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

Chapter 178: Combination, Wooden Doll VS Gedo Mazo, Wooden Dragon VS Chakra Dragon

Both are white light, but the light emitted by the explosion of a super-massive meteorite is not as white as the eclipse-like light that appears when the Earth-shattering star releases its gravity.

Although he had lost his hearing, Samui soon noticed that the white on the surface of his eyelids had disappeared.

So, Samui covered his buzzing ears with both hands and slowly opened his eyes.

A tall figure came into her view.

Her long black hair fluttered in the wind, rustling and crackling along with her black robe.

This figure from behind is exactly like the one who felt utterly hopeless when facing the Hundred Faces and Uchiha Obito, and was about to give up when suddenly a hero appeared.

"Yagyu-kun—"

Gazing at that familiar figure from behind, Samui's eyes widened in fascination.

He was saved by Yagyu once again!

First came forgiveness upon their first meeting, then a heroic rescue, and now a divine intervention—"

Although Samui spent very little time with Yagyu, she already owes him three lives.

Originally, their differing stances and camps forced them to suppress their feelings, but this time they could no longer hold back.

At this moment, Samui had made his decision.

If she doesn't die in this war, then after the war ends, she must choose to retire and go to Konoha to find Yagyu and confess her feelings to her hero and god.

Regardless of whether Yagyu accepts her feelings, Samui decides to stay in Konoha, even if it means becoming Yagyu's maid.

Yagyu was unaware of Samui's thoughts; otherwise, he would have been unable to help but sigh.

The Hidden Cloud Village, which reveres martial arts, may have a somewhat reckless fighting spirit, but this also has its advantages.

At least in terms of decisiveness, even the lively and enthusiastic Ino is no match for Samui.

Looking at the sky filled with dust and mist, and seeing that the enormous meteorite was not blasted into hail by the two giant Jade Spiral Shuriken, but was directly blasted into a cloud of dust that filled the sky like a mushroom cloud, Yagyu felt a little regretful.

Even though they had already reduced their force, they still managed to blast away the enormous meteorite.

I am so incredibly powerful!

Having failed to kill a wave of Cloud Ninjas by using the colossal meteorite, Yagyu quickly turned to Samui and smiled slightly, saying, "Luckily, you made it in time. It's fortunate that you didn't throw away the Flying Thunder God Kunai I gave you as a consumable."

"This is something important that you gave me, Yagyu-kun, so of course I can't throw it away."

Samui, having made the decision, spoke up without any shyness.

However, two blushes appeared on that expressionless, aloof face.

Liu Sheng was taken aback by Samui's direct approach, not expecting her to be so proactive.

"—.."

Before Yagyu could react, he continued to try and win over the beautiful, icy woman.

A deafening roar, accompanied by a storm, approached from afar, once again causing Liu Sheng's hair and black robe to flutter.

Seeing the Gedo Mazo approaching, Yagyu temporarily put aside his romantic thoughts and instructed Samui, "The upcoming battle will be extremely intense, beyond the capabilities of your level, Samui."

"You must immediately organize the remaining Cloud Ninja to evacuate, either temporarily leaving the battlefield or heading to other battlefields to assist other ninja villages."

After speaking, Yagyu turned his back to Samui again, staring at the Gedo Mazo that resembled a moving mountain, and confidently declared, "I will deal with the leader of Akatsuki."

"yes!"

Samui nodded obediently at first, then said with some worry, "Yagyu-kun, please be careful."

"Don't worry, we'll win," Yagyu said arrogantly.

"Universal Guidance!"

Just as Samui vanished in an instant, and the remaining Cloud Ninja of the organization withdrew from the battlefield.

Having already spotted Yagyu, Nagato released an astonishing gravitational pull from a great distance, transforming it into an invisible giant hand that lifted Yagyu's body off the ground, sending him flying towards the Gedo Mazo like a cannonball.

The distance between Yagyu and the Gedo Mazo was at least several hundred to nearly a thousand meters.

However, the fact that Nagato's Universal Pull could still capture Yagyu despite the vast distance demonstrates just how powerful his Six Paths Techniques are now.

With just the Six Paths Technique and Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod, Nagato had already secured his place as a Kage-level expert. Even without relying on the Gedo Mazo, his strength was comparable to Naruto, who could activate Kurama Mode, and Sasuke, who could activate Complete Susanoo.

Because he possesses the Hungry Ghost Path, he completely counters these two guys who can only pilot Gundams using chakra.

However, Nagato was still far behind the Kage-level peaks like Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

After all, Madara Uchiha in the Valley of the End not only had the complete Nine-Tails as a summoning beast, but also the Uchiha Flame Fan, making his combat power ridiculously strong.

Needless to say, Hashirama Senju was even more formidable. If Madara Uchiha hadn't brought in the Nine-Tails as an ally to activate the Armored Susanoo, his three basic attacks would have been enough to easily defeat Madara Uchiha, without even needing to use an SSS-rank ninjutsu like Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands - Top Transformed Buddha.

Nagato's individual strength is already comparable to Naruto's, who can activate Kurama Mode. Now, with the assistance of the Gedo Mazo, which has returned with the eight tailed beasts, his strength has already surpassed Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha, who have not yet obtained the Six Paths Sage's power-up.

This reignited Yagyu's fighting spirit.

Before they could even get their fill of fighting, Pain was instantly defeated by Yagyu's own Buddha Clap technique.

I thought I would never see Nagato again. After the Seven-Tails was sealed, it should be his death day. I never expected that Nagato would rise again.

Thus, Yagyu's boredom from playing with the unconscious Hashirama Senju for nine days and nine nights was instantly replaced by a surge of fighting spirit.

This time, we should be able to have a good time, right?

As Yagyu thought this to himself, the figure flying towards the Gedo Mazo suddenly clapped his hands together.

In an instant, blue flames appeared out of thin air, as if attracted by a magnet, converging towards Yagyu and rushing into his body.

In less than a few seconds, red eyeshadow appeared at the corner of Liu Sheng's eyes. His red pupils, which had already removed his colored contact lenses and were openly using his red-eye ability, turned golden at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After instantly activating Sage Mode, Yagyu suddenly let out a soft shout:

"Sage Art: Wood Release—? Wood Human Technique!"

Rumbling--

With his feet not touching the ground, the terrifying Sage Chakra seeped into the earth through the energy of nature.

In an instant, the scarred earth began to shake violently.

The intense tremors even reached the Cloud Ninja, who were fighting and quickly retreating from the battlefield.

Almost instinctively, the Cloud Ninja, led by Samui, all turned their gaze toward Yagyu.

Then, just like before, their worldview was shattered once again, and the power of another dimension belonging only to mythology appeared before their eyes.

Cracks of varying sizes appeared on the earth, and thick tree branches surged out like pythons.

The branches, like snakes released from their cages, did not scatter or grow a large number of leaves; instead, they were all bound together and merged together.

In no time, countless huge tree branches merged to form a massive wooden Arhat statue, no less imposing than the demonic statues of heretics, standing tall on the earth.

The wooden Arhat, composed of a vast ocean of Sage Chakra, had a dignified and imposing face, and its eyes gleamed with dazzling white light.

When Yagyu vanished into thin air, escaping Nagato's gravity, and reappeared above the wooden dummy, he was gone.

Two beams of blue-white laser light suddenly shot out from the eyes of the wooden Arhat, hundreds of meters apart.

It shot out towards the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Nagato was slightly taken aback, subconsciously recalling the scene of Yagyu using the Wood Dragon Technique to perform ninjutsu.

Unexpectedly, this Arhat can also perform ninjutsu, and even ninjutsu without hand seals.

However, Nagato did not use the Preta Path's ability to absorb the Wood Golem's ninjutsu as he did in the second round. Instead, he manipulated the Gedo Mazo to raise his hands and punch out.

Not only is its power no less than Sasuke Uchiha's Lightning Release: Kirin, but it is several times stronger, and it contains Sage Chakra. These two lightning bolts are even effective against Six Paths level shinobi.

It was blocked by the fist of the Gedo Mazo.

However, it was not shattered by a single punch, but rather struggled for quite some time before the laser beams shooting from the wooden Arhat's eyes disappeared.

As the price for the defense, burn marks appeared on the fist of the Gedo Mazo, which had ignored the Fourth Raikage's attack.

Clearly, just as the celestial technique was effective against a Six Paths level expert, the celestial technique Thunder Escape used by the Wooden Arhat was also effective against the Outer Path Demon Statue.

However, this effect only lasts for a short period of time.

The Gedo Mazo, having recovered the eight tailed beasts, now possesses the immortality of a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. It can quickly heal even severed limbs, let alone being burned by electric heat.

In less than ten seconds, the burn marks on the Gedo Mazo's fist disappeared.

Rumble...

A deafening roar shook the earth, and the heretical demon statue rushed toward the wooden Arhat.

"Universal Guidance!"

Nagato, once again from a great distance, unleashed an astonishing gravitational pull on Yagyu.

But this time, his gravity failed to pull Yagyu away from the top of the wooden dummy's head.

If you look closely, you'll see that Yagyu's feet have disappeared into the top of the wooden arhat's head, just like Gaara used the feigned sleep technique. He is the wooden arhat, and the wooden arhat is him.

Nagato wanted to use Universal Pull to pull Yagyu here, unless his chakra was so vast that it could lift the entire Wooden Arhat.

But clearly, Nagato simply couldn't do it.

"Sage Art: Fire Release - Fire Dragon Technique!"

Yagyu's hand, hidden in his sleeve, quickly formed a hand seal.

The next second, the wooden Arhat raised his hand and spat out a huge fire dragon from his mouth, roaring towards the oncoming demonic statue.

"I see!"

This time, Nagato finally saw clearly how the Wooden Man Rahan used ninjutsu.

Yagyu's actions also inspired Nagato.

However, unlike Yagyu, he did not control the Gedo Mazo to perform ninjutsu.

Because he knew without even trying that he couldn't use the Gedo Mazo to perform ninjutsu before developing a tacit understanding with it, even though he was now connected to the Gedo Mazo through a tube and could use it like the Six Paths of Pain.

However, the Gedo Mazo was not Nagato's ninjutsu, but a special summoning beast.

Unlike Yagyu's wooden puppet, which is entirely composed of Yagyu's chakra and can be transformed into other nature transformations and form transformations at any time.

However, Yagyu's actions also reminded Nagato that the Gedo Mazo had another terrifying ability.

"roar·--."

Nagato clapped his hands together, and the Gedo Mazo roared once more.

Moreover, this time the roars were two different ones, one after the other.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path opened its gaping maw and spat out a blue, transparent chakra dragon, which collided with the roaring fire dragon.

In an instant, a magical scene appeared.

The fire dragon, imbued with Sage Mode chakra, was instantly absorbed by the chakra dragon.

The red chakra vanished into nothingness, or more precisely, it merged into the chakra dragon, becoming a part of it and increasing its size.

Upon seeing this, Liu Sheng's expression changed slightly.

At that moment, he finally sensed the danger and remembered this terrifying, overlooked move.

Without a doubt, the Chakra Dragon is the ultimate technique among ultimate techniques, a move even more terrifying than the Tailed Beast Ball.

Because this ninjutsu is a technique that guarantees instant death upon contact.

Once pierced by a chakra dragon, one will either lose all chakra or have both chakra and soul absorbed.

In the original story, if Hanzo hadn't been skilled in the Body Flicker Technique, he would have been instantly killed by the chakra dragon, just like his subordinates.

This move is an alternative form of the Wooden Dragon technique, specifically designed to counter flashy and elaborate techniques, and its destructive power is even greater than that of the Wooden Dragon.

Besides instantly absorbing chakra, this chakra dragon also possesses the Human Path's abilities, making it a combination of Wood Dragon Technique and Spirit Transformation Technique.

Even if a wooden Arhat were to be pierced through by this chakra dragon, a significant amount of his chakra would be absorbed.

Just like Madara Uchiha's complete Susanoo, which was rendered powerless by Hashirama Senju's wooden dragon.

Even if Yagyu were to be touched by the Chakra Dragon, his chakra would be drained, and he might even be in mortal danger.

You absolutely must not let this thing touch you!

Liu Sheng thought to himself, while also feeling a bit curious.

I wonder what it would be like if the Wood Dragon, which also possesses chakra absorption, clashed with this Chakra Dragon.

Without hesitation, Yagyu clapped his hands and shouted, "Sage Art: Wood Release - Wood Dragon Technique!"

"roar·-

The wooden Arhat raised his hand and pushed, and a thick branch extended from his palm, transforming into the shape of a wooden dragon at a speed visible to the naked eye, emitting a roar that shook all beasts.

After the wooden dragon was released from the palm of the wooden Arhat, it immediately swelled up rapidly like an inflating balloon.

In the blink of an eye, it grew to the same size as the approaching chakra dragon.

A real dragon and an ethereal dragon, yet remarkably similar in shape and size, collide.

In an instant, a magical scene appeared!

The wooden dragon emitted an invisible magnetic force, which quickly absorbed the chakra dragon composed of chakra.

However, at the same time, Yagyu also lost control of the wooden dragon.

This enormous wooden dragon fell directly to the ground, becoming a decorative piece containing immense chakra, but temporarily without an owner!