Chapter 189: The Beginning of the Battle

When Uchiha Feiyu left Konoha Prison, his original pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone had grown from the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old to that of a ten-year-old.

Subsequently, he visited the Sand Ninja Village, Mist Ninja Village, and Cloud Ninja Village in turn, absorbing the chakra and various energies within those four Hunyuan Treasure Boxes, allowing his pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone to stabilize at the state of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old.

In fact, after being tempered by the Shenzong Demon Sect Cultivation Method, this pure-blooded Otsutsuki Clone of Uchiha Feiyu could definitely be considered top-tier among the Otsutsuki Clan in terms of talent.

In the Xianhu World, those Innate God and Demon clones that were cultivated, if they did not reach the final step and evolve by mixing multiple Innate God and Demon bloodlines, could generally only be considered individuals with relatively poor talent compared to the original Innate Gods and Demons.

However, not to mention that the potential of Innate Gods and Demons already exceeds that of the Otsutsuki Clan, the Innate Gods and Demons of the Xianhu World also cultivated properly, and they were much stronger than these Otsutsuki fellows who only knew how to eat fruit.

The cultivation method used to temper the Innate God and Demon bloodline, when converted to the Otsutsuki Clan, instead increased the purity of the Otsutsuki Clan's bloodline; it could be said to be an existence even more pure-blooded and powerful than the real Otsutsuki.

However, Uchiha Feiyu also vaguely felt that this method of Shenzong Demon Sect for refining bloodlines likely had a certain upper limit. For weak bloodlines, it could not only cultivate them to a complete degree but also provide some optimization; but for powerful bloodlines that exceeded the power of the Innate Gods and Demons of the Xianhu World, the effect would likely be much weaker.

You couldn't just find any member of the Wu Clan from the Primordial World, have them cultivate it, and turn them into Pangu! If they truly had that ability, the Shenzong Demon Sect would have long since unified the world in the Xianhu World and would not have been ranked below those Qi Refiners and Buddhist experts.

Of course, regardless of the upper limit of the Shenzong Demon Sect Cultivation Method, it was meaningless to the current Uchiha Feiyu, because the Otsutsuki bloodline clearly did not reach the upper limit of the Shenzong Demon Sect, and was even quite far from it.

"Wood Clone Technique!"

Yet, against an S-Rank Ninjutsu of this level, Uchiha Feiyu could defend steadily even without using any abilities, relying solely on his physical body, which showed just what level his physical strength had reached.

The Truth-Seeking Ball can decompose all things; of course, this thing certainly has a limit, but although Uchiha Feiyu's current physical fitness is very high, he did not dare to rashly use such a terrifying thing to test himself.

The separated clone struck Uchiha Feiyu's chest with a Chidori, but it only left a scorch mark on Uchiha Feiyu's clothes. This time, Uchiha Feiyu did not use the ability to absorb ninjutsu, nor did he use any Lightning Release Chakra Mode; he purely relied on his body to withstand the A-Rank Ninjutsu.

And if it were Uchiha Feiyu...

The steel mountain was fine, but the unlucky one was naturally the clone using the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. The violent reaction force instantly shattered the hand he used for the Hell Stab, causing it to crumble into fragments. In mid-air, the flesh and blood transformed into wood, and those fragments were like shrapnel from a grenade explosion, leaving the surrounding rocky ground pockmarked.

On the outskirts of the Ninja World, in a completely desolate mountain range made of stone, Uchiha Feiyu casually swung his fist, and the terrifying fist whipped up a storm, directly leveling a mountain peak over a hundred meters high in front of him.

After completely fusing all the chakra, blood energy, and soul power collected over these years, Uchiha Feiyu could also feel that his own chakra volume had almost skyrocketed tenfold, and his physical fitness and soul power had likely increased even more.

"Lightning Release Chakra Mode—Hell Stab, One-Finger Nukite!"

The Hell Stab, One-Finger Nukite, had the reputation of being the "Strongest Spear" before the Ninja World descended into chaos and the Otsutsuki immortals began fighting. In terms of pure physical damage, it was the best in the Ninja World at the time, and even ordinary S-Rank Ninjutsu were several notches inferior to it.

"Very good... If I add the Immortal Art Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the defense of the Wei Zhuang Susanoo... apart from things like the Truth-Seeking Ball, even ordinary Six Paths Level ninjutsu cannot harm me!"

"Among A-Rank Ninjutsu, Chidori is already considered the one with the strongest cutting power, and it still can't cause me any damage? Then let's try another one..."

Retracting his fist, Uchiha Feiyu looked at the mountains he had hammered flat; nearly half of the original stone mountain range had been turned into a plain by his fists.

One could see from Madara Uchiha's performance in that battle against Might Guy, who had opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation, that the vast majority of members of the Otsutsuki Clan were far inferior in pure strength, speed, and physique compared to their various abilities.

To a certain extent, the Otsutsuki were like most ninjas—"glass cannons" with high attack and low defense, whose defensive power was far inferior to their attack power.

It was only because they had high immunity to chakra due to their own authority that ordinary ninjas' ninjutsu were ineffective against them, allowing these Otsutsuki to completely ignore the attacks of cannon fodder and appear so high and mighty.

With a crack, the broken wood flew everywhere, directly piercing the nearby rocks. The Hell Stab, which had been flashing with lightning like a meteor spear, felt as if a glass sword had struck a steel mountain when it collided with Uchiha Feiyu's chest.

Even for the so-called pure-blooded Otsutsuki, their strength lay in their massive chakra and various incredible ninjutsu, but in terms of basic physical fitness, while members of the Otsutsuki Clan were far superior to ordinary ninjas, they were definitely no match for Uchiha Feiyu's current performance.

"Lightning Release—Chidori!"

If the authority of these Otsutsuki were sealed and they lost their immunity to ordinary chakra ninjutsu, those weaker Otsutsuki might even be surrounded and killed by ordinary ninjas.

Of course, the power of the Truth-Seeking Ball is strong, but its attack speed is not fast, and Uchiha Feiyu himself can also create Truth-Seeking Balls, which can completely cancel out the opponent's Truth-Seeking Balls.

Without things like the Truth-Seeking Ball, the ninjutsu Nagato knew basically could not break Uchiha Feiyu's defense, and the only slightly powerful ninjutsu, Takamagahara, was still a restrictive ninjutsu.

This kind of ninjutsu would indeed significantly reduce Uchiha Feiyu's speed, and once speed slowed down, power would also decrease proportionally—but the problem was that even if Uchiha Feiyu's speed and power were reduced now, he could still beat Might Guy, who had opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation, to death; killing a Nagato with no close-combat skills would be absolutely effortless.

"It seems this time... I can have a real life-and-death battle with Nagato!"

After making the decision, Uchiha Feiyu did not hesitate much and directly began to prepare the battlefield here to kill Nagato.

Eight years had passed, and the Akatsuki organization had gradually developed and grown, almost becoming a platform among the Five Great Nations, and it even had the title of the Sixth Great Ninja Village in the Ninja World.

All of this was naturally inseparable from Nagato, who worked hard for his ideals. Relying on his own powerful strength and the support of Iwagakure, Nagato not only established a platform for the Five Great Nations to coexist peacefully but also led the members of the Akatsuki organization to tirelessly quell one chaotic situation after another in the Five Great Nations.

Ordinary people in the Five Great Nations had now completely awakened chakra; most were at a level slightly inferior to even a Ninja Academy Student, but within a base of tens or even hundreds of millions, many geniuses were bound to emerge from among the civilians.

After these people gained power, some remained law-abiding, while others wanted to fight for a place in the world. Most of these civilian geniuses were taken in by the Ninja Villages, but some relied on their own strength to stir up trouble, coveting things that could be obtained without effort.

Under such a massive base, even if the number of civilian geniuses with ulterior motives was small, there were at least thousands in each country, and they were all causing trouble in different places. Even if the major Ninja Villages tried hard to suppress them, they were sometimes stretched thin, and this was when the Akatsuki organization came into play.

After a few interventions, Nagato's peerless power had already shocked all the ninjas, and it made all the civilian geniuses think twice before causing trouble—just go and look at the terrain destroyed by the Akatsuki leader's one Shinra Tensei! If you don't have that ability, then don't go against the Five Great Nations.

Most importantly, the Akatsuki organization was not a mercenary organization like the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but rather more like a half-mercenary, half-voluntary charitable organization. Many things the Five Great Shinobi Villages would not manage unless hired, but the Akatsuki organization would truly organize justice.

This was precisely why Nagato's reputation soared among the Five Great Nations. At the same time, the number of people in the Akatsuki organization had grown from just over a hundred at the beginning to nearly tens of thousands now.

Although the vast majority were just making up the numbers and were far inferior to the elites in the Ninja Villages in terms of strength, even if it was just relying on numbers to build momentum, the current Akatsuki organization was indeed second only to the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Over the eight years, Uzumaki Nagato had been busy running back and forth. At first, he was busy putting out fires everywhere. As his strength and prestige grew, he became increasingly powerful against those civilians who had awakened chakra. Although the fire-fighting tasks decreased, the number of people joining the Akatsuki organization increased, and he began to be busy dealing with the internal affairs of the Akatsuki organization.

Compared to the Five Great Shinobi Villages, which had long since developed stably, the Akatsuki organization was a completely emerging force. Without any experience, leading an organization of tens of thousands of super-powered individuals naturally left him with a thousand things to do at the beginning.

In recent years, Nagato had even been so busy that he had put aside the matter of hunting down and finding Uchiha Feiyu. He only mentioned it to the Akatsuki members below and the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and did not pay much attention to it—there were simply too many things to deal with, leaving him unable to spare the time.

The Shadow Clone Jutsu was not something any ordinary person could use. Only someone thick-skinned like Uzumaki Naruto could create so many clones without suffering a mental breakdown. Nagato appeared arrogant, but in reality, he was sensitive and persistent. If he really tried to play with Shadow Clones like Uzumaki Naruto, he would surely suffer a mental breakdown.

On this day, Nagato was still dealing with the endless documents of the Akatsuki organization as usual, when Konan pushed open the door and walked in.

"Nagato, there is news!"

Nagato, who was processing documents, raised his head, his face still carrying a hint of confusion:

"There is news? What news? Is the Akatsuki organization's prison allowed to be established? Or has the result of the handling of those Land of Earth rebels come down?"

"It's not that news, Nagato. I think you've almost gone stupid!"

Konan shook her head with a bitter smile, then said:

"The news I'm talking about is that there is news about that Uchiha Feiyu!"

"Uchiha Feiyu? He has finally appeared! Where is he!?"

Hearing the news about Uchiha Feiyu, Nagato could no longer sit still and stood up directly, a serious expression appearing in his eyes.

Although Nagato himself had not spent much time searching for Uchiha Feiyu due to his busy schedule, the matter of finding Uchiha Feiyu had always been kept in Nagato's heart as the most important thing of all.

After all—his good friend and guiding light, Yahiko, had died at the hands of Uchiha Feiyu. Besides that, the Great Toad Sage who passed on his techniques had his entire clan destroyed by Uchiha Feiyu, his teacher Jiraiya had also been killed by Uchiha Feiyu, and the Akatsuki organization, which had just begun to develop, had been half-destroyed by the aftermath of the battle during Uchiha Feiyu's sudden attack...

With one thing after another added together, for Nagato, the hatred between him and Uchiha Feiyu could no longer be resolved. Coupled with the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage and the entrustment of the Sage of Six Paths, it was almost destined that only one of them could survive.

"According to intelligence, the place where Uchiha Feiyu has appeared now is already beyond the Ninja World, roughly several hundred kilometers away from the Land of Wind!"

Hearing Konan's words, Nagato nodded:

"Just as I expected, even with the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Akatsuki organization combined, we cannot find a trace of him; the only possibility is that he is hiding outside the Ninja World."

Konan lowered her eyes slightly; she knew very well that Nagato's guess was ridiculously wrong. The reason they hadn't found Uchiha Feiyu was simply because four of the Five Great Ninja Villages were actually secretly controlled by Uchiha Feiyu, and even within the Akatsuki organization, there was a high-level mole like herself, second only to Nagato.

Under these circumstances, it would be a complete anomaly if Nagato could find Uchiha Feiyu; among the Five Great Ninja Villages plus the Akatsuki organization, only Iwagakure was actually putting in the effort.

Thinking of this, a look of pity flashed in Konan's eyes. She knew very well that Uchiha Feiyu had long since known all of Nagato's intelligence, and since he had openly exposed his location this time, he must be certain of defeating or even killing Nagato.

(End of this chapter)