[Recently, Honkai Energy had been abnormally rising.
There was no pattern to it, neither in time nor location.
Phenomena of the Honkai appeared all over the Ninja World, across various countries.
This caused the overall concentration of Honkai Energy throughout the entire Ninja World to reach an unimaginable level.
At first, when the Honkai had just appeared, aside from the few dozen kilometers surrounding Konoha, there wasn't much Honkai Energy present anywhere else.
The impact caused by the Second Honkai Impact was also strictly confined to the Snowfield, having a very limited effect on other places.
Only the Third Honkai Impact caused a massive impact; not only were several small nations on the brink of destruction, but even the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth were affected.
A large number of residents within their borders were forced to relocate.
However, in the period that followed, traces of the Honkai began to appear almost everywhere, starting from the Land of Wind and spreading to every corner of the Ninja World.
Strangely enough, although the Honkai Energy in these places was dense, it hadn't yet reached the level required to birth a Herrscher, and its scope was nowhere near as massive as the Third Honkai Impact.
Initially, people were confused as to why there were so many disasters occurring when no Herrscher had been seen.
That was until Senju Tobirama proposed a possibility: the onset of a Honkai did not necessarily mean a Herrscher would be born. Only when Honkai Energy reached a certain threshold was it possible for a Herrscher to appear.
When the Honkai Energy was insufficient, it would merely spawn monsters like Honkai Beasts and Zombies.
He wasn't the only one who thought of this; many others had also guessed this possibility.
But in that case, the situation might be even more troublesome than the birth of a Herrscher.
This kind of unpredictable disaster made the newly established Shinobi Alliance feel highly overwhelmed.
Especially since they lacked any good methods to deal with those Honkai Beasts.
Ordinary Zombies were one thing. Though difficult to handle, they weren't impossible to defeat using the power of Ninjas.
What was truly tricky were those massive Honkai Beasts with absurdly high defenses!
Compared to their defense, the terrifying strength of those Honkai Beasts actually didn't seem as scary.
After all, it was perfectly normal to possess that much strength with such a huge body.
One could only say that in the face of monsters with huge bodies, terrifyingly strong defenses, and ridiculous vitality, the power of a Ninja was minuscule.
Even with S-Rank Jutsu, or even Forbidden Jutsu, the methods to deal with monsters of this caliber were extremely few.
Even Senju Hashirama could only handle Honkai Beasts that were under fifty meters tall.
To kill a Honkai Beast exceeding fifty meters required a considerable amount of effort, and even time.
As for anything larger, he could only pin them down; he couldn't even manage to kill them.
And these were merely Lower-class Honkai Beasts.
Until one day, when he left the Alliance Headquarters and headed to an island in the Land of Water to eliminate the Honkai Beast entrenched there, he encountered a monster completely different from any Honkai Beast he had seen before!
"What kind of... monster is that?"
Upon arriving at the island, Senju Hashirama sensed the dense Honkai Energy permeating the area, a portion of which made him shudder.
But what truly surprised him was a Honkai Beast wandering the island, one unlike any he had ever seen.
Its size wasn't as massive as a Chariot-class Honkai Beast, only standing over twenty meters tall. Of course, it was also possible that it just hadn't grown that large yet.
But that wasn't important. The important thing was that the appearance of this Honkai Beast was different from the others.
It had no limb-like structures; its lower body and arms were both composed of special Floating Blades.
Furthermore, the purple light radiating from its body was incredibly bright, far surpassing that of other Honkai Beasts. This was especially true in its lower half, near the areas that seemed to connect to the Floating Blades, where two cable-like streams of energy flowed.
"Although I don't know what this thing is, judging from its size, its defense shouldn't be as strong as a Honkai Beast over fifty meters tall. Let's take it back for Tobirama to examine."
Senju Hashirama clapped his hands together, entering Sage Mode.
"Sigh... As the Honkai Energy increases, entering Sage Mode is becoming more and more difficult. It seems we must figure out a way to utilize Honkai Energy as soon as possible."
"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
Although Senju Hashirama judged that this Honkai Beast's defense surpassed that of ordinary Honkai Beasts yet hadn't reached the level of a fifty-meter class, he knew how difficult these Honkai Beasts were to deal with and used his full strength right from the start!
Instantly, a Great Buddha several hundred meters tall with countless arms was summoned by him.
"Hah!"
Senju Hashirama gave a loud shout, controlling the Great Buddha to deliver a relentless barrage of punches right at that special Honkai Beast!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The massive construct, hundreds of meters tall, continuously bombarded the ground, causing the earth to tremble as if an earthquake had struck.
Under an attack of such intensity, even the summoned Great Buddha seemed unable to withstand it, as its arms continuously snapped and shattered.
However, the Great Buddha's arms kept coming one after another; he didn't care at all about the few arms that snapped.]
Uchiha Sasuke: "So this is the legendary God of Shinobi! What formidable power!"
Uchiha Madara: "Hashirama, your power has weakened."
Senju Hashirama: "For a body brought back by the Reanimation Jutsu, being able to exert this level of power is already quite good."
Terumi Mei: "Even the terrain has been altered. The legend says that the battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara changed the landscape and left behind the Valley of the End. It seems it wasn't a lie."
[Senju Hashirama controlled the Great Buddha and pummeled it for several full minutes before finally stopping the attack.
As he controlled the damaged Great Buddha to slowly stand up, his gaze suddenly narrowed.
"It can actually still move?"
Senju Hashirama's expression shifted. Logically speaking, if an ordinary Honkai Beast faced an attack of this magnitude, its body would have been battered and torn to pieces long ago. How could it possibly still be able to counterattack?
Boom!
Senju Hashirama immediately controlled the Great Buddha to retreat.
The massive Great Buddha landed with a backward jump, causing considerable damage to the ground.
When the smoke and dust cleared, a sight that made Senju Hashirama grimace appeared.
That special Honkai Beast actually still had a significant portion of its body intact!
"It has about three Floating Blades that can still move, and a third of its body has been shattered. Even so, it can still move?"
According to Senju Hashirama's estimation, apart from the Core inside its body, there shouldn't have been many intact parts left on the surface of this Honkai Beast.
However, the toughness of this Honkai Beast far exceeded his imagination!]
Tsunade: "What!? That's impossible! Under an attack of that caliber, Honkai Beasts even larger than it have been smashed to pieces. Why is it still so intact?"
Orochimaru: "It seems the defense of this Honkai Beast is more than just a cut above the rest."