Severe Injury to Deidara!

Seeing this, the Deva Path felt his Rinnegan tremble involuntarily, a stormy surge of shock rising in his heart: "This... a Lightning Style of this caliber?! How is that possible!"

It was no wonder the Deva Path struggled to maintain his composure; the sheer might displayed by the Purple Lightning: Shadowless Sharp Spear was truly terrifying!

It was capable of striking even an enemy high up in the sky.

How could one not be awestruck by such power?!

Meanwhile, Deidara and Sasori, having lost their owl, plummeted toward the ground.

Sasori reacted instantly, manipulating the tail of Hiruko to tightly grasp the unconscious Gaara.

At the same time, he turned his head and roared at Deidara: "Deidara, hurry up and create another owl!"

"I know that!" Deidara shouted back, his expression exceptionally grave.

Because he alone knew best that the greatest nemesis of the clay in his hands was Lightning Style.

This time, the situation had truly become exceptionally thorny!

But Deidara had no time to ponder; he chewed a mouthful of clay with the small mouth in his palm, then pulled it out and whipped it into the air.

"Swish—" A brand-new Clay Daigo surged into the void. The moment it appeared, it spread its wings, circling in the air to catch Deidara and Sasori.

Then, without looking back, it sped away toward the exit of the cave.

In all fairness, the speed of the Clay Daigo far exceeded that of the owl.

In just a few breaths, they had escaped the cave and soared beneath the blue sky.

Although Naruto controlled the Shadowless Sharp Spear to pursue them, even the most powerful technique had its limits.

The distance was too great and the altitude too high; the Shadowless Sharp Spear was clearly no longer capable of intercepting them.

Seeing this, the projection of the Deva Path felt a sense of relief and sneered at Naruto.

"Nine-Tails! Just you wait! Once we finish absorbing the One-Tail, you will be the first one we deal with!"

His tone was incredibly overbearing, completely disregarding Naruto.

"Deal with me?! I hope you lot don't end up crying when I descend upon Amegakure!" Naruto retorted with a cold laugh.

He gave his wrist, which held the Shadowless Sharp Spear, a slight flick, and terrifying lightning-attribute chakra instantly surged into the spear.

Regrettably, the empowered Shadowless Sharp Spear merely shuddered; there was no sign of it extending further to continue the pursuit.

Deidara seemed to have sensed this as well, and the Clay Daigo came to a sudden halt in mid-air.

Deidara looked down at Naruto, laughing arrogantly, "Hahahaha... so what if your Lightning Style is strong? In the end, you still can't hit me!"

Seeing this, the Deva Path's Rinnegan flickered with light as he spoke coldly, "Give up! Your technique has reached its limit. The One-Tail is ours for the taking!"

With that, the Deva Path's projection paused briefly before throwing his hands wide, continuing with great dominance.

"As for you, if you dare to come to Amegakure, I will make you feel as if you have fallen into purgatory, and you shall understand what true pain is, and what a true god is!"

"We are Pain, we are God!"

As he finished speaking.

"Whoosh—" A boundless pressure from the Rinnegan descended upon the entire scene, and the air seemed to grow heavy.

It truly carried a hint of divine majesty!

However, apart from Konan, the other members of the Akatsuki in the projection had a trace of speechlessness in their eyes.

For instance, Hidan leaned toward Kakuzu and whispered suspiciously, "Hey, Kakuzu, do you think the Boss is a bit mentally unstable? He's always obsessed with calling himself a god..."

"Agreed..." Kakuzu nodded in concurrence.

"Hmm?! What are you whispering about?!" The Deva Path suddenly whipped his head around, his Rinnegan flashing with dissatisfaction, as if his pride had been offended.

To dare whisper while he was posturing—they truly didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!

"Nothing, Boss! You're just like a god descending to the mortal realm!" Hidan hurriedly gave a thumbs-up, fawning over him.

He dared not provoke this lunatic; if he actually got himself locked up, that would be the end of it...

He was a normal person, after all, and had to spread the grace of Lord Jashin!

"Hidan, you have grown." Hearing this, a hint of gratification flashed in the Deva Path's eyes. He then turned his gaze back to Naruto, speaking sternly, "Nine-Tails, mortals can never contend with gods!"

A look of helplessness appeared on Naruto's face, Who can relate? I've run into a serious case of chuunibyou...

With that, he stopped paying attention to the Deva Path's nonsense.

Deidara, looking down at Naruto from above, assumed Naruto truly could do nothing to him, and immediately began to mock him again, "Pfft, hahahahahaha..."

Having said that.

"Whoosh—" Deidara even manipulated the Clay Pelican to circle ostentatiously in the air twice, his arrogant and domineering posture truly eye-catching.

"Deidara, stop playing around and let's go. Delay might lead to complications," Sasori said in a low, heavy voice, an uneasy feeling gnawing at his heart.

Deidara heard this and a look of disdain curled his lips, "What complications could there be? If he had a way, we would have crashed already. I just love the look on his face—wanting to attack me, yet being completely helpless..."

However, Deidara hadn't even finished his sentence.

Naruto suddenly raised his head and let out a cold laugh, "What exactly gave you the illusion that I had no way to deal with you?!"

"What do you mean?" Deidara was stunned upon hearing this.

Then, he understood.

Because, at this very moment.

"Zzzzzzt--"

The Shadowless Sharp Spear suddenly erupted with a terrifying tremor, then began to emit a dazzling purple light that illuminated the entire sky.

Following that, in the shocked eyes of everyone present.

The Shadowless Sharp Spear disintegrated brilliantly in mid-air, transforming into countless rays of thunderous light that hung in the void, blotting out the sun.

"What is he trying to do?!" Konan's face revealed a look of confusion.

Itachi, who had been silent all this time, felt a sense of anomaly.

His Sharingan spun rapidly, staring at those rays of thunderous light, before he spoke in astonishment, "Those are... countless senbon needles condensed from the power of lightning!"

That's right, those were no ordinary flashes of lightning...

They were countless senbon needles made of Purple Lightning, created by Naruto through the ultimate nature transformation of his chakra!

The Lightning Release chakra Naruto had just channeled into the Shadowless Sharp Spear was not intended to extend its reach, but to lay the groundwork for this breathtaking moment!

Immediately after.

Naruto's raised right hand swung down violently, and he let out a soft shout.

"Purple Lightning: Universal Thousand Needles!"

Seeing this, the Deva Path felt a sudden jolt in his heart. Seeming to realize something, he roared out instantly.

"Deidara! Run!"

"How could he still have a trick like this?!" Deidara also sensed that things had taken a turn for the worse and immediately urged his Clay Pelican to speed away into the distance.

Regrettably, it was all too late!

In an instant.

"Whoosh--" The countless Thunderbolt Senbon tore through the void, carrying a momentum capable of piercing even gods, and swept toward the Clay Pelican with a thunderous roar.

Its momentum and speed were simply unstoppable!

The Clay Pelican's seemingly proud speed was like a child's toy in the face of the Thunderbolt Senbon!

In the blink of an eye, it was about to be overtaken!

"Damn it! How is it so fast!" Deidara cursed upon seeing this, while his right hand lashed out violently.

"Swish, swish, swish--" Dozens of Clay Spiders burst through the air like a swarm of locusts, meeting the overwhelming rain of Thunderbolt Senbon in an attempt to block them.

Sasori also controlled Hiruko to open its mouth, firing a massive number of poison needles in an attempt to resist.

Unfortunately, all of this was ultimately futile and useless.

Deidara was already hard-countered by Lightning Release; those spiders were easily pierced by the senbon before they could even detonate, instantly turning into piles of dirt.

Sasori's poison needles fared slightly better, barely managing to contend for a moment, but the gap in quantity was like a chasm, and they were swallowed up in an instant.

Then, without any suspense.

The senbon struck.

"Swish, swish, swish--" The Clay Pelican was instantly riddled with thousands of needles, its entire body covered in Purple Lightning, and it was immediately rendered useless, plummeting toward the ground with Deidara and the others.

As for the Hiruko controlled by Sasori, although it was struck by many Thunderbolt Senbon, it did not affect Sasori's true body.

Gaara was also quite lucky; protected behind Hiruko, he only suffered some negligible impact.

However, Deidara's situation was truly miserable!

Although he tried his best to dodge, he was still shot until he was a horrific sight.

Upon hitting him, those senbon instantly transformed into lightning energy, coursing across his body.

Though this lightning energy was not fatal, it rampaged continuously through his system.

Under the extreme elemental disadvantage, Deidara was instantly stripped of all combat capability!

At this moment, even self-destruction had become a distant hope!

"Deidara! Make another big bird! Quickly!" Sasori shouted anxiously again.

However, Deidara was completely incapacitated; because of the rampaging lightning energy, he couldn't even speak.

He could only fall helplessly toward the ground.

Seeing this, Naruto looked toward the phantom of the Deva Path and smiled calmly.

"Actually, I didn't want to be a Time-Space Police officer, but, what about now?"

[Purple Lightning: Universal Thousand Needles severely wounded Deidara, Villain Points +521!]