From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

Immediately, the Susanoo giant waved its right hand, and amidst a thunderous roar that pierced the heavens and earth, the enormous lightning sword swept through the air, sending shockwaves as high as ocean waves crashing towards Nagato.

Sasuke was absolutely confident that even if the Three-Tails Isobu, known for its defensive power, stood in his way, the power of this sword would be enough to tear its turtle shell apart and shatter it instantly!

"Xiao Nan, hide behind me!"

As the one directly facing it, Nagato was able to clearly sense the terror of this sword strike.

Even though he possessed the highest eye, all he could see was a purple trail that was barely perceptible to the naked eye.

"Spiritual communication!"

Nagato roared, his face contorting into a ferocious expression.

Boom!

In an instant, the earth trembled violently, and a gigantic humanoid monster with nine eyes, a body the color of a dead tree, and ten pillar-like structures protruding from its back rose up like a giant mountain, bursting through the entire palace and blocking Nagato and Konan's path.

Boom!

"Roar!"

With a loud clang and a roar like a hellish beast, the lightning sword that had been emitting a deafening clang suddenly stopped and was blocked!

"The Demonic Statue of the Heretic?"

Upon seeing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose body resembled a withered tree, Sasuke's eyes revealed a solemn expression.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the demonic statue let out another painful cry, seemingly enraged by the giant lightning sword that had injured it. It opened its ferocious maw and swung its arms to grab at the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword, as if it wanted to chew it up and swallow it.

Sasuke was startled by what he saw; he had no desire to know what would happen if the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword were swallowed by the Gedo Mazo.

The Gedo Mazo, being the husk of the Ten-Tails from which chakra has been extracted, is indeed no longer at its peak.

However, its ability to devour all chakra remains, so the Gedo Mazo swallowing the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword will at most result in temporary indigestion.

He will lose his personal magical artifact.

His eyes flashed with crimson light as he manipulated the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword to swiftly return to his side.

"Hu, hu, hu!"

At this moment, Nagato, who had summoned the Gedo Mazo, began to pant heavily, his body trembling uncontrollably, as if he could barely stand.

At this moment, Nagato's figure became as thin as before, and his dark red hair turned ashen white.

He was first ambushed and seriously injured by Sasuke Uchiha, and then suffered a backlash after his Chibaku Tensei was broken.

Now he's using a technique that greatly depletes his life force: summoning a demonic statue.

Even Nagato, who had already recovered most of his body, could not withstand it!

"Sealing Technique - Release!"

After catching his breath, Nagato didn't dare to delay for even a moment. He formed hand seals and released the sealing array he had placed on the entrance to the Grell mine.

Hungry Ghost Realm - Devouring!

Chapter 295 Immortal Susanoo and the Wooden Golem, Indra and Ashura!

As soon as the sealing array was released, Nagato couldn't wait to activate the Hungry Ghost Path. In an instant, fierce and surging energy pulses surged from the giant Grell Stone and rushed into Nagato's body.

As energy pulses flowed in, Nagato's body rapidly recovered at a visible speed, while the mutation of his body became increasingly obvious.

Nagato was naturally aware of the current abnormality of his body.

But the current situation left him no time to worry about any of that!

Then, another unexpected event occurred!

The ground above the palace suddenly trembled violently, and a giant lizard, as large as a mountain and even larger than the complete Susanoo in the sky, appeared next to the giant Grell Stone, opening its mouth to swallow the Grell Stone!

"Don't think about it!"

Seeing this, Nagato's eyes widened in fury. He roared and frantically channeled the chakra within his body.

Shinra Tensei!

An invisible, immense repulsive force suddenly erupted from his palm in an instant!

The power and range of this Shinra Tensei, released in a moment of desperation, were naturally inferior to Pain's Super Shinra Tensei.

However, as the main body, the Shinra Tensei he unleashed was more condensed and more focused. Its effect on groups was naturally far inferior to Pain's Super Shinra Tensei, but when it came to single targets, its power far surpassed that of Super Shinra Tensei!

Swish!

A vast and concentrated repulsive force erupted, distorting the air in its path and even reflecting blue halos under the illumination of the Grell Stone!

At this moment, the long-lost sage clone finally appeared, standing in front of Nagato's Shinra Tensei, his hands forming hand seals.

"Immortal Technique: Vajra Iron Wall!"

A massive stone wall carved with wrathful Vajra eyes rose up!

Vajra Iron Wall is a physical defensive magic technique, but it does not come from Ryuchi Cave. Instead, it comes from the magic technique in the Six Paths Sage's Notes given to him by the White Snake Sage.

This technique was created by the Sage of Six Paths during his time as a monk, combining Buddhist cultivation methods. It was a celestial technique specifically reserved for Buddhist monks.

Even without the Sage Mode, one can still unleash the unique talents of the Buddhist immortal race!

This move has a powerful physical defense effect!

boom!

The invisible repulsive force paused briefly after hitting the Vajra Iron Wall, then shattered it in the next moment. Clearly, with the current power of the Sage's clone, the Vajra Iron Wall he unleashed could not withstand Nagato's enraged Shinra Tensei for long.

Even the immortal clone hiding behind the Vajra Iron Wall was struck by this enormous force, causing it to cough up blood and fly backward.

However, after encountering two obstacles in succession, the speed and power of this invisible repulsive force inevitably slowed down.

At that moment, the Suzuki lizard, which had swallowed the giant Grell Stone, turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared before the invisible repulsive force arrived, barely dodging Nagato's Shinra Tensei!

Damn it!

Nagato was powerless to stop it and could only watch helplessly as the giant lizard swallowed the giant Grell Stone and disappeared.

In an instant, an intense, furious killing intent exploded in his heart like a bomb.

After suffering repeated setbacks and with his body rapidly undergoing mutation, Nagato has begun to lose his mind.

Just as Sasuke raised his right hand to unleash the Universal Pull on the flying Yinglong clone, Sasuke, high in the sky, spread his wings and charged towards Nagato with his longsword.

Upon seeing this, Nagato was startled. Sasuke's impending attack brought him back to his senses for a moment. His Rinnegan flashed, and the Gedo Mazo waved its arms, standing like an indestructible mountain in front of Sasuke's attack.

In an instant, black flames surged, purple lightning flashed, and wood chips flew everywhere. The two enormous giants, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Susanoo, clashed together, and for a time neither could gain the upper hand.

"Is this kind of power truly something that humans can possess?"

Outside the Takachiho Gorge, the Sunagakure group stared in horror at the roaring Gedo Mazo and the war god-like giant in the distance, their eyes completely blank.

Even from a great distance, everyone could sense the incomparably fierce aura of the Gedo Mazo and the domineering and majestic power of Susanoo.

Nagato is going to lose!

Seeing Nagato, who was controlling the Gedo Mazo and fighting against Uchiha Sasuke, seemingly unable to gain the upper hand, but whose face was growing paler, Black Zetsu's gaze was extremely solemn.

He witnessed the entire battle between Nagato and Sasuke Uchiha.

Nagato wouldn't have lost so quickly, or even at all.

However, he was first ambushed and seriously injured by Sasuke Uchiha, and then suffered a huge backlash when Sasuke broke through his Chibaku Tensei technique.

Even Uchiha Sasuke had something containing his mother's power to help him.

This is what led to Nagato's current predicament.

Otherwise, Nagato wouldn't have been in such a sorry state. Even if he couldn't defeat Sasuke Uchiha, he wouldn't have lost.

Black Zetsu was even more certain that Sasuke Uchiha had awakened some of Indra's memories, given how easily he had broken through Chibaku Tensei.

However, even if he wanted to risk exposing his identity to assassinate Uchiha Sasuke now, it would be impossible. As for killing that guy from Ryuchi Cave?

That's not worth his time.

After pondering silently for a while, Black Zetsu suddenly spoke:

"White Zetsu, go help Nagato!"

"Huh!?"

Upon hearing this, White Zetsu was stunned for a moment, then said in an exaggerated manner, "No way, Black Zetsu, do you really want me to die? I'm not a combat-type soldier like Tobi. Sending me to fight is just sending me to my death, isn't it?"

"Idiot! I told you to possess Nagato's body, not to fight yourself."

As a product of his mother Kaguya Otsutsuki's will, Black Zetsu knew that the White Zetsu beside him and Tobi were two special beings among the 100,000 White Zetsu.

Both are born with the ability to use Wood Release techniques and possess powerful life-restoring abilities.

However, Tobi's physique emphasizes strength, speed, and defense, while White Zetsu's true form leans towards perception, concealment, and change.

Therefore, Tobi always plays the role of the frontline fighter, while the White Zetsu usually serves as a scout and intelligence gatherer, never getting involved in the main battlefield.

"Oh, I see. Okay, I'll get right away..."

At this point, White Zetsu paused, then repeatedly denied it, saying, "That's not right, Black Zetsu. Didn't Lord Madara say before he died that we weren't allowed to possess Nagato's body?"

“I know that Madara did say that before he died.”

Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "But don't forget that I am the embodiment of Madara's will, and my thoughts are the same as his. In other words, even if Madara were here, he would do the same thing."

Black Zetsu knew why Madara Uchiha forbade White Zetsu from possessing Nagato, and in fact, he himself had some reservations about this.

But the current situation doesn't allow him to worry too much. If Nagato is defeated, or even dies here...

All his plans came to naught.

"Hmm, that seems to make sense."

Bai Jue scratched his head and said with a grin:

"I'm leaving now, but I'll be a little sad to see you go."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Oh dear, how heartless of you."