"Kid, watch out for this punch!"

He leaped high into the air and slammed his fist down!

The terrifying force created a sonic boom; the power arrived before the fist, like the six air cannons of Akai directly pressing down on Lin Nian, causing slight fluctuations in the sword aura domain around him.

"Tsk, this old woman is going all out! Could it be that she was angered by the fact that I, a so-called Wood Release Awakener, am not using Wood Release at all?"

The thought flashed through her mind, and with a change of hand seals, the throwing knife ring that was originally behind Tsunade instantly changed direction and slashed straight toward Tsunade's back.

"Danger!"

Her keen intuition, honed from numerous brushes with death in her youth, sent a chill down her spine. Recognizing the danger stemming from her past experiences, Tsunade didn't hesitate. She used a Body Flicker Technique followed by a Substitution Technique to escape the deadly threat emanating from behind.

The moment his body touched the ground, a shadow loomed over him.

"Lady Tsunade, you really need to be careful with this move!"

As a whispered word fell, a shrill whistle that seemed to cut through everything made Tsunade's hair stand on end. In the next instant after she quickly dodged with a body-flicker, a blade of light as bright as a full moon fell straight down, cutting into the ground without making a ripple, and then heading directly towards the spot where Tsunade had landed on the ground.

"Kid, do you know how dangerous this forbidden technique is?!"

With a full-force punch, she slammed the ground, creating a huge crater. Using the recoil, Tsunade leaped high into the air and landed directly on the river's surface.

Because Lin Nian was underground, she was stopped from spinning for a moment by Tsunade's full-force attack. She instinctively fell downwards, avoiding a small-scale water severing wave from Tsunade in the distance.

"Old woman, I only used half my strength, and you dared to use forbidden techniques! You're finished!"

The thought flashed through his mind, and the six willow-leaf throwing knives buried deep underground rose up at a moment's thought, rushed out of the ground, and after recombining, were drawn by Lin Nian to his body and began to circle around him.

Seeing that there was no longer any contempt in her eyes, but a solemn look, Tsunade changed her hand seals again and said loudly.

"Tsunade-senpai, I really have to go all out from now on! I might not be able to hold back any longer!"

"Wood Release: Blue Silver Boundary!"

With a loud shout of Wood Release, everyone's eyes lit up, and Lin Nian did not disappoint.

On the flat ground that was originally empty except for a few weeds, a wave of vines comparable to Yamato's full-force Tree World Advent instantly grew. And based on the energy flow on these incredibly tough vines, one could also faintly see very complete sealing technique patterns within them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The vines that tried to entangle Tsunade either missed or were smashed by her hammer, but the power they displayed already surpassed that of Yamato, who is now an elite Jonin of Konoha.

Meanwhile, the ever-growing vines, the increasingly dangerous ninja tools in the sky, and Lin Nian, who has yet to realize that his body is even slightly weaker.

For some reason, besides a sense of relief, Tsunade felt a touch of disdain, a natural disdain for all Wood Release users that arose naturally after meeting the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju.

The Yin seal on her forehead instantly dissipated. In order to give this Wood Release brat the most vivid lesson, Tsunade also directly activated her S-rank forbidden technique, Creation Regeneration, Hundred Healings Technique!

Countless blue silver vines rushing towards Tsunade were smashed without any interruption. Through her absolute control over the blue silver grass, she felt the immense force that had increased at least dozens of times.

Lin Nian, who had discerned one or two percent of Hashirama Senju's divine power from it, swallowed hard, and then embedded another one into the original six willow-leaf throwing knives.

"This move is a forbidden technique I developed myself, called the Guillotine Blade!"

With a loud shout, he stepped on the throwing knife beneath his feet for leverage, and then kicked the illusory ring blade that had been circling around him directly at Tsunade.

At the moment of contact, a large amount of thunderous true qi was also poured into it.

The piercing shriek that shattered the sonic boom stimulated Tsunade's nerves. As she watched the so-called decapitation blade slashing straight toward her location, a surge of chakra began to coursing through her body.

"Kid, you're still a long way off!"

With a roar, Tsunade, her body covered in black patterns, unleashed a powerful punch that, along with the air cannon she had thrown and pure Yang-attribute chakra, transformed into a pure white laser beam.

With a gust of wind that could easily have stirred up a typhoon, the dark clouds that had been swirling around the area were dispersed, revealing a bright blue sky.

Lin Nian, who had landed early, seemed to have suffered a severe injury and retreated dozens of meters. He spat out a mouthful of blood and became completely weak. Naruto and Sasuke, who noticed that something was wrong with him, steadied him from behind.

As the seven crimson willow-leaf throwing knives landed, Tsunade, panting heavily, stared fixedly at the terrifying ninja tool that had approached within three meters of her, her eyes filled with an unfathomable darkness.

"What a terrifying brat! No wonder he inherited his great-grandfather's Wood Release...a genius..."

He murmured a lonely word and slowly walked up to Lin Nian, only to be stopped by a short blade flashing with lightning.

The cool young man, Uchiha Sasuke, stared at the crimson three-tomoe jade pendant, his entire body crackling with lightning, his inner potential waiting to be unleashed.

Behind Lin Nian, Naruto Uzumaki, who had been continuously pouring Nine-Tails chakra into her body, also transformed his eyes into beast eyes in that instant. His three tails swayed in the wind behind him, and faintly, several illusory golden chains could be seen in the shadows.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Hyuga Neji, bracing himself against the murderous intent of several ANBU members, raised his longbow, arrows crackling with lightning poised to strike. This left Hyuga Hiashi, who had witnessed his nephew's astonishing performance that day, both shocked and furious.

As for Lee, sorry, as a normal ninja, after opening three gates in a row and fighting head-on with Tsunade, he suffered fractures all over his body and is now in a coma under Lin Nian's deliberate treatment.

"Ahem... Stop it, everyone! Ahem... Lady Tsunade, do I, the so-called successor of Wood Release, still have the qualifications to inherit Wood Release?"

Absorbing the Nine-Tails' chakra continuously inputted by Naruto Uzumaki, Lin Nian healed the injuries he had sustained from the force of the battle. Taking advantage of the recent fight, he released most of the innate Qi within his body. After nurturing his throwing knives, Lin Nian stood up with the help of Naruto Uzumaki's power.

He walked firmly to Uchiha Sasuke, looked up, and calmly met Tsunade's eyes.

"You're great, really great!"

Looking at Senju Ryoun, who is only eight years old and can already fight against most elite Jonin, and has even developed the foundation to fight against Kage-level ninjas in a short period of time, Tsunade's eyes showed both relief and loneliness.

Especially after learning that the child had always referred to himself as Lin Nian.