Following Kurenaiâs nod, Fujin stood up and pulled Kurenai behind him.
Even though his current state looked a bit miserable because of all the blood, he wasnât really all that injured.
The âWater Severing Waveâ didnât cut deep enough to reach Viscera and the jet of high-pressured water was completely blocked by a periosteum made of incredibly hard and dense bones.
So, although there is a lot of blood because of the tearing of the skin, making it seem as if he is seriously injured but itâs just skin injury and doesnât affect his combat power in the slightest.
After pulling Kurenai behind him, Fujin looked in the direction where Orochimaru was hiding and cursed inwardly, âOrochimaru⊠donât force me to use âShikotsumyakuâ, otherwise, I canât help it, and might end up killing you!â
Shodaime Hokage Hashirama and Nidaime Hokage Tobirama are both Edo Tensei, so they are almost immortal. No matter how many times they are destroyed; they will keep on resurrecting unless their souls are pulled out of their bodies.
If he was Hyuga Kuroto/Yama, that means using his main body, then he would have been able to pull out the souls of the two Hokage, or used âTruth-Seeking Orbsâ to permanently destroy the two Edo Tensei or maybe used âPuppet-Cursing Sphereâ on the two Edo Hokage to either take control of the two Hokage from Orochimaru or used it on Orochimaru to make him print the Edo Tensei release hand signs but unfortunately, currently, he is Fujin, therefore, neither can he pull out their Souls nor can he destroy their bodies with Truth-Seeking Orbs nor can use Puppet Cursing Sphere to control either of the three.
If he was Homusubi, then he would have used either used Genjutsu on Orochimaru to control him and release him using the Edo Tensei release hand signs or simply used âEnton: Oshihomimiâ to continuously burn the two Edo Hokage, but unfortunately, currently, he is not Homusubi so this option doesnât work either.
And if he was Suijin, then he would have used âIce Collar of Subordinationâ on either of the three to make them a puppet of his or used âChakra Locking Ice Cuffsâ to completely seal their chakra, but unfortunately, he is not Suijin either, so all these methods that could have easily dealt with Edo Tensei canât be used by Fujin.
As for other methods, there is only Fuinjutsu, and not just any Fuinjutsu would work, the only one that would work is the Shiki Fujin/Reaper Death Seal that can seal the souls of the two Hokage inside the belly of the Shinigami. Sandaime Hokage also used Shiki Fujin/Reaper Death Seal when he faced the same situation.
Just how experienced Sandaime Hokage is already well known. Despite having mastered almost all the Jutsu in Konohaâexcept for the Kekkei Genkai and Hidden JutsuâSandaime Hokage had to resort to Shiki Fujin/Reaper Death Seal in order to deal with the two Edo Tensei Hokage. This clearly implies that only Shiki Fujin/Reaper Death Seal can permanently deal with Edo Tensei.
Unfortunately, the current Fujin doesnât know how to use this Shiki Fujin/Reaper Death Seal as itâs highly secret, and no matter how much he searched Fujin didnât find information about this seal. If Fujin were to look in the Scroll of Seals, then obviously he can find information about this Fuinjutsu, but can he get his hands on the Scroll of Seals? Obviously No!
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Moreover, even if he knew how to use this Fuinjutsu, Fujin wouldnât dare to use it, after all, he is not so eager to meet Yondaime Hokage and Yin Kyuubi, right?
Most of the other high-end Fuinjutsu wouldnât be able to remove the souls from Orochimaruâs binding, and general sealing methods wouldnât work either and it would be the same as before, Orochimaru would be able to remove those seals thus managing to free the two Hokage. Moreover, there is no telling if Orochimaru has other Edo Tensei in his handsâŠ
Just as Fujin was pondering over how to deal with the two Hokage, the surrounding dimmed and moonlight completely disappeared, and all they could see was pure black and nothing else.
Kurenai exclaimed, âWhat happenedâŠ? A Genjutsu?â
Fujin nodded lightly, âYes, itâs just a Genjutsu, used by your Shodaime Hokage⊠It only affects your vision, other senses should still work, although, given your current condition your senses seem to be dull.â
ââŠâŠâ Kurenai was silent⊠she doesnât know how to respond to him.
Fujin sighed and said, âAnyhow, stay closeâŠâ
âAll right.â Kurenai nodded.
Fujin obviously knows this Genjutsu as he has also learned it. âInfinite Darkness Jutsuâ, places hallucinatory darkness on the targetâs eyesight, causing them to see nothing but black. Although the target can not see, they can still sense Chakra and rely on their other senses.
Besides, this Genjutsu is completely useless to Fujin as he has Byakugan and can directly see Chakra.
Whiish Whiish
As soon as Fujin finished speaking, the surrounding trees again rushed at him in the cover of darkness.
Seeing the endless stream of trees about to swallow Kurenai completely, Fujin had no choice but to get serious now.
Immediately, he slammed his hands together and controlled the Iron Sand.
ClapâŠ
As soon as Fujin clapped his hands together, the Magnet Chakra in his body surged and under his control, all the Iron Sand that he could quickly use combined and formed a thick spherical metallic around Kurenai protecting her from the trees.
Although the Spherical Shell protected her, it also isolated her in complete darkness. And feeling no presence around her, Kurenai tried to move around to find Fujin but couldnât, and shouted nervously, âHey⊠wh⊠where did you goâŠ?!â
But there was no response from Fujin, only the sound of trees constantly colliding with the outer Iron Surface rang in her ears which made Kurenai more nervous.
After using all the Iron Sand to protect Kurenai, Fujin looked at the endless trees constantly wrapping around him and sighed.
He wasnât really worried, the trees do absorb Chakra but itâs not that big of a problem for him, whatâs troublesome is that he will have to rely on his other Kekkei Genkai, âI have not yet mastered Scorch Release completely so I shouldnât use it in this battle⊠Although I can also use Typhoon Release, itâs not that useful in this situation⊠It seems I have no other choice but to use ShikotsumyakuâŠâ
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Far away from the fight, Orochimaru, who stood on the canopy of a tall giant tree stood with his hands on his chest and looked at the battle in the distance with s solemn expression.
After he released a few restraints on the two Edo Tensei, the strength that the two Edo Hokage are able to use has increased, therefore, Orochimaru thinks that the two Hokage should be able to deal with Fujin.
After all, âWood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Treesâ is not a Jutsu that can be withstood by anyone, this has been proven countless times when the village was created by Shodaime Hokage.
Therefore, Orochimaru is convinced that he must win.
But even with this confidence, Orochimaru is not sure completely. There is also a matter that Shodaime Hokage did not use it in his peak state, but even then, the background of Amatsukami makes him feel a bit restless.
At this time, the fierce fighting in the distance came to a halt and those crazily growing trees also stopped, Orochimaru can be certain that Fujin has been trapped in the sea of trees, and everything returned to silence.
Looking at the distance, Orochimaru muttered with a doubtful look, âIs it over so fast?â