Deva Path also clasped his hands together, and a black sphere rose into the sky: "*Planetary Devastation!*"
Nagato had used this move against the Eight Tails Jinchuriki. A normal Planetary Devastation was already somewhat strenuous to seal the Eight Tails, and now facing the Nine Tails...
Since there were two Nine Tails, it was very likely that neither of them was a complete Nine Tails, so there was still hope, but he had to be more cautious.
"Ha!" Nagato gritted his teeth, unleashing his Chakra to the maximum. The other Paths of Pain all collapsed, their power concentrated to supply Deva Path, while Nagato himself had two streams of blood flowing from his nostrils, and his whole person seemed to have lost another circle of weight.
Konan looked at him and asked worriedly, "Nagato, is it really necessary to go to this extent?"
Nagato gasped for breath, his cheeks sunken inward, his appearance withered, easily reminiscent of the word 'junkie'.
At this moment, he smiled like a gambler: "As long as we can successfully capture the Nine Tails, it's worth it!"
As Nagato squeezed his power, the sphere in the sky generated a huge attraction, many times stronger than Almighty Pull.
The ground within a few kilometers began to crack, countless flowers, plants, and trees were uprooted, even taking off with the topsoil. The small black sphere attracted surrounding objects to it like a super-strong magnet.
In general, this was another Ninjutsu that made Mother Earth feel pain.
The Konoha ninjas were also affected by the gravity. They instinctively used the skills they used when climbing trees, using Chakra to fix their bodies on the ground, but the result was that the ground couldn't hold on before them, and they flew up, swaying with their bodies.
The enhanced Planetary Devastation's gravitational pull was really unquestionable. Even the ground beneath the feet of the huge Nine Tails transformed by Kushina was cracking, and a large clod of earth slowly lifted him up.
Even Neji, Tenten, and Hinata, who were hiding not far away, were affected. Tenten was already thinking about using the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Neji and Hinata and run away.
"This power is much stronger than what Raikage described." Minato silently assessed the magnitude of the gravity, and then said, "Everyone, use the most powerful long-range Ninjutsu to attack the gravitational core in the sky!"
In fact, before he could remind them, Naruto had already entered the complete Tailed Beast transformation state, stepping on a large clod of earth, swaying as he rose, while condensing a Tailed Beast Ball.
Kushina's movements were similar to Naruto's. The whole person stood on the head of the Nine Tails, with both hands held flat. The huge Nine Tails opened its mouth, cooperating with Kushina to prepare a Tailed Beast Ball.
Minato had already entered Sage Mode, one hand raised above his head, Sage Mode Chakra forming a large Rasenshuriken, ready to be launched.
Itachi and Shisui looked at each other, and both activated Susanoo at the same time, tears of blood flowing from their eyes. Two half-body giants, one red and one green, appeared. Similarly, the half-body skeleton gradually filled with flesh and blood, covered with clothes and armor.
The red giant flipped his right hand, and three red magatama connected end to end, rotating and suspended above his palm, ready to be thrown at any time.
The green giant moved his hands, and four green magatama appeared between his two hands.
"Yasaka Magatama!" *2
This seemed to be a standard skill for Susanoo. Madara also knew this move, and could throw out fourteen in one go.
Guy took a deep breath. Although he was quite tired now, he hadn't reached his limit: "My Youth can't admit defeat either, let's have another Daytime Tiger! Eight Gates, Seventh Gate - Wonder Gate, open!"
"Taking this opportunity, I'll try it too." Kimimaro made the same movements as Guy, his Chakra erupting, his face flushed, his gray hair flying, and blue steam appeared around him.
As for Tsunade, Sakura, Jiraiya, and others who lacked powerful long-range attack methods, they jumped between the constantly rising rocks and clods of earth, trying to move downwards, seemingly playing a game of 'being a man is to go down a hundred floors'.
In fact, they saw that they couldn't directly attack the Ninjutsu core, and planned to try to go down to solve Deva Path Pain, the caster.
After all, most Ninjutsu can be broken not only by directly facing the Ninjutsu itself, but also by solving the caster.
Before they could return to the ground, two Tailed Beast Balls, one large Rasenshuriken, two Yasaka Magatama, and two Daytime Tigers, seven powerful attacks had already landed on Nagato's enhanced Planetary Devastation.
Blinding light lit up, as if countless flashbangs had been thrown nearby, and no one could look directly at the center of the explosion.
Immediately afterwards, an explosion came from the sky. Whether it was rocks or other debris, all were destroyed and shattered by these powerful attacks, and the core black sphere finally exploded.
The powerful gravitational pull vanished instantly, and everything once again obeyed old man Newton's will, falling downwards. The others were fine, moving lightly and nimbly, but the two Big Foxes landing caused a minor earthquake.
Shisui and Itachi deactivated their Susanoo, wiping away the bloody tears flowing from their eyes. This thing was strong, but the side effects were a real pain. If they used it too frequently, they'd end up with Mangekyo presbyopia sooner or later.
Guy returned to his normal state. Using two Daytime Tigers in such a short time was a bit much even for him: "My Youth... may still need more polishing..."
Kimimaro wasn't feeling great either. This was his first time using Daytime Tiger in actual combat, and the burden on his body from the Seventh Gate - Wonder Gate state was too heavy. He even suffered a minor injury—his arm bones were broken. That's right, for him, broken bones were just a minor injury; at most, he'd just need to replenish some nutrients later.
Jiraiya, who landed first, was still maintaining Sage Mode, carrying the two great sages on his shoulders as he charged towards Pain. Taking advantage of Deva Path Pain's weakness and the other Pain's collapse, he entangled them all with his hair: "Nagato, it ends here!"
Pain didn't respond to Jiraiya, because Nagato, as the main body, was not only suffering from a large Chakra consumption but also a great shock.
For a long time, he had been in an 'invincible' state, even able to single-handedly defeat the entire Cloud Village with the Six Paths of Pain.
But now he had been defeated. The power Konoha displayed exceeded his expectations, which also meant he had almost no ability to capture the Nine Tails Jinchuriki.
Then the Akatsuki's goal, Yahiko's wish, could it really still be achieved?
"Nagato, let's go. There will be opportunities, and didn't Zetsu say there was a backup plan?" Konan anxiously advised, seeing that Nagato's condition was not right and worried that he would collapse.
Nagato's eyes regained some of their light: "That's right, there is a backup plan. We will never give up, our dream, I must complete it! Konan, let's go!"
A giant tree in the forest shook, turning into a sky full of paper fragments and revealing Nagato and Konan inside. Konan's paper disguise was very realistic, and it was difficult to see any flaws even with close observation.
...
At this time, Naruto, Minato, and Jiraiya, the three who knew Sage Mode, each took a black short rod from Pain's body and held it in their hands. It was Pain's 'signal receiver,' the key tool for Nagato to control Pain from a distance.
Through these black short rods, they could reverse-lock onto Pain's location, which was what Naruto and the others were about to do.
However, there was one thing Naruto still couldn't figure out, and that was why Konan had something similar on her lips. Was it the same Black Rod, or just a decorative lip stud?
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