Didn't you notice that Hikaru basically never walked around with the Rinnegan exposed? Was he afraid of the drain? Not at all. Ever since his eye level had evolved, Hikaru had been wearing the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan wherever he went and had barely changed it.
The Rinnegan was useful, but Hikaru basically did not use it when there was no need.
By the same logic, aside from certain people who did not care, most people would choose the more aesthetically pleasing option—at the very least, something they found satisfactory.
"Crack, crack, crack, crack!!!"
A powerful tearing force erupted high in the sky. Hikaru's left eye spun rapidly as the meteorite he had split in two began crumbling away from its edges, pulverized into dust that fell from the heavens as though the sky were pouring down a torrential rain of dirt.
"Pfft~~~"
The meteorite Nagato had painstakingly created was split in half by Hikaru, then rapidly disintegrated. No one could have taken that calmly. Already weakened and overcome with fury, Nagato spat out a mouthful of blood, spraying Konan, who stood anxiously before him, all over her face and body. She looked like a blood-soaked figure.
What drove Nagato even deeper into despair was that using the Planetary Devastation had drained too much of his Chakra. He now found it difficult even to control the meteorite's descent.
He could only watch helplessly as the meteorite he had worked so hard to create was dismantled—more accurately, crushed to pieces—by Hikaru.
The immense pulling force of Black Hole Space slowly ground the halved meteorite apart. Countless stones and sand rained down from the sky.
"Why bother? You used power beyond your control, only for it all to end in vain." Hikaru sighed and lightly shook his head. Nagato had used Planetary Devastation