Nagato was visibly caught off guard by the sudden attack, but he quickly understood Li's line of attack. Put simply, it was designed to exploit the blind spots created by human inertia.
Most Ninjutsu could at least be seen clearly. Even those that could barely vanish from human sight would produce tremendous noise or leave behind some other trace.
But the Rasengan Li had unleashed had truly achieved long range, silence, and invisibility. Nagato felt a trace of admiration, but it vanished in an instant. In his eyes, if that person could restore his body to its youthful state in an instant, then making this world return to what it had been twenty years ago should not have been difficult, should it?
After all, when that person appeared, Nagato had clearly sensed that incomparably powerful force from him. As long as he killed the person before him, this world would become a paradise without pain, wouldn't it?
Though that differed from Nagato's original ideals. At first, Nagato had wanted everyone in the world to experience pain. Once they understood what pain felt like, they naturally would not hurt others.
But if everyone here could live their entire lives in immense happiness without having to experience pain, Nagato would not refuse such a temptation.
Seeing that he was about to fulfill his long-cherished wish, Nagato decided to stop holding back his strength. He suddenly spread his hand toward Li. "Banshō Ten'in!"
Li sneered, showing no intention of resisting as he was pulled directly into Nagato's grasp. Yet at that very instant, Nagato's expression changed drastically. He had indeed caught Naruto, but within Naruto's body, he sensed an abnormally powerful force.
That force was nearly identical to the Rasenshuriken that had struck the Deva Path earlier.
And at that moment, the Naruto