"Damn it! I will never give up!"
Suddenly, Nagato, bloodied and battered, leaped out of the rubble.
He looked at Takemi and shouted loudly, "My destiny is not yet complete, I have not yet re-walked the path of the Sage of Six Paths. How can I be defeated by you?"
Accompanying his roar, his Chakra erupted wildly, and the next moment, a black ball containing a strange power condensed in his hand.
Buzz!
At that very instant, a massive gravitational pull began to frantically devour everything around it.
As the black ball rapidly ascended, that boundless power distorted the entire space.
"Didn't you want to see my change? Then let me show you enough!"
Boom!
The immense gravitational force immediately drew all surrounding objects towards the black ball.
"Look closely, do I still resemble my past self?"
"Super Chibaku Tensei!"
With Nagato's roar, the Rinnegan's ocular power frantically merged into the black ball.
In that instant, the black ball expanded wildly, doubling in size, and everything on the ruins was sucked away.
Even Takemi's Wood Release was uprooted at this moment, soaring into the sky along with the shattered boulders.
The sphere continuously grew larger, and before long, it completely blotted out the sky, looking like the giant meteor that once appeared outside Konoha.
Even the Wood Golem was absorbed at this moment.
"This time, can you still shatter it?"
Nagato continued to inject ocular power and Chakra, gritting his teeth and persisting as he watched the continuously condensing sphere.
Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths used this Jutsu to create the moon, which stopped the Rabbit Goddess, he was still far from that!
"It's perfect to sacrifice you to this Jutsu. First you, and then Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki…"
Nagato murmured, but the next instant, his eyes widened.
In the sky, beneath the shadow of the colossal Chibaku Tensei, a white light shone brightly.
The next instant, this white light transformed into a massive Chakra sphere.
And within this white Chakra sphere, there were other multi-colored Chakra orbs.
These Chakra spheres rotated quietly with a special power, and this rotation brought forth an indescribable force.
"What… is this?"
Nagato's eyes widened in disbelief, and Black Zetsu, who had already fled far away to avoid the Chibaku Tensei, also fell into deep thought as he looked at the giant sphere.
"This power… why does it feel invincible?"
Not just them, people from various other locations also stared blankly at the scene before them. Everything before their eyes was somewhat incomprehensible.
Buzz!!!
The moment that massive Rasengan converged with Nagato's Super Chibaku Tensei, a visible shockwave roared forth.
It was unclear if it was because the power generated by this collision was too immense, but everyone heard no sound at all.
In this silent and oppressive world, they quietly watched everything around them become still, followed by flying sand and rocks, and raging waves.
That colossal Chibaku Tensei began to crumble silently, countless shattered rocks falling onto the ground, followed by an earthquake-like tremor.
The Super Chibaku Tensei continued to collapse, and the sunlight, previously blocked by it reappeared.
But these rays of sunlight falling on Nagato did not make him feel warm in the slightest. Instead, his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.
"How is this possible?"
He murmured softly, his body trembling slightly.
Everything seemed to have returned to how it was back then.
So much time had passed, why had nothing changed? Why was he still like this?
"Why is this happening? Why?!"
"So, why wouldn't it be like this?"
Just as he roared, Takemi's voice suddenly appeared behind him.
That ghost-like voice made his heart, already in an ice cave, collapse even further.
"Is this your full power? To be honest, you've disappointed me."
As soon as he finished speaking, accompanying the continuously shattering giant Chibaku Tensei in the sky, a Rasengan once again appeared in Takemi's hand.
That Rasengan, containing planet chakra, was swung out, landing heavily on Nagato.
"You just asked me, how much I see you like before?"
"Sorry, I see no difference between the current you and the past you."
Boom—
No one knew how long that silent collapse lasted.
The moment everyone's ears recovered, they heard a deafening roar.
The fragments of the collapsing Chibaku Tensei crashed into the ground, instantly changing the surrounding terrain.
The already ravaged battlefield became even more desolate, with nothing but desolation as far as the eye could see.
"What's going on over there?"
Jiraiya and Orochimaru's battle was becoming difficult to continue, mainly because Orochimaru was having trouble fighting on.
Whether it was their excessive familiarity with each other, or the roaring, mountainous power in the distance, both were affecting him.
"Was that white thing just now a Rasengan? Does a Rasengan have such power?"
Orochimaru was naturally familiar with the Rasengan, but he had never seen such a powerful Rasengan.
"Did Takemi win?"
Not only him, but Jiraiya was also a bit stunned.
He had heard Kakashi say that Takemi had once used a Rasengan to shatter a jutsu that looked like a planet.
Although he believed Kakashi's words and would never doubt Takemi's strength, he had never actually seen it, and this time, he truly had.
"Hey! Orochimaru, where are you going?"
Suddenly, Jiraiya saw Orochimaru instantly run towards the outside of Takigakure, which startled him.
But Orochimaru merely glanced at him, completely ignoring him.
Although he didn't know the outcome of the battle, he wouldn't continue to be entangled in this situation.
"Over there, what's going on?"
On the other side, the Akatsuki members were shaken and disoriented.
They had witnessed that scene clearly, and such power made even their hearts turn cold.
"Tch, he didn't lose, did he?"
Kakuzu's gaze was somewhat gloomy, and he asked Sasori in a low voice.
"I don't know."
Sasori shook his head, while Hidan pursed his lips.
"Damn it, if that kind of power hit me, I'd probably be shattered into pieces again, ugh…"
Having been shattered twice in a row, each time more severely than the last, Hidan now had psychological trauma.
"Let's go too."
Kisame spoke at this moment. He had long since wanted to leave this place.
"The Nine-Tails is too troublesome, we have no way to deal with him. We've already obtained the Chakra from the Seven-Tails, so there's no need to continue this entanglement."
"Hmph."
Hearing Kisame's words, the others snorted, but not a single person spoke up to object.
Although they hadn't captured the complete Seven-Tails, their previous attack had allowed them to locate the Jinchuriki and obtain some of the Chakra.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's Flying Thunder God was troublesome, and coupled with the overly complex situation outside, they didn't want to remain here.
"If Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki is drawn here, then it will be troublesome…"
Across from them, Naruto was panting while vigilantly watching these guys. He suddenly saw them scatter in all directions, which made him pause.
"Are they… leaving?"
"They probably can't fight anymore, after all, outside…"
Within Naruto's body, Minato sighed.
He and Kushina had also been observing the current situation. Although they had heard that the Akatsuki was very terrifying, they had never seen them before. Now they understood how strong these guys were.
"It's just, compared to these guys…"
However, compared to these guys, everything caused by Takemi in the distance was the most terrifying.
Such a commotion was even more frightening than what the Nine-Tails had caused back then.
Especially that enormous jutsu, like a meteor falling, being shattered by Takemi with a giant Rasengan, this shocked their hearts even more.