Are you arrogant?
Are you conceited?
Or are you confident?
Nagato looked at the gentle-faced Sarutobi Asuma, unable to discern his thoughts or truly understand him.
"This is a great opportunity for you."
"If you kill me, your plan can proceed more smoothly."
"Or, defeat me, and I can support you, becoming your asset."
Sarutobi Asuma said, coaxing him, and then leaped into the air. "Let's go. There's a battlefield where you can unleash your full potential, and no one will disturb us."
Nagato frowned slightly but still soared up and followed.
The two flew one after another, crossing the ocean, passing over the Land of Fire, and then over the Land of Rain, heading continuously westward.
Their flight speed wasn't particularly fast, so by around 9 AM the next day, they had passed through all inhabited areas and arrived in a forbidden zone.
"This place..."
Nagato looked down at the pitted, broken, lifeless land with great shock.
He had never known that such a place existed in the Ninja World.
After flying deeper for a while, Sarutobi Asuma led Nagato down from high above and said, "This was a battlefield from a thousand years ago, and it's also related to the Rinnegan!"
Nagato's heart trembled. "The Rinnegan, which legends say destroyed the world and created all things. So, was this place destroyed by the Sage of Six Paths, and then he used the Rinnegan to create the current Ninja World?"
"It's not wrong to understand it that way."
Landing on the ground, Sarutobi Asuma sat down directly and chuckled, "Let's recover some Chakra first!"
Nagato sat down silently, taking out a Ration Pill, and asked, "You seem to know a lot about past history?"
"By learning from history, one can understand prosperity and decline."
Sarutobi Asuma continued, "Understanding history more can help one avoid many detours."
Nagato understood. This was implying he was following the same path as Senju Hashirama!
He thought for a moment and then asked, "Why did the Sage of Six Paths destroy this place?"
"And who was he fighting against?"
"The Nine Tailed Beasts?"
Glancing at Nagato, who was eating the Ration Pill, Sarutobi Asuma smiled. "You should call me Mr. Asuma."
"However, while I enjoy teaching, this isn't the time to answer your questions."
"When you defeat me, I'll tell you."
Nagato stopped asking and focused on recovering his Chakra.
In the blink of an eye, it was 10 o'clock, and Nagato opened his eyes.
"As expected of someone with the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan, your recovery is so fast."
Silently admiring him, Sarutobi Asuma also opened his eyes and then stood up straight.
"The power of the Rinnegan, I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
Sarutobi Asuma looked at Nagato. "Come on!"
"Let me test your strength, to see if you can truly suppress the Ninja World!"
Nagato also stood up. "Then, Mr. Asuma, be prepared to die!"
He also wanted to see if he, who had developed the abilities of the Rinnegan after several years, could defeat a Ninja Demigod!
In the current Ninja World, Sarutobi Asuma stood at the pinnacle!
And just as Sarutobi Asuma had said earlier.
If he defeated Sarutobi Asuma, then he could dominate the Ninja World!
And so...
Nagato raised his hand and unleashed Banshō Ten'in!
Simultaneously, on his right shoulder, his clothes tore, and two mechanical arms emerged.
While using Banshō Ten'in with his right hand, he rapidly formed Hand Seals.
Ten meters away, Sarutobi Asuma was pulled towards Nagato uncontrollably.
"Adamantine!"
Sarutobi Asuma commented with a smile, then his smile vanished as a blue and white Chakra Cloak covered his entire body.
Scorch Release Chakra Mode!
Immediately after, with a roar, Sarutobi Asuma's figure broke through the air, charging towards Nagato even faster than Banshō Ten'in.
"Hm?"
Nagato was startled; this speed was beyond his control.
Furthermore, even while controlled by Banshō Ten'in, Sarutobi Asuma could still be this agile.
Almighty Push!
Nagato immediately changed his technique, an invisible repulsive force erupting outward from his right palm.
Sarutobi Asuma, less than 5 meters from Nagato, immediately felt like he'd hit a wall. His speed abruptly halted, and then his body was sent flying backward.
At this moment, Nagato's left hand had completed its hand seals. As a large amount of smoke billowed up, two summoned beasts appeared.
Chameleon! Yata Mirror Bird!
Whoosh!
The Chameleon's tongue shot out, wrapping around Sarutobi Asuma.
But it immediately let out a scream and its tongue retracted rapidly.
Sarutobi Asuma's Scorch Release Chakra Cloak wasn't like the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode; it possessed terrifyingly extreme high temperatures.
On his shoulders, Scorching Style Chakra surged, forming two dragon heads.
The dragon heads opened, concentrating scorching white light, which then erupted as beams of light.
Scorch Release - Scorching Dragon Breath!
Simultaneously, Nagato's Asura Path arm had also finished charging. With a roar, beams of light shot out.
Rumble!
The four beams of light collided, forming a brilliant sphere of light that expanded rapidly, causing the ground to crack and explode.
As the light sphere dissipated, several mechanical wires drilled out from underground, slithering like pythons and binding Sarutobi Asuma, who had just landed, with shh-shh-shh sounds.
At the same time, Nagato used Banshō Ten'in with his right palm again, pulling Sarutobi Asuma's body towards him, while controlling Sarutobi Asuma with the Asura arm.
Meanwhile, another Asura arm rapidly changed with the mechanism, firing two automatically tracking rockets in succession.
In the air.
The Yata Mirror Bird swooshed past, raining down explosive eggs.
Against any other regular ninja, even a Kage, this situation would likely be insurmountable.
But the temperature on Sarutobi Asuma's body rapidly climbed, quickly surpassing the surface temperature of the sun. Even the Asura Path's mechanisms melted at high speed, and Banshō Ten'in's control over him rapidly weakened.
At the same time, accompanied by a dragon's roar, a Scorch Release Dragon emerged from his body.
And the two dragon heads on Sarutobi Asuma's shoulders once again fired Scorching Dragon Breath, blasting the two rockets into oblivion.
Rumble rumble rumble!
The Yata Mirror Bird's eggs exploded one after another, flames engulfing Sarutobi Asuma.
However, Nagato, watching the explosions, looked extremely solemn: "As expected of the new Ninja Demigod!"
"According to intelligence, his strongest should be Lightning Style!"
He knew those small explosions wouldn't harm the overwhelmingly powerful Sarutobi Asuma with his Scorching Style.
As expected.
The next moment, the flames and dust were torn apart, and Sarutobi Asuma walked out completely unharmed.
"Your Rinnegan abilities have been developed quite well."
"It's fine for dealing with regular ninja, but for me, it's still a bit lacking,"
Sarutobi Asuma said.
The next moment, the air exploded, and his figure vanished from his spot.
"So fast!"
Nagato was startled, and then his figure vanished.
It was the Chameleon!
"This kind of hiding is useless against me."
As Sarutobi Asuma's words fell, three Scorching Dragon Breaths precisely targeted the invisible Nagato.
"Not good!"
Nagato immediately dispelled the summoning and leaped into the air.
Rumble rumble!
The bare ground was blasted with huge, charred craters by the Scorching Dragon Breaths.
With Nagato in the air, the three Scorching Dragon Breaths were already rapidly approaching.
He couldn't dodge!
There wasn't even time to use the Asura Path's abilities!
Nagato's palms moved towards the direction the light beams were attacking from.
Almighty Push!
Three Scorching Dragon Breaths exploded in mid-air.
On the ground, rocks and mountains shattered, swept up by an invisible force, rolling towards Sarutobi Asuma.
The Yata Mirror Bird in the air laid eggs once more, falling towards Sarutobi Asuma, the roaring sounds erupting continuously.
Nagato hovered in the air, then merged with the Yata Mirror Bird.
Below, the rolling dust and smoke dispersed, and Sarutobi Asuma remained unharmed.
"So troublesome…"
Nagato's expression twitched.
Floating in the air, Sarutobi Asuma stomped his foot, and with a boom, he shot out, white rings of energy appearing one after another.
Nagato had already experienced Sarutobi Asuma's terrifying speed, and the Yata Mirror Bird beneath him immediately flapped its wings, flying at high speed.
He, standing on the Yata Mirror Bird's back, unleashed Banshō Ten'in, the Asura Path's chakra laser cannon, rockets, and Almighty Push in turns, constantly seeking an opportunity to knock off Sarutobi Asuma, who was rapidly chasing him from behind.
But each attempt missed.
Sarutobi Asuma was not only fast, but his Scorch Release was also outrageously strong. It was on a completely different level from the Scorch Release he knew.
Ordinary Almighty Push couldn't even send flying Sarutobi Asuma's Scorch Release.
The control of Banshō Ten'in over Sarutobi Asuma was not like it was with ordinary ninja; it was greatly weakened, or rather, his resistance was too strong!
And Sarutobi Asuma's rapid and agile movement in the air caused his Asura Path attacks to completely miss.
It was just that Nagato didn't know.
Sarutobi Asuma's Scorch Release was also of the Six Paths level.
And he only outwardly used the abilities of Scorch Release, but in reality, he also used a portion of Electromagnetic Release's power, weakening Banshō Ten'in's control over him.
The Yata Mirror Bird's speed was ultimately no match for Sarutobi Asuma.
Moreover, Sarutobi Asuma's attack speed was astonishingly fast.
Scorch Release breath was sprayed at high speed, and even Nagato couldn't defend against it all. He was quickly grazed by an attack, let out a scream, and fell from high in the sky.
Nagato voluntarily dispelled the summoning and relied on himself for mobility.
Ultimately, he was different from the original story; his legs were not injured.
He also hadn't been sucked dry like a human husk from summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
As a result.
Two figures, one in the air and one on the ground, chased and fought each other at high speed, one in front, the other behind.
The roar continued, the ground occasionally showing a large pit, tall mountains were pierced by light beams, or were directly shattered by the terrifying repulsive force of Almighty Push, crumbling and disintegrating.
And the number of Scorching Dragon Release entwined around Sarutobi Asuma's body increased.
From one, to six.
The Scorching Dragon Breath he unleashed at once also increased to eight beams.
"I can't stop him anymore!"
Nagato had completely fallen into a passive situation. He burrowed behind a mountain and pushed his palms forward.
The next moment, large holes appeared through the mountain in front of him, and then the entire peak began to disintegrate.
And there were four light beams shot towards Nagato!
Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal!
A shield appeared, and the Scorch Release breath struck the shield, rapidly dissipating and being disintegrated and absorbed by Nagato.
In this battle, Nagato used this technique for the first time.
However.
No ability is perfect.
Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal could theoretically absorb any jutsu, but the absorption speed was not fast. Especially for stronger jutsu, the absorption was slower.
By the time Nagato had disintegrated and absorbed the jutsu completely, Sarutobi Asuma, wrapped in nine Scorching Dragon Release, had already crashed through the disintegrating mountain and arrived before him.
Nagato immediately chose to continue maintaining Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal.
The Scorching Dragon Release, and even the Chakra Cloak, also fell under the category of jutsu.
However.
The next moment, the Scorching Dragon Release and Chakra Cloak around Sarutobi Asuma's body all disappeared.
Sarutobi Asuma punched down, Nagato's face contorted, and then he was sent flying out with a boom, creating a ring of energy.
"Not good!"
"I can't control my body!"
Nagato, who had been sent flying and rolling, cried out inwardly and reacted immediately.
Asuma Sarutobi's previous punch was pure taijutsu strength, but after that, in a very short period, he used another jutsu that made Nagato unable to control his body freely.
"What astonishing control!"
Nagato exclaimed, and then his body slammed into the stone wall with a bang.
Almost simultaneously.
Asuma Sarutobi, who had re-activated Scorch Release Chakra Mode with nine dragons coiled around him, appeared above Nagato.
This was a new Scorch Release Chakra Mode!
"Nagato, do you have any stronger moves?"
Asuma Sarutobi looked down at Nagato.
Such a gaze made Nagato feel angry, reminding him of the scene when he and Yahiko were cornered by Hanzō, and of the Five Great Nations looking down on them.
He remembered his parents who had died tragically!
"Yes!"
Nagato expressionlessly pulled himself out of the stone wall, brought his hands together, and said, "Chibaku Tensei!"
As he parted his palms, a small black orb flew up.
Asuma Sarutobi watched calmly.
From this small black orb, he felt an astonishing gravitational force.
Chibaku Tensei, he was finally seeing it!
"Universal gravitation, that's right."
"The small black orb is a substance with extremely high quality created from chakra, thus possessing immensely powerful gravity."
Asuma Sarutobi looked up at the small black orb flying into the sky, analyzing it inwardly.
The next moment, the black orb emitted light, sweeping across the ground.
Then Asuma Sarutobi's body was uncontrollably drawn towards the small black orb.
The ground below, the mountains and rocks, also began to disintegrate and fly towards the small black orb.
"A very good jutsu!"
"However, Nagato, you're still not very skilled with it."
Asuma Sarutobi commented with a relaxed demeanor.
Nagato's face was stiff. He raised his left hand, palm facing Asuma Sarutobi.
Instantly, the gravitational pull on Asuma Sarutobi surged, and the flying mountain rocks immediately shot towards him, enveloping him into a stone sphere.
However, the stone sphere was then melted into lava by the terrifying high temperature of Asuma Sarutobi's Scorching Style.
Nagato's gaze sharpened. He saw the nine dragons of Scorching Style coiled around Asuma Sarutobi rapidly fuse together.
Accompanied by a fearsome roar, a giant Scorch Release Dragon appeared. Its head lifted, opening its massive maw, and a bright white light orb, like a dragon pearl, condensed and materialized.
Boom!
A thick, bright white light beam, ten meters in diameter, shot out from the Scorch Release Dragon's mouth, heading straight for the small black orb in the sky that had already absorbed some rocks, and hit it precisely.
Rumble!
The small black orb exploded!
It was as if a new sun had appeared in the sky, emitting dazzling light.
Nagato stood stunned.
Chibaku Tensei had been directly broken!
Crack!
Something in Nagato's heart shattered.
His invincible confidence was broken!
In an instant, his shoulders slumped.
The intense light from the sky dispersed.
Asuma Sarutobi descended from the sky, dispelling Scorch Release Chakra Mode, and looked at the somewhat dejected Nagato, saying, "The power of the Rinnegan is not limited to this."
Nagato looked at Asuma Sarutobi, his voice a little hoarse, "Mr. Asuma, have you seen the true power of the Rinnegan?"
Since I finished writing it all at once, I won't split it into chapters!
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