Since You've Stepped Forward, I'll Deal with You Too

Everyone stared at the figure standing within the crimson Susanoo, their throats tightening.

They had thought Itachi Uchiha had merely relied on his divine weapon and Susanoo's brute strength to force Planetary Devastation apart.

Only when the sphere completely collapsed did they realize that slash had been far more terrifying than they had imagined.

Itachi had not cleaved Planetary Devastation apart.

He had severed the technique's source of power from within!

Deva Path Pain looked up at the sky, the ripples in his Rinnegan slowly turning.

"He could see through to the Attractive Force core."

"Itachi Uchiha's combat judgment is indeed more dangerous than our intelligence suggested."

He raised his palm, and the Six Paths of Pain changed positions in unison.

Though Planetary Devastation had been broken, the coordination between the Six Paths had not stopped.

Asura Path rapidly fired missiles, Animal Path summoned new Summoning Technique beasts, and Preta Path stood in front of Deva Path Pain, ready to absorb Itachi's next attack at any moment.

Yet barely had Deva Path Pain finished speaking when a low voice came from beyond the battlefield.

"Itachi Uchiha isn't the only dangerous one."

Beyond the curtain of rain, space suddenly rippled.

A figure slowly emerged from the distorted air.

It was a man with long red hair.

His legs were intact, his feet planted firmly in the muddy water. He stood tall, his shoulders and back broad, nothing like the withered, frail figure from the original story.

Rain soaked his black robe patterned with red clouds, pressing its skirts against his sides, but it could not conceal his almost perfect physique.

Nagato raised his head.

His purple Rinnegan swept coldly over the battlefield, their six concentric ripples seeming capable of seeing through everyone's souls.

The surrounding voices gradually died down.

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