Chapter 564: Slash
Mangekyou Sharingan.
That girl has a Mangekyou Sharingan!
Are there actually other survivors of the Uchiha clan?!
Pain abruptly paused, somewhat bewildered and uncertain, even almost doubting if he had fallen under a genjutsu.
But looking past that girl's shoulder, he saw another Haruno Sakura, looking identical to the girl in front, only she was injured. Clearly, she was the one who had just fought evenly with Pain.
So... the one just now was a clone, and this one now is the main body?
But if the original has the Sharingan, the clone should also have the Sharingan. Moreover, the battle just now was hand-to-hand combat; it was absolutely impossible for a clone to achieve that level!
Then conversely...? It didn't make sense either!
Pain's mind raced, thinking rapidly, but he couldn't come up with an answer no matter what.
The opponent suddenly changed from a half-crippled Haruno Sakura to an enhanced version of Haruno Sakura. This instantly disrupted Pain's train of thought, leaving his mind in a mess for a moment, and he could only wait in full readiness.
On the other side.
"Hah, being beaten up like this is truly a rare sight, Original!"
The clone glanced back at Haruno Sakura and teased.
The original's face darkened, rolled her eyes and said: "Cut the crap! The opponent is no small fry... otherwise, there wouldn't be a turn for you to appear!"
"Alright, alright," the clone waved her hand and smiled, "Just leave it to me with peace of mind!"
This clone's temperament was obviously much livelier than Haruno Sakura herself. The Clone jutsu is a very wondrous cloning technique; it possesses a truly existing physical body, and the physical body often influences the mind. Sometimes when Haruno Sakura projects her mind into the clone, what she gets is not a second Haruno Sakura, but another side of Haruno Sakura.
And as a transmigrator, she is also complex.
At this time, Pain finally distinguished who was the original and who was the clone. Just as he was surprised that the Sharingan was actually on the clone while the original surprisingly didn't have it, he suddenly saw that Sharingan girl turn her head, exchange a glance with him, and reveal a meaningful smile.
"Pain, huh..." The girl said faintly, "My combat style is a completely different matter from the original, pay attention yo..."
Pain frowned tightly.
His Rinnegan could clearly feel that the so-called clone girl contained equally outstanding power within her body.
This was absolutely no simple clone; a clone couldn't possibly be as strong as the main body! Or perhaps this was entirely two people, and the so-called titles of clone and original were just deliberately mystifying!
"Who... exactly are you!"
"If you must distinguish me from the original, you can call me..." The corner of the clone's mouth curled up slightly, "Sakura Uchiha!"
As she spoke, the girl's right hand formed a sword gesture, standing in front of her chest.
Forming seals!
"Mangekyou Secret Technique: Susanoo!"
In an instant, vast chakra and massive visual prowess frantically surged out, rapidly gathering and condensing centering on the Sharingan clone's body.
Bones, muscles, blood vessels, skin, and finally armor formed one after another from the inside out, lifelike.
The figures of Haruno Sakura's clone and original abruptly rose, enveloped within the physical entity of chakra, standing high at an altitude of over a hundred meters, looking down at the tiny Six Paths of Pain beneath their feet.
A giant two to three hundred meters tall exuding a faint green light, spreading a pair of wings that blotted out the sky and sun on its back, wearing shoulder armor and heavy armor, stepping on surging sea waves, holding a spiral giant sword, looking down upon the world with disdain, standing indomitable on the sea surface!
A suffocating momentum stretched across between heaven and earth.
Perfect Form Susanoo, appearing on the battlefield!
The Sharingan clone's left eye suddenly shed dark red tears of blood.
She indifferently ignored the tears of blood, her voice lofty, transmitting down clearly.
"I don't quite like close-quarters hand-to-hand combat that affects my image, so, I will fight with this. I hope you like it."
"Anyway, Sakura Uchiha has arrived!"
"Please... treat me well."
The Six Paths of Pain raised their heads, gazing intently at the two Haruno Sakuras standing high in the air, gazing intently at the armored giant as tall as a mountain, silently speechless.
Against a ninjutsu of this level, could the methods of the Naraka Path, Animal Path, and others still be effective?
Perhaps only the Preta Path and the Deva Path might still be able to play some role...
"Concentrate all the chakra to me." The Deva Path's face became increasingly stern, speaking slowly.
He looked at the giant standing proudly on the sea surface, abruptly stretched out his hands, the faint purple radiance in his eyes flashing slightly—
"Bansho Ten'in!"
Invisible gravitational force appeared without warning, pulling all objects within range to irresistibly move towards the Deva Path's direction.
It originally should have been like this.
But that giant merely swayed a bit and then withstood the power of the Bansho Ten'in; on the contrary, Pain himself was almost pulled backward. Fortunately, he vigilantly used a massive amount of chakra to adhere to the seawater first, stabilizing himself!
As the price, a massive amount of seawater was disturbed by the terrifying power, forming monstrous giant waves!
Boom—splash!
The sea breeze shrieked, the giant waves surged.
The undercurrents were rapid, the splashing sounds deafening!
The Sharingan girl crossed her arms, standing proudly inside the giant, looking at the tiny figure beneath her feet, and gave a contemptuous smile.
Although having another side of temperament different from the original, the pride in her eyes was exactly the same as the original.
She looked down at Pain, and then abruptly waved her hand.
"Danger!"
The Deva Path's pupils shrank violently. He only saw that green giant over three hundred meters tall following its master's movements, wielding the huge spiral sword, and slashing out backhandedly!
"It's impolite not to return what one receives! Take a move of mine too!"
Swish—!!!
As this sword slashed out, it seemed as if infinite brilliance bloomed, dazzling people so they couldn't open their eyes!
"Sakura Uchiha" narrowed her eyes, admiring the results of her battle:
This sword split the ocean and tore the firmament!
Only a long and narrow gap appeared in that ocean, extending extremely far. Seawater was rushing back into it with a splash, stirring up countless sprays of water, connecting into a straight white line, a magnificent sight.
And above that firmament, the thick dark clouds were also slashed with a tear visible to the naked eye. Golden sunlight spilled onto the sea surface along the tear, laying down a curtain of light over the dim battlefield, a scene of incomparable beauty.
The woman's gaze followed the direction of the light curtain all the way to the end of the sea and sky, then she turned her head back satisfied, looking down at the Deva Path Pain climbing out of the water miserably in the distance.
His clothes were in rags, riddled with scars, the divine light in his eyes dim.
Except for the Naraka Path who had been hiding his head and showing his tail all along, the Pains who had been showing off their might just now had lost four out of five, leaving only this single seedling, the Deva Path.
"Shinra Tensei, huh?" She smiled faintly, pointing out the mystery of the Deva Path escaping disaster, "Next time you won't be so lucky."
The Deva Path's face was solemn, not saying a word.
And on the island hundreds of miles away, Nagato and Konan in the ancient tree were also similarly silent, the atmosphere unusually oppressive.
The fierce might of Susanoo could be faintly sensed even here, far from the battlefield.
Like a ferocious giant beast roaring in the extreme distance, creating an extremely strong sense of presence, its momentum astonishing. Even on the island, Konan felt shocked, oppressed, and uncomfortable.
"An enemy of this level..." Konan suddenly spoke to advise.
A ninja who could apply Susanoo so perfectly was rarely heard of even in the history of the Uchiha clan. Achieving this with the body of an outsider was even more bizarre. This was a miracle that could only be achieved by a transmigrator who possessed an unbelievably massive spiritual power and had deeply researched Yin Release.
But the Rinnegan possessed visual prowess stronger than the Mangekyou Sharingan. If not for the fact that Nagato was not the original owner of the Rinnegan, and if not for the fact that Nagato's lower body was paralyzed, his power greatly reduced, forcing him to distribute the power of the Rinnegan into six bodies to use, Nagato would not be at a disadvantage when facing that girl.
"An enemy of this level..." Nagato repeated a sentence, his expression solemn, and said, "It seems I can only use that move!"
Konan was startled and hurriedly grabbed Nagato's hand: "No! That kind of move will shorten your lifespan!"
"Don't worry, Konan. If it's just used once," Nagato shook his head and smiled bitterly, "my body can still hold on..."
"Besides, you can also feel the opponent's strength. Without using this move, I have no better method..."
The woman bit her lip but had nothing to say in reply, only silently guarding by the side.
Nagato took a deep breath.
"With Bansho Ten'in, the threat of seawater to her might not be big enough..."
"Then, I'll just use the other move."
Visible to the naked eye, Nagato's already emaciated body shriveled a bit more, his eyeballs seemingly about to protrude from his eye sockets.
He produced an unprecedentedly powerful chakra, transmitting it to the Deva Path Pain extremely far away through the six black rods.
"Shinra... Tensei!"
That man said calmly, pausing after each syllable.