"How is this possible?"
Hashirama retreated, looking at the Ten-Tails, which had been sealed by the God Realm Prison but was still active. It had taken the entire Nine-Tails while he and the Fourth Hokage were distracted by another battlefield, his expression extremely solemn.
To be precise, the Ten-Tails didn't swallow the Nine-Tails with its mouth. Instead, a huge, grotesque fleshy flower had appeared on its chest at some point, with a deep abyss for a mouth. It had engulfed the entire Nine-Tails in one gulp.
Fortunately, Hashirama wasn't inside, or he would have met the same fate.
After the petals swallowed the Nine-Tails, the entire Ten-Tails began to writhe violently, and the God Realm Prison started to loosen.
"Dad!"
Naruto, seeing this, cried out.
Lin Nan comforted him, "He's an Edo Tensei body, so he should be fine, but he probably won't be able to get out for a while!"
Even as he said this, Lin Nan's expression was very serious.
From the beginning until now, the Ten-Tails had never possessed the complete Eight or Nine-Tails. But now, it had swallowed half of the Nine-Tails.
Even though it was only half, the Nine-Tails' chakra was renewable. Recovering in the Shinigami's stomach to this point was almost equivalent to a whole one.
Minato was an Edo Tensei, but the Nine-Tails was the actual Nine-Tails, possessing a relatively complete Nine-Tails chakra. The reason for the Ten-Tails' appearance was only because it had obtained a tiny bit of the Nine-Tails' chakra from the bodies of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers in their Edo Tensei state.
Was Uchiha Madara always planning this?
Lin Nan gritted his teeth. He had ultimately underestimated Uchiha Madara. Someone who could gamble with Izanagi to escape his death, relying on the Second Hokage not to do anything to his corpse, had such a deep-seated stratagem that Lin Nan couldn't guard against.
"Roar!"
The Ten-Tails let out a roar, the God Realm Prison began to crack, and the Ten-Tails broke free.
The next moment, Uchiha Madara flew towards the Ten-Tails to rejoin it.
Lin Nan's pupils contracted. The current Ten-Tails was incomparable to the Ten-Tails before. Once Uchiha Madara connected with the Ten-Tails, not to mention the First to Seventh Tails, even the Eighth and Ninth Tails might be in danger.
"Stop him!"
Lin Nan roared.
The surrounding personnel reacted to his command, with Naruto charging forward, his face filled with ferocity, even showing some Nine-Tails characteristics. It was clear he was still resentful about his father being swallowed by the Ten-Tails.
"Don't bother me!" Uchiha Madara waved his hand, and a colossal, complete Susanoo appeared.
The other Tailed Beasts also moved forward, surrounding Uchiha Madara.
Even so, the Ten-Tails in the distance was already crawling towards Uchiha Madara.
The two didn't even need physical contact. Once connected, meaning the Ten-Tails entered the range of the Rinnegan's Outer Path power of Uchiha Madara, it could directly suppress the Tailed Beasts.
Lin Nan's expression was grim, but he suddenly saw Obito and Kakashi.
Lin Nan immediately flashed in front of Obito.
Obito's body was already in a weakened state after the Rinne Tensei, and with the Ten-Tails having been extracted from him, he looked like an old man in his twilight years, devoid of any life force.
However, Obito had transplanted White Zetsu cells, so he didn't die immediately, but he was close.
Obito had completely dispelled his inner demons, and his obsession vanished with them. Seeing Lin Nan arrive, he smiled slightly.
His current state was somewhat similar to that of Kabuto Yakushi after breaking free from Izanami.
Lin Nan had indeed considered using Izanami on Obito back then. But with Obito's Rinnegan and Mangekyo Sharingan, the success rate of genjutsu like Izanami was extremely low.
Wasting another of his eyes, Lin Nan dismissed the idea.
Of course, there was Kotoamatsukami, but that thing had a ten-year cooldown. Even Lin Nan's pirated copy couldn't avoid this side effect.
"Lin Nan, you're here, I..."
Before Obito could finish, Lin Nan directly reached out.
"Take it!"
"Poof!"
Obito didn't feel much when his Rinnegan was plucked out, only smiling, "You should have thought of this earlier, Lin Nan!"
Lin Nan smiled slightly and then ruthlessly plucked out his other ordinary eye, preparing to install the Rinnegan into his eye socket.
Knowing that Lin Nan possessed Hashirama's cells, stopping the bleeding was a minor issue.
However, some things were destined not to go smoothly.
Suddenly, a black substance shot out from Obito's body and lunged at Lin Nan with lightning speed.
But the next second, Lin Nan was covered in the crimson-orange armor of Susanoo.
"Bang!"
The black substance, like liquid, hit the Susanoo and immediately recoiled.
"I've been guarding against you for a long time, Zetsu! Since you're here, stay!"
Lin Nan grinned menacingly at the black substance, then picked up the Totsuka Blade.
Black Zetsu was a product of Yin-Yang Release, the will of Kaguya. Lin Nan knew that ordinary attacks would be ineffective against him. In that case, what about the Totsuka Blade?
"Poof!"
Without possessing a body, Black Zetsu had no combat power except for basic Wood Style. He was directly struck by the Totsuka Blade.
"Hehehe, I won't fall for the same trick twice!"
Lin Nan sneered, and then, as if showing off, he didn't immediately seal Black Zetsu but, in front of him, placed the Rinnegan into his eye socket.
"Sizzle..."
A puff of white smoke rose.
At that moment, Lin Nan felt as if he had eaten the forbidden fruit, experiencing a sensation he had never felt before.
After a brief adjustment, Lin Nan opened his eyes again and found that the scene before him had changed.
"Hmm?"
Lin Nan looked around and found himself in a place that seemed like the inner world where a powerful being confined the Nine-Tails. The sky was void, with only an endless expanse of water.
"Drip!"
A sound like a water droplet echoed from behind Lin Nan.
Before Lin Nan could turn around, he suddenly heard a low murmur.
"The fourth one? This feeling seems a little different..."
With a sigh, before Lin Nan could see who it was, he felt another wave of dizziness, and his vision returned to reality.
Before Lin Nan could wonder, he felt his chakra rapidly disappearing within him, the source being the Rinnegan.
This thing consumes so much mana even when not in use?
"Lin Nan, you have now become the third Six Paths, capable of being a god. Join forces with me..."
Black Zetsu's voice suddenly rang out.
"I almost forgot about you!"
Lin Nan smiled slightly at him and then activated the Totsuka Blade.
"This is a chance to become a god, are you going to give it up, Lin Nan?" Black Zetsu's voice became urgent.
Lin Nan didn't hesitate at all. The Totsuka Blade glowed brightly and then directly sucked Black Zetsu into the gourd.
"You will regret this..."
Black Zetsu's voice disappeared.