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However, he seemed to have forgotten that Minato was not the only one present; there was also Shinichi Hyuga, who possessed the Byakugan and had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique!
The chameleon silently approached Minato and Konan from behind, and just as it was about to attack Minato, Shinichi Hyuga suddenly appeared behind Minato Namikaze.
He and Minato marked each other with their signatures, allowing them to arrive at each other's locations immediately. They were already prepared before the battle even began.
Shinichi Hyuga arrived last and struck first. With the Six Gates empowered, he directly swung his empty palm at the transparent chameleon. A terrifying torrent of chakra poured out, directly blasting the chameleon's head. Its power was even comparable to Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum Strike.
"Bang!!!!"
As the summoning beast was killed by Shinichi Hyuga with a single blow, its head shattered and blood spurted out, Nagato, who was enveloped by Black Zetsu, also flipped out, instantly tumbling backward for more than ten meters. In mid-air, he waved his hand at the chameleon's corpse and used Universal Pull to transport the huge corpse and smash it down on Shinichi Hyuga and Minato.
Using the attack as cover, Black Zetsu, after landing, had no intention of lingering in the fight. While forming hand seals to summon a summoning beast to delay the enemy's pursuit, he ran wildly out of the city, intending to escape the battlefield.
Shinichi Hyuga and Minato had already guessed each other's intentions. After Minato and Konan dodged the chameleon corpse that was being thrown at them with a teleportation technique, they quickly chased after Nagato.
Shinichi Hyuga was only half a body length slower than Minato. As he pursued, he conjured a black rod in his hand and then, like throwing a javelin, shot it directly at Nagato's back.
As Black Zetsu ran, he heard a whooshing sound behind him. When he turned his head to look back, his expression changed slightly.
"Troublesome guy..."
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The whistling sound of the black rods shooting towards him instantly caught Zetsu's attention. In order not to affect his escape speed, Black Zetsu controlled Nagato to leap into the air, dodging the attack while using the Universal Pull to point at a tall tower building in the distance.
After being pulled by the Universal Pull, the tower began to collapse rapidly. As Nagato's figure glided past the tower, it immediately topped over, blocking the path of Minato and Shinichi Hyuga's pursuit.
At the same time, the black rod that Shinichi shot out also instantly pierced through the building, changed direction, and was driven diagonally into the ground.
Black Zetsu sensed that the threat behind him had disappeared, and even had time to look back at the results of his interception while gliding forward.
"Humph!"
Seeing the toppled tower blocking the road, he let out a smug snort.
However, Black Zetsu's smug expression didn't last long. A Tailed Beast Ball blasted directly onto the other side of the tower, and a deafening roar came from behind Nagato. The iron tower blocking the way was instantly blasted in two by the Tailed Beast Ball.
The Tailed Beast Ball that shattered the iron tower did not explode; instead, it pointed directly at Nagato, who was gliding rapidly ahead.
Upon seeing this terrifying attack, Black Zetsu's expression changed instantly, but soon, a mocking smile appeared on one corner of his mouth:
"Mudada!"
The Tailed Beast Ball... Black Zetsu was genuinely surprised that the enemy could unleash such an attack, but that was only a slight surprise; such an attack posed no real threat to him.
The Hungry Ghost Path activated its power, and a transparent barrier appeared behind Nagato, firmly protecting him within it.
As the Tailed Beast Ball rapidly approached and struck the Preta Path's protective barrier, the terrifying chakra contained within was quickly absorbed by Nagato.
However, just as the chakra contained in the Tailed Beast Ball was about to be completely absorbed, another Tailed Beast Ball shot out from behind.
The previous Tailed Beast Ball had just been absorbed when a new one approached Nagato from behind, its menacing appearance amusing Black Zetsu.
"Hahaha!"
"Is that guy an idiot?"
"I told you, it's no use!"
The protective barrier of the Preta Path remained activated, and the new Tailed Beast Ball struck the barrier directly in Black Zetsu's sight.
The absorption of chakra went smoothly at first, but this smoothness lasted only a moment. The Tailed Beast Ball suddenly turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared before Black Zetsu's eyes.
Instead, Shinichi Hyuga wields a sharp black rod.
The barrier of the Hungry Ghost Path was completely ineffective against Shinichi's attack. The black rod instantly passed through the barrier and pierced directly into Nagato's back.
Shinichi Hyuga showed absolutely no mercy; every move he made was a deadly strike aimed at vital points.
"what?!"
Black Zetsu never expected that the second Tailed Beast Ball that was shot at him was actually fake; it was actually a Tailed Beast Ball that Shinichi Hyuga had created using his Transformation Technique.
After the transformation ended, Shinichi Hyuga's true form appeared and launched a fatal attack on Nagato.
As Shinichi Hyuga landed on Nagato's back, Nagato, who was gliding in mid-air, could no longer maintain his balance and plummeted downwards.
"boom!!!!"
Shinichi Hyuga stepped on Nagato's spine, gently twisting the black staff in his hand, and the three of them plummeted towards the ground.
"Shinra Tenzheng!"
"Boom!!"
Just as his body was about to make close contact with the ground, Black Zetsu directly controlled Nagato to unleash Shinra Tensei, which had already "cooled down".
The terrifying repulsive force exploded around him, affecting Shinichi Hyuga as well. Without thinking, he immediately released his grip on the black rod, letting the power of Shinra Tensei pour onto his body, and rapidly retreated in the direction of the repulsive force.
Nagato also managed to stop his descent, bouncing off the ground and gliding forward at high speed along the ground once again.
Using the force of his dive landing and the rebound from Shinra Tenshin's gliding motion, Nagato was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, he had already crossed the towering coastal wall of the ninja village, successfully leaving the territory of Amegakure and entering the vast ocean.
"Well?"
However, the moment Black Zetsu, who was on the run, scaled the high wall and left Amegakure, he suddenly felt his control over Nagato weaken abruptly.
Nagato briefly regained control of the body, though it was quickly taken back by his opponent. This brief struggle for control caused Nagato's body to fall uncontrollably downwards.
By the time Black Zetsu regained control, Nagato had already fallen into the sea and lost all speed.
As Black Zetsu manipulated his body to rise from the sea, he suddenly felt that feeling of being out of control return.
"what happened?!"
Black Zetsu was unaware of what had happened, and judging from Nagato's state, Nagato seemed equally oblivious. Carefully sensing everything within Nagato's body, Black Zetsu suddenly detected a foreign chakra invading Nagato's body.
This chakra is very powerful, even... more powerful than Nagato's chakra.
"Where did it come from?"
As this question arose in his mind, Black Zetsu also instantly noticed the black rod that was stuck in Nagato's back.
The black rod pierced Nagato's heart, but thanks to Zetsu's immense vitality, even this fatal wound didn't significantly affect Nagato's movements. At this moment, Nagato's body was essentially Zetsu's puppet; no matter what damage his body suffered, Zetsu could control it.
However, when Zetsu sensed the alien chakra being transmitted from the black rod, he was still alarmed.
He had initially assumed that Shinichi Hyuga had chosen those weapons because he had picked them up during his previous battle with Pain, but now it seemed that these black rods were clearly a product of the opponent's ninjutsu.
The enemy is using that black rod that can conduct chakra to fight him for control of Nagato's body.
If we add Nagato's own will to that, there are now three forces vying for control of his body.
Nagato was able to briefly control his body just now because the clash between the two forces gave him an opportunity.
Black Zetsu didn't give Shinichi Hyuga a chance to exert sustained influence. After noticing the abnormality of the black rod, he quickly pulled it away from Nagato's vest and threw it into the sea.
However, before Black Zetsu could catch his breath, Shinichi Hyuga's figure suddenly appeared above the black rod as it fell into the sea.
Out of the corner of his eye, Black Zetsu caught a glimpse of Shinichi Hyuga suddenly appearing, and without thinking, he quickly lowered his head.
Shinra Tensei was almost a second away from being completed, and Black Zetsu's unintentional sweep gave him a chance to survive.
As Shinichi Hyuga appeared, he conjured another black rod from his sleeve and thrust it directly at Nagato's temple. Black Zetsu's ducking allowed him to dodge Shinichi's attack.
Black Zetsu, who had successfully dodged Shinichi Hyuga's attack, was now feeling a chill run down his spine... Even someone like him couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear.
"Shinra Tenzheng!!!"
In the instant he dodged the attack, Black Zetsu made no attempt to hold back and immediately used Shinra Tensei.
Although Nagato now possesses all six paths, his only effective means of stopping Shinichi Hyuga's attacks, given Hyuga's terrifying taijutsu abilities, is Shinra Tensei.
The other techniques were not very useful against Shinichi Hyuga. The only technique that could occasionally be effective was the ability of the Preta Path to absorb ninjutsu.
However, the opponent seems to have a deep understanding of Nagato, and the tactics and strategies they devised are more or less targeted at the characteristics of the Hungry Ghost Path.
Aside from feints and physical attacks, the power of the Hungry Ghost Path is difficult to unleash.
Moreover, for Nagato, Shinichi Hyuga's close-range attacks after closing the distance with the Flying Thunder God Technique are the most threatening attack methods for him.
His enemy's physical skills were far superior to his; being able to get close meant certain defeat.
Nagato understood this, and Black Zetsu naturally understood it as well. Therefore, whenever Shinichi Hyuga got close, he would not hesitate to use Shinra Tensei to create space for himself.
Now that the battle has progressed this far, Black Zetsu has no chance of defeating the enemy by relying on Shinra Tensei.
The Shinra Tensei technique has both prominent advantages and disadvantages; its power is even stronger when used defensively than offensively.
Shinichi Hyuga had been repeatedly repelled by Shinra Tensei several times, but the damage was almost negligible to him.
The true damage from Shinra Tensei is the "fall injury" inflicted when the enemy lands after being launched into the air. However, since Shinichi Hyuga possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, the so-called "fall injury" simply does not exist.
In reality, Shinra Tensei is actually a defensive technique, while Bansho Ten'in is the offensive ninjutsu.
Now, neither Shinra Tensei nor Bansho Ten'in can bring about the decisive effect in the battle.
The repulsive force was once again poured onto Shinichi Hyuga's body, and he was once again thrown back as he launched his attack. However, just as Shinichi Hyuga's body began to "launch" backward, Minato Namikaze suddenly emerged from the void.
With a kunai in his hand, Minato raised his sword and slashed directly at Nagato, who had just straightened up and was about to get up.
He attacked the right half of the body that was covered by Black Zetsu.
The power of Shinra Tensei was entirely focused on Shinichi Hyuga, while Minato Namikaze, who had just jumped out of the alternate dimension, was completely unaffected.