Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

Pain raised his hand and aimed it at the emerald-colored Susanoo that was slaying a robust gorilla that looked like the reincarnation of King Kong.

Shinra Tensei

A magnificent and overwhelming repulsive force was unleashed.

The weapon struck Susanoo precisely in the face, causing the Susanoo, which was about to cut off the head of the gorilla that had already lost an arm, to stagger backward. A huge, visible crack appeared on its face, and Susanoo's movement of swinging the naginata was also briefly delayed.

The instant Pain made his move, he had already mounted a medium-sized, flying summoning beast and was rapidly approaching the retreating emerald-colored Susanoo.

He stood upright on the back of the spirit beast.

Pull out the right wrist.

Behind his wrist was a string of rockets that looked like long grapes.

next second,

One rocket after another, trailing long plumes of flame, shot out and launched a relentless barrage of attacks on the cracked face of the emerald-colored Susanoo.

And that's not all.

below,

The hungry ghosts rode another flying spirit beast.

While the emerald-colored Susanoo was somewhat disoriented by the attacks of Pain and the Asura Path, the Preta Path suddenly pounced on Susanoo's ankles, tightly hugging Susanoo in a starfish position, and exerted its 'Chakra Devouring' ability to the extreme, almost frantically devouring Susanoo's chakra.

have to say,

Payne played that move brilliantly.

Without being able to find Uchiha Sogen's true form and with the Three-Tails difficult to kill, continuing the fight is pointless. If there were no one else around, then so be it, with only two options: a fierce battle or a retreat. But right now, Uchiha Sogen still has a considerable number of companions in Amegakure.

Therefore, a third option emerged.

First, eliminate Uchiha Mugen's companions to weaken Konoha's forces, and then concentrate your strength to deal with Uchiha Mugen.

The plan was very well made.

Moreover, the practical effects of the tactics were exceptionally remarkable.

Caught Uchiha Chihaya off guard, Susanoo's defensive strength has its limits. This wave of attacks, like a raging tide, completely stunned her. Susanoo was bombarded to the point of near destruction. When she released her eye power to try to repair Susanoo, she discovered that Susanoo's chakra was rapidly draining away.

Susanoo is essentially a materialized form of chakra.

Therefore,

When chakra is lost in large quantities, at a rate so fast that Uchiha Mugen simply cannot make up for the loss.

The disintegration and collapse of Susanoo was an inevitable outcome.

In the blink of an eye,

The jade-green Susanoo disappeared.

Uchiha Chihaya, wielding the greatsword Samehada, plummeted downwards. However, the Asura Path did not cease its attack despite the disappearance of Susanoo. Rockets trailing long fiery tails chased after the falling figure.

As the saying goes,

To cut the weeds, you must pull them out by the roots.

Only by completely eliminating these Konoha ninjas can we truly clip Uchiha Sogen's wings; otherwise, once they recover, they will become trouble for us again.

[Chapter 389. Obito, who was called an idiot]

Payne wanted to eliminate the threat completely.

Cut off Uchiha Mugen's wings.

only--

This is not easy to do.

Chihaya Uchiha was conscious when she fell from the sky. However, the passive disintegration of Susanoo brought her some unavoidable backlash. If it were just Susanoo being destroyed, it wouldn't be a serious problem. The problem was that at that time, the Preta Path was still frantically absorbing Susanoo's chakra.

This resulted in significant disruption to Chihaya Uchiha's chakra circulation system.

The chakra within his body was temporarily disordered, making it impossible to mobilize his eye power to summon Susanoo again. To be precise, he was unable to release ninjutsu or even genjutsu, and even physical movements were quite difficult.

Current status

It's similar to being hit in a pressure point by the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist.

but,

This doesn't mean she was helpless.

Samehada was still in her hand.

"Samehada - Flying Chain Slash".

Without her even having to swing the sword, Samehada's hilt instantly extended by more than twenty meters. This living weapon with its own independent consciousness stretched out its sharp spikes, intercepting a series of rockets and detonating them all when it was still nearly twenty meters away from Uchiha Chihaya.

The explosion's flames flashed across the sky.

Samehada was not shattered.

Despite being a living weapon, its strength is not as fragile as that of a normal living creature. Even after being hit by more than ten rockets, it did not show any damage. Of course, the shock wave from the explosion was not weak, and Samehada was blown away as expected.

Even Uchiha Chihaya, who was twenty meters away, was blown even further away by the shockwave from the explosion.

of course,

Compared to being blown to pieces by a rocket, this outcome is clearly much better.

The only thing that made her frown was the Samehada being thrown out of her hand. After using it herself, Uchiha Chihaya deeply appreciated the usefulness of Samehada. Without Samehada, with her chakra reserves, she would probably have had to consume a huge amount of soldier pills to sustain her previous energy expenditure.

Unfortunately, there's only one Samehada sword.

otherwise,

I absolutely have to get one; it's so much better than the soldier pills. But like I said, the Samehada is unique; there isn't a second Samehada in the ninja world... These random thoughts vanished in an instant; now is not the time to think about such things.

The crisis is not over yet.

He had to quickly regulate and calm the chaotic chakra within his body, before the enemy unleashed their second wave of deadly attacks...

just.

As the saying goes, what is there to be afraid of?

Whatever comes will come.

It was as if they were cursed.

Only four seconds had passed since the first wave of attacks, and the second wave followed immediately.

"Universal Guidance!"

While still flying in the air, Uchiha Chihaya felt an irresistible gravitational force suddenly fall on her, and then she flew towards the direction of the Animal Path. Meanwhile, rockets trailed long flames as they flew down from the sky. Below, the Preta Path rode a strange bird that resembled a falcon and whose name she couldn't recall, also flying towards her.

"hateful!"

Uchiha Chihaya gritted her teeth.

He gripped the handle of the vacuum blade with his right hand.

Her chakra circulation channels hadn't been rebuilt yet, but she would never give up and wait to die. Even if she were to die, she would fight to the last moment of her life. In other words... such an ending wouldn't be so bad!

The only pity is that if I die, I won't be able to enjoy more exciting battles in the future!

"Chihaya, you're going a bit too far with your belligerence."

A helpless sigh rang out beside me.

The voice sounded familiar.

I've heard it many times.

Chihaya Uchiha was stunned for a moment, remembering the kunai with a string of cursed runes that she was asked to carry with her before setting off. But... since Shisui appeared, does that mean Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha have been rescued?

She didn't have time to speak to Shi Shui.

A verdant Susanoo appeared before her, like a towering mountain, cutting off the irresistible gravitational pull.

Then--

Chihaya Uchiha continued her freefall motion.

It wasn't that Shisui was unwilling to lend a hand, but rather that she was too busy to do so. He was there because Santen and Iroha had 'seen' the changes in the battle between Sogen and Pain, and that Chihaya had been caught off guard.

He stopped his plan to meet with Zongxian.

She then came to Chihaya's side.

Fortunately, before setting off this time, everyone carried one of his specially made kunai, so that he could reach everyone in time. He had previously protected Yamanaka Fu, Tenzo, and others from Obito Uchiha's clutches in the same way.

And now,

He arrived at Uchiha Chihaya's side just in time.

Only when he arrived at Uchiha Chihaya's side did he realize how terrible Uchiha Chihaya's situation was. The gravity of 'Universal Pull' made it impossible for him to reach out and help Uchiha Chihaya. All he could do was immediately use Susanoo and then rely on the mass of Susanoo to resist the strong and irresistible gravity.

As for Uchiha Chihaya falling again because of this... falling from this height now shouldn't kill her, right?

That was all he could think, because he really didn't have the time or energy to do anything else. The emerald green Susanoo moved at will, wielding the huge spiral sword in its hand to slash away the rockets, while simultaneously raising its leg and bending its knee to slam into the Preta Path riding the strange bird below.

The hungry ghost and the strange bird beneath him were both knocked away.

Although he was trying his best to guard against Uchiha Shisui's appearance, the space-time technique came so quickly and unreasonably that the Asura Path didn't even have time to hug the emerald-colored Susanoo and get a couple of mouthfuls of chakra. Instead, he was smashed into a pile of minced meat by that destructive knee strike, enjoying the same treatment that the Asura Path had enjoyed before.

It smashed the Hungry Ghost Realm.

Shisui immediately turned his gaze to the Asura Path in the sky. The spiral sword in Susanoo's hand was surrounded by howling winds. With a strike like lightning, it completely shattered the Asura Path, which had no time to dodge... No, it wasn't that it didn't have time to dodge, but that it didn't dodge at all.

Condition,

wrong!

With his brows furrowed, Shisui sheathed his spiral sword and looked warily in the direction where Pain, the Animal Path, and the Hell Path were... only to find that Pain and the others had all vanished, including the summoned beasts.

"This is······"

Zhi Shui's eyebrows were almost tangled together.

This is very strange.