Chibaku Tensei vs. Limitless Cursed Technique (First 3K Update)

Nagato?

That name instantly caught Orochimaru and Sasori’s attention. Their expressions shifted slightly, and the fleeting change on the angel’s eternally icy face did not escape either of them.

For the first time, they realized that Pain might never have revealed his true self at all.

Those bizarre bodies, those identical eyes—Pain’s mystery and power had always intimidated the villains who joined Akatsuki. Even Orochimaru, cowed by Pain’s terrifying strength, had not dared to covet the Rinnegan.

But now, things seemed to have changed. This mysterious and powerful Mercenary Tao knew Pain’s true identity!

Konan’s expression darkened. She stepped forward as well, her hands dropping from her sleeves while sheets of paper began to drift down. Mercenary Tao’s very existence challenged her nerves almost every moment.

She disliked lunatics like him. Even if she and Nagato had probably gone mad by now, she still could not tolerate someone who simply longed for chaos and slaughter joining them.

In her eyes, even someone like Orochimaru pursued ninjutsu and techniques. But Mercenary Tao’s eyes were filled with nothing but a thirst for chaos.

Deva Path Pain raised a hand, and Konan halted. In the end, she stepped back. This was Nagato’s battle. Mercenary Tao’s words had clearly enraged Nagato.

"Capacity?!"

For the first time, Deva Path Pain’s voice carried a fluctuation in tone. His pitch gradually rose, as though he had heard an absurd word.

"How can someone like you possibly see the capacity of people like us?"

"With that kind of power?!"

The next moment, Deva Path Pain raised one hand, and a powerful suction force appeared.

Banshō Ten’in!

Bai Cangshu’s eyes opened fully, the outlines of his pupils becoming clear. His heart beat faster and faster, and the purple Satsui no Hado within him gradually became impossible to suppress.

He loved fighting. He loved slaughter. What he cherished most was battling the strong.

Bai Cangshu tapped off the dead branch and voluntarily left it behind. His body was caught by that immense suction force and rapidly pulled toward Deva Path Pain.

A black rod extended from Deva Path Pain’s palm and shot straight toward Bai Cangshu’s chest.

The smile on Bai Cangshu’s face grew ever more fanatical. He flew forward along with the suction force, his pupils reflecting that black rod as well.

Pain’s Rinnegan completely captured Bai Cangshu’s movements. As long as his opponent made the slightest attempt to dodge, he would strike him in the instant he moved.

Before his Rinnegan, ordinary taijutsu was meaningless.

Yet Bai Cangshu stared unblinkingly at Pain as well, making no movement at all. The distance between them vanished in an instant.

Pain’s right hand seemed to disappear as the black rod suddenly stabbed toward Bai Cangshu’s chest.

Bai Cangshu’s body shifted in an instant. Empowered by Sensen no Sen and the Transparent World, he too could disregard ordinary taijutsu. He reached out his right hand in midair, grabbed the other end of the black rod, and erupted with tremendous force, driving it back beneath Deva Path Pain’s armpit.

Pain’s Rinnegan caught every detail. The next moment, a terrifying repulsive force erupted again.

Shinra Tensei!

Boom!

Two opposing forces slammed into Bai Cangshu at once. That terrible pressure nearly made his internal organs quake. An ordinary human or ninja would have been grievously injured by this blow.

But to Bai Cangshu, even shattered internal organs did not count as an effective injury.

He was blasted away by Shinra Tensei, but stepped repeatedly through the air.

Moonwalk!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Several Pains simultaneously caught sight of Mercenary Tao in the sky. He still showed no trace of using Chakra, making it impossible to use the Rinnegan’s ability to absorb it.

Could someone actually walk through the air using nothing but pure taijutsu?

Even Konan was stunned by such a terrifying technique.

Bai Cangshu leaped faster and faster through the air. His speed soon surpassed what Wind Demon required, and he dove back into the wind, vanishing once more.

Watching this, Orochimaru instinctively retreated farther away. He had already realized that Mercenary Tao either possessed some special Kekkei Genkai or was some extraordinary being akin to a "sage."

His opponent was exceptionally powerful. Without Pupil Techniques like the Rinnegan or Sharingan, ordinary ninja would find it difficult to contend with him in close combat.

Deva Path Pain’s expression remained calm. Animal Path Pain’s corpse, its head shattered, had already been revived by Naraka Path Pain using Summoning: King of Hell.

The six Pains shared their fields of vision from different angles, monitoring every direction without a single blind spot.

Buzz!

A gale appeared, and Bai Cangshu emerged from within it. Asura Path Pain’s head instantly transformed, and a terrifying laser immediately shot toward Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu turned into wind and vanished again. The laser plunged into the swamp hundreds of meters away, setting off a massive explosion.

Another gust appeared, and Deva Path Pain reacted immediately. He aimed his right hand at Naraka Path Pain.

Banshō Ten’in activated. Naraka Path Pain instantly left his spot and flew toward Deva Path Pain. Bai Cangshu appeared out of thin air, but his punch struck empty space, unleashing the same terrifying howl as blazing-white smoke grazed past Naraka Path Pain’s body.

Bai Cangshu seemed to be everywhere, but Pain’s perception was equally sharp, using their abilities to restrain one another.

After several exchanges, neither side had inflicted any real damage on the other.

Bai Cangshu suddenly appeared from the wind. He spun violently as he shot into the sky, churning the damp air into a small tornado.

Unable to see the flow of Chakra, Pain could not tell what Bai Cangshu was doing. But he had a feeling that his opponent was about to strike…

The next moment, Bai Cangshu’s legs descended from the sky like a raging storm.

Countless leg shadows, carrying terrifying force and howling winds, began indiscriminately bombarding the six Pains below.

Bang bang bang bang…

Zetsu stared at the scene in the air in astonishment. He had never imagined that humans could accomplish something like this without relying on the Chakra power bestowed by the Otsutsuki Clan.

His expression could not help changing.

Wind God Leg: Stormy Wind and Rain!

Bai Cangshu’s body flickered as leg force poured down like rain. The Six Paths of Pain seemed to see leg shadows filling the heavens and descending all at once.

Asura Path Pain’s body was tough. He crossed his arms before himself, preparing to withstand the attack head-on. But as countless leg shadows crashed down, one of them suddenly turned pitch-black.

Splat!

Asura Path Pain shattered in an instant. The missile in his arm exploded directly, scattering chunks of his corpse through the air.

At the same time, Deva Path Pain noticed this and realized that Mercenary Tao’s attacks concealed immense danger.

He suddenly retreated without pause. The freshly revived Animal Path Pain summoned dozens of enormous centipedes, which flew up to block overhead.

Though they were instantly destroyed by the Wind God Leg, they prevented Death Intent Senluo from continuing to kill the Six Paths of Pain.

Bai Cangshu’s attack reached its end, and he drifted down from the air. But Deva Path Pain suddenly appeared behind him. Between his palms, a black Chakra sphere had already arrived at Bai Cangshu’s back.

Chibaku Tensei!

As the earth shook violently, the ground damaged by the previous explosions and the Land of Rain’s already ruined landscape of broken walls and rubble instantly gave this high-level Rinnegan sealing technique enormous room to work.

Bai Cangshu tried to move, but the black sphere emitted a suction force far stronger than Banshō Ten’in. He could not break free in that instant. The next moment, countless rocks, clumps of earth, and trees flew toward him, wrapping him up in an instant.

Then the earth split apart, with more and more chunks of ground rising into the air and completely encasing Bai Cangshu.

In the end, a colossal stone sphere over a hundred meters in diameter appeared in the sky.

Deva Path Pain lowered his hands. He had to admit that Mercenary Tao was one of the most troublesome enemies he had ever encountered, even harder to deal with than Hanzō the Salamander.

"Is he… dead?"

Hiranaka Hana could hardly believe it. Even someone as terrifying as Mercenary Tao had been suppressed inside that enormous stone sphere?

She could not understand battles between ninja at all and could only ask blankly.

Catherine held up the barrier with both hands, fear rising in her heart. If Mercenary Tao had been sealed now, then her own fate likely would not be pleasant.

"Woman over there, hand over the Uchiha Clan boy and that woman. I can spare your life."

Deva Path Pain’s tone returned to its indifferent calm, cold as a god’s.

Catherine looked at Uchiha Itachi, whose injuries had healed somewhat but who still could not move, then at the slightly panicked Hiranaka Hana.

The first stage of her Main Mission had already been completed, while the second stage had been triggered by Ran—the defense of Konoha. If she gave up Mercenary Tao now, handed over those two, and preserved her life, then the second Main Mission would most likely not be a problem either.

After all, Akatsuki would definitely not attack Konoha now. As long as she reported everything that had happened between Itachi and Uchiha Shisui in full detail, her reputation in the Konoha Faction might even rise.

But…

Catherine looked at the enormous stone sphere floating in the sky and instinctively felt that something was wrong.

She knew very well that in the original story, Chibaku Tensei was a technique capable of suppressing even tailed-beast-transformed Naruto. Even Otsutsuki Kaguya had been sealed by this technique.

But…

Someone like Mercenary Tao always gave her an overwhelming sense that something was off. She found it hard to believe that such a person would simply be sealed without any backup plan, so she did not make a decision immediately.

Seeing Catherine hesitate, Deva Path Pain coldly raised his hand, preparing to kill her.

But the next moment.

Crack~

The sound of cracks appearing in the stone sphere rang out clearly.

For the first time, Konan saw this technique being broken. In the past, Nagato could restrain even tailed beasts with it, yet now it had been broken?!

Crack!

The sound of shattering grew even clearer.

Deva Path Pain turned his head.

Boom!

The enormous stone sphere exploded in midair.

Mercenary Tao appeared again, but his temperament had changed considerably. If the previous Mercenary Tao had merely been a beast reeking of blood, then the slight tilt of his head and the pride in his lowered eyelids now revealed an absolute confidence in his own power.

"Mmm, this world’s scent is pretty nice, Mercenary Tao. If you wanted my power, you should’ve called for me sooner~"

"Heh, even if I take over your body, that’s still better than dying, isn’t it?"

A flippant voice came from Bai Cangshu’s mouth, but the next moment, a cruel tone retorted.

"Hey, hey, 2.5 Gojo, aren’t you getting a little carried away? I only let you get some fresh air. This body is nowhere near the point where you get to control it."

One face bore two expressions. Black shadows flowed across Bai Cangshu’s body, while purple Satsui no Hado dripped from between his hands.

Bai Cangshu was still the true master of the Throne of the Heart. He instantly reclaimed control. That guy Satoru Gojo seemed especially fond of these little tricks, always giving him a bit of "excitement" from time to time.

Bai Cangshu spread his hands. Familiar cursed energy flowed through his body. This power was more compatible with the yin spirit power coursing through his soul, making it easier for him to control.

The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and the colors of blue skies and white clouds began to appear in his pupils.

The Limitless Cursed Technique and Satsui no Hado circulated at the same time. The exhilarating sensation of power surging through his bloodline and soul made Bai Cangshu’s tone start to turn strange.

"Nagato, I’m high as hell right now!"

"Come and fight me. Let me see the pain you want to impose upon the world…"