Chapter 487: Finally Caught You

Chapter 487: Chapter 487: Finally Caught You

After transplanting the First Hokage’s cells, Nagato had finally completed his Sage Body. In terms of physical constitution alone, he was now infinitely close to the Sage of Six Paths’ son, Otsutsuki Asura!

And after fusing the Sage Bodies of both the Senju and Uzumaki clans, not only had he recovered from the crippling injuries inflicted by Kagami’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but the amount of chakra he possessed had also undergone a qualitative leap.

Before this, whenever Nagato used a large-scale Shinra Tensei or Chibaku Tensei, he had essentially been overdrawing his own life force to do so.

But now, using these techniques merely placed a somewhat heavier burden on him.

Setting aside the ocular power consumed by the Rinnegan, powerful Rinnegan techniques such as large-scale Shinra Tensei and Chibaku Tensei could practically be considered ordinary ninjutsu for him now.

And it was precisely because of this that Jiraiya was horrified to discover that the Chibaku Tensei Nagato had unleashed this time was completely different from the one he had used back in Amegakure.

The gravitational pull wasn’t even remotely comparable!

Even though Jiraiya had privately carried out specialized escape training specifically to counter Chibaku Tensei, none of it was of any use now.

"Damn it!"

Watching helplessly as countless masses of earth and shattered stone buried his body, Jiraiya roared unwillingly.

Just like Jiraiya, Kagami’s body gradually disappeared beneath the layers of earth.

Yet unlike Jiraiya, Kagami barely struggled at all.

He was unnaturally calm...

As though he were quietly preparing something.

On the ground below—

The Deva Path raised his head and stared at the enormous sphere gradually taking shape in the sky, watching as Kagami and Jiraiya slowly vanished beneath the accumulating earth and rubble.

There wasn’t the slightest ripple of emotion on his indifferent face.

As though everything happening before him...

was only natural.

Nagato might not have known that Chibaku Tensei was the very technique Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura had used to seal away their mother, Kaguya.

But he did know one thing—

No one had ever escaped from Chibaku Tensei without relying on outside help.

So, the instant the enormous sphere was completed, the Kamigami member Furin and Jiraiya ceased to be threats in his eyes.

At that moment, the Deva Path shifted his gaze toward an area in the distance.

Several dozen meters beneath the ground there was none other than Konoha’s evacuation shelter.

Capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was also one of the Akatsuki’s objectives during this punishment of Konoha.

Now that Nagato had discovered that Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was hiding inside the shelter, he naturally had no intention of letting this opportunity slip away.

Moreover, because he suspected that the leader of Kamigami, Yama, might also be hiding inside the shelter, Nagato had no intention of sending the Deva Path inside personally.

Doing so would simply be far too dangerous.

The Deva Path extended an arm toward the shelter.

"Chibaku Ten—"

BOOM!

Before the Deva Path could activate the technique, a muffled but thunderous explosion suddenly erupted from within the enormous sphere behind him—the sphere created by Chibaku Tensei that had imprisoned Kagami and Jiraiya!

The Deva Path immediately turned his head.

Rumble... Rumble...

Amid a series of violent tremors, countless cracks began spreading across the surface of the enormous Chibaku Tensei sphere.

Chunks of shattered rock continuously broke free and rained down from its surface.

It was obvious—

The enormous sphere suspended in the sky, created by Chibaku Tensei...

was collapsing!

"How is this possible!?"

For the first time, the Deva Path’s indifferent expression changed.

Disbelief appeared on his face.

Without any attack coming from the outside, such a thing was absolutely impossible according to everything Nagato knew.

No one—

No one could escape the imprisonment of Chibaku Tensei without outside help!

BOOM!

Another deafening explosion rang out.

The enormous sphere, already covered in cracks, instantly shattered apart, exploding across the night sky like a massive firework!

Staring at the billowing clouds of dust and the countless fragments of rock flying in every direction, the Deva Path furrowed his brows, his expression turning grave.

Whoosh!

Using the countless flying fragments as cover, a figure suddenly burst through the debris and appeared directly in front of the Deva Path.

"Furin!?"

The instant he recognized the figure, the Deva Path retreated without the slightest hesitation.

"You’re not getting away!"

Kagami chuckled lightly and immediately pursued him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the blink of an eye, the two figures clashed.

Fists and feet collided again and again, producing a succession of muffled impacts that shook the eardrums!

The Deva Path was not only capable of wielding all sorts of powerful Rinnegan techniques—his taijutsu was also exceptionally formidable.

In the original timeline, the Deva Path had fought the rampaging Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Naruto head-on with taijutsu. The speed and strength he displayed during that battle were unquestionably at the very highest level of the shinobi world.

As for Kagami’s Type-A Wind Release clone, because its body was already on the verge of collapse, both its speed and strength had been weakened to varying degrees.

Although Kagami still held the upper hand...

he was unable to take down the Deva Path immediately.

At that moment, Kagami seemed to throw caution completely to the wind as he shouted:

"Dance of the Seedling Fern!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

One bone spear after another erupted from the ground once more.

In an instant, a deathly white forest of bones spread across the devastated battlefield.

Taking advantage of his ability to move freely through the bone forest, Kagami circled directly behind the Deva Path and brought the bone blade in his hand slashing down!

The instant the bone forest appeared, Nagato completely lost track of Kagami’s presence, leaving him entirely on the defensive.

However, his instinctive sense of danger had not disappeared.

The moment Kagami slipped behind the Deva Path and launched his surprise attack, Nagato sensed the approaching danger. Without caring about the chakra expenditure, he once again unleashed an enhanced Shinra Tensei!

BOOM!

A tremendous shockwave swept across Konoha once again!

However, Nagato had been forced to activate it far too hastily this time, so its power was less than half that of the previous one.

Even so...

it was more than enough to obliterate the surrounding bone forest.

"Huff... Huff..."

Standing where he was, the Deva Path began breathing heavily.

Using two enhanced Shinra Tensei in such a short period of time was still a considerable burden even for Nagato with his enhanced constitution.

And because the second one had been unleashed so abruptly, without any preparation whatsoever, the chakra consumption had been even greater.

Still, as Nagato looked at the shattered bone spears scattered all around him, he felt the expenditure had been worth it.

Crack...

Then, amid a faint sound...

a fracture suddenly appeared in the ground beneath the Deva Path’s feet.

"This...!?"

The Deva Path’s expression sharpened, and he immediately tried to dodge.

But at that very moment, a figure burst out from beneath the ground!

The bone blade in his hand gleamed with a cold light as it slashed straight toward the Deva Path!

If this strike landed, the Deva Path would undoubtedly be cleaved in two.

But there was nowhere left for him to dodge, and Shinra Tensei was still on cooldown!

As the bone blade drew closer and closer, a look of genuine alarm finally appeared on the Deva Path’s face.

Nagato didn’t care about the Six Paths of Pain...

but he cared about Yahiko’s body.

Suddenly—

A distorted vortex appeared behind the Deva Path and sucked the cornered Deva Path inside!

Yet as Kagami watched the Deva Path disappear into the twisting vortex, not only was he unsurprised...

he actually let out a relieved breath.

Inwardly, he thought:

"Finally caught you!"