Chapter 169: Nagato

The ninjas and samurai across the entire field scattered in an instant.

Countless Ninjutsu were unleashed in an attempt to shatter the massive rock sphere in the sky, but upon drawing near, they were instantly torn apart by the violent gravitational force, then swallowed and dissolved.

The terror of Planetary Devastation lies in its gravitational force, which approaches the limits of the universe, and the inescapable crushing power based at its center.

Once caught and locked in by the gravity, one faces the consequence of being crushed to pieces.

Even someone as powerful as Otsutsuki Kaguya, whose physical body can withstand absolute gravity without dying, cannot break free from a seal based on gravity.

Seeing the giant stone sphere nearing completion and even beginning to strip away large areas of the ground, Yamanaka Chujiu suddenly opened his eyes.

His gaze was incomparably clear, flashing with an astonishing light.

The spiritual energy radiating from him swept across the valley like a tidal wave, and following the threads of the terrifying gravity, it precisely cut into the gaps of the mental shell of Pain Deva Path.

As a puppet of the Rinnegan, Pain Deva Path showed no abnormality, but Nagato, who was controlling him from behind, felt his heart tighten abruptly, and a massive sense of crisis arose for no reason.

After a careful check, Nagato discovered that the black rods inserted into Yahiko's body were disconnecting one after another.

"Is this a secret mental technique of the Yamanaka Clan?"

"Although I don't know how you did it, being able to block my chakra transmission to the black rods, but wanting to take Yahiko's body right in front of me is nothing but wishful thinking!"

Nagato roared, manipulating Pain Deva Path to increase the gravitational output, launching an attack directly at Yamanaka Chujiu in an attempt to crush him instantly.

But one second before the gravity impact was launched, a reversal occurred!

Yamanaka Chujiu's mental energy blocking the black rods was actually a feint; the true target of the attack was the Planetary Devastation rock sphere.

His mental energy coiled around the Planetary Devastation, ignoring the influence of the violent gravity, and forcibly inserted itself into the chakra nodes at the core of the rock sphere, disrupting the core's chakra circulation with extremely precise mental agitation.

The core gravitational hub of the Planetary Devastation suddenly experienced a disturbance, and the violent source of gravity subsequently collapsed.

"Explode!"

Yamanaka Chujiu gave a low shout, and his mental energy erupted suddenly!

In mid-air, the giant stone sphere, no longer pulled by gravity, began to tremble violently, and the surface layer of rocks peeled off layer by layer.

Even more severe was the mutual collision of chakra inside; the terrifying power of absorption was suddenly reversed into explosive power, changing from inward suction to outward detonation!

Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking roar echoed through the sky and earth, and the giant Planetary Devastation rock sphere exploded in mid-air.

The sky full of debris, wrapped in a violent chakra storm, swept across the entire Valley of the End, triggering a disaster akin to the bombardment of hundreds of S-rank Ninjutsu.

The one suffering the most violent bombardment was not the nearby Konoha Ninja, nor Tsunade or the Konoha Rogue Ninja, but Pain Deva Path, who had created the rock sphere.

Everyone's pupils shrank, their faces filled with disbelief!

How was it broken just like that?

How could there be such immense pressure?

Clearly, there was absolutely no fluctuation of chakra felt!

Compared to Pain Deva Path, Yamanaka Chujiu was undoubtedly the weaker one, yet he defeated the strong with the weak, breaking the Six Paths secret technique—which tens of thousands of ninjas were helpless against—without leaving a trace.

This was the Six Paths secret technique of Pain, which countless top-tier ninjas could never defeat in their entire lives.

This was a miracle that had never appeared in the history of the Ninja World!

Orochimaru did know that Yamanaka Chujiu had abandoned Ninjutsu and switched to practicing secret mental techniques long ago.

But he had always thought that so-called secret mental techniques were just sensing, Genjutsu, and mental control; he had never imagined that pure spirit alone could break the chakra structure of the Six Paths secret technique and complete a heaven-shaking reversal!

Pain Deva Path was backlashed by his own secret technique, the violent chakra destroying his own body; his orange short hair was blown by the gale inside his body, and even the red-cloud robe he wore was torn to shreds.

The Rinnegan flickered violently, his chakra was in disarray, and his body, which had been suspended in the air, fell down; after landing, he staggered repeatedly, nearly falling to the ground.

Nagato, who was controlling Pain Deva Path, felt a sharp pain in his chest and spat out a large mouthful of blood, which splattered onto his collar and bandages.

"Incredible, just by using a secret mental technique, not even a Bloodline Limit, he actually broke my Deva Path secret technique!"

"And, he is still competing with me for Yahiko's body even now!"

"You are courting death!"

In a fit of rage, Nagato no longer held back, fully driving the Rinnegan to release his strongest finishing move!

"God: Shinra Tensei!"

Rumble—

A bright blue, translucent chakra barrier expanded instantly, and an absolute force of repulsion swept in all directions.

With Pain Deva Path as the center, the surrounding soil, rocks, grass, and trees were instantly pulverized, and the sky was filled with stone fragments and broken branches.

Seeing this, Jiraiya did not dare to be negligent, and his Sage Mode erupted with full force.

Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan instantly condensed and formed, wrapped in massive natural energy, countering the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei!

At the same time, with the assistance of the two Toad Sages, he once again unleashed his strongest combined Fire, Wind, and Water Style Ninjutsu:

"Sage Art: Goemon!"

Oil, fire, and wind—three techniques combined into one; a sky-filling high-temperature blaze swept out, turning into a raging sea of fire that enveloped the airspace around Pain Deva Path, attempting to force him to switch to defense using Sage Art.

Tsunade leaped up, the Strength of a Hundred Seal concentrated in her fists, her physical strength climbing to the extreme, and she smashed her heavy fists toward the incoming repulsive shockwave.

Seeing his two old classmates move, Orochimaru couldn't help but follow suit and unleash a Ninjutsu:

"Wind Style: Twin Tornadoes!!"

Flames billowed like a sea, heavy fists carried brute force to shatter mountains, and wild winds soared into the sky like twin dragons.

The joint effort of the Legendary Sannin was already the strongest combat power in the world.

The three's Ninjutsu should have crushed everything, but in front of the absolute Six Paths repulsive force of the Deva Path, they appeared so fragile.

The absolute repulsive front of Shinra Tensei arrived, first blowing away Jiraiya's Fire Release, and then the sky-filling flames turned into insignificant sparks and extinguished.

Tsunade's heavy fists smashed into it, only to have her arms numbed by the shock, and she herself was sent flying into the sky.

Orochimaru's twin tornadoes were swallowed by the repulsive force, and even his chakra was swept in, becoming part of the repulsive wave.

The terrifying repulsive force continued to expand, once again crushing the Valley of the End; not only were the forest and trees left with nothing, but even the ground was dug away by several feet.

The Valley of the End had become riddled with devastation, with crisscrossing fissures everywhere, and even the peaks surrounding the valley were slowly collapsing.

Tiandao Peien flew into the sky once more, his posture elegant, his hollow eyes sweeping over the three of them without a ripple of emotion.

"Useless struggle."

As the low, cold shout fell, the Deva Path raised his hand, and black light rose in his palm again!

"Super: Planetary Devastation!"

A gravitational black hole, even larger and more terrifying than the previous one, suddenly took form.

Yamanaka Chujiu sneered: "He is unwilling to accept defeat and insists on using the same Ninjutsu."

Instead of directly interfering, he withdrew his spirit, waiting for the Deva Path to reach his limit.

Since he is so unwilling to admit defeat, then let the corpse of Yahiko—return to dust, return to earth.