Chapter 152: The Level Above Red Entries
"Is that Otsutsuki Toneri's legion?"
On the rooftop of the last remaining steel building in Amegakure, protected by a barrier, Uchiha Madara stood with his arms crossed, observing the puppet human army and the Impure World Reincarnation army fighting fiercely below for a day and a night without any sign of fatigue, as if neither side knew exhaustion.
He commented, "No chakra strings, although they have Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods embedded, their eyes haven't turned into that Tenseigan. It doesn't seem like the Six Paths Techniques of the Rinnegan. It appears that those Tenseigan, like the Rinnegan, originate from the Sage of the Six Paths, or rather, the Sage of the Six Paths' surname is likely Otsutsuki."
Nagato stood beside Uchiha Madara and asked, "Is the Rinnegan the ultimate form of the Sharingan?"
"You could say that. When the two poles unite, one can obtain the power of all creation."
"The two poles unite?" Nagato was slightly taken aback.
Before he could ponder it further, Uchiha Madara lowered his arms, the corners of his mouth curving into a slight smile. "It's this power…"
Performing hand seals, Uchiha Madara thrust his hands forward and uttered a jutsu name that was extremely familiar to Nagato.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
The earth shook, and countless cracks spread out.
Thick tree branches, each requiring more than a dozen people to encircle, surged out from the cracks like epic giant serpents sleeping underground. They instantly destroyed the incredibly sturdy steel buildings, transforming into a green tidal wave that spread in all directions, engulfing the entire battlefield in the blink of an eye.
The advancing green tidal wave's color visibly intensified, and countless branches and leaves sprouted.
Wherever it passed, towering giant trees remained.
"That chakra is indeed his. The butterfly effect has appeared again."
Izayoi's Wood Clone, who had witnessed this scene, transmitted the information to the main body in real time while controlling the remaining puppet human army to teleport away using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Except for a few puppet humans who were engulfed by the tree wave and had their chakra instantly drained by the binding branches, the figures of the other puppet humans vanished without any warning.
Only the resurrected dead of the Impure World Reincarnation suffered.
Seeing this scene through the Wood Release's perception, Uchiha Madara frowned slightly, his face showing displeasure. "Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique? The style is as insidious as that guy."
"Don't bother with this battlefield; it's just a battle of the dead," Nagato reminded. "That Otsutsuki Toneri's Tenseigan has incredibly absurd long-range vision and X-ray vision, and he can read lips. Your existence and the conversation just now might have been seen by him. If it's his main body and Izayoi working together, with Shimura Danzo's Kamui assisting, my main body and Tobi might not last long."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Uchiha Madara smiled confidently. "Once that guy comes over, he'll be there in a dozen seconds."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nagato saw the space in front of him fluctuate.
Immediately, a distorted figure flew out from within, it was Obito Uchiha, whose left side of the mask was missing a piece, his forehead and face covered in scars, and his three-tomoe Sharingan flashing red.
Seeing this guy who always messed things up, a hint of disdain flashed in Nagato's eyes.
If this guy hadn't given away his eye and hadn't mentioned the secrets of the Mangekyo Sharingan to him, always acting mysteriously, Nagato wouldn't have lost so miserably.
If Nagato had known in advance, he would have long gone to retrieve Obito Uchiha's left eye. Even if he didn't return it to Obito Uchiha to strengthen him, he could have installed it on Pain to enhance Pain's strength.
Or he could have hidden it, at least preventing himself from falling into such a desperate situation.
Nagato couldn't understand Obito Uchiha's thought process.
A madman who caused the Nine-Tails' attack and the Bloody Mist Village, even managing to kill his own teacher and his wife, and wipe out his clan, was clearly not someone who would care about the feelings of classmates and comrades.
Why, after going to Konoha so many times, had he never thought about retrieving his left eye?
That kind of offensive space-time ninjutsu was something even his main body would be very wary of.
If Obito Uchiha had retrieved his left eye, even if his identity was exposed, he could still have stood on equal footing with Nagato.
So why didn't he do it?
Nagato couldn't figure it out.
However, if Nagato were to substitute Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake with his own and Yahiko's bond, perhaps he could understand.
"You're too pathetic, Obito." Uchiha Madara also looked at Obito Uchiha with a slight frown and asked, "It's been so many years, haven't you diligently trained what I taught you?"
Obito Uchiha, who had already consumed both of his three-tomoe Sharingan to activate Izanagi, didn't speak but took the Flame Fan off his back and threw it to Uchiha Madara, saying faintly, "Here's your thing. That guy in the Kamui dimension is very dangerous. His light orbs can instantly drain chakra. I almost couldn't even activate Izanagi."
"Otsutsuki Toneri? Main body or clone?" Uchiha Madara immediately felt a surge of battle intent.
Black Zetsu quickly reminded, "Lord Madara, the most important thing now is your revival."
"You're right. Then let a Wood Clone go in and play with him," Uchiha Madara nodded, then performed hand seals and created a Wood Clone that also possessed infinite chakra but didn't have an immortal body.
Obito Uchiha first used Kamui to send Uchiha Madara's Wood Clone into the Kamui dimension.
Then he took Uchiha Madara, Black and White Zetsu, and himself into the Kamui dimension.
At the same time, Obito Uchiha's Wood Clone, which had been hiding in the battlefield of Nagato and Izayoi, also used Kamui to release the main body and the others.
In just a few seconds, Uchiha Madara and the others had crossed from Amegakure to the forest area of the Land of Fire.
From Uchiha Madara's revival to his appearance here, it had only taken about three minutes.
During this time, Izayoi had just used Shimura Danzo's Kamui assist to drive Nagato and Tobi down from the top of the hundred-armed Buddha statue. He had saved a large amount of chakra and taken over control of the hundred-armed Buddha statue, manipulating its hundred giant arms to bombard Nagato and Tobi.
"Almighty Push!"
Nagato released an astonishing repulsive force storm, resisting and shattering the attacks of the hundred-armed Buddha statue.
After the attacks stopped, he quickly performed hand seals and used the Summoning Technique to release the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which had been sealed by the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees and the Myojin Gate.
The standoff of the original three behemoths returned to a one-on-one situation.
However, the controllers on top had changed from one against two to two against two.
Izayoi was in the open, and Shimura Danzo was in the dark.
To avoid being ambushed by Kamui, Nagato and Tobi kept their bodies tense at all times, not daring to use Yin-Yang Release to connect to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and consume a large amount of chakra to create the chakra dragon. They could only use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as if it were the Wood Human Arhat.
Receiving the real-time information transmitted by his Wood Clone, Izayoi felt somewhat terrible and at the same time very puzzled.
Uchiha Madara being resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation was within Izayoi's expectations from the moment Nagato revealed the Impure World Reincarnation army.
After all, Uchiha Madara's corpse was in Black Zetsu's hands.
With Nagato's confidence, he definitely wouldn't be afraid of Uchiha Madara.
He even seemed to see the scene of Uchiha Madara and Nagato fighting each other.
The current Nagato, in terms of both strength and intellect, was not comparable to the original work.
The difficulty for Uchiha Madara to take back the Rinnegan from Nagato was even higher than for Obito Uchiha.
Even Obito Uchiha knew about the curse mark on his heart. Nagato must be aware of his own body's condition to prevent unexpected events. Uchiha Madara would definitely not implant a curse mark in Nagato's body like he did with Obito Uchiha.
In Izayoi's speculation, the best-case scenario for the two was to join forces.
But now, Uchiha Madara had taken the dominant position.
What was going on?
What exactly did they say in the dark underground base?
At this moment, a figure appeared on top of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Looking at the figure beside him, Tobi immediately smiled, "Lord Madara, welcome back."
"Long time no see, Tobi," Uchiha Madara also replied with a smile.
Before Uchiha Madara could praise him, Tobi asked, "Lord Madara, is there poop in the Pure Land? Did you still have the urge to defecate after you died?"
"…"
Uchiha Madara's forehead was covered in black lines, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Nagato also re-evaluated Tobi, not expecting Tobi's hobby to be so peculiar.
Immediately, Nagato said, "While there's still plenty of chakra, let me revive you first."
"No hurry, let's deal with these troubles first," Uchiha Madara shook his head in refusal, looking at the black-haired youth on top of the hundred-armed Buddha statue, his eyes filled with battle intent as he said, "A descendant of Hashirama's clan, let me see how much difference there is between him and Hashirama."
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!" Uchiha Madara performed hand seals, and vast chakra immediately flowed through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, seeping into the earth and seizing control of the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.
Tree branches, like pythons, wrapped around the hundred-armed Buddha statue from bottom to top, binding it in place.
Some trees also sprouted giant red flowers.
However, before the branches could cover the entire body of the hundred-armed Buddha statue like vines, they suddenly stopped moving and retreated at an even faster speed.
The red flowers also withered rapidly without blooming.
Uchiha Madara couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, a smile playing on his lips. "This level of Sage Art chakra does have some of Hashirama's flair."
"Let's revive you first, otherwise, once Otsutsuki Toneri appears, our situation will be very passive," Nagato suggested again. "His Tenseigan can also evolve on its own. I'm not sure if it has other abilities besides Yin-Yang Release and another form of the Six Paths Techniques. Can your Rinnegan also revert to the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara, who was just about to use the Complete Body Susanoo to fight Izayoi, immediately remembered his Limbo: Border Jail. The battle intent in his eyes was instantly replaced by solemnity, and he nodded. "If that's the case, then revive me first."
After saying this, a white tube extended from the head of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, connecting to Uchiha Madara's back.
"Roar…"
The inexhaustible chakra of the Impure World Reincarnation surged into his body, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path immediately let out a deafening roar. The terrifying shockwave and sonic boom blew the trees, swaying like a hurricane, and even Izayoi couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.
Then, massive chains shot out from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's mouth, like the Adamantine Sealing Chains of the Uzumaki clan, binding the hundred-armed Buddha statue while flickering with purple chakra waves.
In the next second, the chakra within the hundred-armed Buddha statue was rapidly drained.
Another chain shot towards Izayoi. Izayoi didn't resist but teleported away.
At the same time, the space beside Uchiha Madara suddenly twisted.
"Is this the ability of Obito's other eye?"
Looking at the slowly twisting space, Uchiha Madara severed his connection with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and chuckled, "Very good eyes, but unfortunately, it's only one eye. The eye power is too weak."
Whether it was the Sharingan or the Rinnegan, only a complete pair could unleash their full power.
The power of a single eye was not just halved in strength.
However, in the next second, Uchiha Madara's expression changed slightly.
The twisting space didn't chase after him and Nagato, who had left the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but instead went downwards, aiming for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head.
Just as Uchiha Madara was about to use Susanoo to see if Yin Release chakra could interfere.
A figure suddenly appeared on top of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Immediately, the distorted spatial fluctuations returned to their original position.
The figure was none other than Obito Uchiha, whose left eye was already blind.
"Well done, Obito," Uchiha Madara praised without reservation.
Nagato, who had already performed hand seals and was about to cancel the Summoning Technique, also lowered his hands.
After landing, Nagato quickly came to Uchiha Madara's front and said, "Cover me."
"Obito."
Uchiha Madara called out, and Obito Uchiha immediately teleported into existence.
Tobi detached from Nagato and attached himself to Obito Uchiha.
Then, Uchiha Madara and Tobi simultaneously performed hand seals and channeled chakra into the ground, not giving Izayoi a chance to use Wood Release for a sneak attack.
Obito Uchiha first glanced at Uchiha Madara, then looked at Black and White Zetsu, who had emerged halfway from the ground not far away, immediately dispelling the small thoughts in his heart, and stared intently at Nagato, who had already performed hand seals, not giving Shimura Danzo a chance to use Kamui to interfere.
"Outer Path… Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"
As Nagato's shout rang out, Uchiha Madara's body immediately emitted wisps of white steam.
The cracks covering his entire body were disappearing at a visible speed, and the Sharingan with black sclera shattered like falling glass, with numerous cracks appearing and pieces falling off.
Just then, the distorted spatial fluctuations reappeared beside Uchiha Madara.
Obito Uchiha immediately used Kamui to pull the distorted spatial fluctuations over.
Before long, a fist-sized black hole appeared.
At this moment, a fair hand stretched out from the black hole.
Then, several green beams of light shot towards Uchiha Madara and the other two.
Seeing this scene, Obito Uchiha's expression suddenly changed drastically. He quickly stopped his eye power output and teleported away.
The revived Uchiha Madara also seemed to sense something and couldn't help but frown. While side-stepping to dodge the approaching chakra, he used Susanoo without eyes, creating a skeletal defense and wielding a blue light sword, slashing at the incoming beams of light.
However, the light sword didn't touch the green light beams. As if affected by a rule-based power, it transformed into Yin Release chakra and seeped into the green light orbs that had become beams.
In the next second, the green light orbs exploded like cannonballs, transforming into a massive mushroom cloud.
On Nagato's side, however, because most of his chakra had been drained, he couldn't react in time and was pierced by the beams before he could use the Preta Path's ability.
In an instant, Nagato fell to the ground, losing his ability to fight.
Two gold, three blue, and four purple, a total of nine beams of different colors, visible only to Izayoi, flew out of Nagato's body.
At the same time, the explosion engulfed them.
Tree branches burst out of the ground, forming a wall of trees, helping Nagato withstand the shockwave of the explosion.
Black Zetsu, who had used Wood Release, attached himself to Nagato, reaching out to gouge out his eyes while quickly moving him towards Uchiha Madara.
Rumble…
Losing the chakra of Uchiha Madara and Tobi, control of the forest returned to Izayoi's hands.
The ground shook violently, and thick tree branches, each requiring more than a dozen people to encircle, burst out of the ground, flinging Nagato, possessed by Black Zetsu, into the air. Then, countless wooden spikes shot out.
Just then, the tree branches suddenly stopped wriggling, leaving only the shooting wooden spikes.
Black Zetsu, landing on a tree branch, immediately used Wood Release to create a cocoon-like shield, enveloping Nagato to block the attack of the wooden spikes.
A black shadow, merging with the earth and vegetation, to flee stealthily at high speed.
"Excellent cooperation. If it weren't for Hashirama's Wood Release, these two brats would have almost succeeded."
Uchiha Madara's praising voice echoed in the forest.
Two streams of blood tears slid down his face, and a pair of purple, ripple-patterned eyes had already appeared on Uchiha Madara's face.
The terrifying eye power seemed to have also deterred the entire forest, causing those seemingly self-aware tree branches to no longer dare to move.
Having completed the unification of the two poles and obtained the power of all creation, the Ninja World's Grim Reaper had completely revived.
Bubbles of different colors also appeared around the Ninja Shura.
The most conspicuous bubble among them was a colorful bubble.
The entry inside was also different from the other entries, but the color of the font was different.
The entry in this bubble had a rainbow light flowing in the font, as if a special effect had been added.
This entry was - [Bloodline Limit·Rinnegan (Color)]
The unknown level above the red entry finally appeared.
(End of this chapter)