Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 271 The Strange Wind of Ironfire

With blood and tears streaming down his face, Tetsuka charged toward Nagato, his Susanoo leaping high into the air, his right hand condensing chakra into a sword tens of meters long.

In mid-air, Susanoo gripped its swords with both hands and slashed downwards fiercely.

Before the blade even arrived, the resulting air pressure had already struck the ground, creating a powerful hurricane.

Nagato stood in the wind, her red hair flying wildly and her clothes fluttering, and faced the mountain-like giant, she gently leaped backward.

Rumble!

The long sword struck the ground, causing the earth to crack open. The blade left only invisible fissures that stretched all the way to the distant mountains.

The fierce chakra was blocked, resulting in a huge explosion. The mountain shattered and countless pieces of soil and sand were thrown into the air. The sound of boulders collapsing was like thunder, constantly shaking people's hearts.

The first strike missed, and Susanoo twisted its wrist, raising the blade upwards to kill Nagato in mid-air, only to see Nagato's body float directly into the air.

"In those eyes, you have become a caged bird."

Nagato flew hundreds of meters into the air, raised his hands slightly, and gradually brought them to his chest. A ball of black chakra condensed between his palms and then flew out, soaring into the even higher sky.

As Nagato moved, the earth within a radius of a thousand meters crumbled like building blocks, turning into house-sized rocks that drifted towards the black sphere in the air.

The ground beneath Susanoo's feet also flew towards the sky.

"The attraction is unbelievable!"

Tiehuo felt his body being drawn into the sky, and even with Susanoo, he could only barely keep himself from floating.

Even more terrifying, as time passed, this gravitational force rapidly intensified, causing the earth to crack faster and over a wider area. The boulders flew into the sky at increasingly faster speeds, and in just a few seconds, the rocks shot into the sky like bullets.

In the sky, a circular celestial body composed of rocks continued to expand.

"Run!"

Outside the battlefield, Mi Shou and his two companions were also affected, with the surrounding ground constantly cracking. Their expressions changed, and they continued to flee for their lives.

Ironfire controlled Susanoo, constantly wielding its long sword to shatter the boulders that were bombarding it, but it could not resist the increasingly strong attraction from the sky and was finally sucked into the air.

"Don't underestimate me, you bastard!"

In mid-air, Tiehuo persisted, leaping between boulders in an attempt to escape the pull of gravity.

However, in Nagato's view, this was just a boring struggle.

The boulders became more numerous, denser, and more aggressive. Ironfire would smash one and two more would fly out, and after smashing two, ten more would fly out. Even with the power of Susanoo, it was impossible to break all the boulders.

The stones kept hitting Susanoo, but although they couldn't break through Susanoo's defenses, they could stop Susanoo from escaping.

Under the relentless bombardment, Susanoo, which was already struggling to resist the pull of gravity, was quickly slammed into the form in the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The rocks bombarded Susanoo relentlessly, quickly covering half of its body. Ironfire continued to resist, and the rocks around Susanoo kept exploding, creating a gap in the celestial body.

Unfortunately, the gap was quickly filled. Gravity continued, rocks kept coming, and eventually Susanoo was submerged by rocks.

After several dozen seconds, the star continued to expand, eventually casting a shadow several kilometers long on the ground over this part of the sky.

Mi Shou glanced at it from afar and felt a pang of unease. Although the distance was extremely far, the celestial body was so large that Mi Shou felt as if it were right in front of him, and his entire perception of space became disordered.

If this celestial body were to crash down, it's unimaginable what a terrifying natural disaster it would be!

"The leader is dead?!"

Kakuzu's eyes twitched as he stared at the distant celestial bodies, almost losing his will to fight.

Scorpion looked up, staring intently at the oppressive celestial body, and after a moment of silence said, "Let's retreat quickly."

Mi Shou nodded, about to run away with them, when suddenly he saw the celestial body in the distance tremble violently, followed by the appearance of fine cracks.

A soft yet eerie wind blew from the crack, and in the wind, the rocks rapidly decomposed into extremely tiny particles.

A strange wind swept across the entire celestial body, turning it into dust that carried with it a musty, decaying aura as it fell to the ground. Iron fire, along with the dust, leaped onto the ground.

Upon seeing the freed Tekka, Nagato in mid-air showed a surprised expression and said, "As expected of the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan also possesses amazing power."

As soon as the iron fire landed on the ground, his body went limp, his right leg bent and he knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

His pupils returned to black, indicating that he had clearly exited the Sharingan state, but the blood in the corner of his eye did not stop and continued to slowly slide down his cheek.

His Mangekyou Sharingan was overused, and he no longer had the strength to fight.

Tiehuo lowered his head slightly, seemingly accepting his fate of defeat and preparing to bear the consequences.

At this moment, a group of puppets rushed out from behind him and attacked Nagato in mid-air. Three masked monsters also rushed in front of Tetsuho to cover his retreat.

It turned out that Scorpion and Kakuzu stopped fleeing when they saw that Tetsu was not dead, and instead prepared to save Tetsu.

Regardless, Tiehuo was their acknowledged leader, and abandoning him and fleeing would not be in line with their pride as strong individuals.

Of course, seeing Nagato's terrifying power, they didn't dare to confront him head-on, as that would be tantamount to suicide. All they could do was try their best to save Tetsuka.

Since they didn't retreat, Misho couldn't just run away alone. He immediately created several shadow clones to rush over and attack Nagato, while he used Earth Release to create a tall wall in front of Tekka, separating Nagato and Tekka.

Secretly, several shadow clones had already infiltrated the ground, ready to assist the main body in its escape at any time.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Nagato still slightly raised his hand, sweeping away all the attacks, destroying everything in front of him, and slowly descending towards the direction of the Ironfire.

Just as Sasori and Kakuzu were about to make a new move, they suddenly dodged to the side, where rows of paper shuriken were deeply embedded in the ground.

Xiao Nan unfurled white wings made of paper behind her and flew in mid-air, looking down at Mikami and the other two. Her gaze lingered longer on Mikami and Kakuzu, and her eyes were colder.

Undeterred, Mi Shoulin quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "It's time to fight to the death!"

After speaking, Mimori spat out a torrent of water, which shot towards Konan in the sky.

Xiao Nan flapped its wings, easily dodging the impact of the water flow. The water flow dissipated in the sky, forming dense rain that fell on everyone.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

Kakuzu unleashed a dazzling bolt of lightning that swept across the rain. Konan turned to dodge it, and the lightning passed right in front of her. Just when Konan thought she had dodged it, the lightning rapidly expanded and dispersed into all the surrounding rain.

Is the power of the rain combined with the speed of the lightning?

Xiao Nan watched the lightning about to engulf her, but remained calm, manipulating the paper pieces to shoot down the puppets attacking from behind.

"careful!"

At that moment, Yahiko crossed over from Konan, raised his broadsword and slashed down fiercely, shattering all the lightning.

“These guys are tough to deal with. Let’s send them to Nagato and let him handle them.”

Despite being the leader of Akatsuki, Yahiko did not try to save face or show off his abilities. Instead, he made the right decision with great rationality.