, Form 1

Chapter 156 First Form

The rain keeps falling.

Pain, the Deva Path, hovered in mid-air, his Rinnegan fixed on Naruto amidst the ruins below.

His voice pierced through the torrential rain, devoid of any emotion: "You're the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, aren't you?"

"Since you're here, you don't need to leave."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Nan, who was standing beside him, had already made her move.

The Dance of Shikigami!

Suddenly, the paper wings on her back unfolded, and countless sheets of white paper, hardened by chakra, spun and flew out like sharp blades.

The densely packed paper scraps were mixed with a large number of explosive tags, which turned into a white torrent that instantly blocked all of Naruto's escape routes.

"Using pieces of paper to attack?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, not dodging, but completing the hand seals in the blink of an eye: "Ice Release: Twin Dragon Storm Kill!"

Two enormous, jet-black tornadoes suddenly appeared out of thin air, carrying with them extremely cold air as they shot straight into the sky.

The continuous rain in Amegakure became Naruto's best weapon at this moment.

The raindrops froze the moment they touched the tornado. Before the paper shuriken and explosive tags that were flying everywhere could explode, they were encased in thick ice and fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

"What!?"

Xiao Nan's pupils constricted slightly.

The black ice tornado was incredibly fast, and the chill spread instantly.

Her proud paper wings became stiff and heavy in the extremely low temperature, and even half of her body was covered with frost, making her movements instantly sluggish.

Just as the storm was about to engulf her, a huge black shadow crashed down and blocked her way.

That was a split hellhound summoned by the animal realm.

The multi-headed behemoth, as tall as a five-story building, roared and smashed the ice tornado with brute force, opening its blood-red maw to bite Naruto.

"A summoning beast? It's getting in the way."

Naruto's eyes were cold as he instantly formed hand seals, compressing wind-style chakra in his mouth: "Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

Dozens of high-pressure wind blades flew out like scythes, instantly slicing open the hellhound's head.

The hellhound's wound writhed and instantly split into dozens of small, vicious dogs. Not only did they escape the fatal wound, but they also surged towards them from all directions like a tide.

"It can also split and multiply—troublesome."

This is not over yet.

Just as Naruto was preparing to clear out the minions, the bald, burly figure of the Asura Path appeared unnoticed in a blind spot on his flank.

"Strange Arm Rocket!"

His arm snapped instantly, and a flaming punch aimed straight for Naruto's head.

Naruto did not turn around.

Lightning flashed in his raised left hand.

High-intensity lightning chakra instantly condensed into a dazzling spear, which was then swung backhand.

The rocket-shaped punch, powerful enough to shatter rocks, was precisely split in two mid-air.

In just a few seconds, Ice Release, Wind Release, and Lightning Release were used.

Naruto's display of control over multiple chakra natures finally caused Pain's eyes to flicker slightly in the air.

"It's not just the power of the Nine-Tails—this brat has mastered quite a few ninjutsu."

Just then.

"Warm-up complete."

Suddenly, something exploded beneath Naruto's feet.

His figure vanished instantly, and he used his speed to rush directly towards Pain in the sky.

With Naruto so close at hand, Pain could no longer stand by and gather information.

He simply raised his hand, aimed it at the figure, and the power of his Rinnegan suddenly erupted.

Shinra Tensei.

boom!

A terrifying repulsive force erupted from him.

The rainwater was drained away, creating a vacuum zone, and Naruto's momentum was instantly halted.

Faced with this irresistible repulsive force, Naruto's body was like a cannonball being thrown back, flying hundreds of meters before crashing heavily into an abandoned steel building.

Smoke and dust rose, and gravel rolled down.

"Is this the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Pain coldly withdrew his hand. "Nothing special."

But the attack did not end there.

To ensure absolute success, Payne subtly moved his mind, and two figures instantly rushed out.

Shura Dao landed first, tearing off his robe to reveal a mechanical body with three faces and six arms, as well as a ferocious serrated steel tail behind him.

This is a human weapon modified for killing.

Click click click —

His head split open, his arms transformed into cannon barrels, and countless missiles and lasers rained down on the abandoned building like a storm.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom —

That area appeared to have been subjected to carpet bombing.

The continuous explosions echoed throughout Amegakure, flames shot into the sky, and the building was completely reduced to dust.

Thick smoke and firelight mingled together, obscuring visibility.

Under the cover of this intense firepower, a slender figure moved swiftly along the ground like a ghost, silently disappearing into the smoke and dust.

The Way of Humanity.

Possessing the ability to read memories and extract souls, he is specifically responsible for intelligence gathering and close-combat kills in the Six Paths.

Taking advantage of the moment when Naruto was suppressed by firepower and his life was uncertain, he was going to strike to decide the outcome.

His palms are covered with special chakra; the moment they touch someone, their soul is instantly pulled out.

"We caught them."

In the heart of the smoke and dust, the Human Path's hand precisely gripped the head of the figure in the ruins.

"Soul Absorption Technique!"

However, for the first time, astonishment appeared on the perpetually expressionless face of the Human Dao.

It can't be pulled.

That person's soul was as heavy as a mountain, utterly unshakeable.

"What do you want to do to my soul?"

A low, muffled voice suddenly rang out.

The human path was still pressing down on the other person's head.

But his perspective was forced to change from looking down to looking up.

Even the hand that was pressing on the other person's head was trembling involuntarily.

Upon seeing the scene before him, even Nagato, who was controlling Pain from a hundred meters away, couldn't help but have his pupils contract violently.

The one standing before the Human Path is no longer the boy from before.

Instead, it was a humanoid monster nearly three meters tall with a ferocious and terrifying appearance.

His snow-white bones covered his entire body like armor, with grotesque bone spurs growing from his joints.

Within the crevices of the bone armor, a grayish-brown, rock-like layer of keratin bulged like muscles, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.

His face was covered by a white bone mask, revealing only a pair of vertical pupils that shimmered with golden light.

This is not human; it is a complete killing machine.

This is Naruto's strongest melee form, developed with the help of the third-tier gene lock, after combining Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku and Jugo's Sage Mode.

Phase 1, melee mode.

Human Path held Naruto's hand and slid it down from his head to his thigh.

The way he looked up at Naruto was like a child looking at a burly man—weak and powerless.

"A soul attack? That's an interesting ability."

The bone-armored monster lowered its head slightly, its eyes, hidden behind the bone mask, gleaming with a cold light: "Unfortunately, you can't take my soul."

"withdraw!"

Nagato instantly realized the situation was bad and immediately manipulated the Human Path to retreat.

But it was too late.

A massive hand covered in thick bone armor, with incredible speed, gripped the head of the Human Path.

skull.

Click.

The immense force caused the skull of the human path to crack under the strain.

"Since you're here, you don't need to leave."

Naruto returned Pain's words to him.

Without any fancy ninjutsu, all techniques are meaningless in the face of absolute physical strength.

His arm muscles bulged, and he casually pulled.

puff!

With a spray of blood and flesh, the head of the Human Path was forcibly ripped off his neck.