Tobi looked toward the Gedo Statue's location with an exaggeratedly shocked expression.
"Oh oh oh! It's the Gedo Statue, it's my mama!"
Black Zetsu reminded him, "She's not your mama. Who would ever recognize a piece of crap as their son?"
The Ten-Tails was the Progenitor of Chakra, formed after Kaguya merged with the God Tree. To some extent, the Ten-Tails was Kaguya herself.
The Gedo Statue was Black Zetsu's mother; Black Zetsu would never recognize an artificial human like Tobi as a brother.
Tobi stood in the pouring rain, wailing loudly, "Then am I just a piece of crap with no mama and no papa?"
"Yes!"
Black Zetsu felt relieved seeing Nagato summon the Gedo Statue. Now that the Gedo Statue was out, the Rinnegan on Nagato would be safe.
With this, it was all over.
"Tobi, kill Kakashi and the others!"
"Okay!"
Obito's will stirred frantically, striking hard against the energy of Madara's Genjutsu.
He disregarded the fact that his consciousness might be destroyed, like a moth flying into a flame.
How can I let you kill my comrades?
Tobi actually found himself somewhat unable to control his body.
Obito fought for a sliver of control over the body and shouted at Kakashi, "Kakashi, quick, kill me now!"
Kill Obito? Kakashi was suddenly stunned, just as Nagato had been earlier.
Kakashi hadn't expected to face such a difficult choice so soon... The Gedo Statue let out a loud roar, and under Nagato's control, it spat out a long purple dragon.
Forbidden jutsu: Phantom Dragon Seal!
The Phantom Dragon Nine Seals is a Rinnegan forbidden jutsu. It releases nine Chakra dragons to extract the Tailed Beast's Chakra from a Jinchuriki's body and seal it within the Gedo Statue.
This technique belongs to sealing jutsu. In the future, Nagato would need to gather ten elite Ninjas to work together to perform it.
Currently, Nagato expended a massive amount of Chakra and life force to summon a single Phantom Dragon. Although it wasn't as powerful as the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals...
It was still not something a conventional Ninja could oppose. If the Phantom Dragon touched a body, both Chakra and soul would be sucked away.
"Go and be buried with Yahiko!"
Nagato let out an angry roar, and the Phantom Dragon released by the Gedo Statue attacked in the direction of Hanzo and Danzo.
Hanzo sensed something was wrong and ordered the Hidden Rain Anbu to release Ninjutsu to attack the Phantom Dragon.
But the Phantom Dragon had no physical form, just like a ghost. The elemental release attacks performed by the Hidden Rain Anbu all pierced right through it.
The Phantom Dragon swept downward, and everywhere it passed, only corpses with their souls and Chakra drained remained.
Hanzo used the Body Flicker to retreat far away, his heart filled with extreme terror: "What on earth is this thing?"
Danzo had already used Body Flicker to move to the rear early on. He looked solemnly at the Phantom Dragon released by the Gedo Statue.
"It seems Nagato's Rinnegan really belongs to Uchiha Madara. Damn it, now that this monster has been summoned, Uchiha Madara might very well be awakened."
"The Rinnegan must be destroyed before Uchiha Madara arrives."
Danzo no longer mentioned seizing the Rinnegan because he simply couldn't handle such a powerful force.
Danzo called out to Aburame Ryoma, "Gu, go quickly and tell Minato to come here. Forget about Uchiha Ryou; the Rinnegan is more important right now."
"Uchiha Madara could arrive at the battlefield at any moment. The Rinnegan must be destroyed as soon as possible."
"Yes, Lord Danzo!"
Ryoma transformed into a cloud of insects and flew toward the battlefield where Minato and Ryou were fighting.
Danzo noticed Hanzo wanted to take his people and flee, so he immediately Body Flickered up and grabbed his arm: "Hanzo, the Hidden Rain Village is right behind us. Where can you run to?"
"Don't forget, you're the one who forced Yahiko to his death."
Hanzo brushed Danzo's hand away: "Your mother's... if your people hadn't gone to capture them, would he have thought of blowing himself up?"
Hanzo's regrets were now turning his stomach. The Hidden Rain's elites were almost completely slaughtered by Nagato.
These were all the Jonin of the Village, the foundation Hanzo had built over many years, the pillars of this country.
How Hanzo regretted it! It was all because of his greed for the Rinnegan that he was in such a passive situation today.
Dammit, he had clearly been so cautious, sending out all the Anbu just to deal with the small the Akatsuki, and even teaming up with Konoha's Ninjas.
Careful and cautious his whole life, only to end up falling at the hands of these youngsters!
If Hanzo had known from the start that Nagato had the Rinnegan, with his caution, he would have definitely tested him multiple times. If Nagato's strength wasn't enough to keep the Rinnegan, he would have stolen it.
If it exceeded Hanzo's expectations, he would have recruited him. With a pair of Rinnegan in the Hidden Rain, wouldn't becoming the sixth great Ninja Village be a sure thing?
"It's all because of you, Danzo! Why didn't you tell me sooner that Nagato's eyes were the Rinnegan?"
Danzo didn't speak. If he had revealed the news about Madara, this old man would have been scared into ascension on the spot.
Given Hanzo's caution, if he knew about the Rinnegan, he might have refused this operation. Danzo didn't have time for him to drag his feet.
"Hanzo, don't say so much. Your subordinates are almost all dead."
Hanzo looked at the few remaining Hidden Rain Anbu, so angry his teeth were nearly crushed.
"That red-haired brat has taken advantage of me too much!"
Danzo analyzed from the side, "Look at Nagato's withered appearance; you can tell his forbidden jutsu won't last long. Use Body Flicker to stall him first."
"Once the duration of his forbidden jutsu is up, rush out and kill him."
Hanzo nodded. Nagato absolutely had to be killed now. The Land of Rain was too small, and the Hidden Rain Village was only a few dozen miles behind them.
Hanzo's foundation was in the Hidden Rain Village; where could he possibly flee?
Hanzo gathered his momentum, bringing out the bearing of the "Demigod" Hanzo from his youth.
"Nagato, that's enough!"
...
On the other side, Aburame Ryoma flew to the area where Ryou and Minato were fighting.
The fight here was also quite intense.
The forest and mountain terrain were all destroyed by Gamabunta's Ninjutsu and Ryou's monstrous strength.
At this time, Ryou was wearing red Ninja armor and even a closed helmet.
This was the war armor Ryou had generated using life spores, modeled after Madara's Ninja armor.
It weighed over a hundred pounds. After putting it on, Ryou basically abandoned speed.
Because Ryou found that no matter how fast he was, he couldn't outpace Minato's Flying Thunder God. Even if his Sharingan saw through Minato's movements and his brain reacted...
His body couldn't keep up.
From earlier until now, Ryou had already lost two lives.
Since he couldn't outrun Minato, he might as well max out his defense.
Minato's Rasengan couldn't even leave a mark on Ryou's armor, but one punch from Ryou could turn Minato into meat paste.
This was a duel between a tank and a glass cannon.
Minato had zero margin for error. Ryou could be attacked a hundred times and killed seven or eight times, but if Minato was hit once, Kushina would become a widow for good.
What could Minato do? He could only chip away! But he didn't know Earth Release!
However, since he couldn't confront Ryou head-on, Minato worked with Gamabunta to deal with him.
Gamabunta took the lead in the attack, while Minato acted like an assassin, ready to launch a strike from the surroundings at any time.
As for Ryou's Summoned Beast, Fried Rice, although it had integrated with Ryou's life spores...
Ryou's life spores magnified based on the host's Ninja stats.
Fried Rice was just a Ninja Cat from the cooking squad; it shouldn't be on the battlefield.
After Ryou drank its chicken soup, he told it to find a place to hide.
Ryou really had no way to deal with Gamabunta. Gamabunta was a giant Summoned Beast over ten meters tall, capable of splitting a mountain with one swing of his blade.
Ryou hit him with a burst of monstrous strength, but he only felt a bit of pain and immediately went back to chasing and slashing at Ryou.
"Gamabunta, you ingrate, I used to treat you to insect feasts!"