VMM—
The supreme might of the sword shone with a dazzling light. Under the watchful eyes of all, it suddenly crashed into the bodies of the Six Paths of Pain.
In Konan's confidence and Jiraiya's helplessness, the hedgehog-headed Preta Path grinned, revealing a mocking smile. As if with disdain, he directly walked out and stretched out his arms, blocking in front of the other Pains. A white light suddenly lit up. In that instant, it seemed to carry a strange fluctuation, a special ability.
"It's useless!"
"You might as well surrender. Pain's ability can absorb all ninjutsu. Prepare yourself for the loss of your sword aura attacks," Konan said, her heart much more at ease as she watched this scene. She nodded from the sky, the smile in her pupils even more obvious.
But the next second, the white light of the Preta Path, which could absorb all ninjutsu, was shattered with a boom. And in the instant everyone was stunned, the sword aura, like lightning, like frost, brazenly devoured the Preta Path's body.
Schlick—
"How is this possible?"
Stunned. Her whole person was stunned. Horror appeared on Konan's face. What had she just seen? The Preta Path, which could absorb all ninjutsu skills, had actually failed to block Kusuo's sword aura and was cut down by one slash?
This... how could this be?
"Not good! Run!" Making a split-second decision, Konan immediately shouted in a low, delicate voice.
Sure enough, the sword aura that Kusuo had swung did not stop its all-sweeping pace just because it had devoured one person. Its momentum undiminished, it continued to slash towards the five Pains behind.
One slash. A terrifying slash. Such a shocking scene.
In a panic, the remaining five Pains shot backward, avoiding this slash.
RUMBLE!
A huge roar sounded. The space they had leaped from was cut into by the sword aura, and the steel-reinforced concrete shattered visibly, falling in pieces, the scene a field of ruins. The violent tremor lasted for more than ten seconds before it stopped.
When the white smoke and dust had cleared, only then did they realize what had just happened there. A vertical slash had cut open a huge gap, directly gutting the building that was dozens of meters high, leaving it on the verge of collapse. The pure steel building, incomparably sturdy, was far from what concrete and rock could compare to. Yet under this one slash, it was like thin paper.
"Dance of the Shikigami!"
In the midst of the turmoil, Konan waved her fair hand. A large number of paper sheets fluttered, gathering together, and retrieved the shattered corpse of the Preta Path. She then threw it back into the summoning King of Hell, which the Naraka Path had summoned with its hands clasped together.
Seeing this, Jiraiya's eye twitched. He finally knew why the Asura Path, which he had defeated first when he broke in alone, had revived again. And the Animal Path, which had been cut to nothing by that brat Kusuo just now, had also appeared before them, completely unharmed.
It was because among the Pains... there was the ability to revive people. This kind of horrifying thing had just happened right before his eyes. Jiraiya's heart was filled with shock and uncertainty. He even began to doubt what meaning there was to the life sciences and ninjutsu that his old friend Orochimaru had spent decades researching, even breaking with his teacher for.
Is this the power of the Sage's eyes? To be able to revive people indefinitely? This simply surpasses imagination.
"Jiraiya-sensei, don't be a fool. These people are all made from corpses. Fundamentally, they are not living people. There is no scene of arbitrarily reviving people." Kusuo saw the shock on Jiraiya's face and guessed what he was thinking. It's true. Anyone else who saw this scene would think the same. After all, such a method... what's the difference between it and a god?
Kusuo, who knew the inside story, shrugged. If he didn't take the initiative to explain, he feared Jiraiya would remain immersed in an unbelievable self-doubt. At that time, his heart would not be calm. Let alone entering Sage Mode, it would be good enough if he didn't become a breakthrough point to be actively attacked by Pain.
Corpses? Hearing Kusuo's words, Jiraiya's mind was shaken. In an instant, he felt as if everything had become clear. No wonder when he had fought them in close combat before, he had felt their bodies were so cold, without any elasticity. They were actually made of corpses.
At the same time, with the profound knowledge and acuity of one of the Sannin, Jiraiya immediately deduced the function of the black chakra rods that were inserted all over Pain's body. "Kusuo, if that's really the case, then behind the scenes, there must be an even more terrifying opponent controlling them from afar." Jiraiya quickly told him his speculation. And as for who this mastermind behind the scenes was... he already had a bad guess in his heart.
Nagato... could it be you?
Looking at the indifferent Deva Path corpse on the stage, Jiraiya felt a sharp pain in his heart. If... if it's really like this... then Yahiko's death, could it also be because of Nagato and Konan's betrayal?
He didn't dare to think about it. The more he thought, the more his heart ached.
Kusuo reminded Jiraiya, then paid him no more mind. Sometimes, reality was just that cruel. To personally face a former student, and to be killed by them in the original story... what an ironic and tragic ending.
"Why does your sword aura have no chakra?" At this moment, Konan's questioning voice finally sounded, asking the question that she and Nagato behind her were very puzzled about. That sword aura... its power, scale, and speed were all comparable to a full-power strike from a Kage. And the result... was that it actually didn't contain any chakra.
No chakra meant it wasn't a ninjutsu. The Preta Path naturally couldn't absorb it. Such an unbelievable method... was even more bizarre than the Rinnegan secret arts they had mastered.
Kusuo didn't speak, but instead, slashed out with his sword again with a backhand.
BOOM!
A magnificent sword aura, carrying a golden fire dragon, roared out, emitting wisps of scorching air. The scorching, fierce temperature forced people's cheeks to turn hot, to begin to turn red.
"Summoning Jutsu!" The Animal Path stepped forward, slapped the floor with both hands, and a giant panda rose from the ground.
"Asura's Attack!" The Asura Path stepped forward, its entire right arm turning into a cylindrical laser gun barrel, shooting out a purple laser beam that brazenly crashed into Kusuo's sword aura.
RUMBLE!
A huge explosion roared in mid-air. The purple laser beam was pushed back by the sword aura, forcing the Asura Path's body to continuously sink into the ground and retreat. After a long time, the Asura Path, which could no longer hold on, retracted its laser and jumped back.
The sword aura, which had been continuously weakened, now slashed onto the giant summoning panda and was barely blocked.
This one slash... its power was terrifyingly great. It actually required two Pains working together to block it. And this... was just a casual slash from Kusuo.
"This brat... his attacks are too fierce. We need to be careful," Konan said, maintaining her high and mighty posture, flying in the air. Her almond-shaped mouth parted slightly as she spoke to the Deva Path Yahiko in the middle below.
Among the Pains, the Deva Path, the only one made from their comrade, Yahiko, who had always been shown as the leader of the Akatsuki, was silent. His face was without joy or sorrow. He was not moved at all by Kusuo's all-destroying sword aura. He was as cold and taciturn as ever. Behind him was the infusion of a large portion of Nagato's chakra and will.
"A sword aura slash without chakra... is nothing special," an emotionless voice sounded.
Yahiko spread his hands flat. With his body as the center, an invisible fluctuation suddenly rose around him.
Jiraiya's heart below sank. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, instinctively, his heart felt that something was not right.
"Kusuo, be careful. I feel like something is off with the enemy."
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