The appearance of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path caught the attention of everyone engaged in battle, leaving them all speechless with shock.
Besides being shocked, Konan was also a little worried. She had never expected Kageyama Kogetsu's strength to be so great as to force Nagato to use the Demonic Statue.
Fortunately, the location of their great battle was a remote area within the Land of Fire. The surrounding towns and villages, and ordinary people, couldn't see it.
Even if they did, not many would have the courage to investigate. In a world of frequent wars and constant danger, many people knew the art of self-preservation.
On top of the Demonic Statue's head, Obito Uchiha stepped out of a spatial vortex.
Nagato transferred all of his chakra to the Deva Path of Pain, while he himself continuously refined chakra, pushing his own potential...
The Deva Path of Pain formed hand seals. Squish. Two withered, bark-colored tubes extended from the top of the Demonic Statue's head and inserted themselves into the junction of his and Obito Uchiha's neck and spine.
Obito Uchiha clenched his teeth slightly. As a corpse, the Deva Path of Pain naturally felt nothing.
Seeing this familiar scene, Kageyama Kogetsu was secretly amused. He was getting a taste of the protagonist's treatment.
"Feel the divine punishment, Kageyama Kogetsu!"
Nagato, through the Deva Path of Pain, controlled the Demonic Statue with all his might. His face was slightly flushed, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. His chakra was draining rapidly.
Roar!
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared at the sky. The violent sound waves punched a large hole in the dark clouds above. Under the effect of the immense chakra, it influenced the operation of natural energy...
In an instant, arcs of electricity danced in the dark clouds. Countless arcs, like a swarm of snakes, gathered together and then formed a brilliant white lightning bolt, ten feet thick, that struck down.
How fast was lightning? How could an ordinary ninja avoid it?
However, Kageyama Kogetsu, who was proficient in space-time ninjutsu, could avoid it in time. The ground was blasted into a large crater by the lightning bolt. Debris flew everywhere, and the crater was charred black. Then, the sound of thunder came rolling in...
"Help."
Obito Uchiha didn't say much, silently forming hand seals.
More arcs of electricity quickly gathered in the dark clouds in the sky, making them flicker erratically. Then, several lightning bolts struck down from the sky, illuminating the world with a bright light!
With the assistance of the Kamui-wielding Obito Uchiha, several lightning bolts locked onto all the black rods scattered on the ground. However, it was still useless. He just had to throw out a few more black rods.
After two consecutive attacks missed, Nagato and Obito Uchiha were both a little disgusted by the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Obito Uchiha felt it even more deeply, because he used to disgust people with space-time ninjutsu often.
"As the Sixth Hokage, how can you be so spineless?"
"All you know is how to dodge like a monkey. Where's your arrogance from before?" the Deva Path of Pain said with a disdainful tone, trying to provoke him.
"Hahaha, the Hokage is also human. It's fine to be embarrassed once or twice," Kageyama Kogetsu laughed heartily, not minding at all.
"Hmph, if you don't take the hit, I will drive the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to Konoha and inflict divine punishment." Seeing that his enemy didn't fall for it, Nagato immediately threatened him instead.
Kageyama Kogetsu laughed heartily again. "Hahaha, you've run out of tricks."
"But you do have a point. I am the Hokage. How can I be spineless?"
"If I don't dodge, I don't dodge. Do you think this level of attack can really do anything to me?"
Nagato said coldly, "Hmph, we'll only know if it works after we try."
The two of them once again controlled the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to use its immense chakra to influence the natural energy, condensing several lightning bolts that struck down one after another.
Because of the speed of lightning, although they were separated, they arrived almost simultaneously.
"Watch me use lightning to break lightning today!"
Kageyama Kogetsu covered his right hand with a Truth-Seeking Orb. Blue-white lightning gathered in his right hand, and chakra poured out continuously. His body soared into the air and thrust upwards...
The immensely powerful heavenly lightning was directly cut open by the lightning in his palm. The sound of a thousand birds chirping echoed through the heavens and the earth, not even the subsequent rolling thunder could suppress it!
"This guy can actually use Kakashi's technique to cut through heavenly lightning..." Obito Uchiha's mind raced, and he was very shocked.
Nagato was even more shocked, finding it somewhat unbelievable.
Although the two were shocked, they did not delay their moves, both forming hand seals.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's ugly and ferocious mouth opened wide, and it spat out nine grayish-white chains. The chains formed a net and descended from the sky.
These chains contained a powerful sealing force, even more effective against Tailed Beasts than the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains. The source of the Adamantine Sealing Chains was, in fact, these chains.
Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Kageyama Kogetsu swung the golden chakra beam in his hand, and the interwoven net of chains was all cut in two. The dark clouds in the sky were once again split apart.
"Not bad power, but still not enough to faze me. Use whatever tricks you have."
"If I counterattack, you won't have a chance."
Kageyama Kogetsu rose to a high altitude, standing in the air. He even deliberately raised his altitude a little, to look down on the two of them.
The two were not surprised that Kageyama Kogetsu could fly. After all, having mastered the repulsive force, it was not difficult to ascend to the heavens.
But they were very unhappy with Kageyama Kogetsu's arrogant and conceited behavior. It sounded as if they were just trash he could dispose of at will.
In fact, in Kageyama Kogetsu's eyes, the two of them were indeed trash he could dispose of at will. It was just that he hadn't fought in many years and wanted to play a little longer.
Chakra Dragon!
A translucent, light purple flood dragon spewed from the mouth of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Its size and speed were incomparable to the first time Nagato had summoned it. Anyone touched by the dragon would have their soul extracted.
"A very good move, but still useless against me."
"No matter how many ways you come, I'll just go my own!"
Before his words had faded, Kageyama Kogetsu once again used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but this time he added a little more power.
The golden chakra beam, like a divine sword, instantly split the chakra dragon in two. It was like a hot knife through butter, completely devastating!
The Tenseigan in Toneri's hands and in Kageyama Kogetsu's were two completely different concepts. Kageyama Kogetsu could control its intensity at will.
Toneri couldn't. If he missed, it was just a waste of power.
He had the same problem as the orthodox Ōtsutsuki clan members. Because power came too easily and their chakra reserves were large, they didn't pay attention to fine control and used it willfully.
"I can't hold on much longer. I can only make one last move. What about you?" the Deva Path of Pain said in a low, cold voice.
"About the same," Obito Uchiha said coldly.
"If the next move doesn't work, we retreat."
Unlike his death-match against Naruto, Nagato felt that Kageyama Kogetsu was unfathomable, not an opponent he could defeat just by fighting to the death.
In that case, fighting to the death was meaningless. It was better to preserve his useful body and plan for the future.
"Alright," Obito Uchiha said coldly.
The power of the Rinnegan in your body has reached its limit. After retreating, you'll have no way to deal with Kageyama Kogetsu.
In that case, you have no value.
Only when I use the Rinnegan do I have a chance of defeating Kageyama Kogetsu. You can just die in peace.
Tailed Beast Bomb!
The two of them formed hand seals at the same time, madly outputting chakra. The faces of the hidden Nagato and Obito Uchiha under his mask were extremely pale, looking very weak.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's mouth opened wide, and yin-yang chakra rapidly gathered in mid-air to form a purple Tailed Beast Bomb. The bomb rapidly expanded, emitting a heart-pounding chakra fluctuation...
With such a huge and heavy amount of chakra, the Rinnegan's chakra absorption ability couldn't absorb it. Even with the Tenseigan, it would be a close call.
Absorbing chakra takes time. With the Tailed Beast Bomb condensed by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, it would explode before it could be fully absorbed
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