Akatsuki Attacks Ping'an County
The rain continued, and dark clouds, like a thick black curtain, completely shrouded Konoha.
It appears peaceful and serene, but in reality, it harbors turbulent undercurrents.
Konan, Obito, Sasori, and Deidara quietly appeared on the edge of Konoha. Six Paths of Pain's face was ashen, and his eyes were like a cold pool, unfathomable.
The six Pain figures Obito resembled six silent, colossal peaks, radiating a powerful and chilling aura.
If any time traveler were to arrive in Konoha at this time, they would be cursing loudly!
Seeing these people appear in Konoha is no different from seeing a ghost.
However, it is quite normal for the Akatsuki to operate in groups, and it is also expected that the operation would be carried out ahead of schedule. After all, five years before the story begins, the Akatsuki had already assembled all its members. Why wait until the Jinchuriki have grown up before taking action? It's purely a plot device.
The Demon King doesn't kill heroes who haven't fully developed because he's unaware of their existence. The Akatsuki knew about the Jinchuriki's situation Fudo, which simply means Nagato and Obito weren't thinking straight.
Moreover, the timing was perfect, with the three Jinchuriki gathering in Konoha!
If Akatsuki does Fudo, their first step won't be to collect the Tailed Beast, but to test their intelligence.
Scorpion's fingertips tapped out a regular rhythm on the shell of Hiruko, and a gentle breeze ruffled the ends of his dark brown hair.
Looking down at Konohagakure from this vantage point, the faint light shines on the barrier membrane, causing it to shimmer with purple light.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!"
The Third Kazekage Puppet suddenly rose into the air behind him, and the dark Iron Sand under the sunlight transformed into countless sharp needles.
These deadly weapons did not fly towards Konoha, but instead changed direction and pierced into a large tree—and some of the large trees within a ten-mile radius began to gleam with a metallic sheen!
Deidara threw out C2 Spider Clay, and the little things burrowed into the ground as soon as they landed. "How satisfying it would be to just blow through the barrier!"
"Quiet." Deva Path Pain, hovered above the two, the ripples of his Rinnegan enveloping the entire Konoha. "Shukaku's chakra is Resonance."
The Iron Sand suddenly moved without wind, and the tiny crystals refracted a strange purple light under the sunlight. Sasori controlled the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand like living blood vessels, extending along the Earth Vein towards Konoha.
The entire Konoha barrier began to glow with a sickly red hue!
Konan's Paper Butterflies landed on Sasori's shoulder. She put the butterfly away. "The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki is in the audience."
"The Second Stage is being brought forward," Nagato said through Deva Path Pain Yahiko's voice. "Let the world feel pain!"
Scorpion took out a scroll and placed it on the ground, and a red puppet emerged!
He suddenly straightened the Chakra Threads, and the puppet suddenly split into hundreds!
Deva Path Pain looked down upon Konoha, which was about to descend into chaos.
After today, the name "Akatsuki" will no longer be a rumor in the shadows, but a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all ninja villages!
Uchiha Yu stood in the center of the field, a faint smile playing on his lips.
His opponent Kimimaro, was staring at him with those cold eyes, the bone blade in his hand gleaming eerily in the sunlight.
"I'm so lucky to have met you as my opponent," Uchiha Yu said softly. "If I take a couple of bites, it won't be considered losing my humanity, will it?"
Kimimaro did not respond, but slowly raised his hand, and the bone blade pierced out from his palm, making a teeth-grinding "crack" sound.
His body leaned slightly forward, like a cheetah poised to pounce!
Izumo Kamizuki's voice echoed across the arena, "Begin!"
Uchiha Yu's figure vanished from his spot in an instant, and the next second, he appeared to Kimimaro's left, his Kunai thrusting straight at his opponent's ribs.
Kimimaro reacted extremely quickly, sweeping his bone blade across, creating dazzling sparks as it collided with the Kunai.
"Not bad speed," Uchiha Yu chuckled, "But not enough."
His Sharingan shifted slightly, and Kimimaro's movements became slow and clear in his eyes.
Uchiha Yu's body disappeared again. This time, he appeared behind Kimimaro, his Kunai at his opponent's back.
Kimimaro's body suddenly twisted, his spine piercing through his skin and transforming into a sharp Bone Spear that stabbed straight at Uchiha Yu's throat.
With a clang, Kimimaro was shocked by Uchiha Yu's powerful defense!
This attack would have left an ordinary person bleeding from the neck and waiting to die, but Uchiha Yu was not only unharmed, but also had a smile on his face.
"Interesting." Uchiha Yu touched his slightly itchy neck. "Your bones are harder than I thought."
Kimimaro did not respond. His body changed again, with bone blades piercing out from his arms, shoulders, and even knees, making him seem like a moving fortress of bone spurs.
Uchiha Yu was practically drooling with envy!
What's the difference between this and a dog seeing a moving skeleton?
Just as the two were about to clash again, a squad of Konoha Anbu suddenly rushed into the arena. The leader of the Anbu shouted, "Enemy attack! The Akatsuki are here!"
The entire arena instantly descended into chaos!
In the audience, the ninjas stood up one after another, their hands already on their weapons.
Rasa, Tsunade, Mei Terumī, three Kage Level powerhouses, frowned simultaneously, their sharp gazes sweeping across their surroundings.
"The Akatsuki?" Rasa's voice was icy. "They dare to come at a time like this?"
Tsunade stood up, her fists clenched. "Everyone, prepare for battle!"
A hint of doubt flashed in Mei Terumī's eyes. "What is Akatsuki's goal? Could it be..."
Her gaze fell on Gaara and Fu in the audience, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in her heart.
The twelve masked members of the Barrier Team bit their thumbs, and their blood drew a strange array on the surface of the barrier runes.
At the breach in the broken barrier Iron Sand surged, but were always blocked by the viscous, blood-red chakra at a distance of thirty meters.
Squad leader Yamanaka Sai's forehead veins bulged. "Third group, switch positions! Inject earth-type chakra into the southwest position!"
Thanks to the efforts of the Barrier Team, the damaged barrier had just begun to improve, but a sudden loud bang caused the entire Barrier Team to break out in a cold sweat and suffer a forced backlash!
"Boom—"
Deidara swooped down from the Clay Bird, his golden hair dancing wildly in the shockwave!
"Art is an Explosion —Katz!"
The C2 spider clay that had previously burrowed underground was simultaneously detonated, and the ground beneath the feet of the twelve Barrier Team members collapsed as if being devoured by a giant beast!
Yamanaka Sai's eye bulged, and he accelerated his hand Hand Seal to the limit. "Fourth group, fill in!"
But before the crimson chakra that was repairing the barrier could take shape, Deidara had already thrown out three clay dragonflies—these Micro Bomb precisely attached themselves to the three weakest points of the barrier's cracks.
"Kaz!"
The sound of breaking was as crisp as ice cracking!
The barrier has been broken!
Three hundred Red Secret Technique Puppet swarmed into the gap like locusts. The chest cavities of the ten puppets in the front row suddenly burst open, Poisoned Senbon books rained down on the Barrier Team.
Before the sealing Talismans thrown by Yamanaka Sai could even touch the ground, it was shattered in mid-air by Hiruko's scorpion tail.
"Art needs lingering charm! Hmm!" Deidara sculpted an explosive clay figure during his dive, and the entire area where the Barrier Team was located was covered by the explosion!
When a Konoha Ninja attempted to defend himself with Earth Release: Earth Wall, Sasori's true form emerged from the pile of puppets, and his five Chakra Threads precisely pierced the spinal ganglia!
Within the strangulation formation created by the Performance of a Hundred Puppets, twelve Goat Mask fell one after another!
Konoha Gate have fallen!
It's worth mentioning that, because of the Chunin Ninja Exams, the two Konoha "Gatekeepers" were in charge of maintaining order in the exam hall, and thus did not perish.
The blue-tiled roofs of the Hyuga Clan Compound exploded simultaneously, and forty-two white pupils gleamed coldly in the moonlight.
Asura Path Pain Hyuga Hiashi's wide sleeves billowed as he used the Rotation, and the missile bays on Pain's shoulder armor fully deployed the instant he stepped on the eaves.
"Eight Trigrams - Empty Wall Palm!"
The high-pressure airflow propelled by both palms precisely collided with the missile, causing all three warheads to detonate in succession!
"They actually invaded Konoha directly!" Hyuga Hiashi's eyes widened as he looked at the several enormous summoning beasts in the distance. "You guys go over there! I'll deal with this one!"
"Yes!"
Nagato, seeing through the eyes of the Asura Path that the newcomer was the Clan Leader of the Hyuga Family, was also filled with competitive spirit and controlled the Asura Path to rush forward!
With about fifty meters to go, Hyuga Hiashi suddenly made a starting stance!
"Eight Trigrams! Rotation!"
A blue Havok instantly sent the Asura Path flying!
Look at the street where Hyuga Hiashi is standing! A crater has expanded outward from him for more than eight meters, creating a crater two meters deep!
The title of Konoha's number one clan is truly well-deserved!
In the original storyline, when Hyuga Hiashi attacked, the entire elite of the Pain clan left the village to carry out their activities.
This time, the Hiashi has finally had a chance to shine!
Hyuga Hiashi burst out of the deep pit, his Byakugan clearly seeing the three chakra nodes at the core of the Asura Path's machinery! He lightly touched the flying rocks from the missile blast with his toes, using the momentum to propel himself into the air, and charged towards the Asura Path!
"Gentle Fist - Sixty-Four Palms!"
"Three blows!"
"Six palm strikes!"
"Twelve Palms!"
The bluish fingertips clicked the mechanical joints like a torrential downpour!
When the Thirty-Two Palms strike hit the throat, the Asura Path's laser eyes suddenly glowed red!
Hiashi's Byakugan instantly caught the trajectory of the focused energy. He dodged the deadly beam by turning to the side, and with his left hand, which was imbued with the Rotation, he flung the Asura Path toward the rhinoceros summoned by the Animal Path!
Twelve Hyuga Branch Family Jonin a great formation, their white eyes, veins bulging, locking onto the Chakra Meridians of the split hellhound.
"Yin Group seals the forelimbs!"
Four ninjas simultaneously unleashed the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, precisely striking the Multi-Headed Dog's shoulder blade pressure points. The moment the chakra was blocked, the vicious dog's front paws went limp to the ground.
However, the splitting property caused new heads to grow from the severed limbs, and foul-smelling saliva splattered onto Hyuga Kazuto's white clothes.
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm - Continuous Stars!"
Hyuga Takashi palms in a single second, sending the newly formed dog head flying backward.
Taking advantage of the opening, Hyuga Tokuma suddenly leaped into the air. "Three meters away, Chakra Core!" Twenty-four Gentle Fist Finger Forces pierced through three layers of the dog's body! The dog barked incessantly!
On the other side, five Hyuga clan members are wrestling with a summoned bull.
The six-ton behemoth plowed deep furrows into the ground with each charge. Hyuga Iroha's Byakugan suddenly spotted the bull's weakness beneath its eyelids. "Tai! Double-handed stab to the ears!"
The two combined their Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, sending chakra into the beast's ear canal. The beast howled and crashed into the wall, just in time to intercept the chameleon tongue that was trying to flank them.
Nagato, who witnessed this scene through the Animal Path's vision, gained a deeper understanding of Konoha's largest clan.
Over here, Hyuga Hiashi, who was fighting against the Asura Path, narrowed his eyes!
Suddenly, the mechanical right arm of the Asura Path ejected a chainsaw, its sharp teeth cutting through the air with a shrill sound at a speed of three thousand revolutions per minute!
"Rotation!"
Hiashi's Rotation Qi vortex collided with the chainsaw, creating dazzling sparks. Gentle Fist Chakra flowed through the metal, causing the power core to overload and smoke! Seizing this momentary opening, Hiashi condensed high-density chakra at his fingertips!
"Eight Trigrams - Mountain-Shattering Strike!"
The azure orb pierced through the Asura Path's abdomen, and the aftershocks severed three buildings behind it.
However, the horror of the Asura Path puppet lies in its artificial mechanical body characteristics, with scattered mechanical parts being pulled and reassembled by the power of the Naraka Path.
Hiashi's Byakugan suddenly spotted a black receiver emerging from the spine of the Asura Path —a signal source controlled by the Rinnegan!
"Eight Trigrams - Mountain-Shattering Strike!"
The chakra lion head formed by his palms bit down on Asura Path's arms. Hiashi used the reaction force to flip and leap into the air. As missile launch tubes extended from Asura Path's shoulders, Hiashi had already predicted the trajectory and, while hanging upside down, injected chakra into the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of his feet!
"Eight Trigrams - Cloud Stepping!"
This precise stomp shattered the black receiver, and the chakra Shockwave spread along the Earth Vein, causing the Iron Sand within a radius of a hundred meters to momentarily suspend in mid-air.
When Hiashi landed, his sleeves were already torn by Iron Filings filings, but Asura Path finally collapsed to the ground as scrap metal.
He turned around and saw the Hyuga clansmen sealing the Hellhound with Gentle Fist, and he felt extremely gratified.
Just as Hyuga Hiashi was about to lead his clansmen to take down the multi-headed hellhound, a rattling sound of gears jamming came from the broken mechanical body of the Asura Path!
A miniature missile launcher emerged from the slit in the shoulder armor, and a scarlet warhead instantly charged!
"Clan Leader, be careful!" The shouts of the Hyuga clan members were drowned out by the sound of missiles cutting through the air.
Hiashi was about to make a move, but the missile was too fast, and they had no chance to react!
As the Explosive Tags runes appeared on the surface of the warhead, Hiashi's Byakugan suddenly saw spacetime distorted! A boy appeared on the telephone pole above his head!
No! It's not Space-Time Ninjutsu; it's the result of excessive speed!
The telephone pole where Uchiha Yu was crouching left an afterimage on his retina. He stared at the golden Single-Tomoe Mangekyo and silently recited:
"Mount Miwa Myojin Divine Protection Barrier!"
Rippling white light spread from Uchiha Yu's pupils, and the missile hovered eerily ten centimeters from Hiashi's back!
A deafening roar suddenly rang out, and the Kakkō from the explosion instantly illuminated the entire battlefield, while thick smoke billowed up like surging waves.
Witnessing this scene, the Hyuga Clan's elite troops erupted in a deafening roar, a mixture of anger and worry!
As the smoke slowly dissipated, the Hyuga Clan members stared wide-eyed at the center of the explosion, their faces filled with astonishment and tension.
Hyuga Hiashi's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the white light rippling around him. Even a fool would know who had saved him.
Before Hyuga Hiashi could react, the Hyuga Clan's elite rushed to the Asura Path and launched a new round of attacks.
At this moment, Hyuga Hiashi finally had the mind to look up, and said with a look of shame, "Thank you."
Uchiha Yu rolled his eyes. "Why are you thanking me from the same village? As the Clan Leader of the largest clan in Konoha, I should save the life of the Clan Leader the second largest clan in Konoha."
"Um, this."
Hiashi Hyuga, having Hyuga Hiashi been rescued by Uchiha Yu, couldn't say much. Even though the missile hadn't killed him, it had certainly seriously injured him. Now, he could only nod helplessly and acknowledge that the Uchiha still held the empty title of the number one clan.
Seeing the Hyuga Clan members still attacking the Asura Path, Uchiha Yu reminded them, "This guy can revive."
Before he could finish sharing the intelligence, he saw a large white bird fly by in the distance, raining all the way, until it reached the Uchiha Clan Compound!
Upon closer inspection, what had fallen were actually countless Little Spider!
"Holy crap!"
Uchiha Yu, brandishing his Ukaku, quickly gave chase, shouting, "Deidara! That's the Uchiha home! Nobody lives there anymore! Are you trying to demolish it?! Stop right there!"