"Now's the time!"
It didn't take very long for the opportunity Yama was waiting for to appear, and the moment it did, Yama had also completed the preparations, and violently threw two Platinum Spears towards the two Limbo Clones of Nagato.
'Platinum Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!'
Whiish… Whiish…
Accompanied by the whistling sound of cutting through the wind, the two platinum spears covered the distance gap and approached the two Limbo Clones in less than an instant.
The speed of the two platinum spears was as fast as light and Nagato's Limbo Clones had no opportunity to react to their sudden appearance as a result, they couldn't dodge this attack that pierced through their bodies unhindered by the difference of space and dimension.
The moment the two platinum spears came into contact with the two limbo Clones, the cursed seal took effect which made the clone's movements suddenly come to a stop…
And the momentum that the two Platinum Spears carried didn't stop just there, after piercing through their bodies, they continued ahead for several hundred meters and effectively nailed the two clones on two different rock protrusions in such a manner that no matter what, they could no longer play any role in the ongoing battle, neither active nor passive.
The two Clones were shocked by the sudden turn of events and struggled in order to break free, but no matter how hard they tried, the Silver Spears formed upon infusion of Tenseigan Chakra and the addition of an extremely powerful cursed seal to the Truth-Seeking Orbs, didn't even budge a nano inch!
Upon seeing his approach being successful, Kuroto under the Yama mask smiled slightly while nodding in appreciation then focused his attention on the next target while tapping a black spear on his shoulder.
Whoosh…
Then without waiting for the other party to react, Yama's body suddenly disappeared from his position and directly rushed towards Nagato's main body.
As far as Yama understands the Dojutsu 'Limbo: Border Jail!', the maximum number of Limbo Clones that Nagato can make at a time should be no more than four… After all, Uchiha Madara could only make four Limbo Clones with two Rinnegan… So, there is simply no way Nagato would be able to make any more than Uchiha Madara could.
Since this part is clear, then the next part should be easier to understand. Of the four, Yama had already killed one Limbo Clone with his 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!', and at this moment, he has sealed the other two Limbo Clones using 'Platinum Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!', going by simple mathematics, Nagato should have only one Limbo Clone remaining… And Yama intends to seal that Limbo Clone too…
With such intention, Yama rushed towards the original Nagato at an extremely fast speed all while making preparations to again use 'Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!'.
In the blink of an eye, Yama who had turned into a cyan-blue streamer appeared in front of Nagato's main body, and without a shred of hesitation, he stabbed Nagato with the Black Spear in his hand.
Seeing the Black Spear approaching him, Nagato who knew the threat of these Black things had no other option but to change position with his last Limbo Clone.
Swish…
With a 'swish', the Nagato in front of Yama suddenly disappeared and exchanged position with a fuzzy 'thing' which is his last Limbo Clone.
Yama who was prepared for such a thing to happen wasn't surprised by such a sudden change, in fact, it can be said that this was his primary objective, so he did not stop his movement.
The Black Spear in Yama's hand pierced yet another Limbo Clone, and at the moment of contact with the clone, the black spear transformed into a Platinum Spear. The Platinum Spear perfectly played the expected role and completely sealed the movements of Nagato's last Limbo Clone by nailing it to the ground.
"And that's the fourth one…" – muttered Yama with an inward sigh… "Now then, it's time for me to deal with the real Nagato!"
Hiss… Hiss Hiss Hisss
But he didn't have enough time to care about the real Nagato, as he suddenly heard the sound of countless Exploding Tags on ignition.
Yama frowned, as he looked at the ground, 'Summoning Circles?' he noticed several summoning circles on the ground out of which hundreds of thousands of ignited explosion tags were coming out each second.
'The summoning circles weren't there a moment ago, did Nagato leave them behind just before disappearing, or did the Limbo Clone print them just before being immobilized?' thought Yama, but it didn't really matter, as the first thing he has to do at this moment is to get away from here.
But before he could do so, suddenly tree roots sprouted out of the ground and coiled around his legs… 'Zetsu again?' thought Yama then shook his head because he saw Nagato in the distance pressing his hand on the ground and injecting his chakra into the ground to stimulate the growth of trees…
After understanding this, Yama initially thought of transforming a Truth-Seeking Orb floating behind him into a Black Long Katana in order to cut off all the tree roots, but chose not to do so because of the lack of time and knowing full well that there would be no end to the roots coming towards him… therefore, rather than a Long Katana, he transformed, the Truth-Seeking Orb into a Spherical shell around him as that would protect him from the explosion of the Exploding tags and also prevent all the tree roots from approaching him and sucking out his chakra.
But again, the moment the Truth-Seeking Orb was transformed into a spherical shell… something, which made Yama grit his teeth happened…
'Kamui!'
That's right, Uchiha fu****g Obito went and did it again, he used long-range Kamui to rip out a large hole in the spherical shell much to the annoyance of Yama… "Damn it!"
In fact, this time Kamui's real target was Yama's head, but coincidentally enough the spherical shell made of Truth-Seeking Orb came in between Madara's eyesight and Yama and happened to save Yama from sudden death, much to the annoyance of 'Madara', which made him curse "Damn it!"
Although very unhappy that his attack failed again, 'Madara' re-focused his attention, and knowing that he won't be able to use the sneak attack on Yama again, at least for the time being, so instead of wasting his effort on ripping out Yama's head or body parts, he focused his attention on those black orbs floating behind Yama and repeatedly used Kamui on them, and even managed to transfer four of them into the Kamui dimension.
And at the same time as 'Madara' transferred the Truth-Seeking Orbs to the Kamui Dimension thus making them inaccessible to Yama, a cubical Enchantment barrier suddenly appeared around Yama, cutting off all his escape route by trapping him inside in a vulnerable state to the millions of specially prepared Exploding Tags and Chakra absorbing tree roots…
As all this happened, Yama was taken aback and could only blink his eyes in wonder as he muttered, "Did they plan out such a well-thought-out attack way before, or did they just use these series of attacks in the spur of the moment? Regardless, of whichever the case, it seems to be working and I am totally done for… as in royally screwed!"
The moment, Yama finished his words, the millions of Exploding Tags inside the cubical enchantment suddenly burst out loudly and kicked off a series of earth-shaking explosions.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! BOOM! BOOM! EXPLOSION!
The sound of continuous explosions resounded through the night sky…!
The intensity and the duration of the explosions shocked the shinobi of the Five Great Shinobi Villages far away from the battlefield.
And the closed state of the cubical enchantment only made the situation worse for Yama as the energy of each explosion was being confined and triggering a chain reaction that further made it difficult to survive for Yama.
In this manner, more than three minutes passed, but there were no signs of the explosions stopping, which made Tsunade-hime in the distance speechless, "The explosions haven't stopped yet… just how many exploding Tags did they use?"
The calmer Sandaime Hokage wiped the sweat off his temple, as he said, "It should probably be around a few million… but that's not the only issue, the numbers of Exploding Tags aside, the power of each tag is that of a high-tier Exploding Tags… creating millions of such exploding tags requires enormous time and resources that even the Five Great Shinobi Villages can't spare unless in the time of a war… I wonder how Akatsuki Organization obtained so many of them?"
Jiraiya again sighed, and said, "There's no need to think too much, it can only be the work of Konan… With her 'Dance of the Shikigami!' based on Origami, she can mass produce millions of exploding tags with much less time and resources… Moreover, the power of each Tag will be that of a high-tier Exploding Tag…"
Hearing Jiraiya's words, everyone can't help but sigh more and more… The more you know about the Akatsuki organization, the more you will understand the true depths of their power, which will only make you sink into despair and want to give up.
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At the same time, on the other side.
'Madara', Zetsu, and Konan appeared beside Nagato using their unique Jutsu. (Tobi was still engaged in a battle with Uchiha Shisui & Homusubi was hidden away to ensure the safety of the two Jinchuriki.) …
The Four people who are obviously the core of the Akatsuki Organization looked in the direction with slightly nervous and expectant expressions on their faces.
This trap was prepared by Nagato after careful consideration, and he used himself as the bait to lure Yama inside it… almost everything was taken into account to finally kill Yama using more than 100 million Exploding Tags prepared by Konan.
Although Nagato is not certain if this much would be enough to kill Yama, he still hopes to greatly wound the other party in order to make the battle ahead advantageous for him… therefore, Nagato has high hopes for this trap and is intently waiting to see the result…
After a while, the explosion finally stopped, and the cubical enchantment barrier also disappeared.
Looking at the smoke that suddenly spread all over the battlefield, White Zetsu asked in an uncomfortable tone, "He should be dead, right?"
However, no one answered White Zetsu's question, because, at this moment, everyone's gazes were focused on the centre of the sight of the explosion where the smoke and dust were starting to clear up.
As the dust and smoke cleared up, a black sphere floating in the mid-air appeared in the eyes of everyone… and before either of them could react to it, the black sphere opened and changed into a fist-size orb, revealing the unscathed figure of Yama from within.
'This…? Damn it, how did he still have one of these black orbs with him…? I thought that the last four of them that were floating behind him were removed by 'Madara' / me!' this was the collective thought in the minds of everyone as a huge sense of frustration rushed into the hearts of all the four Akatsuki members, even Nagato was no different…!
They have exhausted almost all kinds of methods, not only using their numerical advantage against him but also using well-planned strategies to trap him in order to kill, or at the very least injure him… But no matter what approach they use, nothing seems to be working against him!
Killing him is one thing, they aren't even able to injure him! Such a thing obviously made the four of them deeply frustrated in their hearts.
Just when they were frustrated and thinking about what to do next… the four of them soon discovered that after coming out of the Black Sphere, Yama didn't pay attention to them, instead, looked up into the sky…
Although confused, the four of them also looked up into the sky only to find an extremely bright light spot in the night… what was strange about this light spot was that it was gradually becoming bigger and brighter with each passing second!
Konan frowned, "What is that thing?"
'Madara' and Zetsu were also a bit confused, as they couldn't immediately understand what exactly that bright spot of light is that is continuously getting bigger and brighter.
Only Nagato, who has the Rinnegan realized what that freaking thing is, and muttered with a slight stammer, "It… it seems to be a meteorite… that is about to fall on… our… planet…!"
Following Nagato's words, the bright light spot in the distant night sky became more and more clear, and everyone soon realized that the flaming piece of space rock that has started to become visible to the naked eye was approaching the earth at a speed faster than the escape velocity and would soon strike the Earth's surface, causing massive destruction to the life and property!
"Yup… I didn't guess wrong… I… no… We… are really Royally Screwed!"
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