Chapter 164: The Fate of Pain Deva Path

The war of thirty thousand ninja and samurai, the instant a victor was decided, became the start of a great slaughter.

Yamanaka Chujiu watched the valley battlefield coldly, watching the frequency of blood splashing surge, even gradually diffusing into a thin layer of blood-colored mist.

"This is the cruelest decisive battle of the Ninja World's civil war; the previous victories were never this large in scale, nor this fast in pace."

After finishing his reflection, Yamanaka Chujiu's emotions returned to calm, and he continued commanding the great army to carry out the encirclement and suppression.

As the situation clarified, his commands grew smoother, and the effects grew ever more pronounced.

Every time Konoha Rogue Ninja tried to stealthily infiltrate, they would encounter precise interception and encirclement-annihilation by Konoha Ninja.

Every ambush by Kirigakure Rogue Ninja would be forewarned and fail, resulting in being counter-killed.

Every time the samurai tried to break out and flee, they would have their escape routes sealed by Ninjutsu barriers constructed one step ahead.

When the Uchiha ninja in the Konoha army received orders, relying on the extraordinarily powerful Sharingan dojutsu, they punched through the Anti-Snake Coalition's formation, completely slaughtering and purging the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja belonging to Akatsuki, and the battlefield situation displayed absolute dominance.

The main force of the Anti-Snake Alliance could no longer hold on, and was split, surrounded, and then completely annihilated by the Konoha army commanded by Yamanaka Chujiu.

From this moment on, the war completely became a one-sided slaughter; the Anti-Snake Alliance completely collapsed, and fighting spirit and morale dropped to zero.

Yamanaka Chujiu spoke: "From here on I will issue no more commands. Each brigade, battalion, company, and squad — the captains take over battle orders and each independently carry out pursuit and encirclement."

"Gentlemen, forty-three minutes after combat began, we have won the war!"

"Enjoy the joy of victory!"

Konoha Ninja and Mist Ninja, upon hearing the order, each became dazed.

That's it? We won?

Yeah, we won…

The victory came too easily, and was too thorough, to the point that the ninja of the Konoha-Kirigakure Allied Forces found it hard to believe.

Even though they were currently raising blade after blade to cut people down — and cutting into enemies' backs — they still could not help feeling dazed.

This is Konohagakure's civil war, an absolute top-tier decisive battle of the Ninja World — how did it become a one-sided slaughter?

Ah, Lord Yamanaka Chujiu… badass!!

Konoha Ninja's morale skyrocketed, excitedly pursuing and killing the enemy.

Mist Ninja's feelings were conflicted, hesitantly going with the flow.

Yamanaka Chujiu is too amazing, the Konoha ninja army is too amazing — if someday the Fifth Mizukage loses his mind and insists on becoming an enemy of Konohagakure…

The Mist Ninja dared not think further.

At this time, even Yamanaka Chujiu had not expected that his easily achieved overwhelming victory would deal a devastating blow to Akatsuki, completely enraging a terrifying existence who had originally not planned to show himself.

Ten thousand meters above the Valley of the End, a figure sitting cross-legged in midair slowly opened his eyes — a pair of pale purple Rinnegan, radiating a cold and divine pressure.

Nagato.

The true leader of Akatsuki, who with his Rinnegan and Gedo Mazo easily crushed Hanzo the Salamander, took control of Amegakure and Akatsuki, and styled himself the true god of mankind.

Nagato's original intention was not to intervene in this Konoha civil war.

In his eyes, Konoha's power transitions, the power struggles of the Hokage and the Daimyo, the slaughter among ninja clans — all were nothing but the squabbling of mundane ants.

A petty and laughable struggle, not worth his expending effort.

Likewise, the Fire Daimyo's invitation to send out the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja gathered by Akatsuki was mainly to obtain the benefits promised by the Daimyo.

And incidentally to weaken the forces of that fellow who called himself "Madara Uchiha."

The personnel "Madara" had recruited into Akatsuki were simply too many, already affecting Nagato's authority.

So Nagato dispatched the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja, and was prepared for a batch of them to die.

But the one-sided domination on the Valley of the End battlefield meant the Akatsuki Kirigakure Rogue Ninja didn't just lose a batch — they were completely annihilated.

This was unacceptable to Nagato.

He styled himself a god, regarding all living beings of the Ninja World as ants.

Only a god may judge life and death, and define order.

He wanted half the Kirigakure ninja to die; Yamanaka Chujiu killed them all in one breath — that is a mortal trampling a god, it is overstepping!

"An ant dares to overstep divine might…"

Nagato's angry voice rang out, and behind him flashed a young ninja with orange hair, who likewise possessed cold, empty Rinnegan, with not a trace of emotion on his face.

Pain Deva Path — also the first Akatsuki leader, a Rinnegan puppet remade from Yahiko's corpse.

"God shall not be desecrated by mortals!"

"God shall descend, and end everything."

Hum——!!!

The void trembled violently; the chakra of the entire world instantly went madly into turmoil.

The clouds above the Valley of the End were pushed aside in rings, and a slender figure, wearing a red-cloud cloak, broke through the boundless white clouds, slowly descending from the heavens.

His orange short hair fluttered in the wind, his stiff face pale and solemn, surrounded by invisible gravity and repulsion; his Rinnegan looked down upon all living beings in the valley, the divine contempt in his eyes impossible to conceal.

The wind between heaven and earth completely stopped; all sounds of Ninjutsu roaring, weapons clashing, and demon beasts howling ceased at once.

Whether it was Orochimaru and Jiraiya in fierce combat, the summoned beast armies locked in endless struggle, or the Konoha-Kirigakure Allied Forces who had thoroughly completed their victory — everyone's movements stopped, and they looked up at the sky.

An overwhelming pressure descended from the heavens, shrouding the entire Valley of the End, pressing every person's heart and spirit into trembling, freezing their breath.

That was the absolute force of one who transcended mortals, transcended the ninja way, and was nearly a god — a pressure that made all top experts instinctively feel awe and fear.

Pain Deva Path swept his gaze across the entire battlefield, and his indifferent voice resounded through heaven and earth:

"All the evils of the world, endless strife; mortal order, rotten beyond repair."

"From this day forth, god descends upon the world, takes dominion over the people, and ends the troubled age."

"Shinra Tensei!!"

The instant his words fell, a terrifying repulsion shockwave pressed down upon the Valley of the End.

Boom——!!

The clouds in the high sky were completely swept away, and the all-enveloping blood mist and smoke were pushed aside in their entirety.

The Ninjutsu emplacements and Barriers prepared by Konohagakure vanished like soap bubbles, reduced to fine powder in an instant beneath the repulsive force.

The forest in the Valley of the End was flattened, trees were ripped up by the roots, and the earth was peeled away layer by layer.

Ninja, samurai, and summoned beasts were likewise hurled away and gravely wounded, their wretched screams ringing across the heavens.

This was not a power any ninja could possess — it was the Rinne's power, transcending all Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Sage Arts.

Even the legendary God of Shinobi, First Hokage Senju Hashirama, could not have wrought such absolute destruction.

Apart from Orochimaru and Yamanaka Chujiu, everyone else believed this was the power of a god — a divine might no mortal could possibly withstand.

Jiraiya did not believe it either, because he had seen the appearance of Pain Deva Path and recognized Yahiko's face.

"Yahiko? How could it be you?"

"Where's Nagato? Where's Konan?"

"Where have you been all these years?"