Shazo's show of force (update 2/3)

Nagato was an extremely important figure in the Ninja World, and Shazo knew him very well, as well as the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain.

However, his understanding of the Six Paths of Pain mainly comes from the textual descriptions in fan fiction.

Apart from the Deva Heavenly Dao created from Yahiko's corpse, the other five paths could not be identified by their appearance, and could not be directly attacked from the most vulnerable Naraka Path.

Now, after a round of battle, the Heavenly Dao, Naraka Path, and Preta Path of Six Paths of Pain have each demonstrated their abilities, and Shazo has been able to identify their identities.

There are still three Pain whose identities have not been confirmed: the Human Path is good at stealing souls, the Animal Path is good at summoning spirits, and the Asura Path is good at materializing modern weapons.

Among them, the Human Path's [Soul-Sucking Technique] poses the greatest threat to Shazo. If his identity cannot be determined, he must be careful in battle to prevent being controlled by Pain or attacked at close range.

This puts us at a significant disadvantage in combat.

Shazo's mind raced, and he decided to launch another strong attack to continue pressuring the Six Paths of Pain and confirm their identities.

He raised his hands high, then grinned maliciously and pulled them down hard.

Within a Fang Yuan of several kilometers, the thick rain clouds instantly transformed into Thunderclouds, flashing with dazzling lightning.

These hundreds of thousands of bolts of lightning traveled along the Ionization channel pierced by [Storm Release: Light Fang] and instantly descended to the ground, exploding into countless purple flares.

The Inazuma evaporated the soil, then triggered a massive explosion that swept across the entire battlefield.

Because of the prior preparations made by the Storm Release technique, no one was able to react when the thunderstorm struck.

Including the instigator, Shazo, no one can be faster than Inazuma.

All members of the Akatsuki were struck by Inazuma, and this moment tested each person's physical strength and power level.

At the same time as the thunderstorm erupted, the flare also burst forth with a blinding flash, as if tens of thousands of suns had appeared simultaneously, and the battlefield was instantly reduced to blazing white.

On the battlefield, everyone's eyes are temporarily blinded, making it even more difficult to judge the environment.

However, the Six Paths of Pain were indeed powerful. They reacted promptly to the first strike of Inazuma, each using their own methods to counter, defend, dodge, or redirect the attacks, thus safely surviving the lightning strikes.

However, the lightning strikes still left some scars on each of Pain's, with varying degrees of Thunder Bite wounds appearing on their skin.

After being shot down by Light Fang, Konan flew back into the air at top speed, which allowed her to escape the densest area of lightning strikes and avoid the direct hit of the first Inazuma.

However, she reacted poorly after being blinded and was unable to respond in time, resulting in subsequent lightning strikes. Moreover, because she was in the air, she naturally attracted the most Inazuma.

Fortunately, paper itself is the best insulating material. For example, in Huaxia's ultra-high voltage system, paper is used instead of porcelain as the insulating material for transformers.

Konan withstood several rounds of intense attacks at the cost of losing a large amount of specially made paper.

Kisame Hoshigaki can be considered the most honest person in the Ninja World. He doesn't know any fancy Hand Seals, he can't perform jutsu without hand seals, and he hasn't mastered Kekkei Genkai.

Faced with the sudden thunderstorm attack and blinding flare, Kisame Hoshigaki obediently took all the damage, his whole body trembling from the Leiting.

But for Kirigakure, who was born in Kirigakure and had undergone the most brutal Kisame since childhood, none of this mattered.

One of Kirigakure's archenemies is Kumogakure most skilled in Lightning Release. Kisame Hoshigaki underwent the most brutal Lightning Release endurance training and endured countless Lightning Release attacks.

He had long since become accustomed to electric shocks and was able to circulate Chakra, Hand Seals, and perform Ninjutsu normally while under electric shocks.

Kisame Hoshigaki, relying on his thick skin and tough flesh, withstood the bombardment of the thunderstorm, accurately completed the Hand Seals, and unleashed [Water Release: Water Prison Technique].

With his enormous, inhuman amount of Chakra, Kisame Hoshigaki continuously replenished the water prison's depletion, managing to withstand the thunderstorm.

But when the thunderstorm ended, he was enveloped in the distinctive aroma of roasted fish.

However, the Akatsuki Ninja was most severely damaged by the lightning storm was not Kisame Hoshigaki, but Kakuzu, who was known as immortal.

The strengths and weaknesses of the Earth Grudge Fear were too glaring; Kakuzu was completely defenseless against the Inazuma before he could react.

Before he could use Earth Release to burrow underground, he endured two rounds of lightning storms, instantly losing both of his hearts and his Water Release and Fire Style Chakra.

If Kakuzu the greatest loss, then the Akatsuki Ninja suffered the earliest loss and was also the Luck was undoubtedly Uchiha Itachi, the chosen one.

Just before the lightning strike, he was at a disadvantage in the battle between his eye power and Genjutsu.

In a very irrational decision, Uchiha Itachi activated Susanoo, attempting to confront Shisui Uchiha, who was four years his senior, with brute force.

It's not fair to say he was completely irrational; rather, he has indeed made tremendous progress in the past three years.

Uchiha Itachi benefited greatly from Obito, who called himself Madara Uchiha. Even though his eyesight had irreversibly deteriorated, his overall strength increased several times over.

However, after Uchiha Itachi activated Susanoo, it first helped him withstand the bombardment of the lightning storm.

It was only when the surface charge of Susanoo was overloaded that a tiny induced current was generated, causing Uchiha Itachi to feel a slight tingling sensation.

In the first round of instruction, Shazo gave the Akatsuki a rude awakening, leaving everyone humiliated.

The Konoha Ninja were also caught off guard, but after the Leiting struck, they all found themselves in a spherical cage around their bodies.

Eight gleaming silver pillars of lightning intercepted all the Inazuma and then conducted them to the ground beneath their feet.

This is the famous Faraday Cage, which uses Magnet Style to highly Ionization air and then solidify it, resulting in superconducting properties with zero resistance.

Shazo placed eight bolts around the body of each Konoha Ninja to ensure that even the strongest Inazuma could not penetrate them.

Shisui Uchiha, who trusted Shazo the most, was the first to react. Taking advantage of being protected by Faraday Cage, he rushed directly in front of Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo.

Masami pushed his Mangekyō Sharingan to its limit and unleashed the most powerful Genjutsu [Genjutsu: Golden Binding Technique]. Taking advantage of Uchiha Itachi's eye power being restrained by Susanoo, he successfully locked up Chakra.

Shisui Uchiha then retreated, watching Susanoo was continuously weakened by the thunderstorm, waiting for it to end.

Shisui hadn't expected that Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo could hold out until the thunderstorm ended, even without the replenishment of Chakra and ocular power.

Shisui Uchiha sighed, "Itachi, your strength has improved so much. You're truly a genius."

"It's a pity you chose the wrong path, and you went so far that there's no turning back."

"Itachi, it's my fault for not teaching you how to protect the village and the clan properly. I'm going to change that mistake today."

Shisui Uchiha showed sorrow as he unleashed powerful Chakra and ocular power. His green Susanoo rose from the ground, its hands clasped together like a giant axe, aimed at the red Susanoo that had been shattered by the lightning storm.

At that moment, Uchiha Itachi's eyes once again shed tears of blood. At the cost of damaged eyes, he forcibly broke free from the Genjutsu's restraints.

But faced with Shisui Uchiha's close-range palm strike, Itachi had no time to repair his Susanoo.

But he showed no panic, looking expressionlessly at Shisui Uchiha: "Big Brother Shisui, I'm 16 years old now. I'm all grown up. I don't need you to lecture me on how to behave anymore!"

The surface of the red Susanoo trembled, and a seemingly ethereal circular shield suddenly appeared, blocking the green Susanoo's palms.

Shisui Uchiha felt as if his all-out attack was sinking into quagmire, with no real response, and it bounced off the shield in an instant.

A flash of green light appeared, Shisui was struck by the rebounding power of his Susanoo, causing him to tumble backward with a thud, landing in a very disheveled state.

Shisui Uchiha recalled the records in the clan's ancient texts and couldn't help but exclaim, "The Yata Mirror!! You've found the Divine Weapon, the Yata Mirror!!"

Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath, put away the half-real Divine Weapon, extracted Chakra and eye power, repaired the damaged Susanoo, and raised its level to the Fourth Stage one go.

For this, he did not hesitate to damage his eyes, and once again, streams of deep red, almost black, bloody tears welled up.

Shisui Uchiha was not to be outdone, and he also pushed his Susanoo to the Fourth Stage, but he did not shed any blood or tears.

This small detail Mind Stone shocked Uchiha Itachi.

Through Obito Uchiha Itachi learned the Uchiha knowledge that Madara Uchiha had taken away, and through the secret techniques within, he determined that Shisui Uchiha had not obtained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

But what he couldn't understand even more was how an ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan Susanoo to the Fourth Stage and still remain unharmed.

Uchiha Itachi had no time to think any further; Shisui Uchiha, using Chakra as a sword.

The two Susanoo collided, and a battle between the Gods- giants began.

Shazo glanced at the scene and immediately determined that Shisui Uchiha was stronger than Uchiha Itachi, so he stopped paying attention to their battle.

He then watched the battle between Kakashi Hatake and Kakuzu, as well as the chase between Jiraiya and Konan.

Despite the thunderstorm, the Konoha Ninja had gained the upper hand in the battle and had nothing to worry about.

Shazo finally looked at the expressionless Pain Heavenly Dao and noticed that he had his arms crossed and a huge amount of Chakra was gathering inside his body.

Shazo shook his head and said, "This is... [Super Shinra Tensei]!!"

"Nagato gone mad? He actually used a technique of this level?"

"Hmm? The other Pain haven't fallen; he didn't concentrate all his strength—"

"Thank goodness, maybe we can still hold them off."

He clapped his hands together, unleashing an unimaginable surge of Chakra from his body, like a tsunami crashing down, like the sun soaring overhead. The heavy pressure left all the Akatsuki members stunned.

Even Pain: Deva Path was gathering Chakra, raised his head in surprise. This was the first time Nagato had ever seen Ninja display Chakra that was no less than his own.

Although the Akatsuki had Uchiha Itachi who could activate Susanoo, and Kisame Hoshigaki, known as the tailless Tailed Beast, who was famous for his large amount of Chakra.

However, Nagato, the Nagato of Akatsuki, actually had the largest amount of Chakra.

It should be noted that Nagato was burdened by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and his body was as weak as a disabled person. He could suppress everyone by maintaining his Rinnegan with his own Chakra.

His Chakra reserves are truly unimaginable, possibly exceeding several times the combined reserves of Uchiha Itachi and Kisame.

Today, the Fifth Hokage Shazo, also displayed an equally powerful amount of Chakra. Nagato couldn't help but set aside his pride and acknowledge that Shazo was on the same level as him.

Shazo preemptively used his most familiar and proficient Wood Release Secret Technique before Heavenly Dao.

[Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence]

The earth, charred and even melted by the thunderstorm, trembled again, and saplings sprouted from the soil, cracks in the Rock, and even from the dark red lava.

In the blink of an eye, the sapling grew into a towering tree, and the trunk continued to thicken visibly until it became a monstrous giant tree that would never appear in nature.

The giant tree grew at an astonishing speed, with enormous, dragon-like vines wrapping around it and rapidly filling the gaps between its branches.

Giant tree roots grow wildly beneath the earth, leaving behind mounds on the ground like small mountain ranges.

The Akatsuki members, pursued by tree branches and roots, were quickly separated into different locations and found themselves in a disadvantageous situation of fighting alone.

Even the shared vision of the Six Paths of Pain was severed by the dense branches, trunks, and leaves, making it impossible for them to support each other.

Pain Heavenly Dao still accumulating and compressing his Chakra, preparing for his strongest Ninjutsu.

Among the Six Paths of Pain, the bald Pain Asura Path, with the fastest attack speed, was the first to launch a counterattack.

He opened his mouth wide, broke his arm, opened his stomach, Chakra materialized into countless guns, cannons, Rocket, which he fired out indiscriminately.

However, these trees emitted blue Arclight and burst forth with electromagnetic waves so intense that they could generate electric arcs out of thin air.

As the electromagnetic waves swept past, the high-tech weapon materialized from Chakra instantly lost its power and even its ability to explode, falling to the ground like scrap metal.

Before the Asura Path could retrieve the weapons, tree roots emerged from the ground, engulfing and entangled them, quickly dragging them underground.

Although Magnet Style destroyed the Asura Path's ability to materialize technological weapons, the first Pain to be killed was not from the Asura Path, but from the Human Path, which specializes in extracting souls.

His greatest weakness is Puppeteer, followed by the unawareness and unconsciousness of Wood Release.

Faced with the endless creations of Wood Release, the Human Path's resistance lasted only 5 seconds before the tree roots entangled his ankles.

Then the tree roots wrapped around his entire right foot. As Human Path lost the ability to dodge, the branches and vines wrapped around his hands, feet and neck, and then with a burst of force Human Path.

Blood-red thorns that grew from the ground pierced the five corpses, draining them of all their blood, leaving only five pieces of dried flesh resembling thousand-year-old mummies, which were carelessly discarded on the ground.

Only when the corpse of the Human Path was completely withered did the Rinnegan in his eyes slowly dissipate, as if the Genjutsu had been dispelled.

Before the Rinnegan dissipated, Nagato witnessed everything that happened to the Human Path.

Thus, Pain Naraka Path began his operation.