Ch.471 Rebirth

Crack!

Crack!

The sound of shattering continued!

With each crack, the once-cohesive orb began to show signs of disintegration. Fissures appeared on its surface, and fragments of stone started to fall.

"How is this possible!?"

Nagato's usually impassive face was filled with shock.

'Planetary Devastation' was one of his trump cards. In the current ninja world, no one should be able to escape its sealing power.

His judgment wasn't wrong.

In the original timeline, Naruto escaped Nagato's 'Planetary Devastation' largely because Nagato had previously used 'Super Shinra Tensei' to destroy Hidden Leaf Village, severely draining his Rinnegan dojutsu.

If Nagato were in peak condition, Naruto wouldn't have broken free from a fully executed 'Planetary Devastation.'

Nearby, Obito was equally dumbfounded.

After their earlier clash, he had already held the opponent in high regard, but now he realized he had still underestimated their strength.

Boom!

At that moment, a deafening roar echoed through the sky, accompanied by a dim yellow light shooting out from the 'Planetary Devastation'!

"What is that light?"

Nagato's gaze sharpened, realizing this light was the key to the opponent breaking his 'Planetary Devastation.'

Crash!

The 'Planetary Devastation' disintegrated faster, large chunks of stone falling away. Soon, the figure of the mysterious person sealed within was revealed.

The mysterious person was clearly struggling.

Panting heavily, lamp in hand, his haori was tattered, and his aura was far weaker than before.

While Nagato and Obito were shocked by his strength, he was equally astonished by theirs!

To counter the 'Lampbearer' protecting the ninja world, he had thoroughly studied shinobi, knowing that Hidden Grass Village wasn't among the strongest in the ninja world.

In his view, even if Hidden Grass Village's strength didn't match the five great ninja villages or Akatsuki, the gap shouldn't be too vast.

Yet, he hadn't anticipated that Akatsuki's leader and Hidden Grass's leader were on entirely different levels.

For a fleeting moment, he even suspected he'd fallen into a trap set by the ninja world's 'Lampbearer.'

"Sigh!"

With a sigh, the mysterious person pushed aside his tangled thoughts and looked down at Nagato.

Having fought to this point, he had no retreat. Even if it meant exhausting his 'embers' or consuming his core power as the Demon King, he had to eliminate Akatsuki's leader here—the 'Lampbearer' guarding the ninja world.

Thus, he tossed his lamp into the air and clenched his fists. "Blood Demon Art: Endless Blood Vendetta!"

In an instant.

The lamp thrown skyward erupted in a final, dazzling burst of light!

The mysterious person's body began to disintegrate, transforming into torrents of blood. Like a blood cascade, it poured down from the sky, surging toward Nagato and Obito on a stone pillar.

Nagato's expression shifted. He raised a hand. "Shinra Tensei!"

Boom!

A massive repulsive force materialized, like an invisible wall, slamming into the descending blood cascade!

But perhaps because 'Planetary Devastation' had drained too much of Nagato's dojutsu, this 'Shinra Tensei' fell short of expectations. It only briefly slowed the blood cascade before losing strength!

"Damn it!"

Nagato coughed, his body struggling to hold up.

Sustaining the 'Gedo Statue' had nearly hollowed him out, making prolonged battles his weakness. He hadn't faced this issue before because no one could drag him into a drawn-out fight—not even Hanzo, the so-called 'Demi-God,' who was easily defeated by Pain's Six Paths.

Obito realized the gravity of the situation.

Given the mysterious person's strength, this final technique was surely extraordinary. He didn't dare bet that he and Nagato could emerge unscathed after being engulfed by the blood cascade.

Weighing his options, he fully activated 'Kamui,' attempting to tear open space and escape with Nagato.

But his 'Kamui' was once again disrupted by the dim yellow light from the mysterious person's lamp.

Fortunately, the lamp seemed unstable. When Obito recklessly poured in his dojutsu, he finally opened a narrow spatial rift with 'Kamui.'

By now, the blood cascade was nearly upon them.

The narrow rift opened by 'Kamui' could only fit one person, and with time running out, both couldn't escape.

In that split second, Obito made his choice.

He shoved Nagato into the rift, saying, "Be careful!"

Nagato, pushed into the spatial rift, was stunned. He hadn't expected Obito, whom he had always suspected, to choose to save him in this critical moment.

Swish!

In an instant, Nagato passed through the rift, returning to the 'Infinite Castle.'

After Nagato crossed, Obito's 'Kamui' could no longer sustain the rift, and it vanished in a blink.

"Tch!"

Obito spat, then was swallowed by the blood cascade!

Splash!

After consuming Obito, the blood cascade coalesced back into the mysterious person's form.

But now, he looked haggard, as if gravely weakened, his expression tinged with frustration.

His 'Blood Demon Art' seemed ordinary, but any living being touched by his blood cascade would be corroded by his Demon King power. He had used this technique to kill far stronger creatures in other worlds!

So far, he had used it three times, never failing!

Such a powerful technique came at a cost. Each use required decades to recover, and his Demon King power weakened.

If it could eliminate the ninja world's 'Lampbearer,' the price would be worth it. But he hadn't expected his target to escape, his ultimate move only taking down an insignificant figure.

As the mysterious person fumed, a figure emerged from the shadows nearby—Obito.

"You…"

The mysterious person froze.

Obito ignored him, glancing at the lamp with a cold smirk. "Your hold over my Kamui dimension is weakening!"

The mysterious person roared, "Why aren't you dead?"

Obito smiled. "Killing me isn't that easy."

Undoubtedly, while pushing Nagato away, Obito had secretly activated 'Izanagi.' Even if his body was destroyed, he could rewrite fate and be reborn.