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

Chapter 179 Sage Art... Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands

Both Yagyu and Nagato were slightly taken aback when they saw the wooden dragon, which looked like a decorative piece.

Clearly, none of them expected that the collision between the Wood Dragon and the Chakra Dragon would result in such an outcome.

Both Yagyu and Nagato formed hand seals, attempting to control the wooden dragon.

Unfortunately, they could both sense the chakra within the wooden dragon, but neither Yagyu nor Nagato could control it.

Nagato was helpless against this, but Yagyu devised a plan and won.

With a slight twitch of his finger, a branch sprouted from the ground and connected to the wooden dragon on the ground.

"roar--."

As the roar resounded, the wooden dragon lying on the ground floated up again, soaring into the sky and flying towards Nagato.

"Ting!"

Seeing that Yagyu had seized control of the wooden dragon in this way, Nagato couldn't help but snort coldly.

As the wooden dragon flew towards it, the demonic statue suddenly stretched out its enormous hand and grabbed the dragon's body.

Then it opened its blood-red maw and spat out another enormous chakra dragon.

This time, the chakra dragon did not fly out of the Gedo Mazo's body.

With the chakra of the eight tailed beasts, the chakra dragon swiftly devoured the chakra within the wood dragon with overwhelming force.

Boom boom boom—

Just then, a sound like the earth shaking reached my ears.

The wooden Arhat ran toward the heretical demon statue, each step causing the ground to tremble.

Upon seeing this, the heretical demon statue immediately threw away the wooden dragon in its hand and ran towards the wooden Arhat as well.

Compared to the original story's Wooden Arhat vs. Complete Susanoo, an even more shocking and violent scene of Complete Susanoo vs. Nine-Tails is presented immediately.

Without uttering a single word, the wooden Arhat threw a punch directly at the heretical demon statue.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path made no attempt to block, and instead unleashed its own punch.

The two fists collided, immediately generating a hurricane-like shockwave that spread out as a vortex.

If it weren't for the numerous sores created by the Earth-Exploding Star below, and the fact that the corpses had already been absorbed into the sky and turned to dust along with the colossal meteorite from before.

The appearance of this shockwave will surely blow all these corpses away.

Even so, this wave of energy stirred up a cloud of dust beneath the feet of the wooden Arhat and the heretical demon statue.

Without any actual exertion, after exchanging a punch with the heretical demon statue, the wooden Arhat and the demonic figure began to swing their arms incessantly.

A fist, heavy enough to easily shatter a mountain, pounded against each other with the twisting force of frictional airflow.

boom--

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Each punch was like countless explosive tags exploding together, and the sounds overlapped, like continuous thunder. This series of sounds could be heard on all the battlefields of the Rain Kingdom.

Just like in the original story, when Madara Uchiha used the Heavenly Barrier Star, two meteors crashed to the ground, and the sound was so loud that even the people in the command center could hear it.

The terrifying force of the storm spread out in waves, one after another.

The wooden Arhat and the heretical demon statue engaged in hand-to-hand combat showed no sign of backing down. Their powerful lower bodies prevented them from retreating even when subjected to this terrifying attack.

As for who is stronger?

Even Liu Sheng had to admit that the wooden Arhat was indeed slightly inferior.

The wooden Arhat and the heretical demon statue kept punching each other, with the heretical demon statue only swaying slightly.

However, cracks of varying sizes kept appearing on the wooden Arhat figure.

Although Yagyu quickly repaired these cracks, the wooden Arhat's defensive capabilities were indeed far inferior to those of the Outer Path Demon Statue.

Moreover, even though this was a fist imbued with Sage Chakra, it still failed to injure the Gedo Mazo's body like the previous Sage Art: Lightning Release - Kirin.

Therefore, it seems unrealistic to try to injure the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path through physical combat.

Then, after throwing another punch, Yagyu suddenly changed his fighting style.

boom--

Kamira...

The enormous wooden Arhat figure, as massive as a mountain, suddenly leaped backward, creating distance between itself and the heretical demon statue. After landing,

It smashed the ground so hard that it created a dent and numerous cracks.

Immediately, the wooden Arhat raised his hands.

A dazzling blue light immediately appeared in the palms of the wooden Arhat.

The vast, ocean-like Sage Chakra rapidly condensed into two energy spheres the size of small mountains.

Buzzing...

A transparent white stream of air appeared out of thin air, gathered and formed the shape of a shuriken, which spun at high speed and produced a sound that stung the eardrums.

In the blink of an eye, the wooden Arhat had condensed two enormous jade spiral hand swords.

"Sage Art - Wind Release: Rasengan!"

As Yagyu shouted, the Wooden Man Arhat, just like Naruto throwing the Rasengan in his Kurama form with three heads and six arms during the final battle in the original story, hurled two enormous Rasengan swords at the Gedo Mazo.

Two enormous energy spheres, one on the left and one on the right, seemed to have built-in tracking devices, tracing graceful arcs in the air as they shot toward the Gedo Mazo.

Moreover, after flying halfway, the two energy balls changed their targets, one aiming at the head and Nagato of the Gedo Mazo, and the other aiming at the lower half of the Gedo Mazo.

Just as Nagato was about to use the Preta Path to create a transparent white shield, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly controlled the Gedo Mazo to spit out another chakra dragon.

With the assistance of the Hungry Ghost Path and Chakra Dragon, the Outer Path Demon Statue successfully resisted and absorbed the two energy orbs that were enough to destroy its body.

Yagyu was not surprised at all.

And this was the moment he had been waiting for.

"Sage Art: Wood Release - All Cloth Bag Technique!"

"Immortal Techniques - The Gate of Divine Enlightenment!"

Taking advantage of the moment when Nagato and the Gedo Mazo were both stiffened from absorbing the Sage Art: Wind Release: Super Giant Rasengan, Yagyu swiftly clapped his hands together and shouted.

As time went on, enormous wooden hands burst from the ground, grabbing the hands and feet of the Outer Path Statue.

At the same time, red torii gates, specially made for the Gedo Mazo, descended from the sky, like locks, pinning the Gedo Mazo's massive, mountain-like body to the ground.

The humanoid demonic statue knelt on the ground like a prisoner awaiting execution.

This scene came too suddenly. Nagato, who was using the Preta Path to absorb the super giant Rasenshuriken, couldn't react at all and didn't have time to use Shinra Tensei to deflect the red torii gate that was falling from the sky.

The Gedo Mazo's hands and feet are now gripped by giant wooden hands, and its body is pinned to the ground by a red torii gate from the neck down. Even with Nagato's full control, the Gedo Mazo cannot break free from these heavy restraints.

After all, even the Ten-Tails, which had evolved a tail and could use the Tailed Beast Ball in the original story, could not break free from Hashirama Senju's Sage Art: Myojinmon. Not to mention that in addition to Sage Art: Myojinmon, Yagyu also used Sage Art: Wood Release: Minabudai no Jutsu, which could easily subdue the Nine-Tails.

To free the Gedo Mazo, Nagato must destroy the wooden hand that holds it, as well as the red torii gate, which has even stronger defensive and sealing abilities than the wooden hand.

But will Yagyu give him that opportunity?

Obviously not!

With a bang, Yagyu clapped his hands together again, unleashing a dazzling blue aura that swept in all directions like a hurricane.

Even though Nagato had just broken free from the Gedo Mazo, floated into the air, and was preparing to destroy the wooden hand and the red torii gate, he seemed to sense something terrifying. His pupils constricted, and he looked at Yagyu with a face full of horror.

Even when using the Wood Man Technique and the Wood Dragon Technique, or even the Sage Art Wood Release: All Cloth Bag Technique and the Sage Art: Myojinmon, Yagyu, who didn't need to charge up at all, actually charged up for several seconds.

Immediately, Yagyu shouted again, "Sage Art—Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"

Rumble...

The earth trembled violently, and countless cracks spread and expanded.

A wooden statue of Guanyin, hundreds of times larger than the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, suddenly rose from the ground.

The wooden Arhat, which is the same size as the heretical demon statue, is so powerful that its every move causes the earth to shake. It is like a decorative ornament, standing only on the head of the Guanyin wooden statue.

This shows just how enormous this wooden Guanyin statue is.

Behind this wooden statue of Guanyin, there are thousands of wooden hands, which stand upright in a fan shape like a peacock spreading its tail.

A huge shadow, like a dark cloud, enveloped the kneeling demon statue and Nagato, who was as small as an ant compared to the wooden statue of Guanyin.

From a third-party perspective, the demonic statue, about the size of a child, is kneeling on the ground worshipping a thousand-armed Guanyin, just like an ordinary person praying to a god.

"What—what is that?"

"Was that Wood Release?"

"Are you kidding me? That's Wood Release, no—that's something even ninjutsu can create!"

"Gurgle———— Is this the legendary bloodline limit that pacifies the chaotic world?"

"No wonder that when the First Hokage was still alive, no major or minor country dared to start a war. Faced with such power, even if all the ninjas in the ninja world united, they wouldn't be a match for this technique, would they?"

"This is simply divine power!"

Even the Cloud Ninja, who had fled far from the battlefield, and even the ninjas from other villages on other battlefields, could see the Thousand-Armed Kannon, which was many times larger than a mountain.

Just like Mount Fuji in the island nation of Yagyu's previous life, the Thousand-Armed Kannon is so enormous that it can be seen from anywhere in the small country of the Rain Country.

Those who saw this Thousand-Armed Guanyin, whether they were the Five Kage or Genin, all had their pupils constrict, their faces filled with shock and horror, their worldviews shattered and reshaped.

Even just observing from a distance, their feelings were no less than those of the Allied Shinobi Forces facing Madara Uchiha's Heavenly Barrier Meteor, or the Five Kage facing Madara Uchiha's Complete Body Susanoo.

This is just too outrageous!

The complete Susanoo is already known as a being of divine power, a god of destruction whose very existence is certain to be destroyed upon first sight!

The Wooden Arhat is on the same level as the Complete Susanoo.

Both of these things could easily and completely overwhelm the Nine-Tails.

The enormous wooden Arhats could only stand or sit cross-legged on the head of the Thousand-Hand Guanyin.

This is even more outrageous than a child sitting on an adult's shoulders!

This shows that the Thousand-Hand Guanyin is a form of dimensional reduction attack!

This is also the second largest technique in the Naruto world!

As for what the greatest technique is?

That could only be the expanded Truth-Seeking Ball, capable of restarting the world but still failing to fully manifest its power.

Since achieving the Sage Body, Yagyu has mastered this Wood Release technique, which is of the same SSS rank as the Truth-Seeking Ball.

But just like the Wood Release technique, Yagyu never used this Wood Release secret technique after mastering it.

Because in this era, no one is worthy of using this profound technique, not even Pain.

However, now that Nagato has recovered to his peak age and reclaimed the chakra of the eight tailed beasts, and can evolve back into the Ten-Tails Gedo Mazo with just a little more Nine-Tails chakra, Yagyu is qualified to use this ultimate technique.

"A Buddha image appears on the crown of the head!"

After consuming a vast amount of chakra to successfully create the Thousand-Armed Kannon, Yagyu, who was the size of an ant compared to the Thousand-Armed Kannon, stood on top of the wooden Arhat. Suddenly, he grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, his right palm facing down, and shouted as if giving a command.

In an instant, a thousand wooden hands, like a peacock spreading its tail, rained down from behind like a storm.

The wooden hand is so large that it can grab the Nine-Tails, the strongest tailed beast, in one hand.

Even the Gedo Mazo, which is larger than the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, can be lifted up with just two hands at most.

What a spectacular sight it must have been, and what a powerful force it must have been, when thousands of wooden hands clenched their fists and slammed down!

The best explanation is that it was originally the valley at the end of the plains!

"Super Shinra Tensei!"

Watching the wooden hands fall like a meteor shower, Nagato did not hesitate at all and directly unleashed the full power of Shinra Tensei, releasing a terrifying repulsive storm.

Boom boom boom boom boom...

The landscape has been altered. In the future, the ninja world map will no longer be flat land, nor will it be filled with terrifying earthquakes and deafening bombings that will resound throughout the Land of Rain.

Even in neighboring countries near the border, civilians could hear the loud noises.

Seeing the Thousand-Armed Guanyin waving her thousands of wooden hands, the Cloud Ninja stopped their retreat. Even though they were knocked to the ground by the strong tremors, their shocked and terrified gazes did not leave the Thousand-Armed Guanyin for a moment.

The surrounding battlefield, as well as most of the residents of the Rain Kingdom, stopped fighting and put down their work, staring in disbelief at the scene.

Thousands of wooden hands rained down on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Nagato like a storm.

The repulsive storm lasted only a few seconds before being blasted apart by the combined force of the thousand wooden hands, instantly engulfing the demonic statue.

Nagato didn't hesitate at all, abandoning the Gedo Mazo directly and even using its massive size to quickly evade and escape.

Even the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki wouldn't dare to directly confront this SSS-level Sage Art.

After all, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki can only be immune to ninjutsu, but not to physical attacks and sage techniques.

Coincidentally, Truth-Seeking Balls are SSS-rank magic ninjutsu, while Sage Art: Wood Release - True Several Thousand Hands is an SSS-rank physical ninjutsu.