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"Since you're so eager to witness my power, then I'll show you."

"Honor of the Sanctuary"

Beneath the barrier, Ye Yi stepped out, his body instantly enveloped in azure spiritual energy particles.

Whether it was a misperception or not, the moment Ye appeared, Nagato and Hikaru suddenly heard a strange sound, like a holy maiden's loud chant, a resounding hymn to heaven and earth!

As the hymns of praise sang, in an instant, countless spiritual particles condensed into a magnificent pillar of light, completely enveloping the figure of Night within it.

The wall of light shimmered, adorned with star-cross patterns, resembling a masterpiece of art. The wooden figure and Susanoo's formula, seemingly poised to shatter and obliterate everything, landed on this wall of light, yet only produced a dull, muffled sound, creating a few ripples.

"This is impossible!"

"You have no idea what the impossible is."

The Night God within the light barrier was indifferent, his figure slowly floating up, like an emperor standing in the Star Cross Palace.

The reason he hasn't made a move yet is not because Ye has any fetish for being beaten, but simply because he is using spiritual energy to seal off the space in this area, preventing certain perverts from spying in the dark who might attack him at any time, just like during the Nine-Tailed Fox incident.

"This world is not as simple as you see it. People from outside are like the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, and those who call themselves immortals are eyeing us covetously in the Pure Land of the Underworld. And you, Nagato, your vision and capacity are limited to small countries and large countries." Night shook his head: "I am very disappointed."

"Shut up, there's no moonlit night on the water!"

Nagato's face twitched, and he roared, "I am a god destined to lead the world to peace! My capacity and conviction far surpass yours!!"

Nagato, standing atop the wooden doll, and the wooden doll simultaneously stretched out their arms, attempting to unleash some kind of high-intensity Wood Release ninjutsu. But in an instant, several dazzling spiritual flames pierced through the heavens and earth!

Under Nagato's incredulous gaze and Uchiha Hikaru's shocked and bewildered expression.

A burst of azure flame shattered half of the wooden figure's body. Amidst the flying wood chips, the armor and limbs of the Complete Susanoo were also blasted to pieces by a burst of azure flame, and the dark red chakra around it became extremely dim.

"What on earth is this..."

In the distance, Fugaku Uchiha, who had retreated early, stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the two gods who collapsed in the flames in an instant, and was stunned.

Wooden Dragon Wood Man, Complete Susanoo.

The book, once the signature move of the God of Ninjas and the Asura of the Ninja World, a power used to quell the chaos of the world and hailed by the world as the 'Power of Gods' and the 'God of Destruction', was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Such power was as shocking as the sky collapsing and the earth sinking for Fugaku, who was still complacent about relying on the Kaleidoscope and Hashirama Senju's cells.

"The water has no moonlit night."

Fugaku murmured the name, his mind already elevating the power of Minazuki Yoru to an extreme level, even considering him to be on par with his ancestor, Uchiha Madara.

But when he truly witnessed this power, he realized just how powerful Minazuki Yoru really was.

No wonder Mizuki Yoru helped them so readily, bestowing upon them immense power that was incredibly strong for them, and even casually giving them the methods for cultivating spiritual energy.

They're no longer on the same level!

High in the sky in the distance.

Night looked indifferently at the shattered Nagato and Hikari, his figure instantly disappearing from the spot.

Nagato and Hikaru's pupils contracted simultaneously, their Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan widening as they frantically searched for Minazuki Yoru's location.

Boom!

With a loud thud, Nagato was slammed into the half-collapsed wooden figure in a starfish shape, and the trees behind him were completely shattered.

The intense pain caused him to vomit a mouthful of bright red blood.

Night's figure then appeared before him, floating in mid-air and looking down at Nagato with an indifferent tone.

“I understand that the environment in which a person grows up has a great influence on their character, but I have already given you the opportunity to choose. Yet you still foolishly listen to the words of some people, deceiving yourself and shouting about Yahiko’s dream, while willingly degenerating into a weapon in their hands.”

"You who call yourself a god, you should know very well what's left after you break through this false shell. Don't you even have the courage to face your own heart, Nagato!"

"Cough cough!"

Blood kept seeping from the corner of Nagato's mouth, and his entire face was covered by messy red hair, making him look extremely disheveled.

However, these injuries were not fatal. The pirated immortal body was constantly regenerating his physical body, and in just a short while, his injuries had healed considerably.

He spat angrily, spewing a glob of grime mixed with broken teeth and blood towards the night, then let out a guttural roar like that of a wild beast.

"Suzaku!"

"Amaterasu!"

With a delicate shout, the inextinguishable Amaterasu flame instantly engulfed the night. Moreover, under the control of the light, the Amaterasu on his body did not slowly burn like the trashy Amaterasu of the One vs. Seven fight, but instead burst forth like cold water poured into a hot oil pan!

The strongest physical attack transformed into a black flame tornado, engulfing Ye, who was standing in mid-air.

But Ye did nothing; he simply unleashed a burst of spiritual power, and the Amaterasu Flame on his body was completely extinguished.

The Amaterasu Fire, which will not go out until it burns out its target, can be destroyed with just a slight waste of energy.

In the original work, the tailed beast cloak on the Jinchuriki could easily break through this move. Yoru's body was already covered with a thick layer of spiritual particles, so he didn't even need to do anything. The so-called Amaterasu Fire was digested.

"It's over, Nagato."

Ye spoke calmly, his eyes serene.

"The end? Don't be ridiculous!"

Nagato crawled to his feet. Although he was in a sorry state, thanks to the power of his Sage Body and the special eye technique 'Eight Thousand Spears' that was imprinted in his body, he was almost unharmed.

"I am the Kami of this world. I will fulfill Yahiko's dream. I will never fail, and I cannot fail..."

With a muttered monologue, Nagato's forehead veins bulged, his eyes shone brightly once more, and the massive wooden figure rose from the ground again.

Ye shook his head indifferently: "You know perfectly well that this is meaningless."

"Meaningless?" Nagato laughed angrily. "Suzaku, aid me!"

Without uttering a word, Uchiha Hikaru simply activated his eye power. The next moment, red chakra began to emanate from Nagato's body, and a dark red phantom began to condense and take shape from his body, eventually enveloping the massive wooden doll beneath him.

Upon seeing this, a hint of surprise appeared in Ye's eyes.

The dark red Susanoo enveloped the wooden doll, and within a few breaths, flesh, veins, and Tengu armor rapidly grew, until the entire wooden doll was completely covered!

"Susanoo Armament: Wooden Golem Technique!!!"

With Nagato's roar as he clasped his hands together, countless thick giant trees grew out of the earth once again, continuously expanding and enlarging the wooden figure's body. With the added power of Susanoo, the entire wooden figure transformed in an instant into a hundred-meter-tall wooden figure surrounded by two dragons and clad in Susanoo armor!

Uchiha Hikari did not appear on top of Susanoo, but stood panting at a distance, quickly widening the gap. Clearly, this level of chakra transfer was extremely stressful for her, who possessed the 'Eight Thousand Spears'.

But it is enough.

Nagato, positioned atop the Susanoo wooden doll, had his face completely contorted, his hands clasped together, displaying power that had surged to its absolute limit.

"Only by experiencing pain can one truly understand pain!"

"Feel the despair and anguish in my heart, Minamizukiyo!"

Chapter 226 Divine Annihilation Arrow! No one knows better than the Uchiha clan how to control monsters!

The 100-meter-tall Susanoo is like a god, and the wooden dragon wrapped around its shoulders adds to its majesty!

With Nagato's roar, the armed Susanoo, carrying immense power, punched towards Minazuki Yoru. The Susanoo dragon on its shoulder roared as if it had come to life, charging fiercely towards Minazuki Yoru with bared fangs and claws.

Even if the Susanoo combined with the Wood Golem Technique cannot compare to the legendary Susanoo Buddha, it has already reached the limit of combat power that the population of this era can achieve.

"A very good stance, but not enough."

Night shook his head.

then.

A deep blue light appeared in his calm eyes, and his seemingly slender hand slowly rose at that moment.

Night's hands looked quite long and slender, not like those of a ninja or a warrior, but rather like those of a nobleman or a musician, extremely long and fair.

His hand gripped Hyōrinmaru, slicing through space from left to right in mid-air, leaving a deep blue, dazzling arc of spiritual particles, with a giant bow and arrow appearing above the trajectory.

The spirit particles roared, and in that instant, the entire world seemed to be crushed by an indescribable pressure. Countless ripples spread across the surface of Susanoo's chakra, which was the result of the immense pressure on his Susanoo armor!

"To be honest, I really have high hopes for you. If you can become a Shinigami, you will definitely be able to awaken a unique Zanpakuto to leave this world. That's why I have always been quite merciful to you, Nagato."

"But that's no excuse for you to offend me again and again."

The spirit bow is drawn, and the holy arrow takes shape.

The Sacred Annihilation Arrow, composed entirely of spiritual energy, was fully formed. Its dazzling spiritual light outshone even the sun in the sky, making it look incredibly radiant, like the most precious sapphire!

The Sacred Arrow shone brightly, full and crystalline, and its radiance made the calm and indifferent face of the night appear even more sacred and majestic!

"What on earth is this..."

Faced with this scene, Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan and considered himself a god, actually felt fear. The special White Zetsu fused with his body also showed its will and revealed a look of fear.

"Since you're so eager to witness my power, then take a good look."

Accompanied by the indifferent voice of the night, a dazzling arrow, seemingly piercing through heaven and earth, tore through the sky and landed on the towering Susanoo.

That was an arrow from the Divine Annihilation Arrow, an arrow shot by the most powerful soul ruler in the world!

The arrow pierced the sky, like the great shaman of old shooting down the sun. The sun in the sky became dim and colorless in its presence, as if everything in the world paled in comparison the moment the arrow was shot.

In an instant, Nagato's all-out effort, combined with the power of Uchiha Hikaru, created the Armed Susanoo: Wood Golem Technique, which was directly destroyed by the radiance of the Sacred Arrow.

As the arrow fell, everything around it was annihilated, and space itself seemed to be distorted.

The divine arrow released by the Soul Sovereign instantly obliterated everything in its path, leaving an endless trail across the vast yellow sands, a scar that stretched into the boundless desert.

On the wound, the sand and gravel dissipated, turning into hard, inexplicable crystals—the product of sand being destroyed under intense heat.

The remaining spiritual flames flickered and burned across the land. Night's figure slowly descended, gazing at the ravaged ground. Her gaze fell upon a shapeless, twisted, pure white mass that no longer resembled a human.

To withstand Yoru's Holy Arrow without dying, Nagato's attack was indeed quite powerful. Of course, the most important factor was the special White Zetsu currently possessing Nagato.

"Look at yourself now, Nagato. Do you still consider yourself a Camus?"

"Woooo..."

Nagato could not utter a sound; his consciousness had already faded. At this moment, the special White Zetsu was controlling his remaining body.

Ye didn't say much, but his palm twitched slightly, and spiritual energy surged forth.

Nagato's soul is quite good. Whether it's used to transform him into a Shinigami, maximizing the power of his half-immortal body and half-immortal eyes from his previous life, or to transform him into a Hollow, allowing his twisted emotions from childhood and decades of madness to fully erupt, it would be a very good choice.

Not to mention that Nagato also possessed a pair of Rinnegan eyes belonging to Madara Uchiha.

The spiritual energy surged, but in that instant, an extremely terrifying chakra suddenly erupted from the twisted white flesh. In just a moment, the spiritual energy restraints set up by Night were torn apart by this chakra.

The distorted space swallowed the white flesh in one gulp and disappeared from the spot. Its speed and decisiveness were so great that it seemed to be pre-programmed, and even Ye didn't have time to react.

“…Interesting. Did they leave a special method on Nagato beforehand?”

Night slowly lowered his hand. Night was no stranger to this special space-time escape technique, it was Kamui. However, the one who activated Kamui was not Obito, but the chakra that had just erupted from Nagato's body!

That wasn't ordinary chakra, but Six Paths level chakra; otherwise, Nagato wouldn't have been able to penetrate the spiritual energy blockade set up by Yoru.

Black Zetsu's trump card?

As Kaguya's third son, Black Zetsu's performance in the original work is quite poor. Rather than being the goddess's third son, he is more like the goddess's menstrual blood.

His combat strength is not comparable to that of his two older brothers, and he is far inferior to Asura Indra.

His performance in the Fourth Shinobi World War was even more dismal. It took him most of the day to possess a crippled Obito, and the only power he displayed was his Yin-Yang Release technique and reconnaissance ability.

Of course, that being said, the fact that Black Zetsu was able to betray Madara Uchiha and expose his true nature shows that he is not as simple as he appears on the surface.

Clearly, the source of that chakra was Black Zetsu!

The level of that chakra was extremely high, no less than the attack that the Sage of Six Paths unleashed from the Pure Land of the Underworld during the Nine-Tails' attack, and perhaps even surpassed it.

Is there any remaining power that Kaguya left for Black Zetsu?

This kind of chakra, which is completely at the Six Paths level, is absolutely impossible for the pitiful Black Zetsu, who has been plotting alone for a thousand years and only managed to obtain a pair of Rinnegan. In other words, the source of this power can only be Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Of course, Ye could also sense that the target protected by this technique was not actually Nagato, but rather the Rinnegan in Nagato's eye sockets.

The Rinnegan that Black Zetsu painstakingly awakened in Madara contains the key to the various schemes and plans that Little Black Boy has devised over the past thousand years. It is not surprising that he would take some precautions.

However, Nagato is basically useless now.

It's not that the injury is too serious.

In terms of injuries, with Hashirama Senju's cells present, and Nagato now possessing a near-Sage Body, he can barely be considered immortal. As long as he doesn't die instantly, even the most severe injuries won't have a significant impact on Nagato; recovery is merely a matter of time.

The real question is whether Nagato, having experienced Yoru's true strength and been defeated in the second battle, can still maintain his original heart.

The most painful trauma is the collapse of one's beliefs!