"Konan, stand back."
Nagato had Konan move away. Konan was strong as well, but this battle was no longer one she could take part in.
Some of the Tenseigan's and Rinnegan's abilities were the same.
For example, both could manipulate gravity.
They were abilities of the same type.
"You lot, take Lady Tsunade away. Find Shikaku Nara and have him coordinate the rescue effort." Even as she attacked, Sparkle issued orders to the surrounding Anbu.
The Anbu looked toward Tsunade.
"...Do as Sparkle says."
Tsunade was beginning to regret it.
If she had shown a little weakness, Pain, who called himself a god, might really have spared Konoha. Worse still, she had now become Sparkle's weakness.
Sparkle's reshaping of the terrain had also deliberately separated the Six Paths of Pain, allowing her to cover herself and the others.
"Boom! Boom! Boom—!"
Stone pillars crashed down from the sky one after another.
The Six Paths of Pain had nowhere to evade.
Before Sparkle's eyes, they did not even have a chance to dodge or hide.
But at this moment, the Asura Path stepped forward.
Its body began to transform, countless missile launchers extending from its back. The missiles soared into the air with trails of flame, blasting the massive rocks to pieces. At the same time, they passed through the stone pillars and flew toward Sparkle.
Sparkle neither dodged nor evaded. A sphere of light unfolded before her, becoming a green shield of light. Every missile from the Asura Path missed.
Those spheres of light were one of the Tenseigan's abilities—Chakra beads.
The beads were something akin to Hagoromo Otsutsuki's version of Truth-Seeking Orbs. However, according to the setting guide, they were not Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Chakra beads.
Since Truth-Seeking Orbs had not yet appeared, Sparkle had kept a trick up