The situation deteriorated rapidly. The ground beneath Naraka Path shattered as he swiftly retreated.
Purple flames burned beneath him, and the summoned King of Hell thrust out its purple tongue to block.
Meanwhile, rushing to aid him, Preta Path reached out to grab the cloud-made blade in Sakura's hand.
One judged souls, the other plundered chakra.
If this were an ordinary Ninja, or even an average Kage facing such a combination, they would be hard-pressed. Not to mention the other Rinnegan puppets standing by, ready to support at any moment.
In mid-air, Sakura stepped on the air itself, preparing to use Geppo to change her stance and cut down both Naraka Path and Preta Path in one blow.
Unfortunately...
"Shinra Tensei!"
Long-prepared, Deva Path raised his palm towards Sakura and clenched it.
Almost instantly, a horizontal gravitational force acted upon Sakura's body, pushing the girl forward.
The King of Hell's tongue stabbed out, piercing through her body, while Preta Path's hand seized the giant sword made of clouds and activated chakra absorption.
"Ugh, so heavy!"
Naraka Path, who was about to pass judgment on Sakura's soul, grunted, sinking to one knee.
The will of the Conqueror descended upon him, burning like dark lightning, causing the illusory form of the summoned King of Hell to flicker unsteadily.
The weight of a soul bearing the information of three worlds was not something a mere Chakra entity in the Ninja World could shake.
When the girl directed her malice towards it, the flow of all Chakra became sluggish, the air turned hard as iron, impossible to breathe. The King of Hell began to struggle, seemingly on the verge of losing control and running amok.
Naraka Path, with blood streaming from his nose and mouth, urged, "What's wrong, King of Hell? Quickly judge the sins within her soul!"
'It can't be judged. It doesn't have the capability, you know?'
Her case is too complicated, 'Look, let me go consult with my superiors and then get back to you with an answer.'
An invisible ripple spread from the Summoning: King of Hell, conveying a clear will. Then, its body emitted a faint shattering sound before exploding violently.
The recoil sent Naraka Path's body flying dozens of meters. After crashing to the ground, all the black rods in his body shattered.
"Not good!"
Seeing Naraka Path rendered useless, Preta Path intensified the suction force in his hand.
— Blocking Technique Absorption Seal!
A transparent barrier of Sealing Technique unfolded, voraciously sucking at the Haki entwined around the cloud blade. It absorbed furiously for a good while but only gained minimal energy feedback from it.
"Useless! This isn't a Ninjutsu!"
Sakura grinned, swinging her sword in a horizontal slash.
In front of this giant sword, accumulated with immense force, all obstacles disintegrated like bubbles. The air wailed and collapsed, forming streams of electrical currents spreading outward.
The Armament Haki flowing on the sword was held back no longer, pouring entirely into Preta Path's body.
'You like to absorb energy? Then take this Haki!'
A light metallic chime echoed in the void, and following it, a fierce crack extended from Preta Path's chest, splitting open a massive gash.
Shattered black fragments dripped from the wound. Preta Path fell to the ground, devoid of life, unable to rise again.
Witnessing Sakura destroying two Rinnegan puppets in an instant, Animal Path stirred with Chakra, bit his thumb, and slapped it on the ground.
— Summoning Technique!
Five enormous centipedes surged from the smoke screen, immediately burrowing into the ground and heading underground towards the ruined remains of Naraka Path and Preta Path.
Asura Path tore off all his clothes, summoned three heads and six arms, and extended a giant saw blade from his back.
After inserting these derived limbs into the ground, Asura Path's head opened, gathering high-energy particles. Then, countless flashes of light and thunder erupted as a laser cannon capable of incinerating everything shot forth.
Deva Path's entire body was enveloped in a pale blue fiery aura, surging Chakra vibrating the air. With one foot shattering the ground, Water Attribute Chakra drew up water from the underground river.
— Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!
Malicious Chakra rippled with the water's movement, easily raising towering, furious waves that violently swallowed all dust and ruins in their path, surging towards Sakura.
"Trying to take the bodies back?"
A rainbow glint flashed in Sakura's eyes. Her supremely honed Observation Haki glimpsed three seconds into the future.
Within the terrifying storm raised by the multiple attacks, she locked onto the two damaged corpses being retrieved by the summoning beasts.
So, she raised her fingers to form the Ram seal. Under the catalysis of boiling Chakra, a wooden clone slowly separated from her body.
At the same time, her main body handed the cloud blade to the clone, then opened her five fingers and clenched them tightly at the void.
Her Devil Fruit ability manipulated thermal currents extending from her fingertips, a storm of great swords wrapped in blazing Haki traversing the world.
"Then, let's have a long-awaited..."
Sakura laughed excitedly, raising the giant sword behind her back along with her clone.
The myriad lightning bolts condensed by Conqueror's Haki Infusion exploded in the void along the trajectory of the two intertwined giant swords slowly being raised.
Like armor of sakura pink, majestic, cold, and severe, emitting a fierce aura.
Facing the laser, summoning beasts, and deluge rushing towards her, Sakura stood firm and swung her sword!
Spear of Elbaf: Hakoku Sovereignty!!!
The phantom of the legendary spear shot into the sky, like a giant pillar propping up the heavens and the earth, stirring all phenomena.
The conqueror's will, wrapped in a savage power that nothing in the world could bind, reduced everything to fine fragments, leading to annihilation, then ushering in pure death and oblivion!
The deluge and laser were easily torn apart. The violent waves trampled over the several centipede summoning beasts, along with the remains of Preta Path and Naraka Path in their mouths, completely destroying them.
The residual blast's searing light shot straight towards the remaining four Paths of Pain.
"Truly... a monster."
At that moment, Nagato, located on a mountain not far from Konoha, saw everything through the Rinnegan and sighed.
More Chakra from his body was extracted by the black rods behind him. The flesh beneath his skin seemed sucked away by something, making the outline of his bones more pronounced.
"Nagato, don't use that technique anymore, your body..."
Seeing him like this, Konan worriedly tried to stop him.
The continuous bursts of Chakra made Nagato's life like a candle in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.
"Cough, cough, cough... This is... mine and Yahiko's wish!"
Lowering his head, Nagato coughed violently, interrupting Konan.
He did not heed Konan's advice, stubbornly channeling all his chakra to Deva Path.
Animal Path, Human Path, and Asura Path quickly gathered towards Deva Path's location, each losing consciousness and collapsing behind him.
Immediately after, a sphere of repulsive force condensed to its extreme centered on Pain, roaring outward as it unleashed this pure power.
[Super Shinra Tensei!]
A storm arose suddenly. A frenzied whirlwind gathered within the chaotic repulsive force, transforming into a terrifying tempest capable of swallowing an entire Ninja Village.
The moment the two impacts met in the air, a light as scorching as the blazing sun erupted.
Boom!!!