At the moment Yamaās Golden Sword chopped through Nagatoās neck, Nagatoās Rinnegan flashed, and a change happenedā¦
Yama who couldnāt perceive the sudden change used his Golden Sword to cut through Nagatoās body unimpeded.
Slashā¦ Puffā¦
The Golden Sword fell, and instantly, and slashed through Nagato and the ground behind him, as a result, another fissure extending up to several hundred meters appeared on the ground.
There was another earthquake, and the smoke and dust soared through the sky!
Although the battlefield was filled with dust, it didnāt hinder Yamaās vision as he looked at his Golden Sword and the place where he cut Nagatoā¦ but for some strange reason, rather than being relieved for having killed Nagato, Yamaās expression turned into a frownā¦
He could feel it, a moment ago he really cut through Nagatoās body, a solid physical body not the Shadow Clone kind of thingā¦ but strangely enough, both, Nagatoās body, and the blood that was supposed to have been present here are missing!
This just didnāt make any sense!
āWas I affected by some Genjutsu?ā muttered Yama with a confused expressionā¦ but soon denied this possibility because there is no disruption in his Chakra Flowā¦
āIf I wasnāt in a Genjutsu, and I did feel as if I cut through a body, then why is there no dead body of Nagato? And if there is no dead bodyā¦ then who did I cut earlier? Moreover, the fact that there is no dead body here, does that mean Nagato is still alive?ā ā thought Yama with a doubtful expression on his face as he tried to analyze what exactly happened in that short instantā¦
Yama had an intuitive feeling that the threat of Nagato still existsā¦ No! itās better to say that Yama is quite certain of his feelingā¦ The threat of Nagato has really not been dealt with!
And being certain of his feeling, Yama vigilantly scanned the battlefield to find Nagatoās real positionā¦
Not far away, Nagato knelt on the ground, his chest undulating violently as he desperately gaspedā¦
His body was shivering, his heart was beating fiercely, all his goosebumps were erected, and cold sweat was overflowing from his sweat poresā¦
Just a moment ago, Nagato was able to feel the breath of death encroaching on himā¦ and he knows in his heart that if he was even a microsecond late in doing what he did, he would have definitely died under the slash of Yamaās Golden Sword!
There is no āotherwiseā, ābutā or āifā hereā¦ It was an absolute caseā¦! Had that sword touched him, his neck would have been chopped off and instantly turned into dust!
The reason why Nagato is āabsolutelyā certain about the fact even his Sage physique granted to him by the combination of Uzumaki and Hashirama DNA would not be able to withstand that sword for more than an instant is that one of his āShadowsā that he used to change position with his real body has now turned into dust after being cut by that Golden Sword!
Thatās right!
At the moment the blade of Yamaās Golden Sword was about to slash through his neck, Nagato used the āBody Replacement Techniqueā with one of his Four Shadows and barely avoided death at a hairās breadth.
Although he avoided death by a very small margin, the breath of death is still lingering on his body, and the scene where his āShadowā instantly turned into dust at the moment of being slashed by the Golden still makes his heart shiver!
If instead of his āShadowā, it was him slashed by the Golden Sword, the result would have been exactly the sameā¦ he too would have instantly turned into dust!
āDamn it! His Jutsu is definitely a combination of more than 3 Chakra Naturesā¦ otherwise, itās completely impossible for it to disintegrate my Shadow!ā thought Nagato while spitting out the blood stuck in his throat, then stood up slowly.
It has been already mentioned repeatedly that since having transplanted the Hashirama Cells Nagato has mastered new Dojutsuā¦
The new Rinnegan Dojutsu he has awakened is āLimbo: Border Jail!ā.
After awakening āLimbo: Border Jail!ā,Ā Nagato is able to project his shadow into āLimboā, an invisible world that coexists with the physical world but is ordinarily impossible to detect or perceive.
With the pair of Rinnegan, Nagato can form up to four shadows. Each shadow has the same abilities as the real Nagato, with the added advantage of being untraceable. The shadows can attack targets, giving the appearance of an inexplicable force knocking them down, or they can defend Nagato, giving the appearance of an invisible wall around him. The shadows are invulnerable to any kind of physical damage and can not be harmed through conventional means. A shadowās very formation can be used defensively, taking Nagatoās place mid-attack as a sort of Body Replacement Technique. Of course, after a certain amount of time, a shadow will need to return to Nagatoās body, and he will likewise need to wait a certain amount of time before he can reform it.
In the face of Yamaās sudden attack just now, Nagato abruptly replaced position with one of his Shadows to survive.
Based on all the characteristics and abilities that the Limbo Shadows have, it wouldnāt be wrong to say that these four Shadows even surpass Nagatoās main body.
Precisely why, from the fact that Yamaās sword completely destroyed one of his āLimbo shadowsā, Nagato knows that if that sword were to even touch his main body, then he would definitely dieā¦ After all, the Limbo Clones are basically himself, other than the added advantage of being untraceable, and if even they couldnāt survive Yamaās sword, then how can he survive?
The Limbo Clones can be reformed after a certain amount of time, even if they are destroyed, but he, himself can not reform, therefore, Nagato knows that he must be more cautious when dealing with Yamaā¦ at the same time, he also knows that he must take initiativeā¦ and decided to use Limbo Clones to attack Yama.
Limbo Clones are his advantageā¦ both numerically, as well as strategicallyā¦ Nagato knows that Yama shouldnāt be able to see or sense his Limbo Clones, and one canāt fight something you canāt see or senseā¦ Moreover, with his Limbo Clones, Nagato will be able to overwhelm Yama using the numerical advantage!
If āoneā him, canāt defeat Yama, then ātwoā him will do so, if ātwoā canāt then āthreeā will, and if even the āthreeā canāt, then āfourā and āfiveā will definitely defeat him!
Nagato doesnāt believe that Yama can fight against āfiveā him at the same time, and still come out as the winnerā¦ Therefore, although a little scared, Nagato is also absolutely confident that he will be able to defeat Yama!
So, with all these thoughts in his mind, Nagato projected the other three Limbo Clones and made them attack Yama.
Yama didnāt know Nagatoās complicated thoughts, he was still pondering about how Nagato avoided his slash at such a close distanceā¦ āJust how exactly did he do it?ā
That slash just a few moments ago, Nagato should not have been able to avoid by any conventional means, and Yama is fairly certain that it wasnāt a Shadow Clone that he killed because a mere Shadow clone would never give such a firm touch at the moment of being slashed by something likeĀ āGolden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!ā.
Therefore, Yama is quite confused and unable to deduce what exactly happenedā¦ Of course, all these thoughts didnāt stop Yama from quickly finding the position of Nagatoā¦
Just as Yama discovered Nagato hidden within the cover of smoke and dust, he found out that Nagato was looking in his directionā¦ or more like, Nagatoās gaze was specifically locked on his bodyā¦ which surprised Yama.
āHe shouldnāt be able to see me through the cover of smoke, does that mean he has also learned sensory Jutsu?ā thought Yama.
It is exactly as Yama thought, although Nagatoās Rinnegan doesnāt allow him to see through dust and smoke, Uzumaki Clanās unique Chakra sensory JutsuĀ āMindās Eye of KaguraāĀ still allowed him to find the position of Yama even through the obstruction of smoke and dust.
Anyway, thatās not importantā¦ whatās important is that Yama could see Chakra gathering in Nagatoās Rinneganā¦ which means Nagato is trying to do something.
What exactly is Nagato trying to do, Yama is not sureā¦ and Yama couldnāt just make another attack on Nagato without figuring out how exactly Nagato dodged the previous attackā¦ after all, that scene was extremely bizarreā¦
So, with this intention, Yama quietly waited for Nagato to make his moveā¦
After a few moments of waiting and observing, Yama felt two dim āthingsā approaching himā¦ one from the left side, and the other from the right sideā¦
āHuhā¦? What is that?ā thought Yama with a shocked expression.
Even with his Tenseigan fully activated, Yama couldnāt clearly recognize what exactly are the two āthingsā approaching him at an extremely fast speed, therefore, he was extremely shockedā¦ āIs there still some kind of Jutsu that even the Tenseigan canāt perceive?ā
But Yama didnāt have enough time to get his answer or make any deduction, as the two āthingsā had already approached him and attacked him.
Bang Bang Bang Bang
Accompanied by the muffled sound of fists and feet hitting his body, Yamaās figure flew back sharply, and heavily slammed into the ground!
Puffā¦Ā Blood spurted out of his mouth at the moment of collision!
āWhat the hellā¦.?ā This was the only question in his mind, as it was going numb, and his body was painful. In just a short exchange that took place a few instants ago, he was hit more than several dozen times, and each hit he took was strong enough to smash mountains!
Slammed heavily on the ground, Yama resisted the pain he was feeling and fiercely waved his Golden Sword to force the two āthingsā back, then he too took some more distance from Nagato.
Up until this moment, Yama hasnāt clearly seen what those two āthingsā were!
But one thing that Yama has understood through pain is the fact the raw power of those ātwoā things is high enough to smash mountains into rubbleā¦ which is completely inconsistent with their small sizeā¦ moreover, the two āthingsā are fast enough to somewhat keep up with Yamaās speed, and also managed to hurt him!
You must know that when using the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Yamaās speed and strength are improved by several dimensionsā¦ and, because of the coating of Tenseigan Chakra, normal attacks canāt even get past the defence of the Chakra Cloak, much less hurt himā¦ and yet, those two āthingsā could hurt himā¦!
This fact implies just how much raw strength those two āthings have, and this fact also made Yama raise the threat level of Nagato higherā¦
Of course, Yama wasnāt the only one shockedā¦ Nagato on the other side was even more surprised than Yama, and thought, āHe can perceive my Limbo Clones? Just howā¦? Limbo Clones should only be perceivable through the Rinnegan that can see through space! Does that mean he really has the Rinnegan?ā
Because the Limbo Clones do not exist in the physical world, they can not be perceived by conventional meansā¦
Although Yama was able to coincidently destroy his first Limbo Clone, Nagato didnāt think that Yama can perceive his Limbo Cloneā¦ but not it seems that that might not the case, and he more and more felt that Yama might also possess the Rinnegan!
To see the Limbo World, one needs the Rinnegan, and to sense the existence of the Limbo World, one must have sensory skills at the level of Six-Path Sennin Modeā¦
Of course, Yama has neither, neither does he have the Rinnegan, nor has he mastered the Six Path Sennin Mode, but the insight of his Tenseigan is no inferior to the Rinneganā¦ Although Tenseigan canāt see through space unlike the Rinnegan, it can still see Chakra.
The Limbo Clones, although existing in the Limbo world, they are still Chakraā¦ and Yamaās Tenseigan is allowing him to see that Chakra, albeit barely, and unclearly because the Limbo Clones are present in a different dimension!
This is also the reason why Yama called Nagatoās Limbo Clones, āthose two thingsā rather than āthose two peopleā.
But Nagato doesnāt know this factā¦ he felt that Yama is able to see his Limbo Clones which made him completely shocked.
Nagato clearly understands that besides all their special abilities, the main reason why Limbo Clones are extremely powerful is because of other peopleās inability to perceive themā¦
Obviously, you canāt defend or attack something you can neither see nor senseā¦
But if someone can perceive them, the threat of the Limbo Clones will obviously be reduced! Although the Limbo Clones will still give him a numerical advantage against Yama, it wonāt be like before when just looking at Yama was more than enough to kill him!
Moreover, for those standing at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World, such as Yama who can turn anything they attack into dust, the numerical advantage wonāt be much advantageous!
Thinking of all these conclusions, Nagato more and more felt that his initial absurd idea might just be trueā¦ Yama might just indeed be his so-called āNatural Enemyā!