"It's okay."
Nagato shook his head and looked up at the lightning dragon still soaring in the sky, taking a deep breath: "The Six Paths of Pain will be resurrected soon..."
King Yama, who had been chewing behind Nagato, stopped and opened his enormous mouth. The Six Paths of Pain lined up one by one and walked out of King Yama's mouth.
"So this is resurrection..."
Jiraiya stroked his chin and nodded, then looked at Orochimaru beside him: "Hey Orochimaru, don't forget the intelligence of the Hell Path can resurrect other puppets..."
"..."
Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, sneering coldly: "We can leave anytime now, they probably aren't in the mood to chase us..."
"..."
Jiraiya hesitated for a moment but had no intention of leaving.
The three people fighting here were all his disciples, and this battle determined the future fate of the Ninja World, so Jiraiya dared not leave rashly.
Just when Jiraiya and Orochimaru were chatting, the lightning dragon in the sky suddenly descended from the heavens, charging straight toward Nagato, Konan, and the newly resurrected Six Paths of Pain!
A burst of light suddenly blossomed from the Preta Path Pain's body, this slightly plump puppet among the Six Paths of Pain leapt agilely towards the lightning dragon, holding out both hands, as the lightning dragon in the sky slowly dissipated into Chakra, which he directly absorbed!
"Whew..."
Nagato took a deep breath.
The resurrection of the Six Paths of Pain made Nagato feel relieved, finally regaining the confidence to compete with Akihara Kagura.
"The rest will be up to them."
Nagato's voice gradually relaxed, as he controlled the Six Paths of Pain to charge toward Akihara Kagura, surprisingly taking the initiative to launch an attack at this moment!
The next second!
Nagato's expression suddenly changed!
Akihara Kagura charged directly at the Six Paths of Pain!
The Asura Path Pain was the first to confront him, a jagged blade emerged from his back, extending abruptly towards Akihara Kagura!
Akihara Kagura's figure transformed into a golden light to avoid the blade, suddenly rushing towards the Asura Path, and landed a punch on the Asura Path's face, causing countless components to explode from Asura Path Pain's body!
First strike...
Asura Path damaged!
A black rod appeared in the Deva Path Pain's hand, aiming to embed it into Akihara Kagura's body, knowing that the Almighty Push was ineffective against Akihara Kagura and would only harm himself!
"You think my Taijutsu is the same as ten years ago?"
Akihara Kagura spread his palm, gripping the black rod in the Deva Path Pain's hand, and with a twist of his wrist, drove the black rod straight into the Deva Path Pain!
"Almighty Push!"
The Deva Path Pain instinctively used the Almighty Push, utilizing the repulsive force to retreat quickly, hastily avoiding Akihara Kagura's attack!
This retreat...
Directly exposed the Preta Path behind!
The Preta Path leapt up, attempting to grab Akihara Kagura's body, aiming to absorb the Chakra within him!
Bam!
Half a black rod was flung towards the Preta Path!
This plump puppet got pinned to the ground by half a black rod, its body nailed down!
Second strike...
Preta Path damaged!
"Not good..."
Nagato suddenly realized Akihara Kagura's progress.
This former junior disciple was no longer the boy whose Taijutsu was on par with him, but rather a terrifyingly powerful monster!
The Animal Path wielded a black rod, suddenly sprinting towards Akihara Kagura; the Human Path launched an attack simultaneously, its palm slightly reaching out, waiting for the moment when the Animal Path was distracted, intending to strike and seize Akihara Kagura's body!
As long as he can seize Akihara Kagura's body...
The Human Path can extract Akihara Kagura's soul!
The next second!
Akihara Kagura dodged the Animal Path's black rod, and reached out to seize the Animal Path's arm, using its body to slam the Human Path!
A wooden spike suddenly shot out from Akihara Kagura's palm, directly flung out, penetrating the Animal Path and Human Path's bodies!
"Wood Release: Planting Jutsu!"
Akihara Kagura raised his fingers!
With the rapid growth of Chakra, the wooden spikes within the Animal Path and Human Path's bodies instantly grew, ceasing any further movement!
Animal Path, Human Path, defeated!
The Six Paths of Pain were left only with the Deva Path Pain and the Hell Path.
"!!!"
Deva Path Pain had no choice but to charge at Akihara Kagura once more!
Taking advantage of Deva Path Pain's cover, Hell Path immediately activated the King Yama, opening its mouth and extending a long tongue, attempting to recover and revive the four fallen Pains on the ground.
However...
The time afforded by Deva Path Pain was too short.
"Rasengan!"
Akihara Kagura raised his palm, a Rasengan directly slammed onto Deva Path Pain, and Deva Path Pain's body instantly collapsed!
"Such a hassle."
Akihara Kagura clasped his hands together.
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
A white light suddenly pierced through Hell Path and the King Yama behind it, a round hole appeared in Hell Path's chest, and its body fell directly, while a large hole was pierced through the mouth of the towering King Yama, causing its body to slowly sink into the ground...
Pain Six Paths...
As of this moment, all are lost!
From the moment Pain Six Paths confronted Akihara Kagura head-on, to the time Akihara Kagura resolved Pain Six Paths, not even ten seconds passed.
Nagato's mind hadn't even had time to devise countermeasures when Pain Six Paths was already completely vanquished by Akihara Kagura, the speed was simply too swift to comprehend...
"..."
Jiraiya and Orochimaru were both somewhat shocked.
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima had their eyes wide open.
Having just been the ones engaged in direct combat with Pain Six Paths, they were well aware of how powerful Pain Six Paths was, as they were the first to face it.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya had exhausted nearly all their means, yet saw no hope of defeating Pain Six Paths, having to rely solely on unique strategies to tackle Nagato's true body, but these strategies were also crushed by Nagato's absolute power.
However...
Akihara Kagura took less than ten seconds.
The most unsettling fact for them was that Akihara Kagura hadn't even utilized his trump card jutsus; he merely used Taijutsu and a couple of minor Ninjutsu to resolve everything...
"Little Jiraiya..."
Sage Fukasaku took a deep breath and whispered, "Your disciple... seems to have no weaknesses... I remember he can also use Sage Mode?"
When Jiraiya took Akihara Kagura as a student, under the Great Toad Sage's guidance, the student could directly use Sage Mode, which shocked all of Mount Myoboku!
"Yes..."
Jiraiya nodded somewhat bitterly.
In other times, Jiraiya would be proud of his disciple; however, now Jiraiya was only troubled by how to stop this disciple...
There's no doubt that once Akihara Kagura obtained Nagato's Rinnegan, the entire Ninja World would inevitably face a terrifying calamity!
"Brother Nagato, hand over the Rinnegan yourself."
Akihara Kagura walked step by step towards Nagato and Konan, speaking gently: "I still can't bring myself to do something as cruel as gouging your eyes out from their sockets... as long as you're willing to hand over the Rinnegan to me, both you and Sister Konan can survive."
"Hearing you say such words is truly ironic..."
Konan coldly stared at Akihara Kagura, raising her fingers as she prepared to activate her Secret Technique once more: "A butcher who wants to destroy the Ninja World, yet still claims not to be cruel..."
"Konan!"
Nagato interrupted Konan, also stopping her actions, slowly shaking his head: "You go escort Jiraiya-sensei and them away from here, leave the rest to me..."
"Nagato!"
Konan looked at Nagato in inexplicable astonishment.
"Don't worry, I might not necessarily lose either."
Nagato shook his head, slowly clasping his hands together, his eyes gradually turning a bit grim: "I just want to prevent you from being caught in the upcoming battle..."
"You want to use that jutsu?"
Konan frowned, but did not intend to stop him.
"The power of Chibaku Tensei... is not sufficient."
Nagato, forming hand seals while keeping a close eye on the approaching Akihara Kagura: "Leave quickly, the upcoming battle is not one you can participate in..."
The next moment!
Nagato's hand suddenly struck the ground!
This emaciated red-haired man let out a low growl from his throat as he looked at Akihara Kagura before him: "Summoning Jutsu! Gedo Statue!"
Rumble!
The entire ground trembled!
The Akatsuki Organization's base seemed to abruptly collapse!
An ugly gigantic creature appeared behind Nagato!