The Six Paths of Pain Near Total Annihilation

"Finally." Yota, already inside the Rain Ninja Village, looked up into the distance. A small black dot appeared in the sky.

Not only that, Yota’s Observation Haki also sensed several other presences with powerful Chakra but utterly lifeless auras. They were clearly the remaining Six Paths of Pain.

But before Yota could make a move, Jiraiya stepped forward first. Looking at Deva Path Pain, who had arrived before them, he asked in a trembling voice, "You… are Nagato?"

Deva Path Pain stiffly and coldly turned his head, his numb eyes fixed on Jiraiya. "Nagato has already disappeared. Now, I am the god who will create a New World!"

Hearing that, Yota felt goosebumps rise all over his body. He desperately scratched his arms twice. "Seriously, there’s a limit to how chuunibyou you can be. Aren’t you embarrassed saying something like that? I’m embarrassed just listening to it."

Although Nagato did not know what chuunibyou meant, he understood Yota’s meaning. He said nothing and merely raised a hand.

"Almighty Push!"

Since the Six Paths of Pain were all corpses, their expressions could not be seen, so there was no way to tell whether he had flown into a rage from embarrassment or simply felt offended.

However, Yota also stretched out his hand, and black mist burst forth. The dense black fog seemed to be struck by an invisible attack, and the two forces canceled each other out, vanishing into nothingness.

"Because one is repulsion and the other is attraction, they canceled each other out?" Yota murmured. The natural phenomenon corresponding to the Dark-Dark Fruit was a black hole. Thus, it possessed the dual attributes of gravity and space.

That was precisely why most Five Elements Ninjutsu were so powerless against the Dark-Dark Fruit. Things like water, fire, wind, and lightning had little ability to resist space and gravity in the first place.

Jiraiya had not expected Yota and Deva Path Pain to start fighting after just a few words. Somewhat anxious, he said to Yota, "Wait, I still have plenty of questions for Nagato…"

Yota replied indifferently, "Ask them when you meet the real body. Do you think he’ll answer your questions under these circumstances?"

Just as Yota finished speaking, the other Paths of Pain moved at the same time. The Human Path, Asura Path, and Preta Path charged forward together.

As for the Animal Path, it began frantically summoning Summoning Beasts.

Yota sneered. Facing the attacks of the three, he casually swept out a vast expanse of black mist. The Preta Path stepped in front first, seemingly intending to absorb the black fog.

The black mist swept over it, and the Preta Path instantly vanished without a trace—although everyone in the Naruto World called Yota’s ability Dark Release, it was actually the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, completely unrelated to the Chakra system. The Preta Path’s ability to absorb Chakra and ninjutsu was utterly useless against it. Instead, it was instantly absorbed and compressed into Dark Space, becoming a pile of mangled flesh.

Nagato, hiding in the distance, narrowed his eyes. He had never expected his strongest shield to be so easily defeated in a single move.

"What was that? It didn’t feel like a Chakra-based ninjutsu… It felt more like a stretch of dark space."

When the Preta Path had been sucked into Dark Space, it still retained some awareness. Nagato’s connection did not vanish until it was completely destroyed, but that had allowed him to glimpse a corner of Dark Space.

"Damn it. Not even the corpse remains. Now the Naraka Path can’t revive it either."

Nagato had an ominous feeling. At that moment, the Deva Path’s five-second skill cooldown had ended, and an Almighty Push far more powerful than the first one blasted out.

A cold smile appeared in Yota’s eyes. Black energy surged from his hands, turning into a sky-covering mass of black mist. It contended with the Almighty Push for a moment before swallowing it whole!

The power of Almighty Push might not have been inferior to the Dark-Dark Fruit, which Yota had yet to develop to its limit, but its flexibility was worlds apart. It required a five-second cooldown after every use. The Dark-Dark Fruit, however, could be used freely. In a prolonged struggle, that repulsive force naturally could not withstand the Dark-Dark Fruit’s black mist.

Among the Six Paths of Pain, Deva Path Pain held special significance for Nagato. Naturally, he could not watch it be swept away by the black fog. With a bang, Deva Path Pain was reverse-summoned away.

Yota did not care. He suddenly spun around and threw a punch. With a sharp crack, blood gushed out as a transparent chameleon collapsed dead, its entire head instantly smashed into pulp.

"What a nuisance." Yota frowned slightly. "I’m getting serious now!"

"Eight Gates! Open!"

As soon as he spoke, Yota’s speed became nearly impossible to see. He threw a punch, and with a whoosh, the Naraka Path was instantly blasted apart!

"So fast!" Nagato’s pupils shrank slightly. "That speed! That strength! How is that possible?"

Yet no matter how unbelievable Nagato found it, he could not reverse the battle. A series of explosive thuds rang out. In less than half a minute, aside from Deva Path Pain flying in the sky, every other Path of Pain had been reduced to a cloud of blood mist!

"This is… the Eight Gates! But how is this possible? There’s no change in his appearance at all!" Jiraiya stared at Yota in astonishment.

He was not surprised that Yota had mastered the Eight Gates. But when using this taijutsu, the body and Chakra underwent all kinds of changes. Put simply, it was similar to powering up in a game—hair standing on end, veins bulging, muscles tightening, Chakra leaking out, and so on.

Yet Yota appeared completely unchanged. Aside from the Chakra within his body becoming somewhat more violent, there was no sign of anything abnormal!

That could only mean Yota’s physical body had reached an unimaginable level. Even the violent Chakra of the Eight Gates could be completely subdued by his body!

"That’s because I’ve only opened the third gate. If I continue opening more gates, I won’t be able to control it this perfectly." Yota looked at Jiraiya as he spoke.

Jiraiya: "…"

Was that even something a human would say? He had wiped out the Six Paths of Pain with ease after opening only three gates? If he opened six or seven gates, wouldn’t he be able to punch Madara Uchiha and kick Hashirama Senju?

While Yota and Jiraiya chatted, Nagato, hiding in the distance, felt his face burn.

He had just declared himself the Kami of the New World, only to be effortlessly taken down by his opponent moments later. It was probably as awkward as Loki proclaiming himself a god, only to get hit with a round of Heaven and Earth Return from the green brute. Nagato, whose body had always been thin and whose face had always been pale, was blushing now.

Fortunately, Deva Path Pain flying in the sky was a corpse, with no expression on its face. Otherwise, all its intimidating presence would have been utterly ruined—though it did not have much of that left now anyway.