Boom!
Seiryū moved in an instant.
He kicked off the ground and immediately accelerated to his maximum speed, moving so quickly that ordinary eyes could not follow him.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Although Nagato was under the influence of Genjutsu, he still retained his own consciousness.
His combat experience was not lacking.
Combined with the Rinnegan's exceptionally powerful dynamic vision, he was able to track Seiryū's movements.
Nagato raised his hand and activated the Rinnegan's Dōjutsu.
An immense repulsive force spread outward in a fan shape and surged toward Seiryū.
The air was compressed so violently that explosive booms rang out as the force swept forward with unstoppable momentum!
Buzz!
Seiryū naturally reacted at once.
He opened his right hand, and a purple Rasengan began spinning rapidly in his palm.
In an instant, it expanded to several dozen meters in diameter.
Seiryū raised his hand and thrust it forward, using the Rasengan's power to withstand the incoming repulsive force!
Boom!
Explosions thundered throughout the area as violent currents of air rolled outward.
The two forces canceled each other out and vanished!
"Keep going!"
Seiryū charged through the dispersing shock waves like an unstoppable train.
With a single step, he appeared directly in front of Nagato!
Seiryū clenched his fist as Chakra surged through his body and erupted from the chakra points in his hand.
As he punched forward, the force vibrated through the air and released a powerful shock wave!
Super Strength: Ikkotsu!
Nagato said nothing.
Killing intent filled his eyes as the Rinnegan flickered slightly, allowing him to track the punch's trajectory.
He stepped aside and avoided the attack.
At the same time, he pulled a sharp black rod from his sleeve and thrust it toward Seiryū's chest with deadly precision!
The black rods created through the Rinnegan's power could disrupt Chakra.
Anyone struck by one would temporarily lose control of the Chakra within their body.
It was an extremely dangerous Ninja Tool!
Pa!
Seiryū's perception was exceptionally sharp. Combined with his superhuman reflexes, there was no chance he would be struck so easily.
He reached out with his left hand and slapped the black rod aside, altering its trajectory.
Then he planted his left foot and swung his right leg in a powerful kick.
The motion was so fast and forceful that the air let out a piercing shriek!
Boom!
The heavy kick struck Nagato, but he raised an arm to block it.
Even so, the force behind the blow shook his entire body and sent him staggering backward!
With two enhanced states active simultaneously, even Seiryū's casual attacks possessed tremendous power!
"Banshō Ten'in!"
After regaining his balance, Nagato immediately launched another attack.
He extended his left hand, and an invisible attractive force seized Seiryū, attempting to drag him forward!
"Heh."
Seiryū did not resist.
He allowed the force to pull him in.
With a series of rattling sounds, Golden Chains extended from his body.
They moved like writhing tentacles, lashing through the air. Every swing caused the air to explode!
Whoosh!
Under Seiryū's control, the Golden Chains shot forward like arrows.
Although they had been launched later, they reached Nagato first!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Nagato's eyes shifted rapidly.
His powerful dynamic vision allowed him to follow the Golden Chains' trajectories.
Using the black rod as a weapon, he swung it repeatedly.
The sound of clashing metal rang out as he effortlessly blocked and deflected the Golden Chains!
"Hadō #4: Byakurai!"
While continuing to move forward, Seiryū formed a hand seal with one hand.
Brilliant bolts of Byakurai erupted from the tips of the deflected Golden Chains.
The lightning was extremely dense, surrounding Nagato's position and leaving him little room to dodge!
"Such attacks are useless against me!"
The Rinnegan's power appeared once again.
With Nagato at the center, an invisible repulsive force spread outward in every direction and blew everything around him away.
The repulsive force continued surging forward without weakening, shaking the air with its overwhelming power!
"Not bad."
Just as the repulsive force was about to reach him, Seiryū grinned and formed a hand seal, creating a Dankū barrier to block it!
Boom!
The two forces collided at close range, producing continuous explosions.
The surrounding air churned violently, while the ground shattered and cracks spread outward.
Even the resulting shock waves possessed tremendous destructive power as they swept in every direction!
Konan, Yahiko, and the gathered members of Akatsuki were forced to retreat farther and farther.
They simply could not get close!
At that moment, everyone watching, including Yahiko and Konan, felt their hearts pound with fear.
A simple clash had produced such terrifying shock waves!
Could a battle between Ninja truly create destruction on this scale?
After receiving Chakra and ocular power from Madara, Nagato had become extraordinarily powerful.
His Shinra Tensei was strong enough to shake the Dankū barrier and produce a sharp cracking sound!
However, it still failed to completely break through Dankū's defense!
"But it still isn't as powerful as I expected."
Seiryū knew that Shinra Tensei had a five-second cooldown.
Naturally, he did not let the opportunity pass.
His figure vanished in a flash.
When he reappeared, he was already behind Nagato.
One of his Golden Chains had previously left a Flying Thunder God seal there.
Seiryū's methods were extremely difficult to predict!
"Rasengan!"
Almost instantly, a purple Rasengan appeared in Seiryū's hand.
With the air hissing around it, he thrust it toward Nagato!
Nagato was technically his Senpai, so Seiryū held back.
He could not simply kill him.
"Useless!"
Although the Rinnegan did not provide the Byakugan's nearly complete field of vision, it granted Nagato extremely powerful perception.
He had already sensed the attack coming from behind!
Buzz!
Nagato spun around and thrust out his right hand.
A devouring vortex seemed to form in his palm.
This was the Preta Path's ability, the Absorption Seal!
The Absorption Seal completely devoured the Rasengan's Chakra, causing it to disappear.
"I understand those eyes far better than you do."
A smile appeared on Seiryū's face.
He knew every ability of the Rinnegan.
To him, those eyes held almost no secrets.
Nagato using the Absorption Seal to drain the Rasengan's Chakra was completely within Seiryū's expectations.
Naturally, he had already prepared a follow-up attack!
In an instant, Seiryū closed his hand into a fist.
Monstrous strength surged through his arm as he drove a heavy punch into Nagato!
Boom!
The blow shook Nagato's entire body.
He let out a muffled groan as blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
His body was sent flying like a cannonball!
He shot through the air in a straight line before crashing into the hillside behind him!
A massive crater appeared in the hill, and countless rocks tumbled downward, burying him!
Boom!
In the next instant, Chakra erupted from beneath the rubble.
The rocks were blasted away before suddenly becoming suspended in midair, held by an invisible attractive force.
Under the control of Nagato's Banshō Ten'in, the rocks were hurled toward Seiryū.
They moved at incredible speed, like cannonballs, tearing through the air with repeated shrieks!
"Don't bother with such minor tricks."
Seiryū remained calm and formed a hand seal with one hand.
Lightning flashed across the Golden Chains behind him.
Bolts of lightning shot through the air and struck the incoming rocks!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every rock was shattered by the lightning.
Fragments sprayed outward like bullets!
"You are strong, but with these eyes, I will not lose!"
Nagato wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
His Rinnegan remained fixed on Seiryū, and the killing intent in his eyes had not weakened at all.
He kicked off the ground and took the initiative to attack!
"Banshō Ten'in!"
While moving through the air, Nagato raised both hands simultaneously.
An immense attractive force seized the ground.
The earth was torn upward as though grasped by invisible hands, forming two small mountains that closed in on Seiryū from both sides.
They crashed downward with crushing force, as though intending to bury him beneath their weight!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The massive chunks of earth slammed together, causing the entire area to shake violently!
Under Nagato's power, the terrain itself was transformed.
The piled earth and stone formed a hill several dozen meters high, surrounded by billowing dust.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Nagato's perception immediately locked onto another location where Seiryū was launching a fresh attack.
Both movements had been completely silent, without any visible path between them.
It was clearly some form of Space-Time Ninjutsu.
His intelligence concerning Seiryū was obviously incomplete.
"Shinra Ten."
Nagato took a deep breath, his eyes colder than ever.
Space-Time Ninjutsu was troublesome, but he was not afraid.
With the Rinnegan, he feared no one!
Chakra surged violently through his body as he raised a hand and prepared to unleash an even more powerful Dōjutsu.
But at that moment, six beams of light suddenly appeared from nowhere and locked around Nagato's body.
His movement came to an abrupt halt.
Under the effect of the sealing technique, his Chakra became unstable and could no longer be properly controlled!
"It is Space-Time Ninjutsu. Quite useful, isn't it?"
Another Seiryū had appeared beside Nagato at some unknown moment.
He smiled brightly. "It's over, Nagato-senpai."
Bakudō #66: Sōjin Kyokkō was a higher-level version of Bakudō #26: Kyokkō.
Even the Rinnegan's perception could not see through it.
When Nagato had been sent flying into the hill, Seiryū had already left behind a clone.
He then used Bakudō #66: Sōjin Kyokkō to conceal its presence and appearance.
The clone had waited for the perfect opportunity to strike!
"Behave yourself. Let's see whether I can remove the Genjutsu affecting you."
Seiryū's clone smiled as its hands rapidly formed seals.
A series of Uzumaki Clan Sealing Jutsu were placed on Nagato.
At the same time, Seiryū's original body, which was rushing forward, also formed hand seals and unleashed several binding and sealing Bakudō!
Nagato was completely restrained!
In truth, very little time had passed since the battle began.
Against Seiryū, who was fighting with nearly all his strength, Nagato had not been able to endure for long.
There was still a clear gap between them!
Furthermore, Seiryū understood the Rinnegan extremely well, while Nagato knew very little about him.
For several reasons, Seiryū had managed to restrain Nagato without much difficulty.
"Don't even think about taking my eyes!"
However, being sealed and restrained only triggered the rage and killing intent hidden deep within Nagato.
He had been completely bound by Sealing Jutsu and Bakudō.
He should not have been capable of controlling his Chakra.
And yet, at that moment, another stream of Chakra emerged from the Rinnegan!
It allowed him to use Dōjutsu once again!
"Shinra Tensei!"
Nagato's perception and judgment remained clouded by Genjutsu.
He did not question where the Chakra had come from.
He only knew that he could use it!
The Rinnegan in Nagato's eye sockets shone with eerie and overwhelming power!
In the next instant, he pushed the Rinnegan's Dōjutsu to its limit.
A repulsive force far stronger than anything he had previously unleashed erupted from his body!
"Uh."
The corner of Seiryū's mouth twitched.
He had not expected Nagato to still be capable of using Shinra Tensei under such conditions.
Nor had he expected Madara's Chakra and ocular power to be transmitted in separate waves.
Facing Nagato's current Shinra Tensei, Seiryū had no intention of resisting it directly.
Instead, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to avoid the attack.
This Shinra Tensei might not have been as powerful as the Deva Path's attack that destroyed Konoha in the original story, but it still could not be underestimated.
Had it been unleashed inside Konoha, most of the village would probably have been destroyed.
Who would be foolish enough to endure such an attack head-on?
Seiryū certainly would not!
Avoiding it was clearly the better option!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The all-encompassing repulsive force spread outward.
The compressed air thundered continuously.
Shock waves radiated in every direction, flattening the terrain and creating a crater nearly a kilometer wide!
The shock waves continued expanding even farther.
Trees thousands of meters away were torn from the ground and hurled aside!
The power of Nagato's Shinra Tensei was terrifying!
"Huff, huff."
After fully releasing Shinra Tensei, Nagato stood at the center of the massive crater, his chest rising and falling heavily.
Using Shinra Tensei on such a scale had clearly placed an enormous burden on him.
The instant Shinra Tensei erupted, every Sealing Jutsu placed on his body had been destroyed.
The Chakra within his own body became usable again and merged with the power already flowing through the Rinnegan.
That had further increased the strength of Shinra Tensei and produced such a terrifying result!
In the eyes of ordinary people, this power was already comparable to that of a god!
Even the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages would struggle to unleash an attack of such magnitude!
At the very least, Yahiko, Konan, and the other members of Akatsuki were now frozen in shock.
Their mouths hung open as though they had been struck by a Paralysis Jutsu.
"An attack like that."
"Can a human really wield such power?"
"Incredible. Isn't that the power of a god?"
After the initial shock, stunned voices broke out among the gathered Akatsuki members.
None of them had ever witnessed anything like this.
A single person had changed the landscape.
One attack had created a crater nearly a kilometer wide, while the affected area extended for several thousand meters, almost reaching ten kilometers!
Was this still the power of a Ninja?
Fortunately, they had already retreated a considerable distance.
Although they were affected by the shock waves, no one had been killed.
"It seems I won't be able to restrain him without using a little more force."
Seiryū appeared elsewhere.
Looking at Nagato standing in the center of the crater, he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Had Nagato been an enemy, Seiryū could already have sent him to the Pure Land to meet the Sage of Six Paths.
"Well, my Medical Ninjutsu is quite good. Beating him half to death and leaving him unable to move shouldn't be a problem. I can heal him afterward."
Just as Seiryū was considering using more force and beating his nominal Senpai half to death, Vollständig: Heavenly Eye detected something.
Seiryū turned toward the source.
His eyes narrowed as he muttered, "That sinister, serpentine Chakra presence. Why is Orochimaru here too?"
(To be continued.)
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