"Ah~"
Raikage Ai's speed was very fast, and no matter whether it was Asura Path or Human Path, neither had any way of dealing with him.
However, the Cloud Ninjas he brought with him were a different story. When facing the sudden appearance of several other Pains, the Cloud Ninjas didn't stand a chance at all.
What was once a full force of Cloud Ninjas quickly lost several members.
"Damn it~"
Raikage Ai's face twisted in rage as he began to unleash his maximum lightning chakra.
A flash of lightning struck, and the Pains who had been attacking the Cloud Ninjas instantly staggered and fell, with varying degrees of injuries on their bodies.
Especially Human Path, whose left arm was directly severed by Raikage Ai.
"Hmm?"
Looking at the almost bloodless wound on Human Path's severed arm, Raikage Ai furrowed his brows, sensing something was off.
Normally, if someone had their arm cut off, the intense pain would be overwhelming, but they could resist crying out thanks to sheer willpower.
However, the blood from the wound, without any medical treatment, should have been pouring out.
But what was going on here?
Human Path's wound was indeed bleeding, but it was only a small amount, and the blood was very dark with a strong stench.
It almost seemed as though this blood wasn't flowing from a living person, but from a long-dead corpse.
Raikage Ai seemed to have realized something. He quickly turned to C and shouted, "C, sense the surroundings and see if there are any hidden enemies. Darui, protect C."
"Yes~" X2
Darui and C received their orders and began to step away from the battlefield.
They needed a safe environment so that C could sense everything around her without distraction.
Raikage Ai was also attacking the Pain puppets with all his might, preventing them from disturbing C.
But aside from the repulsion of Deva Path, there was also the attraction.
"Almighty Pull."
Raikage Ai's speed was too fast for Deva Path to lock onto his body.
But if Deva Path couldn't lock onto Raikage Ai, could he not lock onto C?
"Bad."
C's body uncontrollably flew toward Deva Path, causing both Darui and C's expressions to change dramatically.
"Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration."
It was too late to stop it, so Darui had no choice but to take action and fired several powerful laser beams at Deva Path, hoping to force him to give up on C.
Unfortunately, his plan didn't work. Deva Path casually tossed out several black rods, which nullified the laser attacks.
"What?"
Darui was shocked.
This was the first time he had seen such a bizarre situation.
His Lightning Release technique was actually neutralized by a few seemingly insignificant black rods.
Notice, not just negated, but completely erased.
"Don't even think about it."
Deva Path went for C, confirming Raikage Ai's suspicions.
The ones in front of him with the Rinnegan were all puppets controlled by someone else.
And the fastest way to find out who was pulling the strings behind these puppets was to use C's sensory abilities.
Therefore, C must not die.
"Ha, we're saved."
Raikage Ai's speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, he rescued C, who was heading toward the Six Paths of Pain.
"Are you okay, C?"
"I'm fine."
With a sigh of relief, C immediately began moving toward Darui to join up.
He figured it out—there had to be more enemies hiding in the shadows; otherwise, Pain wouldn't have locked onto him.
In terms of combat strength, he wasn't exactly the strongest among them.
The only thing he had to offer was his powerful sensory ability.
"Find the enemy as soon as possible."
"Understood!"
"Konan, I might need your help soon."
In a certain part of the forest, Nagato's condition wasn't looking good.
Controlling the Six Paths of Pain with just one Rinnegan was still too much of a burden for him.
Even though he had thrown himself fully into the battle, the weakness in his body was becoming more overwhelming by the minute.
"Nagato, I will protect you."
Using the paper that she produced, Konan's sensory abilities weren't weak either.
When Raikage Ai and C entered the forest, Konan immediately sensed them.
"I'll go meet them."
"Be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm not that easy to deal with."
Leaving her hiding spot, Konan took to the sky. When she saw Raikage Ai and C, she didn't hesitate and threw several paper shuriken at them.
And as soon as Konan left her hiding spot, C sensed her presence right away.
"Raikage-sama, be careful of the sky!"
The paper shuriken moved quickly, but Raikage Ai's speed was even faster.
A few paper shuriken weren't much of a challenge. Raikage Ai, holding onto C's hand, easily dodged them.
But just as Raikage Ai looked up at Konan and was about to say something...
The paper shuriken stuck in the ground suddenly caught fire.
"Explosive tag?"
C was shocked.
Raikage A could withstand the explosion of the explosive tag with his physical defense, but he couldn't handle it alone.
Fortunately, Raikage A was nearby.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
When the explosive tag successfully detonated, Raikage A decisively stepped in front of A, blocking most of the explosion's shockwave.
The shockwave only caused slight injuries to the physically strong Raikage A.
"Are you okay, C?"
"I'm fine."
C shook his head, indicating he wasn't injured.
"Can you tell me how you found this place?"
In the sky, Konan looked confused.
The Paper Jutsu was an ability so intricate that even the Sharingan couldn't see through it. Konan didn't believe C's sensory abilities were strong enough to detect her and Pain.
"It's simple. In normal small forests, due to the presence of small animals and insects, there's always some noise. But here, it's too quiet."
"I see."
At that moment, Raikage A angrily glared at Konan, who was flying in the sky.
"I have to admit, you're really something. You actually used explosive tags like shuriken, almost tricking me."
Raikage A truly hated the Akatsuki members.
Even though Konan was a woman, he didn't hold back and swore.
"Too bad, I couldn't kill you."
"Kill me? Hahaha, with those few explosive tags?" Raikage Ai laughed angrily, not taking Konan's attack seriously.
"Few explosive tags?"
"When did you get the wrong idea that I only have a few explosive tags?"
Before his words fell, C immediately yelled in fear at Raikage Ai: "Raikage-sama, be careful of the surroundings."
Hearing C's words, Raikage Ai quickly looked around.
It was only then that he was shocked in disbelief.
What should have been ordinary trees, grass, and rocks had turned into layers of neatly stacked explosive tags.
Raikage Ai quickly estimated; these explosive tags added up to at least a few thousand.
"The time was too short, I only set up this many explosive tags."
"But it should be enough to deal with you."
A few thousand explosive tags was nothing to Konan, who had billions of explosive tags.
If it weren't for the limited time and to preserve Nagato's pride, Konan would have buried tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of explosive tags around the area.
Under the Paper Person of God Technique, C's sensory abilities were practically a joke.
"Die!"
With a thought, the explosion tags around immediately began to ignite.
Just as the huge explosion was about to occur, Raikage A roared, bursting forward at 120% speed, appearing right in front of C.
"Get out of here!"
Using his strength, Raikage A kicked C in the abdomen, trying to send him to safety.
Raikage A succeeded, and as the explosion tags detonated, C successfully escaped the blast radius.
However, Raikage A himself was caught in the explosion.
"Raikage-sama!"
"Boom!!!"
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