Nagato at the Peak of His Power Attacks

Feeling the distortion in the surrounding space, Uchiha Ensei hurriedly used the Flying Thunder God he had been studying for some time.

The Flying Thunder God, this forbidden technique, was incredibly complex, but it mainly relied on Sealing Jutsu formulas for spatial transfer. Uchiha Ensei was fairly skilled at Sealing Jutsu and had some talent for sensing space-time as well.

But reaction speed and the like were simply too demanding.

Therefore, the Flying Thunder God Uchiha Ensei had learned only allowed for the most basic fixed-point teleportation. He knew nothing of the Flying Thunder God's second stage, nor could he use it in battle.

On the other hand, Uchiha Ensei had practiced fixed-point teleportation extremely well, nearly reaching the point of instantaneous activation.

Thus, the moment he detected the surrounding space-time fluctuations, Uchiha Ensei immediately used the Flying Thunder God and teleported to the nearest Flying Thunder God Mark.

It was not that he did not want to teleport farther away. The Flying Thunder God required him to sense a Flying Thunder God Mark in order to travel there, and at a critical moment, Uchiha Ensei naturally had to escape danger as quickly as possible.

The nearest location happened to be beside Uchiha Ensei's half-destroyed Susanoo.

Reentering the Perfect Susanoo, Uchiha Ensei first checked at top speed whether the ocular power within the Susanoo had been mixed with anything else.

Only after doing so did he release the ocular power sealed within his body once more, repairing the damaged Susanoo.

In the blink of an eye, the Perfect Susanoo appeared again.

Seeing this through Killer B's eyes, the Eight-Tails could not help but sigh. "I have only seen this kind of terrifying power on the Sage of Six Paths."

Killer B froze at those words. Disregarding the situation outside, he immediately began asking about the Sage of Six Paths.

Unfortunately, when it came to the Sage of Six Paths, the Tailed Beasts had always kept silent. No matter how much Killer B pleaded or questioned them, it was useless.

Elsewhere, when Obito Uchiha sensed the space-time fluctuation, he immediately recalled the terror of once being dominated by Minato Namikaze.

Because of Uchiha Ensei, Minato Namikaze, who knew all the intelligence, had been overwhelmingly deadly.

Had Black Zetsu not suddenly come to his rescue back then, Obito Uchiha would have long since been captured alive by Konoha.

"Flying Thunder God... no wonder you were willing to leave Konoha."

Obito Uchiha quickly composed himself. Looking at the enormous pale-blue Susanoo in the distance, a hint of envy appeared in his eyes.

Because he only had one eye, Obito Uchiha could not activate Susanoo.

But in truth, what Obito Uchiha did not know was that the thing before him was not an orthodox Susanoo either.

The difference was slight, but it was still there.

"Obito, everything is ready."

At that moment, a black-and-white figure emerged from underground, surrounded by numerous wooden spikes that seemed almost decorative.

Uchiha Ensei had clearly noticed Black Zetsu as well, but unfortunately, he had yet to find a way to seal Black Zetsu.

He wondered whether the Reaper Death Seal would work. In a few days, he could make a clone and test it.

The thought suddenly surfaced in his mind, making Uchiha Ensei feel somewhat annoyed. He had even forgotten that he had not learned the Reaper Death Seal yet.

"Summoning Technique: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"

Along with a somewhat familiar voice, a being the same size as the Perfect Susanoo appeared before Uchiha Ensei once again.

After appearing, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path let out a roar.

Then, as though it had discovered some delicious prey, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path charged straight at Uchiha Ensei.

Seeing this, Uchiha Ensei hurriedly drove the Perfect Susanoo into the air, barely escaping the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's assault for the moment.

That thing was the shell of the Divine Tree. Naturally, Uchiha Ensei did not dare let it touch him.

There was a very good chance that his Susanoo, formed from Byakugan ocular power, was nothing more than a dessert for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Fortunately, this thing could not fly.

Just as Uchiha Ensei was feeling somewhat relieved, an icy voice rang out again.

"Banshō Ten'in!"

Immediately afterward, Uchiha Ensei felt his body grow heavy. Though he did not fall directly, the weight he felt still deepened the unease in his heart.

But... why was Nagato here? Under normal circumstances, he should not have been.

Could Black Zetsu have used Kotoamatsukami on Nagato?

Under other circumstances, it would have been difficult to say whether Kotoamatsukami could alter the will of the Rinnegan. But Nagato's Rinnegan was not his own, and the Rinnegan still contained the restrictions Madara Uchiha had left behind.

With that thought, Uchiha Ensei already wanted to leave, but where exactly he should go was also a question worth considering.

"Planetary Devastation!"

Then, a fist-sized black sphere suddenly appeared beside the Susanoo. Accompanied by a tremendous pulling force, Uchiha Ensei found himself unable to move for a moment.

Unlike the Six Paths of Pain from their previous encounter, whose attacks had been stiff and slow, the assault Uchiha Ensei faced this time was extremely swift. Moreover, Nagato seemed to be the only one on the battlefield; none of the other six paths were present.

Activating the Byakugan's x-ray vision, Uchiha Ensei finally spotted Nagato flying toward him at high speed. He also noticed that although Nagato's body was still somewhat thin, his crippled legs had been replaced by a white substance.

No doubt about it. Black Zetsu had healed Nagato's injuries.

With his body restored, Nagato might not have been able to wield the Rinnegan's true power, but he should not have been far from it.

With this in mind, Uchiha Ensei no longer concealed his strength. He drove the Susanoo at full power, and four enormous Chakra blades struck the black sphere of Planetary Devastation at once.

The powerful attack shattered the black sphere that formed Planetary Devastation.

By then, Nagato had already reached Uchiha Ensei's side, treating the Susanoo around Uchiha Ensei's body as if it did not exist.

Watching the Susanoo disperse like snowflakes, Uchiha Ensei's eyes now held a trace of panic.

Uchiha Ensei did not know whether an orthodox Susanoo could be absorbed by the Rinnegan, but his imitation clearly could not withstand the Preta Path's ability to absorb Chakra.

After all, no matter how similar it was, it was not a genuine Mangekyō Sharingan. The Susanoo Uchiha Ensei had created was merely an outer shell filled with ocular power.

"Preta Path..."

After gritting his teeth and forcing out those words, Uchiha Ensei threw a scroll from his right sleeve.

As the Sage Chakra within the scroll was released, Uchiha Ensei formed hand seals with both hands and used the only Sage Art he had successfully developed.

"Sage Art: Tiger's Roar!"

Accompanied by that deafening tiger's roar, Nagato's body stalled slightly. Seizing the chance, Uchiha Ensei withdrew the Susanoo and fell downward under the force of gravity.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Ensei still could not use flying ninjutsu, but that was fine. He knew the Flying Thunder God.

"Goodbye, everyone!"