There Must Be a Limit

A few snowflakes drifted down from the sky, scattering over the wreckage.

If one stepped back and observed carefully for a while, one would notice that the Dead Silence Domain was slowly expanding outward at an unhurried pace.

"Truly terrifying."

Konan spoke with a grave expression. Then, her paper clone entered the Dead Silence Domain. The moment it went inside, her expression changed drastically. It felt as though she had entered the deep sea, and the chakra within her body began rapidly flowing out of her uncontrollably.

"No..."

The paper clone immediately tried to leave, but just as one hand reached beyond the Dead Silence Domain, the chakra forming the clone was completely drained away in the next instant. The paper clone instantly dispersed, turning into a pile of scraps that fell to the ground.

"Mm!"

On a distant mountaintop, Konan let out a soft groan and frowned, then looked at the Dead Silence Domain with immense wariness.

"How was it?"

Nagato looked at Konan, knowing there was already an answer.

Konan looked at Obito and Black Zetsu, then nodded.

"Nagato, everything they said is true. That domain absorbs the chakra within our bodies, and it is still continuously expanding outward. Moreover, besides chakra, it even absorbs other forms of energy within living beings. I'm afraid there are no living creatures left inside that domain."

Konan looked at Nagato and told him what she had just discovered.

Upon hearing this, Nagato's expression immediately darkened. It was actually true. Then he looked at the two people before him with an expression that suggested he did not know what to say. If he remembered correctly, this monster had been brought into existence by that idiot Madara. If that fool had not insisted on exterminating the Uchiha Clan, this monster would never have appeared.

"No, how could a mere pair of Mangekyō Sharingan possess the immense power to engulf and destroy the entire Ninja World? That is impossible. Even my Rinnegan cannot achieve such a thing, much less a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan."

"His power must have a limit. It cannot grow infinitely stronger."

Nagato shook his head, speaking in a tone that was hard to tell whether it was self-comfort or self-deception.

"Still, I cannot guarantee that this monster truly has no upper limit. It seems I must act. I never expected that before conquering the world, I would have to save it first."

Nagato looked at the vague shadow in the sky and thought to himself that this was no longer the time to complain about or curse Uchiha Obito for being unreliable. Things had already reached this point; complaining was useless.

"Nagato, you..."

Seeing Nagato like this, Uchiha Obito immediately became anxious. He had called Nagato here because he hoped to borrow Nagato's power to destroy and kill this monster before it had fully grown. If Nagato believed the monster posed no threat and refused to act, then once it grew stronger, everything would be too late.

If everyone died and the world was destroyed, how could he carry out his ultimate plan? How could he create a world with Rin in it?

"Shut up, Madara. If it were not for you and Uchiha Itachi, things would not have turned out like this, and this monster would never have appeared. I will act. After this matter is over, you had better give me an explanation!"

Before Uchiha Obito could speak, Nagato shouted sternly. The current situation truly enraged him. His plan had been progressing perfectly, yet this idiot Uchiha Madara had caused such a massive disaster. Why did he have to go and exterminate the Uchiha Clan in the first place?

Besides, was he not the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan? Why exterminate his own clan? What benefit was there in that?

It would have been one thing if he had wiped them out, but he had caused such a disaster. And even after causing it, he lacked the ability to resolve it. Did he think Nagato could not see that?

Was it not simply because he could not solve it himself, so he came looking for Nagato, the future Kami?

And he called himself the strongest person in the Ninja World? Nagato thought he was just a brainless fool!

"Fine, this time it was my fault. Once we kill this monster, I will give you an explanation."

Uchiha Obito froze for a moment before nodding. In truth, he regretted it somewhat now. If he had known, he would not have listened to Uchiha Itachi and followed him in exterminating the Uchiha Clan. Unfortunately, there were no ifs in this world.

Nagato looked at Uchiha Yue in the distance and began considering how to kill this monster.

"It absorbs chakra, which means this must be a quick battle. I must kill him in an extremely short time. And besides chakra, it absorbs other forms of energy as well. In that case, I cannot go there in person..."

Nagato quickly came up with a plan. He did not think he would lose to Uchiha Yue. If this guy truly possessed the ability to grow, then perhaps Nagato really would not be his match in the future. But how long had it been since last night? No matter how strong he was, how strong could he possibly have become?

Soon, the Deva Path Pain, Naraka Path, Asura Path, Animal Path...

All Six Paths of Pain moved out, determined to kill Uchiha Yue completely.

At that moment, high in the sky, Uchiha Yue lay quietly against Susanoo's chest. His eyes were tightly closed, and he had already fallen asleep. Yes, Uchiha Yue was sleeping. There was no point in continuing to stand there and stare blankly; he might as well sleep. Perhaps when he woke up, the world would already have been destroyed.

Of course, besides sleeping, he was also deducing ninjutsu. As he continued growing stronger, his mind became increasingly useful, and his computational ability grew more powerful. It seemed to be developing toward a supercomputer. For many ninjutsu, he only needed to think about them once to know how to use them.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Uchiha Yue opened his eyes, abruptly raised his head, and looked somewhere. He sensed a powerful chakra presence entering his domain.

Several figures appeared within his domain, charging toward him with overwhelming killing intent.

"Oh! Interesting. Six Paths of Pain—is it Nagato? Heh heh, did he learn of his future fate and rush here to die? Heh, in that case, I'll send you on your way."

Uchiha Yue's gaze fell upon a mountaintop, where he saw Nagato and the others. Then he raised his hand.

A massive number of chains burst from his body, directly sealing off this space. While the Energy Ring was active, he could not move, but being unable to move did not mean he could not attack.

"This power..."

On the distant mountaintop, Nagato frowned. The chakra within his body was rapidly draining away.

Pain...