"Just as you see, Nagato."
Uchiha Fugaku said unapologetically: "I've told you many times, don't trust anyone..."
Swish, swish!
Konan suddenly transformed into countless paper fragments, scattering from the hand of Susanoo's skeleton, then gathered again beside Nagato.
Back in human form, apart from some blood at the corner of her mouth and a few bruises from compression, Konan wasn't seriously injured.
Konan rarely acted in front of Uchiha Fugaku, and her Shikigami Jutsu hadn't been exposed, so Uchiha Fugaku wasn't aware of the characteristics of her Secret Technique. Fortunately, she had gathered her Chakra earlier, making it easier to escape.
"Konan, are you alright?"
Without taking his eyes off Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Fugaku, Nagato asked Konan behind him; for Uchiha Fugaku to defect immediately, the other person's words must be true.
Konan, looking warily at the enemies, said: "I'm fine, Nagato, but these two are probably not easy to handle."
On the other side, after retreating beside Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and slowly said: "It failed, looks like we need to take action against the Rinnegan, Lord Madara."
"No problem, it's just going to take a little effort anyway; not being an Uchiha Clan Member, to develop the Rinnegan to this level...is somewhat talented."
In a dismissive tone, Uchiha Madara said, not valuing Nagato's power, commending him for producing Puppet Clones using the Transcription Seal from the Rinnegan's basic abilities.
"Just watch from the side...."
After speaking, Uchiha Madara leaped forward, instantly rushing towards Nagato and Konan.
"Konan, be careful."
After Nagato spoke, he performed a Double-Handed Seal, controlling the Six Paths Clones to guard in front of him, with the strongest Deva Path Clone at the forefront.
As Uchiha Madara rushed over, the Deva Path Clone also quickly advanced, then suddenly raised his palm, facing Uchiha Madara and shouted: "Almighty Push!"
A formidable Repulsive Force instantly erupted, a terrifying power repelling everything, sweeping outward with the Deva Path Clone as the center.
As the Repulsive Force burst forth, Uchiha Madara sneered; his Three-Tamoe eyes transformed into the purple Rinnegan rings within a fraction of a second, then exuded an equally powerful Repulsive Force.
Bang!
Rumble!
Two nearly identical invisible Repulsive Forces suddenly collided, causing a loud noise. The two invisible forces briefly stalemated before exploding abruptly, causing one figure to be violently knocked back.
Plop, plop, plop...
After being knocked back, the Deva Path Clone rolled several times on the ground before being caught by the Asura Path.
"Impossible, how do you also have the Rinnegan...."
Shocked, Nagato stared at the armored Uchiha Madara; this guy also used Almighty Push just now, and his Sharingan turned into the Rinnegan.
"The Rinnegan is the ultimate evolved Pupil Technique of Sharingan. You're merely an orphan of the Uzumaki Race, surviving so long relying on the Rinnegan I gave you, should be satisfied, Nagato...."
Uchiha Madara slowly said, showing no smug pride at knocking away a battered puppet.
Immediately after the exchange, he realized the child before him had no combat awareness, failing to stabilize himself during a stalemate of equal Repulsive Force.
He actually hoped this child would provide a surprise, but now seems to think too highly.
"Asura Path!"
"Animal Path: Summoning Jutsu!"
Nagato performed seals controlling the Paths, then two Pains took action.
One performed Double-Handed Seal, consecutively summoning powerful Summoned Beasts; the other removed the Akatsuki Organization's black-bottomed red-cloud clothing, rapidly transforming with various weapons appearing on him.
"Roar!!"
Boom, boom, boom!
The Summoned Beasts roared, the Asura Path continuously launched missiles from its arms, attacking Uchiha Madara.
Seeing this, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but marvel; worthy of Rinnegan, with abundant capabilities, coordinated almost seamlessly without a clear weakness; furthermore, Nagato's main body was guarded by Konan, ready to be whisked into the sky at any moment.
Thus, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but ask: "Do you need my help? Maybe I can restrain Konan, leaving Nagato's main body unprotected...."
"No need, Lord Madara doesn't like interference during battle, and Nagato knows what he knows. However, Lord Madara prefers elegant combat...."
Black Zetsu spoke, deeming Nagato unworthy of facing Madara, just waiting for Uchiha Madara to beat Nagato almost to death, then wait for Uchiha Madara's resurrection.
The Asura Path's bombs couldn't touch Uchiha Madara, and the Summoned Beasts were a mere significant presence in his eyes, who also possessed the Rinnegan. At a glance, he discerned Nagato was manipulating the Summoned Beasts using those Black Rods on them.
After realizing this, Uchiha Madara used Instant Body Jutsu to leap atop the Summoned Beast, conjuring Black Rods in his palm, then directly pierced them into the Summoned Beast's body.
The remaining Summoned Beasts consecutively pierced by Uchiha Madara's Black Rods, he then jumped down, performing seals to transmit Chakra.
The four Summoned Beasts suddenly stopped, Nagato was shocked to find he couldn't control these Summoned Beasts anymore.
"Summoning Jutsu, release!"
After Uchiha Madara performed seals, he directly sent the four Summoned Beasts back.
Whether the Six Paths of Pain or Summoned Beasts, all were manipulated corpses using the Rinnegan; once pierced by Uchiha Madara's Black Rod, he could use another Chakra to nullify the puppet corpse's function completely.