Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

As he spoke, he once again unleashed a wide-range Shinra Tensei, sending Tsunade and the others flying.

Tsunade and the others had witnessed Pain's Shinra Tensei several times, and were on guard when Pain prepared to unleash it, each taking precautions in their own way, so they did not suffer much harm.

At the same time, Hua Lian made his move again.

A bullet containing both Wind Release and Lightning Release chakra was aimed precisely at Pain's forehead.

But the bullets ultimately struck an invisible wall, rendering them unable to move an inch.

This is Pain using a powerful repulsive force field to cover his body, thus forming an incomparably powerful armor.

Knowing that a sniper was watching him all the time, he secretly set up this field armor to protect himself. Although this would consume more of his chakra, he now had the six tailed beasts and the Gedo Mazo as his energy source, so he didn't have to worry about chakra consumption.

"They actually blocked it. As expected, you only get one chance to make a move."

When Hua Lian saw that the bullet fired from the sniper rifle ninja tool had failed for the first time, she felt a chill in her heart, and her confidence in Uchiha Madara increased even more. She gripped the sniper rifle even tighter.

After using his repulsive force field to block the bullets, Pain began to complete the hand seals with one hand, and a small black ball immediately appeared in his hand.

As soon as the small ball appeared, Tsunade, Onoki, Nagato, and the others instantly felt a deadly threat and chose to retreat in unison.

However, as Pain tossed the small ball into the sky, it transformed into a massive black hole. A terrifying suction force was instantly released from the black hole, forcibly pulling everyone present back.

Not only that, but even the surrounding trees and solid ground were sucked away by this terrifying suction force.

The only one who could still hold on was Nagato. Relying on the Susanoo Fourth Form, he used a huge chakra weapon to firmly insert it into the ground, fixing the Susanoo's body in place. Then, he used some of his energy to use the Adamantine Sealing Chains to grab Tsunade and the others.

"Desperate struggle, die! Earth Explosion Star!"

In the sky, Pain, who had stabilized himself with the powerful repulsive force field, looked down at the enemy struggling in the ground and sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, the suction force of the black hole in the sky intensified further.

Several loud "bang bang bang" sounds rang out.

The ground beneath Nagato's Susanoo could no longer hold on, crumbling into countless rocks that carried him, Tsunade, and the others rapidly toward the giant rock sphere that had already formed in the sky.

Chapter 369: The Disaster of Konoha

"What is this? Oh my god, I have to stop him."

When Pain unleashed the terrifying sealing technique, Planetary Devastation, Karen, who was a kilometer away, saw Tsunade and the others being forcibly pulled into the black hole in the sky. She was immediately horrified and quickly pointed her gun at Pain, the caster of the technique.

"Bang bang bang~"

The next moment, Hua Lian fired several shots.

To her surprise, all the bullets she fired with her sniper rifle went astray.

Clearly, any object that gets close to that area will be affected by the black hole's terrifying suction force and will have no way to escape.

"What are we going to do now? Lady Tsunade is going to be sucked in."

Hua Lian felt extremely anxious upon seeing this.

She came here to act as Tsunade's bodyguard, but Tsunade was captured by the enemy. What kind of bodyguard is she?

At the critical moment, a familiar blond figure appeared in Hua Lian's sniper scope.

The visitor was none other than Minato Namikaze.

Seeing that Tsunade was about to be in danger, Minato, who had been lurking nearby, could no longer hide.

"It's finally out! I've been waiting for so long."

As soon as Minato appeared, Pain sneered and then waved his hand.

A powerful repulsive force appeared instantly.

Shinra Tensei!

Minato had already grabbed Tsunade and was preparing to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to take her away, but Pain's timing was too perfect. A terrifying repulsive force instantly acted on both Minato and Tsunade.

Having taken no precautions, the two were immediately severely injured, spitting out a large amount of blood, and were then heavily blasted away by the enormous repulsive force.

Almost simultaneously, the Third Mizukage, Pain, of the Preta Path, immediately made his move. He used the Water Instantaneous Movement Technique to appear in front of Minato and then grabbed Minato's throat with one hand.

"You can't escape now."

The Third Mizukage stared at Minato with his cold Rinnegan and said in a chilling voice.

"Damn it, release the water gate now."

Tsunade struggled to her feet and said with a grim expression.

As she spoke, she was about to step forward and deliver a powerful punch to the Third Mizukage, but the Third Mizukage kicked her hard in the abdomen, sending her flying backward and spitting out blood once again.

This time, Tsunade immediately exited Sage Mode and collapsed to the ground unconscious.

"Hmph, you little girl who has only mastered a little bit of Wood Release, this is all you can do."

The Third Mizukage said dismissively.

"Don't even think about attacking Lady Tsunade."

"I can't breathe," Minato struggled.

As he spoke, red chakra began to emanate from his body, and his eyes turned into blood-red beast eyes, clearly indicating that he was about to enter the tailed beast transformation state.

Unfortunately, the Third Mizukage is now Pain, the Preta Path, and can absorb any chakra except for poisonous Sage Mode chakra.

So, he tightened his grip on Minato's neck, and Minato let out a painful scream before his tailed beast form quickly dissipated.

At that moment, a bullet struck the Third Mizukage's hand that was gripping Minato's.

Because the Lightning Release and Wind Release chakra attached to the bullet were instantly absorbed by the Third Mizukage, the bullet did not successfully sever the Third Mizukage's hand, but this gave Minato a chance to counterattack.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Minato pulled hard with both hands, ripping off the Third Mizukage's almost severed hand, and then kicked the Third Mizukage away with a powerful kick.

The next moment, he was about to use the Flying Thunder God Technique when he was shocked to find that his chakra was almost depleted and he could not support the Flying Thunder God Technique to quickly complete the transfer.

In addition, his connection with the Yin Nine-Tails within him was temporarily severed, making it impossible for him to draw upon the Yin Nine-Tails' chakra.

"Run away! Why aren't you running anymore?"

Pain slowly descended from the sky, sneering, and was holding Hua Lian's sniper rifle in his hand.

Upon seeing this, Minato couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

The enemy's strength is truly terrifying.

"Why hasn't Lord Kirito arrived yet?"

Minato thought to himself that this was not the only thought in his mind.

Faced with such a terrifying opponent as Madara Uchiha, they were truly at a loss. It's hard to imagine how Kirito managed to rescue the Third Hokage from him back then.

But in the current situation, only Kirito's arrival could possibly turn things around.

"Judging from your eyes, there's no sign of despair yet. Are you thinking of waiting for that kid from Konoha named Kirito Tohsaka to come and save you?"

Looking at Minato's unyielding gaze, Pain suddenly spoke, then revealed a mocking smile.

Upon hearing this, Minato's heart sank. He began to realize that Madara Uchiha's attack was based on the assumption that Kirito would not be able to come to his aid in time.

If that's really the case, then there's only one thing that could prevent that person from devoting their energy to providing support here.

That means Konoha is under attack.

"Human eyes are truly amazing. Even without speaking, they can speak for their owner, and it's very difficult for the owner to stop them from speaking. That's right, you guessed it, Kirito Tohsaka can't come to your aid right now."

Pain saw Minato's eyes shrink to pinpoints in pain and laughed triumphantly.

Meanwhile, in Konoha, a fierce battle is underway.

Konoha was no longer the peaceful village it once was, even during wartime. Battles were now raging in the village's streets and alleys, and a large number of giant snake-like summoning beasts from Ryuchi Cave, with black rods stuck in their bodies, suddenly emerged from the ground and wreaked havoc throughout the village.

Even more terrifying is that these giant snake-like summoning beasts also contain a large number of impure world puppets created by the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Each of these impure world puppets was a Jonin from a major ninja village in their previous life.

Now that these Jonin who had already died have been summoned back by Madara Uchiha using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, their strength has not decreased by much.

Nearly two hundred reanimated puppets with the strength of Jonin launched a simultaneous attack on Konoha, along with more than fifty giant snake-like summoning beasts with the strength of elite Jonin. Even Konoha had to go all out to deal with them.

"You bastards, die!"

A tremendous roar suddenly erupted in the Uchiha Madara clan's territory.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a red tengu warrior, his body wreathed in black flames, used a massive katana also wreathed in black flames to slay a giant black snake-like summoning beast.

With a flash of light, the huge black serpentine spirit beast was cut into several segments, and its body was quickly burned and turned to ashes.

Seeing their clan leader's incredible feat of instantly slaying a summoning beast with strength comparable to a Kage, the Uchiha ninjas in the Uchiha clan territory were greatly encouraged and bravely launched an attack on the approaching summoning beasts and Edo Tensei ninjas.

Thanks to the fact that Konoha already knew that Madara Uchiha had mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique, most of the Konoha ninjas carried sealing talismans, strategic items uniformly distributed from above.

As a result, a large number of Uchiha ninjas joined forces to attack the summoning beasts and Edo Tensei ninjas, and these summoning beasts and Edo Tensei ninjas were quickly killed and then sealed away.

However, the attacking summoned beasts and reanimated ninjas seemed endless, constantly emerging from the huge hole in the center of the village.

Seeing this, Chizuru grew even angrier, wishing she could kill all the enemies who had invaded her homeland immediately.

Unfortunately, she is already struggling to protect the Uchiha clan's territory, and simply doesn't have the extra energy to help other places.

The only way to stop this quickly now is if the person outside the village can swiftly kill the leader of the invading enemy.

Chapter 370: A Desperate Gamble (Part 1)

Outside Konoha Village, in the Forest of Death.

A gigantic white snake, its body pierced with numerous black rods, was wreaking havoc within. With the slightest movement of its massive body, the towering trees of the Death Forest collapsed and were crushed into pieces.

As the giant white serpent moved, it continuously spewed flames, lightning, and gales, and its attacks were directed in only one direction: the direction of Konoha.

At this moment, a large number of huge tree roots grew out of the ground, forming a huge wall of trees that blocked all the flames, lightning, and gales that were aimed at the leaves.

Not only that, a giant purple tengu samurai swung his huge katana repeatedly, unleashing massive chakra slashes that struck the giant white snake one after another.

However, the giant white snake was covered with dense blue-white electric currents, making it seem as if it was wearing a sturdy lightning armor. The chakra slashes that the purple tengu warrior unleashed, which were powerful enough to cut giant trees and rocks in half, could hardly cause any damage to it.

Upon seeing this, the purple-haired woman within the chakra crystal between the purple tengu warrior's brows lit up with a faint light in her purple eyes, and several enormous chakra chains instantly grew from the purple tengu warrior's body, shooting rapidly toward the giant white snake.

At the same time, a white-haired, blue-eyed little girl standing on a giant tree not far away had a green light in her eyes. Then, she clapped her hands, and a large number of tree roots immediately grew from the ground around the giant white snake, surrounding and strangling it.

Faced with the combined attack of the purple-haired woman and the white-haired little girl, the giant white snake soared into the air and used some kind of wind-riding technique to quickly move through the air, neutralizing their combined attacks one by one, before once again spewing out raging flames.