The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 23 The Power of the Gods

Konan frowned, thinking of her like-minded companions from back then, and... the deceased Yahiko.

"What a bunch of treacherous people!"

She muttered something under her breath, then silently stepped aside, giving her seat to Payne.

At this moment, the Nine-Tails' second Tailed Beast Ball had already shot towards him, but Pain remained unfazed, simply extending his hand and saying casually:

"Shinra Tensei!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tremendous repulsive force was released from his eyes, striking the Tailed Beast Ball that was shooting straight at him.

The black sphere, radiating a terrifying aura, resisted for only a second or two before rebounding violently and crashing back towards the Nine-Tailed Fox's head along its original trajectory.

This sudden turn of events surprised even the Nine-Tails.

Even the Uchiha who often controlled it could only control it with Sharingan genjutsu, and could not possibly take its Tailed Beast Ball head-on, and even bounced the Tailed Beast Ball back.

"roar……"

Nine-Tails was shocked and furious, but its massive body was too slow to dodge. It could only watch helplessly as the black sphere grew larger in front of it. It roared once before the Tailed Beast Ball it had spat out hit it on the head.

"boom!"

The Tailed Beast Ball exploded with a deafening roar, and the enormous shockwave was too much for even the Nine-Tails to withstand. Its fiery red head was forced down by the shockwave and slammed violently into the ground.

The explosion created a mushroom cloud that shot into the sky, and the shockwave leveled everything around it, forming a giant crater with a diameter of 100 meters.

"Awooo..." Nine-Tails roared in pain, but panic began to creep into its heart.

Those eyes... why do they look so much like an old man's!

Pain was determined to establish his authority and had no intention of wasting time. He clasped his hands together, and the space in his palms began to distort, and a black sphere resembling a Tailed Beast Ball appeared in his palms.

As the palm was released, the black sphere floated aimlessly into the sky.

"Planetary Devastation!"

As Pain's indifferent voice rang out, the black sphere hung high in the sky, like an eerie black sun, forming a huge gravitational field that enveloped the Nine-Tails below.

Under the influence of this enormous gravitational field, the ground began to crack as if being torn apart by an invisible giant hand. Large amounts of stones began to break free from the Earth's gravity and slowly rise up, gradually coalescing around the black sphere as its core.

An eerie silence suddenly descended upon the world, with only the rustling sounds of floating, rubbing, and colliding pebbles echoing above the battlefield.

"No!"

The nine-tailed fox screamed in terror, its beastly eyes reflecting the black sphere in the air. Its pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints as an unprecedented sense of fear surged into its heart.

It gripped the ground with all four limbs, trying to sink as far as possible, its nine tails tightly wrapped around the nearby rock pillars, attempting to resist the gravity from the sky.

Although it never witnessed the Sage of Six Paths sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki, it was itself cut from the Ten-Tails, and the memories inherited in its bloodline made it instinctively fear the black sphere in the sky.

Although the many ninjas on the ground were not the target of "Planetary Devastation", they were still pulled off their feet by the huge suction force and grabbed onto anything fixed around them to prevent themselves from being sucked into the sky.

Those who were slightly weaker were swept into the air and let out a shrill scream.

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio were able to protect themselves, but were completely powerless to save others. They could only watch helplessly as they were sucked into the black sphere, disappearing without a trace.

In just a short while, the chaotic and horrific battlefield on the ground became completely clean. All the corpses, blood, severed limbs, sand, and broken wood were sucked into the black sphere as if they had never existed.

Nine-Tails held out a little longer, but ultimately could not withstand the power of the sealing technique.

The stone beneath it couldn't withstand the pressure and quickly cracked and shattered. Its enormous body was dragged into the sky like a doll. Its nine tails waved in vain, but ultimately could not change its fate of being sealed. It could only be sucked into the stone along with the one beneath it.

After the Nine-Tails entered, the gradually condensing rubble was completely sealed off, leaving only a huge stone sphere that seemed to float in mid-air without gravity, casting a suffocating shadow on the ground.

The room fell silent. A suffocating sense of oppression filled the air as everyone stared in disbelief at the blond figure standing in mid-air beneath the stone sphere.

Under the blazing sun, Payne stood backlit in mid-air, appearing incredibly small against the backdrop of the massive rock sphere, yet radiating a godlike majesty. The blinding sunlight behind him was too intense to look directly at.

The Akatsuki members watching from the rear were equally shocked.

They had witnessed the power of "Shinra Tensei" when they were first subdued, but this "Chibaku Tensei" was truly the first time they had ever seen it.

I thought that Nine-Tails would give Pain some trouble, but it ended so easily.

"Wow, that's really exaggerated!" White Zetsu said in a strange tone, his body twisting exaggeratedly.

"That's a nine-tailed fox!"

"The seal was broken so easily!"

A silence fell over the crowd; no one said anything, but each had their own thoughts.

Especially Itachi Uchiha, who was extremely anxious when he saw that the village had suffered a great loss and even lost its tailed beasts, but he still remembered his mission and knew that he was also a rogue ninja at this moment, so he just remained expressionless and said nothing.

Seeing that no one spoke, Bai Jue then said with a grin:

"Hey, Itachi, do you have a twin brother?"

"How come I've never heard of that before!"

Itachi glanced towards the battlefield and met Uchiha An's gaze, who was also watching in that direction.

Even across the entire battlefield, Itachi Uchiha could still feel the overwhelming hatred and killing intent in those eyes.

"Oh, just an imposter." Itachi casually withdrew his gaze, saying dismissively, "Perhaps he's one of the lucky survivors from that night!"

Ignore it.

"Alright, enough talk." Juzo Biwa drew his Executioner's Blade from behind him, licked his lips, and said eagerly, "Now that the leader has sealed the Tailed Beasts, it's our turn to go and wipe out all these Konoha ninjas!"

"No need." Itachi shook his head. "Nara Shikaku is a smart man. Seeing that the battle is going badly, he will retreat immediately."

"Konoha still believes that the Land of Rain is under the control of Hanzo of the Salamander, and will try to negotiate to get the Tailed Beasts back."

"Is that so?" Hibiki Juzo subconsciously turned his gaze to Orochimaru, a rogue ninja who was also from Konoha.

"That's exactly what Nara Shikaku would do!" Orochimaru nodded, his eyes burning as he stared intently at Pain in the sky, his interest in the Rinnegan growing stronger.