Uchiha Obito is dead?

Pain and Obito stared at each other, the strength of Uchiha Ruri before them truly formidable.

"Six Paths level? You just used that term, didn't you?" Uchiha Obito suddenly caught this key detail, his gaze instantly sharpening as if to pierce into the heart of Ruri's figure.

He knew full well what "Six Paths level" represented; it was an absolute power that transcended all ninjas, a realm that existed only in legends. The appearance of this term undoubtedly made this already uncertain battle even more inscrutable.

Obito found it absurd that Ruri possessed an extra pair of Rinnegan, and by blurting out the words "Six Paths," he could deduce if there was some specific connection between the Ruri before him and the Sage of Six Paths.

Ruri's figure froze slightly, seemingly surprised that Uchiha Obito had caught the term so keenly.

He let out a cold snort, a flash of displeasure crossing his face, though he quickly masked it.

He did not want to dwell on this issue; after all, his strength spoke for itself, and whether the opponent understood the meaning of "Six Paths level" or not could not change the outcome of the impending battle.

However, Uchiha Obito did not intend to let the topic go.

He stared fixedly at the eyes of Ruri's figure, enunciating each word: "Six Paths level, that is a power that transcends all ninjas. To dare claim such strength, your tone is truly arrogant."

Hearing this, Ruri's figure raised an eyebrow. He had not expected Uchiha Obito to challenge him so directly, and a sense of amusement welled up within him.

He sneered and said, "Since you are so eager to court death, I shall grant your wish. Let you witness the power of the Six Paths level, so you may give up all hope."

"Kamui!" Obito's voice was low and filled with power. In his eyes, the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan slowly rotated, as if to suck everything into that deep darkness.

His figure vanished instantly before Ruri, reappearing behind him.

This was no simple movement, but a traversal of space—Obito's unique space-time ninjutsu: Kamui.

Ruri was no ordinary person; possessing the power template of Six Paths Sasuke, he naturally held extraordinary strength.

Facing Obito's Kamui, he sneered, his body trembling slightly before he vanished from the spot, causing Obito's attack to miss.

The next moment, Ruri appeared behind Obito, a Chidori condensed from chakra in his hand, thrusting toward Obito's heart.

At the same time, the battered Pain also unleashed his ultimate move—"Chibaku Tensei."

He pressed his palms together, chanting under his breath, and a powerful gravitational force radiated from him, drawing everything in the vicinity toward him. The earth began to tremble, as if some massive force were rising from beneath the ground.

Ruri felt a tremendous pressure bearing down on him; he knew this was the work of Pain's Chibaku Tensei.

Facing the pincer attack, Ruri showed no panic. He calmly analyzed the battlefield situation, searching for an opportunity to break through.

"Tch, Pain's Chibaku Tensei has blocked my assassination of Obito."

His body moved rapidly through the air, dodging Pain's attacks while simultaneously hunting for their flaws.

Although Obito's Kamui was powerful, it had a fatal weakness: it required a certain time interval between each use.

Ruri seized this opportunity when Obito used Kamui again to appear behind him.

He spun around rapidly, using his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan:

"Amaterasu!"

The black flames struck Obito square in the chest, yet it was merely Obito's Substitution Technique.

The real one had already appeared behind Ruri, a heavy punch hurtling toward him.

"I play with ninjutsu, and you play with fists?" Ruri's words dripped with provocation and disdain.

In his eyes, while Obito and Pain might be powerful existences in the eyes of other ninjas, before him, their so-called power was nothing more than child's play.

"Scorch Style: Flame Thunder God!"

Behind him, a massive phantom of flame slowly condensed, shaped like the legendary God of Flame and Thunder, ferocious and majestic.

The Flame Thunder God roared violently, rushing toward Obito with a terrifying momentum that seemed to incinerate the heavens and destroy the earth. The air along its path seemed to evaporate from the high-temperature flames, forming a long trail of white smoke.

Obito's expression became unprecedentedly grave. He knew that this move of Ruri's had transcended the scope of ordinary ninjutsu; even he could not easily withstand it and would likely be killed.

The rotation speed of the Sharingan in his right eye accelerated sharply, as if a deep black hole were rapidly expanding, devouring everything in its vicinity.

Obito's figure became blurred within the rotating Sharingan; every movement he made became elusive, as if he were merging into this distorted space.

"Kamui!" Obito's low shout echoed across the empty wilderness, every word revealing an indescribable firmness and resolve.

His figure flickered slightly in place, as if about to vanish into thin air; this was the precursor to his unique space-time ninjutsu—Kamui.

However, at this critical moment, Ruri's Six-Tomoe Rinnegan suddenly lit up with a brilliant radiance.

His figure vanished instantly from the spot, appearing behind Obito at a speed beyond human imagination.

Everything happened so fast that Obito had not even had time to react before he was already trapped in a passive position.

"Still trying to use Kamui? Do you take me for an idiot?" A look of contempt curled the corners of Ruri's mouth, her voice filled with mockery and disdain.

In her eyes, while Obito's Kamui was indeed powerful, it appeared somewhat lacking before her Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

Obito's expression turned ugly instantly. He knew he had been locked onto by Ruri's Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, and attempting to activate Kamui again had become fraught with difficulty.

"What?" Obito was shocked, the Sharingan in his right eye spinning rapidly as he attempted to track Ruri's every subtle movement.

However, Ruri's speed was simply too fast; her figure turned into a blurred afterimage in Obito's line of sight, making it impossible for him to see Ruri's true intentions.

Ruri did not give Obito much time to think, her right hand already having condensed a Chidori infused with the power of the Six Paths.

This was a ninjutsu that highly compressed and released chakra, its power great enough to pierce through any defense.

At this moment, a blinding thunderous light flickered on Ruri's right hand, like a thousand birds about to take flight, ready at any moment to launch a lethal attack on Obito.

A strong sense of crisis surged in Obito's heart. He knew that he absolutely could not take this move from Liuli head-on.

However, trapped within the range of Liuli's attack, it was already too late for him to dodge.

At this moment, he could only pin his hopes on his space-time ninjutsu—Kamui, hoping to use this technique to evade Liuli's strike.

Yet, Liuli seemed to have seen through Obito's intentions long ago. A cold sneer curled at the corner of his mouth, and the Chidori in his hand struck toward Obito with even greater speed.

At the same time, his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan flared with a brilliant light, seemingly utilizing some powerful ocular technique to lock down Obito's movements.

The Chidori, in this instant, seemed to transcend the boundaries of space and time, carrying an unrivaled momentum as it aimed directly for Obito's vitals.

Obito's eyes widened, the rotation of his Sharingan reaching its limit, yet he still could not fully track the trajectory of this lethal blow.

At this life-or-death juncture, Obito's body seemed to turn ethereal, but Liuli's Chidori struck as if it had locked onto its prey, piercing through his body with pinpoint accuracy. A massive shockwave erupted instantly; Obito's figure traced a long arc through the air before crashing heavily onto the ground.

In this moment, the entire battlefield seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

Obito lay on the ground, blood staining his clothes, his eyes revealing a sense of disbelief and unwillingness.

"What? Madara Uchiha was killed by him?" Kisame exclaimed in shock; he knew full well how formidable the strength of Madara Uchiha was.