"Finally, they are fighting."
When he saw the great battle commence at the center of Sunset Valley, Orochimaru could not help but show an excited expression.
Watching his disciple show off his skills wildly on the battlefield felt even more thrilling than fighting himself.
The combined use of the Body Flicker Technique and the Flying Thunder God Technique truly demonstrated the saying, 'In all forms of martial arts, only speed is invincible.'
Even though the Akatsuki's initial attack was coordinated flawlessly, they still could not harm Ryun in the slightest.
"Is this your true strength? It has indeed far exceeded the scope of an ordinary ninja." Orochimaru stood alone at the edge of the battlefield, muttering to himself.
Ryun was now surrounded by the Akatsuki in the middle, with enemies on all sides, and even in the sky were Konan who could fly, the Third Kazekage puppet, Deidara riding his clay dragon, and the Animal Path Pain riding a summoned strange bird.
After scanning the enemies around him who did not dare to look directly at him, Ryun gave up on the idea of using the pupil techniques of his left and right eyes.
'Too many enemies, I cannot be trapped in the middle.'
Facing the coordinated teamwork of the Akatsuki, Ryun did not dare to be careless. This thought crossed his mind, and the next moment he decisively pulled the Ame no Murakumo Sword from the ground and threw it with great force at the Preta Path Pain.
"Trying to kill the Preta Path first." The Deva Path Pain understood Ryun's intention to prioritize killing the Preta Path.
If Ryun wanted to fight a team battle against them, large scale area of effect ninjutsu would be essential, and the Preta Path Pain happened to be the one who could most counter that type of ninjutsu.
"Almighty Pull."
Relying on ordinary evasion alone would be difficult to defend against Ryun's spatial instant kill technique, the Flying Thunder God, Slash. So at this moment, the Deva Path Pain decisively exerted force, pulling the Preta Path Pain's body away from the swiftly approaching divine sword.
Even if it meant letting Uchiha Ryun escape the encirclement, there was no other way. That spatial teleportation slash technique could probably kill the Preta Path Pain instantly in a single encounter. He had already experienced the terror of this move before.
Keeping a certain distance from the Ame no Murakumo Sword was the safest approach.
'You are smart.'
Ryun glanced briefly at the Deva Path Pain. The next moment, the entire Akatsuki exerted their strength again, countless attacks poured forth, but Ryun's figure abruptly vanished in an instant.
Boom.
A series of explosive roars sounded from the original spot. Unfortunately, no matter how fierce the attacks were, it was useless if they did not hit their target.
"Dammit, spatial teleportation again. Such a cheap ability." Deidara could not help but curse loudly.
"Deidara, stop attacking blindly. Remember the previous tactic." The Deva Path Pain loudly reminded him.
"Right, I know."
Deidara nodded heavily, then stopped attacking proactively. Instead, he put both hands into his storage bag, biting on the clay.
"Sage Art, White Rage Technique."
As soon as Ryun broke through the encirclement, he quickly formed hand signs and activated a Ryuchi Cave Sage Art. The next moment, a chakra white dragon carrying a dragon pearl was spat out from his mouth.
The chakra white dragon rushed into the sky in the blink of an eye. When it coiled its body and completely merged into the dragon pearl, the entire pearl instantly erupted with extremely dazzling, brilliant white light.
The blinding light once even surpassed the sun in the sky. Along with the strong light appeared a deafening roar and a certain air vibration wave.
"Ah."
Many in the Akatsuki cried out in pain. They almost all instinctively covered their ears. Even Pain with his Rinnegan and Uchiha Itachi with his Mangekyo Sharingan did not dare to look directly at that dragon pearl now.
"Be careful."
Uchiha Obito, outside the battlefield, shouted loudly.
This warning made everyone's hearts tense. When they forced their eyes open to look, they saw countless specially made kunai shooting towards them with terrifying penetrating force.
Almost all members of the Akatsuki were within the attack range.
"Magnet Release, Sand Iron Wall."
Sasori of the Red Sand acted decisively, controlling the Kazekage puppet to perform a large scale Sand Iron defense ninjutsu, protecting himself along with Kakuzu and Hidan.
"Wood Style, Wood Locking Wall."
Black Zetsu used a Wood Style ninjutsu, protecting himself inside a turtle like wooden shell. Not far away, Uchiha Itachi decisively activated Susanoo.
"Almighty Push."
The Deva Path Pain exerted force fiercely, using repulsive force to forcefully sweep away a large number of the specially made kunai.
The entire battlefield erupted with countless sounds of kunai collisions the next moment.
The Akatsuki members' reactions were quite timely. Ryun's first wave of offense was blocked head on. Along with the dragon pearl being knocked away by the Deva Path Pain's repulsive force, the dazzling light also instantly dimmed.
But just as the repulsive force and the white light disappeared simultaneously, at the moment everyone thought the crisis was resolved, four specially made kunai, hidden in everyone's blind spots, fell from the sky, landing near Hoshigaki Kisame, the Preta Path Pain, the Naraka Path Pain, and the Deva Path Pain respectively.
These four kunai originally seemed intended to attack enemies in the sky, but halfway through their flight, they collided with the kunai knocked away by the repulsive force and then scattered onto the ground.
The moment he saw the specially made kunai, the Deva Path Pain immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
He understood the true purpose of these things.
"Flying Thunder God, Sequential Slash."
As Ryun's Flying Thunder God Technique activated, his whole person instantly split into four, almost simultaneously attacking four targets.
Hoshigaki Kisame's internal alarms screamed. Without thinking, he raised the chakra broadsword in his hand, barely blocking the incoming fatal strike. However, even though he blocked it just in time, the broadsword in his hand still broke with a sound.
The Ame no Murakumo Sword, 'enchanted' with high energy lightning, was peerlessly sharp. While cutting the chakra broadsword, it also sliced a huge wound on Hoshigaki Kisame's body.
The second, third, and fourth Ryun almost simultaneously swung their sharp swords at the three targets: the Deva Path, the Preta Path, and the Naraka Path.
At this critical moment, no one had time to rescue these three targets. Even Nagato, as the main body of the Six Paths, could only focus his energy on one Pain. He could not instantly defend three Pains simultaneously. If he forcibly split his attention to assist in defense, the final result might be that none of the three could be blocked.
Because Ryun's attack speed was simply too fast, so fast that four afterimages appeared from his body, so fast that one person could launch four attacks simultaneously, making others mistake it for a clone technique.
The Preta Path Pain and the Naraka Path Pain were instantly cut in two by Ryun. The Deva Path Pain, holding a black rod, hastily blocked the slash. However, the blue divine sword paused only for a moment before cutting through the Six Paths black rod, its sharp blade instantly landing on the Deva Path Pain's shoulder.
Blood sprayed out immediately. The Deva Path Pain, seizing the moment, grabbed the blade. Nearby, the Asura Path Pain transformed its hand into a blade and slashed directly at Ryun's arm. Not far away, the Human Path Pain took the opportunity to throw the sharp black rod in its hand.
Ryun did not want to abandon the Ame no Murakumo Sword, so he decisively activated Susanoo. The skeleton directly blocked the incoming steel blade and the thrown black rod.
A Susanoo hand bone materialized the next moment and grabbed towards the Deva Path Pain.
But before Ryun could succeed, a rapidly spinning large shuriken violently knocked away the Susanoo bone claw. This was Uchiha Itachi's last second rescue.
The five second cooldown ended. The Deva Path Pain decisively stretched his hand towards Ryun.
"Almighty Push."
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