"The power of Orthodox Wood Release is actually this strong?!"
In Amegakure, receiving the information transmitted in real-time from the main body, Nagato's Wood Clone couldn't help but think to himself, 'No, if this continues, the situation will be very bad. I need to make a second plan.'
So, Nagato found Black and White Zetsu and handed them a Cipher Scroll.
Black and White Zetsu opened the Cipher Scroll, took a look, immediately nodded, and then sank into the ground and disappeared.
"Hmm?"
As soon as Black and White Zetsu left, Nagato's expression changed drastically as he looked out the window, thinking to himself, 'As expected, he's made his move? So, is he on the battlefield with the main body, or is he watching me from above Amegakure?'
'His mission is to come to the Shinobi World to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. He clearly possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Heavenly Transfer Technique, yet he didn't appear directly beside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. This indicates that his eyes cannot establish a contract with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. No matter how many times he takes the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path away, my Rinnegan can summon it back.'
'Rather than saying his mission is to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, it's more accurate to say it's to retrieve the Rinnegan. One of us must die.'
'He is likely on the battlefield with the main body right now, ready to intervene in the fight between the main body and Izayoi.'
'However, there's also a possibility that he's waiting above the village, using the village and Konan to force the main body to return, and preventing him from escaping with Uchiha Obito's Kamui.'
'Regardless of which it is, it means the final battle has arrived.'
After a moment of analysis, Nagato quickly formed hand seals and crouched down, slamming his hands on the ground.
*"Impure World Reincarnation!"*
...
The scene shifts to Amegakure outside the building.
Above the village at this time, just like the Five Great Shinobi Villages a while ago, a large number of figures wearing uniform white robes and covered in Black Rods and black iron nails appeared without warning.
They were densely packed, about two hundred of them.
Woo woo woo...
As soon as these figures appeared, Amegakure's alarm immediately sounded.
The villagers, who had been practicing twice a month for the past six months, immediately dropped everything they were doing and ran towards the shelters.
"Run, the Enemy of God is here."
Prompted by the villagers, the ordinary people who had traveled thousands of miles to visit Amegakure also followed closely behind.
"Once you're inside, don't stop. Keep running. The end is a safe place."
Entrances to the underground shelters opened, and the Amegakure shinobi directed the villagers to take shelter while shouting reminders.
A battle between super-level combatants was no different from a divine war. Unless protected by the Four Red Yang Formation, any barrier would be as fragile as thin paper.
Therefore, over the past six months, Amegakure's underground shelters had been transformed into underground tunnels.
These tunnels allowed people to leave Amegakure and go to a safe place.
"You should leave too. This level of battle is not something you can participate in."
After the Amegakure shinobi organized the villagers and tourists to enter the underground tunnels, Konan's figure also descended from the sky and said to them.
"Yes, Angel."
The Amegakure shinobi nodded respectfully and then also entered the underground tunnels to leave.
Meanwhile, the flames of war had already ignited Amegakure.
Coffins were seen either rising from the muddy ground or appearing on top of steel buildings.
As the coffin lids fell, figures covered in cracks emerged from the coffins.
"This is... the world of the living?"
"Have I been resurrected?"
"..."
The deceased had just uttered confused sounds and hadn't had time to look around before their eyes became vacant.
Immediately, these deceased, wearing vests from various countries and headbands with different symbols, surged towards the Human Puppet army descending from the sky.
Swish—
One of the fastest figures, like a flash of lightning, sliced through a Human Puppet.
The Human Puppet's head was immediately separated from its body, as if it had been severed by a divine weapon.
"So fast!"
The Wood Clone responsible for controlling the Human Puppets immediately felt the pressure.
Without any hesitation, he immediately created twenty Wood Clones to help him share the pressure.
At the same time, the Wood Clone also transmitted what he saw to the main body in real-time, thinking to himself, 'So his preparation was the Impure World Reincarnation, and the strength of the deceased is very close to their peak during their lifetime. It seems he experimented with White Zetsu clones first, and then discovered that using White Zetsu clones as sacrifices allows the deceased's strength to be infinitely close to their lifetime peak. That's truly impressive!'
'Since that's the case, let's do an experiment together and see if defeating the deceased can grant Perks!'
With the assistance of twenty Wood Clones controlling them, the Human Puppet army was no longer as sluggish as before.
When the figure that instantly killed the Human Puppet passed by another Human Puppet, preparing to deal with it in the same way as before.
The lightning-fast figure suddenly stopped.
Covered in blue and white lightning all over, with a strong and tall physique, dark skin, and a lightning symbol tattoo on his right arm, it was the peak of the Five Kage during the Third Great Shinobi War, who single-handedly fought against ten thousand Iwagakure shinobi and battled for three days and three nights until he collapsed from exhaustion, and was able to fight the rampaging Eight Tails to a draw without taking any damage—the Third Raikage!
At this moment, the Third Raikage's indestructible hand blade stopped in mid-air, blocked by a ninja sword.
The ninja sword was covered in sharp Wind Release nature transformation, and its strength was astonishing. Based on the principle of elemental counteraction, even if the Third Raikage's Lightning Release nature transformation was on the same level as the Wind Release nature transformation, his hand blade would at least have its skin cut, and at worst, his entire palm would be severed.
However, the Third Raikage's hand blade was completely unharmed.
Let alone Wind Release nature transformation of this intensity, even an S-rank Wind Release: Rasenshuriken would not be able to harm the Third Raikage in the slightest.
The Fourth Raikage could not become the peak of the Five Kage like the Third Raikage because he did not possess the Third Raikage's strongest shield, which could withstand Tailed Beast Balls and S-rank Secret Techniques, and even the ninja art bombardment of ten thousand Iwa shinobi, nor the strongest spear that could leave permanent scars on the strongest shield.
In addition to the strongest shield and strongest spear, the Third Raikage also possessed Black Lightning, which could cause immense pain to enemies and render their bodies immobile.
Every peak of the Five Kage was the strongest person who had reached the limit attainable by ordinary bloodlines and could not advance another half-step.
What limited them was never talent, but bloodline.
If they had any connection to the Otsutsuki Clan, they would be fully qualified to become super-Kage gatekeepers like the Six Paths of Pain.
For example, Ōnoki, if he possessed the massive chakra of the Senju Clan or Uzumaki Clan, he wouldn't need to conserve his Dust Release, and the thought of that scene is terrifying.
The Third Raikage was also like this. If he had the chakra volume of the Senju Clan and Uzumaki Clan and could also learn Sage Art, his strongest spear would not even be a match for a Tailed Beast.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs. Their origins were destined to be unable to catch up with those who had cheats with potential limits in another dimension.
Danzo Shimura, who was holding the sword and blocking the Third Raikage's hand blade, was also covered in blue and white lightning.
The same was true for over two hundred Human Puppets.
In an instant, lightning, like alternating current, raged continuously throughout Amegakure. Buildings were destroyed one after another, and the undead were caught off guard, their body fragments turning into large patches of dust.
The pressure instantly shifted to Nagato's side.
"Wood Release: Multiple Wood Clone Technique!"
Nagato's Wood Clones, without hesitation, divided their chakra into dozens of portions.
All the Wood Clones stayed in the underground base where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was located, controlling the unconscious undead to engage in battle with the Human Puppet army.
Black and White Zetsu had been robbing graves for over half a year, and Nagato had a great many cards in his hand.
Not only the Third Raikage, the peak of the Five Kage, but also the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the Second Tsuchikage Mu, two peaks of the Five Kage, as well as the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, and the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, a total of five Kage-level powerhouses.
Furthermore, in Nagato's hands, there were also the First Hokage's Hashirama Cells, and the mediums for the Second Hokage, Third Hokage, and even the Fourth Hokage.
After mastering the Impure World Reincarnation, Nagato immediately attempted to summon the First Hokage, wanting to use the Rinnegan's Human Path ability to obtain more Wood Release ninja arts from him.
However, he found that he could not reanimate the First Hokage at all.
Not only the First Hokage, but also the Second Hokage, Third Hokage, and even the Fourth Hokage, he could not reanimate them.
Nagato initially thought it was because his training was insufficient, but it wasn't until Black and White Zetsu reminded him that he realized their souls had been taken by the Death God.
Therefore, Nagato only had these few Kage cards in his hand.
If Nagato were to attempt to reanimate the Hokage F4 again now, he would definitely get an unexpected harvest.
In addition to the five Kage, Nagato's Reanimation Jutsu army also included famous powerhouses from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Such as Sunagakure's Scorch Release user, Pakura, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Stone Village's Explosion Release user, Gari, Kinkaku and Ginkaku from Hidden Cloud Village, and powerhouses from various Konoha ninja clans, etc...
Every undead was wearing a vest, starting from Chunin level.
Their number reached over three hundred.
In addition, there was the strongest combination... the Six Paths of Pain.
Konan in the sky, and the Akatsuki who were on their way.
If such high-end combat power were to unite, they could destroy a major shinobi village within an hour.
Unless the Five Great Shinobi Villages united, even if two or three major shinobi villages united, they would not be a match for these high-end combat forces.
This final battle began in a white-hot stage.
In less than a moment, Amegakure was riddled with scars, and a large number of buildings were reduced to ruins.
Not long after, a spatial vortex appeared on the battlefield.
The Akatsuki, wearing red clouds on black robes, finally arrived on the battlefield.
"The final battle is finally here, it's my turn to show off... What the hell?!" Deidara had just raised his hand to cheer when he seemed to see something incredible, his eyes widening.
Immediately, he shouted in frustration, "How come everyone can use Lightning Release Chakra Mode? Izayoi-kun, you must be deliberately targeting me!"
"Idiot, don't just stand there, be careful you don't get decapitated." Sasori of the Red Sand reminded him.
"This level of war is probably more intense than the Shinobi World War."
"Why are they all puppets? Without blood, what can I sacrifice to Lord Jashin?"
"Hmph, I only agreed to participate in the battle, I won't sacrifice my life. Once I'm defeated or Toneri Otsutsuki appears, I will leave."
"..."
Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu, among others, also looked at the Human Puppet army and the Reanimation Jutsu army fighting in the ruins, each sighing.
Immediately, they also joined the war.
However, unlike the Six Paths of Pain and the Five Kage who occupied a separate area, and the Root organization led by Danzo Shimura.
The Akatsuki members, who were fully capable of participating in battles of that caliber, were merely playing a supporting role on the sidelines.
As S-rank rogue ninja whom even the Five Great Shinobi Villages couldn't handle, none of them were fools, except for the two idiots Deidara and Hidan.
One side was a human puppet army, and the other was an Impure World Reincarnation army; both were armies of the dead.
If they, the living, were to fight desperately against the dead and die, they would only have themselves to blame.
Even Deidara, who was willing to self-destruct for this final battle, was scolded awake by Sasori of the Red Sand and chose to assist him instead.
The flames of the Five Release techniques continuously erupted, accompanied by deafening explosions that echoed incessantly.
Less than half an hour after the final battle began, most of Amegakure had been reduced to ruins.
The situation on this battlefield was quickly relayed back to the villages through spies who had fled Amegakure and ninja from various countries monitoring Amegakure from the outside, using summoning animals.
"The second round, has it finally arrived?"
"After half a year of silence, the war of the Sage Eye has finally sounded again."
"Impure World Reincarnation? The Akatsuki actually possesses the Second Hokage's forbidden jutsu? Did they trade with Orochimaru?"
"Human Puppets, Undead Army, this is a clash of undead legions!"
"These two guys, in terms of both strength and military power, can easily conquer a large country. If the second round determines a winner, the situation might be unfavorable for us. We can only hope it remains a stalemate."
"If the Akatsuki leader wins, I can't imagine what kind of ambition he would have without an opponent, and who could stop him?"
"If that visitor from the Moon is truly just here to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and will return to the Moon after obtaining it, I would actually hope he wins."
"This is a war that will determine the future of the Shinobi World!"
"..."
Looking at the intelligence in their hands, the Five Kage each sighed, then urgently summoned ninja skilled in sensory techniques and sent them to the Land of Rain at extreme speed, demanding that the battle situation be relayed back immediately.
Since Izayoi was out on a mission and hadn't signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest, Tsunade chose to send Hinata and Karin this time.
With one Byakugan and one Kagura Mind's Eye, they would definitely be able to gather information safely.
Just then, bad news reached Tsunade's ears.
"Hokage-sama, Izayoi-sama is currently fighting the Akatsuki leader."
"Nani?!"
Tsunade was immediately startled and stood up, quickly saying, "When did that kid go to Amegakure?"
"Not Amegakure, but the Land of Fire."
A ninja who appeared out of thin air quickly reported, "Not long ago, two massive chakra signatures erupted in the eastern forest. According to the sensory abilities of our returning comrades, they are the chakra signatures of Izayoi-sama and the Akatsuki leader."
"Immediately call Hinata and Karin back. No, I'll go myself. You go notify the elders and the jonin in the village to come for a meeting." Tsunade issued the command, her expression filled with solemnity.
Whatever happened in Amegakure with super-standard combatants had nothing to do with their Konoha.
But now, the future of Konoha was being targeted by the new era's God of Shinobi, and Tsunade absolutely could not let him succeed.
Thus, Tsunade quickly formed hand signs and created a Shadow Clone, leaving the clone behind to attend the meeting and discuss countermeasures.
Her main body instantly disappeared, taking Hinata and Karin, who were in the process of getting their exit permits, to the battlefield to support Izayoi.
"Nani, the Akatsuki leader is targeting Izayoi-kun?"
Karin, who learned this news along the way, immediately changed her expression in shock and said anxiously, "Is Izayoi-kun alright?"
"I don't know, let's go see the situation first." Tsunade said with a grim expression, "What I'm worried about now is that Toneri Otsutsuki is also lurking on that battlefield."
Hinata, however, had a strange expression and said softly, "Hokage-sama, you can actually go back. Izayoi-kun will be fine."
Hearing this, Tsunade stopped abruptly and looked at Hinata with a bewildered expression, asking, "Why do you say that?"
"Izayoi-kun, he knows the Flying Thunder God Technique." Hinata explained, "He mastered this jutsu a long time ago, but he didn't expose it because he was worried about this trump card being known."
"Oh right, I almost forgot, it's a secret that can't be told." Karin suddenly realized, remembering the scene from last year when Izayoi took Hinata away.
"That brat, he even hid it from me?"
Tsunade was both surprised and delighted, finally gritting her teeth and saying, "When he comes back, I'm definitely going to beat him to death!"
After speaking, Tsunade instructed Hinata and Karin, "You two continue with your mission. First, observe the situation on Izayoi's side and relay the information back in real-time. If Izayoi leaves, you go to the Land of Rain. Remember to be careful and don't get close to the battlefield with your main bodies. That level of Wood Release battle is not something you can participate in."
"Yes!"
Hinata and Karin respectfully nodded in agreement.
After watching the two girls leave, Tsunade instantly returned to the meeting.
Although Izayoi's safety was no longer a concern, Konoha still couldn't relax its vigilance.
This final battle was likely triggered by Izayoi.
Because the Akatsuki leader left, Toneri Otsutsuki seized the opportunity to launch an attack.
The war had already broken out, and the Akatsuki leader hadn't returned to Amegakure, so he was definitely determined to get Izayoi.
If Izayoi escaped, he might chase him to Konoha.
Toneri Otsutsuki was also very likely lurking somewhere unseen, eyeing the Akatsuki leader.
If the Akatsuki leader really came to Konoha, then their second round battlefield would likely be Konoha.
Thinking of the world-destroying battle of the Sage Eye, Tsunade felt a chill run down her spine.
She had to prepare in advance, transfer all the villagers to the shelters, and organize the ninja corps to prepare for battle or evacuation.
"That bastard Jiraiya's disciple is indeed ambitious and has ulterior motives." Tsunade cursed inwardly, while also praying in her heart, "Izayoi, you are Konoha's Sixth Hokage, please don't get into trouble!"
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