vncnus Chapter 409 Clash of the Strongest Forces
Chapter 409 Clash of the Strongest Forces
Chapter 409 Clash of the Strongest Forces
Northern part of the Land of Fire.
In just two days, Jue seized a golden opportunity and pinpointed Taiyi's exact location.
In a secluded cave, Pain, who had been motionless, suddenly stirred. His tightly closed eyes opened, and his purple Rinnegan began to move slightly.
"Intelligence—accurate?" His cold voice betrayed no emotion.
"Absolutely true!"
On the other side, White Zetsu stared at Pain with curiosity. It was also the first time he had worked with Pain alone, and he found this special puppet very interesting.
Black Zetsu quickly suppressed White Zetsu's consciousness; he no longer wanted to listen to White Zetsu's nonsense.
"Many of my White Zetsu clones are scattered throughout this area. One of them witnessed Matsushita Taichi enter that border outpost and hasn't come out yet."
"Very good." Payne stood up, his wide Akatsuki robes drawing heavy arcs in the dim light. "Asura Path, Animal Path—follow me."
Two figures, both dressed in black robes with red cloud patterns, emerged from the shadows at the deepest part of the cave.
A burly man, his exposed skin covered with strange mechanical modifications, his eyes lifeless;
The other person appeared relatively normal, except for his equally lifeless eyes and his striking green hair.
Jue's body sank slowly as if blending into the shadows, leaving only a final, light utterance floating in the air:
Have a great hunt, hee hee!
On the northern border of the Land of Hot Water, near the Land of Frost, Konoha established an outpost here to monitor the movements of the Cloud Village forces within the Land of Frost.
Taiyi was staying at this outpost at the moment, along with the original garrison squad.
In this desolate and suffocating place, the task of guarding the area was not an easy one. Fortunately, the Cloud Village had already retreated, and this kind of mission was about to end.
Inside the outpost, Taiyi was chatting with the four members of the garrison team. With Taiyi's addition, the four of them could relax a lot, at least they no longer had to stand guard on the high watchtower.
Taiyi's chakra perception constantly scans for any unusual activity within a three-kilometer radius. This is far more efficient than them simply standing guard.
Just as the group was chatting enthusiastically, three unfamiliar auras entered Taiyi's chakra perception range.
Taiyi, who was speaking, paused for a moment, and his expression became serious.
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He sensed three figures dressed in black robes with red cloud patterns slowly walking towards the outpost, and Taiyi's attention was immediately drawn to their eyes.
Rinnegan, or rather, three pairs of Rinnegan. Looking at the appearances of these three people, there's no doubt that this is the third of the Six Paths Puppet Masters.
The Deva Path of Pain was made from Yahiko's corpse; the one with the modified full-body weapons was the Asura Path; and the last one was unrecognizable.
Upon seeing Taiyi's expression, the people sitting around him immediately stood up and assumed a defensive posture.
They were well aware of their own position; an enemy who could elicit such an expression from this renowned figure in the ninja world was not someone they could handle.
"Lord Taiichi, have enemies arrived?"
Taiyi dusted himself off, stood up, turned to look in the direction the enemy had come from, and finally said to the four, "The enemy coming later is very strong, and you can't handle it. You should retreat a little further away."
The four men looked at each other, realizing that while retreating without a fight was a bit shameful, it depended on who was speaking.
If it were the person in front of them, the four nodded "yes" without hesitation and then quickly left the outpost.
Taiyi also slowly left the outpost and walked towards the enemy.
After all, the outpost was built with money, and rebuilding it after it was destroyed would be another expense. As a responsible Konoha resident, Taichi wanted to save money wherever possible.
The two walked towards each other, clearly aware of each other's presence, but neither sped up, maintaining a normal pace, displaying the confident and composed mindset of experts.
The two sides eventually met about one kilometer from the outpost, at which point they were only about 20 meters apart.
Taiyi calmly looked at the three figures opposite him. Only by seeing them with his own eyes could he understand what kind of beings they were.
There was no sign of life, yet chakra swirled around them. These signs were imperceptible to ordinary people, but Taiichi, a top-tier medical ninja with an extremely keen chakra sense, could see them clearly.
"I thought it would be some kind of enemy, but they didn't even dare to show their faces, sending only three puppets to deal with me. Do they look down on me, Matsushita Taichi?"
Taiyi was asking a question he already knew the answer to; his aim was to gain the upper hand and demoralize the enemy.
Sure enough, when he heard Taiyi expose his true nature, Payne, the leader, visibly paused.
"Matsushita Taichi, you do have some skill, but that's all it takes." Payne's cold voice rang out, as if pronouncing a death sentence on his opponent.
Taiyi, however, did not take it to heart. He stared at the three Six Paths puppets for a moment, and then, as if following some unknown thread, his gaze left Pain and the other two, looking towards a more distant place to the right.
When Payne saw that Taiyi was ignoring his presence, he was just about to get angry when a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and he sobered up instantly.
The direction Matsushita Taichi was looking in seemed to be the location where his true form was hidden.
He detected the path of chakra transmission between the black rods and even found the location of the main body by following the path. This person is truly terrifying.
At this moment, Pain (Nagato) finally realized why Madara Uchiha was so wary of Taichi Matsushita, and even went so far as to start his plans ahead of time for him.
This guy is definitely not to be underestimated.
Taiyi then withdrew his gaze and looked back at Pain and the other two. He had already given them a warning, and now it was time to get back to the main topic.
"Judging from your outfits, you three are in cahoots with that masked man, aren't you? Were you the masterminds behind the Nine-Tails incident in Konoha?"
Taiyi spoke with absolute certainty, as if he had already made up his mind about them.
Payne looked down at his uniform and realized for the first time that uniforms had this kind of drawback.
At the same time, he couldn't help but resent "Uchiha Madara". Since it was a secret operation, why was he blatantly wearing the organization's uniform? Wasn't this just making the organization look bad?
However, since things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. Besides, it's uncertain whether Matsushita Taichi will even be alive after today.
The air seemed to freeze.
An invisible aura slowly rose from the four people present.
Payne didn't bother to explain; since a big fight was going to happen today anyway, there was no point in saying anything more.
Seeing that the other party remained silent, Taiyi knew that it was impossible to get any more information from him, so he simply adjusted his own state and prepared for the upcoming battle.
Just as a major battle was about to break out, a streak of orange light shot straight towards them from the direction of the outpost.
In the blink of an eye, a cute little fox appeared on Taiyi's shoulder.
"Taiyi, you bastard, I just went out for a walk and when I came back I couldn't find you anywhere. I didn't expect you to be fighting with someone here."
A cute voice rang out, and after complaining to Taiichi, Nine-Tails finally looked up and examined the person opposite him.
This sight was quite alarming; it scared the creature so much that its limbs went limp and it almost collapsed onto Taiyi's shoulder.
"Rinnegan—Rinnegan, and three pairs at that! When did Rinnegan become so worthless?"
The Nine-Tails' voice, when it lost its temper, was so shrill that Taiichi couldn't help but rub his ears.
"No, these are all puppets, just projections of the Rinnegan. But no matter what, the Rinnegan has definitely been born. Taichi, you'd better be careful, don't die here."
Taiyi tilted his head and glanced at the Nine-Tailed Fox on his shoulder, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
"You're showing concern for me, so why don't you join me in dealing with the enemy before us?"
Like a little girl whose secrets have been exposed, the Nine-Tailed Fox immediately jumped up and covered itself up.
"Bullshit! Who cares about you? I'm just worried that if you die, your current comfortable life will be ruined again. Don't flatter yourself, kid!"
Kurama gave a haughty explanation, but in his heart he was thinking about whether he should really help. But that was the Rinnegan. Even in its prime, it might not be able to defeat it, let alone now that it only had so little chakra.
Meanwhile, Pain stared intently at the little fox on Taiichi's shoulder. He couldn't be mistaken; although he had never seen the Nine-Tails before, he was certain that the fox on Taiichi's shoulder was the Nine-Tails.
Although it's unclear why Kurama's chakra is so limited, this is an excellent opportunity.
"Matsushita Taichi—" Pain Tendo spoke, his voice devoid of any human emotion, "Your existence is a tremendous obstacle to the path to peace. Surrender the Nine-Tails, and perhaps you can be spared divine punishment."
"God?" Taiyi chuckled softly, his voice low but a blatant mockery of Payne.
He tilted his head slightly, a hint of amusement flashing in his dark eyes. "Just a few pathetic worms hiding behind puppets, toying with the bodies of the dead. They dare call themselves 'gods'? How laughable and pathetic."
"Insolence!" The emotionless, mechanical synthesized voice of the Asura Path suddenly rang out. His modified, massive mechanical right arm abruptly rose, and the dark, multi-barreled cannon muzzle instantly locked onto Taiyi. The eerie blue chakra light rapidly gathered deep within the cannon muzzle, emitting a destructive wave!
The battle was about to break out, and the Nine-Tails wisely jumped off Taiyi's shoulder, disappearing from the battlefield in a few leaps.
"Blasphemy—an unforgivable sin!" The beast's cold voice rang out at the same time, his hands quickly forming hand seals, his movements so fast they almost left afterimages.
boom!!!
Without any prelude, the cannons on Shura's arm suddenly spewed out blinding blue-white beams of light!
Almost at the same instant the beam of light erupted, the Animal Realm completed its hand seals and slammed its hands down on the ground!
Spiritual communication!
boom!boom!boom!boom!
As a huge white smoke exploded, four enormous spirit beasts with ferocious appearances and terrifying auras appeared out of thin air on the wasteland!
One of them is a hell crab that is several thousand meters tall, covered with an indestructible dark red carapace, and has a huge single horn!
One of them is a multi-headed dog with three ferocious dog heads, a huge body, drooling, and six red eyes that are fixed on Taiyi!
One of them is the Yatagarasu, with a wingspan of tens of meters and an exceptionally hard beak!
The last one was a giant chameleon that lay sprawled on the ground like a mountain, covered in rock-like scales, and dripping corrosive venom from its mouth.
As soon as the four ferocious beasts appeared, they let out deafening roars and howls. The violent sound waves mixed with the ferocious chakra emanating from their bodies instantly turned this wasteland into a barbaric arena!
Like a fearless fool, the multi-headed dog followed closely behind the Asura Path's chakra cannon, launching a desperate charge towards Taiichi.
The Hellcrab growled and spat out a wave of foam at Taiyi from afar.
The Yatagarasu let out a piercing shriek that seemed to shatter gold and split rocks. With a sudden flap of its wings, its massive body soared into the sky, circling continuously, its claws faintly aimed at Taiyi.
The giant chameleon silently blended into its surroundings, seemingly disappearing into thin air, leaving only slightly distorted ripples in the air. Its deadly tongue, like a lurking poison arrow, was ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment!
Pain, the Deva Path, hovered slightly higher in the air, his wide robes fluttering in the turbulent air currents. His purple Rinnegan surveyed everything below, providing all combat units with a global view.
The attack came instantly!
It enveloped Taiyi's figure from all angles, leaving no blind spots!
However, facing this deadly combined attack that would make any Kage-level powerhouse tremble, Taiyi's face remained completely calm.
Those deep black eyes didn't even look at the attacks; instead, they looked up at Payne's figure in the air.
Just as the torrent of attacks was about to touch the hem of his clothes, without warning, Taiichi's figure vanished from the spot like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser!
Rumble! ...
All the devastating attacks missed their mark instantly, slamming heavily into the spot where Taiyi had originally been standing!
The earth groaned in pain as a huge, charred crater, several meters deep, instantly formed, and the spewing energy scraped away a layer of the ground within a radius of a hundred meters.
"What?"
For the first time, a hint of astonishment flashed in the Animal Path's cold eyes. His Rinnegan couldn't detect the other's movement at all.
Pain, suspended in mid-air, suddenly contracted his purple Rinnegan. It wasn't the Body Flicker Technique; the Body Flicker Technique couldn't escape the Rinnegan's detection.
It's a space-time ninjutsu, it's the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Up there!" Shura Dao's mechanically enhanced senses were the first to detect the anomaly. He looked up sharply, and the cannon on the mechanical arm instantly turned around!
However, it was too late.
Taiyi's figure appeared out of thin air, less than three meters above Pain, like a ghost.
His gaze calmly looked down at the pair of slightly contracted purple Rinnegan below, his right hand fingers forming a knife shape, with a thin but extremely refined chakra light blade swirling around his fingertips!
Shinra Tensei.
Payne reacted extremely quickly, and before the fatal hand chop could strike, a powerful repulsive force erupted from him!
The air seemed to be compressed into a solid wall in an instant, and with overwhelming force, it slammed into Taiyi above his head!
The repulsive field arrived in an instant, and Taiyi's figure was violently thrown away by this terrifying force that could flatten a mountain! The speed was so fast that it left a blurry afterimage in the air!
But in Pain's purple Rinnegan, instead of relaxing at all, he instantly became extremely serious!
Even after being thrown back, Taiichi's face remained expressionless, and his eyes remained fixed on him.
Moreover, at the instant the other person was struck by the repulsive force, he seemed to see an extremely subtle curve appear at the corner of the other person's mouth.
How did the other party appear above his head? The Flying Thunder God Technique requires coordinates to be used. Could it be that he has the other party's coordinates on him?
All of this made Payne (Nagato) feel uneasy.