Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 179 Arrival at Mount Myōboku

Nagato has undergone a complete transformation. At this moment, the Great Toad Sage looked at the evolved Nagato and a smile appeared on his lips. Then, the entire toad shrank into a ball and stopped breathing.

"Gamabunta! I swear, I will carry on your legacy and save the ninja world!"

Looking at the sacrificed Toad Sage, Nagato clenched his fist and spoke with confidence.

"Well, it's good that you have confidence, Nagato. The future of the ninja world is in your hands."

A faint, ethereal voice emanated from the corpse of the Great Toad Sage. Then, a pale blue, transparent toad spirit floated out, looking utterly pleased, and spoke to Nagato.

Nagato, Jiraiya: Σ(°△°|||)︴

"Toad Sage...aren't you dead?!"

Jiraiya, who had been looking grief-stricken, now felt his emotions were disjointed and stammered as he spoke.

"That's right, I'm dead. Can't you see my soul is floating out of the ground? Little Jiraiya, what kind of look is that?"

"No...no...you immortal, even as a spirit, you can still speak!"

"What are you saying? I remember your Konoha Village also has the Impure World Reincarnation technique, right? If that's the case, what's so surprising about my soul being able to speak?"

Okay, that's really nothing to be surprised about—yeah right!! Which ninja can speak through their soul after they die?!

If you bring in Kato Dan, who trained in the Spirit Transformation Technique, and the Second Hokage, who developed the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, and show them what you look like now, they'll be dumbfounded!

However, considering that the other party was, after all, the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya was not surprised. Compared to being able to live for thousands of years, it was not unacceptable that he could still drift around as a soul after death.

"Alright, everything has been settled. It's about time for me to go to the Pure Land. From now on, I'll leave Mount Myōboku to Fukasaku."

"Also, you all need to be careful. If I'm not mistaken, that Uchiha Tou might discover the location of Mount Myōboku, and then there will definitely be another great battle waiting for you."

"However, with Nagato's current strength, he should be able to contend with him. Ah... it's almost time. My old friend is already urging me to go to the Pure Land, so I'll stop here for now!"

After saying that, without waiting for Jiraiya and Nagato to reply, a black void appeared behind the Great Toad Sage's soul, directly drawing him inside.

"Wait a minute, Toad Sage..."

Jiraiya wanted to ask a few more questions, but the Toad Sage's soul had already entered the Pure Land, leaving him no choice but to shut his mouth.

"Don't worry, Jiraiya-sensei. I can feel my current power. Even if I were to face Uchiha Tou again, I would have an absolute chance of victory!"

Nagato spoke with confidence, and Jiraiya glanced at Nagato, sensing the chakra emanating from him that was comparable to that of the Nine-Tails, which reassured him.

Originally, Nagato's chakra was comparable to that of a tailed beast. Now, after his ultimate evolution, Nagato's chakra level is comparable to that of the Nine-Tails, the strongest tailed beast. Combined with the power of the Rinnegan and Sage Mode, he could single-handedly wipe out the ninja world.

"This battle could very well determine the future of the entire ninja world. It's like a replay of the battle between the First Hokage, the God of Shinobi, and Madara Uchiha, the Asura of Shinobi!"

Involuntarily, Jiraiya also felt as if he were witnessing history.

……

Unaware of what had happened at Mount Myōboku, Uchiha Hiyō, after obtaining the specific coordinates of Mount Myōboku from the soul of Sage Shima, embarked on a journey to find it.

In fact, Mount Myōboku has already crossed the boundaries of the ninja world and entered a wild and untamed area. It was mentioned in the original work that it would take a month to reach Mount Myōboku by foot alone—this is the travel time for ninjas. You should know that from the Land of Fire to the Land of Wind, even a fast-moving ninja can reach the Land of Fire in three days!

In fact, although the ninja world is vast, it is not the entirety of this planet. On the contrary, the entire ninja world only occupies less than 1/10 of the planet's size. Even without considering the ocean area, the ninja world only occupies about one-third of the land area.

Beyond that third lies a variety of wild terrains, mostly deserts and wastelands devoid of resources and flora and fauna, even more barren than the Land of Wind, with only a few oases resembling blessed lands forming in certain places.

There are some ordinary residents living there, but due to the environment, most of them are tribes of a few thousand people, isolated from each other by hundreds of kilometers of wilderness and desert. Therefore, they have not developed into a country, and ninjas rarely appear.

Mount Myōboku is located at the very edge of this desolate land. According to Uchiha Tou's speculation, this desolate area is probably where the Divine Tree grew. It was because the Divine Tree drained the planet's energy that this place became such a harsh environment.

Faced with this desolate area, Uchiha Touyu had no choice but to slowly search by referring to the coordinates.

Although he possessed the memories of Shima the Sage, this Toad Sage actually didn't have much experience traveling from Mount Myōboku to the ninja world—with the Summoning Jutsu, these toads weren't idle, so they naturally wouldn't waste their energy.

So even with Uchiha Hiu's abilities, it took him about ten days to finally find the vicinity of the labyrinthine mountain where Mount Myōboku is located, after many stumbles and difficulties.

The outer perimeter of Mount Myōboku is also protected by a barrier, which has been modified several times over thousands of years and has now been completely integrated into the mountain's terrain, a masterpiece of nature. Its defensive capabilities far surpass those of ordinary ninja villages.

This is a complete crushing defeat of the Summoning Holy Lands and the Ninja Villages in terms of the depth of time. After all, the rise of the Ninja Villages has only been a few decades, while the three Summoning Holy Lands have stood in the entire Ninja World for thousands of years. With continuous reinforcement and improvement over the years, the three Summoning Holy Lands have almost completely become otherworldly.

Even if all the ninjas in the entire ninja world were summoned using normal methods, it would be impossible to breach any summoning sanctuary. Fortunately, Uchiha Hiu possessed the memories of Shima the Sage and his own strength far surpassed that of the ninja world. He easily found a node where the power of the barrier was flowing, destroyed it, and then took advantage of the opening to enter Mount Myōboku.

"The natural energy here... seems to have been modified by these toads."

Upon entering the sacred site of Mount Myōboku, Uchiha Tou's first impression was of incredibly rich natural energy. However, this natural energy seemed to be mixed with some kind of impurity, making him feel very uncomfortable.

"Quack! Who are you! Are you a ninja from outside? Why have you suddenly come to Mount Myōboku?"

A toad the size of a millstone swallowed a half-meter-long worm from its mouth, jumped in front of Uchiha Hiyu, and asked with a curious expression.

Looking at the toad in front of me, I noticed that this toad was not only wearing clothes, but also had some makeup on its face. It was clear that the toads of Mount Myōboku had become somewhat assimilated by humans.

Among the three sacred spiritual sites, it seems that only the toads of Mount Myōboku like to wear clothes and dress up, and even use human weapons. On the one hand, these toads are really not good at fighting with their bare hands, and on the other hand, it is also a manifestation of these toads being friendly with humans and being assimilated by humans.

Uchiha Touyu glanced at the toad that jumped in front of him, chuckled, and without offering any explanation, snapped his fingers.

Condensed into needle-like bolts of lightning, they erupted from Uchiha Hiyu's fingertips, piercing directly into the toad's brow with a loud bang, creating a large hole in its forehead.

The toad opened its mouth as if it wanted to say something, but ultimately collapsed to the ground, blood and pale yellow brain matter flowing out.

A faint smell of blood and burnt flesh filled the air, but Uchiha Touyu didn't seem to care much. He simply reached out a hand and gently scooped up a toad's soul, which appeared in his palm.

"Let me see where Jiraiya and Nagato are now... Huh?! The Great Toad Sage is dead!"

"He actually died while passing on his martial arts skills? This doesn't feel good!"

Uchiha Touyu narrowed his eyes, a look of caution on his face. The Great Toad Sage had never made a move in the original manga, so Uchiha Touyu was not sure of his strength. However, even just considering his age and the amount of chakra he possessed, he was definitely beyond the level of an ordinary tailed beast.

Furthermore, this old toad has many trump cards up his sleeve. He even managed to seal Kaguya back then—although it was the Sage of Six Paths brothers who made the move, Gamamaru clearly deserves at least three-tenths of the credit for Kaguya's sealing.

This toad risked its life to help Nagato level up, and Uchiha Touyu certainly didn't think it was a wasted effort. Nagato might actually pose a real threat to him now.

"Besides... the transfer of power isn't just that old toad's exclusive skill..."

Think back to the original story, where Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who were clearly defeated, were not only revived but also strengthened by the Sage of Six Paths' remote power transfer. Touya Uchiha knew very well that if he really pushed Nagato Uzumaki to his limit, he might just get a remote power transfer from the Sage of Six Paths.

Now that Ashura and Indra are both finished, the only one in the entire ninja world who can be associated with the Sage of Six Paths is Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan.

After all, the Rinnegan itself is a miracle that only appeared when Ashura and Indra's chakra were fused together and the power of the Sage of Six Paths was invoked. It would be truly strange if the Sage of Six Paths couldn't transfer the power through the connection.

Just as Uchiha Touyu was pondering, a massive chakra surge erupted from the palace in the center of Mount Myōboku, causing Uchiha Touyu's expression to change slightly.

"Tsk...you really have gotten a lot stronger..."

Sensing the chakra unleashed by Nagato, which, although still somewhat inferior to his own, was already at roughly the same level, Uchiha Touyu was immediately at a loss.

Despite his arrogant behavior and manipulation of the four major ninja villages in the past few years, Uchiha Touyu is well aware that his strength is a devastating blow to the current ninja world. Even if his strength is exposed, he can simply push through the enemy lines and turn a slow and steady approach into a one-time annihilation.

But if facing a powerful enemy of the same level as himself... don't forget how cunning and treacherous Uchiha Touya was during the Fourth Shinobi World War!

The palace where the Great Toad Sage originally resided contained the central control center of the entire Mount Myōboku barrier. Almost the instant the barrier malfunctioned, this control center issued an alarm.

At this moment, the toad in charge of Mount Myōboku was Fukasaku. Upon receiving the alarm, he immediately reported the news to Nagato, who unleashed all his chakra without hesitation, sweeping across the entire Mount Myōboku.

"I can feel it! It's right there! Uchiha Touya has finally shown up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nagato took to the sky and sped off in the direction he sensed.

Uchiha Touyu frowned slightly as he looked at Nagato, who was flying towards him. His Susanoo, crackling with lightning, erupted from his body once more, and a black sword slowly formed in his hand.

As soon as the black blade took shape, the energy of Susanoo surged up, and the blade instantly transformed into a divine weapon crackling with lightning. Clearly, Uchiha Touya was now fully prepared for battle.

"Uchiha Touya!!"

As Nagato shouted, a massive amount of chakra erupted from his body, forming energy ribs around him that evolved into an energy skull, which then grew chakra muscles, forming an outer armor...

"This is Susanoo?! This guy can even use the Mangekyou Sharingan's abilities?"

Seeing Nagato's performance, Uchiha Touya immediately showed surprise. You have to know that Nagato is not the original owner of the Rinnegan. Theoretically, the power of Susanoo is also hidden in the Rinnegan, but Nagato, who cannot control the Rinnegan, is definitely unable to use this Mangekyou Sharingan-level ability.

"Unless this guy has completely mastered the power of the Rinnegan, in other words, Nagato has completely taken over these two Rinnegan!"

Just as Uchiha Touyu was still pondering, the giant Susanoo had already flown nearby, and the long sword formed from chakra energy slashed down directly at his head!

Faced with the massive chakra sword, Uchiha Tou simply raised his own weapon, and the two swords, one large and one small, which looked strikingly different, collided instantly.

However, the result of the impact did not match the visual effect. The black sword, which was less than two meters long, easily blocked the chakra sword, which was tens of meters long. Uchiha Hiu, who was standing on the ground, did not retreat a single step, even though countless cracks appeared in the ground beneath his feet.

(End of this chapter)