Deva Path Falls, the Shrine Shatters

"Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals - Reverse Starting Technique"

A cold, hollow sound echoed within the vacuum tunnel.

Deva Path Pain's remaining left hand was pressed tightly against Naruto's abdomen, the knuckles twisted from the extreme force.

A visible dark purple Chakra wave, like countless fine barbs, bypassed Naruto's Perfect Sage Body and plunged deep into the Eight Trigrams Seal.

Inside the sealed space, on the surface of the churning blood-red water.

The enormous orange Demon Fox suddenly straightened up, its nine tails slapping wildly against the water's surface.

"Damn Rinnegan! How dare this brat touch my very essence!" Nine-Tails roared madly. The pulling force that forcibly ripped its soul out reminded it of the humiliation of being treated like a pet by Madara Uchiha.

Outside, in mid-air.

Naruto groaned, and a complex black Sealing Jutsu technique appeared on his abdomen. His golden Yang Release cloak flickered violently, showing signs of being peeled away.

"Extract the Tailed Beast?" Naruto smirked, his eyes more ferocious than a demon's. "Look at your current pathetic state, do you even think you can swallow it?"

He had absolutely no intention of backing away and severing the connection.

With a sudden burst of strength in his right arm, he forcefully pulled the fist that had been embedded in Deva Path's chest cavity out, bringing with it a trail of broken bones and black blood.

Then, Naruto flipped his left hand, his five fingers gripping Deva Path's outstretched left wrist like iron clamps.

"Snap!"

The Deva Path's wrist bone was instantly crushed into powder.

But Deva Path remained expressionless, offering no resistance whatsoever. His pale purple Rinnegan stared intently at Naruto, his Chakra fluctuations reaching an extremely frenzied threshold.

"He's not trying to kill the Nine-Tails! He's trying to take you down with him!"

An anxious voice came from the storm below.

The white paper, like sharp blades, sliced through the raging air currents. Konan unfurled a pair of tattered paper wings and forcefully charged into this high-altitude battlefield where even the light was distorted.

Her body was covered in countless cuts from the high-pressure airflow, but her eyes were filled with anxiety. "He's overdrawing his last bit of energy! Nagato's main body can't withstand this continuous output. He wants to use this body as a bomb, detonating it along with the Nine-Tails' essence!"

The battlefield below.

Sasuke had just sheathed his Kusanagi Sword when he looked up at the distorted energy Uzumaki in the sky. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan spun wildly.

"This Chakra density is off." Sasuke gritted his teeth, turned and yelled at Kakashi in the distance, "Get the medical team back! That monster in the sky is about to self-destruct!"

Shikamaru's hands flew through the air, Hand Seals, his shadow spreading across the ruins. "Choji! Earth Release: Cover! Quick!"

High in the sky.

Naruto looked at the Deva Path, which was so close to him.

"Trying to drag me down with you? You think you're worthy?" Naruto sneered.

Just then, a crisp system notification sounded from deep within my mind.

[Ding! An extremely high concentration of Six Paths Level Chakra intrusion has been detected.]

[The host's Perfect Uzumaki Sage Body (Six Paths Level Yang Release) has been stimulated and has begun to forcibly assimilate energy of the same origin!]

[Hidden Gene Lock loosened, unawakened pupil power seed temporarily activated!]

Buzz.

Naruto felt as if a string deep within his brain had snapped.

An extremely ancient and boundless power suddenly erupted along the optic nerve.

His originally azure eyes lost their original color in that instant. Fine purple ripples spread across his pupils, eventually intertwining perfectly with the golden light of Yang Release.

Purple-gold eyes.

The Rinnegan Prototype!

The world before Naruto's eyes had completely changed.

It is no longer just about colors and shapes. The Chakra flowing in the air and the path of the wind have all been transformed into the most essential lines.

He clearly saw that from Deva Path Pain's back, an incredibly thick black Chakra Chains extended. This chain pierced through the clouds and crossed countless mountains and rivers.

There were also five slightly thinner broken chains around it, representing the other five chains that had just been destroyed.

The chains all point northwest, to a landmark hundreds of miles away.

It was a tall steel tower that was shrouded in torrential rain all year round.

"Got you?" Naruto grinned.

Deva Path Pain Rinnegan, which had remained completely still throughout, finally trembled violently when it met Naruto's purple and gold pupils.

Deep within the tower of Amegakure.

Nagato, with his full Nagato of white hair, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body convulsing violently like a machine that had lost power.

"How is this possible..." Nagato's withered fingers gripped the wheelchair armrests tightly, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. "He actually... followed my Chakra network and saw this place?"

Black Zetsu, half-integrated into the wall beside him, darted around in his yellow eyes, his voice tinged with barely concealed apprehension. "Not just seeing... that Uzumaki kid... is invading your frequency band in reverse."

"Withdraw your Chakra!" White Zetsu screamed.

"Too late." Nagato gritted her teeth, her lips stained red with blood.

Above the Hidden Leaf.

Naruto didn't give the Deva Path a chance to sever the connection.

"You like live streaming with friends, right? I'll give you something special today!"

The Eight Trigrams Seal on Naruto's abdomen suddenly shone brightly. It was no longer for defense, but for an offensive move.

Nine golden Chakra Chains, each as thick as a bucket, burst forth from Naruto's back like a raging dragon emerging from the sea, accompanied by the Nine-Tails' turbulent Chakra.

These Adamantine Sealing Chains directly entangled the invisible black Chakra Threads behind the Deva Path.

Follow the clues to find the melon.

Reverse strangulation!

The golden Yang Release spread wildly along the black frequency band like oil being poured on a raging fire.

Deva Path Pain's mangled body trembled violently, and the Black Rod inside his body melted into molten iron one by one under the scorching heat of Yang Release, seeping from the surface of his skin.

"Nagato's body can't hold on!" Konan shouted in the storm, as the paper wings began to disintegrate.

"Then he should know the price of messing with the wrong person." Naruto flicked his left hand, Deva Path Pain into the air like a rag doll.

The muscles in his right leg bulged high, and dark red steam from the Gate of Wonder condensed at his heel into the phantom of a roaring tiger.

"Daytime Tiger - City Breaker!"

Boom!

Naruto delivered a powerful and forceful whip kick, striking Deva Path Pain.

The extremely compressed air cannon pierced straight through Deva Path's body.

That body, which had once hovered above the Hokage Rock like a god, was completely shattered into countless pieces of flesh and iron filings by this attack.

The Deva Path has fallen.

The violent shockwave swept away the clouds, and blinding sunlight poured down once again onto the ruined streets of Hidden Leaf.

The battlefield below.

Tsunade removed the Strength of a Hundred Seal, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and looked up at the golden figure bathed in sunlight in the sky.

"That brat..." Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief.

Sasuke gripped the Kusanagi Sword, his gaze fixed intently on Naruto, his molars grinding together. The gap had widened even further.

Kakashi, clutching his bleeding left eye, collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

Naruto hovered in mid-air, the purple-gold light in his eyes gradually fading, returning to a clear azure. The burden of his Sage Body caused the dark red steam on his body to slowly dissipate.

He turned his head and looked at Konan, who was swaying precariously beside him.

Konan had almost completely destroyed her paper clones in her charge into the battlefield. She stared directly at Naruto: "What do you plan to do?"

Naruto did not answer, but instead pulled out a specially made trident Kunai with the Flying Thunder God Formula printed on it from his ninja tool pouch.

He wiped the blood off the Kunai blade with his thumb and turned his gaze to the northwest.

"Comparing the location of that line with the Akatsuki supply route map you gave me earlier, the Coordinates are now completely locked." Naruto twirled Kunai between his fingers, his tone calm yet radiating a chilling killing intent.

Konan paused for a moment, then said, "He's now powerless to resist. Using the Rinnegan at the cost of his life force, his body is completely exhausted."

"That was his own choice." Naruto formed a hand Hand Seals, creating a Shadow Clone. "My rules are simple. If they take my territory and destroy my home, there's no reason to just apologize and move on."

The main body turned its head to look down at the ruins of Hidden Leaf.

"You and Sasuke keep an eye on things here. Danzo's old dog's remnants aren't all dead yet. Danzo one by one when you see them, don't hold back," Naruto instructed his Shadow Clone.

The Shadow Clone cracked his knuckles. "Don't worry, anyone who dares to show their face today, I'll make sure they're nothing but ashes."

The main body turned its gaze back and weighed the Flying Thunder God Kunai in its palm twice.

"Didn't you want to find out who brainwashed Nagato?" Naruto looked at Konan. "Lead the way."

"Where to?" Konan asked.

"Go smash that damn god's shrine."

Naruto took a step forward, his Chakra surging.

The tallest tower in Amegakure.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path suddenly let out an extremely deep wail.

Nagato slumped against his wheelchair, his few remaining red hairs now completely withered and gray. He gasped for breath, the light in his Rinnegan divinity dimmer than ever before.

Six Paths were annihilated.

"It's a failure..." Nagato looked out the window at the endless rain.

In the shadows behind him, Black Zetsu's face became distorted and twisted.

"Nagato, it seems you have lost your value as a pawn." Black Zetsu's voice was no longer disguised, revealing an extreme, greedy malice.

White Zetsu's half-face loomed closer with a grin. "Yeah, it's such a waste to leave the Rinnegan on a piece of trash like you. How about we keep it for you?"

Nagato turned his head sharply, and even though he was extremely weak, the pressure of the Rinnegan still made Zetsu stop in his tracks.

But at that moment, the air in front of Nagato suddenly began to distort without warning.

A single, blinding golden light, like a sharp blade tearing through the darkness, cleaved through the tower's seemingly indestructible barrier.

Black Zetsu's pupils constricted sharply. "Flying Thunder God?! How could it be so fast!"

The golden light faded.

Naruto Uzumaki kicked through the tower's bulletproof glass and stepped into the tower, his footsteps piercing the shattered ice.

He held the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand, his gaze passing over Nagato in his wheelchair and fixed on the Black and White Zetsu hidden in the shadows.

"You two shameful pieces of mud..." Naruto grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"Ready to cook?"