The Rinnegan amplified the darkness in his heart, and Nagato ceased his struggle. "You're admitting you were mistaken?" he asked calmly.
Jiraiya nodded firmly. "Give me a chance—and give yourself one too!"
"How absurd!" Nagato let out a long laugh. "Back when we suffered the endless wars, no one cared whether we lived or died. Later, when we worked tirelessly for peace, no one listened to our voices. Finally, when reality 'killed' us, no one heard our cries... Now you expect us to give up? Don't you think it's far too late?"
Jiraiya opened his mouth as if to speak, then closed it again without a word.
Although he had taught them ninjutsu, his original decision had been driven by Nagato's Rinnegan.
Therefore, his intentions couldn't be considered entirely selfless.
Seeing Jiraiya at a loss for words, Nagato burst into laughter. "No defense? Then face the god's judgment!"
[Shinra Tensei]!
A surge of five times the normal repelling force erupted, hurling Jiraiya backward.
Witnessing this, Seiki furrowed his brow slightly.
That the Limbo's shadow could use ninjutsu didn't surprise him.
If the Shadow Clone Technique could use jutsu, then the "advanced Shadow Clone"—Limbo: Border Jail—had no reason not to.
What truly puzzled him was whether Nagato had suddenly fallen ill. Why was he claiming to be a god again?
"Could it be... after Madara unlocked the Rinnegan's power, he was infected by his inner 'second-year middle school syndrome'?" Seiki instinctively glanced at Madara.
Noticing Seiki's gaze, Madara felt a chill in his heart. "He's figured out Nagato's change has something to do with me? Impressive. A being whose strength surpasses even the legendary Hashirama and myself, so perceptive!"
Seeing Nagato raise his right hand once more, Seiki flashed forward and rushed in headfirst.
His speed was extremely fast, like lightning tearing through the air in an instant. Yet Nagato remained unfazed, effortlessly switching places with one of his shadows.
"It's useless. No matter how fast you are, can you outpace thought? As long as the Rinnegan can track your movements, you'll never land a hit on me!"
"How can you be certain if you don't try?"
Seiki exhaled a breath of cold air, and fine Ice Shards filled every corner of the space.
"You want to use ice release to detect the shadows' presence?" Nagato sneered. "These shadows aren't just invisible. They only take physical form when I need them!"
"No, these Ice Shards are used to lock onto your position!"
Before the words had even finished echoing, Seiki appeared right in front of Nagato and threw a powerful downward punch!
"How could he be so fast?" Nagato's pupils constricted. Without time to think, he quickly exchanged places with a shadow.
But before he could even catch his breath, Seiki followed like a shadow once more.
Nagato kept shifting locations, and Seiki kept teleporting after him!
"I've been marked with the Flying Thunder God Technique? Right, it's those Ice Shards!" Nagato realized, stunned. "To use those Ice Shards as markers for the Flying Thunder God Technique—just how refined has his chakra control become?"
However, once the principle was understood, this move wasn't difficult to counter.
[Shinra Tensei]!
After another position exchange with the shadow, Nagato hurriedly repelled all the Ice Shards on and around his body with the repelling force!
Not only that, he also used Repelling Force to create a protective barrier with a three-meter radius around himself, preventing those invisible particles from getting close.
Seiki, whose teleportation had been interrupted, came to a stop and sighed, "Too bad. If only I'd been just a little faster, I would have caught you!"
"You're absolutely right, it is a shame. Because now, I won't give you another chance!" Nagato clapped his hands together. "[Planetary Devastation]!"
As a powerful gravitational force pulled from his surroundings, Seiki quickly figured it out.
Nagato used the shadow beside him as the gravitational core!
The weakness of Planetary Devastation lies in this — once the gravitational core is destroyed, the pull disappears!
But these shadows were in an invincible state, making [Planetary Devastation] unbreakable!
Even worse, the shadow locked him in a crushing embrace!
This way, even if he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport, he'd still get sealed as the target!
Large chunks of rock and earth layers flew toward Seiki, as if trying to entomb him within the forming sphere!
"Using Rinnegan's shadow to perform [Planetary Devastation], huh? Clever move!" Madara's lips curled upward slightly, clearly satisfied with Nagato's performance.
The battling figures below also realized Seiki seemed to be at a disadvantage now, each one growing tense.
"Not good, Leader is in danger!"
"No good, we can't get close at all!"
"Darn it! As soon as we approach even slightly, we get pulled in!"
"If we can't get close, then let me pull my senior out using Kamui..." Obito looked at Seiki with his Sharingan, planning to extract Seiki using Kamui.
He poured chakra into his eye with intense concentration, not even noticing Madara approaching from behind.
"Obito... Isn't it time you returned what you owe me..."
At the voice from behind him, Obito's hair stood on end.
Before he could react, Madara slammed his face into the ground with a palm to the back of his head.
"Now, it's time to repay me with your life!"
Within the forming sphere, Seiki sighed softly, "I originally wanted to save this ability for a stronger opponent, but it seems that won't be possible anymore."
"A stronger opponent?" Nagato felt puzzled. Was there really an enemy stronger than him and Madara?
Seiki asked, "Can your gravity even hope to catch light?"
As his words faded, Seiki transformed into a streak of light and shot away, leaving only the shadow clone standing there, dazed and lost, still trying to figure out what had just happened!
After escaping from the meteorite, Seiki almost instantaneously reappeared beside Obito and Madara.
"Speed is power. Ever been hit by pure light?" Seiki raised his right foot and kicked toward Madara.
"What?" Madara turned his head sharply.
Even with the power of his Rinnegan, Madara couldn't react in time. He saw a blinding flash, and then he was blasted away like a cannonball!
It was truly like a cannonball. He flew through the air, smashing countless trees and mountains, carving a trench over ten kilometers long before nearly flying out of the Land of Fire!
The entire battlefield fell silent at this shocking sight. What level of power was this?
"Madara got beaten again... and again!"
"But this is incredible! I barely blinked, and before I could even react, everything had completely turned around!"
"Even Ao from Mist Hidden, who had obtained the Byakugan, was trembling all over. 'I can't see! Even with the Byakugan, I can't see where Madara was kicked off to!'
Even Seiki couldn't help but feel astonished. His speed, already pushed to the limit by Sage Mode and the Eight Gates, had now been further enhanced by Light Release. This speed was simply beyond human comprehension!
That's because he'd mastered control over his body to near perfection. Others might accidentally dash so hard they end up in another country!
Nagato took a deep breath and rasped, 'What is this?'
Seiki raised his right hand, and a faint glint of light flickered at the tip of his index finger. 'This is a Kekkei Tota I've developed. It is called Light Release!'
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