From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

It turns out that while using the instantaneous movement technique of teleportation, the immortal clone also used the technique of invisibility to fly and blend perfectly into the surrounding environment, concealing its aura.

If Nagato had practiced some Sage Techniques, the flying traces of his Sage clones would naturally be difficult to conceal from him, given his Rinnegan and the Uzumaki clan's sensory abilities. However, he had never practiced Sage Techniques, and this was his first time encountering them.

In that instant, the immortal clone's flying figure concealed its presence!

Danger!

Pain's eyes narrowed slightly. Although he couldn't detect the direction of the Sage's clone, a sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

He had already entered the five-second cooldown of Shinra Tensei and subconsciously controlled the Six Paths of Pain to retreat.

However, he was still too slow!

Click!

With a soft metallic scraping sound, the immortal clone appeared in front of the Asura Path who was standing in front of him. The Kusanagi sword, in its straight blade form, severed the Asura Path's head in one stroke, and mechanical objects scattered in all directions.

After slaying the Asura Path with a single strike, the Sage's clone showed no sign of pausing. With a swift turn of the blade, its movements were as fast as the wind and lightning. Countless sharp Wind Release chakra condensed within the blade, and then a stream of emerald light burst forth from it.

Immortal Technique: Sky-Slicing Wave!

If we were to say which of the five elemental ninjutsu he was most familiar with, aside from his signature Fire Release and Lightning Release, it would be this one.

That must be Wind Release!

After all, Sasuke had sparred and trained with Naruto for more than four years, and knew his ninjutsu and taijutsu inside and out.

If Sasuke hadn't lacked the Wind Release ability at that time, he would have even mastered the Konoha Dragon God, a secret-level ninjutsu.

After the Sage clone was created, Sasuke decided that the clone's offensive ninjutsu would mainly be Wind Release ninjutsu, supplemented by Lightning Release ninjutsu.

That is, two Kusanagi swords. (One scalpel and one sword)

The straight Kusanagi sword uses slashing techniques combined with the cutting effect of Wind Release, while the straight sword Kusanagi sword uses thrusting techniques combined with Lightning Release ninjutsu known for its penetrating power.

In this way, because the two share completely their memories and experiences, Sasuke's main body can also receive feedback on the experience of the Sage Clone practicing Wind Release ninjutsu.

On the other hand, it was also to conceal the identity of the sage clone. After all, if the two had similar fighting styles, mainly using lightning and fire release, it would easily arouse unnecessary suspicion.

boom!

The sword energy surged powerfully, and the airflow was exceptionally fierce!

Even more astonishingly, as the immortal clone unleashed his blade, the surrounding air currents suddenly converged upon the Sky-Slicing Wave, adding even more power to the fierce blade aura, transforming it into a raging torrent!

Seeing this, the remaining five Pain members could only scatter to avoid this fierce attack.

Even if it doesn't dissipate, there's nothing that can be done. None of the other four paths can withstand this strike. The only one that can block it, or even shatter it, is still on cooldown.

How could a celestial being's clone let this opportunity pass by?

He pressed his advantage relentlessly, spreading his wings and transforming into a streak of rainbow light that swept across the area with lightning speed. His blade, swift as lightning, instantly transformed into an indestructible, dazzling blade of light that slashed directly at the newly resurrected Hungry Ghost.

Immortal method? Vacuum jade!

Although the Sage clone's training in Wind Release was brief, he possessed years of experience sparring with Naruto Uzumaki, as well as Orochimaru's experience. Furthermore, after killing Danzo, he looted Danzo's Wind Release ninjutsu experience scrolls from the base.

While he might not claim to have reached the level of Danzo, a master of Wind Release who had studied it for decades, he is certainly among the best in the current ninja world.

This guy is a bit tricky!

Pain's expression remained calm, but after only a few breaths of fighting and losing two of his own, he became unusually cautious.

Seeing that the guy had killed the Hungry Ghost Realm cultivator, he continued to attack them without stopping, and his target was the weakest of the Hell Realm cultivators.

Pain could no longer restrain himself. A jet-black rod emerged from his palm and charged directly at the approaching figure without dodging or avoiding it.

His cooldown has two seconds left!

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

A series of metallic clanging sounds rang out, sparks flew out, and countless cracks suddenly appeared on the ground.

Then, the two reappeared, standing steadily.

The power of Heaven's Dao seems to have increased considerably?

The immortal clone trembled his slightly numb right hand, wondering to himself.

He had long known that Pain's close-combat abilities were by no means weak.

Not only is it not weak, but quite the opposite. Pain's Rinnegan ability and taijutsu are the strongest among the Six Paths of Pain, and he is even one of the best in the ninja world.

In the original timeline, this being, having just recovered from the Shinra Tensei, was able to hold his own against Naruto in his Six-Tails form for a considerable period of time.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who were only facing Naruto in his four-tailed form, were both severely beaten and seriously injured.

Although one was injured and the other was out of consideration, don't forget that Pain had just recovered at that time.

How come the Heavenly Dao has become stronger?

Is it because Nagato's main body is nearby?

still.....

The sage clone could clearly sense that Pain's Deva Path was much stronger this time, both in terms of the Shinra Tensei he had used before and his close combat abilities now, compared to when he was in the Land of Swamps.

With a flick of his blade, the Sage's clone was about to launch another attack. However, at that moment, a pale purple light flashed in Pain's eyes once more.

"Shinra Tensei!"

An invisible repulsive force formed a destructive tidal wave that crashed directly into the immortal clone who was standing close by, sending him flying.

"Although you are named Cherry Dragon, you are not a true dragon. Even the divine dragon that soars through the nine heavens must still prostrate itself before the gods!"

Pain, with a blank expression, looked at the sage clone slowly rising from the rubble and spoke in a detached tone.

Heaven's will indeed be much stronger than it was in the last time in the Swamp Country.

Or rather, all six Paths of Pain have become much stronger, but I only felt this so clearly because I had fought against the Deva Path before.

The immortal clone pondered the power of the Shinra Tensei he had just witnessed and thought to himself.

At this moment, the immortal clone looked somewhat disheveled, with many of its dark gold scales broken and one of its dragon wings shattered.

However, there was no actual damage.

The reason why the Pains became stronger is clearly because something happened to Nagato himself!

We must finish this quickly!

"I never expected that my first battle after leaving Ryuchi Cave would be against someone with the Rinnegan."

As he spoke, the immortal clone's golden pupils flashed, and his entire body suddenly made a cracking sound. The broken scales seemed to wriggle, and then new scales sprouted again. The shattered dragon wing was also restored to its original state.

Seeing this, Pain's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was surprised.

Besides Uchiha Sasuke, there is another guy who was hit head-on by his Shinra Tensei and was unharmed!

Surprised, Pain saw that the Sakura Dragon, who had been relentlessly pursuing him, did not launch an attack immediately after recovering from its injuries.

Instead...

"Spiritual communication!"

Bang bang bang!

Three enormous plumes of white mist rose up, and the three great snake princesses of Ryuchi Cave appeared in the arena.

"what?"

After the three snake princesses appeared, they glanced around at their surroundings, their gaze lingering briefly on Sasuke in the distance before settling on the three Paths of Pain.

"So the opponent is the legendary Rinnegan? Young Master Sakura Ryu, no wonder you summoned us."

Princess Tsurugi stared at Pain in the distance and licked her lips.

"I really want to try it and see what a Rinnegan user tastes like, but I'm not interested in corpses."

This guy really is from Ryuchi-dong!

Seeing this, Pain once again confirmed the origin of the Sage's clone.

He sensed energy fluctuations similar to those of the Sakura Dragon emanating from these three newly appeared, snake-like "women".

"The enemy is very strong; we must finish this quickly!"

The immortal clone didn't elaborate and spoke directly.

"Understood!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the first of the three great snake princesses, Princess Tashin, opened her mouth and bit the neck of the sage clone with her sharp teeth. Princess Ichikishima floated to her side and followed closely behind, also biting the neck of the sage clone.

"......"

The immortal clone frowned, grabbed the neck of the woman who was attacking his lower body, and said in a deep voice;

"No need to do anything strange!"

"Hehe, I know, Young Master Sakura."

A seductive blush appeared on Tsuratsuhime's cheeks as she giggled and bit the neck of the immortal clone, transforming into a crimson dragon and merging into the immortal clone's body.

Bang!

Almost the instant the three Snake Princesses entered the Sage's clone, the Sage's clone's already tall body suddenly grew to three meters in height, and the illusory dragon wings and horns made of chakra became a tangible existence!

Perfect Yinglong Immortal Mode!

Originally, Sasuke did not plan to use the three Snake Princesses in this battle against Pain.

However, Pain's Six Paths actually displayed a power greater than he had anticipated.

Although Sasuke was still confident that he could defeat Pain using only the power of the Sage Clone Technique, he felt that this was not something that could be accomplished in a short time.

Moreover, he had a vague premonition that Pain was getting stronger!

All of this indicates that something has happened on Nagato's side.

Therefore, he cannot delay!

"Round Two."

The sage clone looked at Pain, the Deva Path, in the distance and said calmly.

At this moment, the golden pupils of the Sage's clone appeared even more sharp and majestic. He held a sword in his left hand and a knife in his right, both filled with chakra.

A sword and a blade, a gust of wind and a thunderclap!