In the vast, dim underground space, a colossal tree like a fossil stood against the empty rock wall.
The giant tree looked both human and demonic. Its head was tilted slightly upward as if it were silently howling, while nine enormous hollows marked where its eyes should have been. It was none other than the shell of the Ten-Tails—the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was immense. Only nearly one-fifth of it was exposed, while the rest remained buried underground.
Suddenly.
Tap, tap...
Amid faint footsteps, a figure slowly entered the underground space.
"So this is the true body of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
Uchiha Shin looked at the enormous statue, greed and ambition flashing through his eyes.
He then took out a scroll and placed it before the statue.
"Release!"
Opening the scroll, Uchiha Shin directly undid the seal. A stone urn the size of a human head slowly emerged.
Dense sealing patterns on the urn's surface extended onto the scroll, as though they were one whole.
What was sealed within this stone urn was the Six-Tails, Saiken!
"Then next, I should notify Pain."
Uchiha Shin said with a smile, "Right, Zetsu!"
No echo came from the empty underground space, but Uchiha Shin knew Zetsu had certainly heard him.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the most crucial part of Uchiha Madara's plan. How could there possibly be no Zetsu clone in this place?
Sure enough, before long, a blurry black figure appeared before the statue. It was Deva Path Pain, appearing through the Magic Lantern Body Technique!
"Shin, since you have appeared here, your mission should be complete, correct?" Pain opened his Rinnegan and looked coldly at Uchiha Shin.
With a smile, Uchiha Shin pointed at