The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

The Akatsuki invasion continued for some time, and the once bustling streets and buildings of Konoha Village had been reduced to rubble by the giant summoned beasts. Few intact buildings were visible. Amidst the rubble lay piles of Konoha ninja corpses, and among them were the remains of summoned beasts, some chopped to pieces and scattered across the ground.

While Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo were preparing their own trump cards, the Six Paths Pains were unstoppable. Even though Konoha had an absolute advantage in numbers, the gap in strength made Akatsuki's attack very smooth.

At this moment, Nagato and Konan both felt that if they brought other people in the organization to cooperate, they could even destroy the entire Konoha in one fell swoop, but their goal was not to do so.

Konoha Village has suffered a large number of casualties in recent years. The major families have left Konoha, Asuma Sarutobi has died, Kakashi Hatake is lying in the hospital, and Might Dai is out on a mission. At this moment, they can't even find an elite Jonin to lead the charge to stop the invaders. They can only rely on the Anbu and some fearless civilians to protect Konoha.

"Kill, defend Konoha!"

"Stop it! We can't let the enemy advance any further!"

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

"Watch the five-second interval!"

"You guys stop that woman and don't let her continue to use her psychic magic!"

......

After all, they were outnumbered, and their rounds of attacks not only slowed down the enemy, but they even managed to roughly gauge the capabilities of Pain's Six Paths. Not far behind these Konoha ninjas were the Konoha villagers evacuating to the emergency shelter, many of whom were their own families. How could they possibly retreat?

"An attack that is powerless!"

Hungry Ghost Path Pain snorted coldly. He stretched out his hands and the attacks that seemed to cover the entire sky were like encountering a black hole. They condensed and compressed in front of his hands, and then were completely absorbed and disappeared.

"We are only here to find out the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. As long as you tell the truth or hand over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki directly, there is no need to kill each other!"

Konan fired a series of paper shurikens to block the Konoha ninja's attacks, but she didn't attack further. Her expression was cold as she spoke, but her words still contained a hint of persuasion. In fact, she was trying her best to avoid killing in this attack.

"Bah, what nonsense are you talking about? You've already killed so many people!"

"Yes, my family has died in the previous explosion. Don't try to deceive us. You all should die."

......

The Konoha ninjas in the field did not understand Konan's good intentions. In fact, they were very angry at the moment.

Since its founding, Konoha has been the strongest village in the ninja world, and its residents have long amassed a certain amount of pride. However, over the years, the ninjas of Konoha have witnessed countless upheavals, from the night of the Uchiha clan's extermination to the Konoha collapse plan, from Sarutobi Hiruzen's increasingly corrupt rule to today's invasion of the Akatsuki. From pride to humility, the ninjas of Konoha have suppressed too many emotions.

At this moment, these negative emotions turned into raging flames of anger burning in the hearts of the Konoha ninjas, and then mixed with the thoughts of defending the village and protecting their families, urging them to continuously use ninjutsu to launch attacks.

"Shenra Tianzheng"

Tendo Pain quickly stepped forward and deflected all the attacking ninjutsu and hidden weapons, then looked down at the Konoha ninjas with a condescending look like a god.

"The hatred and pain that fill your hearts right now are emotions I've experienced before. They're what led me to pursue peace.

So, please stop blocking the progress of world peace and hand over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

The Konoha ninjas on the other side kept cursing, but Nagato remained calm. In order to create a lasting peace in the ninja world, he had long since ignored some normal sacrifices, and he would not take those people's curses to heart.

This was a warning from him out of goodwill. Since he couldn't find anyone who knew the information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he would just kill them until they showed up!

"Dream on! You've caused so much pain to Konoha, I will never let you go."

Just as Tendo Pain was unleashing his verbal cannon, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally appeared surrounded by a group of mysterious people. Each of those people was covered tightly with only a pair of lifeless eyes showing, looking extremely weird.

Nagato paid no attention to the people Sarutobi Hiruzen brought with him. He simply asked coldly, "You've finally arrived after all this time. Have you decided to reveal the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen entered the Konoha ninja camp and quickly scanned the area. Seeing the buildings reduced to ruins and many dead and seriously injured ninjas around, his old heart couldn't help but tremble. No matter how much he felt about Konoha, he couldn't help but miss Tsunade. If only Tsunade was here at this time, her medical ninjutsu would definitely reduce a lot of casualties.

"The logistics team will lead the seriously injured to retreat. Leave the battle here to me!"

With his trump card at hand, Sarutobi Hiruzen's confidence began to return.

"It seems you have chosen the wrong path."

Payne's tone seemed a little regretful, but he showed no mercy when he attacked.

Shurado Pain started attacking again. The bombs on his body seemed endless. He aimed at Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others and bombarded them indiscriminately.

"Earth Escape. Earth Flow Wall"

The Konoha ninjas worked together to perform earth escape defense and finally intercepted the Shurado bombs, but they also kept themselves at a disadvantage. Although these bombs were a bit weak against top masters, they were now in a state of flattening the enemy, forcing Konoha to fight with chakra or human lives.

“That’s really too arrogant!”

Not only did Pain and his men continue to attack, they even continued to approach the Konoha ninja position. Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Akatsuki members approaching and could no longer hold back. He had to stop the enemy from doing what he wanted.

"superior!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen formed seals with his hands and gave an order. Two mysterious men in front of him suddenly jumped out and rushed towards Pain and the others.

"Wood Release: Birth of the Tree World"

"Water Escape. Water Break Wave"

The mysterious man was swift. When they were halfway through the run, he suddenly performed a ninjutsu, and the most hand seals he could make were two, which made Pain unable to react for a while.

A forest suddenly grew on the ground, and the trees coiled around Pain and his friends like giant pythons. The Heaven Path and the Animal Path jumped away in time, but the Asura Path and the Hungry Ghost Path were unable to react and were entangled and blocked by the trees.

Then a cold line of water shot out at high speed, passing by like lightning.

The next moment, the Shura path and the Hungry Ghost path were directly cut into two parts!