Six Paths of Pain

Darui struck first, lightning coagulating into a long blade that slashed toward that figure: "Lightning Release: Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"

Baki followed closely behind, wind blades cleaving the curtain of rain: "Wind Release: Wind Blade!"

Kitsuchi slammed his palms together, the entire ground coming alive as it slammed fiercely toward that figure: "Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Three attacks, from three directions, in the very same instant, crashed down.

Those hit were certain to die.

On the battlefields of their past, this phrase had never failed.

Yet this time, it was wrong.

Deva Path Pain merely raised his hand.

"Banshō Ten'in."

An invisible gravitational force descended out of thin air.

The figures of the three men, as if grabbed by an invisible giant hand, stumbled underfoot and flew uncontrollably toward that direction!

"What!"

Darui's pupils constricted sharply; his prideful lightning-release long blade could not muster even the slightest resistance before that gravitational force, and his entire body, like a kite with a broken string, was forcibly sucked over!

"Darui!" Baki cried out in alarm, his wind blades desperately slashing toward that gravitational force, yet only cleaving apart a sheet of rain.

Kitsuchi attempted to use Earth Release to nail himself in place, but even the earth beneath his feet was torn to shreds by that power.

Three figures flew simultaneously toward that single figure.

"Shinra Tensei."

Yet another gentle utterance.

The three incoming figures were struck head-on by that repulsive force, flying backward like three cannonballs!

Darui smashed through three tents, his long blade slipping from his hand and flying far away.

Baki crashed into a supply wagon, the bed of which shattered into pieces, and with a muffled grunt, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Kitsuchi was driven straight into the earth, smashing a half-man-deep crater.

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