Immediately, Nagato controlled the remaining three paths—the Deva Path, the Animal Path, and the Human Path—to quickly distance themselves from this terrifying guy.
The Animal Path directly formed hand seals with both hands to use the Summoning Jutsu.
Accompanied by a massive cloud of thick fog, a giant chameleon appeared, along with a terrifying three-headed hellhound.
The chameleon immediately shot out its tongue, wrapping up all three of them and swallowing them into its stomach. It then activated its invisibility, vanishing from sight to wait for an opportunity to attack.
As for the three-headed hellhound, it was summoned by Nagato using an Amplification Summoning Technique; if attacked, it would only split and multiply.
The three massive heads of the hellhound opened their jaws and lunged to tear Ryōsuke apart.
Ryōsuke was quite familiar with the three-headed hellhound and knew that attacking it would cause it to split into more bodies.
However, he had a way to deal with it.
Facing the hellhound lunging at him with open jaws, Ryōsuke waited until the exact moment it reached him before leaping directly onto its head.
He reached out, pressed his hand against one of the heads, and activated the Rinnegan's Blocking Technique Absorption Seal.
A steady, endless stream of chakra flowed into his body.
In an instant, the three-headed hellhound was sucked dry, turning into a shriveled husk.
Ryōsuke landed back on the ground.
He felt thoroughly refreshed. *Let's see how you split now,* he thought.
Meanwhile, the invisible chameleon stealthily approached and shot out its tongue, attempting to restrain Ryōsuke.
Ryōsuke threw a direct punch at the disgustingly slimy tongue. It was best to avoid touching such things too much.
He then fired off another punch, creating an air cannon.
The chameleon was blasted into critical condition and collapsed heavily onto the ground.
It spat out the three people hidden inside its stomach.
Seeing the three of them, Ryōsuke closed the distance with lightning speed. In an instant, he threw two punches, completely shattering the Human Path and the Animal Path at the front.
Just as he was about to throw a third punch to smash Deva Path Pain to pieces...
...he felt an intense repulsive force.
"Almighty Push."
This was an attack launched by Nagato through Pain. In the past, this move could reflect all enemy attacks and even inflict severe injuries, but right now, he only wanted to use it to halt his opponent's movements.
Controlling Pain, Nagato instantly increased the output.
Blood seeped from the corners of his mouth.
Pain could not be destroyed, because it was made from Yahiko's body.
Ryōsuke immediately felt the even stronger repulsive force, which had some effect on his body.
But it wasn't much. Powering straight through the repulsion, he rapidly closed in on Pain's body and delivered a devastating punch, blowing away half of its torso.
Under the resistance of the repulsive force, the power of his punch had been somewhat mitigated.
However, in this state, Pain was completely immobilized.
With that, all of the Six Paths of Pain were finished.
Ryōsuke stood on the ground, feeling exhilarated. *As expected, in the face of the Eight Inner Gates, everything else is just trash.*
Maintaining the state of the Sixth Gate being fully opened, he began to sense Nagato's location.
If Nagato was still going to be stubborn, there would be another fight.
Meanwhile, hiding in his secret chamber, Nagato's mood had sunk to rock bottom.
The Six Paths of Pain he relied on had absolutely no power to fight back. *Is this the true power of the Rinnegan?*
*Are these eyes of mine actually someone else's?*
*Otherwise, why would my abilities have absolutely no effect on this man?*
As the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, they shouldn't be this fragile.
Facing such a powerful opponent, his main body was also incapable of dealing with him. This man was simply too strong.
*Are my dreams, and Yahiko's dreams, going to end here?*
Just as Nagato was drowning in pessimism...
...the ceiling above him shattered with a deafening crash.
A White-Masked Man in Black plummeted from above, smashing a massive crater into the floor as he landed.
The intruder was naturally Ryōsuke. Upon arriving at the top floor of the tower, he simply couldn't be bothered to walk.
Having sensed Nagato's exact location, he chose to smash through all the ceilings and break in directly.
It was the most convenient method.
Nagato's unease grew even stronger. He hadn't expected this guy to arrive so quickly.
This man possessed the Rinnegan and had sensory abilities just as powerful as his own.
He immediately went on high alert.
He absolutely could not afford to lose these eyes. *Perhaps I'll have to use that summoning jutsu—the Gedo Statue.*
It was said to be the husk of the Ten-Tails; perhaps it could contend with the man before him.
Given this guy's extreme speed...
Nagato had already brought his hands to his chest.
Summoning the Gedo Statue would drain his life force. Unless it was an absolute last resort, Nagato didn't want to summon it.
Seeing Nagato's posture, Ryōsuke was momentarily speechless. *He really is extremely wary of me.*
*Looking at him, who knows what kind of forbidden jutsu he's trying to use now.*
Since that was the case, he directly activated a Rinnegan genjutsu with his eyes.
At the same time, his figure dashed toward Nagato with the speed of lightning.
Nagato, who was just about to form the hand seals to summon the Gedo Statue, suddenly realized he couldn't move.
*It's a genjutsu! We both have the Rinnegan, I never expected to fall for it!*
His eyes narrowed.
He desperately tried to break free from the control. By the time he finally managed to shake it off and regain control of his body, the opponent was already right in front of him, filling his heart with terror.
It was too late.
With a swift swipe of his hand, Ryōsuke gouged out Nagato's Rinnegan. He then stepped back and placed the two eyes into a pre-prepared culture flask.
These were Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan, possessing all sorts of coveted abilities.
For instance, the special ability Limbo summoned clones that were completely invisible to anyone without the Rinnegan or the Sage of Six Paths' chakra—it was practically invincible.
Knowing of such an ability, he could naturally use it as well.
However, he still wouldn't transplant someone else's eyes. His own Rinnegan was powerful enough; naturally, he disdained using another person's eyes.
Not to mention, his Rinnegan could still evolve, and the Rinnegan wasn't necessarily the ultimate evolutionary stage of the eyes.
Stripped of his eyes, blood poured from Nagato's empty sockets as he let out an agonized howl.
In truth, the pain in his heart was even greater. With the Rinnegan gone, his dreams were gone too. His entire strength had been built upon the Rinnegan.
Without those eyes, he couldn't accomplish anything. He couldn't even utilize the Six Paths of Pain anymore.
He was quite talented himself, but his natural abilities were nowhere near enough to support him in achieving his dreams.
Furthermore, his legs were crippled, and he didn't have much life left.
The use of the Rinnegan placed an immense burden on the body, damaging his physical foundation and draining his life force.
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