Seimei directly jumped into the air to retreat backward. However, Seimei's airborne state gave Hashirama, a combat genius, a solid opportunity to land a hit on him.

After all, most ninjas, once they jumped in the air, usually had no way to change direction midair until they landed on the ground again.

Hashirama wasted no time and gathered water chakra in his throat without even bothering to form any hand seal or use any gesture anymore.

Water Release: Water Bullet Technique

Hashirama spat a torrent of water at Seimei, who was still midair, aiming to wash him away completely.

It seemed he had no way to dodge.

However, Seimei smirked as he used Wind Release: Gale Palm Jutsu without any hand seals to release a powerful stream of air from both of his palms to change his direction midair, easily dodging the torrent of water.

Soon, he landed on a spot a hundred and twenty meters away from Hashirama, only to see his uncle charging at him, ready to end the spar with a 'fist of love.'

But would Seimei just stand there and get punched?

Of course not.

So, he immediately puffed his chest and gathered a large amount of fire chakra in his lungs.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

Seimei exhaled a large amount of flame from his mouth, which condensed into a giant, nearly seven-meter-wide fireball, radiating searing heat.

Without further ado, Seimei launched the fireball at Hashirama, who was now just 40 meters away from him, even though only a second had passed in reality.

Unfortunately, the fireball failed to halt Hashirama's charge.

He used Chakra Enhanced Strength and swatted the giant fireball with the back of his right hand. It was as if he were casually swatting some annoying fly.

And the fireball actually got neutralized without even causing any explosion. Instead, the entire Jutsu's structure crumbled, causing the fireball to fizzle out of existence with wisps of flames scattering all around Hashirama.

The scene was so shocking that Seimei couldn't help but curse, "What the fuck?"

But Seimei didn't have the luxury to stay shocked.

Because Hashirama's iron fist almost reached his face, ready to give him a panda eye while making him see literal stars.

So, Seimei immediately activated the Thunder Body Flicker Technique to dodge the fist just a few milliseconds before it could actually reach him.

Seeing Seimei's ultra-fast reaction and almost instant release of Jutsu, Hashirama raised his right eyebrow in surprise.

Of course, Hashirama also immediately sensed Seimei's new location and turned his head to him.

Hashirama exclaimed, "Nicely done."

"With this, let's call it a day."

"There is no point in continuing this anymore. You need rest, too."

Hearing this, Seimei finally sighed in relief.

Finally, it was over.

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