Almost none of Akatsuki's core members could make Naruto throw a second punch.
One punch.
Hidan's body was torn into four pieces and scattered everywhere, leaving him completely unable to fight.
One punch.
Deidara was buried in his own clay spiders, lying in a miserable heap on the ground, his body tattered and charred, his breathing weak.
One punch.
Sasori was blasted out of Hiruko's defenses, and Naruto plucked away his puppet core, leaving him completely finished.
After just three moves, only Nagato and Konan remained in Akatsuki.
As for Kakuzu, he was currently being besieged by six people and a fox. His occasional screams made even the usually composed Nagato's face twitch slightly. Kakuzu was probably the most miserable one.
Naruto turned to look at Nagato and casually blew up several of Konan's paper butterflies.
"Konan, stop for now. Let me handle this." Nagato fixed his gaze on Naruto and stopped Konan from attacking further.
From their brief exchange, Nagato could tell that no one present was Naruto's match. Only he, with the Rinnegan and the ability to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, possessed the strength to fight Naruto.
Konan's attacks would only be a waste of effort.
When Asura Path Pain had probed Konoha's strength and then fallen there, Nagato had already known that Naruto was powerful.
But when Naruto defeated Deidara, Sasori, and Hidan with a single punch each, Nagato was still slightly shaken. Naruto's attacks had been far too effortless. He had handled everything with complete ease, as though he had not even used his full strength.
That put a little pressure on Nagato.
After hearing Nagato's words, Konan did not attack again. She knew that even Deidara's clay spiders could not harm Naruto in the slightest. Her explosive tag paper butterflies might