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Chapter 275 Who is the chosen one?! Who can stop Akihara Kagura?!

The Demonic Statue of Heretics.

That is the name of the monster.

This monster was ugly, with a face and skin like dead wood, and a row of eyes on its head, making it seem like it had no fighting power.

however…

The chakra that erupted from this monster's body was terrifying!

The Gedo Mazo now contains the chakra of seven tailed beasts, which can be used as its power source and is Nagato's last trump card!

In the past, Nagato used the Gedo Mazo to eliminate Danzo, the previous leader of Root, and Hanzo's subordinates during the crisis of the first Akatsuki's demise. Many years later, Nagato once again used the Gedo Mazo to fight against the current leader of Root!

Go!

Nagato spread out his palms, facing Akihara Kagura!

"roar!"

The demonic statue suddenly opened its ugly mouth and let out a hoarse, unpleasant roar that made one's ears ache!

next moment!

The monster reached out and slapped at Akihara Kagura!

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

Akihara Kagura quickly closed her palms, and a tall wooden figure rose from the ground, raising its hand to block the attack of the Gedo Mazo!

"roar!"

The demonic golem seemed to sense that the wooden doll beneath it was trying to resist. It roared in fury, pressed down with the strength of its arm again, and slapped at the wooden doll with its other arm. The large wooden doll grabbed its arm without showing any weakness!

"Never before..."

Jiraiya stared in utter shock at the scene before him, recalling the Gedo Mazo he had seen deep within the Akatsuki base: "It can actually suppress the Wood Release: Wood Release: Wood Dummy Technique..."

"..."

Orochimaru frowned slightly, seemingly lost in thought.

Above the wooden figure's head.

Kagura Akihara looked up at the hideous monster, raised her palms, and two huge vines suddenly grew from the ground, forcefully grabbing the two arms of the Gedo Mazo!

"Roar! Roar!"

The demonic statue of the heretic struggled violently!

One vine was suddenly torn off by its force, and the other vine was no exception!

However, more vines continued to grow, and these vines gathered together to form wooden dragons, firmly trapping the demonic statue in place!

"I can't absorb its chakra..."

Akihara Kagura's brows furrowed slightly.

Perhaps because the Gedo Mazo itself is an incarnation of the God Tree, the ever-effective Wood Release cannot absorb the chakra within the Gedo Mazo.

"roar!"

Behind the demonic statue, there were protruding pillars. These pillars suddenly flickered and released huge bolts of lightning, instantly shattering the wooden dragons that were binding its arms!

next moment!

The demonic statue of the Outer Path lunged at the wooden doll once again!

The towering wooden figure and the enormous demonic statue of the heretics collided!

The two monsters, each hundreds of meters tall, instantly clashed on the battlefield. The Gedo Mazo possessed immense power, with the chakra of the seven tailed beasts within its body continuously providing the power to drive it and allow it to continue fighting!

The wooden puppet is already a tall giant, and with the chakra driving it from Akihara Kagura's body, it is able to face the Gedo Mazo, the embodiment of the origin of the ninja world, without fear!

The wooden figure swung its fist and smashed it into the head of the Gedo Mazo!

"roar!"

The demonic golem swayed, flipped over, and fell to the ground, splashing up a lot of dirt. It angrily got up again and slapped the wooden dummy on the chest, causing the tall wooden dummy to stagger backward!

"fortunately…"

As Nagato watched the battle, a sense of relief flashed through his mind.

Fortunately, the Akatsuki captured the seven tailed beasts and absorbed them into the Gedo Mazo, which gave it the ability to move. Otherwise, the Gedo Mazo would have drained his life force and chakra to fight, and Nagato doesn't have much life force left to support the Gedo Mazo in battle...

"I remember Kagura has an even stronger technique..."

Jiraiya stared intently at the wooden dummy and the Gedo Mazo fighting before him, his expression uneasy: "He hasn't used that technique yet, the one that could decide the outcome in one strike..."

"perhaps…"

Orochimaru looked at the slightly altered appearance of the Gedo Mazo and the open eyes on its head, and a guess began to form in his mind: "Because that Gedo Mazo is the weapon used by the Akatsuki in their war..."

Orochimaru recalled his conflict with Akihara Kagura and muttered, "That guy will always win with an overwhelming advantage; that's his style. Nagato is no match for him now, so he doesn't want to destroy this weapon yet..."

"roar!"

Unable to prevail, the demonic statue roared once more!

Nagato noticed this as well, his eyes fixed on the battle between the two giants. His voice lowered slightly: "Still convinced that victory is in your hands? Don't think that the Gedo Mazo is only capable of this much..."

next second!

The demonic statue roared repeatedly!

A black rod of Yin-Yang Release suddenly emerged from its body, and the rod quickly began to fork and grow, piercing straight into the wooden doll's chest!

The chakra within the Wood Body…

It was actually absorbed by the demonic statue of the heretic!

The Divine Tree, which once left a legend in the ninja world, still has the ability to suppress even the remaining shell, and can even absorb Wood Release chakra!

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path seemed to be enjoying the chakra it had extracted, its head becoming even more ferocious. Its mouth suddenly opened, and chakra chains bound the wooden puppet's body. These chakra chains could easily seal the tailed beasts, and at this moment, countless chains also restricted the wooden puppet's movements!

"roar!"

The Gedo Mazo opened its huge mouth and spat out a mouthful of purple chakra at the wooden doll. This chakra transformed into a chakra dragon and pounced on the wooden doll!

This is a unique technique of the Gedo Mazo, capable of stealing the enemy's chakra. It finds the black rods too slow in absorbing chakra!

The chakra dragon instantly pierced through the wooden doll's body, taking a large amount of chakra from it and returning it to the Gedo Mazo, thus revitalizing its spirit!

The Gedo Mazo is merely an empty shell transformed from the source of chakra.

In this world, no chakra can escape its essential extraction!

same…

The Gedo Mazo also has its own instincts, constantly absorbing the chakra it loses in order to return to its peak state!

It needs more chakra!

It will become the Ten-Tails again, it will transform into the Divine Tree once more!

"Always extracting other people's chakra..."

Akihara Kagura shook her head and sighed softly, "I never thought that one day I would be the one having my chakra extracted..."

"Chakra is very precious..."

Akihara Kagura clasped her hands together, gazing at the Gedo Mazo, which seemed to be in a state of ecstatic madness, as if it were a living being: "I hate it when people drain my chakra!"

"Sage Mode - Activated!"

Natural energy surged wildly into Akihara Kagura's body!

"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"

Akihara Kagura's body instantly entered Sage Mode, and the wooden dummy on the ground suddenly rose up, with an even taller Buddha statue appearing beneath it!

The Buddha statue instantly rose over a thousand meters in height!

Thousands of hands rapidly grew from behind the Buddha statue!

The Gedo Mazo star stared in astonishment as the black rod that it used to draw chakra broke. It then looked up at the True Thousand Hands, which suddenly became even larger than itself, and its eyes widened involuntarily!

If it were in its complete form, it would naturally not be afraid of the True Thousand Hands, and its size would be enough to easily rival the Buddha statue of the True Thousand Hands, while its power would be worlds apart!

However, at this time, it only had the chakra of seven tailed beasts in its body, and it was no match for the True Several Thousand Hands, nor even in terms of size!

"escape…"

A look of terror appeared in Nagato's Rinnegan eyes!

Paper wings unfurled from Konan's back once more, and sheets of origami appeared on Nagato's body, wrapping around his legs and carrying him as they fled!

"Isn't it a bit too late to try and escape now?"

Akihara Kagura glanced down at Konan and Nagato, who were trying to fly away, and manipulated the Buddha statue behind her to extend a palm. This palm slammed down on Konan and Nagato as if the sky had collapsed, and with just a light blow, it knocked them to the ground!

Nagato rolled several times on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, but ignoring his injuries, he looked in Konan's direction!

The moment Konan landed, she coughed up blood. Ignoring her own injuries, she quickly replenished the paper wings on her back and rushed towards Nagato, supporting him with a worried expression: "Nagato, are you alright...?"

"Hurry up!"

Nagato gritted his teeth and tried to push Konan away with all his might!

next moment!

Nagato seemed to have thought of something again!

"No...no...there's something more important."

Nagato's face looked like he had gone mad. A black rod suddenly materialized in his hand, and his Rinnegan stared intently at the rod.

"I'm going to destroy the Rinnegan."

Nagato gripped the black rod tightly, his expression growing increasingly crazed: "If Akihara Kagura obtains these eyes, he will use them to continue collecting the Tailed Beasts and controlling the resurrected war weapons..."

Yes!

These two Rinnegan are the root of darkness in the ninja world!

At this critical moment, Nagato immediately understood everything: "We originally wanted to use these eyes and weapons of war to bring peace to the ninja world, but if Akihara Kagura uses our plan, it will surely bring a devastating disaster to the ninja world..."

"..."

Xiao Nan fell silent.

Nagato is right.

They originally wanted to use the Rinnegan and weapons of war to bring a peaceful future to the ninja world, but if Akihara Kagura obtains the Rinnegan, the ninja world will have no future...

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The demonic statue of the heretic suddenly roared violently!

The sound immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone present looked towards the direction of the heretical demon statue. The monster that was originally rampaging was firmly suppressed by the Buddha statue below. Even the four limbs of the heretical demon statue were forcibly torn off by four wooden hands!

Splash splash splash splash...

After the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's limbs were severed, a thick, yellowish liquid oozed from the wounds, flowing down like a small stream, making it even more terrifying to behold...

"Nagato... lost."

Jiraiya took a deep breath.

"This wasn't unexpected..."

Orochimaru nodded and continued, "Are we about to witness the birth of someone who possesses both the Sage's Eyes and the Sage's Body?"

"No!"

Jiraiya shook his head, a sudden surge of fighting spirit appearing on his face: "We must stop him! We absolutely cannot let Kagura obtain the Rinnegan!"

"I'm leaving now."

Orochimaru ignored Jiraiya and planned to leave first.

Although he didn't know what the future held, Orochimaru thought he should take the opportunity to escape the danger, and he didn't really want to return to the Root laboratory.

"Then can you do me another favor..."

Remembering what had happened before, Jiraiya added, "Also, please tell Tsunade that all the Hokage in the village have been controlled by Kagura. They've been under Kagura's manipulation all along, so be careful..."

"..."

Orochimaru remained silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Jiraiya, do you think that bringing this message back would serve any purpose other than instilling greater fear in Tsunade?"

"If I had resurrected the past Hokage using Edo Tensei, perhaps we would still have a chance, but now the past Hokage have been resurrected and controlled by Akihara Kagura..."

"Akihara Kagura and the Hokage of all generations..."

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya and softly stated a fact: "Jiraiya, do you think there's anyone in the ninja world who can stop him?"

"..."

A sense of fear slowly crept into Jiraiya's heart.

"No, it won't..."

Jiraiya suppressed his panic and forced a smile: "How could that be? The Great Toad Sage once told me that he had made a prophecy that a chosen one would bring about change in the ninja world..."

"I once thought Nagato was the chosen one, because Nagato always wanted to bring about change to the ninja world. But when I asked the Great Toad Sage how to guide Nagato to make the right choice and bring about the right change to the ninja world..."

Jiraiya grew increasingly calm as he spoke, seemingly convinced that there was still hope for the future: "The Great Toad Sage told me that as long as I traveled the world, writing books and gathering material, I was doing the right thing. When I returned to the village to gather material, I met Naruto. Just now, when I was almost killed by Nagato, I guessed that Naruto was the true chosen one..."

"There is still hope for the ninja world..."

Jiraiya brandished his fist and declared loudly, "No matter what, I believe Naruto will be able to resolve the crisis in the ninja world!"

"..."

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya as if his close friend's life had been turned upside down by the so-called prophecy, and his calm gaze revealed a truth.

"Jiraiya".

"That brat Naruto Uzumaki is just a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki..."

"Even if Naruto Uzumaki could use the Nine-Tails' power, to Kagura Akihara's Wood Release, the Nine-Tails is merely a toy..."

"You're wrong..."

Something's not right!

Jiraiya rubbed his forehead, racking his brains. He had always believed in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, and he wanted to figure out what he should do!

"Okay, if you firmly believe in prophecies..."

Orochimaru looked at his friends and could only sigh. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Nagato and Konan and blurted out another possibility: "Hey, Jiraiya, is it possible that that brat Nagato is really the chosen one?"

"As long as his Rinnegan is still there..."

Orochimaru vaguely considered a possibility, and he suddenly found his conjecture quite interesting: "If the Eight-Tails of Kumogakure and the Nine-Tails of Konoha were given to him, allowing him to revive that weapon of war, he could stop Akihara Kagura..."

This is the second update!

Everyone, get some sleep. Just wanted to give you an update: I've written about 380,000 words this month, and we're about to reach a new climax...

(End of this chapter)