Chapter 159: Oborotsuki Sealed? Plan to Seize the Gedo Statue!
Seeing that Oborotsuki could actually ignore his ultimate technique, the Deva Path's expression finally turned grave.
In the blink of an eye, the Preta Path had been eliminated.
Only five Paths remained out of six.
"Your strength… has grown again…"
The Deva Path pressed down coldly on Oborotsuki, his raised left palm still aimed at the target.
He was counting down.
Almighty Push had a built-in five-second internal cooldown after every use.
During that window, the Deva Path was unable to launch any attacks.
"Finishing you off instantly should still be impossible, right?"
Oborotsuki grinned mockingly, then suddenly vanished from the enemy's sight.
The Deva Path's eyes narrowed slightly as the target disappeared without a trace.
"First, deal with you!"
Oborotsuki abruptly reappeared behind the Naraka Path like a ghost.
His Decapitation Greatsword showed no mercy as it came slashing down.
He prioritized eliminating the Naraka Path because this one had the ability to infinitely revive the other Paths.
If he didn't take it out first, the fight would become far more troublesome.
BOOM!
As a support Path, the Naraka Path naturally stood no chance against a versatile fighter like Oborotsuki.
In a single exchange, it was successfully destroyed.
The body was cleaved in two by the Decapitation Greatsword and—upon hitting the ground—was blasted apart by the residual shockwave.
"Now you can't revive your comrades anymore…"
Oborotsuki chuckled darkly and activated Flying Thunder God, preparing to target the next opponent.
But at that moment, a terrifying, immense force suddenly struck from behind, locking his body in place.
"Chibaku Tensei!!"
The Deva Path was ruthless and decisive in battle.
The moment he realized Oborotsuki's strength had grown far beyond before—becoming increasingly overwhelming—he understood that ordinary attacks were no longer effective.
The only way to defeat this man might be to seal him.
Taking advantage of Almighty Attraction to firmly bind Oborotsuki, the Deva Path spread both hands and hurled out a highly compressed black chakra sphere.
As the black sphere flew forward, the surroundings immediately reacted.
The ground rumbled violently.
The sky darkened. Within a radius of hundreds of meters centered on the black sphere, an invisible, intangible special force field appeared.
Everything within that field—every object—was rapidly drawn toward the black sphere in the sky.
Amidst earth-shattering sounds, countless boulders, massive tree trunks, roots, soil, dust—everything—converged at high speed to form a gigantic, crude sphere.
Oborotsuki, caught at the very center, was inevitably pulled in by the technique's power and firmly adsorbed to the black sphere, unable to move.
Bang—
Thud!
Oborotsuki was dragged by the force of the true Chibaku Tensei, rapidly approaching the black chakra sphere in the sky before being locked in place.
In the blink of an eye, he was completely engulfed and sealed by chaotic rocks, soil, and debris.
But the sealing continued.
Boulders, dirt, trees, and all manner of miscellaneous objects gathered and, under the terrifying omnipresent crushing pressure, rapidly compressed.
Finally, they formed a perfectly round, enormous sphere suspended in midair.
The black sphere continued to expand and swell.
In no time at all, its diameter exceeded one kilometer.
"This time… the biggest threat has been dealt with…"
"Cough cough cough…"
While the Deva Path muttered to himself under Nagato's control, far away, Uzumaki Nagato—who was controlling the Six Paths through his Rinnegan—coughed weakly and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
In recent years, his body had grown steadily worse due to overuse of the Rinnegan.
Now, every time he controlled the Six Paths to fight Oborotsuki, it placed an enormous burden on Nagato's body.
"As expected of the Rinnegan's power."
"This time, Hōzuki Oborotsuki won't be getting out."
As Nagato coughed up blood, the ground beside him suddenly rippled.
Black Zetsu slowly emerged—half his body growing out of the earth like a plant. As soon as he appeared, he began praising Nagato.
"Taking care of that kid Hōzuki Oborotsuki means we can move on Kirigakure next."
Black Zetsu added.
Nagato didn't respond.
He felt extremely unwell right now, as though his body was on the verge of collapse.
Nagato knew very well that if he continued consuming himself at this rate, he wouldn't last much longer.
But for the sake of Akatsuki's grand plan, Nagato was willing to sacrifice himself completely.
"Then let's prepare to head to Kirigakure…"
He replied calmly.
Behind him, a sharp glint flashed through Black Zetsu's eyes.
Fortunately, Nagato had managed to defeat and seal Oborotsuki this time—otherwise Black Zetsu would sooner or later have needed to possess Nagato's body.
Then, using this man's Rinnegan power, he would revive the true Uchiha Madara.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi plan absolutely could not be allowed to fail!
Reviving his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, was imperative!
…
Inside the massive sphere created by Chibaku Tensei, boundless darkness enveloped Oborotsuki.
Right now, all his enemies believed he had been completely eliminated and sealed away.
In reality, Oborotsuki was perfectly fine.
When the Deva Path used that technique, Oborotsuki's Izanagi still had two or three seconds of duration left.
Thus, the true Chibaku Tensei—which had consumed more than half of Nagato's chakra—had sealed nothing at all.
The moment all the debris converged, every sealing effect on Oborotsuki was automatically converted into dream and completely nullified.
He was simply cooperating with the enemy's performance for now.
When reality became dream and his Eternal Mangekyō Izanagi entered cooldown, Oborotsuki wasn't in a hurry to break out and fight.
Instead, he waited for the cooldown to finish.
Additionally, he wanted to observe what Obito and Black Zetsu would do next after seeing him "defeated."
The best outcome would be if they took both him and the Eight-Tails back to wherever they were sealing the Gedo Statue.
That way, Oborotsuki could conveniently seize the Gedo Statue as well.
With everything planned out, Oborotsuki calmly lay down inside the massive sphere, waiting for his enemies to follow the script he had set.
Outside, after believing the greatest threat had been neutralized, the Deva Path—under Nagato's control—joined forces with Kakuzu to launch a full assault on the Eight-Tails jinchūriki, Killer Bee.
Initially, Killer Bee held a slight advantage against Kakuzu alone.
But the moment the Deva Path joined in, he quickly fell behind and—without surprise—was captured alive.
"It seems capturing the Eight-Tails went very smoothly."
"Then next—seal the Eight-Tails first, then head to Kirigakure to collect the remaining tailed beasts."
Obito finally revealed himself and issued orders to the others.
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