Absorbing the Akatsuki

Whoosh! Rono swung his blade again!

In desperation, the Animal Path rushed in to block it!

But this strike was far stronger than the first!

The First Generation Kitetsu pierced the Animal Path's body and kept driving forward!

Boom, boom, boom!

In desperation, the remaining three Paths—the Preta Path, the Asura Path, and even the Naraka Path—rushed in to stop it!

After all, the Deva Path was the core of the Six Paths of Pain, and his power was the greatest.

If he died here, they could forget about ever rescuing Konan.

Four of the Six Paths of Pain threw themselves in front of the Deva Path, barely stopping Rono's blade!

Deva Path Pain seized the chance to leap dozens of meters back and put some distance between them!

"How? I lost five Paths in an instant!"

Sensing the deaths of the other five Paths, Deva Path Pain's face twisted!

Was the gap in their strength really that vast?

"Not bad. You lasted longer against me than I expected."

Rono sounded almost impressed.

Judging by what Deva Path Pain had shown in the original story, he could unleash enough destructive power to wipe out Konoha Village in one go.

That kind of large-scale destruction was comparable to an Admiral Level fighter in the world of Pirates.

In other words, any of the Three Admirals—Akainu, Kizaru, or Aokiji—could match the destruction Deva Path Pain had wrought.

By Rono's estimate, that put Pain at roughly Emperor-Admiral Level.

Not getting killed by Rono in an instant was already impressive.

Of course, Rono had also been probing him, trying to draw out more techniques to pick up.

Still, the Six Paths of Pain had plenty of tricks. With the Rinnegan bolstering them, their combined strength surpassed an Admiral's.

In truth, when comparing the power