Chapter 251: God, Without Good or Evil (3k Second Update)

Bai Cangshu stood on the ground naturally, the purple Killing Intent Wave on his hands burning like flames, yet his entire body exuded a pitch-black aura.

"The power of the soul..."

The long-haired Human Path of Pein immediately sensed that the newly emerged power aura on Tao Baibai was very close to the aura of a soul, yet it was more sinister, more twisted, like an evil Ghost.

Nagato, who was secretly controlling Pein, also realized at the same time that the truth of Tao Baibai's power was by no means taijutsu; it was an existence completely different from all current power systems.

Hum~

Deva Path turned instantly, one hand reaching toward Tao Baibai, who had appeared out of thin air behind the Human Path, and a powerful suction force emerged; the Rinnegan's insight was sufficient, allowing them to react to each other even with Instant Movement.

But before the Universal Pull could erupt, the opponent dissipated into the wind again; his right hand was empty, and just as he was about to lower it, the air in front of him was instantly displaced, and in the shared vision of the other Pein, they saw Tao Baibai's tall figure appear before Deva Path.

【Shinra Tensei】!

A powerful repulsive force erupted once again.

Boom!

The terrifying collision erupted at almost zero distance; the corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth curved cruelly, his body leaning forward, intense Cursed Energy rising continuously; in a sense, extreme killing intent is also a very extreme emotion.

The surging of the Killing Intent Wave caused Bai Cangshu's own Cursed Energy reaction to be very intense; if not for the imprinting of the Limitless and the Six Eyes characteristics beginning to manifest at this moment, controlling such surging Cursed Energy would likely be very difficult.

But correspondingly, Bai Cangshu, who had been entered by Gojo Satoru via 【Yin Spirit Possession】, possessed terrifyingly rich strength and means at this time.

【Zhushu: Tingzhi Zhili】

The repulsive force collided with the Limitless, causing the air in front of the two to shatter in an instant.

A massive explosion sent Deva Path flying backward.

Deva Path's figure shifted repeatedly in the air, finally stopping after plowing a massive trench dozens of meters long into the ground, damage already appearing on the surface of his body.

Bai Cangshu, however, completely blocked the impact force due to the passive defense of the Limitless.

His mind was extremely open at this moment, and with one step, he appeared before Deva Path again in an instant; his combat style was completely different from a ninja's, with no detours, all high-speed charges directly initiating slaughter.

A pitch-black Dragon-Slaying Sword appeared in his left hand, and as his waist twisted, the Dragon-Slaying Sword danced suddenly, the ink-black sword light erupting in an instant with a strange whistling of the air.

Ring!

The pitch-black, fan-shaped sword light slashed down diagonally, a large cloud of smoke suddenly exploding from Deva Path's body, and the sword light sank into the ground.

Pfft~

The Dragon-Slaying Sword in Bai Cangshu's hand vanished, and he himself flew backward at the same time, a white Spirit Gun shooting from his finger in the air.

He rarely used this ability; most of the time, for Bai Cangshu, who mastered Qi, the Spirit Gun was not nearly as convenient as the Dodon Ray, but in his current state, he could feel the power of the soul surging.

A massive Spirit Gun was suddenly fired, blasting directly toward the Animal Path, who was using the Summoning Technique to summon Deva Path away.

The Preta Path, which had never had much use because it could not capture Chakra energy, stood in front of the other Pein at this moment, hands raised, intending to absorb this Spirit Gun.

The massive Spirit Gun, over two meters in diameter, struck the Preta Path directly; the Rinnegan's absorption power radiated from him, but pure spiritual power could not be deconstructed by Chakra, and after a brief stalemate, it exploded directly.

Nagato, who was secretly controlling Pein, frowned; his body was Weak, but he could feel that after the Preta Path suffered this blow, his own perception of this body had been somewhat affected.

It was clear that this kind of soul-power attack had a special negative effect on his Pein Liudao.

"Nagato, is your pain only to this extent?!"

Bai Cangshu did not pursue, standing in the distance with Killing Intent Wave surging all over his body; countless impulses to kill everyone present arose in his heart, but he still kept himself firmly under control.

He wanted to become stronger, so he could not be dominated by killing intent; he had to transcend the Killing Intent Wave and enter the state of a god-man!

Bai Cangshu's loud shout caused the expressions of the members of the 【Akatsuki】 organization to vary; Konan felt she could no longer sit idly by, and she also slowly floated up, large amounts of paper beginning to appear.

Sasori and Orochimaru had no intention of making a move, and 【Zetsu】 merely watched the battle in the distance.

Konan turned her head to look at Catherine and Ping Zhonghua within the Barrier; if the Intelligence was not wrong, this Tao Baibai must be protecting these two.

Regardless of the opponent's purpose, simply destroying what the opponent wanted to achieve would naturally have an effect on Tao Baibai.

Hum!

Bai Cangshu used the 【Blue】 of the Limitless to Instant Movement again, appearing before the members of 【Akatsuki】; Sasori remained indifferent, while Zetsu and Orochimaru both instantly increased the distance.

"Heh, how is what you are doing any different from Hanzang back then, Konan..."

Bai Cangshu leaned forward, looking down from above at this woman who, fearing Nagato would overexert himself and die here, subconsciously resorted to harming the weak to achieve her goal.

Konan's face turned pale; this sentence had great lethality to her, but she still came to her senses instantly, and countless paper sheets began to dance toward Bai Cangshu.

"What do you, a guy like that, even understand?!"

"A guy like me?"

Bai Cangshu sneered, feeling amused by this woman's anger.

He stood motionless, letting the large amount of paper cover him; air, suffocation, those things had long since been unable to truly kill him, and what's more...

Whoosh!

Just because the paper was wrapped around his body making him unable to breathe, it began to ignite with flames; Bai Cangshu stood amidst the flames, unaffected in the slightest.

He merely continued to mock.

"How could you possibly know what kind of guy I am..."

Bai Cangshu opened his arms, letting Konan prepare to cast her technique on him; at this very moment, he deeply felt his own strength; except for special sealing techniques and certain divine artifacts of this world, it was extremely difficult for him to be killed by ordinary means.

"You think I am a villain because I am filled with killing intent, but how many fewer people have you and Nagato killed than I have?"

"Just because when you kill, you have so-called grand ambitions and ideal peace in your hearts?"

"Hahahaha..."

Bai Cangshu covered his face, laughing crazily.

This kind of pale debate, in his view, was so absurd and ridiculous.

In the end, in Bai Cangshu's view, Nagato and Konan did not even fully believe in their own ideals, which was why they were always shouting about so-called pain and peace, and in the original work, they were eventually persuaded by the Child of the World to abandon their goals.

These two did not have such grand ideals and ambitions at the beginning; they had only participated in the dream of the other along with Yahiko, and after Yahiko's cruel death, the two chose this current path amidst their pain.

"Stupid, far too stupid."

"Every one of you, your purity is simply too low; I think Yahiko's dream will probably never be realized in this lifetime... ha."

Bai Cangshu kept mocking the two of them, and Konan's expression changed bit by bit; her heart stung as those past scenes surfaced one by one.

Yahiko's smile, the little moments shared by the three of them, their beautiful visions for the future, the ordinary people in the Land of Rain who were still struggling in poverty...

Everything was destroyed by war and conspiracy, but in the end, no one paid the price.

She clutched her chest; that pain was still clear.

She slowly raised her head, looking at Tao Baibai, who was still "spouting nonsense." In her eyes, it was precisely guys like Tao Baibai who had no reverence for human life, wantonly stripping away the beauty and happiness of others, and then mocking those who died with ideals in their hearts.

"A guy like you..."

Konan's tone shifted from slight to resonant, her voice changing from calm to something that seemed to contain monstrous rage.

"For a guy like you, only by being completely erased would it be the world's happiness..."

She spread her arms, and countless Explosive Tags began to appear; at the same time, her own 【Dance of the Shikigami】 began to unravel. Before unraveling this technique, her body was composed entirely of a large amount of layered paper, and ordinary attacks would pose no threat to her at all.

But when Konan was about to perform her strongest 【Paper Person of God Technique】, she would be unable to maintain other Ninja Arts because it consumed all her Chakra, thus revealing a flaw.

Nagato, hiding in the distance and controlling Pain, felt his pupils constrict. Through the Rinnegan of several Pains, he clearly saw that as Konan began to perform the 【Paper Person of God Technique】, the cruel smile on the corner of the mouth of Tao Baibai, who kept attacking with words, became increasingly obvious.

"Stop, Konan!"

Nagato struggled with all his might. He once again felt the fear of his loved ones being taken away. Disregarding his body, which was almost being drained dry by the Rinnegan, a powerful Chakra erupted.

Thump, thump, thump...

Except for the Deva Path, the other Pains fell one after another. Inside the Deva Path, Nagato's terrifying Chakra began to appear in its entirety.

Hum~

A powerful suction force that was completely impossible to resist instantly sucked Konan away.

Konan's technique was interrupted. Coming to her senses, she had already appeared behind the Deva Path. Looking at the other Pains fallen on the ground, her heart panicked, knowing that Nagato was about to use that move again.

Her face showed anxiety.

"Let me go. As long as I perform that technique, this guy will definitely be blown to smithereens; there is no need for you to use that technique at all..."

The Deva Path, however, shook his head. He was certain that the opponent possessed some kind of ability similar to Space-Time Ninjutsu. There was a significant probability that Konan's Paper Person of God Technique would miss, and at that time, Konan would likely be in danger as well.

What's more...

The Deva Path flew up from the ground; repulsive force allowed him to float directly in the air. He looked down at Tao Baibai and said,

"Indeed, the actions of Konan and myself can no longer be called Justice."

"But what we have ever wanted is not Justice. I only want the world to be in pain, to start thinking, to start progressing..."

In Nagato's mind appeared the last words Yahiko said when he died in his arms.

【You are the Savior of this world】

A painful smile appeared on his face.

A thing like a Savior...

In these past few years, he had already seen too much darkness; this world of ninjas was twisted to the point of making him feel disgusted.

This kind of world is not worth saving at all.

The Deva Path spread his arms, and terrifying Chakra was about to erupt. Orochimaru and the others had already felt the terrible threat and began to retreat.

The Deva Path continued to speak,

"We are Pain, we are... God!"

"God is neither good nor evil."

(End of this chapter)