Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 453 VS Old Purple

Nagato's expression remained unchanged as he faced the oncoming lava fist.

The right hand, which was casting the "Universal Heavenly Pull," moved slightly outward.

With nowhere to grab hold of his fist in mid-air, Old Purple's straight punch suddenly shifted direction and grazed past Nagato.

At the same time, Nagato reached out with his left hand to grab at Rōshi without any hesitation, completely ignoring the scorching magma on his body.

The high-temperature magma, which should have easily scorched the enemy, was strangely and rapidly absorbed by Nagato's left hand, and was about to disappear completely in the blink of an eye.

However, Old Purple is, after all, a seasoned Kage-level powerhouse.

The image of Nagato dodging his punch flashed through his mind instantly.

"It can only absorb ninjutsu?!"

Thinking of this, Lao Zi did not hesitate for a moment and quickly deactivated the "Lava Release Chakra Mode" on his body.

At the same time, bend your right leg forward.

A powerful knee strike deflected Nagato's right palm, which was aimed at his chest.

He then unleashed a series of close-range strikes with his right elbow, left fist, and left leg.

Despite having nowhere to grab hold of in mid-air, Rōshi managed to force Nagato into a flurry of attacks using taijutsu, leaving him no choice but to desperately parry.

Seeing that he couldn't gain an advantage in close combat, Nagato immediately pushed forward with one hand.

"Shinra Tensei!"

An invisible force field instantly spread out around Nagato.

In the blink of an eye, unable to resist the force field attack, Lao Zi was like a cannonball, crashing straight to the ground.

"Boom!"

The old purple stone that crashed to the ground kicked up a cloud of dust and debris.

Immediately afterwards, a large mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth.

Before he could even feel relieved to have escaped the enemy's control and put his feet back on solid ground, a series of crackling and violent electrical sounds came from high above.

When Lao Zi looked up, he saw that the arm of the person in the sky had somehow twisted and turned into a strangely shaped puppet cannon barrel.

The dazzling white beam of light resembled a sharp, giant lightsaber, piercing straight into the ground with a terrifying aura of destruction.

In the midst of the chaos, the power of the tailed beast within Lao Zi's body surged rapidly.

A red octopus tentacle shot out and slammed into the ground, using the recoil to push Old Purple out of the area covered by the dangerous attack.

Even so.

Old Zi was still thrown dozens of meters away by the shockwave of the subsequent explosion.

At the same time, the voice that hadn't spoken in a long time also rang in Lao Zi's mind.

"It's my turn! If this continues, we'll both die!"

At this moment, the one who can speak in Old Purple's mind is naturally the Four-Tailed Son Goku sealed inside him.

However, Old Purple doesn't know the name of the Four-Tails yet.

The current relationship between the human and the tailed beast is limited to Rōshi being able to borrow a small amount of the Four-Tails' power.

However, in the face of this life-or-death crisis, the Four-Tails couldn't care less about the slight distance between itself and its Jinchūriki.

However, Lao Zi quickly refused in his mind.

"If that person can absorb chakra and enter their tailed beast form, we might just fall into their trap."

The complete form of a tailed beast is composed of chakra. If the opponent can absorb ninjutsu, it is not impossible to directly absorb the tailed beast.

In that situation, it's very likely that even physical attacks won't be able to cause any damage.

Thinking of this, Lao Zi quickly spoke up.

"Lend me your strength, and I'll take care of the rest."

A connection between souls is but a fleeting moment.

Feeling the chakra replenishing within his body, Roshi activated the Lava Release Chakra Mode once more.

This time, however, Old Purple did not choose to form hand seals to use ninjutsu. Instead, he quickly took out several shuriken and threw them at Nagato, who was still floating in mid-air.

The seemingly ordinary shuriken was instantly melted by the high temperature upon leaving the hand, turning into several streams of molten red iron that shot rapidly toward Nagato.

Nagato, who was flying in the air, naturally noticed Ryuu's actions.

He knew that he couldn't directly absorb this kind of tangible attack with his Rinnegan.

Without a word, he instantly activated "Shinra Tensei" and deflected the attack once again.

"It really worked!"

Seeing this, Lao Zi was shocked and immediately prepared to use the same trick again.

But the next moment, that familiar pulling force enveloped him once again.

Before he could think any further, a deep red chakra claw immediately appeared on Old Purple's body and grabbed at a boulder on the ground.

However, the suction force of the "Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Attraction" cannot be resisted so easily.

Old Zi's body, along with the giant rock, was dragged into the air.

However, it's unclear whether Lao Zi grabbed the boulder to stabilize himself.

The boulder, held in the giant chakra claw, rapidly turned red and began to melt.

Using this pulling force, Old Purple hurled the giant magma boulder in his hand, which was being heated up continuously, towards Nagato.

It was also a giant rock made of magma, but it wasn't a physical entity created from chakra, so Nagato couldn't absorb it.

This time, however, he did not choose to activate "Shinra Tensei" to defend against the attack.

Instead, he moved rapidly to the side in mid-air, dodging the attack once again.

Upon seeing this scene, Lao Zi immediately began to make connections in his mind.

"Didn't they use that repulsive force method? Is it because it can't withstand large-scale attacks? Or is it because it can't be used continuously?"

With that in mind, Lao Zi began to probe again.

Instead of throwing out all the dozen or so shuriken in his hand at once, he turned them into molten iron and threw them one by one to test the waters.

Then, seeing that his opponent, just as he had guessed, did not continue to use repulsive force to block, but instead dodged continuously in the air.

Without saying a word, Old Purple transformed into the complete form of a tailed beast.

A giant, four-tailed, red-haired ape appeared on the ground in an instant.

The crimson heat also began to spread.

The four-tailed beast, having just appeared, completely ignored Nagato in the air.

After an angry roar.

The giant ape suddenly clasped its hands together, interlocking its fingers into a fist.

Then, streams of scorching hot magma erupted from the giant ape's palm.

However, this scorching giant fist, wrapped in fiery red magma, was not intended to attack Nagato, who was still flying in the air.

To Nagato's astonishment, the giant ape slammed its hands heavily onto the ground.

"boom--"

"Molten Release: Scorching River Eruption"

As the scorching hot magma sprayed down, the earth instantly turned a fiery red.

The soil and rocks melted, and the trees burned.

The lava and sea of ​​fire spread rapidly in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, the mountains and forests here were transformed into an endless, scorching inferno.

At the same time, with the Tailed Beast's enormous size, this powerful punch that slammed into the ground blasted the magma and the earth together into the air.

A powerful shockwave propelled the endless sea of ​​lava and fire, instantly engulfing the entire sky.

If it were just a simple Lava Release attack, even if it covered a large area, Nagato could easily absorb it all.

However, at this moment, the molten rocks that were rising into the air due to the high temperature and impact within the chakra creation could not be dealt with by ninjutsu absorption alone.

However, he was horrified by the sight of lava rushing towards him from all directions.

In Nagato's eyes, however, there was only endless indifference.

(End of this chapter)