Rat-a-tat-tat! Like a machine gun, countless ki blasts rained down madly below.
These ki blasts consumed very little ki and were not particularly powerful—at most, they were comparable to Exploding Tags. But they made up for it with their sheer number and density. If the Six Paths of Pain took them head-on, they would still be destroyed.
It was impossible to kill the Six Paths of Pain with this move, but using it to hold them back for a moment so the Shadow Clone could take Jiraiya beyond their attack range was no problem.
But that was precisely the essence of the Prince Battle Method.
When had the Prince Battle Method ever killed anyone?
Faced with the dense barrage of ki blasts, Deva Path Pain had no choice but to raise both hands and use the repulsive force of Almighty Push to knock them away, while the other four Paths all hid behind the Preta Path.
The Preta Path activated its energy-absorption ability and absorbed every ki blast fired at it.
"Truly foolish. Originally, only one person needed to die, but now your entire village will be buried with him. And while I'm at it, I'll reclaim the Nine Tails."
As the Prince Battle Method ended, Deva Path watched the Shadow Clone and Jiraiya vanish beyond the horizon, already outside their pursuit range. He raised his head and spoke coldly to Hawking in the sky.
Since Jiraiya had escaped, his next step would be to kill the man before him, then personally lead Akatsuki into Konoha and destroy Konoha Village to reclaim the Nine Tails.
Konoha had once been the undisputed strongest ninja village in the ninja world.
It had Uchiha Madara and First Hokage Hashirama Senju, both terrifyingly powerful. Either one of them could easily wipe out the other