Chapter – 359 Left with no Choice

A few seconds earlier in Amegakure.

'Yama' while wearing his Tenseigan Chakra Mode had a gloomy look on his face at the moment.

He really did not expect Nagato to be able to simply absorb the Four-Symbols Seal, despite the seal sealing his Chakra… not to mention being able to summon Gedo Mazo in less than a second when his Shinra Tensei failed.

By the time, Yama had used 'Kinrin Tensei Baku' (Golden Wheel Reincarnation explosion) to kill Nagato in one shot, he had already summoned Gedo Mazo that protected him from Kinrin Tensei Baku.

Others may not know what exactly is Gedo Mazo, but Yama knows this thing through and through.

Simply put, Gedo Mazo is the husk of Juubi, it can also be said that it is an incomplete form of Shinju (God/Divine Tree). Although made out of wood, its structure is made of extremely dense wood and so damn hard that it can't be cut even with Gudodama (Truth-Seeking Balls).

This thing is immune to all forms of Ninjutsu, other than Space-Time Jutsu like Kamui that Kakashi used to sever one of its arms in the canon, but that thing too is useless as it will ultimately regrow.

Although Yama's Golden Sword is able to barely bypass its defenses, attacks on Gedo Mazo feel like a simple knife hitting on the hard diamond surface, it is as if hitting a blunt surface, moreover, the moment the sword is drawn out, the part regenerate itself, making the attack ultimately useless.

Not to mention the extraordinary vitality that it contains. Yama even fears that if this thing is absorbed by Nagato, then all those injuries of Nagato will heal, which would be more dangerous.

And to be honest, Yama is not much surprised after realizing this fact, if it was even possible to destroy Gedo Mazo, then Rikudo Sennin should have already done it a millennium ago, he and his younger brother Otsutsuki Hamura wouldn't have wasted time and effort in sealing this thing on the moon and have the later generations of Otsutsuki Clan on Moon to guard this thing.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

At this time, Gedo Mazo waved its arms fiercely and attacked Yama, although Yama dodged all of them very easily because of his high speed, it was all still a wasted effort as there is no stopping of Gedo Mazo. Wherever it passed, it left a mess and destruction behind, buildings were simply destroyed houses were trampled.

Roar…

"Damn it!" – Looking at those giant arms continuously rushing towards him, the shockwaves and boulders and gravels and metal bearings and smoke mixed in, Yama was getting highly annoyed.

Yama very well knew that he can't keep on dodging forever, so while keeping the Golden Sword intact and using it to parry the incoming attacks, he further condensed two Gudodama in his right hand, then injected Tenseigan Chakra into it waved his other hand fiercely, 'Ginrin Tensei Boku!' (Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion).

Whoosh… Boom…

Instantly a silver hurricane aroused from Yama's hand and slammed heavily on Gedo Mazo that too had waved its arm fiercely and caused a literal storm to roll in the direction of Ginrin Tensei Boku.

The two storms collided which resulted in a huge shockwave that sent most of the rubble and boulders flying away.

Boom…

The shockwave further resulted in the change of wind pressure which immediately caused sharp cutting winds all over Amegakure.

Even Yama and Gedo Mazo were affected by the resulting storms, and Yama who had the Tenseigan Chakra Cloak on his was sent flying and hit the ground heavily, causing a large depression to be produced in the ground as a result.

Gedo Mazo wasn't much better, it too was overturned and flew away several hundred meters on the other side and heavily collapsed, further destroying Amegakure.

Yama used the Golden Sword to cut through the rubble that had fallen over him and come out of it.

He did not suffer any injuries because of the Tenseigan Chakra Cloak's protection, but the chakra consumption is a bit heavy, which even made him feel overwhelmed.

'I can't continue wasting my efforts against Gedo Mazo… I have to locate Nagato first…' – Thinking of this, Yama focused on looking for the figure of Nagato all over Amegakure.

At this time, the huge Gedo Mazo also stood up, and Yama also noticed the figure of Nagato on the mechanical walker, hiding behind Gedo Statue.

Instantly, Yama's figure turned into a stream of light as he rushed towards Nagato at his top speed.

Nagato obviously noticed the incoming Yama, and bringing forth both of his hands, he roared, 'Shinra Tensei!'

As soon as Yama was about to reach closer to Nagato, an extreme strong repulsive force with a much stronger intensity that was capable of destroying the entire Amegakure swept in all directions with the mechanical walker as the center, swept over the entire Amegakure causing everything in its path to fly far-far away.

Yama wasn't an exception, his body was suddenly subjected to a hammering gravitational repulsion head-on and he was thrown off, heavily collided with one of the walls that were flying away and caused him to puke blood.

"Argh… this one seriously hurt… damn him… cough-cough… just how much of freak is he to be able to… *huff-huff* to be able to… still have so much Chakra…!" – Yama cursed under his painful breath as he was still subjected to strong gravitational repulsion…

Feeling that he has had enough, he put a gravitational barrier around him, and after catching up his breath, he stretched out his other hand, injected as much Chakra as he could, and roared, 'Bansho Ten'in!'

'Since I can't get through, then I would just pull in Nagato towards me!'

Under the strong suction force of Bansho Ten'in, the mechanical walker of Nagato lifted up and irresistibly flew towards Yama.

"Bansho Ten'in too?" – Nagato was more taken aback. These attacks like 'Shinra Tensei' and 'Bansho Ten'in', are Jutsu that only he can use because of the Rinnegan, so the fact that the enemy can also use the same Jutsu extremely surprised him.

Besides, this was the first time he is being hit by these same Jutsus, and the feeling is really not good.

"Do not think that it would be this easy!" – Nagato roared, and following his roar, Gedo Mazo stretched out its hand, grabbed Nagato who was being dragged towards Yama, then used the other hand to punch Yama.

'It's now!' – This is the exact moment Yama has been waiting for!

He suddenly turned over to dodge the punch of Gedo Mazo, then instantly rushed towards Nagato, since the other arm of Gedo Mazo is carrying Nagato, it wouldn't be able to protect Nagato.

At this point, Yama no longer cared if the Rinnegan would be destroyed, and waved the Golden Sword fiercely with all his strength at Nagato.

At this moment, he also noticed a winning smirk on Nagato's lips and he suddenly had a bad feeling. But it was already too late to back off now, so he had to suddenly guard himself.

The exact moment Nagato smirked, the Gedo Mazo opened its mouth and the chakra swept out of it… the chakra soon took the form of a phantom dragon rushing towards Yama.

The speed of both sides was extremely fast, and in an instant, the two sides crossed each other.

Yama did not have enough time to defend against the Dragon Shaped Phantom, the moment this Dragon Shaped Phantom passed through his body, it also grabbed hold of Yama's soul and tried to rip it out of his body.

Yama's consciousness flickered, and for a second, he had a sluggish look on his face under his mask as if his Chakra was about to disappear.

But that sluggishness and flicker in consciousness did not last more than an instant and was soon restored by a solemn look without any trace of panic on his face.

Unlike ordinary Shinobi, Yama because of his Tenseigan is already much familiar with the existence of the soul, moreover, he also has Tenseigan which can easily compete against Rinnegan's visual prowess, so the phantom dragon wasn't much of a threat to him.

So even when he suffered an attack on the soul, there was no damage, no chakra was extracted and he recovered in less than a second.

Nagato who was held by Gedo Mazo suddenly had his winning smirk frozen solid halfway.

He never thought that there is someone who can actually resist this attack, and murmured subconsciously, "How could this even be possible? Does he… does he also have the Rinnegan?"

This seems to be the only logical guess at this point, but Nagato's instincts were telling him that this is not the case here, the enemy does not have the Rinnegan, it is something else entirely.

After a brief shock, Nagato instantly recovered, and injected more of his Chakra into Gedo Mazo, and urged the Dragon Shaped phantom to extract the enemy's entire chakra, as well as tear away from his soul.

Feeling that he has no other choice left, Yama made the hand signs and lifted the chakra seal present on Ryuumyaku Gourd, and allowed the Ryuumyaku Chakra to flow inside him.

Winning against Nagato, an Uzumaki, with his own Chakra seems to be difficult, so he will have to rely on Ryuumyaku's Chakra which is extremely rich in Nature Energy.

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