After the Deva Path made his move, an immense pulling force surged toward Zou Hyuga.
Zou Hyuga could not keep his footing at all. Along with the gravel and sand on the ground, he flew toward Deva Path Pain.
As he flew, Zou Hyuga calmly drew the short sword at his waist and aimed its edge at Pain's palm. An inconspicuous purple Tailed Beast Bomb slowly formed in his other hand.
The Deva Path's expression darkened when he noticed the purple Tailed Beast Bomb. He canceled his dojutsu and shouted, "Shinra Tensei!"
In an instant, Zou Hyuga was hurled away from where he hung in midair. He tumbled through the air like a kite with a snapped string and took quite some time to regain his footing.
The Tailed Beast Bomb he had formed also slipped free, landing on a sand dune several kilometers away.
The explosion obliterated the dune, leaving an enormous crater that drew in the shifting sand. Crystals of various shapes formed at the center of the blast.
After using Shinra Tensei, Deva Path Pain did not attack again. He regarded Zou Hyuga with considerably more wariness.
He had originally assumed the earlier explosion had been caused by the One-Tail, never imagining it had been this man.
A ninja capable of using a Tailed Beast Bomb was a humanoid tailed beast in every sense. More importantly, unleashing a Tailed Beast Bomb required a vast amount of chakra.
With the Sage's Eye, he did not fear tailed beasts, which he could easily defeat.
But a ninja with a tailed beast's enormous chakra reserves was an entirely different matter. His own chakra had once been described as immense by his teacher, Jiraiya, and only such vast reserves could sustain the Rinnegan.
After exchanging blows and realizing neither could get