Homeward Bound, Nagato's Death!

Across the land, the freed Tailed Beasts stood in a circle, their tails swaying!

The Susanoo vanished, and Riu descended slowly from a thousand meters up. He formed Hand Seals and pressed his palm to the ground. "Now it's time to take back what I gave you!"

Summoning Technique: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!

"Aaaaaah..."

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path emerged from Nagato's body and appeared behind Riu in a cloud of white smoke!

"Hah... hah... hah..." Nagato lay on the ground, breathing weakly.

"And there's still the Divine Tree. But without the Tailed Beasts' chakra, pulling it out will take..."

Riu murmured to himself and raised two fingers before his chest. With a sizzling sound, Black Receivers created through the Six Paths Techniques emerged from Nagato's back.

Whoosh!

The Yang Seal on Riu's forehead came undone. "I'll give you all the chakra stored in this Yang Seal for a hundred years!"

Chakra brimming with life flowed through the Black Receivers into Nagato's body...

Crack, crack, crack! Trees burst through Nagato's spine and shot fiercely toward the sky!

By the time the Yang Seal's hundred years of chakra had been completely drained, the Divine Tree towered hundreds of meters into the heavens, its withered flower visible at the top!

That was its limit. It could never bloom. Only the Ten-Tails' chakra could make the Divine Tree flower.

Kamui: Sky Blade Strike!

Riu swept his sleeve. A wind blade imbued with Kamui severed the base of the Divine Tree from Nagato's spine, and a Kamui Vortex transported it into the Space-Time Dimension...

Nagato's eyes lost focus, and foam spilled from his mouth. He was once again as gaunt as he had been years ago!

"Now all that's left are Madara's Rinnegan..." Riu walked toward Nagato, whose life was