The enormous Chameleon kept leaping across the surging, massive tree trunks, barely managing to evade the Wood Release Ninjutsu with its mountain-toppling, sea-churning power.
"Power on this scale, chakra this vast..."
"...so this is the First Hokage who once pacified a world at war, the renowned God of the Shinobi World!"
Looking at the endless sea of trees before him, even someone as proud as Nagato could not help feeling startled.
After being "resurrected" through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, Nagato was no longer as he had been in life, considering himself a god, insufferably arrogant, and looking down on everyone.
But although his outward arrogance had subsided, the pride deep within him would not easily fade.
So Nagato was still Nagato, only his thinking was comparatively less stubborn, and he saw things more clearly.
"Still...although the sea of trees covers the land as far as the eye can see, this jutsu doesn't seem all that powerful."
At the very least, it was not as powerful as the earlier Deep Forest Emergence.
Just as Nagato was finding this strange, he suddenly noticed, to his surprise, faint traces of chakra flowing within the sea of trees.
Before he could examine them closely, countless strange, enormous red flowers began growing on the branches throughout the forest.
"What is this?"
"Whoosh..."
Countless red flowers growing across the sea of trees burst into bloom. Against the setting sun, they formed a beautiful painting, a breathtaking sight.
At this moment, the place no longer seemed like a brutal battlefield.
Thud!
The Chameleon, which had been standing steadily, suddenly nearly missed its footing, its enormous body almost toppling over.
"What's going on?"
Nagato had never encountered anything like this and could not help finding it strange.
"Not good. That made too much noise. We have to