After clearing the area with one strike, Naruto closed his eyes and released his Observation Haki to begin sensing.
The range of his full-power Observation Haki perception was already ridiculously large.
Now, maintaining Sage Mode long-term further enhanced his perception.
Covering the entire Land of Rain was probably impossible, but scanning all of Amegakure was absolutely more than enough.
Due to his Conqueror's Haki, almost no one in Amegakure could still move.
Thus, the figures of the Six Paths of Pain emerging from the tower were particularly conspicuous.
Naruto opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction.
"They're coming."
Hearing this, Sasuke and Karin also prepared for battle, with Karin even completing her transformation in advance.
On the contrary, Jiraiya still had a complicated expression.
Naruto saw all this, but he said nothing.
Now was not the time for such things.
After he dealt with the mastermind, there would be plenty of time for Jiraiya to catch up with his disciples.
Soon, the figures of the Six Paths of Pain appeared before the four.
Including Asura Path, which had already been replaced with a new body.
"Hmm, these six are the same as before… they're just puppets."
A single glance confirmed that his Observation Haki didn't detect any living aura from them.
Hearing this, Jiraiya's pupils trembled.
He had already seen that Deva Path leading the other Pains was his former disciple, Yahiko.
'How could it be-'
'How could Yahiko be dead? And why would Nagato make his corpse into such a puppet?'
Jiraiya suddenly let out a long sigh, as if he had aged several years in an instant.
"Are you alright, Jiraiya-sensei?"
Naruto didn't seem overly concerned about the six rock-band-looking figures in front of him. He was more worried about Jiraiya's state.
In his eyes, Jiraiya was radiating emotions of 'sadness' and 'self-blame'.
'Sigh… It was understandable. Any teacher would be saddened to see their disciple go astray.'
In a way, Naruto's guess made sense.
He reached out and gently patted Jiraiya's arm.
"Jiraiya-sensei, leave these to us."
With that, he took the lead and walked towards the opposite side.
Seeing this, Karin and Sasuke followed behind Naruto, leaving Jiraiya alone on the spot.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you actually delivered yourself to our doorstep?"
"That's good. This brings our plan one step closer to success."
Deva Path spoke coldly.
"Where is that masked guy?"
Naruto couldn't be bothered with pleasantries and directly asked about Obito's whereabouts.
"Hmph, as expected of a Konoha's Ninja. Still as arrogant as ever."
"Then… feel pain."
After saying this, Deva Path instantly activated Shinra Tensei.
A massive repulsive force acted on their bodies, sending all of them flying backward uncontrollably.
Compared to attacks like Asura Path's missiles, Deva Path's methods were clearly more effective.
Even Naruto, who had perceived the brief future with his Observation Haki, was affected.
The range of Shinra Tensei was spherical, so even the ground beneath Naruto's feet was completely crushed by this attack.
Losing his footing, Naruto had nowhere to exert force for a moment.
However, Shinra Tensei could only do this much to Naruto. Actually harming his terrifying physique was hardly realistic.
After being sent flying through the air for a bit, Naruto adjusted his posture by kicking off the air and looked ahead.
"Nice trick. My turn now."
With that, he fiercely stomped on the air. A teeth-grating screech of friction sounded, and then his figure vanished from mid-air.
The six pairs of Rinnegan present couldn't capture Naruto's speed.
Deva Path wanted to use Shinra Tensei again, but this technique had a fatal flaw: a full five-second cooldown period after each use.
During this time, Deva Path could only use some Taijutsu to fight.
But fortunately, he had other Pains with him.
Animal Path acted first, directly summoning a giant stone panda to block the front.
The next moment, a huge roar sounded.
Panda had been on the field for less than half a second before being shattered by Naruto.
His fist continued its momentum, striking forward. The intense wind pressure almost tore the Pains apart.
Since all the opponents were corpse puppets, Naruto held nothing back against them.
Animal Path blocking the front was directly hit by the punch. Without uttering a single word, it was completely turned into a mist of blood.
"First one."
The Six Paths of Pain, having just been replenished not long ago, were already down one member.
Their level of physical durability was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper before the current Naruto.
Nagato, who is hiding in the tower, was shocked upon seeing this and immediately controlled the remaining five Pains to launch a simultaneous attack.
At that moment, attacks from Karin and Sasuke also arrived.
"Ruyi Slash!"
Garuda turned into a golden afterimage, its wings like blades, sweeping past Asura Path.
"Fire Release: Flame Wolf Dragon!"
On the other side, the Calamity Flames of Huodou merged with Sasuke's Fire Release Ninjutsu, transforming into a purple-black fire dragon that engulfed towards Preta Path.
Asura Path's arms split open on both sides, extending metal blades that clashed with Karin's wings, sending out a shower of sparks.
Perhaps because these weapons came from another dimension and utilized some unique forging techniques, they actually didn't fall behind when colliding with Garuda's metal wings.
Another clash, this time between sharp claws and a metal tail.
Asura Path was covered in weapons. Seizing the opportunity during their stalemate, it simply opened its mouth and fired a point-blank laser cannon at Karin.
"Adamantine!"
At the critical moment, Karin blocked with her wings in front of her. The laser beam left a deep wound on the wing but failed to pierce through.
Such a minor injury wasn't much for the current Karin and would heal quickly on its own.
But the pain was very real.
Karin opened her mouth and emitted a nearly solidified sound wave at Asura Path.
Instantly, the connection points of the weapons inside Asura Path suffered varying degrees of impact.
The once smoothly moving mechanical body became stiff and laggy, as if it hadn't been maintained for years.
On the other side, the Calamity Flame Dragon released by Sasuke also hit Preta Path. However, Preta Path Pain possessed the ability to absorb Ninjutsu and Chakra.
Sasuke's fire dragon began to shrink rapidly as it approached the opponent, eventually completely disappearing into the palm of Preta Path.
"Useless. All Ninjutsu is ineffective against me-"
Before he could finish speaking, Sasuke had already closed in and threw a powered-up punch.
Hasshoken: Wolf Thrust!
The moment his fist made contact with the opponent's body, Chakra from within Sasuke began to flow into Preta Path.
But before Preta Path could continue absorbing, the internal destruction force 'tore' half of his body apart.
Only then did Preta Path realize that this body of his had, at some point, become extremely brittle.
As if it had been left somewhere to weather for dozens or even hundreds of years.
This was the power of the Calamity Flames.
For a lifeless puppet like Preta Path, that inconspicuous purple-black flame was the real killer move.
He could absorb the Fire Release Ninjutsu, but it also inadvertently drew the Calamity Flames into his body.
Because of this, even his internal organs became as crispy as biscuits.