"Pain!" A punched the attacking Asura Path away and roared at Deva Path Pain in the distance. "I'm your opponent! Stop getting in the way here! If you've got the guts, follow me!"
Before his words had faded, lightning flared beneath his feet. He became a blue arc of electricity and charged toward an even more barren stretch of rocky mountains in the distance.
Deva Path Pain's indifferent gaze swept over A's retreating figure. Then he rose lightly into the air, the six figures following close behind. Konan scattered into countless sheets of paper, gathered them into enormous white wings, and followed as well.
"B! Yugito!" Darui shouted.
"Got it! Yeah!" Killer B immediately abandoned his opponent and chased after A despite the agony of his severed arm. Yugito Nii, in her Matatabi form, also roared and moved her massive body, shaking the ground as she followed close behind.
The battlefield quickly split apart.
As Yugito Nii charged into the rocky mountains in her Blue Demon Cat form, countless white sheets of paper poured from the sky like a blizzard.
"Paper Release: Yatagarasu Dance!"
Konan's icy voice echoed through the air. The paper rapidly gathered into enormous white birds, their Explosive Tags burning. They screeched and fearlessly dived toward Matatabi like suicide bombers!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
An unbroken series of explosions erupted across Matatabi's body, engulfing her massive form in flames and shock waves. Yugito Nii howled in pain, her advance temporarily stalled by the endless bombardment.
Elsewhere, the battle between the Six Paths of Pain and the AB Combination officially began.
"Take out the puppet that absorbs Ninjutsu first!" A had a clear target. His body was once again enveloped in Lightning Release Chakra Mode as he charged straight at the Preta Path, moving too fast for the naked