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Chapter 129: Another Battle Between Six Paths of Pain and Sage Mode?
"Yes!"
As an Elite Jonin, Samui reacted instantly, realizing that a sudden change had occurred.
She immediately scooped up the bewildered Shion and the stunned Honoka, rushing out of the pavilion at top speed.
At the same time, having issued her orders, Konan flapped the wings on her back and flew straight up into the sky.
Before she could even pass through the thick fog wrapping the outer perimeter of the Sky Fortress, the temperature above rose drastically, radiating a terrifying heat.
A familiar, cold shout rang out: "Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!!"
"Obito Uchiha!!"
Konan was shaken internally; she hadn't expected him to find them so quickly.
Sheets of white paper drifted from her body, emitting wisps of cold air as they shot upward. Linking together with a flash of cold light, they instantly formed a massive wall of ice, blocking the space above the Sky Fortress.
The sea of fire descended. The raging flames ignited with a whoosh, covering the entire ice wall.
The sky seemed to be split in two. One side white, one side red.
Red and white collided, forming a distinct boundary line between them. Ice and fire were incompatible. The scorching high temperature roasted the glacial ice, erupting with thick white steam as it sizzled.
Konan turned her entire body into paper, rushing through the high-temperature steam and the sea of fire. She looked up, and her pupils instantly contracted.
Obito Uchiha was standing steadily high in the sky, flapping the wings on his back.
What shocked her even more were the six people standing on his flanks!
They were the six Jinchuriki who were definitely dead, yet at this moment, they had been crafted into the new Six Paths of Pain!
Two-Tails—Yugito Nii!
Three-Tails—Yagura Karatachi!
Four-Tails—Roshi!
Five-Tails—Han!
Six-Tails—Utakata!
Seven-Tails—Fu!
She recognized all of them. After all, the Akatsuki's goal had been to collect the Tailed Beasts, so the data on every current Jinchuriki was etched into her mind.
At this moment, the left eye of every Jinchuriki was a Rinnegan with rippling purple patterns. Like Obito Uchiha, they had wings on their backs and stood high in the sky, looking down at her indifferently.
Alex was equally astonished.
He hadn't expected Obito to not only find them so quickly but also successfully transplant the Rinnegan and create a new Six Paths of Pain. His strength had already advanced to Super Kage level.
...
Konan had just rushed out of the sea of fire when the attacks from Obito and the group of Jinchuriki came crashing down.
Obito's arm transformed directly into twisted branches, shooting downward.
—Wood Release: Hellish Chaos!
Yugito Nii spat out a large, rat-shaped blue flame—Mouse Hairball!
The baby-faced Yagura Karatachi fired a cannonball-shaped water projectile—Water Release: Iron Water Cannon!
Roshi, dressed in red, had already entered Lava Release Chakra Mode, his entire body wrapped in magma of extremely high temperature. clasping his hands together, he spat out a large number of magma balls.
—Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique!
Han, wearing a red bamboo hat, had steam rising from his entire body. With a wave of his hand, intense, high-temperature gas poured down.
Utakata's chest clothes were wide open. Holding a bamboo pipe in his mouth, he blew out a dense cluster of highly corrosive, colorful bubbles.
As for Fu, she possessed wings and could fly. At this moment, her cicada-like wings vibrated ceaselessly, scattering a large amount of sparkling scale powder. Not only could it obstruct vision, but it could also paralyze the enemy's body.
Six Kage-level Jinchuriki and one Super Kage.
The attacks of the seven were like a natural disaster. The high altitude was dyed with the colors of various energies, transmitting terrifying fluctuations.
The moment Alex transmitted the Senjutsu Chakra, Konan instantly entered Sage Mode. A touch of purple eyeshadow appeared on her eyelids.
Before the attacks arrived, the two combined their power to unleash a joint technique—Sage Art: Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!
Ice mirrors, ten times larger than those created with ordinary Chakra, appeared with a swish, filling the surroundings.
Suspended in the void and covering an area of a thousand meters, they wrapped Obito, the six Jinchuriki, and all their attacks within a massive spherical ice structure.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All the attacks slammed viciously into the ice mirrors.
Under such terrifying power and intensity, even the ice mirrors created with Senjutsu Chakra couldn't withstand it, cracking and shattering one after another.
But in the next instant, new ice mirrors emerged from the void to replace the gaps, firmly locking the power of all the attacks inside. Not a single wisp escaped to affect the Sky Fortress below.
...
In the Operations Room.
Samui and the others arrived in front of Kameda. "Quick, Lady Konan ordered us to activate the Sky Fortress immediately and head to Rendezvous Point 3!"
"Understood!" Kameda's expression was grave as he operated the controls personally.
The floor vibrated slightly, and the Sky Ninja Fortress exited its hovering state, flying forward.
He pulled up the surveillance feed of the sky above the fortress. Everyone was stunned on the spot by the massive ice mirrors, each twenty meters high.
It was simply incredible that such a colossal object was suspended in the high sky. Was this really Ninjutsu? Was this something human power could achieve?
Honoka exclaimed in shock, "This is Lady Konan's Ice Release? I can't believe she can make it this big! It's almost ten times larger than what we saw last time. It seems Lady Konan's strength has increased a lot."
Samui thought deeper than her. "To force her to use such a terrifying technique, the incoming enemy must be far from simple."
Kameda looked at Honoka. "Do you know the identity of the enemy?"
"Uh..." Honoka shook her head. "I'm not sure. Lady Konan left too quickly; there was no time to say."
Shion didn't understand combat. she just stared blankly at the ice mirrors on the screen, asking worriedly, "Lady Konan will be alright, right?"
Kameda said with great confidence, "Lady Konan will absolutely be fine! Look at all the past battles—hasn't Lady Konan returned safely every time, beating the enemy into a pulp? This time will definitely be the same."
"Uncle Kameda is right!" Honoka affirmed. "Everyone needs to have faith. We just need to do our jobs well and wait peacefully for Lady Konan's return!"
Kameda nodded. "Lady Konan is fighting on the front lines right now. We can't drag her down. Everyone, hurry to your assigned posts. Don't let the enemy invade!"
...
High in the sky.
The Sky Fortress flew away rapidly, heading into the distance at full speed.
The massive spherical ice structure remained suspended steadily above.
The roaring sounds inside gradually ceased. All attacks had been blocked by the ice mirrors below. The Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals barrier was intact.
Obito and the six Jinchuriki stood in the center, surrounded on all sides—left, right, up, and down—by twenty-meter-high ice mirrors. They looked like they had stumbled into a land of giants, appearing incredibly small in comparison.
On every mirror was Konan's aloof face, staring coldly at Obito and the others in the center.
"Her Ice Release has gotten stronger?" Obito looked around at the multiple Konans on the ice mirrors with a dark expression. "No, it's not just a simple increase in strength. Your Chakra is different from before. It's similar to Jiraiya's transformed state... You've learned Sage Mode!!"
Obito's eyes overflowed with killing intent, alongside shock and a trace of unease.
How long had it been? This traitor had mastered another power. And it was the extremely powerful Senjutsu!
He instantly recalled Sage Jiraiya and Sage Naruto, both of whom had defeated the Six Paths of Pain.
And now, he had just brought his brand-new Six Paths of Pain to her door. He had been brimming with confidence, never expecting the opponent to have mastered Senjutsu.
Was he going to have another battle between the Six Paths of Pain and Sage Mode?
The results of the previous two times didn't seem very good. How would his turn out this time...?
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