From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

As for the Earth Release: Reincarnation Technique, that belongs to Kazuma from the Akatsuki organization.

Since Ringo Ameyuri wasn't summoned by Sasuke and Kabuto, she must be a member of the Akatsuki organization.

However, even though he knew it was a trap for him, Sasuke still went.

After all, the chakra mine was of great importance to him, and even if he didn't take it, it would only benefit the Akatsuki organization.

Moreover, with Sasuke's current strength, he is not afraid of the Akatsuki organization at all.

For Sasuke, who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Izanagi-no-Mikoto technique for escape, and the Izanagi-no-Mikoto technique for self-preservation, this is a different story.

Even if things go wrong, he can easily extricate himself.

Although the art of flight and Izanagi were exposed by himself and "Satoru" during the battle in the Land of Swamps.

However, he has never revealed the Flying Thunder God Technique, which allows him to teleport instantly.

Having mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, he was born invincible.

Unless the Akatsuki has some method to counter spacetime teleportation, they really have no way to deal with Sasuke.

Even if the Akatsuki didn't come looking for him, he would have come looking for them eventually, since the two wind-attribute artifacts he had chosen were still in Obito Uchiha's hands.

At this time, Sasuke went to Takachiho Canyon. In addition to wanting to obtain the Grell mine, he was also looking forward to Obito taking out the Death Scythe and Flame Fan this time.

'Let me see what you're up to.'

At the same time, the Sage's clone, which had arrived at the sea less than a hundred miles from the Land of Waves, suddenly experienced a surge of chakra that swept outwards. The black markings covering his entire body transformed into dark golden scales, and transparent horns and dragon wings composed of dark golden chakra appeared on his forehead and back.

However, he transitioned from the first Sage Mode of Cursed Seals to the second Sage Mode of Cursed Seals.

Normally, the more perfect the Sage Mode is, the fewer physical changes it will exhibit.

However, the Sage Mode of the Sage Clone is not an ordinary Sage Mode. Instead, it is a Sage Mode with the Cursed Seal as its core and the two Dragon Balls as its physical form.

Yinglong Immortal Mode!

The stronger the curse seal, the more Sage Chakra within the body, and the deeper the Sage Technique training, the more dragon-like characteristics will appear in Sage Sasuke after entering the Yinglong Sage Mode.

For example, when Sage Sasuke entered the Yinglong Sage Mode with the help of the Sage Chakra of the three Orochimaru Queens, he developed tangible dragon horns and wings, almost transforming into a human-shaped Yinglong.

Instead of his dragon horns and wings being merely phantoms made of chakra, as they are now.

In other words, if one day a celestial avatar could enter the Yinglong Celestial Mode, its horns would resemble a deer's, its head a camel's, its eyes a rabbit's, and its neck a snake's...

Its hands transform into metal claws, and its back sprouts five-colored wings!

Perhaps we can say that he has successfully transformed into a dragon!

Whoosh!

After entering the Yinglong Immortal Mode, the immortal clone spread its wings, its speed suddenly increased, and its whole body transformed into a long rainbow piercing the sun. The vast and boundless dark golden rainbow tore through the clouds and covered most of the sky, with the sounds of tiger roars and dragon cries resounding, and a mysterious and majestic aura swept out.

Under the oppressive aura, the sea creatures seemed terrified by its power, trembling and fleeing into the depths of the sea in a panic.

Chapter 286 The Stone of Life, Alienation

Inside the Takachiho Gorge.

After several hours of trekking, Hyde and his group of seven finally arrived at this place.

Hyde appeared to be smiling as he surveyed his surroundings, but a chilling killing intent flashed in his eyes as he occasionally glanced at the Seven!

He had already made up his mind that he would kill the mercenaries when they reached the entrance to the Grell mine.

After walking for a while, the group finally arrived at the entrance of a cave under the hypnotized guidance of He Yan.

"Lord Jubei, that's enough for now."

At this moment, Hyde suddenly spoke up, smiling slightly: "Thank you all for bringing us here. As a token of our gratitude, and in order to build our ideal world without war, please all die here!"

Without any attempt to conceal his intentions, Hyde immediately turned hostile upon arriving, revealing his intent to kill and silence witnesses.

"hehe....."

With great interest, Juzo Biwa slowly removed his mask, revealing his face full of cracks.

Upon seeing this, Hyde was taken aback: "You!?"

"What a coincidence, we have the same plans as you, Mr. Hyde!"

Pipa Juzo grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth, and said with murderous intent.

A few minutes later........

"What a bunch of overconfident idiots."

High above the canyon, Obito Uchiha looked down at the one-sided, even massacre-like battle below and sneered.

Six figures stood beside him, looking at the situation below with indifferent expressions.

Six Paths of Pain!

"Payne, it's your turn to step in!"

The leader, Pain, nodded without saying anything, and the six Pains fell directly into the canyon.

"Lord Jubei, please have mercy on me..."

Pain walked up to Hyde, who was terrified and weeping. Then, the Human Path ignored his desperate pleas and grabbed Hyde's head with his hand.

Eye Technique: Heart Layer Submersion!

One of the Rinnegan's abilities is to press down on the other person's head with your hand to read their memories, which can also be shared with the original user and other Pains.

This was also part of the plan. The Akatsuki members wanted to read Hyde and He Yan's memories to find out exactly what the Grell Mine was all about, so they could set up a trap.

"what?"

At this moment, after reading Hyde's memories, the Human Path let out a soft "hmm," a look of surprise appearing on his face. After removing the Grell Stone engraved on Hyde's left hand, the Human Path casually tossed the dazed Hyde aside and spoke to the distant Pipa Juzo:

"Juzo, spare that blond boy's life."

The blond boy Nagato mentioned was named Timothy. He had the Grell Stone embedded in his body and, like the three female knights under Hyde, was one of the few who had not yet been killed and were struggling to survive.

In the memories he read, Timothy's unique physique was the only one whose body did not undergo any mutation after using the power of the Grell Stone.

Besides his special physique, Timsey is also a descendant of the royal family of that ancient empire, which is why he can use the Grell Stone perfectly.

Moreover, it seems that Timsi is also key to unlocking the Grell mine!

And so, this group of Grell survivors traveled thousands of miles across the sea, but apart from the blond boy Timothy, they all died here.

"What is Nagato going to do with that Grell Stone?"

Seeing that the Human Path had taken the Grell Stone from Hyde's hand after extracting Hyde's memories, Obito Uchiha murmured in confusion.

Although Hyde displayed considerable power with the Grell Stone just now, it was only moderately powerful.

That level of power is nothing special to people at their level.

Nagato surprisingly took the Grell Stone, a move that puzzled Obito Uchiha.

While wondering about this, Obito Uchiha glanced at Timothy, whom Nagato had specifically instructed to spare, and was immediately stunned.

Just a dozen minutes ago, Timothy was unconscious and breathing rapidly, but now his breathing has become steady.

Some of the small wounds have even disappeared!

The Grell Stone possesses powerful life energy!

In an instant, Obito Uchiha understood something and subconsciously looked in the direction of the Six Paths of Pain again, only to find that one of them was missing.

Inside the paper tree, Konan watched with some surprise as Nagato took a blue stone from the Human Path of Pain, pondering its meaning.

"Nagato, this stone..."

Just as Konan was about to ask about the origin of the blue stone, she saw a faint glint flash in Nagato's Rinnegan as he activated his eye technique.

Eye Technique: Chakra Absorption!

One of the abilities of the Rinnegan is to directly contact the opponent's body and absorb their chakra directly into one's own body. The chakra absorbed in this way can be used by oneself.

As the controller of the Six Paths of Pain, Nagato used this eye technique with far greater power than the Preta Path!

Splash!

The moment Nagato activated his eye technique, the Grell Stone in his hand instantly transformed into azure chakra energy, flowing into Nagato's body.

In that instant, his originally emaciated body seemed to become more robust, and his withered, dull white hair suddenly became shiny, even showing a rare hint of red!

"Nagato!?"

Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Nan's eyes widened in shock, and then she was overjoyed.

"Are you feeling better?!"

Over the years, Konan has tried many methods to improve Nagato's health, but all of them have had little or no effect.

Konan watched Nagato grow thinner and thinner, her heart filled with anxiety.

There was nothing they could do but watch helplessly as Nagato's health deteriorated day by day.

Unexpectedly, the mysterious stone that suddenly appeared today has actually improved Nagato's health.

"Ah."

Sensing the delighted surprise in Konan's voice, Nagato nodded, a smile playing on his lips, and explained:

“I learned from the memories of those alien races that the Grell Stone is also known as the Source of Life and has powerful life energy, so I tried it out, and now it seems to be true.”

"However, one Grell Stone is still too little; it's not nearly enough to heal my body."

Recalling the warm, soft, and comfortable feeling that came over him when the life energy, like the warm morning sun, entered his body, Nagato composed himself and said, word by word:

"Xiao Nan, Grell Stones are useful to me, I need more Grell Stones!"

Inside the canyon, Obito Uchiha's expression beneath his mask was somewhat grim, his eyes flickering as if he were deep in thought.

At this moment, Pain returned to the spot, and before Obito Uchiha could speak, Pain's Deva Path said:

“Mr. Ban, there needs to be a change to this plan. I need to personally go to the underground ruins of the Grell Empire to unseal the Grell mine.”

What the Nagato Gate meant was that the main body went deep underground. Originally, their plan was to send Six Paths of Pain to ambush and kill Uchiha Sasuke in the mine, while the main body would hide in the shadows.

But now that he knows the Grell Stones possess powerful life energy capable of healing his own body, Nagato naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. He decided to personally travel to the Grell Empire ruins to obtain more Grell Stones.