Chapter 249: Have You Ever Felt Pain?

Bai Cangshu's figure was as fast as a gale, pressing a palm toward Orochimaru's chest.

Hum~

The air became viscous like liquid, instantly compressed by the Force in Bai Cangshu's palm, emitting a dull whistling sound.

Boom!

As Bai Cangshu's palm descended, white cloud-like traces rippled through the air.

Orochimaru's body was crushed downward by the immense pressure and twisted, then exploded with a bang; dozens of venomous snakes emerged from the smoke, coiling toward Bai Cangshu.

If Orochimaru were to fight Uchiha Shisui one-on-one, he would certainly be inferior, but when facing a formidable enemy like Bai Cangshu, the seasoned experience he displayed was something Uchiha Shisui could not compare to at all.

The ground cracked with a roar, damp soil churning in all directions; Bai Cangshu let those venomous snakes coil around his body, turned around coldly, and saw that Orochimaru had once again opened a distance of more than ten meters from him.

Pfft, pfft, pfft.

One by one, the venomous snakes were ignited by the Tese of 【Flame Dragon Scale】 because they bit into Bai Cangshu's body; that scorching flame temperature was extremely high and carried a sticky Tese, causing the venomous snakes to die instantly and fall from Bai Cangshu's body.

"Orochimaru, you don't want to know how I captured Uchiha Shisui, right? Watch closely, it is..."

While speaking, Bai Cangshu stepped forward; with one step taken, his feet stomped dozens of times in an instant like a phantom, and then his figure vanished instantly.

In the river valley after the rain and mist had vanished, a wild wind began to blow.

Orochimaru's pupils trembled constantly; he realized the enemy likely possessed some kind of High-speed Movement or even invisibility ability.

Clones appeared one after another, and at the same time, Orochimaru himself began to run at high speed; the running motion of his lower limbs did not conflict at all with the hand seals of his upper body, and every clone that appeared was moving in a different direction.

A ninja's battle is a battle of Intelligence; he was using this form to try to increase the number of times Tao Baibai attacked, thereby gathering Intelligence.

The next moment, a wild wind rose suddenly.

Bang bang bang bang...

The clones running in all directions shattered one by one; Orochimaru's pupils were still scanning the surroundings constantly, but he had not captured the opponent's movements.

Hum~

The air in front of him became viscous in an instant; Orochimaru was still tilting his head to check other angles at this moment, and the next instant, a hand suddenly appeared from the wind in front of him and pressed onto his face.

Only when Orochimaru felt the touch on his face did he realize the opponent had revealed himself.

So fast!

The opponent is hiding in the wind!

These two thoughts appeared in Orochimaru's mind instantly, and then a massive force struck; Orochimaru was completely unable to resist, his running body had its direction changed in an instant, and he crashed into the ground with a roar.

The force of that hand was so great that it instantly smashed Orochimaru's upper body completely into the ground; the degree of bodily distortion was something an ordinary human body could not possibly survive.

Bai Cangshu stood up, looking indifferently at Orochimaru's body as it twisted and stood back up like a slippery snake; this was likely the 【Soft Body Modification】 Orochimaru had performed on himself, making his body abnormally soft and slippery.

"Tsk, that really is a disgusting technique, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru's face was somewhat distorted; in order to act in human form, some parts like the skull could not be fully softened and had been injured in the previous strike.

But as if he could feel no pain at all, licking his lips, Orochimaru had fully sensed the power of this Tao Baibai.

A defense that blades and swords could not harm, completely ignoring his snake-style Ninja Arts;

Terrifying power capable of shattering Rashomon in a single strike;

Speed that made him completely unable to track.

Most importantly, these abilities all required no hand seals...

Orochimaru suddenly developed a strong covetousness for the body of the Tao Baibai before him.

If this kind of flesh were in his own hands, presumably the potential for modification would be even greater, and I would be able to...

Pfft!

Orochimaru's pupils constricted; the figure remaining in his pupils slowly dissipated. He lowered his head and saw a hand had already pierced into his body; the opponent's Taoist Palm was far sharper than a sword blade.

Bai Cangshu withdrew his arm, looking at the slowly collapsing Orochimaru with a cruel smile.

"Did you see clearly this time, Orochimaru? This is the power that defeated Uchiha."

Behind, Konan's figure moved, but in the end, she made no move; Pain only watched this scene indifferently, and the red-haired youth at the very back curled his lips, revealing a mocking smile.

Orochimaru collapsed softly to the ground, a large amount of blood lost from his chest and abdomen, but Bai Cangshu did not see a kill notification. His ears twitched, and the next moment, his figure turned into wind and vanished again.

Bang!

A giant snake poked its head out from underground; this snake seemed to have been hiding underground all along, its body length exceeding twenty meters, its head so huge that its diameter exceeded two meters, and its whole body was covered in purple-black scales.

The snake opened its giant mouth, and a figure covered in mucus, wearing a white robe, was spat out from the snake's stomach.

After landing, Orochimaru walked slowly to the body of himself that had just died, took the Red Cloud Black Robe off the corpse, and then put it on himself.

Clap, clap, clap.

Bai Cangshu stood a few meters away, watching this scene, clapping his hands; he wore an appreciative smile on his face.

This guy Orochimaru truly has a special talent for battle; he is worthy of being a ninja who, among a crowd of Bloodline ninjas, could still make it to the end despite his commoner origins.

"Orochimaru, you guy, you are very interesting."

Bai Cangshu lifted his foot to continue walking toward Orochimaru, but Orochimaru frowned, and the giant snake instantly coiled backward, opening up the distance.

"It seems this is the capital you rely on."

Pain stood in the path ahead of Bai Cangshu; he had already seen that Orochimaru was indeed no match for this Tao Baibai.

No, not just Orochimaru; 【Sasori】 and 【Zetsu】 were likely also no match for this guy. This guy who wanted to inflict pain upon the world, it could not be denied, possessed quite outstanding strength.

If it were normal times, he probably would have already agreed to recruit the other party into the 【Akatsuki】 organization.

But ever since the other party said that sentence, "wanting to let the world feel pain," Pain—no, it should be said, Nagato—had changed his mind.

He could not tolerate a guy who had never felt pain at all, nonchalantly using pure violence to make the world feel pain.

It was as if his own ideal had been trampled upon by this person.

"Feel pain"

"Consider pain"

"Accept pain."

"Understand pain."

"Those who cannot feel pain cannot understand true peace."

With every sentence Pain spoke, he took a step forward; by the time he finished speaking, he had already arrived before Bai Cangshu, and at the same time, from the shadows behind him, the other Pains appeared simultaneously, stepping out like phantoms.

"Tao Baibai, have you ever felt pain?"

Swish.

A figure appeared before Bai Cangshu in an instant, and from the sleeves of the Asura Path, countless serrated blades shot out.

Clang! Clang!

Bai Cangshu stood his ground, instantly activating Iron Block.

Amidst the sound of metal clashing, the Asura Path was instantly engulfed in blazing flames, but he did not react at all; instead, he spread his hands, his ten fingers transforming into missiles that fired at point-blank range, while missiles also blasted out from his arms.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosion occurred in an instant; the Deva Path lowered his eyelids, and without looking back, he extended one hand behind him.

Bai Cangshu's figure pierced through the smoke, appearing right behind the Deva Path, who said coldly,

"Shinra Tensei."

A terrifying repulsive force erupted instantly; feeling that invisible, immense power, Bai Cangshu was sent flying back in an instant, while the massive Summoning Beast hellhound below leaped up simultaneously, biting down on Bai Cangshu.

The hellhound ignored the blazing flames igniting on its body, biting down frantically, while more massive Summoning Beasts lunged forward together, as if to tear Bai Cangshu apart and devour him.

Ping Zhonghua covered her mouth; this terrifying scene was far more horrific than any ninja battle she had ever seen.

Catherine also took a step back, but she knew very well that Tao Baibai would never die just like this; she carefully maintained the Barrier to protect herself and Ping Zhonghua, her mind completely taut.

It seemed that Pain was not prepared to accept Tao Baibai...

Whir~

A shrill whistling sound of concentrated Qi rang out; the next moment, a golden light suddenly pierced through all the Summoning Beasts, instantly shooting into the head of the Animal Path, who had been using the Summoning Technique, and the latter fell backward, his head shattered.

Bai Cangshu casually tossed aside those massive Summoning Beasts that were over five or six meters tall, his body completely unscathed.

He tapped his toes, leaped up lightly, and landed on the branch of a fallen dead tree, swaying atop it in a posture that defied the laws of physics, his hands clasped behind his back.

"Is your pain only of this level, Pain?"

"Just by making those ninjas feel pain, the world can have peace?"

"Ha~ Hahaha... Hahaha."

The Deva Path re-evaluated Tao Baibai's strength; in his assessment, the opponent's strength already exceeded Shadow Level; perhaps there were flaws in certain aspects, but in terms of frontal combat power alone, the opponent was extremely formidable.

Most importantly, from beginning to end, the opponent had not released a single technique, nor was there any trace of Chakra flow.

"Your Capacity is not enough, Nagato..."

Konan's expression changed instantly.

(End of chapter)