Although located on the periphery of the Land of Rain, Shiraishi's domineering chakra was far too dazzling. Even without using sensory ninjutsu, one could easily discover Shiraishi's presence, and because of this, Pain mobilized.
Not only Pain, but even Zetsu, hidden in the darkness, was pondering a question: how did Shiraishi transfer from the Land of Wind to the Land of Rain?
"Could it be that the Kazekage has also mastered the Shapeshifting Technique?"
The so-called Shapeshifting Technique was a ninjutsu where Pain distributed the chakra of Akatsuki members into living human sacrifices, creating an exquisite clone to fight.
The clone's strength was determined by the amount of chakra allocated to it, allowing it to use the original body's abilities.
However, once the chakra was exhausted, the ninjutsu would automatically deactivate, and the sacrifice would die immediately. It was a cruel ninjutsu that completely drained even the sacrifice's chakra.
However, Zetsu quickly shook his head. This technique required a corresponding amount of chakra from the sacrifice. For Shiraishi to release this amount of chakra now, unless he had captured the leaders of the Five Great Ninja Villages or a core member of Akatsuki...
This matter alone made Zetsu feel that the Kazekage was becoming increasingly mysterious.
As for Shiraishi on the scene, during his mutual gaze with the Deva Path Pain before him, Shiraishi slowly spoke: "It has been many years since we last met. The power of the Rinnegan is growing stronger and stronger, Nagato."
The Almighty Push just now had caught Shiraishi off guard, forcing him to retreat several steps before barely stabilizing himself.
In factual reality, Nagato was currently even more astonished than Shiraishi. To be able to merely retreat a few steps and stand firm under the surprise attack of Almighty Push, this Kazekage was truly worthy of being the strongest monster in the shinobi world.
Almighty Push was a barrier ninjutsu of the Rinnegan.
With oneself as the center, it repelled all surrounding objects. If a massive amount of chakra was gathered, it could destroy Konoha in a single strike. It created a repulsive field centered on the Deva Path, producing an effect similar to gravity.
The greater the repulsive force of Almighty Push, the wider the range, and the more chakra it consumed. After using Almighty Push, there was a cooling time of at least five seconds. The greater the range and power of the technique, the longer the cooling time.
"For the Lord Kazekage to appear in the Land of Rain to hunt down members of our organization, your actions are far too reckless."
Although Orochimaru had been repelled by Almighty Push, the Deva Path Pain had actually saved his life. Otherwise, against the bizarre regeneration core particle methods created by Shiraishi, Orochimaru would truly find it difficult to resist.
"What if I say I absolutely must kill Orochimaru today?"
Facing Shiraishi's words, the Deva Path Pain rapidly wove hand seals for the second time: "Almighty Push!"
Confronted by the terrifying repulsive force of Almighty Push, the circular pupils of Shiraishi's eyes flashed with light. The gravity technique within his skill cards was activated simultaneously.
The countless originally restless grains of sand and silver gradually stabilized, directly blocking the repulsive force of Almighty Push.
Nagato's Almighty Push did not go all out. While it appeared to attack Shiraishi, it was actually buying time for Orochimaru to escape.
"Since when is Orochimaru worth you going all out like this to protect him, Nagato?"
The Deva Path Pain maintained a poker face throughout as he responded: "Orochimaru is a member of the organization. As for why you, the Kazekage, appear in the Land of Rain? Are you planning to violate our past agreement?"
After the contest of two rounds of Almighty Push, Orochimaru had long since seized the opportunity to escape by burrowing into the ground. At the same time, the Deva Path Pain was in no hurry to leave, conversing with Shiraishi of his own accord, clearly stalling for time.
Since when did Orochimaru have such good luck?
Or was it that some kind of power and will in the dark had boosted his luck significantly?
The whirlwind blade gradually condensed in his hand, and Shiraishi spoke directly with ridicule: "To you guys who cooperate with the Stone Village and prepare to start a Shinobi World War together against Sunagakure, do I still have an obligation to tell you these things?"
The whirlwind blade shot out, but the Deva Path Pain used his own Almighty Push to block the blade's advance while simultaneously using Universal Pull to grab a small stone on the ground, interfering with Shiraishi's offensive trajectory.
"An interesting ninjutsu... but unfortunately, Orochimaru is still within my locked range."
The moment Shiraishi's words fell, the sand and silver in his hand condensed into a single point, producing a specialized vibrational wave in mid-air. Instantly, it carved out a streak of starry firelight, exploding directly toward the fleeing Orochimaru.
Amid a thunderous explosion, Orochimaru let out a miserable cry. The particle regeneration cores previously within his body resonated with Shiraishi's sand-silver Magnet Release, transforming into a unique chain explosion technique.
Seeing Shiraishi's move, Zetsu secretly marveled at the Kazekage's terrifyingly extreme chakra control.
Orochimaru was not dead; Shiraishi was very clear about this. Having mastered Ryuchi Cave's Sage Transformation, he was more tenacious than the Orochimaru in the manga.
His strike just now had nearly shattered Orochimaru's physical body, but the man had still used a Substitution Jutsu to flee at the final moment.
Shiraishi attempted to pursue, but having been locked onto by the Deva Path Pain, he was temporarily unable to catch up with Orochimaru.
If he dissolved his consciousness projection now, Deidara's identity would inevitably be exposed. Therefore, he had to first find a way to force Nagato back.
In factual reality, the Deva Path Pain and Zetsu were the same; both suspected that Shiraishi's appearance here must involve some special secret technique.
They only confirmed one thing—Shiraishi's original body must still be in Sunagakure Village. As for the principle behind this special clone, Zetsu and the Deva Path Pain absolutely had to figure out the reason.
The core of combat between shinobi was sufficient intelligence and information!
"Orochimaru has already escaped. Nagato, do you still intend to continue?"
Responding to Shiraishi was yet another round of Almighty Push!
Nagato's strike exceeded expectations, but after careful thought, Shiraishi understood Nagato's decision.
The Shinobi World War was about to begin. Shiraishi was definitely stronger than in the past, but to what level his strength had reached naturally required sufficient information.
Under such circumstances, nothing was more suitable for a probe than the Deva Path Pain, which was not Nagato's original body.
The Deva Path Pain fought much more cautiously than Shiraishi had imagined. The technique the Kazekage had used just now to scheme against Orochimaru was a minute particle chakra ninja tool.
Possessing the Rinnegan, one of the Three Great Eye Techniques, Nagato had an insight that surpassed Orochimaru's. Therefore, he could clearly see that during the flow of the Magnet Release silver sand around Shiraishi, a large amount of this bizarre small matter existed inside.
Almighty Push was the best method to neutralize the invasion of these ninja tools. Moreover, facing the strongest opponent in history, the Deva Path Pain was not fighting alone.
A few seconds later, accompanied by a burst of smoke, the Preta Path, Asura Path, Human Path, Animal Path, and Hell Path—the five Pains—arrived on the battlefield one after another.
For the sake of this number one powerhouse in the shinobi world, even Nagato, who regarded himself as a god, had to bring out all Six Paths of Pain under the Rinnegan to fight together.
As for the chances of victory, Nagato placed them as a secondary concern; the primary goal was to gather information and intelligence, including Shiraishi's special projection secret technique.
Unexpectedly caught in the encirclement of the Six Paths of Pain, Shiraishi's Deidara body under the projected consciousness had a very limited time to fight. Therefore, the moment he gripped the Sword, the look in his eyes changed severely.
A powerful shockwave of a slash boomed out, but the Preta Path among them was the first to make a move, preparing to absorb Shiraishi's ninjutsu attack...
"This is not a ninjutsu..."
After a flash of light, one of the Preta Path's hands was cleanly sliced off, while Shiraishi, standing motionless in his original spot, held the Heavenly Path Divine Sword without making any further movement.
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