"Subordinates… you said subordinates?!"
Pain froze for a split second, then fury filled his eyes. "I am not one of those mortals you subdued! I am a god! A god who rules over all!"
"Ha!!!"
Pain trembled again, unleashing even more chakra.
Meanwhile, inside a house on the outskirts of Konoha, Nagato was trembling violently, squeezing out every last drop of chakra. The strain was so great that blood began to spill from his eyes, nose, and mouth!
"Stop, Nagato!"
Konan, who had returned, saw Nagato on the verge of death and rushed forward. "You don't need to go this far! Draining your chakra like this is overdrafting your life force! Your body can't take it!"
Nagato's expression was resolute, showing no intention of listening. "This is Yahiko's dying wish! It's my justice! For this goal, I'm willing to pay any price!"
"Rise!!!" Nagato and Pain roared simultaneously.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With the added boost of Nagato's life force, the surrounding gravity intensified once more. The earth and rocks that had been held back by Menma's chakra began to move upward again. Even his clothes fluttered, drawn to the heavens.
"Heh. Stubborn as a mule."
Menma had long anticipated Nagato's defiance. But he was the master of all defiance, and since Nagato arrogantly called himself a god, Menma would crush him with what he considered divine power.
"This level of gravity dares to call itself Planetary Devastation?"
"Let me show you what a true Planetary Devastation is."
As he spoke, Menma mentally activated the system's exchange interface and acquired Nagato's basic Rinnegan.
[System Notification: Exchange Successful!]
[Rinnegan (Nagato Basic Ability Version) - 100,000 Corruption Points]
[Current Corruption Points: 215,000]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In an instant, the familiar fluctuations of ocular power emanated from Menma.
"This is…" Pain's eyes widened in disbelief.
Only after the crimson in his eyes swirled into white rings did he utter the rest of his words.
"The Rinnegan?! This is impossible!!!"
"Nothing is impossible." With a wave of his hand, Menma unleashed a torrent of powerful chakra and ocular energy. The immense gravitational pull generated by Nagato's depletion of life force vanished instantly.
This caused the Chibaku Tensei in the sky to develop abnormally and incompletely. In the end, it was less than fifty meters in diameter, dangling precariously in the sky.
But even this incomplete Chibaku Tensei made Zabuza, Kakashi, and the others watching understand why Nagato called himself a god. Creating an artificial asteroid was indeed a feat only a god could accomplish.
Unfortunately, now there was someone even more powerful than a god: Menma.
Menma, who had stopped Nagato's Chibaku Tensei with a wave of his hand, squinted, sensing the power emanating from the Rinnegan. The next second, a palm strike imbued with dark gravity slammed into Pain's chest, sending him flying toward the Planetary Devastation in the sky.
At the same time, the familiar name of the technique rang in Pain's ears.
"Planetary Devastation."
Whoosh!
In an instant, terrifying chakra that made the ground tremble appeared! The ground, which had already lost a layer of earth, began to crack again. Countless stones detached from the ground, rapidly enveloping Pain as he flew into the sky!
Before Pain could react and destroy the gravitational source in his chest, these missile-like stones enveloped him, forming a stone sphere that imprisoned his body. Then, this stone sphere crashed into the Planetary Devastation in the sky.
Boom!!!
The next second, the Planetary Devastation that had been struck instantly disintegrated, then enveloped the stone sphere below. Simultaneously, a gravitational force several times stronger than before enveloped the earth below!
In the blink of an eye, this gravitational force extended to a radius of one thousand meters. Within this one-thousand-meter radius, the earth and buildings visibly crumbled and bulged, flying into the sky! Even many Konoha villagers and ninjas caught in the blast were swept up by the mud and rocks beneath their feet and thrown into the air. They clung to rocks and buildings, screaming and howling, tears and snot streaming down their faces.
Even Zabuza, Kakashi, and the others watching from the sidelines were affected. They desperately resisted the gravity, using the floating rocks as footholds to escape. Only when they felt the gravity disappear did they stop and look back.
"This level is terrifying… Compared to Pain, this is true divine power…"
Gazing at the planet Chibaku Tensei—nearly ten times larger than Pain's previous star, blotting out the sun—Zabuza, Sasori, and the other three were filled with fear and awe. They had only been at the very edge, not even the target, yet they had almost been pulled in by its gravity. Compared to this, Pain's Planetary Devastation was indeed rather pathetic.
Luckily, they were wise enough to join the Four-Star Village; otherwise, they'd be hanging in the sky like Pain right now!
"Wait, the boss's made another move!"
Zabuza, who had thought this was the end of it, stared wide-eyed at the scene in the distance. The other three followed his gaze and froze in place.
Beneath the colossal stone sphere, four or five hundred meters in diameter, a golden-red giant over a hundred meters tall and clad in black armor rose from the ground! This hundred-meter-tall black-armored giant wielded a longsword that shone with a striking interplay of black and gold. He swung the sword towards the massive star-shaped stone sphere in the sky!
Whoosh!
A golden-red sword aura, tinged with black veins, shot into the sky, piercing through the star-shaped stone sphere!
Crack!
Without any hesitation, the star-shaped stone sphere instantly split in two! The black-veined golden-red sword aura continued its momentum, flying towards the highest point of the sky before exploding violently!
In an instant, a dark red sun, illuminating the heavens and earth, appeared! It obscured the original sunlight, turning the sky a dark red!
"Creating asteroids as a means of confinement, and then using this world-destroying method to attack… Is this the true power of the boss's main body?!"
A profound sense of powerlessness enveloped Zabuza's mind. Kakuzu, standing nearby, felt the same way. "I've witnessed Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju's power from afar. I thought I'd never see a ninja stronger than them in my lifetime, but today, one has appeared…"
As for Sasori and Deidara, having seen the Susanoo's power as a shadow clone, they were somewhat prepared. Therefore, they didn't collapse to their knees like Zabuza and Kakuzu.
This terrifying scene was witnessed by the entire Hidden Leaf. Many of the weaker villagers even knelt down and kowtowed, chanting miracles.
Tsunade, who was just finishing off Kakuzu's shadow clone, also witnessed this horrifying sight. "This terrifying Susanoo and its techniques… could it be that Madara Uchiha has been resurrected?"
"Damn it!" Tsunade bit her nails hard, then waved her hand and shouted to Shizune and the Anbu behind her.
"Shizune, you go and lead the villagers to safety. The rest of you, come with me!"
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