Chapter 506: Heaven and Earth Shatter

Chapter 506: Chapter 506: Heaven and Earth Shatter

As Nagato’s cold, murderous voice rang out, an invisible yet overwhelmingly powerful repulsive force erupted from the palm of his hand in an instant!

Just like the Shinra Tensei that the Deva Path had used earlier to destroy the entirety of Konoha in a single blow, the Shinra Tensei Nagato was unleashing now was also a large-scale version strengthened by the Rinnegan’s ocular power.

There was one crucial difference.

When Shinra Tensei was cast through the Deva Path, the Rinnegan’s ocular power inevitably suffered some loss as it was transmitted through the black receivers. Moreover, the Six Paths of Pain—being nothing more than corpses—could not withstand Nagato’s ocular power at its full output.

Therefore, the Shinra Tensei being unleashed personally by Nagato’s true body was far more powerful than the one that had destroyed Konoha!

Whoosh—

The boundless, overwhelming repulsive force came crashing toward them from every direction!

It was clearly a colorless and formless force, yet its sheer power was so immense that even the air transmitting the repulsion began to distort strangely. Beneath the silvery moonlight, the warped air reflected a faint, shimmering halo!

At that instant, everyone’s expression on Kagami’s side changed drastically.

The shinobi of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, who had only moments ago been busy treating the wounded, all stopped what they were doing as if by instinct.

With horrified expressions, they stared at the shimmering halo surging toward them—

At that light which represented death itself!

The Third Hokage, who had only recently experienced a large-scale Shinra Tensei firsthand, instinctively raised his hands to form seals.

But halfway through the motion, he stopped.

Because he suddenly realized that although he had mastered thousands of ninjutsu and was renowned throughout the shinobi world as the ’Professor,’ there wasn’t a single technique in his vast arsenal capable of dealing with the situation before him.

At such close range, faced with an attack capable of destroying the entirety of Konoha in a single blow...

It seemed the only thing he could do—

was pray!

Just as everyone was beginning to sink into despair, Kagami raised his right hand, exactly as Nagato had.

Thump... thump...

Along with a pulsation resembling the beating of a heart, an unseen resonance was established!

At that instant, having completed the connection, Kagami actively initiated a resonance with the Giant Tenseigan on the moon.

And the Giant Tenseigan did not disappoint him.

Its power pierced directly through space itself, pouring an endless stream of Tenseigan chakra into his body!

Whoosh—

Another tremendous repulsive force suddenly erupted, surging forward like an overwhelming tidal wave to meet Nagato’s Shinra Tensei head-on!

The power of the Giant Tenseigan on the moon was so immense that it could, without exaggeration, propel the entire moon itself and send it crashing into the shinobi world.

In the original timeline, Otsutsuki Toneri had intended to use the Giant Tenseigan to carry out a literal, physical cleansing of the shinobi world, wiping away what he believed to be the failed world created by the Sage of Six Paths.

And Toneri had even firmly believed that, during a collision powerful enough to annihilate the shinobi world, the Giant Tenseigan would still be capable of shielding the castle located within the moon’s core, protecting both himself and Hinata from harm.

That alone showed just how terrifyingly powerful the Giant Tenseigan truly was!

Therefore, after receiving the support of the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, the Wheel of Will unleashed by Kagami was not the slightest bit inferior to Nagato’s Shinra Tensei!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The two colossal repulsive forces slammed violently into each other!

The air caught between them was continuously twisted and compressed, producing thunderous explosions created purely by the atmosphere itself.

Under the tremendous forces colliding, tearing, and struggling against one another, even the cliff could no longer withstand the strain and began to shake violently!

As the entire cliff trembled beneath their feet, everyone present—aside from Kagami and Nagato, who were locked in their contest of ocular powers—revealed expressions of utter astonishment.

Because the entire cliff was visibly splitting apart at a speed perceptible to the naked eye!

It was as though a pair of enormous, invisible hands were tearing apart the cliff—

tearing apart the mountain range—

tearing apart the very earth itself!

RUMBLE—!

The clouds of dust rising into the air were compressed between the two opposing repulsive forces, forming an almost perfectly flat curtain.

Even the chunks of shattered rock flying through the air were instantly crushed into fine powder under the pressure, merging into that curtain of dust!

"This...!?"

The Five Great Shinobi Villages’ shinobi stared dumbfoundedly as the fractured cliff was gradually pushed apart by the opposing repulsive forces.

The distance separating the two sides grew wider and wider, until an unfathomably deep chasm had actually appeared between them!

None of them had ever imagined that a battle between shinobi could be fought in such a manner!

As they stared at the leader of Kamigami and the leader of Akatsuki—both merely extending a single right arm, yet causing heaven and earth to shatter around them—every shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages, including powerhouses like the Third Hokage and the Third Tsuchikage, felt an inexplicable mixture of horror and bitterness.

On Akatsuki’s side, Konan, Obito, and Zetsu were equally shocked!

Even they had never before witnessed Nagato unleash such a powerful Shinra Tensei.

Yet even this terrifying Shinra Tensei had failed to gain the slightest advantage against Yama!

"How is this possible!? Could Yama really possess a pair of Rinnegan as well?"

Black Zetsu’s heart was filled with shock and unease.

The changes Nagato had undergone after being implanted with First Hokage cells had already made Black Zetsu deeply uneasy.

Because he had realized that Nagato had become far too powerful—

so powerful that controlling him from the shadows was becoming increasingly difficult.

But never in his wildest imagination had Black Zetsu expected that, in the current shinobi world, there would actually be someone capable of matching the present Nagato.

It was simply inconceivable!

"Could he be... someone who inherited Hagoromo’s power?"

A terrifying thought flashed through Black Zetsu’s mind.

Obito was equally uneasy. While staring at Yama across the chasm, he did not forget to keep an eye on Homura, who stood behind Yama.

Having personally fallen into the illusionary world of the Totsuka Blade, Obito knew perfectly well just how insidious the Homura before him truly was.

No—

As far as he was concerned, every single Homura in Kamigami was a shameless, underhanded bastard!

And precisely because of that, if he allowed Yama’s overwhelming strength to draw all of his attention and neglected Homura, he would undoubtedly suffer for it.

After all, to Obito, the threat posed by the divine artifact, the Totsuka Blade, was no less dangerous than the godlike Yama himself.

At this moment, he even faintly regretted having stood by earlier and allowed Hiruko to be gravely wounded by Furin.

Because now, their side had lost a powerful combatant for absolutely nothing.

Konan looked toward Nagato with worry written across her face, but she said nothing.

Now that the situation had developed to this point, retreat was no longer something they could simply choose to do whenever they wished.

Even if they were going to withdraw, they first had to find the right opportunity.

Otherwise, a retreat would become a defeat—

and might even deteriorate into an uncontrollable rout...

...

On the Moon.

Inside the temple where the Giant Tenseigan was enshrined, brilliant light flooded every corner, yet the entire place was utterly silent.

The cushion before the Giant Tenseigan...

was empty.

A short while later, one of the puppets responsible for cleaning the temple slowly entered.

After noticing that something was amiss, it stared blankly at the Giant Tenseigan, which was blazing with unprecedented brilliance.

It remained frozen there for a long moment.

Then its body suddenly flickered—

and it sped toward the main palace at full speed...