Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20160721110532/@comment-25122992-20160721132300

Asura has never demonstrated any signs of the Wood Release, even in this filler. Him using the most powerful WR technique all of sudden was as messed up as Indra's MS. His Kurama-like chakra avatar would've made at least some sense. Hagoromo's gift can't be an excuse here since it never granted someone a WR. In fact, the episode clearly showed that it actually granted him TSBs, i.e. Six Paths Senjutsu, likely in the form of the SPSM as in Naruto's case, but that's all.