Chapter 97: Hashirama's Strength
Veins bulged on Hashirama Senju's forehead, clearly pushing his Wood Release to its limits.
After a moment, Hashirama let out a long breath. His eyes glanced downward, and upon seeing the large patch of "bean sprouts" beneath his feet, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
Su Xiao didn't mock the other party for producing a patch of bean sprouts. On the contrary, Hashirama's strength was somewhat unexpected.
Tsunade had only been exposed to a trace amount of [PSX-17 Alchemical Experimental Agent], yet the vitality of the Senju clan within her was suppressed, even forced into dormancy.
Hashirama was different. Although the cells in his body were suppressed, they hadn't fallen into dormancy. The fact that he could still use Wood Release under these circumstances was an impressive feat.
"It seems you've studied my cells before, just like that ninja named Orochimaru."
Hashirama's expression remained unchanged, even carrying a hint of a smile.
"..."
Su Xiao said nothing. He simply walked slowly toward Hashirama. The vitality activity within Hashirama's body had been drastically reduced, which was the main reason he couldn't use Wood Release. Moreover, all of Hashirama's abilities were suppressed, including his physical condition and chakra reserves.
Although his chakra was suppressed, Su Xiao could clearly sense that Hashirama's chakra reserves were terrifying.
Such chakra reserves could no longer be compared to ordinary ninjas. If One-Tail's chakra was 3, and Nine-Tails' chakra was around 40, then Hashirama's chakra was between 15 and 17.
This terrifying chakra volume was no longer at the ninja level but at the tailed beast level, and among tailed beasts, it ranked very high.
No wonder Hashirama had such monstrous chakra reserves. The Wood Release techniques he used were all large-scale jutsu, requiring an ocean of chakra to sustain.
Kisame or the Fourth Raikage, A, both had impressive chakra reserves, but they couldn't compare to Hashirama. If an ordinary ninja's chakra was a pond, then Hashirama's was a lake.
The title "God of Shinobi" wasn't given lightly. Even with his cells heavily suppressed, Hashirama Senju was still formidable.
A mechanical eye floated beside Su Xiao. This was the [Apostle's Eye], used to probe enemy information.
[Comparing intelligence attributes... Comparison complete. Our intelligence is 1.123 times that of the enemy. Due to the difference in strength, 73% of the enemy's data has been obtained.]
Data as follows:
Name: Hashirama Senju
Category: Human
Health: 100%
Chakra: 22,762 points
Strength: 74 (Abnormal state, reduced by 15 points. Original strength attribute: 89 points)
Agility: 70 (Abnormal state, reduced by 15 points. Original agility attribute: 85 points)
Endurance: 78 (Abnormal state, reduced by 15 points. Original endurance attribute: 93 points)
Intelligence: 73 (Abnormal state, reduced by 15 points. Original intelligence attribute: 88 points)
Charm: 70
Note: As this plot character's strength reaches the Fourth Rank, if in the Naruto World, all five attributes are true attributes. If leaving the Naruto World, this character's attributes will be heavily suppressed.
Skill 1, Senju Bloodline (Passive LV.50): Health +8,000, Physical Defense +68, Health Recovery per minute +270. (Abnormal state: This skill's effect is reduced by 30%.)
Skill 2, Wood Release (Kekkei Genkai): (Abnormal state: This skill's effect is reduced by 93%.)
Skill 3, Monster Strength·Yang (Active Skill Lv.39): Precisely controls chakra. Concentrates chakra throughout the body, covering it in purple chakra, instantly unleashing immense power and momentum.
Skill 4, Five-Layered Rashomon (Active Skill Lv.46): Summons five giant demon-faced iron gates for defense. Initial defense: 48 points. After fully forming, maximum defense: 96 points.
Skill 5: ???
Skill 6: ???
Skill 7: ???
Skill 8: ??? (Ultimate Skill), suppressed by abnormal state.
Skill 9: Sage Mode (Ultimate Skill LV.20): Quickly absorbs natural energy and perfectly merges it with the body. Strength +10, Agility +10, Endurance +10, Intelligence +10. All normal ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, etc., are greatly enhanced. All Wood Release jutsu attack power and defense power ×3. Chakra consumption for Wood Release -20%.
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Seeing Hashirama's attributes, Su Xiao's brow twitched. If the other party were at full strength, Su Xiao wouldn't be considering how to fight him but how to escape.
The good news was that Hashirama's Wood Release jutsu were essentially crippled, and his physical condition had been severely weakened.
At full power, Hashirama's strength might have reached the upper-middle Fourth Rank. After all, breaking through the 100-point attribute threshold was a qualitative change.
Once an attribute reached 80 points, every single point increase was arduous. Su Xiao's reward for completing his main mission was only 2 true attribute points. And that mission—inciting a ninja world war—was extremely difficult.
For Su Xiao to get all four attributes to 100 points, he didn't know how many more worlds he would have to go through. If Hashirama were at full strength and activated Sage Mode, his endurance attribute would break 100 points.
Amu's endurance attribute was 85 points, which was already somewhat exaggerated. As for an endurance attribute of 103 points, it was unknown whether Su Xiao's Dragon-Slaying Flash could even cut through Hashirama's muscles.
Fortunately, Hashirama's current state was heavily weakened. Even if he activated Sage Mode, his attributes wouldn't reach despair-inducing levels: Strength 84, Agility 80, Endurance 88, Intelligence 83.
These attributes were still enough to give Su Xiao a headache, but at least they weren't insurmountable. However, 88 points of endurance meant Hashirama's survivability was extremely high.
There was good news and bad news. The bad news was that Hashirama's Sage Mode hadn't been weakened.
What was weakened was the vitality of the Senju clan, not Hashirama himself. Sage Mode used natural energy, which had little to do with the Senju clan's vitality.
The current situation was clearly acceptable. In fact, this was a golden opportunity. A Fourth-Rank upper-middle Hashirama Senju, weakened by Su Xiao to the peak of the Third Rank—such a chance was too precious.
Su Xiao even suspected that if he could defeat Hashirama Senju, he might obtain a chest above Legendary quality. Even if it wasn't above Legendary, it would be a top-tier Legendary chest.
If he opened equipment or items from such a chest, Su Xiao's strength would immediately take a leap. There was no doubt about it.
The opportunity was right in front of him. No, this opportunity was something Su Xiao had fought hard to create. He had put in too much effort. Although some of that effort wasn't specifically for today's plan, it had still played an indispensable role.
Researching original Hashirama cells, cooperating with Obito, gaining a high status within the Akatsuki, being closely tied to the Fourth Great Ninja War, cooperating with Madara without being dismissed as a nobody, earning his respect, and so on.
Without any single one of these points, Hashirama Senju would not be standing before Su Xiao in his current state.
PS: (Going to grab a bite, will be back soon to continue updating. Four chapters today.)