"Almighty Push!"
As Lin Nan softly uttered, a formless force spread out instantly.
Like a repulsive force, it frantically pushed everything, including the air, outwards in all directions.
The white mask also waved his hand.
"Almighty Push!"
As the two repulsive forces collided, Lin Nan was sent flying backward, while the white mask remained in place.
"You've finally used Hollowfication, haven't you?" Lin Nan landed, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
The white mask couldn't see his expression, but he was sure his current look wouldn't be pleasant.
He knew Lin Nan's intelligence, and it was precisely to avoid revealing his own skills to Lin Nan that he chose to use the Six Paths eye technique, which he didn't think highly of.
But he hadn't expected to subconsciously use Hollowfication.
It turned out that just now, as Lin Nan disappeared, he had attacked a tailed beast host, dug out its Rinnegan, and implanted it into himself.
The answer was simple: as long as he had the Rinnegan, Lin Nan could use the Rinnegan's eye techniques.
But this was only temporary.
Lin Nan's single Rinnegan spun in its socket and then dropped out.
Yes, such a horrifying sight.
The reason was simple: Edo Tensei bodies would revert to their initial state after being damaged, whether it was buffs or debuffs.
Lin Nan had no choice but to re-implant the Rinnegan into his eye socket, then reinforce it with chakra, before it stabilized.
This Rinnegan was a replica, just like the Rinnegan of Six Paths Pain back then.
It was likely that when it was implanted into the eyes of the tailed beast host, it was sealed using some secret technique, otherwise, it would have been rejected by the Edo Tensei body itself.
"Lin Nan, a truly astonishing existence!"
The white mask glanced at Lin Nan before turning to head to another battlefield.
Since Lin Nan had copied his Hollowfication, most of his subsequent attacks would be in vain, and he didn't want to waste any more effort.
"Don't leave, Tobi!"
Seeing this, Lin Nan was displeased and immediately charged towards the white mask, wielding lightning.
The white mask completely ignored Lin Nan, allowing his attacks to pass through his body repeatedly, and coldly said, "Lin Nan, neither of us can do anything to the other now. Just watch me capture the Nine-Tails!"
"Don't be like that, weren't you quite fierce when you stabbed me? What happened now?" Lin Nan gritted his teeth and laughed.
The white mask remained silent, not wanting to engage with Lin Nan.
The more Lin Nan thought about it, the angrier he became.
Back then, when the white mask was still Tobi, he had been flattering Lin Nan and obeying his every command. Lin Nan had never expected that he was trying to gather intelligence on his abilities.
At that time, it was the final battle between Konan and Tobi.
In the original plot, Konan's plan against Tobi failed, her three hundred billion explosive tags went to waste, and she was killed.
Lin Nan had a very good relationship with Konan. He had been recruited into the Akatsuki by Konan, and Konan had saved his life before he joined the Akatsuki. This was practically a debt of gratitude, so he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
But when Lin Nan, full of confidence, went to rescue Konan, he didn't expect Tobi to have anticipated Lin Nan's move.
As a result, Lin Nan didn't know Konan's final fate, and he himself had already died.
Who would have thought that Tobi, that cunning old fox, not only predicted the moment when his eye power was depleted but also found the best opportunity to kill him.
In his previous life, Lin Nan often ran out of chakra, but he always kept a contingency plan for unforeseen circumstances.
However, he had overlooked that Konan's three hundred billion explosive tags had an excessively large blast radius, which directly affected him, causing a portion of his eye power to be wasted.
Then, after Lin Nan's heroic rescue, Tobi pretended to be exhausted, intending to lower Lin Nan's guard.
Could Lin Nan tolerate this? He intended to kill him then and there.
Tobi, having just gone through a major battle with Konan, was struggling to deal with the relatively energetic Lin Nan, so he was naturally at a disadvantage.
Thus, Lin Nan truly killed Tobi, nearly perishing with him in the process.
He believed it was his only chance, so he held nothing back.
But who would have thought that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the husk of the Ten-Tails, would suddenly appear?
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was immensely large. Compared to the statue, Susanoo was merely a child.
Lin Nan, constantly on the run and using Hollowfication to dodge, naturally forgot about Tobi, whom he believed to be dead.
Unexpectedly, Tobi, that cunning old fox, was not only alive but also hiding in the Kamui dimension, waiting for an opportunity.
The principle of Hollowfication avoiding skills was to transfer the part of the body in contact with an attack into the Kamui dimension the moment it was received.
The main body in the Kamui dimension was solid, with no Hollowfication involved.
Lin Nan naturally understood this, so he was always cautious when using Hollowfication, fearing that Tobi would seize the opportunity for a sneak attack.
But even the wisest can make mistakes. Despite his utmost vigilance, he never expected Tobi to be able to use Izanagi twice to escape death.
Konan's three hundred billion explosive tags were avoided by him using Izanagi. Lin Nan could never have dreamed that he could use it a second time in such a short period.
Izanagi, at the cost of permanently sacrificing one Sharingan, pulls the reality of one's death into an illusion, and then reverses reality and illusion, thus dying in an illusion and reviving in reality.
It was simply outrageous, a bug-like eye technique.
Finally, Tobi seized the opportunity and struck.
He seized the only chance Lin Nan had to use Hollowfication without any defenses, ending the battle with a single blow, piercing Lin Nan's heart.
Of course, this was not Lin Nan's final end.
Hollowfication and escaping into the Kamui dimension were two different things. It could only be maintained for a maximum of five minutes, after which one would be automatically expelled from the dimension.
Then, Tobi, in his madness, used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to submerge Lin Nan's corpse directly into the deep sea, watching as Lin Nan's body turned into blood under the immense pressure.
He wasn't satisfied with that; he even sealed the blood in the deep sea.
What was he afraid of?
That's right, he was afraid that Lin Nan would also revive through Izanagi.
In reality, Lin Nan did revive using Izanagi.
However, the moment he revived, he was completely pulverized again by the deep-sea pressure.
Lin Nan didn't even have the chance to feel fear.
Thus, the Lin Nan before the Shinobi Wars came to an end.
This was the cause of Lin Nan's death.
Actually, thinking about it.
Lin Nan had no choice.
He couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
His escape methods were Kamui, the Ephemeral Technique, and later, he copied Tobi's Izanagi.
However, Kamui had Tobi lurking, and the Ephemeral Technique had too long a casting time. Izanagi couldn't be cast instantly; it required at least three seconds after death!
In three seconds, Lin Nan's bones would have already turned to dust.
This was a deep-seated hatred; it could not be tolerated.
But at present, he truly couldn't do anything to the current white mask.
His previous fortunate kill was because the opponent was at his wit's end, which was fundamentally different from the current situation.
However, even if he couldn't do anything to him, it didn't mean Lin Nan couldn't annoy him.
The next second, Lin Nan's figure had already disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was already amidst the new Six Paths hosts of the white mask.