Stimulated by Erlang Shen of the Dharma Realm, the outer demon statue also briefly revealed its wooden body.

Two huge wooden figures stand facing each other in the lush forest.

The Outer Path Demon Statue was extremely ugly and did not look like a good thing. It was not even under Nagato's control and was waving its hands around to beat Erlang Shen desperately.

Erlang Shen was not willing to show weakness, and swung the three-pointed, double-edged sword in his hand, attacking the head and neck of the outer Taoist demon statue.

Two extremely huge "gods" began a crazy battle, and the thunderous sound of the collision was endless.

That was not the sound of flesh colliding in the human concept, but the sound of a mountain collapsing and an iceberg shattering, with a roar and thunder shaking the whole area.

As an audience, the members of Akatsuki were dumbfounded.

Konan, Kakuzu and Scorpion had never seen such a god-like battle. They were all stunned and their minds were blank. They felt like they were in a dream.

This is a war of gods.

Even Black Zetsu, the son of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, was deeply shocked.

Of course he was not afraid. Born at the moment when Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed, Black Zetsu had seen real big scenes.

The battle between Ashura and Indra, the battle between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha who swept across the ninja world, and the battle of the Valley of the End were no worse than this battle.

But Black Zetsu understood that this battle, which was beyond ninja standards, meant that things were beyond his control.

The Rinnegan is not a mechanical dead object, but a living thing. Its growth requires the consumption of huge amounts of chakra and strong emotional stimulation.

But this kind of extreme combat stimulation is too much, especially when Nagato has fully recovered and has an adequate supply of chakra, it will cause the Rinnegan to mature faster.

Suddenly, Black Zetsu laughed.

"What am I thinking about? Uchiha Madara has been killed by his descendants, and his bones have been crushed to dust. There is no hope of resurrection."

"Although the Samsara Eye belongs to Uchiha Madara, he can no longer be resurrected. Why should I care about the speed at which the Samsara Eye matures? Of course, the faster the better."

Then Black Zetsu calmly watched the battle. This was a rare battle. The last one was the battle between the Shin Sensenju and the Mighty Nine-Tails in the Valley of the End.

The battle between Uchiha Yuu and Uchiha Madara two years ago was much worse. Uchiha Yuu was immature, and Uchiha Madara was old and on the verge of death. Their fight was far from reaching the level of today.

Both behemoths are over two hundred meters tall, and the battle between them appears very slow visually because their bodies are so huge.

In order to defeat each other, both the Outer Statue and Erlang Shen used ninjutsu to speed up their movements.

Every time they swung their fists and brandished their three-pointed, double-edged swords, the gusts of wind shuffle, the explosions of fire shuffle, and the flashes of lightning shuffle were dazzling.

And when the opponent's attack approaches, the earth escape technique will stack up thick armor, and the water escape technique will launch a violent recoil. The conflict of ninjutsu is like a bombardment of thousands of ninjas, with countless rocks, flames, electric sparks, wind blades and heavy rain scattered everywhere.

The small debris that was scattered when the two giants fought splashed onto Kakuzu and Scorpion who were watching. They were shocked to realize that it was a rock bomb that was several times larger than them.

The high-speed rotating rock bullet hit the top of the sand dune, easily penetrating dozens of meters of sand, and suddenly hit the root of the next sand dune, disappearing completely.

Kakuzu muttered, "From a distance it looked like nothing more than debris, but when you get closer you realize it's such a big rock bomb."

"If I were caught in the center of this battle, I would be dead in an instant."

"Scorpion, do you think you can take part in this battle?"

Red Sand Scorpion looked at Kakuzu expressionlessly: "Compared to participating in this god-like battle, I think I want to kill you more."

Kakuzu chuckled and said, "Kill me? I would die in the blink of an eye if I got involved in a fight like this, but it's not that easy for a puppeteer like you to kill me."

Scorpion said coldly: "I know you, the immortal ninja Kakuzu. But there is no immortal ninja in the ninja world. It's just that the killing method is wrong, or the number of killings is not enough."

"As long as you are killed a few more times by my puppets, I will definitely be able to kill you."

Kakuzu's eyes were fixed on the battle, but he said provocatively: "You can try. I welcome your attack at any time."

"But if you dare to attack me, you must be prepared to be killed in return."

Scorpion also focused his attention on the battle between the giants and said coldly: "I will kill you, but not today."

“Hehehe…”

Xiaonan appeared behind them at some point, and when he saw that they had stopped fighting on their own, he no longer cared about their disagreement and flew away.

She and Nagato, as high-ranking members of the Akatsuki organization, do not care much about the relationships between members, nor do they care about the relationships within the organization.

Especially Xiaonan, as long as the fight doesn't happen in front of her, she won't interfere.

Because the Akatsuki organization had almost nothing to do now, she felt that she had no reason to suppress and drive these core ninjas.

To be honest, the current Akatsuki is far inferior to the one in Yahiko's era. Although the Akatsuki at that time had immature ideas and weak strength, it had clear action goals and was highly organized, and was truly capable of getting things done.

The current Akatsuki organization is very powerful, but these core members are just living in the Akatsuki organization. They have no ideals and disdain to do those unstylish construction tasks.

Because there are no high-end war missions to do, the core members are basically in a state of being left alone.

This time they were finally able to gather all the troops together by the enemy's attack, but the level of the battle was too high. They were unable to intervene and could only be spectators.

It's very embarrassing.

It was also very embarrassing, especially for Scorpion. His true identity, which had been hidden for many years, was forced out, and he was recognized by Kakuzu and others as a human puppet.

He clearly didn't do anything, but all his cards are about to be revealed. How could Scorpio not be angry?

Even Kakuzu felt uncomfortable. He felt that he had lived enough and wanted nothing more than making money.

But after seeing the battle between the two gods today, he realized that his immortality was not safe, and he also burst into fear.

Kakuzu knew that he had lived long enough. Although he was a ninja who was not afraid of death, he was frightened into fear. It must be the huge gap in strength that triggered his instinctive reaction.

This made him feel deeply ashamed.

So the two guys had a verbal quarrel in order to vent their emotions.

The battle between the giants continued, with the Outer Golem gaining the upper hand thanks to its superior defense.

Uchiha You controlled Dharmadhatu and Erlang Shen to launch a fierce attack, even breaking the reinforced weapon, but he did not inflict any wound on the Outer Path Statue.

After continuous attacks, the Outer Golem destroyed Erlang Shen's wooden armor and left huge wounds on the body of the giant wooden man.

Uchiha You was slightly disappointed. He personally transformed himself into Erlang Shen and fought against the Outer Path Demon Statue which was just a shell of the Ten Tails. His attacks could not break through the defense, which could only withstand seven or eight attacks.

The carefully improved Wood Release·Horsei Tenchi·Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun still cannot be compared with the Ten-Tails.

You should know that this is just the Outer Path Demon Statue. If it absorbs the nine tailed beasts to restore the Ten-Tails' true form, its attack, defense, reaction and recovery will be greatly enhanced.

This means that if the current Erlang Shen faces the real Ten-Tails, he might be killed in just one encounter.

Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun needs to be strengthened, but Uchiha You's wooden clone has already used up all of his fairy chakra and there is no way to carry out the next step of strengthening.

Uchiha You murmured to himself: "Please come quickly to support me, bring me enough chakra, and let Erlang Shen show his true appearance."

Because he was expanding based on his own wooden clone, Uchiha You saved at least half of the chakra when using Wood Release Ninjutsu, and also reduced the time to generate the super giant wooden man by half.

This was a little trick he developed specifically for his wooden clone. Today's actual combat proved that the effect was very good and it was completely capable of competing in speed with the giant psychic beast.

But there are problems too. The weakening of strength caused by the pursuit of speed is inevitable.

However, thanks to Uchiha Yu's strong strength, even the weakened version of Wood Release: Dharmadhatu Heaven and Earth: Qingyuan Myodo Zhenjun performed by the Wood Clone is stronger than Hashirama's True Thousand Hands, and can hold off the Outer Path Demon Statue for a short period of time.

Therefore, Uchiha You was very satisfied with the power of this technique.

The real problem he faced was that the wooden clone had merged with the giant Erlang Shen.

As the consumption of senjutsu chakra increased, Uchiha You's thinking ability actually decreased, which was the most fatal problem.

The Outer Statue was certainly powerful, but it was able to damage Erlang Shen so quickly because Uchiha You's control had seriously declined and he was unable to respond to the enemy's attacks in time.

Uchiha You began to get anxious. If he was defeated before the arrival of the reinforcements of the wooden clone, it would be difficult to gain enough deterrence from Nagato even if he pinned him to the ground and hammered him.

As Erlang Shen's reaction speed became slower and slower, Nagato finally discovered this.

His confidence began to surge, and he became more accurate in manipulating the Outer Path Golem to attack, able to calmly block and then fiercely attack Erlang Shen's head.

After several consecutive heavy blows, the helmet protecting the head was smashed into pieces, and the huge wooden man began to stand unsteadily, swaying from side to side.

At this moment, a faint spatial fluctuation flashed over Erlang Shen's head, and the neatly dressed Uchiha You appeared, and there were three Uchiha You in total.

With smiles on their faces, they briefly observed the surrounding environment and immediately blended into the giant wooden man.

"Don't worry, we are here, and the main body is stepping up to create more of us, and they will arrive soon."

"Nonsense, I'm not in a hurry!"

"I'm just a wooden clone. What loss would it have for me if I failed?"

"Yes, yes, you are the Wood Clone. Are we not?"

"That's right. We are all wooden clones. How can we not understand ourselves? You are so stubborn!"

"Hurry up, if we can knock down Nagato with a hammer, we can still survive. If we get knocked down by a hammer, we will all be dead."

"The one opposite is the Outer Dao Demon Statue, which is too hard. Even if the True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao strengthens it to its strongest state, it should not be able to be hammered."

"What should we do then?"

"It's okay. We can't defeat the Outer Path Demon Statue, but Nagato can definitely defeat it."

"Look at Nagato's face, it's already pale with a hint of blue. He won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"That's right. If you can't beat the Outer Path Demon Statue, how can you beat Nagato?"

"He recovered thanks to the pills we gave him. We all know how much he can recover."

"Haha, the Samsara Eye is a huge burden, and the Outer Path Demon Statue is an even bigger burden. If Uchiha Madara hadn't been sent away by us, Nagato would have been able to barely maintain his health even if he had taken our pills."

"Even if he got rid of Uchiha Madara's bloodsucking, he was still in a shaky and unstable state. He actually dared to summon the Outer Path Demon Statue to fight. He really doesn't know how to live or die."

"That's right. A three-ton SUV engine pushing a sixty-ton main battle tank will die at any time."

"Hehehe, so we are not beating him, but saving him?"

“Haha, well said!”

“That’s absolutely right.”

Since the invention of the shadow clone technique, various clone techniques developed based on it have a common shortcoming, that is, the thinking and personality of the clone will be inconsistent with the original.

It was not obvious when there was only one clone, but when four clones gathered together, it became very clear.

Moreover, the four clones were very lively. Uchiha Yu's wooden clones started chattering as soon as they met and soon reached a consensus.

"Fuck him, let him know that not only Lord Ma has three eyes, but Lord Erlang Shen also has three eyes!"

…

Nagato's condition began to deteriorate.

After Konan exchanged the elixir from Shenting Tiandi two years ago to cure his disability, Nagato had not felt such strong weakness for a long time.

He had never expected that when the Outer Path Statue began to attack, the consumption of chakra would be so horrific.

As the chakra provider, Nagato only felt that the chakra in his body was like a flood that broke through the dam and poured towards the Outer Path Demon Statue.

Although he had already put the enemy at a disadvantage, the enemy showed no signs of collapse or failure, and nearly half of his own chakra had been consumed.

It was at this time that Nagato discovered that the Outer Path Statue had not yet fully recovered and there were still many holes in its body that had not been repaired.

When this behemoth moved, almost half of its chakra was lost from those defects.

This is just the movement. When the Outer Path Demon Statue uses ninjutsu, the loss of chakra is even more exaggerated. The lost chakra is almost gushing out. At least 70% of the chakra is wasted.

Nagato also discovered that the problem with the Outer Path Statue was not just its flaws. The way it used chakra was itself wasteful. It was an operating mode that only focused on power and pursued the ultimate in miracles.

It's really luxurious.

When he summoned the Outer Path Statue for the first time, Nagato's attention was all on Hanzo, and he was also alone and weak. The chakra of the Outer Path Statue caused him severe pain all over his body, and he had no time to observe the Outer Path Statue.

Now that he has grown up and has gained more experience, he looks at the Outer Path Demon Statue from a ninja's perspective and naturally discovers the problem.

In general, the Outer Path Demon Statue is very powerful, but it is not something that Nagato can afford to use.

[We can't continue like this, we have to end this quickly! ]

[Otherwise, I would have run out of energy and collapsed before I could defeat Uchiha Yuu. ]

A determination flashed in Nagato's eyes, and he decided to exert all his strength to defeat Uchiha Yu as soon as possible.

But before he could explode, the huge wooden man on the opposite side exploded first.

The terrifying fairy chakra emanated from the wooden man's chest. The huge wave generated a huge impact force, which hit the outer path golem like a repulsive force, and actually pushed the huge golem away.

Nagato, who was standing on the head of the Outer Path Golem, was caught off guard and was almost blown away by the huge force.

After he and the golem regained their balance, Nagato discovered that the giant wooden man opposite had been completely transformed.

The huge wounds on the chin and waist healed, the broken wooden armor was restored, and golden light flowed out from the heart, dyeing the entire body of the giant wooden man a gorgeous golden color.

Nagato took one look and blurted out, "Powerful Susanoo!"

As the leader and ninja of the Hidden Rain Village, Nagato lacks knowledge in many aspects and combat experience, but he is not bad in high-level knowledge.

After all, he was a disciple of Jiraiya, one of the three great ninjas of Konoha, and received a very comprehensive ninja education. After Black Zetsu joined, he also taught him a lot of knowledge.

So Nagato knew about the Uchiha clan, knew about the Mangekyō Sharingan, and knew the secrets of Susanoo.

It was Black Zetsu who told him how to use Susanoo's powerful armor.

Nagato and Black Zetsu both believed that Uchiha Yu was a powerful enemy, so he had learned about Susanoo in detail, and knew how Uchiha Madara used Susanoo in the Valley of the End, and how to load the power equipment on the Nine-Tails.

In addition to Nagato, Konan and Black Zetsu also knew about Susanoo and the Power Suit. When they saw the golden light covering the giant wooden man, they all exclaimed in low voices.

Compared to Konan's simple surprise, Black Zetsu was extremely surprised.

Because the Susanoo power equipment used by Uchiha Yu is completely different from the one that Uchiha Madara used on the Nine-Tails.

The golden Susanoo streamer was closely integrated with the body of Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun, and the material of Erlang Shen's armor changed as a result. Every scale on the armor exuded a metallic luster, the clothes on the body became soft, and even the skin showed the color and texture of flesh and blood.

A colorful ribbon appeared in the arm of the True Lord, and a bright moon gathered behind his head, which really looked like a golden wheel of merit.

Uchiha Yu's golden Susanoo armor is not just a layer of transparent armor on the surface of the wooden man, but it is deeply integrated into the wooden man's body, producing a qualitative change.

The last of the golden light gathered at the center of his eyebrows. As the golden light flickered, a crack appeared on his eyebrows, and then a vertical eye opened.

Endless pressure emanated from the third vertical eye, and at the same time, thousands of rays of light were emitted, hitting the outer demon statue and actually knocking off layers of sawdust.

In just a few seconds, the image of the super giant wooden man changed drastically. It was no longer a wooden man with wood textures all over its body, but a real god with flesh and blood and charm.

It was as if Lord Erlang had really come to the world.

call--!

At some point, Erlang Shen had jumped into the air, wielding the silver three-pointed, double-edged sword, and was slashing at the outer demon statue from top to bottom.