Planetary Devastation Traps Him

Nagato gave a cold laugh.

"In the end, you're still after these eyes."

"You want me to believe the Rinnegan belongs to Madara, then use stopping his resurrection as an excuse to take it from me."

"Uchiha Ren, all you've said is just an excuse to steal the Rinnegan for yourself."

"If you want it, come take it yourself!"

Boom!

Nagato spread his fingers wide.

Chakra blasted the muddy water out of the deep crater, and several pitch-black Senbon appeared behind him.

Each Senbon was no longer than a finger, yet its surface held no trace of light, as though it had been forged from the deepest darkness.

The next moment, they shot forward together.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Their shrill passage through the air became a single sound inside the crater.

Ren could have maintained his Existence-Nonexistence Shift, turned Intangible, and let the attacks pass through him.

But the instant the Senbon appeared, his Mind-Spirit Power caught an abnormal Chakra fluctuation within them.

That was no ordinary Yin Release.

Nor were they simple Black Rods.

Yin–Yang Chakra was interwoven inside the Senbon. Their nature was close to Truth-Seeking Orbs, and they even held the power to unravel Jutsu Formulas.

If one struck him, its extreme Yin–Yang Release would spread through his body and Chakra pathways.

Existence-Nonexistence Shift was also a secret technique.

If that power touched him while he was Intangible, it might destroy the technique itself at its source.

Ren did not take the risk.

He released his Intangibility on the spot and flashed sideways.

The first Senbon skimmed his cheek, its black point slicing through the curtain of rain.

The second grazed his shoulder and punched a bottomless hole into the cliff behind him.

The third, fourth, and fifth sealed off his landing spots in quick succession. The