Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Today, with the village shrouded in gloom and mist, it's unlikely that anyone else will see it.

Of course, he didn't care even if he saw Uchiha Gen; knowing wouldn't change anything.

"It's huge."

Floating in mid-air, Xiao Nan looked up at the sky, her expression blank, her eyes filled with horror, and she muttered to herself.

Konan's sentiments were the same as Tsunade's.

"Is this a god?" Scorpion looked up at the sky, his face blank.

Sasori's exclamation was the same as Gaara's; one could only say that they were indeed from the same village.

"This is art!" Deidara exclaimed, looking up at the sky with a look of utter fascination.

"No, be firm! This may be art, but explosive art is the best!"

"I'll keep working hard, and one day my artistic bombshell will be just as big!"

Deidara clutched his head and shook it wildly, repeating the above words over and over, trying to encourage and hypnotize himself.

"Master's strength has improved again, how terrifying!" Juzo looked up at the sky, his face full of admiration.

"Only such power can unify the ninja world and bring the light of peace!" Kisame looked up at the sky, his face full of admiration.

"This power is no less than that of the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha." Kakuzu looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with shock.

This scene revived a long-forgotten memory that Kakuzu had kept hidden deep in his mind.

He had received a mission from the village to assassinate the First Hokage, and he watched from afar as the First Hokage fought Madara Uchiha...

He immediately lost the courage to assassinate, and simply threw two shuriken from a distance to end the matter.

The village elders didn't tell him about the First Hokage's terrifying strength; they were practically sending him to his death...

To send him to his death knowing it was certain was utterly despicable!

Pain gazed at the sky, muttering to himself with a blank expression, "No wonder he mentioned God so many times; he was mocking me for being a frog in a well..."

"My power is like that of a god to ordinary people and ninjas, but what does it amount to compared to this kind of power?"

"Unless we can freely control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, we have absolutely no chance of winning..."

"However, ever since I was able to summon the Gedo Mazo, I have been working hard, but I still cannot control the Gedo Mazo freely."

"Every time I use the Gedo Mazo in battle, I'm overdrawing my chakra and life force..."

Why is that?

Between Susanoo's eyebrows, on a platform resembling black crystal, Uchiha Gen's sharp, eagle-like eyesight took in everyone's reactions.

With a thought, Susanoo rapidly shrank and dissipated, and Uchiha Gen landed back in the courtyard.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Nan quickly flapped its wings and flew back, and the others also rushed over.

After adjusting his mindset, Pain said expressionlessly, "Compared to the Rinnegan, the Sharingan should be called the foremost of the three great dojutsu."

These words undoubtedly conveyed a sense of submission.

Uchiha Gen stood with his hands behind his back, shook his head, and said, "No, the Rinnegan is indeed the foremost of the three great dojutsu!"

"The eyes are weapons, and their power depends on the strength of the user. Even if the strength is equal, there will be differences in how well they are used."

The Rinnegan's power in the hands of Obito and Madara differed greatly from that in the hands of Nagato.

Madara, as the owner of the Rinnegan, needs no further explanation.

Take Obito for example. The Pain that Obito created was far more powerful than the Pain that Nagato created, and that was only with one Rinnegan.

Nagato naturally wanted Pain to be as powerful as possible, but he simply couldn't do what Obito did.

Moreover, Obito could control the Outer Path Geisha with just one Rinnegan, while Nagato could only barely use both Rinnegans and almost drained himself dry.

There is a huge gap in raw strength between the two, but Obito is a habitual jerk who hides his true strength, which is why he appears weak.

Judging from Obito's performance in the Fourth Shinobi World War, he was powerful in every aspect, without any blind spots. His ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and sealing of consciousness imprints made him a true all-rounder.

If Obito hadn't only retained the ability to enter and exit the Kamui dimension after his Six Paths transformation, losing his most important ability to become intangible, the main characters wouldn't have been able to fight at all.

He only managed to kill Obito through sneak attacks and ambushes. If Obito had been on guard, neither Spirit Transformation nor Genjutsu would have been effective...

The official description of Akatsuki as the mastermind behind the organization and one of the biggest bosses in the ninja world is not just empty talk.

Therefore, it's not that just anyone who gets the Rinnegan can become an overpowered protagonist.

For ordinary ninjas, obtaining the Rinnegan is not necessarily a good thing. Activating the Rinnegan might drain their chakra and even their life force, causing them to die instantly.

Upon hearing this, Pain's usually icy expression crept onto his face, a bitter smile appearing on his lips. This meant he was too weak.

He could confidently refute others, but now he had no confidence to refute them at all.

"However, considering your foundation, the power you unleashed even though the Rinnegan doesn't belong to you is quite impressive."

"Your original self isn't in a good situation right now, is it?"

The people who arrived just happened to hear the last sentence, and their expressions all changed, including Nagato's.

"Impossible, the Rinnegan belongs to Nagato!"

"So you came here to steal the Rinnegan."

Konan stood in front of Pain, her eyes sharp, her muscles taut, and her voice icy, like a tigress ready to pounce.

Pain's expression calmed down. He pulled Konan behind him and said expressionlessly, "With your strength, it's not surprising that you can see that this body is a puppet, but..."

"What evidence do you have to prove that the Rinnegan doesn't belong to me?"

"I've had the Rinnegan since I can remember."

Nagato believed he was the chosen one because of his Rinnegan, and Uchiha Gen's words were practically a denial of all his efforts.

"Heh... With my abilities, getting your eyes wouldn't be difficult at all, so why would I bother making up a lie to deceive you?"

"Let me show you something first."

Uchiha Gen pulled a scroll from his sleeve and unrolled it. With a bang, a puff of white smoke appeared, revealing a corpse dressed in a black robe with red clouds...

"It's him!" Xiao Nan exclaimed in surprise, "So this is what he looks like under the mask..."

The others were also surprised, but remembering the strength that Uchiha Gen had shown before, it wasn't surprising that they seized the opportunity to kill him, so they quickly calmed down.

"What does this have to do with him?" Pain asked in a deep voice.

"That's a long story."

"You two should see for yourselves."

With a thought, Uchiha Gen first pulled Konan into the genjutsu, and then his incredibly powerful eye power traced back the connection between Pain and Nagato, pulling Nagato into the genjutsu as well.

Its speed was so fast that Nagato had no time to sever the connection; its domineering and tyrannical eye power left Nagato completely powerless to resist.

The moment his consciousness was pulled into the illusion space, Nagato's thin and withered face was filled with horror, his expression as if frozen in ice, making him look extremely ferocious and terrifying!

No wonder Nagato was so horrified, because it meant that Uchiha Gen could kill him from a distance...

The two consciousnesses arrived in a gloomy and vast cave. On one side of the cave stood a familiar demonic statue of the heretics. Beneath the statue was a stone seat, upon which sat an old man who looked very old.

The old man had long, gray hair and a face full of wrinkles. Several root-like tubes were pulled behind him. One eye was hidden by his long hair, and the other eye was a Sharingan with three tomoe.

Two figures stood in front of the old man. One figure was half black and half white, with green pitcher plants growing on its neck. The other figure was clearly a young boy.

At this moment, the old man was slowly giving instructions to the two...

(End of this chapter)