From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

A sense of impending crisis surged into his heart, and he quickly retreated.

A brilliant and irresistible destructive force exploded from the Earth-Exploding Star, instantly illuminating the sky with dazzling white light, like the rising sun!

'Danger!'

Nagato's eyes widened in horror. He retreated rapidly, manipulating the giant wooden figure in front of him to block his way, followed by the Six Paths of Pain.

In fact, Nagato had never let his guard down, as his experience of fighting Sasuke Uchiha twice had taught him.

Even at the very last moment, even when victory seems assured, we must never let our guard down.

Because the opponent is Uchiha Sasuke!

Moreover, when the immortal clone was gathering energy, Nagato, who did not understand immortal cultivation, could not sense the natural energy.

However, when the immortal clone drew upon natural energy, some abnormal gravitational fluctuations suddenly appeared at the Earth Explosion Star, which alerted him.

The sky is shaking, the earth is trembling!

The devastating explosion brought about by the Super Wrathful Heavenly Technique swept across the sky.

Those boulders that were close by at high altitudes were directly pulverized by the Earth Explosion Star.

The giant wooden figure and the wooden dragon wrapped around it, which had been in a defensive stance a little further away, were torn to pieces in the devastating tidal wave, turning into countless pieces of wood that scattered across the sky.

The Beast Path that summoned two giant stone pandas using necromancy—shattered!

The hungry ghost, who had spread its arms to unleash a sealing technique to absorb the seal, shattered!

The Asura Path, who had just activated its head mechanism to fire its laser cannon, shattered!

The Heavenly Dao hastily unleashed a Shinra Tensei, and shattered!

The Hell Path and Human Path, whose combat power was already low, were engulfed by the explosion before they could even put up a decent fight back.

The devastating explosion was like the end of the world, engulfing and crushing everything in its path.

Rumble.

A moment after the brilliance, came the earth-shattering thunderous explosion.

The thunderous echoes, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting, reverberated for miles around, and countless streams of air seemed to transform into raging, surging waves that swept outwards in all directions.

After a long while, amidst what seemed like a dazzling meteor shower, the immortal's avatar slowly landed in a huge circular crater.

Solve it?

The sage clone remained solemn, his eyes darting around as he rapidly replenished his chakra using the Dragon Balls.

At this moment, the Sage Clone withdrew from Sage Mode. The attack of the Super Wrath of Heaven Technique had almost exhausted all of his chakra, and he was temporarily unable to maintain Sage Mode.

The power of the Super Rage Heavenly Technique is indeed great, but its damage range is a 360° outward burst centered on the user.

Just like Nagato's Shinra Tensei, it's a map-wide clearing technique.

Its power is difficult to concentrate.

The immortal clones are aware of this weakness, and in the past two years they have actually made corresponding improvements, changing the way they release their clones to fists or swords.

However, just now, the Sage clone was almost at the core of Planetary Devastation, and the chakra within it was unable to support such precise control due to the interference of the powerful gravitational waves.

He had no choice but to release all his chakra at once.

Even so, its power is still terrifying.

Even if Nagato doesn't die, he'll definitely have a hard time.

His mind raced, and golden lightning bolts once again erupted from the immortal clone, transforming it into a suit of lightning armor.

The Dragon Balls were closely related to him, and in a short while, with the help of the Dragon Balls, he recovered most of his chakra.

Boom!

At this moment, a giant wooden claw suddenly emerged from the ground, instantly tearing apart the newly formed armor of the immortal clone. The humanoid beast, covered with ferocious, protruding wooden spikes, roared as it burst out from underground.

The Demonic Statue of the Heretic!

The person standing atop the Gedo Mazo, with tattered clothes and dried blood on his skin, was none other than Nagato!

brush!

Just as the demonic statue was about to capture him, the immortal clone vanished from his spot using a Flying Thunder God technique, and stood on a boulder.

He stared solemnly at Nagato atop the Gedo Mazo and the black and white figure slowly rising beside him.

"Jue, you've come at the perfect time. I need your power now."

Upon noticing Zetsu's arrival, Nagato wiped his mouth and gave the order.

"As you command."

"leader!"

This time, the response to Nagato wasn't from the usually talkative White Zetsu, but from the rather taciturn Black Zetsu.

It's time to leave.

Upon seeing this scene, a thought flashed through the mind of the sage clone, and at the same time, this thought was also transmitted to Sasuke's main body.

Madara Uchiha is about to be resurrected!

...........

In another location, in a clearing in the forest, a spiral vortex appeared in the void, and a figure fell out of it and crashed to the ground.

Just as he was struggling to get up, another person appeared from the spiral vortex right behind him and stepped on his chest, causing him to fall back down.

Meanwhile, in the Pure Land.

The Sage of Six Paths was intently watching the rapidly changing scenes before him, not missing a single detail.

The Sage of Six Paths was so focused because the time for Isshiki Otsutsuki's appearance, as predicted in the prophecy, was drawing ever closer!

He still couldn't find any trace of Otsutsuki Isshiki himself!

Chapter 338 The Retrieved Gift

"A piece of trash is always a piece of trash. All these years have passed, and you're still a piece of trash, Kakashi!"

Obito Uchiha stepped on Kakashi's chest and looked down at him, saying that pieces of wood kept falling from his half-broken wooden mask.

Although he called him a piece of trash, Obito Uchiha knew in his heart that if Kakashi hadn't used Kamui to transfer Madara Uchiha's Heavenly Barrier Star earlier, he would have had very little chakra left.

He won't defeat Kakashi so easily.

"Cough cough cough... How... is it you!?"

Kakashi, whose chest had been stepped on, was having difficulty breathing and speaking was very difficult and intermittent. His chakra was already almost depleted, and after another battle, his condition deteriorated even further.

At this moment, Kakashi felt dizzy and weak, as if every cell in his body was being shattered. Not to mention chakra, his spirit and physical strength were temporarily depleted.

Kakashi, however, disregarded his terrible physical condition and stared in utter astonishment at his opponent who was standing on his chest.

Through the shattered mask, I saw the face I remembered, only now more mature and more ferocious!

Obito!

"It really is... you, Obito!"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Kakashi found an unknown strength within his body and struggled to get up again.

Although his student Yakumo had subtly hinted at the masked man's identity when they first encountered him.

But Kakashi still refused to believe it, or rather, he always harbored a sliver of hope.

Perhaps the similarity in the shape of the kaleidoscopes is just a coincidence, and the masked person might be another unknown Uchiha.

Or perhaps the masked man obtained Obito's Sharingan under certain circumstances.

That's why...

It is said that memories can beautify people, especially those who have passed away.

Over the years, Kakashi has unknowingly imitated many of Obito's behaviors and mannerisms.

Obito was not only his best friend, but also his hero. He even became happy to be the second Obito Uchiha.

"Sorry, someone as useless as you isn't suited to standing; you're better suited to lying on the ground."

Obito Uchiha's expression was indifferent. Sensing that Kakashi was trying to stand up, he slightly pressed down with his right foot and pinned Kakashi to the ground again.

"Your power is only at this level? So many years have passed, and you still haven't improved at all, Kakashi. As expected, a piece of trash like you can't do anything or protect anything."

At that moment, Obito Uchiha removed the shattered vortex mask from his face, casually tossed it to the ground, revealing his wrinkled and scarred face, and looked down at him with a mocking smile.

"......"

Faced with Obito Uchiha's accusation of being a waste, Kakashi remained silent. If he were in good condition, even if he couldn't win, he could still hold his own.

Of course, Kakashi wouldn't say such a thing now.

At this moment, Kakashi had countless questions he wanted to understand.

How did Obito survive back then?

Why not return to Konoha?

Why has it turned out this way?

Even the Nine-Tails' rampage back then, wasn't it...?

A myriad of questions churned in Kakashi's mind, but when they reached his lips, they all coalesced into a hoarse, complex sentence.

"Is it because of...Lin?"

"You piece of trash, how dare you mention Lin?!"

Upon hearing the name Rin, Obito Uchiha's emotions exploded like ignited explosives, his anger erupting instantly. His eyes flashed red light, deep bloodshot, radiating boundless rage and resentment.

He grabbed Kakashi by the collar, lifted him up, and roared at him, his face almost touching his own.

"As expected...it's because of Lin...that's why you..."

"Shut up! I told you you're not worthy to mention her name!"

Obito Uchiha grabbed Kakashi by the neck, interrupting him from saying anything more.