"Despair?"
Nagato raised his head in disbelief, looking at the dark shadow slowly falling from the sky. At this moment, he seemed to understand what this guy meant.
Meteorite!
A giant meteorite was descending from the sky, engulfing him and the Gedo Statue.
Feeling the incomparable pressure, Nagato truly began to doubt.
"Is he a god?"
God, that had always been his definition of himself.
But at this moment, he felt that he was not a god at all. The true god was the guy flying in the sky.
"What exactly is this thing?"
"What kind of battle is this?"
"How could this be?"
Meanwhile, in Konoha, the Konoha Ninja who had just finished their arduous battle successively arrived at the village entrance, or stood on Konoha's towering city walls.
The original battle had already exceeded their comprehension. Perhaps only those who had experienced the Nine-Tails incident could roughly guess something.
And this was already extraordinarily outrageous, but what was all that compared to now?
Looking at the continuously falling meteorite, all the Konoha Ninja panicked.
"Damn it, what's going on now?"
Hiruzen and others also arrived on the city wall at this time, their faces pale as they looked at the giant meteorite in the distance.
Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the three figures, trickling down their cheeks.
If this thing landed on their own village, things would probably be very, very bad.
"What exactly is going on?"
Hiruzen composed himself and asked. Kakashi ran over at this moment.
"It's that person…"
He pointed to the figure floating in the sky in the distance, and after a while, he spoke in a low voice.
"Guy and I came over after our battle ended. This meteorite was summoned by that person, and the Akatsuki was probably dealt with by him as well."
"Akatsuki?"
Hiruzen was stunned for a moment, then he nodded.
No wonder he hadn't seen anyone from the Akatsuki. So they were intercepted?
It's just…
"Who is he?"
"I know this."
Tsunade's face was also extremely grim. She stared intently at the meteorite in the distance, and spoke softly.
"Jiraiya received news from the Toad Sage, saying that… Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki has arrived."
Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki?
Upon hearing this name, Hiruzen's expression suddenly changed.
He had not only heard Chiriku's account but also knew through Jiraiya that the great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku was also greatly frightened by this name.
He paid special attention to the owner of this name, but he hadn't received much information afterward, and he hadn't even met the person.
He hadn't expected to meet him today in such a way.
"Has he become so strong that he can freely control meteorites? Is this really a human?"
Hiruzen murmured, feeling his head throb even more now.
"Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki? Who is that?"
Ōnoki naturally heard it and asked, and Genji's gaze also turned to him.
"This person…"
Hiruzen showed a helpless and complex expression. He sighed and shook his head.
"I can't explain it clearly, because the information I can get is too little, but now it seems…"
"This person has reached a level we never imagined!"
After Hiruzen finished speaking, everyone fell silent, only Takemi was somewhat amused.
After all, that was himself!
"No wonder… the Toad Sage was so worried…"
And on the ground relatively close to the battlefield, Jiraiya looked at the meteorite in the sky in horror.
At this moment, he seemed to understand something, but this only made him more terrified.
When did such a person appear in the Ninja World? Why does such an existence exist in this world?
Is this even human?
"Also… Nagato, are you his target?"
Jiraiya knew who the warring parties were. He didn't immediately understand what was going on.
But in a trance, he suddenly remembered Nagato's Rinnegan.
Could it be because of this?
"A god?"
Just as everyone was in extreme panic, Nagato suddenly clenched his fists, his Rinnegan eyes appearing incredibly resolute.
He suddenly looked up, staring at the falling meteorite in the sky, and let out a roar.
"Even if you are a so-called god, what of it?"
Amidst his roar, he forcibly controlled the Gedo Statue to stand up, then raised its hands high, seemingly intending to directly confront the meteorite.
"Even if you are a god, you cannot do as you please…" He murmured softly.
At this moment, an ancient story appeared in his memory.
The Sage of Six Paths was the one who defeated the Rabbit Goddess and sealed the Ten-Tails to save the world.
He was the inheritor of the Rinnegan, and now a so-called 'god' appeared.
Didn't this mean that he had to retrace the path the Sage of Six Paths once took, that he too had to defeat the so-called god, so that he could save this world!
"I will definitely succeed. I will become the new Sage of Six Paths and bring peace to this despairing world…"
Amidst his murmurs, he stared at the continuously falling meteorite. The next moment, he unleashed all of his Chakra.
"And the despair I've experienced, how could you possibly understand it?"
"Shinra Tensei!"
A powerful repulsive force instantly erupted at this moment, and such a massive repulsion actually caused the meteorite to pause slightly.
But the next moment, his Shinra Tensei was still crushed by the meteorite, though this did slow down and weaken the meteorite's power.
But even weakened, when the meteorite truly smashed onto the Gedo Statue, this giant beast instinctively let out a heart-wrenching roar.
"Oooooh—"
Amidst the wailing, the earth trembled violently at this moment, and cracks like deep valleys spread wildly in all directions.
The terrifying force instantly swept in all directions. Even though they had pulled back a considerable distance, it still caused Konoha's barrier to instantly begin twisting wildly.
Countless cracks, like a spider web, covered the barrier in a blink of an eye.
"Damn it, everyone prepare for defense!"
Hiruzen immediately shouted upon seeing this, but before he finished speaking, the barrier in front of him shattered like glass with a 'crack'.
Ninja Art: Flying Thunder God Barrier.
However, at this moment, Takemi's God Tree Clone suddenly moved. He formed a single hand seal, and in an instant, an invisible 'wall' appeared in front of them.
The 'wall' was covered with strange seals, and the violent forces that struck it were instantly transferred into the 'wall'.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
Everyone looked towards the distance in shock, only to see the distant mountain peaks emitting violent roars, and even more intense tremors erupting there.
The next moment, they all saw the mountain peaks collapse, and dust filled the air.
"Takemi, are you alright?"
Kakashi asked anxiously, but Takemi shook his head.
"I can hold on, but have the barrier squad quickly repair the barrier."
Takemi's God Tree Clone remained here for another purpose, which was to avoid being affected by the aftermath.
After all, his main body was going to 'strike hard'.
But just as he finished speaking, another fierce shockwave struck, and the Gedo Statue let out another roar.