The Gedo Statue seemed to delight in the Chakra it was extracting, its head becoming more hideous. Its mouth suddenly opened wide, and chains of Chakra directly bound the wooden figure. These Chakra chains could easily seal Tailed Beasts, and at this moment, countless chains locked the wooden figure's movements!
"Roar!"
The Gedo Statue opened its massive mouth and spat a blast of purple Chakra at the wooden figure, which formed into a Chakra Dragon and lunged at it!
This was a unique jutsu of the Gedo Statue, capable of seizing the enemy's Chakra, as it was dissatisfied with the slow absorption rate of the Black Rod!
The Chakra Dragon instantly pierced through the wooden figure's body, taking a large amount of Chakra from it back into the Gedo Statue, reinvigorating its spirit!
The Gedo Statue was originally the empty shell transformed from the source of all Chakra.
In this world, no Chakra could escape its essence of extraction!
Similarly...
The Gedo Statue had its instinct to continuously absorb the lost Chakra to return itself to its peak state!
It wanted more Chakra!
It wanted to become the Ten-tails again and transform back into the Divine Tree!
"Always extracting others' Chakra..."
Akihara Kagura shook his head and sighed softly, "I never thought there would be a day when it would be my Chakra being extracted..."
"Chakra is very precious..."
Akihara Kagura clasped his hands together, observing the Gedo Statue, which appeared joyful and manic, as if it were a living thing: "I hate it when others extract my Chakra the most!"
"Sage Mode, activate!"
Natural Energy surged violently into Akihara Kagura's body!
"Sage Art: Wood Release: True Thousand Hands!"
Akihara Kagura's body instantly entered Sage Mode, and the wooden figure on the ground rapidly grew taller. A statue larger than the wooden figure appeared beneath it!
This statue soared over a thousand meters high in an instant!
Thousands of hands quickly grew behind the statue!
The Gedo Statue looked a bit bewildered as the Black Rod extracting Chakra snapped. It raised its head to see the True Thousand Hands, suddenly towering over it, and its eyes widened involuntarily!
If it were in its complete form, it naturally would not fear the True Thousand Hands, as its size was more than enough to contend with the statue, and its power was vastly different!
However, at this time, it only had the Chakra of seven Tailed Beasts inside and could not possibly match the True Thousand Hands, not even in size!
"Escape..."
Terror flickered in Nagato's Rinnegan!
Konan's paper wings unfolded once again behind her, and sheets of origami appeared on Nagato, wrapping around his legs, carrying him to flee together!
"Trying to escape now is a bit too late, isn't it?"
Akihara Kagura glanced down at Konan and Nagato trying to fly away, controlled the statue behind him to extend a hand, smashing it down on the flying duo like the sky was falling. A gentle slap struck them to the ground!
Nagato tumbled a few times on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood, but he disregarded his own injuries, looking toward Konan's direction!
As Konan's body hit the ground, she too spat blood. Ignoring her injuries, she quickly reformed the paper wings on her back, rushing towards Nagato with worry, supporting him: "Nagato, are you okay..."
"Run quickly!"
Nagato gritted his teeth and tried to push Konan away!
The next moment!
Nagato seemed to recall something!
"No, wait... there's something more important."
Nagato's face seemed crazed, suddenly conjuring a Black Rod in his hand, his Rinnegan staring intently at it.
"I must destroy the Rinnegan."
Nagato's hand clasped the Black Rod tightly, his expression growing increasingly frenzied: "If Akihara Kagura gains these eyes, he will use them to keep collecting the Tailed Beasts and control the resurrected War Weapon..."
Indeed!
These Rinnegan are the root of darkness in the Ninja World!
In this critical moment, Nagato understood everything: "We intended to use these eyes and the War Weapon to bring peace to the Ninja World, but if Akihara Kagura utilizes our plan, it will surely bring disaster and destruction..."
"..."
Konan fell silent.
Nagato was right.
They intended to use the Rinnegan and War Weapon to bring a peaceful future to the Ninja World, but if Akihara Kagura obtained the Rinnegan, the Ninja World would have no future...
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
The Gedo Statue suddenly let out a fierce roar!
This sound immediately drew everyone's attention. All those present looked towards the Gedo Statue's direction, where the monster, previously running rampant, was now thoroughly subdued under the statue, even having its four limbs forcibly torn off by four wooden hands!
Crash... crash...
After its limbs were severed, yellow puss-like fluid flowed from the Gedo Statue's wounds, streaming down like small brooks, leaving a more terrifying sight...
"Nagato... has lost."
Jiraiya took a deep breath.
"This wasn't unexpected..."
Orochimaru nodded, continuing on his own: "Are we witnessing the birth of someone possessing both Sage Eyes and a Sage Body here?"