Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

Having broken free from the struggle, Sakura glided rapidly across the ruins of Konoha Village, which had almost turned into an inland lake.

Amidst the howling storm, the girl's clear will is soaring.

fighting!

Blurring the lines between humans and beasts, burning with determination, they step onto the battlefield.

When words fail and powerlessness prevail, the only way to determine power and the future is to resort to violence.

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

"Burn your life and dance, more and more!"

Sakura laughed wildly, her boiling chakra transforming into steam and bursting forth.

The Storm Greatsword in his hand began to glow with the light of dusk as he swung it at Pain in front of him!

At this moment, Pain was caught in the spell meltdown of the Super Shinra Tensei technique and had no way to dodge this fatal sword strike.

"Don't look down on me. This battle exists to guide the world towards stability and peace, not to satisfy your personal desires!"

On the ground, the other Pain members, reconnected to Nagato's chakra, have resumed their operations.

Animal Path unleashed a summoning technique, causing a giant panda-shaped stone statue to fall and block Sakura and Pain.

"Hahaha, what difference does it make? Is our determination to fight to the death just a sham?" Sakura laughed and retorted.

She changed her sword technique in mid-air, switching from a vertical slash to a diagonal slash.

Clang!

The sword, imbued with the power to guide all things toward heat death, sliced ​​through the stone statue as easily as a hot knife through butter.

However, Pain, who should have been standing behind the stone statue, had disappeared, replaced by the Human Path, who had raised his hands.

Sakura unleashed her Observation Haki, a flicker of understanding crossing her eyes. 'Did she use two summoning jutsu in that split second?'

Standing to the side, Pain, the Asura Path, had a sudden inspiration and fired a laser directly at the girl not far away.

Animal Path clapped its hands together and used a summoning technique to summon the augmented Yatagarasu, which soared through the sky in an arc before stabbing Sakura with its hard, sharp beak.

He planned to take advantage of the moment when her old power dissipated and new power had not yet been generated after she had just unleashed her slash to knock her down.

"Using power for desire, a morbid pursuit of battle, a chaotic nature, and a rebellion against order."

Payne's voice was cold, "Sakura Haruno, your existence only creates more chains of hatred. So, in order to put an end to this world full of war and hatred, I will defeat you here today!"

"You're too arrogant. Do you really think of yourself as a god who rules the order?"

Sakura scoffed, "What's the difference between the order you call created by creating suffering and the peace that ninjas bring when they personally fight until they're tired of war? Both require a lot of bloodshed as a price, and the peace they establish will be rejected as generations pass by."

So whether it's chaos or order, the cycle between the two is simply part of the human development process. Your ideals haven't even touched the boundary of this cycle, let alone the fact that I currently have the upper hand!

After unleashing her sword strike, the girl made no attempt to hold back, instead using Paper Drawing in conjunction with Life Return to twist her upper body 180 degrees.

At the same time, he swung the Storm Greatsword at the two attacks, and the sword light wrapped in domineering aura soared into the sky, splitting all the obstacles in its path in two.

The winding sword light, carrying scorching electric light, instantly cleaved the Asura Path in two.

Along with the changing flesh and blood weapons, it was also activated, causing its entire body to swell and produce a huge explosion.

The successive losses of demons, hell, and the Asura Path have made Pain's fighting style more monotonous, and many of the tactics that were previously available are now unusable.

However, this is not entirely a bad thing. After the chakra is concentrated, the remaining Pain techniques become more powerful, and the precision of their execution also increases.

Furthermore, by this time, Pain's technique had passed its melting period and could be used again!

"Nonsense! What about small countries? Does anyone in this world have to suffer just because their country is small? Such a world... even if you have the upper hand, it is still wrong!" Pain said indifferently, slowly raising his hands.

One of his hands unleashed Shinra Tensei, a violent and ferocious repulsive force that shot towards Sakura.

Then, with her other hand, she used the Myriad Manifestations of Heavenly Yin on the Human Path behind her, using the Human Path as a weapon to pull it up and smash it towards Sakura.

"So, before you touch the underlying logic of this material world, every effort you make is just adding fuel to the fire of this tragic cycle. You might as well be a happy villain, at least you won't suffer internal strife!" Sakura sighed softly.

The burst of repulsive force made her subconsciously use chakra to attach to the ground, stubbornly standing still.

However, her Observation Haki also foresaw that three seconds later, Pain, who was spinning in the air, would grab her head and activate the Soul Absorption Technique.

Following her Observation Haki, she had a sudden thought and decided to let go of the use of chakra to grab the ground, allowing the opponent to knock her away.

The Human Path flew past Sakura, perfectly avoiding the future revealed by her Observation Haki.

But even if the future can be predicted, people living in the present still have the ability to create a completely new future.

The Animal Path formed hand seals in mid-air and used a summoning technique to swap places with the Human Path, allowing her, imbued with the Soul Absorption Technique, to appear directly in front of Sakura's flight path!

Snapped!

Human Path's hand touched Sakura's head, purple chakra flowed from his palm, and his spirit penetrated Sakura's body's defenses, piercing straight into her spirit.

Before the girl's eyes, endless illusions appeared: the deathly silence and coldness of her soul, and the endless depravity.

It was like a real hell, tearing at the soul, endlessly eroding reason, threatening to make one sink into it and never be able to return.

"Evil party? They're just making excuses for their self-indulgence. If you enjoy depravity, then go to hell with your soul. That would be a fitting end for you!"

Human Path Pain snorted coldly, his purple chakra gripping Sakura's spiritual core, and exerting a slight force.

"Look at you, you yourself are so forgetful, how can you expect others in the ninja world to do the same?"

Payne was taken aback. She should be unable to move since she had been captured and her soul was being drained.

In the center of his surging darkness, a pair of emerald eyes slowly opened.

A burning will surged silently, swallowing and burning away all the darkness, coalescing into a powerful aura of Haki capable of igniting the world.

The overwhelming aura shattered the spell in Pain's mind, and in the real world, Sakura's iron fist, wrapped in Armament Haki, had already struck.

boom--!

The fist landed and the Human Path was smashed into the ground, all the iron spikes on its body shattered, severing its chakra connection with Nagato.

"Only two Paynes are left."

In a distant mountain cave, Nagato, whose body was fixed in a huge machine, helplessly looked up and glanced at the man wearing a snake-shaped hood beside him.

"The soil from the dead in the Land of Fire has been completely collected. You can summon them whenever you need to."

The man under the hood raised his head. His left cheek was normal, but his right cheek was eroded by white scales. His eyes had turned gold, and there was a touch of purple eyeshadow at the corner of his eye.

"it is good!"

Nagato closed his eyes again, his chakra linking to the Animal Path, far away in Konoha.

She formed hand seals, and slapped the spiritual runes onto the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of soil carrying the aura of the dead was summoned into Konoha. The snake-eyed hooded man hiding in the cave activated the technique—Earth Release: Creation of the Dead!

Chakra was injected into the soil, and the corpses slowly rose up, launching a large-scale attack on the Konoha ninjas.

Sakura, who had finally managed to reduce Pain to only two bodies, was taken aback.

"What the heck is this? Does having fewer enemies trigger more enemies?"

Chapter 292 The Terrifying Aspects of Natural Systems

"How dare you desecrate the dead like this, damned Akatsuki!"

In the remaining half of the buildings in Konoha Village, Kakashi's fingertips crackled with electricity as he nimbly dragged the Lightning Blade among the slowly rising dead.

With each high-pitched, thunderous cry of the Thousand Birds, a large number of corpse puppets would have gaping holes pierced through their chests.

Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza formed the Ino-Shika-Cho formation. They used the Mind Transfer Technique for perception, the Shadow Imitation Technique for distraction, and the Human Bomber for the main attack, efficiently clearing away nearby corpse puppets like a giant swinging a yo-yo.

The Hyuga, Aburame, and Inuzuka ninjas moved along the top of the corridor, scouting the battlefield, while the Uchiha ninjas coordinated their fire-breathing techniques to incinerate the corpse puppets over a large area.

Gradually, as the corpse puppets spread, the ninjas who were protecting the villagers in their refuge were forced to expose their core protective perimeter and troop concentration points.

High in the sky, Deidara, standing on the back of a giant bird made of exploding clay, adjusted the instruments on his eyes and locked onto several refuge points.

"There's one in the Uchiha clan territory to the southwest, one in the training grounds to the west, and another one in the ninja academy to the northwest!" Deidara, his face beaming with excitement, turned his head slightly to report to Obito behind him.

"Alright, let's clear them out one by one. We should be able to find the person that guy cherishes. Don't kill her then; we need hostages to force her to comply!"

Obito glanced at Kakashi, who was struggling in the battle, and the tomoe of his Sharingan slowly rotated, as if he was about to take Deidara into his Kamui dimension.

However, in the next instant, a burning spear of light shot into the sky, carrying the sharp slashing aura of wind release chakra, piercing through Deidara's explosive clay and causing a huge explosion!

boom!

The pale, intense light vanished in an instant, scattering burning dust. Beneath the wings of the exploding clay giant bird, tiny, dancing sparks fell rapidly, quickly magnifying.

The entire dark deep space was covered by the omnipresent blazing firelight, from which countless streams of malevolent smoke continuously spewed forth.

The shockwave from the explosion also ripped off the outer shells of many shelters, exposing the villagers inside. Seeing this, the guarding ninjas had no choice but to abandon their efforts to eliminate the constantly resurrecting corpse puppets and instead focus their forces on protecting the villagers.

In the sky, Deidara coughed violently, clutching his neck tightly to prevent the aura carrying Yang Release chakra from crowding into his lungs. "Cough, cough cough cough! Oh no, it's poisonous!"

Obito Uchiha, his face ashen, fell from the giant bird with a dizzy head and blurred vision, crashing to the ground alongside Deidara, creating a huge crater and a cloud of smoke.

"We took it down! Well done, Naruto!" Fukasaku, who was crouching on Gamakichi, swung his fist forcefully as he chased after them.

"That masked man is one of the guys who attacked Jiraiya. Don't let him get away!"

Upon seeing Obito Uchiha fall, Shima immediately recognized him as the one who had been harassing Jiraiya while traveling through the alternate dimension during the battle in the Land of Rain.

"Naruto, be careful of this guy. He can use space-time ninjutsu to teleport his body to another dimension and make it intangible. You must attack him when he manifests his physical form!" Fukasaku also jumped to Naruto's side and whispered a reminder.

"Understood, Grandpa and Grandma Sage, I'll go all out!" Naruto nodded to Fukasaku.

The other party understood immediately and took out a summoning scroll from his back. After pressing his finger on it, he summoned a shadow clone from Mount Myōboku that had been condensed with Sage Chakra.

After the Shadow Clone Technique was released, orange eyeshadow appeared in Naruto's eyes, and his pupils turned into horizontal stripes like a toad's.

“Naruto Uzumaki…” Obito Uchiha, tearing through the smoke with one hand, looked at him, and then at the shadow of his teacher behind him!

"Look behind you. Are those Konoha villagers who treated you with malice and hatred really worth risking your life to protect?"

Obito Uchiha's voice echoed throughout the battlefield, causing many of the Konoha villagers he was protecting to change their expressions.

"Naruto, no..."

Kakashi, who was constantly killing the corpse puppets, felt his heart skip a beat when he heard Obito's divisive words. He immediately turned around and tried to rush to his student's side.

"Yes! We really can't forgive them so easily." Naruto smiled wryly. "Sakura also said something about dealing with hatred with forgiveness, so what should be used to reward forgiveness, and so on..."

Seeing that the other party had entered his rhythm, Obito Uchiha intensified his efforts, coaxing them gently, "Then join us! Once the Eye of the Moon Project is completed, you can become the god of your own world, and then you can easily realize whatever ideal you have!"

"You don't understand what I mean. Not forgiving them has nothing to do with my desire to protect Konoha!"

The blond boy straightened his chest, his azure eyes looking straight ahead. "Behind me are not only those who hate me, but also the families of my companions who love and accept me. I am no longer alone in this village."

Furthermore, it's truly pathetic that you need to achieve your ideals in this way!

As he spoke, Naruto lowered his body, and with the support of Sage Chakra, his taijutsu and ninjutsu reached an unprecedented peak, his speed almost turning into a yellow flash.

"The negotiations have fallen apart. Don't hold back, Deidara! That's a Sage Art from one of the Three Great Holy Lands!" Obito's eyes spun with the tomoe in them, drawing Deidara into his Kamui dimension, and his body also became ethereal.

"Hahaha, I've been waiting for you to say that." Deidara grinned maliciously. "Nine-Tailed brat, let's see whose explosion is the true art!!!"

He took out a large amount of clay from the cloth bag, opened the mouths in his palms, and ate the clay in big bites, then his fingers flew and formed hand seals.

"Let me show you the ninjutsu I specially developed for that woman, C! 4!" Deidara roared, and then his entire body was engulfed by Obito's Kamui.

After entering the Divine Might Space, he opened his mouth and spat out a giant clay doll, which exploded inside and turned into countless tiny clay bombs invisible to the naked eye.

Outside the space, Obito sensed that Deidara was ready and extended his hand to meet Naruto's incoming fist.

Snapped!

The heavy punch landed on Obito's palm, causing him excruciating pain. However, the large amount of dust brought out from the Kamui dimension scattered all over Naruto's body, even entering his systemic circulation through his breathing.

"What is that?!" Naruto's perception was greatly enhanced in Sage Mode, and with the help of Observation Haki, he discovered tiny clay spiders hidden in the air.

A glint of light flashed in the boy's azure eyes, and a hint of a smile appeared in them.

"Let's test the waters first, so we don't die too quickly! Naruto Uzumaki!"

Obito formed hand seals and transferred his head into the Kamui dimension. "Hah!"

Deidara, inside Obito's dimension, cooperated with him and detonated the bombs he released.

Suddenly, Naruto's body outside the city began to swell strangely, eventually shattering and bursting with intense light.

boom!