Nagato's death, the power of a god
"Uchiha Madara? You mean that guy..." Nagato looked somewhat surprised; Tōka actually wanted him to revive that guy.
Why resurrect someone who's been dead for a long time?
"You heard me right, it really is Uchiha Madara." Tōka stood on tiptoe and pointed at the Summoning Beast Yatagarasu beneath his feet.
It looks like it suffered some kind of severe blow!
Bang!
The enormous three-legged bird transformed into a cloud of white smoke and exploded in the air.
With the Yatagarasu no longer supporting them, everyone felt light and, under the influence of Gravity, quickly plummeted to the ground.
Despite the vast expanse of water created by Kisame below, falling from such a height would result in injury even if one landed on the water's surface.
Tell me your choice, Nagato.
A strong wind howled and swept into the sky, causing everything to rise rapidly, making everyone feel as if they were about to fall into hell.
But neither Nagato nor Tōka seemed to take any of this to heart.
Nagato down, his gaze fixed on Konan.
Tōka also lowered his head, looking at the rushing water below. The Vortex kept spinning and gradually expanded, as if something was about to break through the surface and emerge!
Kisame was unaware of the situation on the Yatagarasu; he was simply following the gaze of "Tōka" beside him.
"Lord Tōka, what's up there...?" Kisame's words had barely left his mouth when, with a bang, the "Tōka" beside him instantly exploded and disappeared in a puff of White Smoke.
Shadow Clone?!
Kisame's eyes twitched. If the Tōka, was Shadow Clone, then what was descending from above...?
Wait a minute! This Vortex is a bit strange...
The Vortex not far away continued to expand, spreading towards the water surface where Kisame was standing. Kisame knew the location of the Sharks bathing in the water.
The Vortex was not caused by Sharks in the water, but by other forces.
"It looks like something's about to come out..."
Kisame's gaze drifted into the distance, landing on the center of the Vortex, where a withered and decaying Corpse Coffin slowly rose.
As Tōka descended from the sky, she seemed to lose weight as she approached the water's surface, landing lightly on the Corpse Coffin.
It landed on the Corpse Coffin? It seems to be something that Tōka summoned.
Kisame could clearly sense the malevolent aura emanating from the Corpse Coffin —no, not the Corpse Coffin, but the thing inside Corpse Coffin!
What was hidden inside the Corpse Coffin?
The Corpse Coffin floated on the water, and Tōka stood on Corpse Coffin...
Nagato, who had been carrying Konan as they plummeted, now stood steadily on the swift current.
Unlike Tōka, he did not have Corpse Coffin as a foothold. In the Vortex, it seemed as if an invisible force was lifting his body up from beneath his Nagato.
"How is that possible? Flying?" Kisame's pupils contracted sharply. He had only heard about Tōka's power from Nagato's words.
It wasn't until I actually saw it that it became even more breathtaking!
Tōka pointed to the Corpse Coffin beneath him, squinted, and smiled, "What's your decision? It's this guy down here!"
As the chakra that suppressed the All-Killing Ash Bones became increasingly active, Tōka could already sense the decaying aura spreading into the air.
Konan's time is running out.
"I..." Nagato opened his mouth, about to speak, when he suddenly felt a tightness on his wrist. It Konan, who was unconscious, unconsciously gripping him tightly.
Even while unconscious, Konan was unwilling to let Nagato be in danger.
Just as Nagato opened his mouth, Tōka thought he was going to succeed!
I never expected that we would fail at the last moment!
Unconsciously, even physical actions are meant to protect Nagato?
"Tsk..." Tōka narrowed his eyes dangerously. It was rare that he even brought Uchiha Madara's corpse!
The principle is to solve problems with one's brain Budong action.
Tōka stretched his waist, finding it too troublesome, and the lazy aura around him vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling sense of oppression!
Konan had already conveyed her feelings to Nagato. She didn't care about her own life or death; as long as Nagato lived well, Yahiko's will could live on as well.
That's right, what Konan wanted to convey to Nagato was...
Yahiko's live well, carrying our share of the story!
"I... understand." Nagato, his wisps of hair fluttering in the wind, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.
The air froze, and a suffocating atmosphere erupted.
The powerful fighting spirit startled Tōka, and a blood-red madness filled his Rinnegan.
Nagato gently released Konan and raised his withered hand.
Five skin-and-bones fingers bent and cupped his palm, and a powerful surge of chakra condensed, transforming into a black Vortex that appeared in his palm.
The water spirits seemed to have come alive, transforming into trickling streams that rose up and surrounded Konan's body.
Round and round...
"Water Release? It's useless." The deadly decaying power was emanating from within Konan's body. Tōka didn't know what Nagato was trying to do by enveloping Konan in a water curtain at this moment.
All he knew was that everything Nagato had done was in vain.
The water flowed around Konan's body, enveloping her completely in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterwards, a huge cloud of white smoke exploded beside Nagato.
On the turbulent water, a fierce wind howled past.
The smoke gradually dissipated...
A gigantic, hideously ugly Chameleon opened its mouth, extended its long tongue, and swept up Konan, who was enveloped in a curtain of water, before swallowing it whole.
"What a waste of effort!" Tōka's eyes narrowed, and she launched the first attack.
His body sank, his toes touched the Corpse Coffin, and using the momentum, he leaped into the air.
Before dealing with Nagato, we must eliminate the Pain's Six Paths, which are the six puppets controlled by Nagato.
Each of the Pain's Six Paths was proficient in one type of Ninjutsu.
The Deva Path, the core of Pain, possesses the ability to create Repulsive Force and Attractive Force, and serves as the controller among the Pain's Six Paths.
Destroying the Deva Path is Tōka's primary objective!
The Pain's Six Paths surrounded Nagato in a formation of three in front, one on the left, one on the right, and one behind, while the Chameleon carrying Konan blended into the surrounding environment.
Meanwhile, Tōka, who was suspended in mid-air, formed a palm with one hand, facing the seven members of Nagato below, and unleashed a torrent of Senjutsu Chakra.
A string of prayer Prayer Beads, each containing a different chakra attribute, circled around Tōka's palm and began to rotate.
A deadly sense of crisis washed over him, and Nagato's eyes darkened.
Starting with their trump card? They couldn't even be bothered with a probing attack...
The Preta Path reverses the chakra cycle within the body, absorbing the Ninjutsu of the opponent in front of them.
It can also absorb the opponent's chakra and use it for its own purposes. The absorbed chakra will dissipate into mist within the opponent's body, as if sinking into a bottomless Swamp, where all the chakra is absorbed.
As the defensive position in the team, the Preta Path rushed to the front first, bending over and leaning slightly forward, with its arms outstretched as if embracing.
"The Preta Path? Interesting!" Tōka raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his lips.
The black Prayer Beads spun rapidly and finally converged in the palm of the hand. A dazzling golden beam of light suddenly shot out, instantly coating the azure sky with a golden hue.
Similarly, it is the ultimate technique of the Tenseigan's Repulsive Force control— Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Buzz!
A blinding golden light streaked across the sky, as if a giant golden sword had cleaved the sky in two in an instant.
"This is..."
The Rinnegan also grants control over force; Nagato was able to unleash a wide-ranging force field, and the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion was the ultimate form of Repulsive Force.
Nagato could clearly sense the powerful force field storm brewing within the golden light.
Before they could think further, they sensed the danger hidden within the golden light in the air.
Nagato clasped his hands together, maximizing the power of his Rinnegan, and chakra was squeezed out and gathered in his hands.
Chibaku Tensei!
"Drink it!"
Just as Tōka raised his arm and swung down with golden light, Nagato contorted with rage, and he threw out the small, Black Hole- like ball in his palm with all his might.
The Black Orbs seemed unaffected by Attractive Force, rising straight into the air.
It skimmed over the horizon of Tōka and flew to an even higher place in the blink of an eye.
Buzz!
Golden light swept across the water in front of them, and before they even noticed Nagato's hand movements, Tōka had already swung his arm down first.
Everything in sight was golden yellow; it seemed as if the heavens and earth were swallowed up by the gold.
The Black Orbs soared into the sky, its Attractive Force field instantly unfolding, causing the earth to tremble and a massive wave to surge in the water.
The water surged upwards, eventually forming a waterspout!
Tōka's body suddenly felt light, as if he had lost Gravity, and with a whoosh, his body involuntarily flew into the sky.
The earth cracked, and Rock buried deep underground burst forth, flying backwards into the sky.
Centered on the Black Orbs, all the Rock, vegetation, and flowing water converged and gradually solidified.
"Damn it, I just activated the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, Tenseigan..."
It will cause a brief period of stiffness; simply put, it's like pulling your fist back after delivering a powerful punch and then wanting to throw a second one.
It doesn't take much time; a few seconds will suffice.
But before that, Tōka's body will definitely be sucked into the Chibaku Tensei.
"Since Space-Time Ninjutsu can't be activated, I'll have to resort to Taijutsu. I can hold out for a few seconds... right?"
Tōka, uncertainly gathering his strength, landed upside down on a huge Rock.
Bang!
With a burst of chakra, Tōka pushed off with his legs, using the force of the Rock beneath his feet to propel himself forward. A massive Attractive Force storm in the Attractive Force field attracted everything in its path.
Tōka did the opposite, his body sinking as if being squeezed together by two invisible hands.
"Ugh..." A tightness gripped my chest, and a metallic, sweet taste rose in my throat.
Tōka's expression changed slightly. He quickly kicked off a Rock in front of him and changed direction, heading towards the center of the Chibaku Tensei.
Just as the golden light engulfed Nagato's figure and the Chibaku Tensei Devastation engulfed Tōka, Kisame also moved.
Swish!
With a flash of Body Flicker Technique, he appeared directly in front of Itachi.
"Mr. Itachi, where do you think you're going?"
At this moment, Itachi had already turned around, facing the direction of the Forest. He took a step out, but Kisame appear, he pulled it back.
Kisame and Itachi have many similarities; at least Kisame feels that Itachi has many admirable qualities.
If it weren't for their opposing factions, Kisame would have preferred to fight alongside Itachi to the very end.
Pity...
They could never become companions.
Their gazes fell on each other's faces. Itachi didn't use his Sharingan, perhaps because the two had been partners before.
Tap tap tap!
Kisame, treading on the water's surface and dragging his Samehada backwards, charged towards Itachi with incredible speed, his legs crossed.
Compared to Kisame's towering figure, Itachi appeared unusually "small," as the massive Samehada slammed down, almost completely obscuring Itachi's form.
A terrifying force seemed to tear through the air, accompanied by a piercing gust of wind.
Itachi's face remained expressionless and stoic as Kisame rapidly approached, his Samehada appearing out of nowhere and quickly Samehada in his eyes.
Puff!
A single sweeping motion of the blade tore up a patch of black, tousled hair.
"It missed, which was expected!" Kisame wasn't angry or tired after his attack missed. If he could kill Itachi Uchiha with one strike, he wouldn't be Itachi Uchiha!
Itachi's foot broke through the water's surface, and at the same time, he suddenly crouched down, his Samehada, which transformed into a white light, swept past him almost touching the top of his head.
The shaved-off stray hairs are the best proof!
Si-wei-shen-hai-wu-yin!
Buzz!
Itachi's hands flew, becoming a blur of motion; his speed of four hand seals per second was enough to leave most people far behind. Chakra gathered in an instant.
Jutsu Formula activation!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Boom!!
The scorching heat evaporated all the surrounding moisture, and a pair of scarlet eyes locked onto Kisame's figure.
Don't try to fool him with any tricks when he Sharingan.
The Kisame before me must be his Original Body!
"Water Release..." Sensing the scorching heat, Kisame immediately sheathed his sword and retreated, quickly placing his hands in the water.
Then, with a sudden jerk, it was as if they had grabbed a curtain of water.
The surging waves resembled a giant ocean hand pouncing on the massive fireball that filled the entire screen.
The interplay of cold and heat, the clash of water and fire.
Sizzle...
The water waves were evaporated into white vapor by the flames, and the fireball shrank dramatically within the water waves, everything was obscured by the white vapor.
In the dim light, a dark figure could be seen standing straight amidst the thick fog formed by water vapor.
Simple Taijutsu and basic escape techniques were not the key to determining the outcome of the battle, because neither of them intended to kill the other.
Whoosh!
With a single move, Itachi's figure vanished from the spot, followed by a dense fog of water vapor formed by the evaporation of a large amount of water waves that disappeared into the distance.
Kisame narrowed his eyes; although his perception wasn't as sharp as Itachi's Sharingan.
However, Kisame, as Kage-level, could still sense whether the enemy had escaped.
He stood firmly on the ground, seemingly with no intention of giving chase.
A fleeting hint of nostalgia crossed Kisame's Sharks -like face as he silently told himself that the next time they met, they would be enemies.
As the golden light faded, Nagato's figure was revealed.
Before him lay a mangled body, which could still be vaguely identified as the Preta Path of Pain's Six Paths of Preta Path.
It was blocked?
"Cough cough cough..." Nagato coughed, clutching his sunken chest. The violent coughing made his cheeks look even paler.
Blood seeped from between his fingers, a strange and terrifying sight.
The ability of the Preta Path is to reverse the chakra cycle within the body to absorb the Ninjutsu of the opponent in front of them.
Tōka's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion is not merely the ultimate technique of the Tenseigan Repulsive Force. In order to counter the power of the Rinnegan, he deliberately incorporated the power of Senjutsu.
Therefore, the Preta Path did not stop them.
Or rather, it wasn't completely blocked.