Jiraiya's lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he merely closed his mouth.
He felt that Tianyi was being too cold-blooded right now, but he also knew that this was the only way things could be handled for the moment.
Their enemy possessed the Rinnegan. A single misstep could doom the entire Leaf Village. This was not the time to reminisce.
Jiraiya took a deep breath and rapidly formed hand seals.
"Sage Art: Goemon!"
Toad Oil gushed from his mouth.
Sage Fukasaku puffed out his cheeks, gathering Wind Release chakra in his mouth. A fierce gale suddenly rose, blowing the Toad Oil toward the Six Paths of Pain.
Sage Shima used Fire Release chakra to ignite the mixture of wind and oil. Blazing white flames churned within the gale, spreading across the sky and turning into a moving sea of fire.
The intense heat distorted the air, evaporating the rainwater on the ground into white mist and scorching the rocks red-hot. Even the distant trees burst into flames under the heat wave.
The entire battlefield looked as though a natural disaster had descended.
The Preta Path stepped forward and raised both hands toward the sea of fire.
The flames of Sage Art: Goemon crashed against the Preta Path's palms and were frantically sucked in by a bizarre force.
The sea of fire shrank, the Toad Oil vanished, and the raging wind subsided.
Magnet Release: Heavenly Punishment!
A metal rod descended from the sky, crashing straight down.
The metal rod moved too fast for the naked eye to follow. All they saw was a streak of silver-red light stabbing down from the clouds before piercing through the Preta Path's body.
Boom—! The metal rod nailed itself into the ground, blasting open a deep crater.