Chapter 261: 261.The Akatsuki’s Disadvantage

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Because they had obtained intelligence in advance, the shinobi from each village did not foolishly assume that the Six Paths of Pain possessed the Rinnegan.

They knew that the Sage’s eyes belonged to Nagato, who had hidden himself away.

Through the shared vision of the eyes, they deduced that these six strange individuals were being controlled by Nagato.

Yagura, who had no intention of dragging out the battle, once again tapped into the Three-Tails’ power, cloaking himself in a tailed beast shroud.

The chakra aura of a tailed beast drew the attention of the others.

Ōnoki and the others glanced in his direction but paid it no mind.

In this battle, the more effort everyone put in, the better. The goal was to crush the Akatsuki as quickly as possible and seize their resources—especially Nagato’s Sage’s eyes.

Enveloped in the tailed beast shroud, Yagura transformed into a monstrous figure.

The Asura Path’s mechanical head opened up, but before it could fire its laser cannon, Yagura had already closed the distance, his tailed beast-infused weapon piercing straight through the Asura Path’s body.

“Banshō Ten’in!”

The Deva Path, who had been keeping a close watch on Konan, pulled her toward him, denying Yagura the chance to pursue her further.

The Akatsuki could afford to lose, but Konan could not be harmed.

He had already lost Yahiko, his most important comrade. He refused to experience the pain of losing another.

“Raikage, keep your opponent in check!”

With his target snatched away, Yagura was visibly displeased.

A scoffed.

“This guy’s abilities are tricky, but I’ve found his weakness. These six must be puppets controlled by the Akatsuki leader, Nagato. Destroy them!”

The Deva Path alone had repeatedly frustrated A.

Fortunately, after suffering several setbacks, A had realized that Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten’in were not invincible.

These strange abilities had a cooldown period.

Judging by the Deva Path’s somewhat disheveled state, it was clear that even he was struggling under A’s relentless assault.

“Tsuchikage!!”

Strength was one thing, but invincibility was another.

As long as there was a weakness, it could be exploited to secure victory.

Yagura shouted, opening his mouth. In his tailed beast shroud state, he began forming a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb.

“Block that strange one—he can absorb ninjutsu!”

Ōnoki raised his hand, preparing to use Dust Release.

A shot him an annoyed glare before charging straight at the Preta Path.

The Preta Path could absorb ninjutsu, but it was weak against taijutsu.

Facing a brute-force taijutsu specialist like the Raikage, it was quickly suppressed.

Even if it could absorb chakra, it depended on whose chakra it was trying to take.

Even without chakra reinforcement, A’s monstrous physical strength alone was enough to overwhelm most opponents.

“Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!!”

A transparent circular barrier expanded toward Konan and the Deva Path.

But before the barrier could shrink and seal them in, the two vanished.

“Over there!!”

At that moment, Yagura’s Tailed Beast Bomb was fully formed and launched straight at Nagato and Konan.

The Six Paths of Pain and Konan could be summoned away—this was intelligence gathered earlier in the battle.

Yagura and Ōnoki weren’t just casually cooperating.

They were determined to win.

At the critical moment, a figure stepped in front of the Deva Path and Konan, blocking Yagura’s miniature Tailed Beast Bomb.

“Damn it, they’re so stubborn.”

Seeing the Human Path reduced to a charred corpse, Yagura clenched his fists in frustration.

BOOM!

A crushed the Preta Path’s head with his bare hands, shaking off the debris before cracking his neck with a cold smirk.

“Seems like the Tsuchikage and Mizukage’s teamwork isn’t quite cutting it.”

“Enough with the sarcasm.”

Ōnoki shot A a glare, while Yagura chose to ignore him entirely.

He had no interest in arguing with a hothead—there was no pride in winning such a spat.

Besides, it might just provoke the man into directing his rage at him instead.

“RUMBLE—!!!”

The earth itself trembled. Everyone turned to see Rasa clenching his fist, his Gold Dust mercilessly compressing the puppetized Third Kazekage.

With a final squeeze, the Third Kazekage was crushed into scrap metal.

A downpour of heavy gold sand rained from the sky, burying countless puppets beneath it like a golden storm.

The tide of battle was turning against the Akatsuki.

Even if the Six Paths of Pain could be repaired after being destroyed, the Five Kage had already identified their weaknesses.

No matter how many times the Naraka Path restored them and sent them back into battle, it wouldn’t reverse their declining advantage.

“Where is Nagato?”

A only wanted to know one thing—where was the Akatsuki leader hiding?

“Take her away.”

The Deva Path ignored A, slowly rising into the air.

“No!!”

Konan realized what was happening and reached out to stop him.

But Obito appeared beside her, pulling her into Kamui’s dimension.

“Stop him!!!”

Even if they didn’t know what the Deva Path was planning, it didn’t take a genius to guess it wouldn’t be anything good.

At A’s roar, Rasa, Yagura, and Ōnoki all moved to attack.

“Chibaku Tensei!!!!”

If the Akatsuki were going down, they would drag the Five Great Nations down with them.

Using a Six Paths forbidden jutsu would inflict severe damage on Nagato’s body, even shortening his lifespan.

This was why Konan had tried to stop him.

Even if the Akatsuki lost here, they could simply retreat and regroup. There was no need to stake his life on a single battle.

But the stubborn Nagato would never listen to her.

In the original timeline, he had nearly killed himself by using the Almighty Push in Konoha.

The toll of Chibaku Tensei might not be as extreme as that, but it was still devastating.

These eyes were not his own. Even borrowing a fraction of their power came at a heavy price.

“BOOOOOOM—!!!”

As the black orb ascended, the earth split apart. Ōnoki, who had been preparing to strike, immediately floated upward, sensing an immense gravitational pull trying to drag him toward the orb in the sky.

This thing was dangerous.

Realizing the threat, Ōnoki abandoned the others without hesitation, fleeing in the opposite direction at top speed.

Yagura, having shed his tailed beast shroud, sprinted away without a word.

Rasa did the same.

“Damn it!!!”

The other three turned tail and ran without so much as a warning. A was furious, but he had no choice but to follow.

Countless rocks were torn from the ground, hurtling toward the sky as a massive sphere formed overhead.

Anyone with eyes could see how deadly this was.

A might have had a temper, but that didn’t mean he would gamble with his life.

Dirt, stone, trees, debris, even corpses—everything was being pulled toward the sky.

The sphere grew larger and larger.

The chakra fluctuations from Chibaku Tensei were so immense that even the shinobi that stationed at the border camp in the Land of Rain can sensed it.

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