Chapter 494: The Return
Ino moved at lightning speed. The Preta Path, who had always served as the team's tank and was therefore somewhat clumsy in terms of speed, was instantly pulled in front of her.
The 360-degree vision of the Rinnegan was very useful. Two steps away, the Naraka Path saw Ino's move and relayed the information to the Asura Path. The Asura Path, whose body had been turned into a puppet, swung its tail to the side at the last moment, avoiding the vital point. The fat Preta Path was stabbed through the stomach by the serrated tail.
Ino kicked the tool-man Preta Path away and, with a flick of her hand, took out her sealed chakra staff. Aiming for the gap between the joints of the Asura Path's serrated tail, she thrust the staff in before it could be retracted.
The Asura Path, which had been able to rip off Jiraiya's left arm, possessed immense strength. He struggled forcefully. Ino didn't try to outmuscle him but instead used the momentum to fly toward him.
"Giant Rasengan!" In mid-air, she formed a swirling blue ball of chakra in her palm and slammed it down on the Asura Path's back!
The Naraka Path, who hadn't done much, quickly threw the Preta Path horizontally.
Just as Ino's Giant Rasengan was a dozen centimeters from the Asura Path's back, the Preta Path opened his hands and absorbed all the chakra that made up the jutsu.
"This chakra absorption ability is a bit troublesome." Ino rolled her neck, flicked her staff, and the staff's shadow, mimicking Hayate Gekkō's Dance of the Crescent Moon, struck the Preta Path from three directions.
The Preta Path was beaten back, and the three-headed, six-armed Asura Path charged forward again.
A dazzling array of missiles, lasers, and even fists from his six arms, propelled by chakra jets, rained down on Ino like a dense barrage.
Ino twirled her staff so fast it became a blur. Her right hand darted into her waist pouch, and a shuriken, tracing an arc, flew toward the Preta Path behind the Asura Path.
The shuriken split in mid-air, one becoming two, two becoming four, and soon, there were hundreds, thousands of shuriken.
"Shadow Shuriken Clone Jutsu!"
Ino also incorporated the Uchiha clan's throwing techniques. The shuriken collided with each other, changing their trajectories, and for a moment, they were flying everywhere.
The Preta Path hesitated, as if wondering if it was worth absorbing such a scattered attack.
He ultimately raised his hands and absorbed all the shuriken that had been transformed from chakra.
The Shadow Shuriken Clone Jutsu's attack range was extremely wide. The triangular formation of the Preta, Asura, and Naraka Paths was inevitably broken.
A custom shuriken appeared to the Preta Path's left. Ino sensed its position and instantly crossed a dozen meters, striking the Preta Path's head with a Heavenly Foot of Pain.
With a sickening crack, the Preta Path's nose was shattered, and one of his right eyes was crushed by the immense force, turning into a puddle of mush. The contours of his face were deformed. Most importantly, four or five of the black receiver rods on his nose, cheeks, chin, and ears were sent flying.
The Preta Path's movements instantly became sluggish.
Ino feigned a look of realization. "So that's it. You use these black rods for control and data exchange? Ohohoho!—"
The Preta Path, with its ability to absorb chakra, was the first to have its head smashed by her Konoha Hurricane. Next was the Naraka Path, who hadn't done much. The last one, the three-headed, six-armed Asura Path, covered in missiles and laser weapons, was a bit more troublesome to deal with.
After Ino summoned her Steaming Danger Tyranny and fought explosion with explosion, she finally destroyed this Path as well.
The Asura Path, with its outstanding offensive capabilities; the Preta Path, which absorbed chakra; and the Naraka Path, which could summon the King of Hell. The three corpses now lay in a row before Ino.
Ino could stop Pain from summoning the King of Hell for a while, but not forever.
Pain could use the reverse summoning ability again to retrieve the damaged corpses. Then, he could have the King of Hell swallow the corpses and use his revival ability to restore the three Paths to one hundred percent.
Ino could only buy some time.
"Seal," "Seal," "Seal." As the sealing formulas were applied, the three Paths became lifeless, completely devoid of vitality.
Would Pain find someone else to make three new Paths? That was a certainty, but...
Ino weighed the black rod in her hand.
Black rods were substances created out of thin air by Rinnegan users. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki didn't have the Rinnegan, but he could still use Yin-Yang Release to create black rods. In the end, the foundation of these things was Yin-Yang Release, not the Rinnegan.
Ino collected a large bag of black rods. She couldn't think of a use for them at the moment, so she would just play with them for now.
She had dealt with the three Paths of Pain, but Ino's problem remained. She was still trapped in this desolate underworld. She couldn't get out!
The King of Hell gave her an idea. Pain would definitely remake the Naraka Path, and the Naraka Path needed the King of Hell. He would have to summon the King of Hell to the world of the living. At that time, Ino could go along with the summon. This was much more convenient than her breaking a path through the underworld.
"It is convenient... and conveniently deadly." Ino's teeth hurt. If she were in charge of this operation, she would one hundred percent set up an ambush at the other end of the summoning. The moment she appeared, the pretty boy band would swarm her. Nine against one? Even though she considered herself quite strong, she would still feel immense pressure facing the entire Akatsuki.
She thought it over several times. This method was very dangerous, but it was indeed fast. The question was whether she could break through Akatsuki's encirclement.
If it came down to it, she could just throw Tonton over first to attract firepower.
Ino waited in the underworld. Three full days passed in the outside world. As she was cross your legs, relaxing with her eyes closed, the King of Hell suddenly sent her a message. The summoning jutsu, relying on the Rinnegan, was coming. The King of Hell had to respond to the summon. The next time they met, they would most likely be enemies.
"Alright, thanks. I'll go over first!" Ino said, while temporarily delaying the summoning for the King of Hell. Then, with a flick of her arm, she threw Tonton in.
"Oink oink!" Tonton cursed in mid-air. Ino picked her ear. I don't understand you.
To ambush Ino, Pain had also gone to great lengths.
Itachi, Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, and Gaara were all there. He himself had also deployed the remaining Tendo, Human, and Animal Paths.
Although the group had different thoughts, they still surrounded the summoning formula, intending to kill Ino.
The moment Tonton appeared, Deidara let out an excited "Un!" and, with a wave of his hand, scattered a dense array of clay bombs!
Tonton was too short, and he was terrified. He instinctively crouched down, and then he saw the numerous bombs fly right over his head.
"Is this the strong enemy we've been waiting for for three days?" Deidara used his miniature telescope to examine the creature that had emerged from the smoke. It really didn't look like a human! It looked more like some kind of food.
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