Naruto and Killer Bee, locked in battle with the Six Paths of Pain, were startled by Lin Nan's sudden appearance.
"Mr. Lin!"
Lin Nan smiled faintly. "Stand firm!"
The next second, a powerful gust of wind erupted, repelling everything around Lin Nan.
Not only the Six Paths, but Naruto and Killer Bee were also sent flying.
"Shindasa!"
With one blow, Naruto and Killer Bee, having been prepared, managed to withstand it.
Lin Nan knew the Naruto before him was the real one, not a clone, so he didn't hold back.
"Mr. Lin, your eyes?" Naruto asked, slightly surprised, but quickly regained his composure. After all, in his impression, Lin Nan was almost omnipotent.
"Super Saiyan, showing off your power, so nice, oh yeah!" Killer Bee exclaimed, gesticulating wildly.
Lin Nan rolled his eyes and said softly, "Stand behind me!"
Though unsure why, Naruto and Killer Bee still positioned themselves behind Lin Nan.
The next moment, Lin Nan extended his palm, his gaze fixed on the white mask approaching from afar.
A pitch-black sphere slowly floated out and ascended, growing larger and larger, forming a black hole that seemed to swallow even light within seconds.
"Lin Nan!" The white mask shouted upon seeing this!
Lin Nan merely sneered, his smile almost contorted, his eyes filled with hysterical madness.
"Calling me? I'll let you call!"
In the next moment, Lin Nan clapped his hands and roared.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
The black sphere flickered with dark light, unleashing its seductive power. Then, an immense gravitational force, centered on the black sphere, began to pull everything nearby.
The earth cracked, trees were uprooted, and under the tremendous gravity, nothing could escape except Lin Nan and the area behind him.
The Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, upon being drawn in, began to expose their crimson Tailed Beast Chakra, forming Tailed Beast cloaks, managing to slightly control their bodies.
Not to mention the white mask, in his intangible state, no external force could affect him.
"Ah!"
Seeing this, Lin Nan roared again, a trace of blood trickling down his nose.
"Bang!"
The entire forest began to tremble, the earth seemed to shatter instantly, and soil, rocks, and withered leaves continuously converged towards the black sphere in the sky, their speed clearly accelerating.
The Tailed Beast Jinchuriki finally lost control of their bodies and flew towards the sky with the debris.
"Wow!" Naruto peeked from behind Lin Nan, exclaiming in awe.
Killer Bee also excitedly said, "An artificial moon is amazing. Fortunately, he's a friend, not an enemy! Oh yeah..."
"Aren't you afraid Mr. Lin will throw you up there too?" Naruto asked Killer Bee speechlessly.
Killer Bee immediately fell silent.
Naruto looked at the growing celestial body in the sky and murmured, "This move can indeed trap the Jinchuriki's movements!"
"But it's not enough!" Lin Nan suddenly gave a bitter laugh. He realized his chakra reserves were somewhat insufficient, at least not as much as Nagato, from the Uzumaki clan. Therefore, the Chibaku Tensei he released wasn't very powerful.
"Lin Nan!"
Just then, an angry roar came.
The white mask, smashing through giant rocks with his fan, charged directly at Lin Nan, intending to eliminate the caster.
"Where does it hurt!"
Lin Nan coldly shouted upon seeing this.
"Received!"
Naruto, without moving his body, extended a golden, shining giant hand from his body, striking at the white mask.
"This move is useless!" Lin Nan said.
Indeed, Naruto's golden fist instantly passed through the white mask's body, not hindering its momentum!
"What should we do? Mr. Lin!" Naruto asked.
"Only the area behind me is unaffected by the gravity. Don't let him get close to that area. His current state can only last for five minutes!"
Before Lin Nan could finish speaking, the white mask had already reached Lin Nan.
"Mr. Lin!"
Naruto's pupils contracted. Just as he was about to defend Lin Nan, he saw the white mask's fan pass directly through Lin Nan's body, just as his own attack had passed through the white mask earlier.
"So that's how it is!" Naruto's expression brightened. "Bee!"
"Okay!"
Killer Bee extended numerous tentacles, stabbing at the white mask, but it was still futile against the current white mask.
The white mask seemed to have realized this as well; they couldn't harm him, and he couldn't harm them. He looked at the six Jinchuriki already absorbed into the celestial body behind him and suddenly laughed, "You think this can seal all six Tailed Beasts? Laughable!"
"Six might not be enough to seal, but if even one is gone, you're still playing?" Lin Nan offered a harmless smile.
"Lin Nan, how dare you?"
After a moment of stiffness, the white mask roared in anger, striking with his fan, sending a fiery whirlwind towards Lin Nan.
Lin Nan, however, ignored it, letting the flames engulf him.
The next moment, the white mask's figure vanished.
In a dim, bizarre space, pure white three-dimensional pillars stretched as far as the eye could see. Lin Nan's figure materialized within the space. This was the effect of Kamui's intangible state; Lin Nan had evaded the flames and, in that instant, had teleported into this dimension.
Suddenly, another figure materialized, holding a black rod, and thrust it directly towards Lin Nan's heart. Lin Nan, however, did not dodge. With a "chū" sound, the black rod pierced his chest.
"Lin Nan, I will grind you into dust!" The white mask's cold voice echoed.
Lin Nan merely looked at the white mask calmly. "At least, you can't do anything to me right now!"
"Is that so?" the white mask sneered.
Lin Nan's brow furrowed as he looked at the black rod protruding from his chest, feeling his chakra being frantically devoured and suppressed. Yin-Yang Release's black rod? He'd forgotten about this!
Lin Nan slowly turned his head, his smile becoming increasingly eerie.
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, a hand covered in lightning erupted from the white mask's chest, tearing through his clothes and splattering blood.
"Bang!"
The "Lin Nan" in front of the white mask dissipated into smoke at that moment.
"Tobi, this feeling, you're quite familiar with it, aren't you?" Lin Nan's voice sounded from behind the white mask.
"Cough!"
The white mask let out a muffled cough, remaining silent, but immediately formed a hand seal.
"Chū!"
In the next moment, with debris flying, countless black rods pierced through Lin Nan's body, instantly turning him into a porcupine.
"You can't escape my curse, Lin Nan!" The white mask, severely wounded, spoke with a weak voice, but it couldn't conceal the ferocity and triumph within. However, Lin Nan seemed unfazed. Edo Tensei essentially lacked pain, only numbness.
"This thing can restrict movement, suppress chakra flow, and interrupt any physical body, Edo Tensei, ninjutsu, or dōjutsu!" The white mask sneered, feeling he had won. Up to this point, the black rods produced by Yin-Yang Release had been unfailingly effective, never failing.
However, in the next second, the lightning flashing on Lin Nan's palm intensified, causing the white mask to let out a pained scream, with wisps of smoke rising.
"How is this possible?"
Though surprised and speechless, the white mask could no longer hold back and retreated, clutching his bloody chest, staring at Lin Nan with fierce, fearful eyes. For him, the black rods had never failed, but what was happening now?
The lightning on Lin Nan's palm dissipated, and then, his entire body erupted in crimson flames. A massive skeletal arm lunged towards the white mask.
The white mask retreated, soaring into the air, his figure slowly distorting.
"Are you trying to escape? I came in hoping to see some new tricks, but it's just the same old methods! You've disappointed me greatly, Tobi..." Lin Nan looked at the white mask, his voice calm, like a superior reprimanding a junior he was thoroughly disappointed in.
"Lin Nan..."
The white mask vanished, but the voice that emanated from him was trembling!