The Explosive Tag mixed in with the wings that were initially severed from Konan finally exploded.
Explosions echoed through the air amidst intense Kakkō.
Konan, who was also impacted and fell in the opposite direction of the long sword, turned into countless pieces of paper during her fall. After avoiding the explosion zone, she quickly came together again and landed safely.
As Shisui exploded in mid-air, he instantly appeared beside the longsword, grasping the spinning blade with one hand and remaining suspended in mid-air.
Pain, with six pairs of eyes fixed on the sky, finally saw an opportunity.
Shisui and Konan broke up.
Shinra Tensei!
Before the visible repulsive force capable of pushing the air apart arrived, Shisui disappeared again, reappearing behind Konan once more.
This time, Shisui was already aiming his sword at Konan's body.
The exchange just now made Shisui realize that the woman in front of him had a special technique that could avoid most physical damage.
What needs to be done now is to keep attacking, keeping them busy and constantly depleting their Chakra.
The technique's weaknesses are obviously fire and water, but the large number of Explosive Tag mixed in with it made Shisui unwilling to continue using Flame Sword Leap.
As for Water Release techniques, Shisui wasn't particularly skilled at them.
Then let's just use swordsmanship. After all, any technique requires Chakra, and this kind of technique that almost ignores physical attacks must consume much more chakra than my own swordsmanship.
In just one round of combat, Shisui established a stable and suitable battle strategy.
The Deva Path Dao's attack had no effect, and Konan was once again entangled, appearing to be at a disadvantage.
This made Nagato vaguely recall memories she didn't want to remember, filling her with anger and fear.
"Hey, look over here, Akatsuki guy, your opponent is me!"
Six fireballs appeared out of thin air around Ren and hurtled towards the Six Paths of Pain.
Ren's goal was not to completely terrify Nagato, so his attack was not swift.
Apart from the Deva Path and the Preta Path, the other four Paths of Pain dodged the attack.
The fireball continued to grow larger during its flight, its original size of a basketball now approaching one meter in diameter.
Shinra Tensei!
[Chakra Absorption!]
The fireball, deflected by Shinra Tensei, hurtled towards Ren at an even faster speed, but stopped a meter in front of Ren and hovered in the air.
The fireball absorbed by the Preta Path shrank at a visible rate, quickly returning to the size of a basketball.
However, the Preta Path ability continued to activate, and the fireball remained unchanged. Before Nagato could understand why...
Ren's face broke into a familiar smile.
As expected, the Rinnegan, no matter how powerful, is only relevant to the Shinobi World; it has no bearing on Marvel.
With his suspicions confirmed, Ren stopped fooling around. The fireball, which had been stationary, hurtled towards the Preta Path at a speed that was almost imperceptible without activating his Sharingan.
Amidst the Kakkō, the Preta Path reduced to ashes, leaving only black rods lying on the ground.
The Preta Path is gone, and even the Naraka Path cannot be restored.
Ren also has his own speculations about the mechanism by which the Naraka Path repaired the remaining Pain.
Six Paths of Pain was ultimately a puppet, unlike living people. In the original story, Jiraiya defeated several Pain clones, including the Pain that was hit by Konohamaru during the invasion of Konoha.
When it reappeared later, the original wounds and tattered appearance were still there, indicating that it was not a resurrection, but merely repair.
Whether Jiraiya or Konohamaru, who seemed to have killed Pain, they might have only knocked him down. After all, Pain was no longer human, and his core and vital points were different from those of humans.
As long as the core isn't damaged, it can be repaired and reused using the Naraka Path techniques.
When Nagato turned to ashes in the Preta Path, he lost contact with it, and the Preta Path's power that had been separated returned to Nagato himself.
Not far away, Nagato himself still cannot accept this reality: why did the Preta Path's power fail?
"It seems you are puppets, so which one among you is the real one, or do you not have a real one at all!"
Ren said something appropriate for the battle scene at the right time.
Nagato didn't react much, still pondering the reason, recalling the battle just now, and realizing that his side's response was flawless.
Just like when Kisame first faced Gai's Daytime Tiger, he understood the problem after a little thought.
The opponent's Fire Style is flawed!
Having understood this, Nagato still didn't focus his attention on Ren, after all, it was just a peculiar Fire Style, not a big problem.
Nagato's focus remained on the battle between Shisui and Konan, while the Human Path, was watching them closely.
Ren was also in no hurry to make a move. Nagato's fighting spirit wasn't strong at the moment; he was preoccupied with women.
After taking off his coat and putting it away, Ren transformed into his Human Torch form, flew into the air, and looked down at everything below.
A huge fireball condensed overhead, turning from pale yellow to crimson, and finally to a blazing white, emitting intense light, yet strangely, no heat waves emanated from it, and even the surrounding air seemed perfectly normal.
What should have been a proper battle was turned into a turn-based combat scenario by two people whose minds weren't even on the fight.
Both sides looked down on each other, believing they could be easily defeated.