The shadow beneath Kaoru suddenly stretched and elongated, rapidly spreading beneath the six Paths of Pain.
"Is this...?" Before Pain could even react, the shadow had already made contact with theirs!
"That's so fast..."
When Pain's Rinnegan refocused on Kaoru's figure, Kaoru had already appeared in their midst. With a fist containing unimaginable strength, he directly crushed the Asura Path of Pain into pieces!
Such sudden movement... was it a shadow sneak attack?! Pain only just reacted, his body pausing as he prepared to act.
"It's too slow..." Kaoru's merciless mocking voice rang out. He glanced at the shattered remains of the Asura Path, scattered mechanical parts all over the ground.
This is the Master of Shadow Technique's W skill—summoning a shadow and instantly swapping places with it!
"Sage Technique: Hard Vortex Flame Blade!"
Surging with Sage Chakra, Kaoru's hand instantly formed an enormous, blazing red sphere! Under the perfect Sage Mode, this Hard Vortex Flame Blade's power was beyond imagination.
"That is..."
Pain's Rinnegan saw the massive red orb in Kaoru's hand, and his pupils shrank sharply. The surface of the Animal Path Pain immediately unfolded a transparent protective film!
Sealing Technique: Yin Seal!
Pain immediately tried to use the Preta or Animal Path's Rinnegan abilities to absorb the massive Hard Vortex Flame Blade, but he saw the crimson glow flicker in Kaoru's Mangekyō Sharingan, and a sneering smile appeared on his lips.
"Want to absorb? It's not that easy!" Kaoru's other hand suddenly produced a kunai. With a flick, he shot the kunai directly toward the rightmost Naraka Path.
"What use is a mere shuriken?" The Naraka Path Pain snorted coldly, transforming a chakra-congealed metal rod in his hand to block the kunai. Meanwhile, the Preta Path stepped forward, preparing to absorb Kaoru's Sage Technique: Hard Vortex Flame Blade!
"Foolish! Third Stage of Flying Thunder God!"
As Kaoru's words fell, the Sage Technique: Hard Vortex Flame Blade suddenly vanished. At the same time, the body of the Naraka Path was directly struck by the Flame Blade!
"Boom!"
In the next instant, the area where the Naraka Path Pain was standing exploded into a massive firestorm, dyeing the entire sky red. Everything within was instantly colorless.
The other four Pains also immediately retreated, avoiding the range of the Heavenly Sage's Flame Blade attack!
"What's going on—this powerful ninjutsu was directly transferred from his hand to the Naraka Path!"
Seeing Kaoru's technique shift targets, ignoring the sealing technique's absorption of chakra and ninjutsu, the Naraka Path was instantly shattered into nothingness by the attack, his face turning pale.
"Haha, judging by your face, if you weren't just a corpse, it would be quite a show..." Kaoru shook his head lightly, his short hair waving slightly with the movement.
The Third Stage of Flying Thunder God is an extension of Kaoru's self-developed Flying Thunder God technique, allowing him to instantly transfer his ninjutsu onto a kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God seal. In other words, his Sage Technique: Hard Vortex Flame Blade wasn't transferred to the Naraka Path but to the kunai he threw at the Naraka Path!
Faced with Kaoru's joking mockery, Pain's expression finally turned extremely serious. He recognized that Kaoru was the strongest opponent he'd ever faced.
"Don't get cocky!" Deva Path Pain's gloomy voice rang out as he raised his right hand, palm facing Kaoru. "No one can challenge the divine authority. Even the Sharingan cannot!"
Seeing the destruction of the Naraka Path, the Rinnegan flashed with a purple glow. With a flick of his hand, a huge gravitational force suddenly struck Kaoru.
"Universal Attraction, huh..."
Kaoru, though pulled by the immense gravity, still kept a mocking expression. His pupils burst with even greater energy: "Let's see how you catch a shadow!"
Shadow Clone Technique!
In the next instant, Kaoru's shadow moved again, instantly rushing behind Deva Path Pain. Then, Kaoru's body suddenly disappeared!
"Swish!" Kaoru reappeared behind Deva Path Pain, instantly kicking him!
"Damn, it's that move again!"
The other Pain's Rinnegan saw Kaoru appear behind Deva Path Pain. Deva Path Pain's body shrank sharply, dodging Kaoru's kick.
Even so, Deva Path Pain was still blasted away like a cannonball, smashing through several thick trees and creating a deep crater.
"I can draw on the surrounding natural energy to attack. Even if you dodge, you'll still be hit."
After retracting his leg, Kaoru looked at the shattered trees in front of him. Watching Deva Path Pain, who had been blasted away and disappeared from his sight, Kaoru muttered boredly: "So-called divine power... is only this level..."
"Summoning Technique!"
Deva Path was blown away, and the Animal Path Pain roared fiercely, summoning a series of mysterious seals in the air behind him. The Rinnegan-enabled summoning beasts—crabs, chameleons, eight-foot birds, rhinos, centipedes—appeared one after another. They swarmed out, launching a massive assault like a dark cloud overhead, casting shadow over Kaoru's head!
"These are just a bunch of minnows and crabs..." Kaoru sighed softly, then quickly activated his Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Suzaku!"
A giant white figure appeared out of nowhere. Under Kaoru's eye power, this giant transformed into six arms, each wielding a different weapon. Facing the surging summoned beasts, the six arms swung rapidly...
"Uchiha Kaoru, he's just fooling around!"
In the Hokage Tower, upon hearing Hinata's report, Tsunade slammed her desk and shouted loudly.
"He actually went alone to challenge Pain? Isn't Jiraiya's lesson enough?!"
Tsunade's face was flushed with anger.
Inside the Hokage's office, besides Tsunade, there were also Jiraiya, Kakashi, Akame, and other elite Jōnin present.
"Then I'll go help my brother right now!" Wan'er also spoke.
"Yes, we can't let Kaoru fight alone!" Tsunade nodded, then waved her hand: "Gather all the Jōnin in the village and head to the battle site to assist Kaoru!"
"Understood!"
The elite Jōnin and Wan'er all nodded, preparing to depart.
Several kilometers outside Konoha, Kaoru's gaze turned cold. His six arms, wrapped in the Light of the Great Avatar, flickered rapidly!
Over ten massive summoned beasts were cut into pieces in an instant, blood spraying and condensing into a bloody rain that fell like a deluge!
In the remaining three Paths of Pain's eyes, Kaoru stood alone amidst the blood rain, the radiant Light of the Great Avatar completely enveloping him. No bloodstains touched him—like a fallen deity in hell, seemingly invincible.
This is the true power a god should possess... The Six Paths of Pain muttered to themselves, their purple Rinnegan flickering with confusion and dullness for the first time.
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