After Nagato and Konan left Konoha’s camp, more than a dozen people waiting outside, who are dressed in hooded gowns and their faces couldn’t be seen, immediately surrounded the two.

“Miss Konan, Nagato, how is it?”

“Does Konoha’s Orochimaru agree to talk to us?”

Those Akatsuki’s Shinobi chatter continuously, and they sounded like they are not too old.

Konan shook her head slightly: “Orochimaru rejected us.”

“I knew it! Orochimaru killed many people in our country, cold-blooded people like him…”

“Shh, this is Konoha’s territory, don’t let anyone hear it!”

“Miss Konan, what should we do next?”

“Should we go home directly?”

“We can’t just go back like this! Currently there are a large number of Iwagakure’s Shinobi in our country, so when Konoha pushed Sunagakure’s Shinobi to our country, the three Great Shinobi Villages will treat our country as a battlefield again!” Nagato said.

“Yes, we can’t let this happen in our country anymore!”

Konan nodded solemnly. Konan, who has experienced the tragedy of Second Shinobi World War firsthand, did not want to see the past experience reappear in front of them again no matter what.

“I hope Sunagakure’s Chiyo and Ebizō will talk to us.” Konan looked worried.

After that, Konan and Nagato took the dozen or so Akatsuki’s Shinobi and marched towards Sunagakure’s main camp, which is in the direction of Kikyō Pass.

One hour later, the night is getting deeper and deeper, and the bright moon was covered by a dark cloud at some point, and only dim starlight flickered in the night.

Suddenly, Nagato’s expression changed: “Be careful!”

As he said that, Nagato’s hands started to dance, and then he turned around and slammed his palms onto the ground, “Doton: Doryūheki!” (Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall)

Bang!

A huge stone wall suddenly rose from the ground, protecting more than a dozen members of the Akatsuki.

In the next instant, countless wind blades blasted silently on the earth wall behind them like bullets, sending out debris all over the sky.

“What’s going on?” Konan’s face tensed, pieces of paper fluttered in the sky as she waved her hands, surrounding her left and right.

“Is it Konoha’s Shinobi?”

“It must be Orochimaru!”

The Akatsuki members were startled and angry, and while they threw the blame on Orochimaru’s head, they took out kunai vigilantly.

“Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu!” (Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique)

“Doton: Doryūsō!” (Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears)

“Fūton: Daitoppa!” (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)

“Fūton: Shinkūgyoku!” (Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere)

Under the night’s darkness, ten Root’s Shinobi brazenly launched Ninjutsu, the lava-like fire dragon descended from the sky, sharp earth spears rose from the ground, and more than ten compressed wind attacks came insidiously as the hurricane roared.

Compared to the later generation of the Akatsuki, the current Akatsuki was just a young child. Faced with the attack of ten Root’s Shinobi, they turned chaotic. Soon after, several Akatsuki’s Shinobi died tragically under the sharp stone spears.

“Damn it!”

Konan dodges the sharp stone spears that sprang out from under her feet frantically, while manipulating the paper to form a shield, which tried to resist the lava-like fire dragon!

Boom!

The fire dragon collided with the paper shield, and the hot flames immediately swept away along the paper shield, igniting the paper shield and burned it in a flash.

At the same time, Nagato once again used Wind Release to block the other side’s wind attacks.

“Who are you?!”

Konan shouted sharply, while refining Chakra and threw out more pieces of paper.

But standing opposite to them are Root’s Shinobi. They don’t have emotion, and there is only mission in their heart. Regardless of what happened, they will always be cold!

To be ordered by Danzō to follow Orochimaru, the quality of this batch of Root’s Shinobi is still very good. In less than three minutes, the Akatsuki’s Shinobi have been crippled, and in the end, only Nagato and Konan are still struggling.

Although the two are still young, they were taught by Jiraiya after all, not to mention that Nagato is a genius. It only took a few years to master the Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, Lightning, and Yang Chakra Attributes. All kinds of Ninjutsu is at his fingertips, but even so, against the joint attack of ten Root’s Shinobi, Nagato and Konan are still almost unable to hold on!

“The other party is not ordinary Shinobi, it’s Anbu! They’re Konoha’s Anbu!!!”

Nagato gritted his teeth and used earth wall again to block the wave of kunai thrown by the Root’s Shinobi, but those kunai are all tied with Explosive Tags, and a series of violent explosions instantly destroyed the earth wall. Hot air waves carrying flames and messy lasing stones crazy shot towards Nagato and the others.

Nagato subconscious grabbed Konan and retreated, but as a result, their injured companions behind them died tragically on the spot.

Nagato’s eyes are bloodshot, but his reason allowed him to make the right choice. He grabs Konan and runs frantically toward Kikyō Pass without looking back.

The ten Root’s Shinobi chased after them with expressionless faces, and quickly caught up with them.

“Nagato, leave me alone, run!”

Konan knew that he was dragging Nagato, and immediately broke free from Nagato, and then her hands started dancing, “Ninpō: Kami Shigure!” (Ninja Art: Paper Drizzle)

Konan manipulated the sheets of paper in the sky to turn them into two huge wings behind her, and by waving her new wings, close and dense pieces of papers were madly lashing like torrential rain pear blossoms towards the Root’s Shinobi.

“Fūton: Daitoppa!”

“Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu!”

“Fūton: Shinkū Taigyoku!” (Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere)

“Katon: Endan!” (Fire Release: Flame Bullet)

“Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu!” (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)

“Doton: Doryūheki!”

Facing the paper rain falling from the sky, one Root’s Shinobi was responsible for the defense, and the others launched their attacks without the slightest hesitation. With tacit understanding, they directly targeted Konan!

Their mission is to catch the red-haired Nagato alive. As for Konan?

If she gets in the way, they will just kill her first.

The scorching fire dragon and the blazing flames in the sky are like trucks and cars that are moving with high speed on the marathon track. All the pieces of paper that come into contact with them are instantly ignited by the flames, and burn into ashes like a meteor during the fall!

“I won’t leave you!”

Nagato looked up at Konan, who was about to be swallowed by the flames of the fire dragon, and said softly, but with a firm tone, “Only you and Yahiko, I will never give up no matter what!!”

In the next instant, Nagato’s pitch-black pupils suddenly changed, and there seemed to be invisible ripples rippling in his black pupils, which caused ripple patterns to appear on his eyes in an instant.

Rinnegan!

Nagato wildly poured the Chakra from his entire body into his eyes, and a huge wave of air spread in all directions with him as the center in an instant.

The fire dragon, flames, vacuum spheres, flame bullets, all the Ninjutsu that came into contact with the air waves dissipated into nothingness.

Afterwards, the air waves fiercely slapped the ten Root’s Shinobi with overwhelming forces.



Late at night.

In the wood house where the leader of Konoha’s main camp is located, Orochimaru rubbed his brows tiredly. Just now, he and a few of his subordinates planned the Battle of Kikyō Pass and finalized some details, but there are still imperfections that still need to be discussed.

‘By the way, there is that descendant of the Uzumaki Clan.’

Orochimaru only smiled slightly when he thought of this. He waved his hand, and a Root’s Shinobi flashed in front of him immediately, and knelt down on one knee: “Orochimaru-sama!”

“Are those people back yet?” Orochimaru asked.

“No, not yet.” The Root’s Shinobi replied.

“Huh?”

Orochimaru’s eyes were half-squinted, ‘With the Root’s means, they should have already returned by this time. Could there be an accident?’

Orochimaru thought about moving quietly, and then immediately left Konoha’s main camp with more than ten Root’s Shinobi.