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

Chapter 190 Nagato's Crushing Defeat

"According to the intelligence, it should be here!"

A dust-laden wind swept past a black cloak with red clouds, beneath which stood a young man with red hair. He looked up into the distance, his brows slightly furrowed.

"How was this map drawn? This area isn't flat, so why does the map show a mountain range?"

The young man wearing a hood is none other than Nagato Uzumaki. Looking at the environment before him, which is completely different from the one on the map, Nagato couldn't help but feel a little confused.

While I can't speak for other aspects of ninjas in the ninja world, they are absolutely meticulous when it comes to missions related to war. After all, all ninjas are born top-notch scouts, and drawing maps is definitely their forte, even surpassing the skill of maps in modern society.

In theory, even a difference of a single hilltop would be considered a significant error on a map. It's unlikely that even a junior ninja fresh out of school would make such a mistake on a map, turning an entire mountain range into a plain.

What unsettled Nagato Uzumaki the most was... He looked closely at the plain and vaguely saw that the shapes of the ruins were indeed a bit off... It looked like, like fist marks left by fists!

A fist-shaped imprint, covering an area of ​​several hundred meters? Is this some kind of colossal giant?

"Could it be Susanoo... But with a fist imprint hundreds of meters long, how tall would the Susanoo summoned be? A giant tens of thousands of meters tall?"

Shaking his head, Nagato Uzumaki didn't believe anyone could summon a Susanoo that was tens of thousands of meters long. How abnormally strong would that level of chakra have to be?

Susanoo is a pure condensation of chakra, unlike Wood Release ninjutsu, where the chakra content of a wooden puppet and a Susanoo of the same size can differ by at least ten times.

Not to mention that even if Hashirama Senju summoned a thousand-handed Buddha that was thousands of meters tall, it would still consume most of his chakra. The Susanoo that was tens of thousands of meters tall and the thousand-handed Buddha that was thousands of meters tall sounded like they were ten times different, but in reality, they were a thousand times different in size.

In other words, a Susanoo that is tens of thousands of meters tall is roughly equivalent to performing the True Several Thousand Hands technique 1 times! If you drag Kaguya Otsutsuki out and let her try this level of chakra consumption, she would tremble with fear.

However, the scene before him made Nagato a little wary. Regardless of how the fist imprint came about or what ability it was, one obvious fact was that the mountains here had been flattened by Uchiha Hiu.

However, Nagato was still full of confidence in himself. He possessed a higher-level Rinnegan and a dojutsu called Takamagahara. Uchiha Tou was no match for him!

His chakra sensing ability spread out, and a moment later, Nagato sensed a massive amount of chakra amidst the ruins of this mountain range.

"Such powerful chakra, it's already very close to my level..."

With a fighting spirit in his eyes, Nagato reached out and pulled off the robe draped over his body, then flew directly into the sky.

"It's time to settle this, Uchiha Touyu!"

Meanwhile, in the ruins of the mountains, there was a relatively flat clearing where Uchiha Hiyu sat cross-legged.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that there is a finger's width of space between Uchiha Tou's buttocks and the ground, so he is not sitting cross-legged on the ground, but rather floating above it.

"Nagato... he's finally here."

Uchiha Touya slowly stood up, looked at the tiny black dots in the sky, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Then he slowly bent his knees, maintaining a sprinting posture towards the sky, pushed off with both feet, and soared into the air with a whoosh!

As he soared into the sky, Uchiha Hiu's feet pounded the air, creating a thunderous explosion. His speed increased rapidly, and even the air in front of him transformed into a wall as hard as steel, which he eventually broke through, producing a sonic boom.

Facing Uchiha Tou's meteor-like impact, Nagato sneered. The six tomoe in his purple pupils spun, and the space around him was instantly compressed, with the density of the air increasing several times over.

"Uchiha Touya! This is the eye technique I prepared for you, Takamagahara!"

With a terrifying explosion, Uchiha Touyu crashed directly into the Takamagahara region. The dense air collided with his body, almost like a bomb exploding in the sky, even bursting out with dazzling sparks like a meteor.

However—Uchiha Hiyu's speed did not slow down at all; on the contrary, it became faster, stronger, and more ferocious, crashing into Uzumaki Nagato like a streak of light in an instant!

Caught off guard, Nagato was shocked and hastily summoned a Truth-Seeking Ball to block it. However, it was shattered by a punch from Uchiha Hiu, whose fist was also covered with Truth-Seeking Balls. The aftershock alone sent him flying, spitting out blood, and crashing into the ground, creating a crater a hundred meters in size.

"How is this possible!? Why aren't you restrained by Takamagahara?!"

Nagato scrambled out of the pit in a disheveled state. Had his life essence not undergone a certain transformation, an ordinary person would have been blown into a cloud of blood mist by such a punch. Even so, Nagato was now covered in blood, his bones shattered.

Fortunately, Nagato is no longer a normal human being in some respects, and his body even shows signs of energy transformation. Therefore, even if he suffers such an injury, he can still recover quickly as long as his chakra is circulating.

"Heh...who said I wasn't affected by Takamagahara? Your Takamagahara still reduced my speed by about 40%."

Uchiha Touyu chuckled lightly, a faint lightning flashing around his body. The lightning was now flowing slowly across his body, no longer resembling his original armor, but rather more like Naruto Uzumaki's Nine-Tails Golden Body mode.

This is proof that Uchiha Touyu has developed this ninjutsu to the level of Six Paths Sage Mode and even Bloodline Limit. It can be said that Uchiha Touyu's Lightning Release Chakra Mode has far surpassed Naruto Uzumaki's Sage Fox Mode in the original work, making it the strongest enhancement-type ninjutsu.

However, the enhancements from Uchiha Hiu's Lightning Release Chakra Mode differ from those of Sage Fox Mode. It doesn't significantly enhance ninjutsu; almost all the enhancements are focused on taijutsu, namely physical defense, attack power, and speed.

Upon hearing Uchiha Tobi's words, Nagato's expression changed, revealing disbelief:

"What did you say? Your speed has been reduced?! How is that possible?!"

Just now, Uchiha Hiyu's speed was almost five times the speed of sound. Even with Nagato Uzumaki's Rinnegan with its six tomoe, he could only see a faint figure. It was only after being knocked away that he could hear the rumbling sound of the explosion!

It is often said that this speed has exceeded Nagato's imagination. It can be said that apart from some laser-type ninjutsu, the speed of other ninjutsu used by Nagato is not even half the speed of Uchiha Hiu's physical body.

After reaching the realm of the Sage of Six Paths, Nagato could also feel the changes in his physique, but the vast majority of the changes came from chakra. In terms of pure physical strength, although he was far superior to ordinary ninjas, it was impossible for him to be this terrifying, or even that the difference was like heaven and earth.

Even Nagato couldn't have imagined that a ninjutsu that purely relies on unleashing potential could make the physical body so fast.

"Hehe, don't believe me? That's fine too, after all, the difference in our character is just too great."

Cold sweat trickled down Nagato's forehead. Even though his eye technique completely countered his opponent's, the opponent still held an absolute advantage in strength. This could only mean that the gap between his and Uchiha Tou's basic abilities was simply too great.

This fundamental numerical gap is the most unsolvable problem; at least no matter how hard Nagato thought, he couldn't come up with a way to defeat Uchiha Tou.

It can be said that before Uchiha Touyu decided to lure Nagato over, the outcome and life or death of both sides had already been determined. Now, Uchiha Touyu was simply heading towards victory.

Uchiha Tobi, standing in the sky, did not give Nagato any more time to think. Like a bolt of lightning, he descended from the sky, his fist, carrying a terrifying aura, filling the heavens and earth, and smashing straight down!

Even with Takamagahara at his disposal, Nagato could only barely make out the trajectory of the lightning bolt. He slightly shifted his body to the side, simultaneously conjuring a Truth-Seeking Ball to block it in front of him.

Amidst the deafening roar, the Truth-Seeking Ball was blasted open again by a punch, and Nagato let out another scream as his right shoulder was struck by Uchiha Hiu, almost exploding completely. The powerful impact slammed him back into the crater.

Before Nagato could react, Uchiha Tou unleashed a barrage of punches, like a meteor shower, as if he were hammering nails into a hole.

As Uchiha Tou's fist struck, the earth trembled and tore apart. The ground shook, and first, crisscrossing cracks appeared. Then, with more and more roars, the cracks grew larger and more numerous, eventually collapsing completely and turning into a rift valley.

Nagato initially managed to hold his own for a couple of times, using Shinra Tensei, Truth-Seeking Balls, Asura Path... all sorts of seemingly fancy abilities, but in front of Uchiha Touyu, they were all crushed with a single punch.

After landing two consecutive punches, the terrifying blows nearly destroyed Nagato's internal organs, turning his brains into mush, leaving him with no chance to fight back. What followed was a series of horrific beatings.

When Uchiha Hiyu let out a long sigh of relief and withdrew his fist, all that remained on the ground was a writhing mass of flesh and blood.

"Tsk, what tenacious vitality. But then again, Hashirama Senju already possessed a pseudo-immortal body with rapid regeneration. Even when the Sage of Six Paths reached the end of his life, he could still live on in the world as a soul. Kaguya Otsutsuki was even more remarkable, she had almost no concept of death. The only option was to seal her on the moon..."

"The closer one gets to the Otsutsuki clan, the more tenacious their vitality becomes. Their energy-state physical bodies are much harder to kill than their pure flesh and blood bodies."

An energy-based physical body has no vital points whatsoever, making it far more difficult to kill than ordinary life forms. Even the nine tailed beasts, which are purely energy life forms, can be resurrected after being destroyed.

However, Nagato only showed a tendency to become energy-based; in reality, he was at most a pseudo-immortal, one level higher than Hashirama Senju. Once he was beaten into a pulp, he had no chance of survival.

Despite the flesh and blood still writhing on the ground, Uchiha Tora, who was skilled in spirit control, had already seen that Nagato's soul was drifting out from a mass of flesh and blood on the ground.

As soon as Nagato's soul appeared, Uchiha Touyu sensed the aura of the Pure Land, as if a passage leading directly to the Pure Land was forming behind Nagato's soul.

However, after waiting for a long time, the soul portal did not appear behind Nagato. In the end, even that wisp of aura completely dissipated, leaving Uchiha Touyu slightly disappointed.

"Looks like Nagato's been abandoned too? The Sage of Six Paths, what a perfect turtle!"

After saying that, Uchiha Hiyu also reached out and activated his ability to bind spirits, directly extracting Nagato's soul.

As for the pool of blood and flesh on the ground, Uchiha Hiyu didn't waste it either, and collected it as well.

Just like how Hashirama Senju's body cells remained highly active after his death, and could even regenerate into a new body with sufficient nutrition, Nagato Uzumaki's body also possessed immense vitality. Despite Nagato's death, his body could fully recover with enough nutrition.

As for what use this physical body is... Uchiha Touyu is now preparing to reap the entire ninja world, so naturally he needs to find a pretext.

Otherwise, if they were to launch a ninja war like before, it would be too crude, and having multiple battlefields would not be conducive to Uchiha Touya's reaping of the spoils.

"I remember in the original story, Nagato created the Six Paths of Pain. Hmm, I don't need to create any Six Paths of Pain; I just need to leave behind this physical body to make Pain!"

A massive amount of Yang Release chakra was channeled into Nagato's body, and the flesh that was originally just writhing quickly returned to Nagato's form. However, the body's eyes were lifeless, and it only maintained a minimal level of breathing and heartbeat.

Uchiha Hiyu used Yin-Yang Release to create several small black nails, which were then inserted into Nagato's nostrils. After this, there was no longer any abnormality on Nagato's body.

Then, Uchiha Hiu narrowed his eyes, and a powerful wave of willpower emanated from the black nails created by Yin-Yang Release. Nagato, who had looked like a vegetable, quickly regained his spirit in his dull eyes, turned around, blinked, and then slowly got up.

After getting up, he moved his wrists and ankles, checked his physical body and the chakra within, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Very good, there are no problems at all, and even the original eye technique Takamagahara can still be used."

(End of this chapter)