Chapter 170: Nagato's Incompetent Rage

A giant stone sphere condensed rapidly, soon reaching a scale of nearly a thousand meters in diameter.

Such a stone sphere was enough to blot out the sun and moon, casting a shadow that enveloped the entire Valley of the End.

Just thinking about this terrifying thing falling down made the expressions of the Konoha Sannin look extremely ugly, yet no one could think of a solution.

This was not the power of a ninja!

Even more terrifying was that the giant stone sphere was still growing; soil, rocks, and corpses within a radius of several thousand meters were all flying toward the stone sphere, and even the air was being forcibly sucked in.

Nagato was doing this to use the greatest power to give the ninjas the greatest shock!

Just at this moment, Yamanaka Chujiu moved.

Taking advantage of the opportunity while Pain Deva Path was fully channeling chakra to perform the Super: Chibaku Tensei and had no time to look elsewhere, he repeatedly compressed his spiritual energy, then continuously filled it with the Faith Power of his believers, honing it into a spiritual weapon.

This time, he did not intend to attack Nagato, who was controlling the puppet, but instead directly attacked Pain Deva Path, whose black rods were half-shielded!

"Divine Path Secret Art: Arrow of Faith!"

The formless, colorless, and intangible arrow of spirit instantly struck Pain Deva Path, driving into that long-withered sea of spirit!

This was also an attack that transcended the scope of Ninjutsu; it did not harm the physical body, contained no chakra, and acted only upon the heart, mind, and spirit.

In a cave far away, Nagato, who was outputting chakra at full power to control the Deva Path to launch a lethal strike, was suddenly squeezed out of the body of Pain Deva Path.

The Rinnegan puppet was different from a normal Clone; it was like a part of his own body.

Being forcibly squeezed out like this caused Nagato's spiritual energy to vibrate violently, and his brain felt intense phantom pain.

"Ah—!"

Nagato let out a painful grunt; his chakra spiraled completely out of control, and his control over Tiandao Peien was instantly interrupted.

Above the Valley of the End, the expanding Super Chibaku Tensei stopped functioning; the giant rocks and debris flying in the air fell one after another, and even that thousand-meter-diameter giant stone sphere was "slowly" falling.

Because the gravitational force vanished instantly, the giant stone sphere lost its cohesion; the giant rocks on the surface scattered and smashed into the ground one by one. Although they caused the ground to shake and kicked up clouds of dust, they posed no substantial threat to the ninjas.

Pain Deva Path was still in the air, but his movements had stopped completely; his chakra was dim and obscure, and his Rinnegan had lost all luster, becoming a true corpse.

The ninjas looked at Yamanaka Chujiu with dull gazes.

Breaking a Chibaku Tensei once was already a miracle, yet now he had broken it a second time, even causing Pain Deva Path to fall into a standstill.

This no longer seemed like winning against the strong with the weak, but rather a forceful crushing conducted from beyond the understanding of a ninja!

That is to say, Yamanaka Chujiu possessed power comparable to, or even exceeding, the Six Paths level!

Orochimaru completely changed his previous judgment: "That a spiritual secret art can reach this point shows that his potential exceeds my imagination; the talent of this kid Chujiu also far exceeds my imagination."

"I must work harder, otherwise it would be too shameful to be surpassed or even crushed by a student."

Jiraiya seized the combat opportunity, activated Sage Mode once again, instantly lunged in front of the Deva Path, and smashed a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan directly into his face!

Tsunade was not to be outdone, following closely behind with a barrage of heavy punches!

Two of the Konoha Sannin joined forces, fiercely attacking the stiffened body of the Deva Path.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Following several loud explosions, Pain Deva Path was smashed heavily to the ground; his red-cloud robe was completely shredded, but the exposed body remained unscathed.

Just as Jiraiya and Tsunade wanted to continue their attacks to destroy Pain Deva Path directly, the previously dim Rinnegan erupted with purple light once again.

It was Nagato in the distance, who, feeling that Yahiko's body was suffering heavy blows, disregarded his own exhaustion of energy and forcibly burned his remaining life force, breaking through Yamanaka Inoichi's spiritual blockade to transmit chakra across the distance.

However, after the pressure of Pain Deva Path surged, he still stood stiffly in place, unaffected by Nagato's remote control.

It was not that Yamanaka Chujiu's spiritual secret art was powerful enough to forcibly isolate the intense eruption of the Rinnegan.

It was that he had infused Faith Power into the Deva Path's sea of spirit, filling it with the desires, thoughts, ideas, and emotions of his believers, leaving no room for Nagato to intervene.

In other words, the channel was occupied, and the new signal could not get in.

Nagato panicked completely.

He was now like an incompetent husband who had given an excessive bride price (Rinnegan chakra), prepared the bridal chamber (the black rods supplementing Yahiko's body), and held the wedding (the projected Rinnegan), only to be unable to enter because the bridal chamber was packed full of people.

The completely panicked Nagato felt extreme pain, and subsequently, an incomparable rage arose.

However, he could only rage in his incompetence.

This was not eight years later as in the original history, when Nagato's injuries were completely stabilized, his body was fully developed, and the extraction of the Gedo Mazo had slowed, giving him the ability to act and fight independently.

Right now, besides controlling Pain Deva Path to fight, he himself could only rely on Konan to hide here and there.

What Nagato did not expect was that things could actually get even worse.

The believers' desires, thoughts, ideas, and emotions that occupied Yahiko's sea of spirit, under the grooming of Yamanaka Chujiu, gradually developed a unified cognition and judgment.

Nagato felt that as the chaos in the sea of spirit trended toward order, Yahiko's body began to accept this freakish spiritual entity.

This was an attempt to evolve a brand-new life using Yahiko's physical body!

If Yamanaka Chujiu successfully completed the creation of this new life, even if it were only a fake life with a virtual soul, it would be enough to be called a miracle.

And the first result of this miracle would be that Nagato would lose Yahiko's body forever, and there would also be an extra super monster cultivated with Yahiko's corpse as a hotbed, Faith Power as nourishment, and the desires of Yamanaka Chujiu's believers as seeds.

This was an existence more evil and more blasphemous than a demon.

Nagato, who fancied himself a god, instinctively felt offended—an offense he could not accept even in death!

Ignoring Konan's advice, he desperately agitated his Rinnegan chakra, repeatedly searching for an opportunity to break the situation on the body of Pain Deva Path.

Finally, he found it!

He could not enter the sea of spirit, but the Rinnegan chakra formula inscribed on the body was still there.

Even if he could not control the Deva Path's body, as long as he injected an excessive amount of Rinnegan chakra, he could bypass steps like hand seals and chakra circulation to directly trigger the Deva Path's strongest technique.

Nagato laughed wildly: "I knew it!"

"I am a god, how could a god be defeated by mere mortals!"

"How could I be defeated by the spiritual secret art of a mere ninja!"

"Burn for me, life!"

The extremely violent chakra instantly broke through the spiritual imprisonment and, following the thousand-mile connection channel, poured madly into the body of Tiandao Peien!

Although Pain Deva Path still could not move, his body slowly floated into the air, surrounded by violent chakra capable of destroying everything.

At this moment, Pain Deva Path was the incarnation of destruction!

The Rinnegan chakra vibrated the air, simulating the voice of Nagato:

"Do you think that by breaking my secret technique twice, you can reverse the battle?"

"Super Shinra Tensei!!"