Beside him, Obito was covered in blood, having drawn fire for Guy, and was at his limit despite the Ten-Tails' chakra regeneration.
However, Obito clearly had a death wish.
There was also another Obito hidden in the shadows.
Susanoo clearly couldn't withstand the attack of the Death Gate Guy.
The truth-seeking orbs would be eliminated by the combined Kamui of Obito and Kakashi.
Therefore, there was only one way to deal with the Death Gate Guy now.
That was to stall for time!
Lin Nan knew the principle behind opening the Death Gate of the Eight Gates.
By channeling chakra into the heart, he gained immense power, but the body suffered extreme pressure, forcing blood out to form red steam.
But a person's blood is finite.
Furthermore, once the Eight Gates were opened, they could not be closed, leading to death.
Thus, Lin Nan only needed to stall until Guy ran out of steam to win.
Lin Nan wouldn't be foolish enough to confront the Death Gate Guy head-on; that would be like lighting a lamp in a toilet.
The power of the Death Gate Guy far surpassed the realm of an immortal.
Even he, who had become like the Six Paths Sage, couldn't withstand a single kick from Guy.
From their brief exchange, it was clear that Guy's strength was far superior to Lin Nan's.
Lin Nan had even considered opening his own Death Gate to clash with Guy, a direct confrontation.
But Lin Nan dared not.
Honestly, even if the Sage Body could withstand the pressure of the Death Gate and repair the injuries, Lin Nan didn't dare to trade kicks with the Death Gate Guy.
Lin Nan was extremely afraid of death right now.
With that, Lin Nan soared into the sky, quickly putting distance between himself and Guy on the ground.
Thousands of meters above, Lin Nan even flew a bit higher, feeling somewhat reassured.
Surprised, huh? I can fly!
No matter how powerful the Death Gate Guy was, he couldn't fly; at most, he could jump very high.
Obito was almost done for. If he had been in better condition earlier, he might have been able to use Kamui to teleport Guy through space, enabling flight.
But now, everything was set.
Lin Nan's gaze met Guy's across thousands of meters.
Then, Lin Nan once again adopted a starting stance.
"Sage Art, Dust Release, Advanced Dematerialization Technique!"
At the same time, Lin Nan's two Limbo clones also unleashed a super-large Dust Release technique from above.
Three unleashed simultaneously, with one even engulfing Guy's form.
As for the ninja allied forces, they had become somewhat numb from the repeated shocks, but seeing themselves shrouded in the light of the Dust Release once more, they still revealed expressions of fear and unease.
After all, Lin Nan was a thousand meters in the sky, invisible to the naked eye.
How would their savior, Emperor Guy, fight this battle?
"Hoo!"
On the ground, the Death Gate Guy slowly exhaled a breath, and then his chakra surged once more.
At this moment, the Death Gate Guy was like a lit dynamite barrel, waiting to unleash his overflowing and uncontrollable chakra.
"Evening Elephant!"
"Bang!"
With a roar from the Death Gate Guy, three air cannons were instantly unleashed.
It was as if the air was compressed, making thousands of meters feel like mere inches, reaching Lin Nan in an instant.
The familiar pressure washed over Lin Nan, leaving him speechless.
Even from such a distance, he could still be hit; wasn't the attack range outrageously long?
As for the other two clones, they were even forced back into Lin Nan's body under the pressure of Evening Elephant.
Within the range of Evening Elephant's air cannons, the air was compressed to its limit, gravity increased, and the contained chakra was devastating.
However, the air cannons of Evening Elephant alone couldn't inflict substantial damage on the Sage Body, only suppress it.
The super-large Dust Release was interrupted again, and Lin Nan became angry.
Guy truly surpassed gods with a mortal body.
But this gap in strength was too immense, wasn't it?
From the Gate of Wonder to the Death Gate, Guy had instantly advanced from a regular Kage-level to a strength far beyond Super Kage, crossing multiple tiers.
Whether it was speed, power, or chakra, it was outrageously overflowing.
If Lin Nan could see data, the Death Gate Guy's stats would likely have been off the charts.
The only drawback was its sustainability.
Lin Nan, bracing himself, ascended further after crossing the air cannons, reaching an altitude of eight thousand meters, level with Mount Everest.
At this height, neither his Rinnegan nor his Sharingan could see anything on the ground, but he could still sense the surging chakra.
I'm already this high, and I'm not doing anything; I want to see what you'll do.
Lin Nan slowly let out a sigh of relief, but he remained vigilant, wary of Obito using his last ounce of strength to send the Death Gate Guy higher.
Meanwhile, Lin Nan had already thrown a truth-seeking orb etched with a Flying Thunder God mark to a distant location, which would aid his escape.
Everything was prepared, all escape routes were secured.
If the Death Gate Guy could come up, there would be no need for words; he would simply run.
If he couldn't, even better.
He would vanish into the dust.
Lin Nan gazed at the giant, blood-red moon in the sky, almost level with him, and was momentarily lost in thought.
However, in his daze, Lin Nan seemed to see some chakra flickering within the moon.
"Accumulate!"
"Boom!"
The ground suddenly exploded, and the surge of chakra, like a dam bursting, made Lin Nan instantly alert.
Nearly ten thousand meters high, and still choosing to unleash Night Guy?
Was this the last spark of youth's ardor, as life was about to be extinguished?
Planning to go all out?
Guy was a respectable true man.
But still, reckless!
"Roar!"
A sudden, dragon-like roar echoed, and Lin Nan, high in the sky, could see a streak of crimson on the ground, like a flower blooming at dawn.
Could such immense chakra, purely from taijutsu, truly reach such a level?
Even Lin Nan, with his Sage Body, felt his scalp tingle with shock.
He now truly understood why Madara Uchiha had said those words.
The chakra unleashed in this instant surpassed even the Sage Art of the Six Paths Sage.
At this very moment, the crimson light intensified, becoming blindingly bright.
Lin Nan's eyes widened, and what greeted him was a lifelike, blood-colored giant dragon, its massive head filled with majesty and ferocity.
"This... is impossible?"
Was this truly something a human could achieve?