Pain prepared Shinra Tensei, ready to repel Satoru's genjutsu at any moment.
Preta Path also prepared the Sealing Technique Absorption Seal to prevent the enemy's super Ninjutsu.
The Hellhound stood between them, ready to use its ability to amplify the Summoning Technique to block Satoru's ultimate move.
Human Path stood by, watching the show.
"Here it comes, Dark Walk..."
As Satoru's genjutsu was ready, Asura Path's attack was just unleashed.
Boom!
The laser attacked with despair-inducing speed, instantly piercing Satoru, who was casting the genjutsu, through the waist, leaving only a few strands of skin connecting his upper and lower body, his abdomen completely gone.
But Satoru's genjutsu was also completed, and a wave of darkness spread across the entire sky.
Among the Pain, only Preta Path, who absorbed the continuously incoming genjutsu Chakra, was unaffected and maintained normal vision.
The other five paths were completely enveloped in darkness, and even Pain's Shinra Tensei only blocked it for a moment; during the recovery time of Shinra Tensei, the Chakra of Dark Walk continuously eroded him.
But it was enough; with Preta Path's vision, it was as if they weren't blind.
Preta Path looked towards Satoru, who had already turned into a figurine and was falling from the sky, and the enemy's remains also gradually fell from the sky.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Controlling Yata Garasu to catch Satoru, he looked at the bandage covering his head.
"I didn't expect Konoha to have such a talent," Pain muttered to himself.
Hmm?
Suddenly, the mouth of the dead body curved into a smile.
"Unmeasurable Empty Place, Seal."
"Not good."
Pain felt a great sense of foreboding.
But it was already too late.
The moment the corpse spoke, the bandage on his entire head instantly transformed into immeasurable flowing light, surrounding the entire twenty-meter defence, forming a huge spherical body that enveloped the Pain.
Pain wanted to use Shinra Tensei and Sealing Technique Absorption Seal to break the enemy's trap.
Crack!
A massive amount of information poured in, overloading his brain, making information processing ineffective. All-encompassing senses such as sight, hearing, touch, and smell were disturbed by sudden yet continuous information.
Pain felt as if he couldn't see anything, couldn't feel anything... No, he could see everything, feel everything—an extreme experience.
This distortion of perception caused all six paths, including the Summoning Beast, who were affected, to be unable to accurately judge their surroundings, entering a state of confusion and powerlessness.
...
Below the spherical body, Satoru saw that the trap had worked, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, his teal mist eyes exceptionally bright.
He scratched the white hair on his head. The bandage was gone, and he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.
That was a special clone he had transformed through the Pupil's soul Hand. Before Asura Path's attack, at the exact moment Dark Walk was activated, his main body had already slipped below.
This move, which sealed his ultimate five-sense genjutsu and Mind Reading Technique using Sealing Technique, was a powerful technique he had been preparing for a long time.
It contained endlessly looping information, constantly releasing in massive quantities, overwhelming the enemy's brain's information processing mechanism, as well as distorting the five senses. Once caught in this trap, unless one became a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and mastered Yin and Yang, possessing a physique immune to all but Sage Art, he didn't believe anyone could break it.
After being caught, it was even harder to break than the Mind Reading Technique - Depression.
Of course, if they weren't caught, there was nothing he could do.
That's how Ninjas are; the importance of intelligence is fully demonstrated.
"Time to go, time to go, time to go home and find my kids!"
Satoru turned and left. The Chakra consumed by that move was unusually large; he now only had one-tenth of his total. If there were other Akatsuki members, it would be difficult to deal with them.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After he left, a Zetsu emerged from the ground, a black and white face appearing.
Looking at the distant Satoru and the motionless Pain enveloped by the light sphere in the air.
"To be able to defeat Pain, who possesses the Rinnegan, is truly incredible!"
Zetsu muttered to himself.
Konoha's power is truly not to be underestimated.
...
Ibara Keisen Battlefield.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Wind Demon Shuriken, augmented with Wind Release nature transformation, sharply cut through all the wooden poles attacking them, continuing to target Vortex Man.
Meanwhile, Tomako drew dozens of snake-like animals, quickly moving on the ground, heavily surrounding the enemy, intending to trap him and create an opportunity for Ibara Keisen.
"Tch! Why did it suddenly become troublesome?" Vortex Man suddenly distorted and disappeared from his original spot.
When he reappeared, he was already behind Tomako, reaching out to grab him.
Whoosh!
The moment he touched Tomako, space just distorted, and a Kunai with wind nature directly pierced his face, forcing him to abandon this opportunity and phase out to avoid the attack.
Tomako also used this opportunity to quickly distance himself.
"Be careful, the opponent uses Spatial-Temporal Ninjutsu. He can move within a certain range of space, and his body can phase out at any time to avoid enemy attacks.
"Only the moment he makes contact with an enemy, his body will materialise. That's when he can be attacked.
"When he's phased out, we can't attack him, and he can't attack us."
Ibara Keisen, observing the enemy's movements during the battle, quickly analysed the effects of the enemy's abilities.
Tomako nodded. As an elite assassin of Root, although he didn't analyse as thoroughly as Ibara Keisen, he instantly understood upon hearing it.
At the same time, he felt surprised by this teammate.
Such analytical ability, no wonder he was chosen by the Third Hokage to carry out special missions.
It was a pity that there wasn't enough intelligence before, and Toriko was killed by the enemy.
And the method of that person just now was the First Hokage's Wood Release. His heart was filled with awe.
Could this be Orochimaru's new experimental subject?
"This is troublesome. Why did he suddenly become so difficult to deal with?" Vortex Man looked at Ibara Keisen. Since just now, the other party had been displaying great power. The Ninjutsu were the same, but his tactics and experience had increased by more than one level.
It was even more exaggerated than when Uchiha Madara taught him combat experience.
He deciphered the intelligence of his Ninjutsu in such a short time, just like his dead teacher.
Furthermore,
Sharingan's genjutsu, at some unknown point, encountered great obstruction when entering the opponent's mental space. A special Chakra was interfering with the formation of his genjutsu.
He felt that he could only wear down the opponent now. Although the other side was very rich in combat intuition and experience, Chakra was ultimately a weakness.
"Someone's coming." A playful voice sounded in Vortex Man's ear.
Upon hearing this, he looked in one direction, and a dozen figures rapidly approached them.
Seeing the headbands on their foreheads, Vortex Man knew he had no chance. He took a deep look at Ibara Keisen, and space distorted as he disappeared.
After he left, Ibara Keisen and Tomako finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This enemy was too troublesome.
Ibara Keisen also stopped the Ninjutsu cast by his teacher after sensing the reinforcements, exiting that god-like state.
He immediately felt a wave of dizziness in his brain.
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