"Drink!!"
Nagato recklessly mobilized all his Chakra, his emaciated body squeezing out the last of his life force. Although such forced overdrafting of Chakra was common, it was rare to see someone as weak as Nagato daring to take such a risk.
Because this is a complete and utter way to commit suicide!
Although the cost was enormous, the effect was equally remarkable. The Deep Forest Emergence was brutally flattened, and the hard tree trunks were pulverized into large and small pieces of wood, which piled up on the outermost edge of Shinra Tensei. Naoki Senju was also thrown away by the unreasonable repulsive force.
"They've started fighting like crazy." Naoki Senju slid a hundred-meter-long trail across the desert before gradually dissipating the force and regaining his footing.
Judging from Pain's Deva Path's desperate appearance, Nagato clearly had no intention of testing him; this was destined to become a life-or-death battle.
Naoki Senju released his summoning beast, but Nagato was unable to stop the Super Shinra Tensei on his own. Furthermore, the Deep Forest Emergence consumed even more Chakra. Therefore, even though the Super Shinra Tensei had ended, the other Six Paths of Pain no intention of restarting it.
Pain's Deva Path, breathing heavily, stood in the center of the crater created by Shinra Tensei, trying to recover his Chakra as quickly as possible.
The circular crater created by the Super Shinra Tensei is at least three thousand meters in diameter, making it an absolute village-annihilation level Ninjutsu. No Ninjutsu in the Shinobi World can compare to it; perhaps only the Nine-Tails ' Tailed Beast Bomb can be considered comparable.
Such a terrifying commotion naturally did not escape the eyes of Sasori of the Red Sands and the others. They were not far away to begin with, so they immediately sped up and rushed to the battlefield.
They couldn't determine whether the source of the terrifying Ninjutsu was their target, Naoki Senju, or their own leader, but the word "fear" was nowhere to be found in the life creed of these missing-nin!
Everyone fears the Tailed Beast like tigers, but only these missing-nin dare to capture them on a large scale, even going so far as to capture Tailed Beast from other people's villages.
"If you're scared now, you still have a chance to run away," Sasori of the Red Sands kindly reminded him.
But this remark struck Hidan, who, having just been pardoned and back on the Clay Bird's back, Hidan up in surprise.
"What a joke! Hidan is a follower of Jashin, how could he fear a mere sacrifice!"
Deidara glanced at Hidan, whose legs were trembling, and was about to make a sarcastic remark when he was interrupted by Sasori of the Red Sands.
"The cult that Hidan believes in isn't much different from the art we pursue. Hidan's ultimate doctrine is probably to dedicate himself to Jashin, so he's not afraid right now."
Sasori of the Red Sands's guess was basically correct: the Jashin Hidan worshipped, and the cult he claimed to be, did not actually exist.
When the Akatsuki discovered Hidan, he was already a serial killer who roamed multiple countries, spouting contradictory cult doctrines while killing with pleasure and madness, and his methods were incredibly cruel.
The Akatsuki investigated Hidan's background and could only find that he was once a ninja from Yugakure Hidan. However, Yugakure did not have any cult or forbidden techniques that could create immortality.
In the end, the Akatsuki could only attribute Hidan's ability to a special Kekkei Genkai, which grants him immortality and the ability to transfer damage after licking the target's blood. It's not a particularly strong ability, but it's strange enough that even the Five Kage could be killed by it if caught off guard.
However, Sasori of the Red Sands was completely unconcerned about Hidan's abilities, because Hidan had no way of obtaining his blood—where would Human Puppet get its blood?
What interested him was only the immortality. Unfortunately, after studying Hidan's poison for a period of time, Sasori of the Red Sands still gained nothing. He could only piece Hidan back together from the dozens of pieces and put him back into the Akatsuki.
After being dissected and studied, Hidan not only had no physical problems, but his memory also deteriorated, so Sasori of the Red Sands knew him even better than Hidan himself!
A madman who possesses immortality yet constantly pursues death, ultimately losing control of himself.
Now this madman has finally witnessed the power that could kill him. If it's that kind of power, it can definitely kill him!
"Ahahaha--that's the feeling, the wonderful feeling of death..."
On the back of the Clay Bird, Hidan forgot all his distractions, spread his arms and fell from the sky, the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe dragging Hidan down almost vertically.
"Hey, he's not going to just fall to his death, is he?" Deidara said with feigned concern. However, he wasn't worried about Hidan's safety, but rather that having a taunting follower like Hidan, an immortal tank, would make the upcoming battle much easier.
"No, his immortality has virtually no limit. Even if he fell from this height without any protection, at most he would break four limbs and all the bones in his body. With Hidan's immortality... he would recover in about thirteen minutes."
Sasori of the Red Sands calmly stated a number accurate to the minute, leaving Deidara speechless as to how he obtained that number. He could only lower his head and maneuver his Clay Bird to reach the battlefield as quickly as possible.
It seems you've run out of energy.
Naoki Senju, dressed neatly and breathing steadily, entered the pit, standing no more than a hundred meters away from Pain's Deva Path, a stark contrast to Pain's Deva Path.
" Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, we must capture them!"
Pain's Deva Path gathered its remaining Chakra, while Nagato was still recovering his depleted Chakra and unable to support Pain for the time being. Therefore Pain's Deva Path chose the most Chakra- efficient fighting style.
A black Chakra rod slid from his sleeve into Pain's Deva Path's hand, then a miniature Shinra Tensei was applied to the end of the Chakra rod, secretly aiming at Naoki Senju before firing.
Naoki Senju dodged the Chakra rod by tilting his Nagato, confirming that Chakra was indeed running low, to the point that he had to resort to such a non-threatening attack method.
But Pain's Deva Path seemed to see an opportunity for victory, his eyes fixed on the black Chakra rod.
" Banshō Ten'in!"
The Chakra rod, which had initially missed its target, was once again drawn by a powerful force and pierced towards Naoki Senju's heart from behind. This was Pain's Deva Path attack, a feint of weakness to deceive his enemy!
puff--
The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh rang out, but no bright red blood splattered, because the material used to make the Human Puppet had already been drained of all its blood.
Sasori of the Red Sands blocked the attack for Pain's Deva Path at the last second, but his Human Puppet was also pierced through, with many parts shattered, rendering the Human Puppet unusable.
"Boss, remember to get reimbursed. Making a Human Puppet is quite an expense." Sasori of the Red Sands made a rare joke. Perhaps it was because he had shed his disguise as Hiruko that Sasori of the Red Sands was now the real Sasori.
" Art is an Explosion, drink!!"