Yuto's fist had used nearly all his strength. With no time to defend, Asura took the blow head-on.
Sent flying from the top of the Buddha statue by Yuto's punch, he crashed into the ground below.
With a tremendous boom, Asura created a massive crater upon impact.
Due to Asura being knocked out of control, the giant Buddha statue ceased its movement. The two palms that had been about to descend upon the statue's head froze in mid-air.
Without Asura's enhancement, the Buddha statue before them was nothing more than a giant target.
Yuto stomped hard on the Buddha's head, transforming into a black blur as he rushed toward Asura with a terrifying presence.
In the mental world!
Hashirama Senju, you bastard, get out of here!!
The faint voice echoed incessantly in Hashirama's mental world.
At this moment, Hashirama's entire mental world was filled with white light.
Only at the very center, an extremely dense green light continuously swirled, as if struggling.
The surrounding white light continuously suppressed this green light, preventing it from making any larger movements.
Meanwhile, Hashirama was enveloped by this green light, accompanied by the faint voice of Yuto in his mental world.
The calm aura around Hashirama suddenly began to boil, and at the same time, the green light erupted, spreading outward.
Hashirama's eyes snapped open as he looked at his surroundings, his face extremely grim.
His body had been taken over by this chakra he hadn't even noticed!
Hashirama had always been a proud man.
If Madara's pride was on the surface, then Hashirama's was internal.
How could such a proud man tolerate someone controlling his body!
With Hashirama's awakening, the suppressed green light suddenly erupted. The white light enveloping the entire mental world began to slowly retract, gradually being replaced by the green light.
However, when the green light occupied one-third of the mental world, it stopped.
It wasn't that Hashirama didn't want to reclaim control of his body, but that he discovered within his own body, the other's will was even stronger than his own!
"Who on earth are you?"
Hashirama asked with a grim expression, staring ahead.
"My name is Asura. I am your ancestor."
"I just saved your life. Now I'm helping you eliminate your enemy."
Asura's figure slowly materialized before Hashirama, who propped his chin on his hands and spoke leisurely.
Saved my life?
Enemy?
Hashirama was slightly taken aback. Only then did he recall the jutsu Yuto had used on him earlier.
As for the enemy Asura mentioned, it was clearly Yuto.
"I will deal with Yuto myself. There's no need for your help!"
Hashirama's face was filled with ice as he spoke, then he charged directly at Asura.
Forget that Asura was his ancestor—even if it were someone close, if they controlled his body, Hashirama would turn on them!
While Hashirama and Asura clashed in the mental space, outside.
Yuto, who had rushed down from the Buddha statue, charged straight into the deep crater Asura had created.
Chakra arms erupted from Yuto's body, forming a giant chakra fist that smashed down toward Asura.
With anger and killing intent on his face, Asura slammed his hand on the ground, propelling himself upward rapidly.
Seeing Asura dodge the attack, Yuto immediately turned, wanting to pursue and attack again.
Suddenly.
Asura, who had been ascending, suddenly stiffened for a moment, then fell from the sky as if he had been petrified.
Seeing this, Yuto was stunned for a moment, then a hint of delight quickly flashed across his face.
Yuto knew he had bet correctly!
Asura's sudden appearance was completely outside Yuto's plans.
At first, Yuto had thought this was some special technique of Hashirama's.
But when Asura first attacked Yuto with the Truth-Seeking Ball and the blow went off course, Yuto began to suspect that Asura's appearance was something Hashirama himself was unaware of.
And Asura's state was clearly one of forcibly taking control of Hashirama's body, while Hashirama's own will was likely suppressed by Asura.
Seeing Asura fall from the sky, Yuto revealed a cold smile.
It seemed Hashirama's will had begun to resist.
In that case, I'll help you out a bit!
Yuto's chakra surged within his body, and he transformed into a blur once more, rushing forward.
"Damn it!"
Asura clutched his head with one hand. Seeing Yuto charging toward him, he quickly调动 the Six Paths Power within his body.
The Truth-Seeking Ball, which had been shattered by Yuto's Senjutsu attack, began to reform before Asura once more.
However, unlike the initial appearance of six Truth-Seeking Balls, Asura could now barely manage to reform a single one before him.
"Looks like your power is already weakening!"
A cold voice suddenly echoed from beside Asura.
The next moment, a giant chakra claw shot forth from the direction of the voice.
With a grim expression, Asura raised his black rod weapon and thrust it toward the incoming chakra claw.
The two collided with a sound like metal striking metal.
At the point where the black rod met the chakra claw, the Senjutsu attached to the claw rapidly consumed it.
Yuto knew that once the Senjutsu chakra was exhausted, the chakra claw would likely be shattered by the black rod.
A cold glint flashed in Asura's eyes. With a thought, the newly formed Truth-Seeking Ball shot directly toward Yuto.
Seeing the Truth-Seeking Ball leave Asura's side, a sharp glint appeared in Yuto's eyes.
White smoke suddenly erupted from Yuto's body, then dispersed like water droplets falling to the ground.
Water Clone!
At that exact moment, the real Yuto had appeared on the other side of Asura.
"Do you really think I'd fall for the same trick twice!"
Asura whipped his head around to face the real Yuto. The Truth-Seeking Ball that had been fired at the water clone changed course in mid-air, shooting toward Yuto.
"The same trick might not work, but I've already achieved my goal."
Yuto gazed at Asura before him, and the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes began to spin rapidly.
Thanks to Yuto's massive chakra reserves, which were no less than Hashirama's, the cooldown time needed to activate Kotoamatsukami had been significantly reduced.
Even so, Yuto knew that if he used it again, it would cause serious damage to his Sharingan.
But so what?
"I always keep my word. I said I would kill you, and I will!"
Yuto's eyes were filled with undisguised killing intent as he coldly stared at Asura.
Kotoamatsukami·Hikari!!
Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan suddenly lit up, then erupted with a golden light that spread over a wide area.
Tremendous ocular power surged forth, forcefully pulling at Asura's spiritual energy, attempting to drag him into a genjutsu space.
If "Kotoamatsukami" was a genjutsu that could control an enemy's will, then "Kotoamatsukami·Hikari" was a genjutsu stored in Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan that could pull an enemy's spiritual energy into a genjutsu space, completely reducing it to ashes!
A powerful pulling force erupted from the Sharingan. Asura felt a sudden dizziness in his mind.
The Truth-Seeking Ball he had fired toward Yuto also froze in mid-air.
"Damn it!!"
Asura roared in anger, his voice tinged with pain.
At the same time, Asura urged the Truth-Seeking forward once more, firing it toward Yuto.
Yuto's expression changed slightly. Asura had actually resisted this jutsu!
But now, the arrow was on the bowstring and had to be fired.
Yuto's chakra once again flowed into his Sharingan, forcefully activating it and squeezing out the ocular power to enhance the jutsu's power.
The golden light erupting from the Sharingan instantly intensified another level.
And the Truth-Seeking Ball's attack was already upon him.
Yuto could no longer dodge. He could only channel his chakra, coating his body with a layer of Senjutsu chakra for defense.
The Truth-Seeking Ball directly impacted Yuto's body, emitting a faint muffled sound.
No blood splattered as expected.
From the point of impact on his left shoulder, rapid cracks began to appear, like a porcelain doll shattering into small pieces that fell to the ground and dissipated.
At the same time, an extremely weak sensation came from his spirit.
Yuto bit his lip hard, and a chakra claw extended from his body, slicing away the cracked portion of his left shoulder.
A large amount of blood sprayed from Yuto's wound. Seeing this, Yuto's heart steadied.
Meanwhile, in the mental world, Hashirama, who was fighting Asura, also suddenly noticed Asura's sudden weakness.
Though he didn't understand what was happening, Hashirama naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip.
Under the combined attack, in a sense, from both Yuto and Hashirama, Asura's spiritual energy could no longer withstand the pressure and was completely drawn into Kotoamatsukami's genjutsu space.
The moment he was sucked in, golden light completely drowned Asura's spiritual energy.
I was actually defeated by two juniors!
Disbelief and an indescribable rage filled Asura's eyes.
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