Chapter 741 Samsara Eye vs. Dual Divine Powers

“Contestant No. 49, Nagato, versus Contestant No. 57, Uchiha Obito!”

As the announcement echoed into the waiting room, Obito and Nagato stood up simultaneously and walked towards the combat arena.

The spectators in the stands also perked up, looking towards the combat arena.

Although this was the only Eight Finals match without a Kage, Obito and Nagato had respectively defeated the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Mizukage.

Rounding up, this battle could be considered a double-Kage showdown, a match many spectators eagerly anticipated.

“Nagato, you brat, you absolutely must win.”

The Mist Ninja stared at the combat arena, thinking to themselves.

Theoretically, they should support Obito, as Konoha was their ally after all.

However, Nagato had defeated the Third Mizukage, and if he were to defeat Obito, who had previously beaten the Fourth Kazekage, then the Third Mizukage’s defeat could be explained by Nagato being too strong, rather than the Third Mizukage’s lack of strength.

It wasn’t that their Mizukage was incompetent, but that Nagato was too abnormal.

“Uchiha Obito, don’t mess this up.”

The Sand Ninja also silently cheered for Obito in their hearts.

Their reasoning was similar to that of the Hidden Mist; if Obito won, the Kazekage would be able to salvage some face from the Mizukage’s side.

Obito and Nagato had no way of knowing the inner thoughts of the Ninja from the two great villages; after reaching the combat arena, they both quickly stood in their designated positions.

“This time, I must wipe away the shame!”

Looking at Nagato standing opposite him, Obito’s fighting spirit surged.

A few years ago, at the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, he, with only his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, had been utterly defeated by Nagato.

Now he possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, and his Chakra and Ninjutsu had also greatly improved, resulting in a qualitative change in his strength.

If Nagato hadn’t held back too much in his fight with the Third Mizukage, then he had a high chance of winning.

“As expected of Muzuki-sensei’s disciple, his progress is immense compared to before.”

Nagato likewise scrutinized Obito, sighing in his heart.

During the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, aside from Obito’s Fire Release Ninjutsu catching him off guard, Nagato had almost entirely dominated Obito.

But now, Nagato wasn’t 100% confident in defeating Obito.

He had carefully watched Obito’s battle with Rasa, but he still only had a partial understanding of Obito’s ability to evade Magnet Release.

“But I won’t lose easily.”

Nagato smiled faintly.

Now that he had mastered the Yang Release Breathing Chakra Mode, if Obito were to engage him in close-quarters taijutsu again, it was hard to say who would be at a disadvantage.

“Begin the battle!”

With the referee’s command, the final match of the Eight Finals officially began.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

Obito immediately focused his breathing, took out three Flying Thunder God Kunai from his Ninja tool pouch, then condensed Chakra onto the Kunai to perform Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation, imbuing the Kunai with flames, and finally threw them out.

Obito enhanced his strength with his Breathing Technique and further amplified it with Chakra, making the Kunai fly extremely fast, like shooting stars.

“Shinra Tensei!”

Nagato knew the Flying Thunder God Technique was troublesome, so he didn’t hesitate and directly chose to release the fastest Shinra Tensei.

Chakra erupted from his eyes, and a powerful repulsive force emerged from around Nagato, pressing outwards like a tide.

Obito’s flaming Kunai were, as expected, repelled.

Obito, who was rushing towards Nagato, was also pushed back a certain distance.

“Summoning Technique!”

Obito thought for a moment, condensed Chakra, and used the Summoning Technique to summon Charizard.

Based on the intelligence gathered from the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, Nagato’s repulsive Ninjutsu could only be used once every five seconds, so a competent helper was very necessary.

Although his Nin-Beast was a bit weaker, it had the advantage of flight, so causing Nagato some trouble wouldn’t be an issue.

“Summoning Technique!”

Nagato also used the Summoning Technique to summon a Nin-Beast.

A white mist flashed, and a strange, deep purple creature appeared before Nagato.

“What kind of Nin-Beast is this? It looks so weak…”

Obito looked at the unknown purple chubby creature in front of Nagato and complained in his heart.

Nagato’s Nin-Beast wasn’t large, it was even shorter than Nagato, but its body width was more than two Nagatos combined, and its limbs were very short.

Obito was worried that this Nin-Beast would have trouble getting up if it fell.

“But why does it also have the Rinnegan?”

Obito noticed that the purple Nin-Beast’s eyes were the same as Nagato’s.

“Gengar, it’s up to you.”

Nagato said.

After several years of training, his mastery of the Rinnegan had grown stronger, and he had gained new abilities he didn’t possess before.

Now Nagato could replicate his Rinnegan onto the Nin-Beast he summoned, sharing his vision with the Nin-Beast, and by consuming a portion of Chakra, he could also bestow some of the Rinnegan’s abilities onto the Nin-Beast.

“Gah!”

Gengar confidently patted its chest.

“Roar!”

Charizard disdainfully exhaled a puff of white smoke.

A tiny Gengar dared to speak so arrogantly to it; it wanted to see who would take down whom.

“Gah!”

Gengar let out a sinister laugh, then immediately stomped the ground, using the Summoning Technique.

Bang!

A flash of white smoke, and a gigantic hellhound with two heads and wings on its back appeared on the battlefield.

It wouldn’t be foolish enough to truly go one-on-one with Charizard; with the Rinnegan abilities shared by Nagato, it was naturally going to engage in a delightful group assault.

The appearance of the hellhound did not change Charizard’s expression; it remained confident.

It could sense that the hellhound’s aura wasn’t strong; it was just larger in size.

Facing such an opponent, even if it was one against two, Charizard was not afraid.

Under Gengar’s control, as soon as the hellhound appeared, it leaped towards Charizard, flying and attempting to bite Charizard’s mouth.

Seeing the hellhound fight so haphazardly, Charizard’s eyes became somewhat disdainful.

‘Wind Release: Air Blade!’

Charizard condensed Chakra in its claws and swiftly unleashed two Wind Release: Air Blades, striking the hellhound, which was full of openings.

Then, something Charizard didn’t expect happened: not only was the hellhound not severely injured, but it mysteriously split into two.

The split hellhounds continued to bite at Charizard.

Charizard, not believing its eyes, again unleashed two Wind Release: Air Blades to repel the pouncing hellhounds, but the result was that the hellhounds turned into four.

Charizard was dumbfounded; what the hell was this, the enemies just kept increasing?

“Hehehehe.”

Gengar showed a joyful smile, approaching Charizard, preparing to gang up on Charizard with the hellhounds.

‘Shadow Ball!’

Gengar condensed Chakra in its hand, rapidly forming a pitch-black small ball and throwing it at Charizard.

Fortunately, Charizard was flying in the sky and had a wide field of vision, noticing Gengar’s little trick and tilting its body to dodge Gengar’s sneak attack.

However, this allowed one of the hellhounds to seize the opportunity and take a big bite out of Charizard’s tail.

Charizard accelerated and flew hard, only then shaking off the hellhound, but this caused the hellhound to split again, further increasing the number of enemies.

“Awooo!”

Charizard couldn’t help but let out a mournful cry.

Obito, save me!

This Nin-Beast is unreasonable; how can so many Nin-Beasts gang up on one dragon?

Obito, who was currently entangled with Nagato, heard Charizard’s mournful cry, glanced at it with his peripheral vision, and then continued to fight Nagato.

There was nothing he could do; his situation wasn’t very good either.

And he saw that Charizard was flying quite fast in the sky, so it should be able to hold on a bit longer.

“Things will get better once my battle plan succeeds.”

Thinking of the battle plan he had obtained from Kakashi at great cost, Obito’s somewhat restless heart settled down.

“Wind Release: Pressure Damage!”

“Lightning Release: False Darkness!”

Nagato unhesitatingly used his Chakra on various large-scale Ninjutsu, making Obito flee everywhere.

As soon as Obito threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai, Nagato would use Shinra Tensei to repel it.

Coupled with the large-scale Ninjutsu bombardment, it was very difficult for Obito to even get close.

“As expected of the opponent who once defeated me, truly troublesome.”

Even though he had simulated it in his mind, when Obito truly engaged Nagato, he realized that he had still underestimated the disgusting degree of Nagato’s abilities.

Blocking Technique Absorption rendered all of Obito’s Fire Release ineffective, while Shinra Tensei made it difficult for Obito to approach Nagato.

“It’s a pity my Yang Release training is insufficient; if I could use Kamui without restriction, I wouldn’t fear his methods.”

Obito sighed in his heart.

Unrestricted use of Kamui might not defeat Nagato, but it could at least make him invincible.

“Bansho Tenin!”

Nagato seized the opening when Obito dodged the Ninjutsu, suddenly extended his left hand, and a powerful gravitational force erupted, rapidly pulling Obito towards Nagato’s front.

Whoosh!!!

At the same time, Nagato’s Shadow Clone quickly formed hand signs and used Wind Release, spitting out a strong gust of wind with air blades at Obito, who was being pulled in.

Boom!

The wind blades passed through Obito’s body, as if passing through an illusion that didn’t exist in reality, and then violently struck the ground not far from Obito, kicking up a cloud of dust.

“Shinra Tensei!”

To test Obito’s ability, Nagato condensed Chakra in his eyes, and a powerful repulsive force erupted from his body again with incredible speed.

Bang!

Obito’s body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the ground.

“Indeed, Nagato is the strongest genius; Uchiha Obito has almost no ability to fight back.”

A Ninja in the stands commented upon seeing this.

From the beginning until now, Obito hadn’t even touched Nagato’s clothes, yet Obito couldn’t always dodge Nagato’s Ninjutsu.

“Obito is at a disadvantage in terms of training time; Nagato is a few years older than him after all. If Obito had a few more years to train, it might not be like this.”

A Konoha Ninja retorted.

“That doesn’t change the reality that Nagato is the strongest right now.”

An Iwagakure Ninja spoke up, stating that in the previous rounds, the Konoha Ninja had been too dominant, and they hadn’t dared to speak loudly. Now that they had the chance, they had to step on them.

“All necessary preparations have been made; it all depends on the next exchange.”

Kakashi didn’t argue for Obito, focusing intently on the battlefield.

Obito had already done well enough; if he lost, it was indeed because his strength was inferior.

“Could it be that this ability cannot be maintained for too long?”

Nagato made a deduction in his mind based on Obito’s performance.

There was no truly invincible ability, just as his Shinra Tensei had a cooldown time.

“Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!”

The Shadow Clone pursued the advantage, spitting out two fire dragons that shot towards Obito.

“Flame Breathing Chakra Mode!”

Obito knew that the battle had reached its most crucial moment, focusing his Breathing Technique to the extreme, no longer holding back, consuming a large amount of Chakra to strengthen his physical abilities and enhance his Nature Transformation.

“Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!”

Obito didn’t form hand signs; he merely opened his mouth, and a massive amount of terrifying high-temperature flames spewed out, rapidly forming three huge fire dragons.

Although it was the same Ninjutsu, Obito, in Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, was clearly much stronger.

Obito’s fire dragons quickly engulfed the fire dragons from Nagato’s Shadow Clone and continued to assault Nagato.

Nagato didn’t pay attention to the flying high-temperature fire dragons; his two Rinnegan stared intently at Obito.

This kind of Ninjutsu was completely ineffective against him; he didn’t even need to use Ninjutsu to defend against it.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Great Fireball Technique!”

Obito consumed a massive amount of Chakra and spat out a stream of Azure Flames, creating a fist-sized blue fireball.

Nagato’s expression remained unchanged; Chakra rapidly condensed within his body, preparing to attack Obito.

He could sense that this Ninjutsu was extraordinary, but it was still within the Rinnegan’s absorption range.

Rumble!!!

Something Nagato didn’t expect happened: Obito’s Ninjutsu target wasn’t him, but the ground not far from him.

The Azure Flame fireball struck the ground, and the terrifying power compressed within the fireball erupted all at once.

A terrifying explosion sound rang out, and the violent impact generated by the explosion continuously pressed outwards, also accompanied by a high-temperature airflow.

Such Ninjutsu aftershocks were certainly not enough to cause any harm to Nagato’s main body, but they caused Nagato’s Shadow Clone to dissipate.

“Lightning Release: False Darkness!”

Nagato remained unmoved, condensing a large amount of Lightning Release Chakra in his throat, and spat out a sharp lightning spear at Obito, who was rushing forward.

Like the wind blades last time, the lightning spear pierced through Obito’s body, flying all the way to the edge of the arena.

“Shinra Tensei!”

Nagato raised his hand, and a powerful repulsive force erupted from his body as its center, repelling everything around him to a distant place.

But it didn’t include Obito.

“Was that an intentional opening just now?”

Looking at Obito, who wasn’t repelled by Shinra Tensei, Nagato instantly understood Obito’s strategy.

Obito’s phasing ability had a time limit, but it was definitely not as short as he had previously tested.

“Kamui!”

Obito directly opened the Kamui Dimension, and in one breath, shot out hundreds of Flying Thunder God Kunai that he had prepared inside.

With such a large number of Kunai, even Nagato, in his haste, couldn’t dodge or completely block them, and several Flying Thunder God Kunai pierced into his body.

“Fire Release: Flame Fist!”

Obito immediately activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, instantly teleporting behind Nagato, and swung a fist carrying high-temperature flames.

“I got him!”

A joyful expression appeared on Obito’s face.

Although Nagato’s taijutsu had improved significantly, how could he be a match for him in Flame Breathing Chakra Mode?

“Yang Release Breathing Chakra Mode!”

Nagato focused his breathing, and his aura suddenly changed drastically; Yang Release gathered in his arms, enhancing his physical abilities, and he spun around at extreme speed, steadily catching Obito’s flaming punch.

He didn’t even need Kenbunshoku Haki; his Rinnegan had already seen Obito’s movements.

Gengar’s role was not only to deal with Charizard but also to provide him with an additional field of vision.

Feeling the force coming from his fist, Obito’s expression rapidly changed.