Toji and Afro were thrown far away, Toji in the air, grinned as he pulled his sword from the Snake Clone's mouth, he cut down several trees in his path before losing speed and landing on a tree trunk, his feet firmly planted on the tree as he raised his head and looked to the side, Afro stopped not far from him, on top of a thick branch, his sword pointed to the side of his body, ready for the fight.
-You deal with the woman flying, I'll take care of the boy band.- Toji said, letting go of the tree and falling to the ground.
In the distance, he saw the figures of the 6 paths advancing towards him.
Afro frowned when he heard he had to deal with the woman, but Toji had already moved forward as well.
His sword moved like a hurricane, he didn't attack the Deva Path, instead he attacked the Naraka Path. First, he would deal with the group's healer.
Pain's eyes narrowed, Toji choosing the Naraka path to attack didn't seem like a random decision.
The Naraka Path wasn't the closest to him and didn't seem any different from the others, so why attack it and not the Deva Path that had attacked him before?
However, Nagato could leave his doubts for later, his field of vision already included Toji completely.
So, the moment he advanced toward the Naraka Path, the Asura Path raised its arm, pointing directly at Toji, its arm transforming into a machine gun, firing dozens of bullets per second toward Toji's position.
Toji laughed, he wasn't your average ninja, bullets? Hehe...
Toji completely ignored the bullets, which ricocheted off his tough physique, shocking the other paths, but it was too late by then, Toji's sword had cut the Naraka path directly in half.
Nagato frowned slightly, taking Toji completely seriously at that point.
Above, Konan had also arrived, seeing Toji's power, she also wanted to help, but in the next moment, she dodged to the side, even so, one of her wings was cut off, a blade of pure chakra condensed and thrown far away.
Afro watched the falling figure, then sped straight toward where she would land.
On Toji's side, he didn't stand still, his second target was the Preta Path. This made Pain certain that Toji knew his powers. He was confused, but he also didn't make the same mistake again.
The Deva Path raised his hand and pointed at Toji. - Bansho Ten'in!
Toji felt the extreme deceleration, in the next moment, his body was drawn like a kite flying towards Pain. The Asura Path had already lowered, and from its back, a rocket launcher appeared, firing a rocket directly at the path Toji was heading.
A rocket was much stronger than a bullet, Toji narrowed his eyes, still in the air, as if seeing it in slow motion, he raised his free hand and pointed at the rocket, from the air, in a fraction of a second, a bluish fireball formed and advanced straight towards the rocket.
A huge explosion rang out as the wind hurled Toji away. He stabilized himself in the air, but from his right, a giant bird with purple eyes advanced, beak open, ready to tear him apart.
Toji clicked his tongue, dealing with these guys is really complicated, no wonder Jiraiya died, of course, he wasn't afraid, he knew Pain very well, besides, he hadn't even used half of his strength.
In mid-air, nearly bitten by the giant bird, Toji's veins bulged. The next moment, a powerful greenish chakra enveloped him. Toji kicked the air directly, so fast that the air became solid for an instant. Pain lost sight of him, all of them, leaving Nagato shocked.
The next moment, enveloped in a dark green aura, Toji, grinning like a demon, appeared before the animal path, gripping the sword with both hands. In a downward motion, blood gushed out, as two halves fell, one to each side.
Pain was completely shocked by this, in less than a minute, he had already lost two paths!
Toji turned around, without moving, still smiling, his face enveloped in that green chakra, looking directly at the Deva Path.
-Hey, if I destroy Yahiko's body... will you cry?- Toji asked with a cold laugh.
Nagato, hidden in the distance, raised his head, a deep hatred clouding his expression.
Toji, on the other hand, sensed the potion's feedback. Nagato, that guy, really seemed furious this time, the Deva Path pointed directly at Toji.
-Shinra Tensei! - The power was tremendous, much greater than before. Toji tried to hold on, but he was still sent flying, so fast that he couldn't even stop himself from crashing into dozens of trees in his path.
Not only Toji, but the Shinra Tensei was so powerful that it destroyed everything in Pain's path for dozens of meters.
Nagato had changed his mind, he no longer wanted to recruit, he wanted to kill.
On the other side, Konan and Afro were fighting, Konan trying to return to higher ground, but Afro relentlessly pursuing her. Whenever she tried to fly upwards, he would send a chakra blade, forcing her to fly low and use the trees as defense.
As they were playing a game of chase, the enormous explosion that shook the earth was heard in the distance. Both looked in that direction, but Afro was the first to attack again. Konan was worried about Nagato, while Afro was only concerned with dealing with his enemy.
As for Toji? He knew some of that guy's strength, he'd never seen him lose.
At this point, Afro had almost blind faith that Toji wouldn't lose to anyone, although he wouldn't admit it.
He took advantage of Konan's moment of distraction, the next instant, Konan's head flew off. However, Afro wasn't satisfied, the sensation was wrong. Just as he expected, there was no blood. Instead, the head was a paper head, the body and head dissolved into pieces of paper that flew and reformed back into Konan. The woman looked at Afro with irritation.
She was also losing her patience.
The next moment, Konan quickly made seals, a paper hurricane formed around them, Konan hid among the paper, Afro frowned, using his senses to search around, but without realizing it, some of the papers that spun around him were explosive tags.
The next moment, an explosion sent Afro flying straight away, part of his clothes burned and his left arm with an open wound on the shoulder.
Afro didn't show a sign of pain, he merely narrowed his eyes, gripping his sword in his right hand. He turned and fled from the paper tornado.
He wasn't a ninja, he couldn't handle that much paper, so all he could do was dodge for now.
Konan considered pursuing him, but thinking of Nagato, she changed course and flew straight towards him. However, the next moment, a chakra slash passed right through her, almost hitting her, she only managed to dodge because of a premonition.
As she had expected, Afro would not let her go easily.
She sighed, deciding to deal with Afro first.