Chapter 179: Arrival at Mount Myoboku

Nagato could be considered reborn, and at this moment, the Great Toad Immortal looked at the evolved Nagato, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, after which the entire toad completely shriveled into a ball, devoid of any breath.

"Great Toad Immortal! I swear, I will definitely inherit your will and save the Ninja World!"

Nagato looked at the sacrificed Toad Immortal, clenched his fists, and spoke with full confidence.

"Mm, as long as you have confidence, little Nagato, the future of the Ninja World is entrusted to you from now on."

A voice that sounded somewhat faint and ethereal emanated from the Great Toad Immortal's corpse, and then a pale blue, transparent toad spirit floated out, looking deeply gratified as it spoke to Nagato.

Nagato, Jiraiya: Σ(°△°|||)︴

"Great Toad Immortal... didn't you die?!!"

Jiraiya, who had been full of grief, now felt his emotions were no longer coherent and spoke stutteringly.

"That's right, I died. Didn't you see my soul floating out just now? Little Jiraiya, what kind of look is that?"

Not knowing what had happened at Mount Myoboku, Uchiha Feiyu had already set out on the road to find Mount Myoboku after obtaining its specific coordinates from the soul of Immortal Shima.

Uncontrollably, Jiraiya also felt as if he were witnessing history.

Jiraiya wanted to ask a few more questions, but the Great Toad Immortal's soul had already entered the Pure Land, leaving him no choice but to shut his mouth helplessly.

After finishing, without waiting for any reply from Jiraiya or Nagato, a black void appeared behind the Great Toad Immortal's soul, which directly sucked him in.

In fact, Mount Myoboku already exceeded the scope of the Ninja World and had entered a desolate region; it was also mentioned in the original work that it would take a month to reach Mount Myoboku just by walking—and this is the travel time for a ninja, knowing that a fast-footed ninja can reach the Land of Wind from the Land of Fire within three days!

In fact, although the Ninja World is vast, it is not the entirety of this planet; on the contrary, the entire Ninja World occupies less than 1/10th of the size of this planet, and even without calculating the ocean area, the Ninja World only occupies about one-third of the land.

Uzumaki Nagato spoke with quite a bit of confidence; Jiraiya glanced at Nagato and felt the chakra radiating from his body, which was comparable to the Nine-Tails, and felt relieved.

Originally, Nagato's chakra was comparable to a Tailed Beast, but now, after his ultimate evolution, Nagato's chakra level was comparable to the strongest of the Tailed Beasts, the Nine-Tails; coupled with the power of the Rinnegan and Sage Art, he could completely flatten the Ninja World with his own strength.

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"Also, you two must be careful. If my estimation is correct, that Uchiha Feiyu will very likely discover the location of Mount Myoboku, and at that time, there will definitely be a great battle waiting for you."

If you were to bring over Kato Dan, who practiced the Spirit Transformation Technique, and the Second Hokage, who developed the Reanimation ninjutsu, and let them see your current appearance, even they would be dumbfounded!

However, thinking that the other party was, after all, that Great Toad Immortal, Jiraiya was not surprised; compared to being able to live for thousands of years, turning into a soul after death and still being able to float around was not something hard to accept.

There were some ordinary residents living there, but because of the environment, most were tribes of a few thousand people, isolated from each other by hundreds of kilometers of wild desert, so they did not develop into countries, and ninjas rarely appeared.

"That's a strange thing to say; I remember that your Konoha also has a ninjutsu like Reanimation, right? Since that's the case, why are you making such a fuss about my soul being able to speak?"

"No... it's not... Immortal, you... you've become a soul, and you can still talk!"

"Wait a moment, Great Toad Immortal..."

Beyond that one-third, there were various kinds of desolate terrain, mostly deserts and wilderness with few resources and few plants or animals; its level of barrenness even exceeded that of the Land of Wind, only forming oases similar to a Blessed Land in certain places.

"Alright, the matters have all been entrusted, and it is about time for me to go to the Pure Land. From now on, Mount Myoboku will be left to Fukasaku to manage."

Fine, this was indeed nothing to make a fuss about—as if!! Which ninja, after dying, could directly use their soul to speak!

"This battle will likely determine the future of the entire Ninja World; it is simply like a reappearance of the battle between the God of Shinobi, the First Hokage, and the Ninja World Asura, Madara Uchiha!"

"Don't worry, Teacher Jiraiya, I can feel my current power; even if I encounter that Uchiha Feiyu, I have an absolute chance of winning!"

"However, with Nagato's current power, he should be able to contend with him. Ah... time is up, an old friend has started urging me to go to the Pure Land, so let's stop here for now!"

Mount Myoboku was located roughly at the end of this desolate land; according to Uchiha Feiyu's speculation, this desolate region was likely where the God Tree originally grew, and it was precisely because the God Tree drained the planet's energy that this place became such a harsh environment.

Facing this kind of desolate region, Uchiha Feiyu had no other way but to follow the coordinates and search slowly.

Although he possessed the memories of Immortal Shima, in reality, this Toad Immortal had no experience traveling from Mount Myoboku to the Ninja World—with the Summoning Technique, these toads were not idle, so naturally, they would not waste their energy.

Therefore, even with Uchiha Feiyu's abilities, it took him nearly ten days of stumbling before he finally found the vicinity of Maze Mountain, where Mount Myoboku was located.

The outer perimeter of Mount Myoboku was also set with a Barrier, and over the course of thousands of years, the Barrier had been modified several times, having completely integrated into the mountain's terrain; it could be called a work of supernatural craftsmanship, and its defensive capabilities far exceeded those of an ordinary Ninja Village.

This was a complete crushing of a Ninja Village by a Summoning Sage Region in terms of historical foundation; after all, the rise of Ninja Villages had only been a matter of decades, while the Three Great Sage Regions had already stood in the Ninja World for thousands of years. Through continuous reinforcement and improvement over the years, the Three Great Sage Regions had almost completely become otherworldly.

Through normal methods, even if all the ninjas in the Ninja World were called over, they would not be able to invade any of the Sage Regions. Fortunately, Uchiha Feiyu possessed the memories of Immortal Shima, and his own strength crushed the Ninja World, so he very easily found a node where the Barrier's power flowed, and after destroying it, he took advantage of this gap to enter Mount Myoboku.

"The Natural Energy here... seems to have been modified by these toads."

Stepping into the Mount Myoboku Sage Region, Uchiha Feiyu's first feeling was the incomparably dense Natural Energy, but this Natural Energy seemed to be mixed with some kind of impurity, making one feel very uncomfortable.

"Croak! Who are you! Are you a ninja from the outside? Why have you suddenly come to Mount Myoboku?"

A toad the size of a millstone swallowed a half-meter-long insect in its mouth, jumped in front of Uchiha Feiyu, and asked with a curious look.

Glancing at the toad in front of him, this toad not only wore clothes but even had some decorations on its face; clearly, these toads of Mount Myoboku had been somewhat assimilated by humans.

Among the Three Great Sage Regions, it seemed that only the toads of Mount Myoboku liked to wear clothes and dress up, and even use human weapons; on one hand, these toads' combat power with bare hands was truly mediocre, and on the other hand, it was a manifestation of these toads being friendly with humans and being assimilated by them.

Uchiha Feiyu glanced at the toad that had jumped in front of him, chuckled, and without offering any explanation, flicked his finger.

Electric light, condensed like a sharp needle, gushed out from Uchiha Feiyu's fingertip and directly pierced the center of the toad's brow; with a 'bang', it pierced a large hole through its brow.

That toad opened its mouth, seemingly wanting to say something more, but ultimately fell to the ground powerlessly, with blood and pale yellow brains flowing out.

A faint smell of blood and burnt odor permeated the air, but Uchiha Feiyu did not care much; he simply reached out a hand and scooped, and a toad's soul appeared in his hand.

"Let me see where Jiraiya and Nagato are now... Hmm?! The Great Toad Immortal is dead!"

"To actually die from passing on power? This feels a bit ominous!"

Uchiha Feiyu narrowed his eyes, a look of caution appearing on his face. The Great Toad Immortal had never made a move in the original manga, and Uchiha Feiyu did not know his strength, but even calculating just from the age he had lived and the chakra he possessed, he was definitely an existence that exceeded ordinary Tailed Beasts.

Furthermore, this old toad had many trump cards in his hand; he even managed to seal Kaguya Hime back then—although it was the Sage of Six Paths' brothers who did the deed, clearly Gama Maru also occupied at least thirty percent of the credit for the sealing of Kaguya Hime.

For such a toad to use his own old life to help Nagato upgrade, Uchiha Feiyu would not think this was a useless effort; the current Nagato might truly be capable of posing a threat to him.

"And... passing on power is not just a skill exclusive to that old toad..."

Thinking of the original work, where Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha, who had clearly been knocked down, were not only resurrected but also strengthened by the Sage of Six Paths' remote transmission of power, Uchiha Feiyu understood very clearly that if he really pushed Uzumaki Nagato to the limit, it was hard to say whether the Sage of Six Paths would come to perform a remote power transmission.

Now that Ashura and Indra were both finished, the only one in the entire Ninja World who could have a connection with the Sage of Six Paths was Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan.

After all, the Rinnegan itself was a miracle that appeared when Ashura and Indra's chakra fused, triggering the power of the Sage of Six Paths; to say that the Sage of Six Paths had no way to transmit power along that connection would be the real strange thing.

Just as Uchiha Feiyu was thinking, a massive chakra fluctuation erupted instantly from the palace in the center of Mount Myoboku, causing Uchiha Feiyu's expression to change slightly.

"Tsk... he really has become quite a bit stronger..."

Feeling the chakra erupting from Nagato, although there was still a gap compared to himself, it could barely be considered the same level, and Uchiha Feiyu suddenly felt a bit of a headache.

Do not look at the effort of these past few years; Uchiha Feiyu manipulated the four Great Ninja Villages from the shadows and acted extremely arrogantly, all because Uchiha Feiyu knew very well that his strength was a dimensional strike against the current Ninja World, and even if he were exposed, at worst he would just flatten everything in his path, turning a long-term plan into a one-time harvest.

But if he were facing a formidable enemy of his own level... do not forget how insidious and cautious Uchiha Feiyu acted during the Ninja World War!

In the palace where the Great Toad Immortal originally resided was the hub of the entire Mount Myoboku Barrier, and almost the moment the barrier encountered a problem, this control hub issued an alarm.

At this moment, the toad in charge of Mount Myoboku was Immortal Fukasaku, and the moment he received the alarm, he reported the news to Nagato, who also erupted with his full chakra without hesitation, sweeping across the entire Mount Myoboku.

"I sense it, it's right there! That guy Uchiha Feiyu has finally appeared!"

As soon as the words fell, Nagato had already flown into the sky, flying at high speed toward the direction he had sensed.

Uchiha Feiyu frowned slightly and looked at Nagato, who was flying toward him, as his body once again erupted with a Wei Zhuang Susanoo flickering with Lightning, while simultaneously, a Black Blade slowly formed in his hand.

As soon as the Black Blade took shape, the energy of the Susanoo crawled onto it, and the blade immediately turned into a divine weapon flickering with electric light; clearly, the current Uchiha Feiyu was fully prepared for battle.

"Uchiha Feiyu!!"

Following Nagato's shout, massive chakra erupted from his body, forming energy ribs around him, evolving into an energy skeleton, and subsequently growing full of chakra muscles to form an external armor...

"This is Susanoo?! This guy can actually still use the abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

Watching Nagato's performance, Uchiha Feiyu immediately revealed a look of surprise; one must know that Nagato was not the original owner of the Rinnegan, and theoretically, the power of Susanoo was also hidden within the Rinnegan, but Nagato, who could not control the Rinnegan, certainly should not have been able to use this Mangekyo-stage ability.

"Unless this guy has already been able to completely control the power of the Rinnegan; in other words, this pair of Rinnegan has already been completely claimed by Nagato for his own use!"

Just as Uchiha Feiyu was still thinking, the giant Susanoo had already flown nearby, and the long blade formed by chakra energy slashed down directly at his head!

Facing the massive chakra long blade, Uchiha Feiyu merely raised the weapon in his own hand, and the two long blades, one large and one small with a stark visual contrast, collided instantly.

However, the result of the collision did not match the visual effect; the Black Blade, less than two meters long, easily blocked the chakra long blade that was dozens of meters long, and although the ground beneath Uchiha Feiyu's feet cracked with countless fissures, he himself did not retreat a single step.

(End of this chapter)