"Leader, what do we do now?"
Looking at the Wood Human Arhat, fully healed and running towards them, Tobi quickly asked, "Do we give up on hunting him, or do we use those trump cards?"
Nagato frowned, falling into a dilemma.
Izayoi's strength completely exceeded his expectations.
He had thought this operation would be very easy; as long as he captured Izayoi, he could increase his and the White Zetsu army's strength.
He hadn't expected that besides 'Toneri Otsutsuki', a visitor from the Moon, the Shinobi World would also hide a figure like Izayoi.
To have such extraordinary combat power at this age was simply monstrous.
After a day and a night of fierce fighting, they had finally gained the upper hand and were on the verge of victory.
Yet, Izayoi, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, didn't think of escaping. Instead, he had sent a Wood Clone ahead to absorb the Nine Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra, preparing fully for this moment.
Such strength and intellect were as troublesome as Toneri Otsutsuki, who could observe them from a super long range.
Moreover, unlike Toneri Otsutsuki's Tenseigan, whose abilities were similar to his Rinnegan, resulting in a stalemate, this level of Wood Release could counter his Six Paths Techniques.
If he wasn't wearing Tobi, Izayoi's threat would be even greater than Toneri Otsutsuki's.
Thus, Nagato made his decision and said, "Let's use the trump cards, Tobi, we'll work together to take him down!"
"Yosh... Let's go together, Leader!"
Tobi's voice immediately became full of confidence.
Immediately, Tobi detached himself from Nagato.
Nagato instantly disappeared from the top of the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue, appearing on the ground below. He formed hand seals, squatted down, slammed his hands on the ground, and roared, "Summoning Jutsu: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
...
Meanwhile, in the underground base of Amegakure.
The Nagato Wood Clones responsible for controlling the Reanimation Jutsu army and the Human Puppet army all leaped down from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
As soon as they landed, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path turned into a huge cloud of white smoke and disappeared into thin air.
One of the Wood Clones said to the dark area, "Let's use the trump cards."
No one spoke from the dark area, but in Nagato's Rinnegan's perspective, that mass of Chakra had disappeared.
Izayoi's Wood Clone also saw this mass of Chakra disappear.
In an instant, Danzo Shimura, who was fighting Deva Path Pain, suddenly disappeared without any warning.
Deva Path Pain looked around vigilantly, releasing his senses to find Danzo Shimura's location, but found that the opponent was no longer on the battlefield.
A few seconds later, Danzo Shimura reappeared and continued to attack Deva Path Pain.
Nagato had no idea what Danzo Shimura had done in those few short seconds.
...
Returning to a few seconds ago, in a deep mountain area shrouded in thick fog in the Water Country.
Danzo Shimura's figure appeared out of thin air. His left eye had already turned into a shuriken pattern with a sickle. He then used Kamui to send the Wood Clone, which had already absorbed the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra, changed its Chakra signature, and transformed into 'Toneri Otsutsuki', into the Kamui Dimension.
Inside the Kamui Dimension at this time were several figures: Uchiha Obito and White Zetsu clones, as well as two of Nagato's Wood Clones, and two captives.
"That kid actually forced you to use this trump card?"
"Didn't your Wood Clone see? His current Wood Release is second only to the combined form of the main body and Tobi, and the main body's Sage Mode is inferior to his."
Uchiha Obito said in a deep voice, "Toneri Otsutsuki hasn't appeared yet. Do you think he could be Toneri Otsutsuki? After all, Wood Clones can also change their Chakra signature."
In response, Nagato asked a question Uchiha Obito had asked before: "When he entered Sage Mode, his pupils changed from blue to gold. Can the Sage Eye return to its normal state?"
Uchiha Obito was silent, also dispelling this suspicion.
Neither he nor Nagato knew that if the Sage Eye evolved on its own, it could return to its normal state.
"His intellect is quite good. He knows to have the Wood Clone use the Flying Thunder God Technique to go back and absorb the Nine Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra, exactly the same preparation as the main body."
Nagato's two Wood Clones each reached out and grabbed a captive by the neck, absorbing their Chakra while laughing, "But facing the combined force of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Wood Human Technique, even if he has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, he is bound to lose this time, unless he doesn't have the Will of Fire and chooses to abandon Konoha and escape alone."
The captives held by Nagato's two Wood Clones were none other than the isolated Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
At the beginning of the year, Nagato had just recovered to his peak. He learned from Tobi that the Tailed Beasts' Chakra could restore his energy.
It was also by absorbing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra that Nagato was able to fight Toneri Otsutsuki to a draw.
Afterward, Nagato had already sent White Zetsu clones to keep an eye on all the Jinchuriki.
After the final battle broke out, Nagato immediately threw two Wood Clones into the Kamui Dimension to accompany Uchiha Obito's Wood Clone to pick up the Akatsuki members and incidentally capture the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Seven-Tails Jinchuriki who were not in the village, to be used as nuclear power plant power banks for Tobi and the main body.
Looking at Nagato, whose strength and intellect had been epically enhanced after recovering to his peak, Uchiha Obito's eyes under his mask were filled with apprehension.
Even... fear!
It was too absurd. Even if his body recovered to its peak and his mind had sufficient energy supply, it shouldn't be this absurd.
This kind of strategic wisdom was simply like a completely different person.
I should have never helped him recover his strength.
However, Uchiha Obito didn't know that this was the power of the Human Path.
Drawing so many souls, reading so many memories, watching so many lives like a passing guest – when Nagato's mind could function flexibly, he was like a spring that had been building up pressure.
Just as Nagato's two Wood Clones were absorbing the Jinchuriki's Chakra, he, Uchiha Obito, and the White Zetsu clone beside them, suddenly had their expressions change drastically.
"This Chakra is..."
Nagato looked at Uchiha Obito with a mix of shock and anger, saying, "Uchiha Obito, you actually betrayed me!"
"Impossible, how could he appear in the Kamui Dimension?" Uchiha Obito didn't explain, but instead showed a rare look of panic.
Kamui's phasing and Izanagi were Uchiha Obito's life-saving trump cards, and also the reason he feared no one and dared to bring Nagato and Itachi Uchiha into the Kamui Dimension.
As long as his main body was hidden within the Kamui Dimension, no matter what attack came, it couldn't harm him in the slightest.
He could also use Kamui for instantaneous movement, ignoring all barriers and perceptions, appearing anywhere.
And now, his sanctuary, could actually be entered by a second person.
At this moment, Uchiha Obito panicked, completely panicked.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
At this moment, several green beams of light shot out from the dark area of the Kamui Dimension.
"Run, don't let him split us up!"
Uchiha Obito snapped back to reality and immediately took the nearest Nagato Wood Clone and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, whom he was gripping by the neck, their figures distorting as they left the Kamui Dimension.
The other Nagato Wood Clone, on the other hand, released the Five-Tails Jinchuriki's neck and used the Five-Fingered Missile technique to attack the incoming green beams of light.
The missiles collided with the beams, resulting only in explosions, but no sound of explosions was heard.
Because as soon as the missiles exploded, the flames and Chakra were completely absorbed by the green light clusters that had turned into beams.
Immediately, the beams scattered, and one of them flew towards Nagato without losing speed.
Nagato quickly used the ability of the Preta Path to create a spherical transparent white light shield.
The beam hit the light shield and couldn't be absorbed by it. Instead, it turned into Chakra and was absorbed by the transparent white light shield, seeping into Nagato's body.
Both were Chakra absorption, but the Chakra absorption that could be released as Ninjutsu attacks was clearly no match for the pure absorption of the Rinnegan's Preta Path.
However, while Nagato could ignore the Chakra absorption, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki beside him wasn't so lucky.
The beam passed through his body, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki's remaining Chakra was instantly drained.
The beam flew back to the dark area, turning into a green light ball floating in the air.
Izayoi, disguised as Toneri Otsutsuki, flew out of the darkness holding the light ball, then absorbed the light ball into his body, causing his Chakra to surge.
"How did you do that?" Nagato asked calmly.
"This is the difference in eyes."
Izayoi said arrogantly, "Nothing in the Shinobi World can escape my Tenseigan. You monkeys, although you have decent eyes, you are too arrogant. You don't even know to retrieve the other eye. You dare to leave such a flaw when your opponent is me. Who gave you such courage?"
"You can read lips."
Nagato instantly understood Izayoi's meaning, his face extremely grim.
Due to his insufficient understanding of the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan, he had thought that the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan were all like Itachi Uchiha's, with different Eye Powers in the left and right eyes, thus overlooking a crucial matter.
It turned out that the Mangekyo Sharingan could also host the same Eye Power!
Careless!
Too fatal!
Uchiha Obito, you idiot!
At this moment, both Nagato and Black Zetsu, who was receiving information shared by the White Zetsu clone, were cursing in their hearts.
Fear not a god-like opponent, but a pig-like teammate.
This sentence perfectly described the feelings of Nagato and Black Zetsu.
Fortunately, Uchiha Obito still understood the seriousness of the situation.
Without waiting for Izayoi to make a move, Uchiha Obito, now wearing a white mask, reappeared beside Nagato's Wood Clone, taking him and the fallen Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and leaving the Kamui Dimension.
Izayoi's Wood Clone did not stop them.
Because his mission was only to cut off their retreat, not giving them a chance to escape using space-time Ninjutsu.
However, the pressure on Izayoi's main body in the outside world increased dramatically.
With a bang, a huge cloud of white smoke rose from the forest.
"Roar..."
A deafening roar, creating astonishing air currents and sound waves, instantly dispersed the vast area of smoke.
The ninjas from various countries watching from afar saw a monster similar in color to a Wood Human, with a shape more human-like than a Wood Human Arhat, with ten pillar-like protrusions on its back, and nine closed eyes on its face.
"What... what is that monster?"
"Is that Wood Release too?"
"Wh-why didn't I sense a massive amount of Chakra? Is this really a Wood Release Ninjutsu?"
"..."
Ninjas from various countries discussed amongst themselves, quickly relaying this information back to the higher-ups in their villages.
On the battlefield at this moment, the three colossal figures had strangely come to a halt.
The Wood Human Arhat stopped upon seeing another opponent appear, and Izayoi also stopped, feigning vigilance with a solemn expression.
Nagato's face, however, was extremely grim.
Ever since recovering to his peak and regaining his appearance as a handsome young man, Nagato had been able to maintain his composure no matter how strong his opponent was or what they were doing.
His strategic wisdom and unconventional combat power even made Uchiha Obito feel fear, and Black Zetsu had to prepare new contingencies, making the White Zetsu army follow his lead.
Even after a day and a night of fighting, with Toneri Otsutsuki possibly lurking in the shadows, Nagato still felt confident.
But now, Nagato had an urge to kill.
This showed just how terrible his mood was at the moment.
Just then, the space next to Nagato twisted, and Uchiha Obito, along with his Wood Clone and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, flew out of a fist-sized black hole.
Ignoring Nagato's murderous gaze, Uchiha Obito instantly flashed to the top of the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue's head, letting Tobi attach himself to him, and then used Kamui to return to the Kamui Dimension.
Before long, he brought Nagato's other Wood Clone and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki back to the top of the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue's head.
On his back, he carried a fan with a chain, which was the Uchiha Clan's treasure, the Flame Fan, made from a part of the God Tree.
Having successfully brought out Nagato's two Wood Clones and two Jinchuriki, and even the Flame Fan that had been thrown into the Kamui Dimension, Uchiha Obito showed no joy.
Because he knew he only had one chance left to return to the Kamui Dimension.
And before entering, he had to activate Izanagi.
Just thinking about Toneri Otsutsuki, whether it was his main body or a clone, waiting for him in the Kamui Dimension, Uchiha Obito was terrified.
And without Kamui phasing, now appearing on this battlefield of super-level combatants, Uchiha Obito was equally terrified.
After all, he knew his own strength.
With Kamui phasing, even against super-level combatants like Nagato, Izayoi, or even Toneri Otsutsuki, Uchiha Obito would dare to fight them.
He couldn't defeat them, and they couldn't defeat him.
But without Kamui phasing, Uchiha Obito, relying on the Ninjutsu taught by Madara Uchiha, the Eye Power of his Mangekyo Sharingan, his half-baked Wood Release, and the Uchiha Flame Fan, was only at the level of the Five Great Shinobi Villages' ace combatants.
In terms of overall strength, he was still inferior to the Five Kage.
Even with Kage-level strength, in front of these two monsters, he was an insignificant existence.
So, Uchiha Obito quickly flashed next to the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and said, "Tobi, absorb her Chakra."
"Obito, you're so pathetic, so weak."
Tobi absorbed the remaining Chakra from the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki while complaining, "Your Chakra is too weak. Attached to you, I might not even be able to use Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees."
Nagato also said with a look of disdain, "Give Tobi to my Wood Clone, let him and the Wood Clone control the Wood Human, and you go back to support and find the person who has your other eye."
"My other eye?" Uchiha Obito was slightly stunned, thinking of Kakashi Hatake.
"That guy can read lips. When your identity was exposed, he also learned your identity," Nagato said with displeasure. "Mangekyo Sharingan can also possess the same Eye Technique. You knew you were exposed, yet you didn't go back to retrieve your other eye, leaving such a big weakness for the enemy."
Uchiha Obito remained silent.
The mastermind behind the turmoil in the Shinobi World in the original story had been played like a fool by Izayoi, who was familiar with the plot.
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