I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 176 Instantly Defeating the AB Combination, the Invincible Nagato

"I never imagined that White Zetsu clones would have such an effect."

Nagato looked down at her feet, her gaze seemingly penetrating her trench coat, discerning the bones, veins, and even cells beneath her white skin.

If you look closely, you'll see a hint of shock in Nagato's eyes.

As the one who created the Six Paths of Pain, Nagato's understanding of the human body over the years makes him arguably the most skilled medical ninja.

He is acutely aware of his current situation.

Although he has been disabled for many years, he has never forgotten how to walk, even though he has been controlling the Six Paths of Pain all these years.

No, to be precise, he has never forgotten his state before he lost his legs.

Walking with the Six Paths of Pain feels completely different from walking before losing my legs.

Just as the reanimated body cannot feel any pain, Pain, after being injured, also could not feel any pain.

However, the basic tactile feel is still present.

The legs transplanted from the White Zetsu clone restored sensation to Nagato's lower body.

The feeling of walking was completely different from that of Pain, but exactly the same as before he lost his legs.

Yes, they look exactly like my own feet; they don't look like they were transplanted at all.

Not only did her body show no rejection whatsoever, but there was also no so-called healing or adaptation period, as if Nagato had never been disabled.

The fact that it could be used immediately after being transplanted left Nagato utterly astonished.

Even the most skilled healer isn't worthy of carrying the shoes of a White Zetsu clone.

After the initial shock, Nagato became even more wary of Obito Uchiha's portrayal of "Madara Uchiha" and the black and white Zetsu.

These two people are definitely not simple. Their approach to me is very likely not just to collect the tailed beasts to revive the Gedo Mazo.

They want the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, perhaps for purposes he doesn't even know.

Could it be that the Rinnegan really isn't a bloodline limit I was born with?

Nagato thought to himself, increasingly convinced that his guess was very likely true.

Otherwise, he, the owner of the Rinnegan, wouldn't need the other party to give him the Six Paths Technique and Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod.

Even the method by which the Outer Path Statue provides energy was taught to them by the Outer Path Statue.

Thinking of this, Nagato touched the Zero Ring on his finger and secretly told Konan to be wary of those two guys.

Immediately, Nagato transformed into a blur and vanished from the underground base in an instant.

Regardless of the other party's reasons for approaching him, the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo are now his property, and that is absolutely true.

In Nagato's Rinnegan's ability to see through people, Obito Uchiha's chakra reserves weren't even enough to carry his shoes when he was weak, let alone reach them now.

If it weren't for the opponent's bizarre intangibility ability, Nagato could have easily killed him instantly.

As for Black and White Absolute, needless to say, he was just an intelligence agent.

If it weren't for the fact that White Zetsu's abilities were so useful, and that the other side could provide 100,000 White Zetsu to Akatsuki as cannon fodder to buy time, Nagato wouldn't have needed to launch a sneak attack; he could have killed them openly and honestly.

Moreover, after calming down, Nagato also realized their weakness and lack of confidence.

If they weren't so weak and lacking in confidence, they wouldn't be relying on him so much.

Even the heretical demons provided him with such abilities and helped him restore his legs.

They took advantage of his weakness and the loss of the Six Paths of Pain to launch a sneak attack and steal the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo.

But none of them did that!

Clearly, they need their own strength and hope to become stronger in order to deal with Miyabi's Wood Release ninjas and collect the final Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.

Therefore, in Nagato's eyes, Obito Uchiha and Zetsu Black and White were no longer a threat; he only needed to be vigilant and prevent them from ambushing him.

Compared to these two guys who are hiding some unknown conspiracy, the Konoha Wood Release ninja, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Uchiha's younger brother are the biggest threats.

After instantly leaving the underground base, Nagato immediately floated into the air, using repulsive force as propulsion to fly towards the battlefield on the Cloud Village side at an extremely fast speed.

An explosion occurred every five seconds, causing a continuous sonic boom-like sound to echo through the sky.

"Such powerful chakra! His target is—Uncle Killer Bee and the others!"

Naruto noticed Nagato's approach immediately.

"Naruto, be careful of this person. His chakra is second only to yours and Yagyu's."

Because he had entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Sage Mode, Minato Namikaze's sensory abilities were now in a league of their own.

Sensing Nagato's presence as well, he launched an attack on his own men while solemnly reminding them, "This level of chakra is far beyond what I could have achieved in my lifetime. The opponent is very likely the leader of the Akatsuki."

"Ah—this chakra...it feels very familiar."

While instinctively defending himself, Naruto nodded heavily and said, "He should be the true form of Pain."

The disciple of the lecherous immortal!

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze's expression darkened somewhat.

Clearly, during these nine days, he had already learned from Naruto about Jiraiya's death and that the person who killed Jiraiya was none other than his senior brother.

"There's even such a butterfly effect; it seems my strength has intimidated them."

At this moment, Yagyu also noticed Nagato's approach.

Not only that, he has evolved to have red-eyed far-sightedness and X-ray vision that can travel tens of kilometers, and he has also discovered that Nagato's feet have been restored.

Just like how Madara Uchiha severed the arm of a White Zetsu clone in the original story and transplanted it directly onto his own body, making it usable immediately.

Nagato simply severed his own necrotic legs and transplanted the legs of the White Zetsu clone over them, making them usable immediately.

Moreover, there was no sense of incongruity or discomfort, just as Orochimaru reincarnated into a White Zetsu clone and never needed to reincarnate again.

White Zetsu clones are definitely the most useful medical tools in the world.

To Yagyu's astonishment, he hadn't expected that Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Obito Uchiha would actually go to such lengths.

Not only did he tell Nagato about Madara Uchiha's method of using the Gedo Mazo to prolong his life, but he also helped Nagato recover his physical functions.

They also helped Nagato recover his legs.

Aren't they afraid that once Nagato recovers, he'll immediately break off relations with them?

Or did Madara Uchiha also implant a cursed seal into Nagato's body?

Unfortunately, Yagyu's red-eyed clairvoyance cannot see colored images like the Jōgan. His clairvoyance is limited to the human body; he can only see the meridians and chakra flow, not what's under clothing.

Furthermore, the curse mark on the heart is nowhere to be seen.

Otherwise, Yagyu could check if Nagato's heart had any cursed seal left by Madara Uchiha.

"Is the target not them, but the Hidden Cloud Battlefield?"

Seeing that Nagato didn't head straight this way but instead went to the Cloud Village battlefield first, Yagyu instantly guessed his intentions.

A knowing smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

Nagato's arrival was undoubtedly a devastating blow to Kumogakure.

The Third Raikage, the pinnacle of the Five Kage, already made Killer Bee and the Fourth Raikage extremely uncomfortable. Even when they joined forces, they couldn't break through the Third Raikage's defense. At best, they were only slightly better than Onoki, able to hold off the Third Raikage and prevent him from going on a killing spree.

Facing Nagato, whose strength has reached the true Kage level, they would feel utterly hopeless.

And that is indeed the case!

Driven by the repulsive force, Nagato quickly arrived at the battlefield of Kumogakure.

"Enemy attack! The attackers are members of the Akatsuki!"

"A flying ninja? Who is this guy? Why isn't his name or picture on the Akatsuki list provided by Konoha?"

"Look! That person has the Rinnegan! He—he's the leader of Akatsuki!!!"

"Wow...that's terrifying chakra!"

Nagato's arrival was immediately noticed by the Cloud Ninja.

Many people looked puzzled as they watched Nagato descend from the sky. After all, during this period, everyone, from genin to jonin, as well as the logistics and frontline combat troops, had memorized the appearance and names of all the Akatsuki members.

Nagato's face is not even mentioned in the manual.

However, someone quickly noticed Nagato's eyes and immediately guessed his identity.

With the shouts and reminders from the Cloud Ninja, the entire battlefield instantly descended into chaos and uproar.

However, the Cloud Ninja did not feel fear or have the thought of fleeing at first; instead, they felt anger and hatred.

After all, they had lost countless comrades for the sake of the other side.

Now the goal has finally appeared.

Some of the Cloud Ninja, whose brains were all muscles and who had gone berserk these past few days, completely disregarded the difference in strength between themselves and the Akatsuki leader. They directly unleashed powerful long-range Lightning Release attacks or combined them with swordsmanship to create lightning slashes using Lightning Release nature transformation as Nagato slowly floated down from the sky.

In an instant, a large number of blue and white crescent-shaped arcs, or branch-shaped lightning bolts, like kunai and shuriken, flooded towards Nagato from all directions.

Nagato took in all of their hateful eyes and their angry, murderous expressions.

"It seems that even you great ninja villages are feeling hatred and pain."

Nagato slowly opened his arms, his face expressionless, and said, "What you are feeling now is what we small ninja villages have always felt, and our suffering is far greater than yours!"

"Rest assured, your deaths will herald peace, and there will be no more war or suffering—"

—Shinra Tensei!

In an instant, an invisible storm roared out from Nagato's body.

Like a rapidly expanding light shield, it instantly shattered the misty rain curtain.

The invisible light shield in the Southern Hemisphere had just landed when it immediately triggered a massive explosion.

A huge meteorite crater appeared out of nowhere on the hard and moist earth.

The Cloud Ninja and White Zetsu clones, along with the Edo Tensei army provided by Orochimaru, who were on this land, died instantly and turned into white dust.

"Summoning Technique—The Demonic Statue of the Heretic!"

The attack, though not Super Shinra Tensei, was a repulsive storm whose power was second only to Super Shinra Tensei. After killing countless people, Nagato did not fly to the battlefield where the Third Raikage, Fourth Raikage, and Killer Bee were, to play with them in his true form.

Instead, he floated directly in the air, formed hand seals, and summoned the Gedo Mazo from the underground base of Amegakure.

With a whoosh, a huge cloud of white smoke billowed out.

"roar·-.-."

A few seconds later, a roar that seemed to come from the top of the food chain resounded throughout the entire battlefield.

The terrifying shockwave, like a hurricane, instantly dispersed an astonishing area of ​​smoke.

Immediately, a monster larger than the Tailed Beasts, with a body the color of withered wood, but resembling a human in appearance, with a gaping maw, hands and feet, and eyes bandaged with white bandages, appeared on the battlefield.

Above the monster's head stood Nagato, expressionless, looking down at the figure below like a god.

Behind Nagato, there is a white tube connecting to the body of the Gedo Mazo.

If any members of the Hyuga clan were here at this moment, they would see a large amount of chakra flowing into Nagato's body through this tube.

Moreover, these chakras contain a variety of nature transformations.

Unfortunately, Nagato's current level of mastery and his ability to use the Rinnegan mean he cannot detect these changes in nature, nor can he utilize the inherent attributes of those tailed beasts.

Otherwise, Nagato at this point could use not only the Five Elements Release techniques, but also the Magnet Release from the One-Tailed Beast and the Lava Release from the Four-Tailed Beast, among others.

Even without using these nature transformations, Nagato now possesses unlimited chakra.

"Universal Guidance!"

After connecting with the Gedo Mazo, Nagato immediately stretched out his palm, releasing an astonishing amount of chakra that transformed into gravity, pulling Killer Bee towards him from a great distance.

"Compare!"

Upon seeing this, the Fourth Raikage's eyes widened in shock.

While he was distracted, the Third Raikage appeared in front of him in a flash, his fingers like the sharpest weapon in the world, thrusting forward.

The Fourth Raikage, reacting a beat too slow, had no time to defend and could only instinctively dodge.

Unfortunately, his arm was still hit by the Third Raikage's finger.

Puwei-

With the sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh, the Third Raikage's fingers did not pierce the Fourth Raikage's arm, but instead, like a slash, directly severed the Fourth Raikage's arm.

"Damn old man!"

The Fourth Raikage, whose arm had been severed by his own father, didn't utter a sound of disapproval, only letting out a furious curse.

Immediately, he abandoned his father and rushed toward the Gedo Statue with lightning speed.

As for Naruto's shadow clones, they have long since disappeared.

After fighting for nine days and nine nights, even though Naruto later replenished his shadow clones, the number was far less than the first time.

"You bastard, you idiot—watch me blast you to death with one shot!"

Killer Bee, pulled away by gravity, was unable to break free from this invisible hand.

However, during his backward flight, he quickly entered full tailed beast transformation and condensed a tailed beast ball, which he then shot towards the Gedo Mazo.

In response, Nagato withdrew his gravity, raised his hand to create a huge transparent white light shield, forming a hemispherical shield that blocked the Gedo Mazo.

The Tailed Beast Ball collided with the transparent white shield and was immediately absorbed by the Preta Path.

"Planetary Devastation!"

Instead of absorbing the chakra provided by Killer Bee, Nagato clapped his hands together, creating a small black ball, and threw it into the air.

In an instant, the rain curtain over the Cloud Hidden Battlefield vanished.

As if drawn by a magnet, countless raindrops converged toward the small black sphere that floated in the air and emitted a dazzling white light.

Before it even reached its highest point, the small black sphere had already transformed into a giant water sphere.

Kamimilai·—·

Along with the raindrops flew tens of thousands of corpses on the ground, as well as the Cloud Ninja and White Zetsu clones in the rain-stopped zone, and the Edo Tensei resurrected ones.

They were as if they were grabbed by invisible hands and thrown into the sky, completely powerless to resist, and their floating speed was astonishing.

The amount of chakra contained within the black sphere was truly astonishing, even more so than the Tailed Beast Ball.

At the same time, the earth emitted a crisp cracking sound, and countless pebbles of varying sizes detached from the ground and shot into the sky.

Even the massive, mountain-like Eight-Tailed Gyūki was pulled up by the terrifying gravity, its levitation speed second only to the crowd and the rubble.

"By the way, blast it away! Don't get near that thing!"

The Eight-Tails, Gyūki, loudly reminded everyone inside the Jinchūriki's dimension.

Both are forms of gravity, but Earth Explosion Star and Universal Pull are completely different.

Once completely absorbed by that black ball, not only will you lose control of your body, but your chakra will also be rapidly drained away.

This thing is a seal!

"I understand, Hachi."

Killer Bee also sensed the danger and immediately tried to coordinate with the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, to unleash the Tailed Beast Ball.

Splash...

Just then, the sound of chains being pulled reached his ears.

The sound was so loud that Killer Bee, who had fully transformed into a tailed beast, instinctively glanced over.

Several chains, second only to tentacles in size, rapidly magnified in Killer Bee's eyes.

The only thing unaffected by gravity, the Gedo Mazo, spat out several enormous chains from its mouth, which, like the Vortex Clan's Adamantine Lock, directly bound Killer Bee, who had fully transformed into a tailed beast.

In an instant, the chakra that had been gathering in his mouth vanished.

Its enormous, mountain-like body no longer flew towards the small black sphere in the sky, but was instead pulled towards the Gedo Statue by a strange force that transcended gravity.

Even more terrifying, Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails Gyuki discovered that they were unable to break free of the chains binding them, and even their teamwork and control were severely weakened, as if they had been subjected to a sealing jutsu.

"Righteous Thunder Sinks, Wrathful Thunder Axe!"

Just then, a loud shout rang out.

The Fourth Raikage, who was also pulled into the air by gravity, appeared above the Gedo Mazo with astonishing speed, stepping on the rubble and corpses in the sky. He raised his right foot, which was covered in lightning, and struck Nagato like lightning.

Looking up at the Fourth Raikage, who was attacking him despite the blood flowing down his face, Nagato simply raised his hand and said calmly, "Shinra Tensei!"

In an instant, the Fourth Raikage was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Not only that, Nagato's arm instantly mechanized, firing several tracking missiles that flew towards the Fourth Raikage unbound by gravity.

Rumble—

A series of explosions rang out, followed by a burst of smoke and flames.

"Big brother!!!"

Kirabi shouted, his eyes wide with rage.

In just a few moves, Nagato almost instantly defeated the AB duo that the Third Raikage had struggled to subdue for nine days.