Quack, Divine Rolls...

The Six Paths of Pain were driven by the chakra within his body. The moment they entered that Dead Silence Domain, the energy within those puppets began to drain rapidly. Nagato had initially believed that with his Rinnegan, relying on these legendary Sage Eyes, he could stop that Mangekyo Sharingan from absorbing his chakra.

Yet in reality, he discovered that no matter how he tried to control the power within him, he could not prevent his chakra from being absorbed by those Sharingan eyes.

"This is a true monster, this ability to absorb energy? Hm?"

"Not good!"

Nagato suddenly lifted his head, chakra surging wildly within him, spinning, his aura erupting abruptly as it frantically poured into those puppets.

At the same time.

"Heh, just some puppets... heh..."

Uchiha Yue looked down indifferently at these puppets, the chains around him spinning continuously, in an instant surrounding them, easily piercing into their bodies and beginning to frantically absorb and devour the chakra within them.

Clatter!

The sound of chains rattling echoed endlessly. Some chains were snapped in an instant, only to grow back again. No matter how the puppets struggled, they could not break free from these chains.

From the moment they were bound by these Evil God Chains, these puppets were finished. Unless Nagato's control over chakra reached its peak and the amount of chakra in his body could completely overwhelm Uchiha Yue, only then could he dig these chains out before they drained all the chakra within him.

Clearly, Nagato did not have that ability.

"Hahaha, what vast chakra, heh, come on, come on, haha, Nagato, keep going, keep driving the power within you, now, hand all your power over to me! Haha! Your fate is sealed!"

Boom!

A giant hand rose, gripping these puppets tightly. A pair of scarlet eyes stared coldly into Deva Path Pain's gaze. As these puppets fell into Uchiha Yue's grasp, the terrifying suction force immediately escalated.

"Not good! Damn it!"

On a distant mountaintop, the aura burning around Nagato visibly faded. His already withered and frail body became even weaker. Feeling the uncontrollable surge within him, the chakra being devoured, Nagato quickly severed his connection with the Six Paths of Pain, a look of lingering fear on his face.

A pair of scarlet afterimages echoed endlessly in his mind.

"Nagato? No, how does this guy know my identity? Wait, not good..."

Before Nagato could think further, as if remembering something, he suddenly lifted his head.

Crack!

"Oh, severed, is it? Heh, what a shame."

Uchiha Yue looked indifferently at these puppets in his hand, applying slight pressure, directly crushing them into fragments.

"No, Yahiko!"

Nagato and Konan stared at the fragments scattering from the sky. Among them were the remains of their comrade, Yahiko's body.

"You monster, I'll kill you!"

Nagato glared fixedly at the massive figure in the sky, his weakened body beginning to squeeze itself frantically. A powerful aura once again appeared around him as his body slowly began to rise.

This shouldn't be, this shouldn't be happening. Why was this monster so powerful?

According to Nagato's plan, he should have manipulated the puppets to charge forward, blast apart the chakra armor covering this monster's body, then grab that guy by the neck, rip out his eyes, and stomp them into the ground.

Not like this!

At this moment, Nagato's killing intent was fully aroused. If earlier he had only been cleaning up the mess that idiot Uchiha Obito had stirred up, trying to kill this monster that might destroy the world, then now, he was going to destroy this monster that had destroyed Yahiko!!!

"Heh... angry, are you?"

High in the sky, Uchiha Yue lowered his head, looking coldly at the distant mountaintop.

"Haha, come on, taste this move!"

The towering, demon-like figure slowly spread its arms wide. Sparks of electricity arced across his body, the sound of current tearing through the air echoing endlessly.

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted from him. Violent currents, like dragons and pythons, writhed wildly across his body. A glowing orb, shining with dazzling light, writhing and trembling, covered in endless lightning and flames, appeared before him and began to grow at a visible rate.

Rumble!

Then, the ground shook. The area where Nagato and the others stood began to tremble, as if an earthquake had struck. The earth rose, soil and stone compressed, and in an instant, a special cage formed, enclosing them.

"Overload High-Energy Ion Beam, charged successfully..."

The corners of Uchiha Yue's mouth split open, revealing a smile so brutal that just looking at it gave a sense of overwhelming power.

At that moment, the energy accumulated in the orb before him reached its limit, and rays of light began to pour out from within it endlessly.

Boom!

The next moment, a beam wrapped in lightning and flames, glowing with a blue-purple light, descended with boundless momentum toward Nagato and the others.

And just as that beam erupted—

"Not good! Madara, get us out of here now!"

Black Zetsu, staring at that dazzling orb, felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately shouted at Uchiha Obito, then turned into a shadow and leaped onto Obito's body.

Obito instantly activated Kamui, grabbing Konan's shoulder. Just as he jumped up and reached out to touch Nagato—

Boom!

"Gwa—Shinra Tensei!"

Nagato gathered all his power before him, unleashing a terrifying repulsive force meant to deflect this powerful attack.

Boom!

In an instant, the fearsome strike carrying overwhelming might landed before Nagato. Layers of energy ripples spread wildly like water ripples. In the blink of an eye, Nagato's veins bulged, his flesh burning as he frantically refined Chakra. In that moment, the already gaunt Nagato turned into a skin-and-bones corpse.

Crack!

A sound like shattering glass rang out. Nagato's expression shifted instantly, revealing disbelief—the repulsive force field before him shattered like foam.

"Impossible..."

Blinding light engulfed Nagato's body, blasting unimpeded into the mountain peak. When the beam of light faded, the mountain had vanished, replaced by a terrifying pit so deep its bottom was invisible, its surface lined with glassy crystals.

High in the sky...

"Oh..."