The Great Hero Uchiha

226. Susanoo and the Six Paths of Pain

Both sides withdrew from the Land of Rivers, and then Uchiha Miyuki handed over command to Uchiha Fugaku before leading the Anbu into the Land of Rain.

On the other side, the Fourth Kazekage did not act immediately.

Instead, they sent ANBU and elite Jonin and Chunin units to infiltrate the Land of Rain to gather intelligence. Even though Konoha's intelligence seemed highly credible, Sunagakure still had to be on guard because, unlike Konoha, if they lost a bet, the Land of Wind would suffer a severe blow and would not be able to recover for years or even decades. Furthermore, they would enter a vicious cycle of becoming weaker and weaker due to financial problems.

In the ninja world, only the Konoha leadership is so reckless, falling down time and time again only to quickly rise again.

The ANBU, led by Uchiha Miyuki, will gather intelligence while minimizing harm to civilians in the Land of Rain.

The Sunagakure forces, however, were not so kind. Their primary goal was intelligence gathering, and they didn't care what methods they used, since it was a matter of great importance to the entire Sunagakure village.

The war that Nagato longed for finally ignited in the Land of Rain.

However, compared to the suffering endured by the Land of Rivers and other small countries, the intensity was only a fraction of what it was, perhaps even less. After all, those other small countries were the main battlefields, where thousands of ninjas fought and engaged in various forms of plunder and exploitation, while this was merely a gathering of Konoha's Anbu and a portion of Sunagakure's ninja forces, and the persecution was primarily aimed at intelligence gathering.

The seemingly endless rain within the Land of Rain gave Uchiha Miyuki the feeling that the country was weeping.

He shook his head inwardly.

He hopes for world peace and an end to all conflict.

however……

Yet some want to reignite the flames of war throughout the world.

The common people of the Land of Rain are indeed innocent, but aren't the small countries of the Land of Rivers even more innocent?

This is what your leaders desire.

What I want to give to the world.

Konoha's Anbu quickly gathered information from within the Land of Rain.

Hanzo is dead!

The current ruler of Amegakure is a man named Pain, but the person who handles external affairs is Konan, who is known as an angel.

Uchiha Miyuki was initially surprised, but he quickly realized what was going on.

This kind of information is not difficult to obtain, because when Nagato launched the civil war and seized power in Amegakure, he publicly declared his name. Many people in the Land of Rain knew of Pain's existence. After careful consideration, he realized that when he fought Pain as the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure, Nagato did not reveal his name as Pain.

Now that Konoha has obtained this information through such relatively mild means, Sunagakure must have obtained it as well.

He hesitated for a moment.

I feel that this will have some impact on the 'Hanzo conspiracy' I fabricated. Overall, it won't change anything. On the contrary, it will intensify Sunagakure's spying on Amegakure. After all, someone capable of killing Hanzo has appeared in the Land of Rain. Just based on this one point, Sunagakure will have to gather more information about Amegakure's current situation.

Three days after entering the Land of Rain.

Uchiha Miyuki then used his Byakugan powers to detect that a White Zetsu was following him. He immediately spoke to the Anbu beside him.

"You guys go back first. I'll infiltrate Amegakure and investigate by myself."

The secret agents hesitated for a moment upon hearing the order, but ultimately nodded in agreement.

"Yes."

After all the Anbu members left, Uchiha Miyuki immediately headed towards Amegakure alone.

About a day later, with several days' journey still to Amegakure, he unexpectedly discovered that Nagato had used Pain to surround him.

wrong!

He had walked into Pain's ambush.

Did the paper disguise help Pain hide himself?

Or did they take advantage of the fact that all six Paths of Pain were corpses?

Or perhaps both?

Uchiha Miyuki remained vigilant throughout the journey, but it wasn't until Pain appeared that he realized he had walked into their encirclement.

"These eyes... are they the Rinnegan?!"

Nagato had no intention of communicating with Uchiha Miyuki at all.

【All Things Guided by Heaven】

Clearly fearing the power of Susanoo, it didn't pull Uchiha Miyuki directly in front of it, but changed direction halfway. At the same time, the Asura Path launched several missiles in conjunction with the Universal Pull attack. If it were anyone else, they certainly wouldn't be able to defend against it. Uchiha Miyuki activated the third form of Susanoo in mid-air—

With Susanoo, he directly withstood the Asura Path's missile bombardment!

However, it was clear that Nagato had anticipated Uchiha Miyuki's activation of Susanoo. The previous cooperation between the Deva Path and Asura Path was entirely a cover for the Preta Path's movements; clearly, he intended to absorb Susanoo using the Preta Path's abilities! Battles between ninjas of equal strength are essentially intelligence wars—

Nagato is currently using the information he has to fight against Uchiha Miyuki!

With the 360-degree field of vision provided by the Byakugan, Uchiha Miyuki could hardly fail to notice this.

However, given the current situation, there is no time to take any other actions, and they can only passively respond to Nagato's offensive.

As the Preta Path prepared to absorb Susanoo, Uchiha Miyuki immediately withdrew Susanoo, creating a gap between them. He then threw an explosive tag between them and detonated it. He then used Earth Release: Hardening Technique in conjunction with his Susanoo to withstand the close-range explosive power of the tag and attempted to use the explosion to create distance between himself and the Preta Path.

The Hungry Ghost Path directly absorbed the explosion of the explosive tag, and the Deva Path seamlessly used the second [Universal Pull]!

Uchiha Miyuki was pulled towards the Preta Path by the [Universal Pull]—

Just as he was about to fall into the clutches of the Preta Path, Uchiha Miyuki, relying on his superhuman reaction speed, instantly dispelled several pre-prepared Wood Release clones. He replicated Naruto's later method of activating Sage Mode; as the Wood Release clones dispelled, a large amount of Sage Chakra flowed into his body, instantly allowing him to enter Sage Mode.

Physical skills have been greatly improved!

However, even if physical abilities are greatly improved, it is difficult to exert force in this situation, so Sage Mode is just a safety net.

The real game-changer is Susanoo.

He instantly activated the second form of Susanoo again, allowing the Preta Path to absorb it, thus preventing the Preta Path from disrupting his chakra circulation. The instant the effect of the [Universal Pull] on his body dissipated, he directly dispelled the Susanoo on himself, and then launched a counterattack, severing the Preta Path's hands with the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword, and then cleaving the Preta Path in two with a backhand!

Having just finished all this, he noticed that the Heavenly Path was pointing its palm at him again, and immediately activated the fourth form of Susanoo—

A dark golden giant, like an ancient god, appeared in its entirety in the ninja world at this moment!

The Universal Pull was applied to Susanoo's legs. Pain tried to pull the dark golden giant, but failed to do so immediately. Uchiha Miyuki seized the opportunity and swung his giant katana at Pain.

P.S.: Chapter 4

227. Monsters and Monsters

Shinra Tensei

Two forces that transcended mortals collided.

The Deva Path was immediately put at a disadvantage. The repulsive force of Shinra Tensei was gradually suppressed by the brute force of Susanoo. At this moment, Nagato could not pay attention to the control of the other six Paths of Pain and could only focus his attention on the Deva Path. However, the brute force unleashed by the fourth form of Susanoo far exceeded Nagato's expectations!

The brute force, even more terrifying than that of the Tailed Beasts, nearly tore apart the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei—

In this situation, Nagato's best option would be to abandon the Deva Path, stop investing more chakra to resist it, let the Deva Path be destroyed, and then use the Animal Path and Hell Path to repair the Deva Path.

However, the body of the Heavenly Path is Yahiko!!

To Nagato, the other six Paths of Pain were just puppets that could be destroyed at will, except for the Deva Path Yahiko, created from Yahiko's corpse.

As chakra continued to be poured in, the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei was constantly strengthened, and the attack was gradually and painstakingly neutralized little by little!

The terrifying repulsive force that erupted even sent the fourth form of Susanoo flying.

However, after adjusting its direction in mid-air, Susanoo charged up again, and at this moment, Susanoo's form changed once more, entering the state of Sage Susanoo. Its various abilities were greatly enhanced once again. This time, Nagato dared not control the Deva Path to fight Uchiha Miyuki head-on, and used the Animal Path's summoning technique to withdraw the Deva Path and Preta Path.

While the hell realm was healing the hungry ghost realm, the animal realm once again used spirit communication magic—

Hellhound

It is a multi-headed dog with wings.

As Uchiha Miyuki stared at the Cerberus, a piece of information flashed through his mind: being attacked would cause it to split and increase the number of Cerberus.

He curled his lip inwardly in disdain.

If it could truly split infinitely, what would be the point of having the Six Paths of Pain?!

If once isn't enough, then twice.

As long as he doesn't encounter Amaterasu, Nagato can destroy a ninja village by relying on his hellhounds.

Although he felt somewhat disdainful, he still handled the situation cautiously.

[Senfa·Yasaka Magatama]

The giant water-attribute magatama of the Sage Art instantly took shape and was thrown out by the Sage Art Susanoo. However, it did not attack the Cerberus, but rather the Six Paths of Pain behind it. The Cerberus used its own body to shield the Six Paths of Pain, but it was torn in two without any effect, splitting into two Cerberus.

The Animal Path once again used a summoning technique, and a giant stone panda stood in front of the Six Paths of Pain!

The stone panda was indeed very hard, and it managed to withstand the attack for a short while. It was this brief moment that allowed the Hungry Ghost Path to revive and, together with the Animal Path's summoning technique, hold off Pain's Six Paths.

[Sealing Technique Absorption]

The terrifying Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama was immediately blocked by the Preta Path. However, the chakra contained within was too vast, and it would take the Preta Path some time to absorb it. Moreover, it was mixed with a large amount of Sage Art chakra, which caused some subtle toad-like features to appear on the newly resurrected Preta Path.

Although some subtle toad-like features appeared, overall, the Sage Chakra contained in [Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama] was not enough to completely turn the Preta Path into a toad, or even petrify it.

However, Uchiha Miyuki wasn't going to just stand by and watch the Preta Path use the [Sealing Technique Absorption Seal].

The other six Paths of Pain wouldn't just stand by and watch, except for the Human Path, of course.

Asura Path unleashed a head-mounted laser cannon, and Sage Art Susanoo immediately raised its arm to block it. The laser instantly tore apart the Sage Art armor and flesh of Susanoo, but was stopped by the bones in its arm. Even so, some of the bones were melted by the laser, but after the laser stopped, Sage Art Susanoo was restored to its original state!

At the same time, Sage Art: Susanoo kicked a rock directly at the Preta Path, which was still trying to neutralize the Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama, while the Deva Path used Bansho Ten'in to change the direction of the rock.

The Animal Path summoned several ninja beasts that attacked Susanoo.

These ninja beasts, capable of breaking through the Sage Art Susanoo's armor, couldn't withstand its attacks, and those that could withstand it couldn't break through its armor. After eliminating a few beasts that posed a threat to the Sage Art Susanoo, they ignored the others. To ordinary ninjas, these beasts were monsters, but at this moment, the Sage Art Susanoo was the true monster!

Asura Path was preparing to unleash its second head laser, but before it could even begin, it was struck by a ninja beast that Sage Art: Susanoo had casually grabbed.

At the same time, he also unleashed a second [Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama]!

The Preta Path had no time to process the Sage Chakra within its body, and could only grit its teeth and continue to absorb the second [Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama]. Its toad-like physique became increasingly pronounced, and it could only withstand one more [Sage Art: Yasaka Magatama] before being completely petrified!

While the Shinra Tensei and Chibaku Tensei are incredibly powerful ninjutsu, they pose little threat to the Sage Art Susanoo.

Uchiha Miyuki wasn't going to stand there like an idiot.

The former only has a large range, and its power may not be able to threaten Susanoo. The latter takes too long to cast, and under the current circumstances, if Nagato concentrates all his chakra on Deva Path, it won't be long before Sage Art Susanoo can destroy Deva Path.