"Rasengan!"
With his right hand held in the air, pale blue energy swirled in his palm, rapidly forming a ball of energy.
Then it swelled, swiftly growing to several times its original size.
Deva Path Pain stood quietly, raising his head, his face seemingly devoid of expression.
Their eyes met. At that moment, even the falling raindrops seemed to burst apart under an invisible force, while the air twisted into turbulent currents.
River pressed his right hand down. Just before it reached Pain, the energy ball in his hand struck a hard, impassable wall, its far side beginning to distort.
Bzzzz!
The air vibrated in the space around them.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Pain uttered the words calmly.
The surging, immense repulsive force abruptly intensified. Rain shattered, the ground exploded, and the air turned violent in an instant.
At the same time, the Rasengan in River's hand distorted instantly, and an unstoppable force traveled along his arm toward the rest of his body.
Bang!
After a brief pause, the violent force blasted him away. He tumbled head over heels through the air many times before landing on a rooftop and sliding some distance.
"Of the Six Paths bodies, this Deva Path body of yours is the strongest!"
Slowly straightening up, River raised his head and spoke.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Pain did not respond. He merely raised his right hand, aimed it at River, and calmly uttered the words.
Bzz!
An enormous attractive force swept over River in an instant, making his body shudder.
But in that same instant, an immense repulsive force arose around River.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The attractive force was repelled, and the surrounding rain shot in all directions like bullets.
Standing face-to-face on the rooftops, more than a hundred meters apart, both men fell silent.
Clearly, the battle seemed to have