From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

An invisible barrier with a powerful devouring effect appeared in front of Nagato.

With a whoosh, like a whale sucking in water, the huge golden electric drill disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had vanished into thin air, leaving no sound, revealing the face of the person who had appeared.

"you!?"

The immortal clone stared blankly at Nagato, who had red hair, a somewhat thin figure, and stood upright, with a look of astonishment on its face.

What surprised him was that Nagato had actually absorbed his Sage Art attack.

The Rinnegan originates from the Divine Tree, which has the ability to devour all chakra energy, including Sage Chakra.

The Rinnegan, which inherited this characteristic of the Divine Tree, is also like this.

The Hungry Ghost Path has two ways of devouring and absorbing. One is the sealing technique absorption seal, which uses a sealing technique to form a shield to absorb the opponent's ninjutsu.

In the original timeline, the Preta Path used this eye technique to absorb Jiraiya's Sage Art: Goemon and Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan.

Another method, called Chakra Absorption, requires direct contact with the opponent's body to absorb their chakra directly into one's own body. This absorbed chakra can then be used by oneself.

However, the absorption and transformation effects of chakra devouring are far inferior to those of sealing techniques, so the Hungry Ghost Path turned into a stone frog when it absorbed Naruto's Sage Mode chakra.

This is also one of the main reasons why many people in the previous life believed that the Rinnegan could not absorb Sage Chakra.

But they forgot that first the Preta Path absorbed Jiraiya's Sage Mode attack, and then Madara Uchiha absorbed Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode chakra.

Although the Preta Path cannot absorb the Sage's attacks from the Sage's clones, Nagato's main body, which is far stronger than the Preta Path, might be able to.

Knowing this, the sage clone wasn't particularly surprised that Nagato's main body absorbed his sage technique attack.

What truly surprised him was that Nagato's body had actually recovered to a healthy state!

He actually stood up!

Although he had anticipated the changes in Nagato's body before arriving here.

But he never expected the changes to be so drastic!

"Shinra Tensei!"

Ignoring the astonishment of the sage clone, Nagato absorbed the sage's attack and then waved his left hand, unleashing a massive force far stronger than Pain's Shinra Tensei, capable of overturning mountains and splitting seas.

With a loud bang!

The immortal clone was struck by a towering wave, like a small boat sailing on a turbulent sea. It flew backward at the speed of a shooting star, crashing heavily into the wall and spraying debris in all directions.

"Damn it! That hurts!"

"How come he's so much stronger than that guy from before?"

"Is this the true power of the Rinnegan?"

After the immortal clone was thrown away, the screams of the three snake queens echoed in his mind, and exclamations of surprise continued to mingle.

"O earth-wriggling serpent from Ryuchi Cave, have you sensed the power of the gods?"

Looking at the immortal clone in the distance, Nagato remained calm, his Rinnegan as cold as ice, his aura like that of a god looking down upon the birth and death of all living beings!

"........."

The immortal clone slowly rose to his feet, the sound of bones cracking echoing as he did so. Large, blood-streaked scales fell from his body, which had been struck head-on by Nagato Shinra Tensei, revealing cracks overflowing with shocking red blood.

After getting up, the immortal clone faced him from afar, his expression unchanged, his muscles twitching, his bones making a constant cracking sound, and new pieces of scales constantly sprouting from the broken scales on his skin.

At the same time, a blue chakra dagger tucked at the waist of the sage clone glowed faintly, emitting mysterious chakra fluctuations.

Chapter 293 Here comes the deception, here comes the sneak attack!

An opponent with powerful self-healing abilities?

As the immortal clone stood up, blood spurted from its wounds, caused by the force of the attack.

Meanwhile, the muscle granulation tissue at the wound site was constantly wriggling and tangling together, Nagato thought to himself.

Do snakes have such a strong self-healing ability?

Nagato couldn't help but wonder. As far as he knew, snakes were indeed extremely resilient, but their self-healing ability was really poor.

If that's the case, then why does this guy from Ryuchi Cave, the sacred sanctuary for serpentine spirits, possess such a powerful self-healing ability?

Nagato naturally didn't know this, because the substance that constituted the body of the Sage's clone was the two Dragon Balls from Ryuchi Cave and Kusashizawa.

In addition to possessing snake-like resilience and heat sensors, his body also inherited the powerful self-healing and regeneration abilities of a lizard.

The doubts in my heart were only fleeting; there were many strange things about the Sakura Dragon in front of me.

For example, it also has wings and sharp horns that snakes don't have, and it doesn't seem hard to accept that it also has a powerful self-healing ability that snakes don't have.

Nagato quickly put his doubts aside; he couldn't just sit idly by and watch this guy recover from his injuries.

After all, his current enemies are not only the Sakura Dragon in front of him, but also the even stronger Uchiha Sasuke!

Take advantage of his illness to kill him!

Nagato's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his left hand, a black rod appeared in his palm. With a raise of his right hand, a massive suction force, like a deep-sea vortex, burst forth!

All things guide the heavens!

Bang!

Almost the instant Nagato raised his right hand, the Sage clone took a step, leaving a crater in the spot as if detonating a bomb. Under the enormous reaction force, it swept to the side, barely avoiding the gravity surging towards him.

"Can they escape?"

Despite his failed attack, Nagato remained unperturbed, his figure blurring into an almost invisible afterimage. He then pursued the attacker with a speed comparable to that of a Sage's clone.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two closed, and the sharp black rod, carrying a stream of air with sharp blades, aimed straight for the immortal clone's throat.

The immortal clone was startled and quickly raised his sword to block the black staff. In an instant, the clanging of metal against metal and sparks flew continuously.

Even Xiao Nan, a Kage-level expert watching from the sidelines, could only vaguely see two rapidly moving, indistinct figures transforming into streaks of light that danced swiftly, and countless cracks and fragments of rock shooting out from wherever the light passed.

Bang!

Another violent collision rang out, and the two streaks of light finally revealed themselves, standing facing each other ten meters apart.

Nagato's true form is incredibly fast!?

A hint of disbelief appeared in the golden pupils of the immortal clone.

He knew that Nagato, now in good health, was not someone to be trifled with, but he never expected that Nagato's speed alone would be this fast.

Not only is its speed no less than its current level, but its close-combat ability is also extremely strong!

In the original timeline, Nagato's original body only participated in one battle, namely against Killer Bee and Naruto in his golden form.

At that time, without using any eye techniques or ninjutsu, he easily dodged Killer Bee's attacks in his Eight-Tails Tailed Beast form using only his body.

It also instantly stole Killer Bee's chakra, forcing Killer Bee to exit his tailed beast form.

At the same time, before Naruto, who was already faster than the Fourth Raikage and possessed emotional perception, could react, the Human Path user got close to Naruto and almost extracted his entire soul with their abilities.

At that time, Nagato was merely in his Edo Tensei state, still devoid of any rationality.

Whether it's the application of the Rinnegan, physical abilities, or combat intelligence, he's no match for Nagato in his current state!

Is the change in Nagato's body related to that giant Grell Stone?

As soon as the immortal clone stood up, his gaze swept over the enormous blue crystal that was exposed in the hole in the palace, even though it was sealed by Nagato's magic array.

The perceptive immortal clone also sensed the leaked rich natural energy and life fluctuations.

It seems that Nagato's current physical recovery is inseparable from the Giant Grell Stone.

What a hassle!

If I were to face Nagato in his current state with the strength of my current body, my chances of winning would be very low.

The immortal clone's eyes were cautious. He had originally expected that even if this body could not defeat Nagato head-on.

This would be enough to severely weaken Nagato, who is immobile and seriously ill, and might even lead to victory if the enemy is outmaneuvered.

Now that Nagato has recovered his health, he has demonstrated a Rinnegan eye technique far superior to that of Pain, as well as extraordinary speed and close-combat abilities.

The sage clone realized that his chances of winning were very low. The comparison of their strength was like Jiraiya facing the complete Pain Six Paths without any information. There was a certain chance of winning, but it was extremely low, to the point of being almost impossible.

With Nagato's current strength, even if his true form were to intervene, victory wouldn't be guaranteed.

Three months ago, during the battle in the Land of Swamp, Sasuke estimated that with his strength at the time, he could only say that he was evenly matched with Nagato in a head-on confrontation.

If they don't fight head-on, it's a 10/0 split, Sasuke 10/0 Nagato, Nagato is doomed.

Three months later, Sasuke had gathered all the bloodlines of the Six Paths descendants, learned the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and possessed the Sharingan.

Although his strength hasn't undergone a qualitative change, it's still much stronger than it was three months ago. He'd even dare to say he has a 70/30 chance of going head-to-head with Nagato.

But it's hard to say what would happen if Nagato were to recover his health now.

His heart spun like lightning, and the immortal clone saw Nagato, who had been looking at him coldly, move again. His figure transformed into a streak of light, descending from the sky like a shooting star, heading straight towards the immortal clone.

At the same time, a pair of eerie Rinnegan eyes fixed on the location of the immortal clone, and a tremendous suction force was generated.

"Young Master Sasuke, watch out!"

Princess Tianxin quickly reminded her with her mind waves.

trouble!

The immortal clone frowned, feeling the immense, irresistible gravitational pull, and a thought struck him.

A dragon ball burst forth with dazzling brilliance, and the moment the golden dragon ball appeared, it began to spin rapidly, with a giant white dragon phantom appearing around it!

Immortal Technique: White Strike!

"I was prepared for this move!"

Just as the dazzling white light suddenly exploded, Nagato, as if he had expected it, closed his eyes, and at the same time, a huge, invisible repulsive force swept out from him in a 360-degree direction like a raging storm.

His location also created an absolute vacuum.

No attack, sound, or matter can penetrate this area!

After his Pain was instantly annihilated by this move, Nagato realized that this move was extremely dangerous, and even for him now, it was a great threat.

If he were caught off guard by this move, he would not only be defeated immediately, but he would also suffer a great loss.

"Little snake of Ryuchi Cave, you did your best!"