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

Chapter 168 The True Ultimate Showdown: Yagyu vs. Pain (Six Paths of Pain)

"Cough cough—Ouch, that hurts! Is this the true power of my main body?"

The shockwave spread for an unknown distance, and Naruto managed to break free from it midway, crashing heavily to the ground.

As soon as he landed, he coughed and even spat out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, he possessed the true physique of a sage, and was in a golden body form and sage mode with greatly enhanced defense. Otherwise, if he had directly taken the hit of Pain's Shinra Tensei, he would have suffered internal bleeding and been severely injured.

Even so, Naruto felt his internal organs churning and burning with pain.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Uchiha Sasuke, with lightning speed, successfully dodged the roaring shockwave.

At the same time, the power of the pupils is released, forming a purple and transparent absolute defense that blocks what is either a storm or the aftershock of repulsion.

Bones and meridians rapidly developed, and the purple Yin Release chakra quickly formed a mature Susanoo with only the upper body.

Bow and arrow materialized, and Uchiha Sasuke, just like before, fired an arrow wreathed in undying black flames at Pain.

The purple beam of light shot off like a meteor.

But whether it was due to previous experience fighting each other, or because the Six Paths of Pain were ridiculously powerful at this moment, it is unclear.

Faced with Sasuke Uchiha's arrow, which even the Five Kage would be very wary of, the Preta Path did not stand in front of Pain's Six Paths to absorb the arrow alone.

Instead, he and the other Pains instantly appeared behind the Deva Path Pain, standing in a fan shape. Then, the Preta Path opened its arms, and a transparent white circular light shield enveloped the Six Paths of Pain.

The enormous arrow, wreathed in undying black flames, struck the light barrier. Just like Naruto's previous Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan, it didn't produce a deafening sound. Instead, it twisted and quickly transformed into a fluid that flowed into the Preta Path's body.

In just a few seconds, the enormous black flame arrow was completely absorbed by the Hungry Ghost Path.

Upon seeing this, Sasuke Uchiha's pupils constricted slightly.

Clearly, he hadn't expected that the transparent white light shield created by the Hungry Ghost Realm could actually cover everything.

This is on a completely different level from the previous hemispherical shield.

Just like Naruto's feelings, Sasuke Uchiha also believed that this was the true power of Pain's Six Paths.

However, what shocked them even more was yet to come.

After the Hungry Ghost Path absorbed the black flame arrows, the transparent white light shield surrounding the Six Paths of Pain did not disappear, but remained unchanged.

Pain, having already released his repulsive force, opened his arms wide.

Then, an invisible force, like an unseen hand, lifted the Six Paths of Pain into the air.

Seeing this, it was now Yagyu's turn to have a slight change in expression.

With a snap, he clapped his hands without hesitation, and blue flames surged from the surrounding air, converging towards his body.

A red mask appeared around Yagyu's eyes.

Before long, Liu Sheng's pupils turned golden, indicating that he had entered immortal mode.

Meanwhile, the Six Paths of Pain had already risen to a height of 100 meters in the air.

During this time, a large number of Five Elements Escape Techniques attacked, and even Uchiha Sasuke released Amaterasu Black Flame multiple times, as well as Naruto's Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan.

Konoha has mobilized all its active ninjas, and its intelligent people are countless.

Anyone with a bit of knowledge, or the instinctive warning of a strong person, could sense that Pain's Six Paths was not just an ordinary levitation; he was definitely gathering his strength, preparing to unleash a powerful ultimate-level ninjutsu.

Therefore, they all wanted to interrupt Pain's spellcasting.

Unfortunately, neither the Five Elements Release techniques, nor Naruto's Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan, nor even Sasuke's Amaterasu Black Flame that appeared out of thin air, could harm Pain in the slightest. They barely approached or appeared...

It was absorbed by the transparent white light shield that always enveloped the Six Paths of Pain.

Within the body of the Hungry Ghost Path, it's as if there's a bottomless pit; no matter how many ninjutsu or how strong the chakra, it can be quickly absorbed.

Moreover, after these ninjutsu were absorbed, they were transferred to Pain's body through Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods, making Pain's chakra, which was already surging, even more abundant.

After the Six Paths of Pain stopped ascending, Deva Path Pain had already finished charging up his power.

He remained in a pose with his arms outstretched, looking down like a god at the approximately 30,000 Konoha ninjas and White Zetsu clones below, and spoke indifferently:

"Super Shinra Tensei!"

In an instant, a dazzling white light illuminated the rain-soaked land shrouded in dark clouds and drizzling rain.

The brilliance of the light caused all the Konoha ninjas and White Zetsu clones below to instinctively stop fighting, look up at the sky, and then immediately either close their eyes or raise their hands to shield their eyes.

This applies to both genin and powerful jonin.

Only the Hyuga clan members who had activated their Byakugan, or the elite Jonin with astonishing perception and strength, stared wide-eyed at the sky in horror.

To be precise, they were watching a sudden, surging, and spreading change in chakra nature, like a raging torrent. Such a vast amount of chakra, such an astonishing and powerful change in nature, was something they had never seen or heard of before.

Even those powerful individuals who were fortunate enough to witness the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball during its rampage did not believe that the Tailed Beast Ball could be compared to it.

But soon, their fear turned into despair.

Because they discovered that this vast, ocean-like chakra was submerging downwards.

Faced with this technique, which is even more terrifying than the Tailed Beast Ball, even Kakashi Hatake, who had activated Kamui, felt insignificant.

Only Uchiha Sasuke, with a look of unwillingness, was about to unleash his full eye power, preparing to activate the Complete Susanoo using the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, which he had not yet fully mastered.

Naruto also recalled the teachings he received from Killer Bee outside the world when he mastered the power of the Tailed Beasts, as well as the teachings from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki who met him inside his body, as if he wanted to unleash something.

Just then, the rain was dispersed by the white CD player, and on the battlefield, which had become utterly silent because everyone had stopped fighting, an inspiring voice suddenly rang out:

"Sage Art - Wood Release: All Cloth Bag Technique!"

"Sage Art - Wood Release: Ranking Technique!"

Rumbling--

The earth shook violently, and wooden arms, as thick as a dozen or twenty people could hug, suddenly burst forth from the ground and rose up.

Immediately, the hands of these wooden hands began to wriggle, sprouting numerous branches full of vitality and incredibly resilient strength.

They quickly formed shields resembling demons, held in the hands of giant wooden hands, blocking the white light shining down.

The number of wooden hands was astonishing, and the number of shields was also astonishing.

The two together form enormous umbrellas, like giant mushrooms, creating a vast expanse of shadow.

It enveloped all the Konoha ninjas, White Zetsu clones, and the Edo Tensei army, as if sheltering them from the wind and rain.

The next second, all the ninjas and White Zetsu clones heard a sound even more terrifying than thunder, continuous and deafening.

A terrifying repulsive storm, like a raging wind, relentlessly pounded against the demon-like shield, attempting to shatter it and the wooden hand.

Some of these repulsive storms seeped through the gaps below, successfully blowing away a few White Zetsu clones and ninjas, severely injuring them.

At the same time, it brought them back to their senses, making them realize what the series of loud noises above were, and what terrifying power the wooden hands and shields were blocking for them.

The repulsive storm was powerful, but unfortunately, it still failed to shatter the demon-like shield, let alone the wooden hand that stood like a pillar supporting the sky.

In order to withstand this ultimate ninjutsu that could instantly destroy a large ninja village spanning tens of kilometers, Yagyu used Sage Art: Wood Release for the first time in a serious manner, and it was even a combination of Sage Art: Wood Release.

In the original story, Hashirama Senju, without entering Sage Mode, easily blocked Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo's attack with Wood Release: ...

It's important to know that a single strike from a fully-formed Susanoo can slice off several mountains, a feat far surpassing even the most powerful swordsmen in the One Piece world.

Now, not only has Yagyu used multiple array techniques, but he has also incorporated natural energy into his array techniques, so his defensive power is even more formidable.

Let alone Super Shinra Tensei, unless it's a special ninjutsu with the power of rules like Truth-Seeking Balls, or a Tailed Beast Ball like the Ten-Tails', which gathers the chakra of the nine tailed beasts, even if multiple Tailed Beast Balls were thrown at it...

Yagyu could also defend against it completely.

However, it was already quite remarkable that Pain was able to force Yagyu to use a combination of Sage Techniques.

Since the discovery of Wood Release, Yagyu's strength has already entered the top ranks of this era.

At the age of twelve, the only people who could fight him to a standstill or suppress him were the Fourth Raikage, who was skilled in speed, Onoki, who mastered Dust Release, and Nagato, the gatekeeper of the Super Kage realm.

However, as Yagyu obtained the Grell Stone, his Sage Body quickly reached its full potential, and he unlocked Sage Mode, as well as learning a large number of forbidden techniques from the Book of Sealing.

Yagyu no longer takes anyone seriously, including the Fourth Raikage, Onoki, and Pain.

The only slightly troublesome guy is Obito Uchiha.

However, if Yagyu wanted to kill Obito Uchiha, there was a way: he could obtain Kakashi Hatake's left eye, Kamui. Whether he temporarily transplanted Kamui into himself or delved into the secrets of the Uchiha clan to find a way to transplant his own eye technique, Yagyu could obtain Kamui, the strongest Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique. Then, like Madara Uchiha in the original story, he could enter the Kamui dimension and attack Obito Uchiha's physical body.

But Yagyu didn't do that, because his current hypothetical enemies weren't people from this era at all, but rather the Sage of Six Paths, whose soul could freely travel between the world of the dead and the world of the living, as well as Isshiki Otsutsuki, who was hiding in some corner of the ninja world, and the alien Otsutsuki clan who could come to Earth at any time.

In order to deal with these guys and to reduce the pressure and political infighting of succeeding the Sixth Hokage by killing off the other five great ninja villages, Yagyu personally pushed for the arrival of the Fourth Shinobi World War, tacitly approving and helping the Akatsuki to seal the tailed beasts and wreak havoc.

Yagyu originally planned to wait until the Akatsuki successfully sealed the Seven-Tails and Nagato was exhausted before personally directing the final battle.

Unexpectedly, Nagato gave him such a surprise.

At his peak, he was merely a gatekeeper of the Super Kage level, and now he can barely suppress one or two, or at most two or three, Five Kage Nagatos, yet he has received an epic-level enhancement.

Pain of the Deva Path could unleash the Super Shinra Tensei, which was even more powerful than the Tailed Beast Ball, without needing to reclaim the chakra from the other Pains.

This ignited a rare fighting spirit in Yagyu, as he had finally encountered an opponent who could barely be considered to be of the same level.

Then, Yagyu formed hand seals again:

"Sage Art—Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

·—..·

A deafening roar echoed across the entire battlefield. Suddenly, a huge branch extended from the mushroom-like wooden hands, rapidly expanding like an inflating balloon. In the blink of an eye, it formed a giant wooden dragon, defying gravity and soaring into the sky.

Liu Sheng's figure appeared above the head of the wooden dragon without warning.

If you look closely, you'll find a barely visible "willow" character on the top of the wooden dragon's head, which is the Flying Thunder God Technique.

All Things Guided by Heaven -

Upon seeing Yagyu appear in front of him, Pain, who was not disappointed despite failing to kill most of the Konoha ninjas in one move, immediately raised his hand and released an astonishing gravitational force towards Yagyu.

An invisible hand grabbed Yagyu and pulled him directly away from the head of the wooden dragon.

At the same time, the five Paynes also landed on the mushroom cluster below.

As soon as they landed, the Animal Path summoned several large birds, which served as mounts for the rest of Pain.

Then Asura's body became mechanized, firing a large number of rockets and tracking missiles, and even laser cannons.

Releasing such a large number of high-tech weapons at once is something that the Asura Path could not do before.

After all, among the previous Six Paths of Pain, apart from the Deva Path Pain's astonishing chakra, the other Pains were more like foils. They could only act as an impenetrable wall against opponents weaker than themselves.

However, if you encounter someone of equal or slightly stronger strength, and you do not have an intelligence advantage, it is easy for them to find your weaknesses and defeat you one by one.

Jiraiya, who gathered intelligence, and Naruto, who obtained it, are the best examples.

But now, the Six Paths of Pain are completely different from those they encountered before.

Now that he has four and a half chakras at his disposal, Nagato is practically a master of infinite chakra. He can make each Pain's chakra as vast as the ocean, allowing him to unleash his full power, even surpassing his peak strength.

Among the Six Paths of Pain, besides the Deva Path, the Asura Path is the strongest in terms of combat power.

The Asura Path's combination technique is now so troublesome that even elite Jonin like Kakashi Hatake, or even the Five Kage, would find it incredibly difficult to handle.

But for Yagyu, it was nothing to mention.

He only needs one Flying Thunder God Technique to easily dodge it, and even tracking missiles will instantly become ineffective.

However, Yagyu did not dodge. Instead, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to break free from gravity and return to the head of the wooden dragon, then gently lifted his foot.

The next second, a scene appeared that made Pain and Nagato's expressions change slightly and their pupils shrink.