Shadows and Akatsuki (2)

No one had ever seen just how powerful the Six Paths of Pain were when fighting at full strength.

Even in the original timeline's battle against Naruto, the Deva Path had remained idle for long periods because its abilities were on cooldown.

The strongest Deva Path had been watching from the sidelines the entire time, so their overall combat power had naturally dropped considerably.

Combined with the leaks of all kinds of intelligence, the one once regarded as the ultimate boss had ultimately lost to Naruto.

But today, the Fourth Raikage was receiving the Six Paths of Pain's full course of service.

The young Raikage faced the equally young Nagato.

However, the Six Paths of Pain might have been even stronger than in the original timeline.

That was because most of these corpses had been modified by Sasori and could still use the Ninjutsu they had possessed in life.

And these ninjas had not been weak while alive. Hanzō had even been called a Demigod, while the Third Mizukage had been the shadow of an entire village.

With the power of the Rinnegan added on top, the Fourth Raikage was already beginning to struggle after only a few exchanges.

If not for his extraordinarily formidable defense, he would have died countless times already.

Asura Path Roshi held one hand behind his back while lightly flicking his sleeve with the other. Strands of crimson magma surfaced across more than forty missiles, like scarlet snakes as thin as threads crawling all over them.

This was actually the Four-Tails' Lava Release!

Combining a Tailed Beast's Lava Release with the Asura Path's weaponry increased their power by several degrees.

With a light sweep of Roshi's arm, the more than forty missiles circled behind the Fourth Raikage.

Shinra Tensei!

The Deva Path moved his arm