The battle raged from Takigakure's streets to the Great Waterfall outside the village.
Along the way, trees, rocks, and even the shinobi village's towering buildings became weapons for both sides as they fought in the most primal way.
After discovering the Preta Path's ability, Oto Uchiha and Shisui stopped using futile ninjutsu and fought with Susanoo, wielding the immense power of their Mangekyo Sharingan.
Having destroyed the Preta Path with her own hands, Oto learned something crucial when she witnessed his revival: unless they found Pain's true body, the Six Paths of Pain could revive endlessly.
Rumble...
Once again, she raised the Susanoo Longsword and closed in, only to be driven back by the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei.
Oto Uchiha's expression had lost its initial composure. It was not that she lacked the strength to fight Pain, but she could not sustain such intense expenditure.
Beside her, Shisui was even paler, his emerald-green Susanoo on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
Across the entire shinobi world, the Uchiha Clan ranked among those with the greatest chakra reserves. Having awakened their Mangekyo Sharingan, the two of them possessed far more chakra than most ninja.
Yet Pain's chakra was not only extremely potent; its sheer quantity was beyond anything they could hope to match.
With him possessing both quality and quantity, even their mastery of natural energy and implanted white Zetsu cells could hardly keep them undefeated in a prolonged battle.
Retreating to the edge of the Great Waterfall, Oto Uchiha panted as she said, "Aren't you Lord Jiraiya's students? Why destroy this hard-won peace and capture tailed beasts all over the shinobi world?"
The Deva Path lowered the hand he had been using to cast Banshō Ten'in and said coldly, "For the future peace of the shinobi world, of