I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

"Such powerful lightning release—"

Gazing at the earth bombarded by dark purple lightning, and witnessing firsthand how the incredibly resilient trees, which even divine weapons could not easily cut down, were easily shattered by branching lightning, Pain's expression was filled with solemnity.

Such power would likely pulverize even the most heavily armored Asura Path cultivator instantly if struck by it.

Similarly, the other six Paths of Pain are also like this.

Thinking of this, Nagato silently manipulated the Animal Path to perform a summoning technique, summoning a large bird that carried the Hell Path into the sky.

The Hell Path, which can revive the rest of Pain, must be protected; otherwise, the Six Paths of Pain would collapse instantly from just one hit of Yagyu's Sage Art.

If Hell Path is killed, then forget about killing Yagyu; this battle of attrition will also be lost without a doubt. "Universal Pull!"

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Having dodged the lightning attack, Pain once again raised his hand and released an astonishing gravitational force, pulling Yagyu's main body towards him.

However, he still did not convert gravity into repulsion, nor did he have the Asura Path release rockets to attack Yagyu. Instead, the Human Path stepped forward and spat out an astonishing stream of water towards Yagyu.

Whether it was because he was transplanted with the Rinnegan from a young age or because of the Uzumaki bloodline, Nagato's chakra nature is all six elements: wind, fire, water, earth, lightning, and yang.

Therefore, he is the most outstanding member of the Yahiko trio. He mastered the Five Elements Release Techniques at a young age. Now, as the gatekeeper of the Super Kage, Nagato's mastery of the Five Elements Release Techniques is second only to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who is good at fusing the five nature transformations into combination ninjutsu.

Of course, this is also because Nagato possessed the Rinnegan and the Preta Path, which could absorb all ninjutsu, so he didn't need to develop combination ninjutsu at all.

Otherwise, with his talent, if he had focused on developing the Five Elements Escape Technique, he would definitely not be weaker than Yagyu at his current level.

Even Orochimaru's mastery of the Five Elements Escape Techniques was far inferior to Nagato's.

Therefore, the Human Path simply transformed his chakra into a Water Release nature transformation, instantly creating a massive wave in the rainforest where the air was brimming with moisture and rain, roaring towards Yagyu.

Yagyu raised his palm again, condensing a blue-white energy ball, with a white vortex spinning rapidly.

It forms a shuriken pattern resembling a propeller.

Immediately, Yagyu hurled the enormous energy ball.

Boom!

As the sound of the explosion rang out, the roaring waves froze instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, the waves turned into an ice river.

Kama-boom!

A cracking sound rang out, and the ice wall in front of the Human Path suddenly exploded, creating a large hole.

A black afterimage flew out from within; it was none other than Yagyu, who had used Ice Release to merge into the icy river and then pierced through it at the end.

Suddenly, Yagyu flew out from the front, catching Pain off guard.

Fortunately, Nagato reacted quickly, immediately manipulating the Human Path to leap backward, while the Deva Path of Pain raised its hand to unleash a repulsive cannon shot: "Shinra Tensei!"

The air distorted slightly, like an invisible afterimage attacking Yagyu.

Yagyu threw a punch, hitting the afterimage squarely.

The scene that Pain had imagined—the force that would blast Yagyu away—did not appear before him.

Suddenly, Yagyu's fist erupted with a dazzling blue aura, actually using the chakra of the Senju clan to block Pain's repulsive attack.

The incredibly powerful Sage Chakra successfully neutralized the oncoming repulsive force.

Pain was stunned for a moment, and a look of shock appeared on his usually expressionless face.

Clearly, he never imagined that the repulsive force that had always been invincible would one day have someone who could resist it.

Nagato subconsciously assumed that Pain's power was weakened because Pain was a clone in disguise.

Therefore, he wanted to increase the output of chakra.

However, Pain had just used Shinra Tensei and was already in a five-second cooldown period.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yagyu had already closed in and threw a punch.

Unable to dodge or deflect with Shinra Tensei, Pain almost instinctively crossed his arms, covering his forearms with chakra to block.

Just then, Yagyu's fist suddenly transformed into a hand, grabbing Pain's wrist and using his superhuman strength to pull his body towards him, before delivering a knee strike to his abdomen.

This unexpected move caught Pain off guard, and he instinctively defended with a knee strike.

Kama!

However, before he could coat his knee with chakra, his knee collided with Yagyu's, producing a crisp cracking sound.

However, Pain was just a living corpse and did not feel any pain.

Instead of ignoring his fractured knee, he took advantage of Yagyu's grip on his wrist and suddenly used Yin-Yang Release to create a sharp black rod, which shot towards Yagyu's face like an arrow.

With a simple turn of his head, Yagyu easily dodged the attack from the black stick.

At this moment, the five-second cooldown had passed, and Pain calmly uttered, "Shinra Tensei!"

The repulsive force was like a howling wind, not only instantly breaking free from Yagyu's grasp but also blowing him away and overturning a row of trees.

Pain finally won a round.

Swish swish——·——·

Rumble—

The Asura Path unleashed another barrage of rockets, bombarding the fallen trees ahead and kicking up clouds of dust in the rain.

Taking this opportunity, Pain, the Deva Path, floated into the air and landed on the back of the giant bird, allowing the Hell Path to repair his fractured knee.

Although you may not feel any pain, if you have a severed limb or multiple fractures,

Even if it's just a corpse, it can't move.

Just like Oars the Demon in the One Piece world.

After the Hell Path healed his knee, the Deva Path of Pain descended from the sky again, releasing repulsive force to disperse the dust that had not yet dissipated, once again triggering a series of explosions.

At the same time, the surrounding dense forest suddenly came to life, and branches, like pythons, either bound or whipped towards the Six Paths of Pain.

As one of the branches pierced through the dust and mist, Yagyu was performing a ninja run on it.

At the same time, four identical wooden clones appeared on the ground formed by tree branches on his left and right sides.

Yagyu and his four wooden clones charged toward Pain's Six Paths, who were dodging and running like ninjas as they approached.

Soon, the ten figures clashed together, either engaging in physical combat or using the Five Elements Escape Technique.

Branches, large or small, coiled like pythons or lashed like whips, along with rain curtains that varied in intensity, formed the backdrop for their battle.

Fireworks of various colors continuously bloomed in the rainforest.

The booming explosions continued to echo throughout the area.

Just as Yagyu and Pain were engaged in a fierce battle.

The special teams from the five great ninja villages have returned to their camps with verified intelligence and reported to the five Kage and high-ranking officials who personally led the operation.

Soon, the call to attack was sounded.

Having received news from Konoha, Mifune led a large group of armored samurai, wielding sharp blades, their moves flamboyant and perfectly coordinated, as they slowly advanced towards Amegakure, reaping the bodies of the White Zetsu clones.

The five great ninja villages, on the other hand, shifted from having their sensory units lead the charge to having their combat units lead the attack, a move that was equally impressive.

However, the special effects of ninjutsu, which are different from the swordsmanship of samurai, continue to bloom on the battlefield.

Their teamwork was even better than that of the warriors of the Land of Iron.

After all, most samurai advocated one-on-one combat.

In contrast, ninjas are brainwashed into teamwork from a young age, and after graduation, they work in groups of three, having memorized all sorts of tactics and coded gestures by heart.

The tacit understanding built up over the years is so strong that they can even communicate with their eyes.

So even though the total number of ninjas in the five great ninja villages is only a little over 60,000, they still unleashed a power and momentum that could overwhelm an army of 100,000 White Zetsu, all of whom were of one mind with their own village.

Seeing this through the White Zetsu clones, and due to information sharing, Black Zetsu knew that a mere 100,000 White Zetsu were no match for the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Land of Iron, let alone able to hold them off for more than half a month.

After all, the White Zetsu clones are only low-end combatants.

In the eyes of those well-coordinated Chunin and Special Jonin, and also in the eyes of powerful elite Jonin,

These White Zetsu armies were no different from ordinary people attacking in groups.

As long as they still have chakra in their bodies, the White Zetsu clones are just a bunch of powerless ants, and a single large-scale ninjutsu can wipe them out.

So, after communicating with White Zetsu using Yin-Yang Release: Spirit Possession, Black Zetsu issued orders to the 100,000 White Zetsu clones through White Zetsu, instructing them to split into two groups: one group to continue the frontal attack, and the other group to secretly absorb the chakra of ninjas from the ground using the Yin-Yang Release: Spirit Possession technique.

Once it successfully absorbs the opponent's chakra, it immediately rises from the ground and transforms into the opponent's appearance.

They began to disrupt the rhythm of the ninjas, making them unable to distinguish friend from foe and hesitant to take action.

At the same time, White Zetsu also spoke up: "The five great ninja villages and the Land of Iron have confirmed that we are still in the Land of Rain. They have launched a full-scale attack. White Zetsu's clones are no match for them. Without the support of high-level combat forces, it will take them no more than a week to fight their way from the border to Amegakure."

Upon hearing this, Pain, whose mind had been focused on the battlefield, opened his eyes and looked at Hyakko, softly saying, "Hyakko—"

"learn."

Before Pain could finish speaking, Hundred Faces nodded, then manipulated his clone, the Edo Tensei, to form hand seals and shouted, "Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

Tadpole-shaped runes spread across the ground.

However, the scene of the coffin rising from the ground did not appear.

Of course, it's not that the Hundred Appearances Technique has failed, but rather that the coffin didn't appear here.

In the misty rain-swept land of the Rain Kingdom, a coffin suddenly appeared in hundreds of different directions and locations.

As the coffin lids fell to the ground, figures covered in cracks emerged from each of these coffins.

These figures are all very famous from the five great ninja villages, some even being recorded in history books and textbooks.

Even some figures who don't belong to the five great ninja villages are important figures in some smaller ninja villages.

Leading the five great ninja villages was none other than the Second Mizukage of Kirigakure, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Hozuki Suigetsu, who was known as a child prodigy and could wield seven ninja swords at a young age.

There's also the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, who, like Onoki, stands at the pinnacle of the Five Kage. If it weren't for the limitations of his bloodline, he might have become a super-Kage level powerhouse. He's also the only ninja with maxed-out defense, so much so that even the S-rank Rasengan and the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball couldn't break through his defenses.

The Hidden Stone Village members were Jonin such as Hiruzen and Hikari.

The Sand Village side consisted of powerful figures such as the Fourth Kazekage and Pakura.

Konoha's representatives include Sakumo Hatake and Hizashi Hyuga, as well as Hayate Gekko, the true protagonist of Shippuden, and others...

Meanwhile, the smaller ninja villages have Kakuzu, the strongest ninja from Takigakure, and Hidan from Yugakure, among others.

Unlike the original story where Kabuto Yakushi raids tombs everywhere, capturing both the strong and the weak, this story is different.

Although the numerous wood clones that Yagyu sent out also infiltrated various ninja villages to rob graves, they only stole some of the mediums used by the powerful ninjas.

Even so, these high-end features are enough to make one bear with them.

Because they were all summoned in advance by using White Zetsu clones as sacrifices, each of them was close to their peak strength.

Jonin are the backbone of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and in smaller ninja villages, they can compete for positions such as elders and leaders.

Elite Jonin are even ace-level combatants.

When these Jonin, elite Jonin, and even Kage-level powerhouses suddenly possess immortality and unlimited chakra, the power and intimidation they display can be even more astonishing than that of the Tailed Beasts.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh··—·

These figures had just emerged from the coffins when they opened their lifeless eyes and vanished as afterimages.

Yes, Bai Mao completely stripped them of their consciousness, with no intention of letting these dead meet with the living or make up for their regrets.

Because Bai Mao knew very well that when a person lets go of their obsessions or achieves spiritual sublimation, even someone as strong as him could not prevent the other person from automatically breaking free from the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

For example, in the original work, Hayate Gekko broke free from the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which is why the famous trope of Hayate becoming the main character came about.

This is also one of the few, and extremely difficult, methods to break the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Bai Mao didn't like being a dream-fulfilling master. He summoned these powerful figures with the aim of annihilating the four major ninja villages.

The reason they didn't even spare the strong members of Konoha was simply to avoid revealing their identities.

Although their consciousness was stripped away, they were not controlled by Bai Mao, nor were they allowed to act unconsciously; that would only severely weaken their strength.

They were also being manipulated, and the one manipulating them was none other than Yagyu's army of wooden clones.

Unlike Kabuto Yakushi, who had limited chakra, Yagyu possessed a vast and boundless chakra. Although the Hundred Faces had a name, it was merely a unique wood clone.

The Wood Clone Technique used by the Wood Clone allows the other Wood Clone Techniques to be controlled as well.

Let alone hundreds of powerful individuals, even if there were a large number of powerful individuals, Yagyu would have enough wooden clones to control them.

When a powerful being possesses immortality and unlimited chakra, and is controlled by someone with equally powerful consciousness...

What kind of existence is that?

Soon, the five great ninja villages and the Land of Iron provided their answers!