novellhall Chapter 316: The Angel of Akatsuki
Chapter 316: The Angel of Akatsuki
Chapter 316: The Angel of Akatsuki
The shared vision among the Six Paths of Pain allowed the Deva Path and the others to instantly grasp Naruto’s movements.
At the very moment Naruto reappeared using Flying Thunder God, a faint golden flash shimmering as he seemed poised to launch a surprise attack from behind the Preta Path Pain.
The Preta Path Pain seemed prepared; he didn’t turn around, but instead spread his arms wide!
A translucent, pale blue energy shield, rippling like water, instantly expanded with him at the center.
Blocking Technique Absorption Seal!
This was an absorption-type ability capable of absorbing all Ninjutsu Chakra it came into contact with, specifically designed to counter Ninjas who relied on Chakra-based attacks.
Nagato had already noticed that Naruto had coated his hands with Chakra when he twisted off the Animal Path’s head.
However, the expected Rasengan or other Ninjutsu attack from behind the Preta Path did not come.
Naruto’s figure solidified slightly behind the Preta Path for a fleeting moment, seemingly confirming the existence of the ’Blocking Technique Absorption Seal,’ before leaping backward without hesitation, lightly pulling away and refraining from a reckless assault.
Standing a short distance away, he watched as the formation readjusted—the King of Hell was ’repairing’ the damaged Pain, the Deva Path watched with cold eyes, and the other Pains stood ready—and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Shared vision, complementary abilities, repairable mechanical bodies, and the core Deva Path possesses powerful field control capabilities...
And then there’s that Preta Path that can absorb Chakra..."
"The Six Paths of Pain... are indeed quite interesting."
Naruto shook his hand; the sensation of snapping that mechanical neck just now had been somewhat peculiar.
He quickly analyzed the battle in his mind: the Six Paths of Pain system was certainly ingenious, with its shared vision, complementary abilities, and repairable mechanical bodies, and the core Deva Path’s powerful field control.
But the root of it all relied on the centralized control and Spiritual link from Nagato’s Main Body in the rear.
In truth, if Nagato had a healthy body and could personally take to the front lines, integrating all the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain into one body to be used at will, the flexibility, reaction speed, and power ceiling of his combat would likely be much higher than this current state of distracted, meticulous control over six Puppets simultaneously.
Naruto mused to himself.
Dispersed control meant there was a delay in reaction; transmitting commands took time, and the transitions between abilities inevitably had gaps.
A healthy Nagato, capable of freely using all the powers of the Rinnegan with his own body, would undoubtedly be much more troublesome.
Still, these six ’tools’ before him were enough to pique his interest.
At the very least, they were sufficient for experiencing the power of the Rinnegan.
"However... if it’s only this much, it’s still not enough to impress."
Naruto issued a direct provocation toward the Deva Path Pain.
The moment his words fell, a cool and resolute female voice drifted down from above the battlefield:
"Then... what if you add me?"
Everyone looked up.
High in the sky, countless sheets of white paper seemed to possess a life of their own, converging from all directions to quickly assemble, fold, and take shape.
In the blink of an eye, a pair of huge, elegant, white wings radiating a soft light and composed of paper unfurled grandly in the sky.
Beneath the wings, Konan’s figure appeared.
She was still dressed in the Akatsuki Organization’s black robe with red clouds, her pale purple hair fluttering in the air currents. Her face was calm and expressionless, but her eyes shimmered with the same cold, determined light as the Deva Path Pain.
She lightly raised her right hand toward Naruto below, her fingers spread, then swept it downward with elegance.
Following her movement, the countless ’papers’ forming the massive wings instantly peeled away and dispersed, transforming into tens of thousands of sharp-edged, glinting paper Shuriken.
Controlled as if by invisible hands, they traced dense and lethal trajectories through the air, forming a white storm of death that blotted out the sun. With a piercing whistling sound, they poured down indiscriminately toward the area where Naruto stood!
This was not merely a physical attack; each paper Shuriken contained Konan’s unique Chakra, making them incredibly sharp and difficult to defend against or shoot down by conventional means.
Facing this storm of paper blades descending from the heavens, Naruto’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not panic.
He raised his right hand, fingers slightly curved, aiming his palm at the oncoming torrent of paper Shuriken in the sky.
"Vacuum Attack: Wind Pressure Siphon."
With a low shout, pure and violent wind-natured Chakra instantly formed an invisible vortex of wind several meters in diameter, spinning at high speed and generating a terrifying centripetal suction within!
This was no simple Wind Release; it was a sophisticated application of the Vacuum Attack’s mastery over ’force’ through the wind attribute, creating a powerful adsorption field by generating extreme air pressure differences and directional gravitational fields!
"Whish, whish, whish, whish!"
The moment the sky-covering paper Shuriken entered the range of the wind pressure suction field, they were like iron filings meeting a powerful magnet. Their trajectories were forcibly twisted, pulled and dragged by that immense centripetal suction, deviating from their original attack paths.
Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, they involuntarily converged toward the center of the wind vortex in the air.
In just two or three seconds, the storm of paper Shuriken was actually ’collected’ and compressed into a single mass by this bizarre wind pressure suction field. It hovered and rotated above Naruto, emitting a dense ’rustling’ sound of friction, unable to advance another inch, let alone harm Naruto in the slightest.
Under Konan’s meticulous Chakra control, even while being adsorbed, these paper Shuriken continued to struggle and cut, but the binding force of the wind pressure suction field was extremely strong, locking them firmly in place.
However, at the very moment Naruto successfully intercepted all the paper Shuriken and seemed to have neutralized this wave of attack...
A sudden change occurred!
Inside the cluster of paper Shuriken compressed at the center of the wind pressure suction field, which was constantly grinding and rotating, countless points of blinding light suddenly erupted without warning!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Deafening chain explosions erupted violently with that cluster of paper Shuriken as the center!
Fire soared into the sky, and a violent shockwave mixed with shredded paper and scorching air currents instantly swallowed the position where Naruto stood.
It turned out that those seemingly ordinary paper Shuriken were not fundamentally Ninja tools for cutting, but Exploding Tags specially crafted by Konan with her own Chakra and disguised in the form of Shuriken!
She first used a dense feint to attract attention and force her opponent to defend or intercept. Once a large number of ’paper Shuriken’ were concentrated together, she would then remotely detonate them all at once, elevating the single-point destructive power to the extreme to form a terrifying cluster explosion!
This was Konan’s combat style: using disguises to lure the enemy in deep, and finally using the most lethal chain explosions to completely destroy the enemy along with their defensive measures!
Violent smoke and dust from the explosion rose, completely engulfing Naruto’s figure.
The scorching air current even caused the Six Paths of Pain not far away to retreat slightly, and a charred shallow pit was blasted into the ground.
In the air, Konan lightly vibrated her wings, her gaze calmly fixed on the center of the explosion below.
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