Chapter 150: The Power of the Strongest Mangekyo
Izayoi didn't hear Nagato and Obito Uchiha's conversation.
At this moment, he also received the real-time information transmitted by his Wood Clone, and he was quite surprised.
He hadn't expected Nagato's trump card to be the same as his own, preparing a nuclear power plant charging station in advance.
However, unlike Izayoi, who had his eyes on the Yin Nine-Tails, Nagato had captured two Jinchuriki.
This final battle had seriously exceeded Izayoi's expectations.
Originally, according to Izayoi's plan, the final battle would take place in Amegakure, with Otsutsuki Toneri leading a puppet human army powered by the Yin Nine-Tails' chakra to completely crush Akatsuki.
However, before Izayoi could put on his disguise and act, Nagato had taken the initiative to find him, and Izayoi had become one of the protagonists of this final battle.
Although unexpected events had occurred during the process, the rhythm was still within Izayoi's control.
Now that his Wood Clone had entered the Kamui dimension, Obito Uchiha couldn't escape with Nagato and Tobi.
The trump cards of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Jinchuriki had also been revealed.
The next battle would be the final showdown with all trump cards on the table.
However, the Wood Human Arhat fighting against two opponents would definitely not be a match for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the hundred-armed Buddha statue.
Izayoi's current Sage Body and Sage Art chakra couldn't unleash Hashirama Senju's Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands – Top Transformed Buddha.
He also needed to find an external helper!
Thus, without waiting for Nagato and Obito Uchiha to make a decision, Izayoi raised his head and shouted at the blue sky, "Hey! Otsutsuki Toneri, I know you've been watching all along. If you don't make a move now, I might run away if I can't beat them."
"Move!"
Hearing Izayoi's preparation to escape, Nagato, who had recalled a Wood Clone to recover chakra, immediately used Universal Pull. The invisible gravity grabbed Izayoi away from the Wood Human Arhat's head.
Obito Uchiha and Nagato's Wood Clone teleported back to the top of the hundred-armed Buddha statue.
Tobi, who had recovered his chakra, also detached himself from Obito Uchiha and attached himself to Nagato's Wood Clone, controlling the hundred-armed Buddha statue to assist the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
As for Izayoi, just as he was pulled away from the Wood Human Arhat's head, his figure vanished without any warning. Then, the Wood Human Arhat's eyes flashed with a dazzling golden light, and red eye shadow reappeared at the corners of its eyes.
"Roar…"
In the eyes of the ninjas from various factions watching from afar, the Wood Human Arhat suddenly opened its hands, and two Wood Dragons flew out from the forest below. Their dragon heads were grasped in its hands, transforming into two dragon-slaying swords, and then it charged towards the oncoming hundred-armed Buddha statue and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
The movement of the three behemoths caused the ground to shake with every step. The heavy sounds and violent tremors could be heard even by the ninjas from various countries countless miles away.
"Is the victor about to be decided?"
"Before, it was one-on-one, and they fought for a day and night without a result. Now it's two-on-one, the Wood Release ninja from Konoha is bound to lose!"
"I didn't expect the Akatsuki leader to hide such methods."
"Speaking of… could that monster be the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path that Otsutsuki Toneri mentioned?"
"Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, statue, hiss… quickly send this information back!"
"…"
Except for Hinata and Karin, the ninjas from various countries were not optimistic about Izayoi.
However, some clever individuals quickly noticed something was wrong and guessed that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the 'treasure' that Otsutsuki Toneri wanted to retrieve.
Just as they were preparing to send this information back, the hundred-armed Buddha statue inside the three behemoths suddenly stopped.
"Careful—Almighty Push!"
Nagato's Wood Clone seemed to sense something and quickly warned, simultaneously releasing an invisible repulsive force that flung Obito Uchiha away.
Before Obito Uchiha could react, red powder suddenly appeared out of thin air in the nearby air, and then a dazzling blue light shot towards his face.
Releasing its ability to conceal itself, the appearance of that blue light was finally seen clearly by his Mangekyo Sharingan.
It was a ninja sword covered in Lightning Release nature transformation.
The ninja sword's flying speed was extremely fast, like an arrow, and it was aimed at Obito Uchiha's chest.
Once hit, it would definitely pierce through his chest.
Obito Uchiha didn't hesitate at all. He immediately activated Izanagi, and then his body twisted, entering the Kamui dimension and escaping this battlefield.
After the red powder dissipated, Shimura Danzo's figure also appeared in the air, maintaining a backward-flying posture, using Kamui on Nagato's Wood Clone.
The space on his left arm suddenly twisted, Nagato's Wood Clone's expression changed drastically, and it quickly teleported away.
The moment it disappeared, a fist-sized black hole appeared in the center of the distorted space.
If they had been even a fraction of a second slower, Nagato's Wood Clone and Tobi would have been finished.
"So Obito Uchiha's other eye was on him."
Nagato's Wood Clone appeared on one of the hundred-armed Buddha statue's arms, looking at Shimura Danzo's left eye, his face unsightly.
Failing to instantly kill Nagato's Wood Clone and Tobi, Shimura Danzo, while falling towards the forest below, moved the Kamui black hole, tearing apart the hundred-armed Buddha statue's lotus pedestal, disrupting its stability.
Immediately, Shimura Danzo's figure vanished into thin air, having used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to an unknown location.
Just one Shimura Danzo had successfully restricted the hundred-armed Buddha statue. This was the terrifying power of the strongest Mangekyo Sharingan.
And the Wood Human Arhat and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had already engaged in battle.
The twin dragon-slaying swords slashed down.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path raised both arms, catching the dragon-slaying swords' strikes with one hand each.
With a loud boom, a shockwave spread from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's hands, causing the incredibly hard trees made of Wood Release below to sway violently.
Even with the dragon-slaying swords covered in Wind Release nature transformation, their sharpness comparable to the samurai sword of a Complete Body Susanoo, capable of easily splitting mountains and cracking the earth, they couldn't sever the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's hands.
Although the Ten-Tails had been drained of all its chakra, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which was its physical body after degeneration, still possessed tenacious vitality.
Its current strength was in no way inferior to those Jinchuriki who had fully transformed into their Tailed Beasts, including the Nine-Tails.
Rumble…
A sound like thunder suddenly rang out, but it wasn't thunder from the sky.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose hands had caught the dragon-slaying swords' strikes, had blue-white electricity enveloping the ten pillar-like protrusions on its back.
Then, massive bolts of lightning shot towards the Wood Human Arhat.
The Wood Human Arhat quickly released the twin swords, its hands protecting its face, its body repeatedly pushed back by the powerful lightning strikes.
"Roar…"
Taking this opportunity, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path let out a deafening roar, opened its massive blood-red mouth, and spat out a purple chakra dragon.
Seeing this chakra dragon, Izayoi's expression finally changed slightly, and he teleported away without hesitation, abandoning the Wood Human Arhat.
The chakra dragon passed through the Wood Human Arhat's body, entering through the front chest and exiting through the back.
However, before piercing through, the chakra dragon's size was only as large as the Wood Human Arhat's arm.
After passing through, its size had expanded to be thicker than both of the Wood Human Arhat's arms combined.
Most of the Sage Art chakra within the Wood Human Arhat had been absorbed.
This was the power of the chakra dragon, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's strongest move.
Because it had no physical form, it could ignore all attacks, and anyone touched by the chakra dragon would have their chakra and soul instantly drained.
This was simply the combined power of the Preta Path and the Human Path, and a super-enhanced version at that! However, this instant-kill ultimate technique also had a very obvious weakness.
Nagato, standing on top of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, had black rods piercing his back once more.
Having only obtained the Six Paths Techniques and Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods from Obito Uchiha, he couldn't create a tube connecting himself to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path like Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Madara. He could only use this body-damaging, violent method to input chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, creating this chakra dragon capable of instantly killing anything.
Although the chakra dragon failed to instantly kill Izayoi, it had been strengthened by eating the Wood Human Arhat's Sage Art chakra.
Just as Nagato was about to search for Izayoi's whereabouts, the space beside him suddenly distorted again.
Seeing this, his expression immediately changed, and he subconsciously used the Preta Path's ability.
Watching as the Preta Path couldn't absorb the distorted space and not having enough time to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to retract the chakra dragon, Nagato could only sever the black rods connecting him to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, his face slightly pale as he teleported away.
The chakra dragon, having lost control, also let out a roar and fell to the ground.
In an instant, dazzling white light bloomed.
Boom————
A terrifying explosion erupted, creating a massive mushroom cloud.
Then, a hurricane destroyed the forest, sweeping in all directions. In a few breaths, it engulfed the ninjas from various countries watching from afar.
Ninjas who didn't have time to gather chakra in their feet to stick to the ground were blown away on the spot, heavily crashing into large trees or rocks, spitting out blood.
And ninjas who reacted in time, even with their arms blocking in front and their feet stuck to the ground, were pushed back a considerable distance.
When the gale dissipated, the ninjas from various countries looked at the mushroom cloud, which was many times more terrifying than a Tailed Beast Ball explosion, their faces pale and their eyes trembling.
Their legs, which had dragged two trails on the ground, trembled uncontrollably.
"This… this is too exaggerated!"
"I almost thought I was going to die just now. Such a long distance and we were still affected. Is this super-standard combat power?"
"What exactly was that dragon's ability? Why did it have such terrifying power after exploding?"
"No wonder Otsutsuki Toneri wants to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Something more terrifying than a Tailed Beast should indeed be sealed on the moon!"
"…"
The ninjas from various countries all retreated a certain distance with tacit understanding.
Little did they know that the reason the chakra dragon's explosion had such power was entirely because it had devoured the Sage Art chakra within the Wood Human Arhat.
This chakra dragon technique was equivalent to the Tenseigan's chakra absorption.
The more chakra the green light sphere absorbed, the stronger the explosion would be.
If the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path could have retrieved the chakra dragon, Nagato would not only have suffered no loss but would have actually had his chakra greatly increased.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs. He had only thought of taking this opportunity to instantly kill Izayoi but had overlooked Shimura Danzo's existence.
The Preta Path couldn't absorb Kamui's space distortion, and if he hadn't run, it would have meant death.
Rumble…
The dust and mist area formed by the massive mushroom cloud suddenly shook violently again.
When the gale dispersed the dust and mist, the three behemoths were revealed.
Unlike their previous imposing appearance, the three behemoths at this moment all looked very battered.
Having most of its Sage Art chakra absorbed, its defense severely weakened, and being at the center of the explosion, the Wood Human Arhat had almost blocked most of the damage for the hundred-armed Buddha statue and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Therefore, most of the Wood Human Arhat had been blown away. A large area on its back and its entire left half had disappeared, leaving only its legs and right half.
The hundred-armed Buddha statue not far away was covered in cracks but hadn't suffered serious damage. It only needed a little chakra input to be repaired.
As for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, it was completely unharmed.
As the husk of the Ten-Tails, neither Tailed Beast Balls, nor five-element compound ninjutsu, nor even Dust Release could harm the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Only Six Paths-level power, space-time ninjutsu, and taijutsu and Sage Arts capable of harming Six Paths-level powerhouses could destroy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's body.
This was the immunity to lower-dimensional attacks that one inevitably possessed after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki!
However, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at this moment also looked very battered.
Tree branches had bound the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and red torii gates had pinned its hands, feet, and neck to the ground.
"Leader, should we run too?"
On the hundred-armed Buddha statue's arm, Tobi had returned to Nagato's main body.
Looking at Izayoi standing on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Shimura Danzo, who was hidden somewhere, Tobi couldn't help but advise.
His smugness and despicable personality had been beaten out of him.
The current Tobi revealed a cowardly side.
Having forced out all the black rods on his back and using Tobi to recover his injuries, Nagato recalled his Wood Clone into his body and said softly, "Tobi, I'll hold them off for you. You go."
"Eh! Leader, aren't you coming with me?" Tobi asked in astonishment.
"I can't leave anymore."
Nagato said frankly, "One wrong move, and the whole game is lost. I made ample preparations for this final battle. Success with Kamui, defeat with Kamui."
"I only thought of using the Kamui dimension to place the Jinchuriki inside to provide us with chakra, and to use Kamui to escape at a critical moment, but I overlooked Obito Uchiha's left eye and also forgot the origin of 'Copy Ninja' Kakashi Hatake's Sharingan."
"Otsutsuki Toneri seized this crucial point. My retreat has been blocked. I can only fight to the death."
"So, Tobi, you go yourself. Don't die with me."
As he said this, there was no trace of unwillingness on Nagato's face. Instead, a relieved smile appeared, genuinely convinced.
After recovering to his prime, Nagato had been constantly playing a strategic game with Otsutsuki Toneri.
Although they had only directly fought once, they were actually contending at all times.
To deal with the puppet human army, he had learned the Impure World Reincarnation technique, allowing Black and White Zetsu to raid the graveyards of the five major ninja villages, and he had countless powerful subordinates at his disposal.
And to enhance the chakra of the puppet human army, Otsutsuki Toneri had somehow obtained a massive chakra source. Many puppets possessed chakra at the Kage level, making them evenly matched with the Impure World Reincarnation army.
If Nagato hadn't hunted Izayoi but had instead fought Otsutsuki Toneri in Amegakure, the confrontation of the Sage's Eyes might still have been a stalemate.
Moreover, to avoid any accidents, Nagato had also sent Wood Clones to capture two Jinchuriki, ready to play a trick on Otsutsuki Toneri at any time.
He had even considered a retreat route in case of defeat.
But he hadn't expected the opponent's preparations to be even more thorough than his own.
Shimura Danzo's eye was like striking a snake's vital point, too fatal.
Originally, it was him and Tobi fighting two against one, but now it had become the opponent fighting two against one, and he had no way to retreat.
One wrong move, and the whole game was lost.
Seeing Nagato preparing for a desperate fight, Tobi didn't speak or leave but instead transmitted information to Black and White Zetsu.
Receiving Tobi's information, Black Zetsu, who had been cursing Obito Uchiha in his heart, suddenly revealed a strange smile.
Immediately, Black and White Zetsu Diving Underground, disappearing from sight.
(End of this chapter)
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