"Let the world…"
Sensing the terrifying concentration of chakra gathering around the Deva Path of Pain in the sky, and hearing that peculiar chant, Ōnoki's eyes snapped wide open.
"Stop him!"
"We have to stop him!"
At this mont, Ōnoki had no other thoughts left—only a single resolve: stop Pain.
He had no idea what jutsu Pain was about to unleash, but if that level of chakra were allowed to erupt, all of Iwagakure would be in danger!
If it truly reached that point, the losses Iwagakure would suffer would be beyond comprehension!
"Dust Release: Detachnt of the Primitive World Technique!"
Ōnoki was already severely injured—not only from slamming into the Earth-Style Wall earlier, but also from forcibly severing one of his own forearms. Yet even so, he still forced out chakra, trying to stop Pain from completing that jutsu.
As a brilliant white light burst forth once more, the figure in the sky was forced to interrupt the chant.
In the end, it ca down to the Asura Path being too heavily damaged. If it had been intact, it could have intercepted Ōnoki's sudden outburst.
But now…
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Pain had no choice but to redirect the power originally ant for unleashing Shinra Tensei back into Banshō Ten'in.
Ōnoki's body was violently dragged again by the overwhelming gravitational force—he was pulled through the air like a kite with its string cut, flying straight toward Pain!
Another black rod condensed in Pain's hand. Clearly, he intended to repeat the sa tactic as before.
And this ti, there was no Kitsuchi to raise another Earth-Style Wall!
"Super Light-Weight Rock Technique!"
But there were advantages to age—at the very least, Ōnoki's combat experience had reached its absolute peak.
The mont he felt his body lose control again, he dispersed the Dust Release he had just ford. Instead, he forcibly altered his body's weight, using the pull of Banshō Ten'in itself to accelerate toward Pain.
And this ti, Ōnoki held a kunai in his hand!
He had no intention of dodging the black rod in Pain's hand.
Or rather—he had no intention of surviving at all!
On the other side, even Pain hadn't expected Ōnoki to be this resolute—so resolute that he would trade his life just to take him down.
As the force of Banshō Ten'in dissipated, reverse summoning appeared once again. The Asura Path stepped forward, blocking Ōnoki's trajectory. The kunai in Ōnoki's hand struck its body—only to produce a few sparks.
At the sa ti, the Asura Path's arm transford into a blade, slashing directly at Ōnoki's neck!
"Earth Release: Hardening Technique!"
At that mont, Ōnoki also realized that this second figure with those special eyes was not human. Its body bore clear signs of damage—and Ōnoki had already guessed that those injuries were likely sustained while fighting Uchiha Keizumi.
After his skin turned to stone, the blade struck his neck and rely produced a burst of sparks.
But the sheer force still sent Ōnoki flying, smashing heavily into the ground.
"Cough… cough…"
Ōnoki struggled up from the crater, half his body drenched in blood.
His wrist was still bleeding. Countless bones in his body were broken. Even his neck bore a crack that was seeping blood. He looked utterly battered—but his gaze remained unwavering.
He was still standing.
Still refusing to give up.
"I… am Ōnoki of the Two Scales!"
He slowly raised his head, a fla of defiance burning in his clouded eyes.
"The mistakes of Iwagakure… I will settle them with my own hands. But before that—"
His hands ca together once more, the light of Dust Release igniting again.
"I will never let you destroy Iwagakure!"
Pain looked down at the heavily wounded old man below. For a rare mont, a trace of respect flickered within his Rinnegan.
But that was all.
"In that case…"
Pain raised both hands.
"Then let Iwagakure experience true pain!"
At that instant, as Pain raised his hand high in the sky, a suffocatingly imnse surge of chakra erupted.
And on the ground, Ōnoki's face revealed a resolute smile.
"Super… Light-Weight Rock Technique!"
This ti, Ōnoki did not use the technique on himself—
He used it on the ground beneath his feet.
Or rather—
On the entirety of Iwagakure!
At this stage of the battle, Ōnoki had completely abandoned any hope of survival. He was burning every last bit of his life force to unleash the most powerful jutsu of his life!
Under the astonished gazes of Kakuzu, Sasori, and Konan, they saw it—
They saw the entire village of Iwagakure trembling violently!
"Has that old man gone mad?!"
"He's trying to lift the entire village?!"
Kakuzu considered himself a man who had seen the world, but even he had to admit—Ōnoki's actions were shattering his understanding of reality.
At the very least, he had never imagined that an entire ninja village could fly!
Yes—
Under the effect of Ōnoki's Super Light-Weight Rock Technique, the entirety of Iwagakure rose into the air!
"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"
After lifting Iwagakure, Ōnoki did not stop.
He had already deduced the nature of the Deva Path's power—he had to move the village!
With that roar, massive pillars of earth erupted from the ground beneath Iwagakure's original location, forming a sloped terrain that actually allowed Ōnoki to shift the entire village's position!
But Ōnoki's condition grew even more horrifying.
Blood stread from all seven orifices.
His voice turned hoarse and broken.
"Father!!"
Kitsuchi, who had been organizing the evacuation of Iwagakure's ninja, was now in tears.
He could see it.
He could clearly see that his father had already reached the end of his strength.
At this mont, even Pain could not help but feel astonishnt—astonishnt at the sheer depth of Ōnoki's will to protect Iwagakure.
But—
The power of Shinra Tensei descended without hesitation!
A world-ending force manifested above Iwagakure, the entire sky swallowed by blinding white light!
An indescribable power erupted in an instant.
Under that radiance, everything at Iwagakure's original site was annihilated.
The earth disintegrated.
The air itself evaporated.
And a portion of Iwagakure still remained within the blast—unable to be fully relocated in ti.
"Is this… all I can do…?"
Ōnoki watched helplessly as a massive crater ford where Iwagakure once stood.
At the bottom of that crater, water began to surge upward—as if trying to fill it into a vast lake.
But on Ōnoki's twisted, bloodstained face—
There was only a trace of loneliness.
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