But an ordinary Shinra Tensei could not budge the Nine-Tails in the slightest when it was protected by incomparably violent chakra condensed around its body.
He had to avoid putting Konan in danger while ensuring that Shinra Tensei could effectively damage the Nine-Tails.
The Nine-Tails' strength and chakra were practically the bane of ordinary combat!
If he had not drained his life force in advance in exchange for an enormous amount of chakra and vitality, allowing the Rinnegan to unleash even greater power—
He likely would not have been able to break through even a defensive line formed by the Nine-Tails alone.
Even so, he was in an incomparably miserable state.
As for the other five Paths of Pain, aside from the Animal Path that controlled the summoned beasts, they had all been destroyed in the previous battle to hold back the Nine-Tails!
Fortunately, while the Nine-Tails was terrifying, it did not dare use the Tailed Beasts' ultimate technique, the Tailed Beast Bomb, for a large-scale attack so close to the Hokage's office building.
This had reduced the Nine-Tails' strength by more than one level. If it could freely use Tailed Beast Bombs alongside its nearly inexhaustible chakra, merely imagining that scene made the Deva Path shudder.
Both sides had been restricted. In the end, he had only managed to defeat the Nine-Tails with great difficulty at the cost of destroying the other two Paths. Could he really have won so easily?
If they had both been allowed to attack without restraint... The Deva Path silently considered it, then looked toward the distant figure seated high upon the throne at the very peak. His face twitched. After steadying himself slightly, the Deva Path's Rinnegan swept across the battlefield.
That glance made the Deva Path dizzy. Countless pale-white slashes, like a