Upon hearing Seiki's introduction, the crowd couldn't help but gasp in awe.
"Kekkei Tota? Light Release?"
"Is it similar to Steel Release, a transformation-type kekkei that turns the entire body into light particles?"
"He's not just the God of Ninja anymore—he's powerful like a real deity!"
They genuinely admired him. Truthfully, no one was really surprised that Seiki had developed a Kekkei Tota.
After all, seven years ago he'd already created two Kekkei Genkai, so developing a Kekkei Tota now was entirely reasonable!
What truly astonished them was how the Light Release combined with Seiki's physical body could unleash such power!
Take the Tsuchikage's Dust Release, for example—it was powerful indeed, but it required too much preparation time and had low accuracy. Its deterrence value was greater than its actual combat effectiveness!
But Seiki's Light Release wasn't just fast—it was incredibly powerful! Its raw physical attacks could tear through heaven and earth!
The Third Mizukage couldn't resist teasing, "Onoki, we both have Kekkei Tota—why is your Dust Release so weak?"
Onoki remained calm, "It's not the Light Release that's powerful, it's Seiki Shimaseki himself! The overly swift speed of Light Release and the excessively long preparation time of Dust Release are both flaws in themselves. If anyone else tried it, they'd probably lose control and end up killing themselves! By the way, if I could make Dust Release instantaneous, it would definitely be scarier than Light Release!"
Hearing Onoki's words, the crowd gradually calmed down.
Indeed, although the Light Release was impressive, the truly terrifying one was still Seiki himself!
The Third Mizukage continued mockingly, "Oh, so you're saying that as the user, you're just too weak to unleash the Dust Release's true power?"
Onoki wasn't angered as he coldly replied, "Compared to him, who isn't trash? At least I wasn't beaten to death inside my own home by his younger self!"
The Third Mizukage's lips twitched slightly—those words hit hard.
In the sky, Nagato inhaled deeply, "Looks like I underestimated you."
Seiki remained indifferent as he smiled and asked, "Earlier, you said that once you saw me, you'd never be caught again… So now, can you still keep up with my speed?"
As his words faded, Seiki scattered into rays of light.
Nagato widened his eyes, exerting his ocular powers to the limit.
Yet even so, he couldn't discern Seiki's movements at all. Without the slightest warning, a sharp pain exploded in his abdomen, as if his internal organs had been shattered!
Then, Nagato was sent flying, spitting blood midair.
In truth, Seiki was still holding back.
If it were the same intensity as what Madara endured, a regular person without a body granted by the Impure World Reincarnation would explode from a single punch!
Everyone understood—he still had hostages in enemy hands, so it wouldn't be wise to go all out before rescuing them.
Though his body ached terribly and his consciousness was becoming hazy, Nagato clenched his teeth and ordered Hashirama to manipulate the statue, launching wide-range attacks around him!
Although he couldn't see Seiki's movements, he could still launch wide-range attacks around himself.
"Still struggling desperately!" Seiki sighed. His body turned into light once again, then expanded infinitely, eventually transforming into a radiant giant many times taller than the statue!
Witnessing this scene, everyone fell silent.
Madara Uchiha's Susanoo had already been enormous enough, yet compared to the Thousand Hands Manipulation Force: Thrust, it looked like a child. And now, in front of this Light Giant, even the Senju Statue had become like a child too!
Have ninja battles turned into a contest of size?
The Light Giant created by Seiki lifted its right foot and stomped toward the Wooden Giant.
Though seemingly intangible, the Giant radiated immense heat, instantly obliterating the Wooden Giant in a burst of searing energy!
"Even the Wood Release, which can absorb chakra, couldn't convert in time!" Nagato was horrified inwardly. The Wood Release of Hashirama Senju could drain Madara's Susanoo until it collapsed, yet against this Light Giant, it barely absorbed a small amount before getting destroyed!
With no time to think further, Nagato quickly recalled his four shadow clones to his side for close-range protection!
Shadows capable of nullifying physical attacks were, to him, like an absolute defense!
After dealing with the Senju Statue, Seiki sealed part of the First Hokage's power, flung it toward a certain direction on the battlefield, then created a small light clone that flew toward Nagato.
Nagato couldn't react in time, but he stood his ground and blocked the attack without flinching!
"Using shadows to protect yourself?" Seiki understood immediately. He instantly split the Giant into tens of thousands of small light clones, all rushing toward Nagato.
After all, his shadows couldn't cover every angle—if there was even the slightest gap, light would penetrate!
In an instant, Nagato was swarmed and mercilessly pounded by countless miniature light clones. The sight was horrifying!
"It's over..." Seeing Nagato mercilessly thrashed, everyone from the Alliance and even members of the Akatsuki thought in their hearts.
Konan couldn't help but cry out, "Nagato, give up!"
"Not yet!" Nagato roared furiously. In an invisible space no one could see, four shadows merged into his body.
His originally lean and bony frame suddenly expanded, bulging with muscles, transforming into a muscular hulk!
Then, under everyone's disbelieving stares, he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and let the statue swallow him whole!
The next moment, except for the eye that had been activated by absorbing the Three-Tails, the other eight eyes opened simultaneously, but within them floated the patterns of the Rinnegan!
"Using the Rinnegan to replace the awakening of the other tailed beasts?" The sudden development even surprised Seiki slightly.
The process of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorbing a tailed beast was essentially the process of opening its eyes. So what if one used the Rinnegan to replace that opening?
In a way, Nagato's approach was somewhat similar to Seiki's past attempt to create the Pseudo-Ten-Tails.
The difference was that back then, Seiki lacked a physical shell and used Dragon Pulse Chakra to replace it, while Nagato lacked a core, using the Rinnegan instead!
However, Seiki's Dragon Pulse Chakra was nearly inexhaustible, capable of sustaining the Ten-Tails' consumption, whereas the Rinnegan as a core still lacked sufficient chakra.
The only reason Nagato succeeded in summoning it was through forcefully fusing those shadow clones.
As Seiki observed, the withered, wooden body of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path became somewhat rounder. Then it roared, and the sky suddenly turned dark.
Dark clouds choked the sky, lightning split the heavens, and thunder boomed like war drums. A monstrous tornado, stretching from sky to earth, began to tear everything apart. The ground cracked and crumbled, magma bursting through the surface, creating an apocalyptic wasteland as though the world itself was coming to an end!
Witnessing this, members of the Alliance became terrified.
They naturally remembered the vision foreseen by Miroku—in that prophecy, the Ten-Tails possessed heaven-annihilating and earth-shattering power!
"We're doomed! This time, we're really finished!"
Damn it! Wasn't it said that you need to gather all nine Bijuu to summon the Ten-Tails?"
"Stay calm—the Ten-Tails before us is still very different from the one in the prophecy!"
"I get it now—he forcibly awakened an incomplete Ten-Tails using the Rinnegan!"
"With Leader-sama here, there must be no problem!"
Seiki indeed remained calm. Although Nagato's actions were somewhat unexpected, even an incomplete Ten-Tails posed no real threat to him—let alone the Complete Form of the Ten-Tails, even if it had been absorbed into a Jinchuriki.
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