In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 304 Payne Carrying Rice

"I'm sorry, Lady Tsunade, but the barrier set up by Senya Fujiwara is far too powerful. It's on a completely different level from the one that masked man released at the Uchiha base. Unless Kakashi uses Kamui, otherwise..."

As she finished speaking, Karin's voice gradually faded away.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Everyone knows that Kakashi has already sacrificed himself.

Just then, a sudden voice rang out, "Looks like you still don't understand what's going on."

The Uchiha Fire Formation gradually dissipated, and with a bang, the smoke cleared, revealing Chiya standing before everyone.

"Fujiwara Chiya!" The members of the Anbu were shocked. They immediately disregarded the difference in strength between the two sides and drew their swords to rush towards Chiya.

Qianye smiled, her right hand forming a symbolic hand seal. Countless flower petals floated from her body, enveloping the members of the Dark Guard, who simultaneously fell from mid-air, losing consciousness.

"Chiya, what exactly are you doing?" With the ANBU members down and no one else around, Tsunade no longer cared. With tears in her eyes, she stepped forward, grabbed Chiya's collar, and questioned him angrily.

At this moment, she felt that her little man was a complete stranger.

If we ignore Pain's attack on Konoha, that's one thing.

After all, he didn't owe Konoha anything; on the contrary, Chiya had secretly helped Konoha a lot over the years.

It's understandable that he set up a barrier to prevent them from participating in the battle; he wanted to protect his wife and daughters and didn't want them to get hurt.

Even if Qianye remained a bystander, she would not have any complaints.

However, Qianye struck and severely injured Kai, one of Konoha's top fighters.

If not for that, with Guy's Eight Gates support, Kakashi might not have been able to do it either.

"You'll soon find out what I'm doing." Chiya released Tsunade's hand, turned, and gazed in the direction Tendo had gone. "Follow me."

As he spoke, Chiya dashed toward the gates of Konoha.

Tsunade, Chinatsu, Hinata, and Karin exchanged glances for a moment before following closely behind.

Along the way, many surviving Konoha ninja saw their Hokage chasing after the Akatsuki members. Out of their faith in the Hokage, they immediately followed without hesitation and rushed to reinforce them.

"How many flights of stairs do you have to carry a bag of rice up? (Feel the pain!)"

"Carrying a bag of rice up two flights of stairs (think about the pain);"

"A bag of rice brings so much trouble (accept the pain);"

"A bag of rice is very tiring (you can understand the pain)."

Drifting high in the sky, the Heavenly Dao murmured incessantly.

Influenced by the illusion of a mirage, the Heavenly Dao is gradually drifting away from Konoha, yet the person is oblivious to it.

When Chiyo and a large number of Konoha ninjas, led by Tsunade, arrived at the village entrance, Pain was already far enough away from Konoha.

"It's about time." Qianye gazed at the sky, smiled, and the Purple Cloud Wings popped out from his back. With a flap of his wings, he soared into the sky, turning into a point of light and disappearing into the horizon.

As he finished speaking, the Heavenly Dao raised his hands and roared, "Your mouth is full of mud, who gave you this bag of rice? Shinra Tensei! (Let the world feel pain!)"

In Qianye's vision, the earth splits apart from the center below the Heavenly Dao, spreading out in all directions.

Wherever it passed, everything was pushed aside. The gale carrying smoke and rubble made the people of Konoha instinctively raise their arms to shield themselves.

Seeing that the ruins were about to bury everyone, Chika immediately used Sage Mode chakra to unleash a giant Kakashi-style dog-head earth wall. It was nearly fifty meters tall and almost parallel to the Konoha wall.

Even so, the rubble still engulfed them.

Unable to completely stop them, at the critical moment, Karin fortunately used the Vajra Sealing Barrier to set up a barrier, which saved the Konoha people from being buried.

At that moment, everyone was shocked. Was this Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki?

This level of destructive power far exceeds the scope of ninjutsu.

Not to mention them, even Chika, who always considered herself a genius and, apart from her father Chiya, looked down on almost all other ninjas, was shocked.

Others might only see the tip of the iceberg of the attack Pain just unleashed, but she saw it clearly with her Observation Haki.

Like a black and white film, an area spanning dozens of miles, roughly the size of Konoha, was razed to the ground.

No, to be precise, it was ripped open. The earth within a radius of tens of miles was ripped open, leaving a huge crater hundreds of meters deep.

In terms of destructive power alone, it may be no less than the super S-rank lightning release that the father released when he was chasing Sasuke and taking care of his son.

"Karin." Tsunade was the first to recover from her shock and urged Karin to release the barrier.

"I understand." Karin controlled the Adamantine Chains to clear away the ruins, and Tsunade rushed to the top of the earthen wall in one stride.

Chinatsu, Karin, Hinata, and several members of the Anbu followed closely behind.

When they finally saw the enormous crater, which spanned dozens of miles in circumference, their mouths gaped open, unable to close.

At this moment, Tsunade finally understood what Chiya was planning to do.

If Pain had used that ninjutsu in Konoha, the entire village would likely have been doomed.

"Karin, quickly sense Pain's movements," Tsunade urged.

"Teacher, the chakra that Pain received suddenly decreased by more than half. It seems that the opponent had to take a considerable risk when using this technique."

"Payne is still in the air."

Karin sensed it without Tsunade saying anything. She stopped forming hand seals and began to explain the situation.

Suddenly, Karin seemed to sense something, paused, and said, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Tsunade asked, frowning.

Before Karin could speak, Chinatsu replied, "Naruto is back."

There was one more person, but she didn't mention him.

That was Jiraiya.

Although Jiraiya's chakra was sealed by Chiya at this moment, Chika could still sense it through her Observation Haki.

"Where is this?" These were the first words Jiraiya spoke after being released by Chiya.

"Konoha, or more precisely, the main gate of Konoha," Chiya replied from the side.

The two were standing on a huge rock, invisible to the naked eye.

Even a white eye is difficult to detect without targeted investigation.

"Then what is this giant pit?" Jiraiya's eyes widened as he looked down at the endless, dust-covered giant pit in front of him.

"It was caused by your disciple who has the Rinnegan." Qianye crossed his arms and said with a hint of amusement, "Pain is now in Konoha capturing the Nine-Tails. Hmm, he just killed quite a few people, even Kakashi was killed."

"Has Nagato finally come to this?"

Jiraiya covered his face.

His tone was full of regret and self-blame. Then Chiya said, "Your other disciple, Naruto, has returned. He seems to have learned the Sage Mode from Mount Myōboku. He plans to avenge you. How about we go see the duel between those two chosen ones that old toad was talking about?"

P.S.: Second update

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