173: The Battle of the Valley of the End! Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura clash in the Third Shinobi World War!

Origin Realm,

Land of Fire, Valley of the End!

The fierce wind howled like roaring demons, and dark clouds gathered and dispersed in the sky, portending an imminent storm.

In the vast valley,

This was the abyss created when Might died, and through the passage of time, it formed the massive valley it is today!

At this moment,

In front of a waterfall, two figures stood opposite each other, their eyes sharp and murderous, filled with a monstrous intent to kill one another!

Uchiha Madara!

Senju Hashirama!

These close friends, who once ended the era of war together, had, due to ideological differences, reached this point.

Rumble... In the distance,

A colossal beast slowly advanced, its giant pupils replaced by Sharingan, and its entire body emanated a blood-red malevolent aura!

The legendary Ninth Demonic Beast of Destruction!

Kurama, the Nine-Tails!

At its peak, it was a terrifying epic-stage life form. Over a decade ago, attracted by a massive surge of life energy, it emerged,

but was suppressed by the Sage of Six Paths, losing ninety percent of its strength and falling to the Diamond rank!

At this moment,

controlled by Uchiha Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan, it launched an attack towards Konoha Village and his former friend!

"Madara, is it truly irreversible?"

Senju Hashirama's eyes were grave as he spoke softly, trying to win back his former friend, but he was met only with Uchiha Madara's cold gaze.

"Everything... it's already too late."

Uchiha Madara murmured softly... The next moment,

the aura around him suddenly erupted! Like a white tiger escaping its cage, its roar shook heaven and earth!

Behind him,

purple-black energy surged, intertwining like threads, forming a giant that reached the heavens!

Susanoo!

Immediately after, the Susanoo disintegrated and, amidst the Nine-Tails' roaring struggles, covered its entire body, using the power of Susanoo to further control the Nine-Tails' physique!

Having completed this step, Uchiha Madara's aura reached the pinnacle of his life.

Infinitely close to the Diamond peak!

Correspondingly,

Senju Hashirama, seeing this situation, also sighed softly, a look of determination flashing in his eyes.

He absolutely could not allow peace to be destroyed.

Even if,

this person was his closest friend!

Bang—

A thunderous roar erupted, and the earth seemed to come alive, heaving like a dragon turning over, as tsunamis of vines and tree roots emerged from underground.

They covered the sky and earth, almost engulfing the entire Valley of the End!

Countless vines converged, forming a colossal giant no less powerful than Susanoo, with two wooden dragons coiling around its shoulders, like a terrifying entity from mythology!

Wood Release: Wood Golem Jutsu!

Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu!

The superposition of these two super-powerful ninjutsu made Senju Hashirama's aura earth-shattering, reaching a terrifying level!

This was not all,

the black markings unique to Sage Mode spread across his entire body, forming a special pattern, and the surrounding life energy automatically converged, with a special energy, even more unique than chakra, surging forth!

Sage Mode, activated!

Having done all this, the auras of the two colossal beings violently collided. In an instant, the valley cracked, and the surrounding forest was leveled!

Both roared simultaneously:

"Hashirama!!!"

"Madara!!!"

Bang—

The waterfall broke, the ground sank, revealing large depressions, and with it, the two colossal beings crashed into each other. World-destroying energy surged, almost annihilating everything!

...[Konoha Year 21, the creators of Konoha, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, engaged in a life-and-death battle in the Valley of the End!]

[The result of this battle was a victory for Senju Hashirama!]

[At the same time.]

[The critically wounded Uchiha Madara, at the brink of death, exerted all his strength and bit off a piece of Senju Hashirama's flesh, after which he fell into a long slumber...]

[Several years later, Senju Hashirama, who suffered severe injuries in this battle, died of his wounds, departing from the world!]

[The First Hokage died, and Senju Tobirama took over as Hokage, ushering in the era of the Second Hokage's rule!]

[During this period...]

The simulator's information continuously updated,

detailing almost every aspect of the civilization's development.

Su Bai remained silent, only watching as time moved forward, quickly approaching the time of the Second Hokage's demise.

Boom—

A thunderclap echoed across the Ninja World.

The Second Great Ninja War erupted, with countless sacrifices, blood, and bones dissolving into the earth, living people becoming nourishment for the world, ceasing to exist.

The war lasted for a long time,

even the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, near the end of the war,

was declared dead while on his way to negotiate peace with Kumogakure. Later, the suspected schemer Hiruzen Sarutobi was appointed in a time of crisis, taking over the then-precarious Konoha Village.

A few years later,

the Second Great Ninja War ended.

Konoha entered the era of the Third Hokage's rule. Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura... this pair of overt and covert good friends jointly divided Konoha and formulated a policy to exclude the Uchiha clan.

At the same time,

Danzō, building upon the Anbu, created the even more brutal and bloody Root!

Monitoring the Ninja World, thereby becoming the hidden shadow!

"You are the Konoha bathed in sunlight, and I am the Root buried beneath the earth."

One sentence,

expressed the true situation of the two. From then on, Konoha began to slowly advance under their joint, overt and covert rule... During this period,

the legendary Sannin of later generations were born. Senju Hashirama's granddaughter, Tsunade Senju, was born,

and thereafter,

became teammates with the famous 'Jiraiya the Failure' and the cold-blooded genius 'Orochimaru', becoming one of Konoha's top combat forces for a long time!

Seeing this,

Su Bai's expression changed. He looked at the words 'Jiraiya the Failure' in the simulator and fell into a brief silence.

Failure?

Your failure can become one of the legendary Sannin?

Your failure can become the mastermind behind the Fourth Great Ninja War?

Your failure can become the Child of Prophecy, and even persuade the stubborn Uchiha Sasuke, who was as stubborn as a donkey, back to the village???

Is this really a failure???

Su Bai was truly speechless. Whose failure eventually saves the world?

Oh, Konoha's.

Then never mind... The simulator continued to advance,

under the baptism of the Will of Fire, the ninja of Konoha Village, doing nothing all day, pondered about bonds, friendship, unity... and other incomprehensible concepts.

Over time,

even enemy ninja understood a key point.

Once you encounter a Konoha ninja, especially one shouting about bonds and friendship, run immediately!

If you can't escape,

immediately tear his mouth apart, otherwise, you will definitely be the one to die!

Time passed bit by bit... Konoha Year 45—

The Land of Rain, located in the gap between the three great nations, a battleground for four wars, under the leadership of Hanzo of the Salamander, brazenly declared war on the three surrounding great nations!

Thus,

the curtain was raised on the Third Great Ninja War!