Hashirama, sensing the terrifying attack, controlled the Wood Golem to release his hands without hesitation.
His body even rolled like a donkey, dodging to the side.
"It's too late to think about dodging now."
As Feng Xu's emotionless judgment fell, the dazzling light on the blade, mixed with black patterns, transformed into a massive sword beam that reached the heavens and earth, splitting downwards!
Swish—!
Just like the dawn light piercing through the morning!
The sword beam instantly passed through half of the Wood Golem's body, tore apart the ground beneath his feet, and pierced through the buildings in its path.
Finally, it carried a furious wind that ripped up the earth and trees, rushing towards the distant, towering mountain range.
The next second, all was silent.
Then, a deafening explosion echoed!
Rumble!!!
After the loud bang, terrifying flames shot into the sky!
A colossal fireball, golden-red with black patterns, rapidly expanded, engulfing the entire distant mountain range!
Trees, soil, rocks, and everything within the mountains were completely annihilated!
Ultimately, all that remained was a scorching, blood-red half-moon crater on the ground, facing the sky!
"Gulp—"
Deidara, who was watching the battle from afar, swallowed a large mouthful of saliva, his mouth dry.
Then he looked at the two giants, fifty meters tall, like ancient deities.
He couldn't help but bite his cheek with the mouth in the center of his palm.
"It hurts!"
"It's real, I'm not dreaming!"
Deidara, with excitement and agitation on his face, shouted to Sasori.
"Master Sasori, did you see that? The art of wind is also an explosion!"
"And he has the same eyes as that guy Itachi, but he's pursuing the same art as me!"
"That golden-red explosion, as brilliant as the sun, is simply the ultimate art that cannot be surpassed!"
Deidara's sense of identification with Feng Xu reached its peak at this moment.
It was like the admiration and yearning a junior in a certain field feels upon meeting a senior!
Sasori ignored Deidara, who was in a daze.
Instead, he stared intently at the destructive power of Feng Xu's single strike, his eyes fixed.
Then he turned his head to look at the Wood Golem, which had lost almost half of his body.
"It was just such an easy strike..."
Previously, the Wood Golem, which was more than half shorter, had beaten them easily, and they couldn't even break through his defense.
But the black armored giant created by Feng Xu defeated him with just one strike!
Is this the disparity in the world, the gap between Ninja?
It truly is cruel to the extreme!
If Deidara saw superb art, then he saw deep despair and powerlessness.
Before, Sasori only thought that Feng Xu was just one level stronger than him.
But now, Sasori felt that in front of Feng Xu, he was no different from an ordinary insect, easily crushed with a flick of a hand.
This disparity was like an elephant and an ant, a bright moon and a firefly.
Just that one strike, unleashing a sword beam like a natural disaster—
Even if he had several times more puppets, reaching the level of a thousand or even ten thousand machines—
They would instantly turn to dust, leaving not even a trace!
Moreover, he was now certain that Pain, as the leader, would definitely not be able to defeat Feng Xu with the black armored giant.
Even if Feng Xu intended to destroy the Akatsuki Organization, he believed the Akatsuki Organization would surely lose.
Even if everyone joined together, they would just be a cluster of ants, easily crushed with one foot!
The strength of the two sides was completely on different dimensions!
Of course, Sasori came to this conclusion because he naturally believed that most of the Akatsuki Organization members were similar in strength to him.
Even if they were stronger, it would only be by one level, allowing him to fight back a bit.
But facing Feng Xu in front of him, he truly had no way to fight back; he would be on the ground in an instant!
Just as shocked as Sasori and Deidara was Hashirama himself.
Unable to even block a single strike, he controlled the Wood Golem to retreat rapidly without hesitation.
He didn't even care about his appearance, making the Wood Golem jump by supporting himself on one hand and one foot.
"Just a Shadow Clone can possess such strength; Feng Xu's true self must already be no weaker than Madara and me in our prime!"
"If it weren't for him still caring about Naruto..."
Thinking of this, Hashirama's face couldn't help but show a bitter and heartfelt smile.
"Monkey, to ruin a person who could change the Ninja World like this, you truly are a sinner of Konoha!"
As soon as Hashirama finished complaining, his expression froze, and the Wood Golem beneath him also inexplicably stopped, then turned his body!
"My body is out of control!?"
"No, this is a Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu!"
Boom!
Accompanying Hashirama's exclamation, a giant object landed in front of Hashirama.
It was the golden-red giant clad in black Susanoo armor!
Feng Xu, upon landing, said nothing superfluous.
He directly swung the long sword burning with Amaterasu, slicing the Wood Golem and Hashirama into pieces.
The scattered sword energy aftershocks once again added several dozens of meters long ravines to the earth.
As Hashirama, who had fallen, regained control of his body, his shattered body also successfully recovered.
The black armored giant in front of him suddenly disappeared, replaced by Feng Xu, with many chains floating behind him.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains?"
"It seems I've completely lost..."
Hashirama, anticipating his fate, no longer resisted but knelt on the ground.
The chains behind Feng Xu also snaked out like spiritual serpents, encircling and sealing Hashirama.
Through the gaps in the chains, Hashirama sighed deeply, his forehead heavily bowed, his hands crossed on the ground in front of him.
"Feng Xu, the grievances between Konoha and you are beyond my control, and I cannot manage them."
"But please grant me one last request... absorb those innocent Konoha Ninja into the Four Stars Village you established."
"If needed, you can find me to persuade them. Please..."
Chapter 176: The Art Duo's Allegiance, Tobirama's Escape Back to Konoha
Hashirama's idea was simple.
Since the ordinary villagers who, under the deception of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others, bullied and discriminated against Naruto were destined to come to a bad end, he could only abandon them and save the Ninja in the Village who had not targeted Naruto, and even showed kindness.
Having inherited the will of fire, they would surely bring these ideals to life in Feng Xu's newly established Village, which lacked ideological foundations.
Perhaps the reborn will of fire would undergo some changes.
But this was already the greatest effort he, a dead man, could make.
In fact, even if the inherited will remained unchanged, there would still be bad apples like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo; Hashirama had come to terms with this.
Feng Xu did not respond to Hashirama's idea of joining if he couldn't beat him.
He just pondered, waiting for the Adamantine Sealing Chains to completely close and complete the sealing.
As countless chains wrapped and coiled, completely binding Hashirama into a mummy, Feng Xu finally spoke: "I will naturally give opportunities to those Ninja who have no enmity with me."
"You don't need to worry or persuade them."
"Of course, all of this is predicated on them being sensible, not provoking me, and being able to please me."
Feng Xu was not some soft-hearted person who would take in any trash.
As for taking out his anger on others, so what?
They should blame their bad luck for being born in Konoha Village.
If they truly wanted to join his ranks, it was also very simple; Feng Xu needed a unique pledge of allegiance.
For example, killing a few members of the Konoha F4 families or ordinary villagers could earn them a spot?
He was indeed not a good person, but he wasn't some inhuman devil either, right?
Hashirama in the seal seemed to have heard Feng Xu's words, letting out a faint sigh.
As Deidara and Sasori approached from afar, Feng Xu waved his hand, carving the Flying Thunder God jutsu formula onto the Adamantine Sealing Chains, causing them to teleport back to Four Stars Village and disappear from their original spot.
At the same time, the removed Four Stars Mask was placed back on his face.
"Feng, I admit your art is superior to mine. From now on, I completely submit to you and will obey your commands!"
"But you have to give me more Tailed Beast Chakra; I also want to achieve that brilliant level you have, hm!"
Deidara, who had just approached, gestured with his hands, describing the massive explosion he had just witnessed, which destroyed a mountain range stretching for thousands of meters.
His face still had a lingering flush, clearly not yet recovered from the excitement of the explosion.
Sasori, however, frowned, looking at the empty ground, and asked, "Mr. Feng, where did that Edo Tensei puppet of the God of Shinobi go? Did you seal him?"
Sasori, completely intimidated by Feng Xu's strength, had even changed his form of address to a respectful one.
If Feng Xu hadn't requested him to stay in the Akatsuki Organization for now, he would have already started calling him leader or boss.
"He couldn't be killed, so Feng naturally sealed him," Deidara interjected directly, answering for Feng Xu.
Feng Xu, in turn, glanced at Sasori and asked, "That's right, but why do you ask?"
Sasori did not hide anything and spoke frankly.
"I plan to go to Orochimaru's base to find the Edo Tensei secret jutsu, and then try to control this powerful Edo Tensei puppet as part of my collection."
As a puppet master, Sasori had been coveting the Edo Tensei ever since he saw Orochimaru use it.
This was also partly why he had been so focused on hunting down Orochimaru.
"I see."
Upon hearing this, Feng Xu, who knew the plot, did not expose Sasori's desire to revive his parents.
Instead, he continued, "I've just been to Orochimaru's base; everything inside has been cleared out. You won't find what you're looking for there."