It was actually Wood Release! He hadn't expected that there were still ninjas in Konoha who could use Wood Release! One must know that although Wood Release was the foundation upon which Konoha Village was established, it was a bloodline that the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was once proud of, a Kekkei Genkai.
However, after Hashirama Senju, no other Senju in the entire ninja world was able to fully master Wood Release. Of course, currently, Konoha also has a ninja who can use Wood Release, and that is Yamato of the Anbu.
It's just that Yamato, when he was young, was once experimented on in secret by Orochimaru. Moreover, he was the only one among that batch of Konoha child experimental subjects who survived.
It was also because of this ordeal that he gained the ability to use Wood Release. In fact, it was precisely because of this incident that Orochimaru was forced to betray Konoha and leave his village. After all, such a thing happened, Konoha would certainly not let him go...
The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was so powerful that even at the time, and even later generations of ninjas, crowned him the "God of Shinobi." Actually, it wasn't just Wood Release; it was his powerful body.
In battle, he wouldn't even suffer fatal injuries. His physique was truly monstrous, with almost inexhaustible chakra. He utilized the chakra of both water and earth elements, combined with his own ability to attack or defend! It was more about the power of his individual ability.
He was an elite ninja, and he indeed possessed the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai. Compared to the monstrous physique of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, his cells still remained active, and could even influence the surroundings.
It was also due to this very reason that getting the First Hokage's cells was extremely difficult. Therefore, it was not surprising that Orochimaru was very enthusiastic about using the First Hokage's living cells for research.
The plan to modify Konoha ninjas with Wood Release was conceived under such circumstances. After all, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju's brilliance back then was truly dazzling.
There were some high-ranking individuals in Konoha who earnestly yearned for another Wood Release user to appear in the village, a leader for everyone. Under such leadership, Konoha Village would maintain the foundation of its former strong village.
But this kind of progress had truly entered a bottleneck. If this continued, Konoha Village might very well decline in the future. If a powerful Wood Release user appeared in the village, then everything would be fine!
However, once the truth was exposed, Orochimaru was still pushed out. It was because he experimented on children, performing various inhumane and unrecognized experiments. But once the truth was exposed, Orochimaru was still pushed out as a scapegoat.
Aside from Yamato, the elite ninja from Konoha's Anbu, Orochimaru actually created another Wood Release user in Konoha, or rather, someone whose body had partial Wood Release abilities.
Of course, his identity is known now... It's none other than Shimura Danzo! After all, the success rate of doing that was too low. He only had Hashirama's cells transplanted into his right arm by Orochimaru. And it was also because of another "powerful ability" that existed in his body, to relatively balance it.
Possessing a part of Hashirama's cells in his right arm, and due to this veteran ninja's immense chakra reserves, he had undergone Hashirama cell modification on top of Yamato! However, this was not without limitations.
Firstly, Danzo's Wood Release could only be performed through his right arm. Secondly, his entire body had not undergone Hashirama cell modification. So, in actual combat, Danzo himself would also be affected by the Wood Release released by himself.
Sometimes, this was completely a method that "killed one thousand enemies but harmed eight hundred of oneself." He himself had to dodge the moves he unleashed. So, whether from the perspective of concealing his true strength or from the perspective of ensuring his own safety during battle, it needs to be analyzed.
Shimura Danzo almost never displayed his understanding of Wood Release ability during normal times. But now, he didn't care about that anymore.
"Wood Release: Bursting Drill Tree!"
Danzo used his specially modified right arm to instantly create an enormous tree that directly slammed towards Luffy! This move could be said to be a powerful Wood Release technique that combines offense and defense. The gigantic tree not only could completely restrain the ninja himself but also could instantly crush the enemy! It was quite an astonishing Wood Release technique.
Gasp!
Luffy's gigantic legs fiercely stomped on the horizontally generated giant tree branch, producing a dull sound! These two sections could be considered to have resisted Luffy's attack, but ultimately, they resisted.
The ordinary people in Konoha were already dumbfounded. They never imagined that what they thought was a ninja battle would end up like this! The main street, the most prosperous street in Konoha, was almost completely destroyed. And at this moment, the two powerful experts had not even...
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