Chapter 250: Planetary Devastation vs. Limitless Technique (3k First Update)

Nagato?

This name instantly drew the attention of Orochimaru and Sasori; their expressions shifted slightly, and the momentary change in the expression on the face of the 【Angel】, who was always as cold as frost, could not be hidden from the two of them.

For the first time, they realized that this guy Pein might never have revealed his true self at all.

With those strange clones and identical eyes, Pein's mystery and power had always intimidated the villains who joined the 【Akatsuki】 organization; even Orochimaru, cowed by Pein's terrifying strength, dared not covet the Rinnegan.

But it seemed the situation had changed; this mysterious and powerful Tao Baibai knew Pein's true identity!

Konan's face was grim; she also stepped forward, her hands hanging from her sleeves as sheets of paper began to scatter. The existence of this Tao Baibai was challenging her nerves at almost every moment.

She did not like such madmen; even if she and Nagato were likely already mad themselves, she still could not tolerate someone who purely yearned for chaos and slaughter joining them.

In her eyes, even a guy like Orochimaru had a pursuit for Ninja Arts and technology, but this Tao Baibai had a longing for chaos written all over his eyes.

Deva Path extended a hand, and Konan's footsteps stalled; she ultimately retreated. This was Nagato's battle, and Tao Baibai's words had clearly already enraged Nagato.

"Capacity?!"

For the first time, there was a fluctuation in the tone of Deva Path's voice, the pitch gradually rising as if he had heard something absurd.

"How could a guy like you see through our capacity?"

"Is it just by relying on this kind of power of yours!"

The next moment, Deva Path raised one hand, and a powerful suction force emerged.

【Universal Pull】!

Bai Cangshu opened his eyes completely, the contours of his pupils clearly visible; his heart beat faster and faster, and the purple Killing Intent Wave within his body gradually began to become uncontrollable.

He loved to fight, he loved to slaughter; what he cherished was battling these powerhouses.

Bai Cangshu tapped his toes, voluntarily leaving the withered tree branch; his body was uncontrollably captured by that powerful suction force, then flew rapidly toward Deva Path.

A pitch-black rod extended from Deva Path's palm, stabbing straight toward Bai Cangshu's chest.

A increasingly fanatical smile appeared on Bai Cangshu's face; he lunged forward along that suction force, the pitch-black rod also reflected in his pupils.

Pein's Rinnegan fully captured Bai Cangshu's movements; as long as the opponent made any move to dodge, he would strike the dodging opponent in an instant.

Before his Rinnegan, ordinary taijutsu was meaningless.

But Bai Cangshu also watched Pein without blinking, making no moves, and the distance between the two vanished in an instant.

Pein's right hand seemed to disappear as the Black Receiver suddenly stabbed toward Bai Cangshu's chest.

Bai Cangshu's form shifted instantly; bolstered by 【First of the First】 and 【Transparent World】, he too could ignore ordinary taijutsu. He reached out his right hand in mid-air, grabbed the other end of the Black Receiver, and with a burst of immense Force, stabbed the Black Receiver back into Deva Path's armpit.

Pein's Rinnegan captured everything, and the next moment, a terrifying repulsive force erupted once again.

Almighty Push!

Boom!

Two opposing forces collided simultaneously against Bai Cangshu's body; that terrifying pressure almost made Bai Cangshu's internal organs tremble. An ordinary human or ninja would have been severely wounded by this blow.

But for Bai Cangshu, even shattered internal organs did not count as an effective injury.

He was repelled by Almighty Push and began stepping rapidly in mid-air.

【Moon Walk】!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Several Peins simultaneously captured the trace of Tao Baibai in the sky; the opponent still showed no signs of using Chakra, so it could not be absorbed using the Rinnegan's abilities.

Could someone actually walk on air relying entirely on taijutsu?

Konan was also shocked by this terrifying technique at this moment.

Bai Cangshu jumped faster and faster in the air, his speed quickly exceeding the requirements of 【Wind Demon】, and he dove back into the wind and vanished.

Orochimaru watched this scene and instinctively retreated to a greater distance; he had already realized that if this Tao Baibai had not mastered some special Bloodline Limit, he was likely a special individual similar to a "Sage."

The opponent's strength was extraordinary; without pupil techniques like the Rinnegan or Sharingan, it was difficult for ordinary ninjas to contend with him in close-quarters combat.

Deva Path remained calm; the corpse of the Animal Path, whose head had been shattered, had already been resurrected by Naraka Path using 【Summoning: King of Hell】.

The six Peins, from different angles, fully intersected their lines of sight, monitoring all directions without blind spots.

Hum!

A gale appeared, and Bai Cangshu emerged from the wind; the head of Asura Path changed instantly, and a terrifying laser shot immediately toward Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu's form turned into wind and vanished again; the laser plunged into the swamp hundreds of meters away, causing a massive explosion.

Another gust of wind appeared, and Deva Path reacted immediately, aiming his right hand at Naraka Path.

Universal Pull was activated; Naraka Path's body instantly left its spot and flew toward Deva Path. Bai Cangshu's punch, which had appeared out of thin air, landed on empty space, also emitting a terrifying whistling sound, the scorching white smoke cloud brushing past Naraka Path's body as it missed.

Bai Cangshu seemed to be everywhere, but Pein's perception was also incomparably sharp, using his abilities to keep each other in check.

After several rounds, neither had caused any actual damage to the other.

Bai Cangshu suddenly appeared from the wind; he spun violently as he flew into the air, and the humid air was immediately stirred up, triggering a small tornado.

Because Pein could not see the trajectory of Chakra, he could not judge what exactly Bai Cangshu was doing, but he had a premonition that the opponent was about to strike...

The next moment, Bai Cangshu's legs descended in the air like a violent rainstorm.

Countless leg shadows, accompanied by terrifying Force and whistling gale winds, began to bombard the six Peins on the ground indiscriminately.

Bang bang bang bang...

【Zetsu】 watched this scene in the air with some astonishment; he had never imagined that a human could achieve such a thing without relying on the power of Chakra bestowed by the Otsutsuki Clan.

His expression could not help but change slightly as well.

【Wind God Leg: Rainstorm Gale】!

Bai Cangshu's form was elusive, his leg Force falling like rain; the Pein Liudao Reincarnators saw the sky full of leg shadows descending simultaneously.

Asura Path's body was sturdy, and he shielded his front with his hands, preparing to take the move head-on, but as the countless leg shadows smashed down, one of them suddenly turned pitch-black.

Pfft!

Asura Path shattered in an instant, the missiles in his arms exploded directly, and fragments of the corpse flew out.

At the same time, Pain perceived this and knew that a great danger lay hidden within Tao Baibai's attack.

He suddenly retreated continuously, and the newly resurrected Animal Path summoned dozens of giant centipedes, which flew up to block the space above.

Although they were blasted to death by the Wind God Leg in an instant, it prevented Death Intent Senra from continuing to kill the Pein Liudao.

Bai Cangshu's move had reached its limit, and he drifted down from the air, but Pain suddenly appeared behind Bai Cangshu, a pitch-black sphere of Chakra already between his palms, arriving behind Bai Cangshu.

Chibaku Tensei!

Amidst the violent trembling of the earth, the destruction caused by the previous rounds of explosions, combined with the already ruined environment of the Land of Rain, instantly provided this high-level sealing technique of the Rinnegan with immense space.

Bai Cangshu attempted to move, but that black sphere emitted a suction force far stronger than Universal Pull; he could not break free for an instant, and the next moment, a massive amount of rocks, soil, and trees flew over, wrapping Bai Cangshu up in an instant.

Subsequently, the earth began to crack, and more and more landmasses flew up, completely enveloping Bai Cangshu in the air.

Finally, a giant stone sphere with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters appeared in the sky.

Pain lowered his hands; he had to admit that this Tao Baibai was one of the most troublesome enemies he had ever encountered, far harder to deal with than even Hanzo of the Salamander.

"Is he... dead?"

Ping Zhonghua found it hard to believe; could such a terrifying Tao Baibai also be suppressed within that large stone sphere?

She could not understand the battles between these ninjas at all and could only ask in a daze.

Catherine supported the Barrier with her hands, fear already rising in her heart; if Tao Baibai were sealed at this moment, her own fate would likely not be very good.

"Woman over there, hand over the Uchiha Clan youth and that woman to me, and I can spare your life."

Pain's tone returned to indifference, as cold as a god.

Catherine looked at Uchiha Itachi, whose injuries had healed somewhat but who still lacked the ability to act, and Ping Zhonghua, whose face was filled with panic.

Her Main Mission first stage was already complete, and the second stage was also triggered by "Chaos"—the defense of Konoha; if she abandoned Tao Baibai now and handed these two over to save her own life, there was a high probability that the Main Mission second stage would also be fine.

Because the members of the Akatsuki organization would certainly not attack Konoha at this time; as long as she reported what happened between Itachi and Shisui truthfully, she imagined her Reputation in the Konoha faction could still increase.

But...

Catherine looked at the giant stone sphere suspended in the air and instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Even though she knew very well that in the original work, Chibaku Tensei was a technique that could suppress even Naruto in his Tailed Beast form, and even Kaguya Otsutsuki had been sealed by this technique.

However...

A guy like Tao Baibai always gave her an extreme sense of abnormality; she found it hard to believe that such a guy would be sealed directly without any backup plans, so she did not make a decision immediately.

Seeing Catherine hesitate, Pain also raised his hand indifferently, preparing to kill her.

But the next moment.

Crack~

The sound of the stone sphere cracking clearly rang out.

Konan was seeing this technique broken for the first time; usually, even Tailed Beasts could be restrained by Nagato using this technique, but now, the technique had been broken?!

Crack!

The shattering sound was even more distinct.

Pain turned his head.

Boom!

The giant stone sphere exploded in mid-air.

Tao Baibai's figure appeared once again, and the other party's temperament had changed significantly; if the Tao Baibai from just a moment ago was merely a beast reeking of blood, the current one, with that slightly raised head and the arrogance of lowered eyelids, displayed a certainty in his own power that came from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmm, the scent of this world is quite nice. Tao Baibai, since you wanted my power, you should have called for me sooner~"

"Hey, even if I've possessed you, it's better than being dead, isn't it?"

A frivolous voice came from Bai Cangshu's mouth, but the next moment, a cruel tone retorted,

"Hey, hey, Gojo Satoru, are you getting a bit carried away? I only let you out for some air; this body is nowhere near the point where it's your turn to control it."

One face, two expressions; black shadows flowed across Bai Cangshu's skin, and purple Killing Intent Wave dripped from between his hands.

Bai Cangshu was, after all, the true master of the Heart Throne, and he instantly regained control; that guy Gojo Satoru seemed quite keen on these little tricks and always wanted to give him a little "stimulation" from time to time.

Bai Cangshu spread his hands, and familiar Cursed Energy circulated through his body; this power had a higher degree of compatibility with the Yin Spirit power flowing in his Soul, making it even more handy to wield.

The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and the color of blue sky and white clouds began to appear in his pupils.

Limitless and Killing Intent Wave circulated simultaneously; the feeling of that hearty power surging through his blood and Soul made Bai Cangshu's tone begin to turn strange.

"Nagato, I am feeling so high right now!"

"Let's slaughter each other; let me see the pain you wish to inflict upon the world..."

(End of chapter)