"Repair--"
As the owner of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku possesses a huge amount of pupil power.
As the owner of the Tailed Beast-level chakra, Uchiha Fugaku's chakra is massive.
A large amount of pupil power and chakra were poured into Susanoo, and the broken shield of Susanoo was repaired in an instant.
Boom--
The blue beam of light that attacked was blocked again and failed to hurt Uchiha Fugaku inside Susanoo.
"What a huge amount of chakra!"
Seeing the shield being repaired in an instant, Nagato's eyes showed astonishment.
He was not surprised that Uchiha Fugaku had a huge amount of pupil power—after all, he possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
But Uchiha Fugaku having such massive chakra, possibly more than his own, truly caught him off guard.
With his huge pupil power and chakra, Uchiha Fugaku repaired Susanoo's shield instantly, destroying the advantage Nagato had just established.
In the previous battle, it seemed like Nagato had the upper hand, suppressing Uchiha Fugaku's continuous attacks, but in reality, he had fallen into Fugaku's plan.
Uchiha Fugaku likely aimed to deplete his chakra from the start—to outlast him using superior chakra reserves.
"Humph!"
Knowing that continuing like this would be disadvantageous, Nagato snorted coldly.
Whoosh—
The mechanical arm at his shoulder retracted, and activating Shinra Tensei, he charged toward the huge Susanoo like a cannonball.
Whoosh—
Seeing Nagato approaching, Uchiha Fugaku instinctively sensed danger.
He quickly controlled Susanoo to retreat and maintain distance, swinging the giant sword to slash waves of black light to block Nagato's advance.
Whoosh!
Boosted by Shinra Tensei, Nagato's speed was terrifying—it was difficult to track him even with black light slashing at supersonic speeds.
He twisted in midair, dodging the long waves of black light and continued flying toward Susanoo.
Although Susanoo was retreating, its speed was no match for Nagato's approach.
Finally, he closed in on Susanoo.
"Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal—"
He activated the sealing jutsu. The massive Susanoo, over 100 meters tall, distorted like ice under sunlight and disintegrated instantly.
Without Susanoo, Uchiha Fugaku fell from a height of 100 meters.
"Shinra Tensei—"
Watching Uchiha Fugaku fall, Nagato sneered and raised his hands.
At that moment, the patterns in Fugaku's eyes spun rapidly.
The next instant, Uchiha Fugaku vanished from midair and reappeared behind Nagato.
"Corpse Vein: White Bone Spear—"
White bones wrapped around his right arm, forming a massive drill over ten meters long, which he drove toward Nagato.
Bang—
Nagato crashed to the ground like a meteor, creating a massive pit.
Protected by Shinra Tensei, he was uninjured.
He rolled over, glaring coldly at Uchiha Fugaku, who had appeared behind him using what looked like space-time ninjutsu.
"Genjutsu: Release!"
The world around him shattered, and both Fugaku and his illusionary attack vanished.
Uchiha Fugaku didn't actually know space-time ninjutsu. He was able to feint a teleport because Nagato was caught in his genjutsu.
But Nagato's Rinnegan surpassed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He quickly broke the illusion.
Outside, Nagato raised his hands to strike Fugaku with Shinra Tensei.
Then, he suddenly froze mid-motion.
Uchiha Fugaku took the opportunity to twist in midair and land steadily.
"Shinra Tensei—"
After breaking the illusion, Nagato recovered and launched a Shinra Tensei blast at Fugaku.
A terrifying repulsive force surged down like a tidal wave.
"Corpse Vein: Bone Forest."
Now grounded, Fugaku had a moment to breathe. He formed hand signs and slammed his palms into the earth.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
White bone trees burst from the ground, forming a bone forest that encased him.
The massive force from Shinra Tensei slammed into the forest, toppling bone trees.
But the impact was gradually diminished by the dense bone network, and the attack was eventually fully absorbed.
It stopped the super-Kage-level technique for Uchiha Fugaku.
...
"It's useless. None of your ninjutsu works on me."
Uchiha Obito mocked the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, toying with him like a cat with a mouse.
Obito's body was untouched, not even a scratch on his clothes.
Rasa was a mess—blood stained his Kazekage robe, and his body bore multiple wounds.
"Magnetic Release: Gold Dust Burial—"
Looking serious, Rasa released a flood of gold dust that buried Obito under a mountainous heap.
But Obito emerged unscathed.
"The One-Tails Jinchūriki of the Sand has been captured. The Sand Village is no longer our target."
"You could have survived a few more years. But you chose to side with the Five Great Shinobi Nations and oppose Akatsuki."
Obito sneered under his mask as he stepped toward Rasa.
Rasa remained cold. "Did you really think we came unprepared?"
"Prepared? What could you possibly do?"
Obito scoffed, thinking Rasa was bluffing.
"Raikiri—"
Suddenly, a figure burst from the ground, lightning crackling from his hand like a blade—Hatake Kakashi!
"Why are you here?"
Obito phased through the Raikiri, startled to see Kakashi.
Then—
"White Secret Technique: The Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu!"
Chiyo burst forth, controlling ten puppets with her fingers. The top puppeteer of the Sand Village had arrived.
As Rasa warned, the Five Nations had anticipated Akatsuki's assault.
Each village's elite were secretly stationed nearby.
Once Akatsuki appeared, the trap was sprung.
This Five Kage Summit—was a trap for Akatsuki.
"This whole summit is a trap?" Obito's masked face darkened.
He now understood—the summit was a baited snare.
Looking around, he saw backup arriving everywhere:
—The Eight-Tails, Killer Bee, appeared where the Fourth Raikage was battling.
—Huang Tu, son of the Third Tsuchikage, joined Deidara's fight.
—Mangetsu Hōzuki, the last of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, appeared at the Mizukage's side.
—Jiraiya himself entered the fray against Konan.
"That's right. This is your end, Akatsuki!"
Chiyo's voice trembled with fury.
...
"Corpse Vein: White Bone Dragon Bite!"
Having blocked Shinra Tensei, Uchiha Fugaku performed a new hand sign.
The bone forest twisted and merged into towering dragons, their surfaces covered in jagged bone spikes.
The dragons soared skyward, their fanged jaws aimed at Nagato.
Over the years, Fugaku had developed more than one super-Kage-level Corpse Vein technique.
"Corpse Vein: Bone Dragon Devouring" was one of them.
"Asura Path: Asura Attack—"
Nagato calmly summoned four mechanical arms from his shoulders.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Rockets fired from the arms toward the charging bone dragons.
The dragons twisted midair, dodging—then redirected, the guided missiles exploded one by one.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each dragon's upper half was blasted apart, seemingly decapitated.
But infused with Fugaku's chakra, the heads regenerated instantly and launched at Nagato again.
The key to "Bone Dragon Devouring"—as long as Fugaku's chakra remained, the jutsu would persist.
With his Tailed Beast-level chakra and the reserves sealed in the Yin Seal, he could maintain it indefinitely.
"This will go on endlessly as long as his chakra holds."
Nagato understood he'd fall into a war of attrition if it continued.
He coldly eyed Fugaku below, and rapidly formed hand signs.
"Chibaku Tensei—"
Buzz—
A black sphere emerged and flew skyward.
An overwhelming gravitational force erupted, pulling the battlefield upward.
Bone dragons, Iron Castle ruins—everything was dragged into the sphere.
It was a scene of pure apocalypse.
Even the rooted bone forest was torn from the ground and launched skyward.
Fugaku, still inside, was also pulled into the air.
(End of Chapter)