Boom! As the palm struck the ground, the earth and rocks ahead shattered. A cloud of white smoke obscured their vision, and a heart-pounding force surged from deep beneath the earth, causing even the rain pouring from the sky to freeze for a moment!
"This is..." Orochimaru raised a hand to shield his face, the vertical pupil hidden among his long hair brimming with wild excitement!
Yakushi Kabuto pushed up his glasses, his expression solemn. "There's actually chakra like this? Even I, a non-sensory ninja, have goosebumps all over!"
Nagato's resounding shout from the first time he had summoned the monster before her echoed beside Konan's ears. It had not been the first time Nagato had saved her and Yahiko, but it was the most unforgettable one...
She stepped forward and said to Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto, "Even I've only seen it once. Yahiko's assessment of it was—'That is power that does not belong to this world!'"
As the white smoke dissipated, the monster looked down upon the earth with an unrivaled bearing.
Nagato could no longer suppress his excitement.
Even though he had seen its appearance as an outsider, this was still his first time summoning it in person.
No wonder he let out a sigh of emotion.
"At last, we meet, Demonic Statue of the Outer Path..."
Nagato had long possessed the strength to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The reason he had not done so was because... he had concerns about Obito's threat.
Whenever he did anything, he had no choice but to consider what Obito would think.
But now, not only had he openly torn up their agreement to attack Konoha together, White Zetsu had also discovered Orochimaru's whereabouts.
There was nothing left to say about turning against each other.
If he did