Pain didn't immediately deal with the awakening tendrils. Instead, he turned to the other side, speaking calmly.
"Long time no see, Jiraiya."
Jiraiya noticed the details instantly, his heart shaking!
Rinnegan! Six pairs!?
And the most important person?
He felt a bad premonition, coldly asking:
"Where's Nagato!"
Pain was silent for a moment, then replied calmly:
"He's dead."
Hearing this, Jiraiya's eyes dimmed.
He sensed the coldness in Yahiko's words, imagining something major had happened over the years.
But now wasn't the time for reminiscing.
Jiraiya looked up, determination in his eyes, shouting:
"First, we need to deal with this thing!"
"If it gets out, Amegakure will be the first to be destroyed!"
This creature felt as terrifying as the Nine-Tails!
Pain coldly eyed the rift and the countless tendrils.
If not fearing Amegakure's destruction, he wouldn't have emerged so quickly.
He'd have waited for Jiraiya to exhaust most of his chakra!
The croaking stopped, and the eerie tendrils started writing again, tearing space and reaching for everyone!
At the highest point of Amegakure, Nagato's thought moved, and Asura Path acted first!
His entire right arm opened like armor, revealing numerous mini-missiles launching out!
But Nagato didn't expect these to harm the tough tendrils, aiming for another effect!
Vibration!
He believed the previous sound waves had this effect!
Continuous explosions and vibrations would be more intense!
The next second, continuous explosions and blinding light appeared, causing deafening booms and shockwaves!
Indeed, the tendrils paused, stiffening slightly!
A sharp bird call sounded again!
In the sky, a large bird flew like a missile, diving towards the rift!
Jiraiya understood; they were sacrificing the summon, using the inertia to pull the tendrils back!
But given Gamabunta's fate, he doubted its success!
As expected!
The next second, the large bird seemed to hit a web, unable to move forward!
The tendrils quickly shook off the stiffness, now immune to the damage, entangling the bird!
At this moment, Pain raised his hand!
He never expected the summon to succeed!
Instantly, terrifying repulsive force acted on the bird!
A dull boom echoed, and the bird, with most tendrils, was blasted into the rift!
Jiraiya's eyes brightened!
Though he didn't understand what happened, it worked!
Except for a few tendrils, the rest, along with the bird, were pulled in!
He moved to use a sealing jutsu, but saw the other five Rinnegan users had dispersed around the rift, pressing the air simultaneously!
"True Five-Seal Barrier!"
Five giant black "forbidden" characters appeared, positioning around the rift!
As the characters compressed towards the center, the rift visibly shrank!
Jiraiya watched in amazement, surprised by this use of the Five-Seal Barrier.
This time it should work!
But suddenly, wanton laughter echoed from the rift.
"Foolish! Truly foolish!"
"The world barrier is loosening, do you think you can seal this rift!?"
"Ridiculous."
World barrier... Jiraiya chewed on this unfamiliar term, feeling an unstoppable unease!
Hidden, Nagato's face darkened but wasn't affected.
He continued compressing the Five-Seal Barrier, aiming to close the rift!
This was prepared for 'Uchiha Madara's' space-time jutsu; it had to work!
Time passed, the rift shrinking.
Until it was hair-thin, almost invisible!
Jiraiya felt joy, thinking the so-called evil god was bluffing.
But he quickly turned serious.
He hadn't forgotten his mission to investigate Akatsuki.
Though no longer a secret infiltration!
And with six Rinnegan, a tough battle loomed.
*Boom!*
A sudden, bell-like explosion shook the space!
The hair-thin rift rebounded explosively!
The five giant characters shattered instantly, and the other controllers besides Pain were sent flying by an unseen force!
Jiraiya, though far, almost lost his senjutsu focus!
Even more terrifying!
The rift is now three times the previous size!
Suspended in mid-air, emitting a bloody glow, like a hellish gate!
Deep in the tower, Nagato spat blood.
The barrier's shattering was too intense, damaging his mind!
But he didn't rest!
He controlled Pain to fly up, using a more powerful Shinra Tensei!
Meanwhile, Jiraiya completed Sage Mode!
Shima Sage said without hesitation:
"Use that move, Jiraiya!"
The three acted in perfect sync, forming seals!
"Sage Art: Goemon!"
Jiraiya spewed oil!
Fukasaku blew the wind!
Shima spewed fire!
With a leap!
Pain in the sky saw a terrifying combined sage art!
Oil fed the fire!
Wind fueled the flames!
Like a tidal wave, the fiery sea surged towards the rift!
The sky turned red from the flames, air distorting!
Konan had to flap away!
Too hot, staying would ignite her technique, killing her!
Far away, in a shadow under a roof.
A pitcher plant rose, untouched by rain.
Zetsu watched the battle, amazed.
"Such power from the Sannin, no wonder they're renowned, terrifying to behold!"
"Heh, Jiraiya wouldn't infiltrate alone without skills; I think only Nagato can beat him steadily!"
"And Itachi?"
"His eyes are killing him, but he could still kill Sasuke easily."
"What did Hidan summon, so terrifying."
Black Zetsu didn't reply.
The spores lost monitoring, rushing back via the Spore Technique.
He saw the giant rift and the eye, chilling at a glance!
"Call Tobi back?" White Zetsu asked.
Black Zetsu paused, saying:
"No, let's wait. Jiraiya and Nagato should handle..."
But he was cut off!
In the fiery sea, a giant vortex appeared!
All the flames were sucked into the expanding rift!
Everyone stared!
The monstrous eye suddenly opened after the flames vanished.
The attack of the Sage Art: Goemon was... ineffective!
The next second, deafening laughter erupted!
"I told you, you cannot stop me!"
"This is the difference across dimensions; your power is like that of ants!"
And this time!
The single eye seemed to focus, suddenly pushing against the rift from the inside, squeezing through, mountain-sized!
At that moment, everyone felt unprecedented dread!
Not because of its size!
The gigantic eye's crystal flipped, revealing countless smaller eyes, watching everyone.
Even Black and White Zetsu in hiding!
But that wasn't all!
No tendrils extended; instead, the eye grew eyelids, and the lashes turned into massive, rapidly growing tendrils!
In the sky, Pain hesitated no more!
Instantly, the other five Paths of Pain collapsed, chakra converging in him, using a trump card.
"Shinra Tensei!"
On the ground, Jiraiya felt the danger, leaping further away!
He saw the eye's surface indent, an invisible force acting!
*Pop! Pop! Pop!*
Countless small eyes burst, oozing pus!
But the giant eye remained unfazed, silent.
All tendrils stretched towards the rift.
Jiraiya was puzzled.
Then his face changed, shouting:
"Yahiko!"
"This isn't its main body, just a part!!"
"It's pulling itself through!"
He formed seals again, summoning!
With two bursts of white smoke!
Gamaken and Gamakichi!
No need for words, Fukasaku shouted:
"Use weapons to drive it back!"
Two giant toads readied weapons, striking the eye!
Pain focused Shinra Tensei, no longer spreading!
Others attacked too!
Konan formed paper spears!
Fukasaku used an exaggerated Sage Art: Vacuum Wave!
Shima used water comparable to the Second Hokage's!
Jiraiya used the terrifying Sage Art: Mountain Jutsu, raising land to crush!
Everyone's attacks formed a spectacular scene!
Zetsu, watching, thought any living kage-level ninja would die under this assault!
Except Tobi.
But the next second, an unimaginable scene!
The giant eye exploded under the attacks, expanding the rift!
The eyelash tendrils turned black-brown, stabilizing the rift!
The next second!
A hundred-meter black hand extended, gripping the ground!
An overwhelming pressure descended!
The space trembled, a silent ringing in everyone's ears!
The two giant toads exploded into white smoke!
Konan's technique collapsed, falling.
Pain helped her land with brief gravity.
*Boom!*
The ground shook!
The giant arm pulled, revealing a patterned head, and a black eye glancing skyward!
"Finally!"
"I'm finally coming out!"
The evil god laughed excitedly, like thunder!
Jiraiya and the others felt shock and uncontrollable fear!
Only part of the limbs couldn't be stopped; the body was even more terrifying, making breathing hard!
Jiraiya realized he was wrong!
This wasn't Nine-Tails level, not even close!
On the ground, Konan watched the evil god crawl out, terrified and regretful!
If they hadn't taken Hidan, hadn't built the shrine, Would today have happened!?
Now Hidan's dream came true!
The world might be destroyed, the dark ninja world becoming history!
But Jiraiya couldn't accept it!
He clenched his fists, swallowing his fear, ready for a last stand!
But then, space shook again, visible ripples!
"Still getting stronger?"
Jiraiya smiled bitterly, regretting not killing the evil god follower sooner.
Nagato also prepared Chibaku Tensei!
But then, Fukasaku on Jiraiya's shoulder shouted:
"Wrong!"
"It's not the evil god, it's watching something!"
Jiraiya was puzzled, and then everyone looked up!
In the sky, countless lines appeared, sketching a golden door!
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