The Naraka Path walked to the shattered remains of the Preta Path, formed a series of hand seals, and a huge, hideous shadow of the King of Hell materialized behind it.

"What is that?!" Jiraiya stared at the strange sight in shock.

The King of Hell opened its cavernous mouth, and a long tongue shot out, rolling up the "corpse" of the Preta Path and swallowing it whole. After a moment, it spat the body back out. The Preta Path, which had been blown to pieces, had unexpectedly recovered and stood up again, completely unharmed.

"Resurrected?!" This scene was completely beyond Jiraiya's comprehension and sent a profound chill down his spine. How can we fight this? The opponent is practically immortal!

During the battle, Jiraiya's eyes swept over the faces of the Paths of Pain. The Deva Path's face was Yahiko's, and the other Pains… "Wait…" Jiraiya suddenly remembered. He had seen these faces before. One of them, he had even killed with his own hands.

A terrible, sad thought struck Jiraiya like a bolt of lightning. Could it be that these six Pains were all transformed from human corpses? If that's true, then the Yahiko in front of me is also a dead man!

"Nagato, is this your doing?!"

"Hmph…" the Deva Path sneered. "Have you figured it out? You are indeed worthy of being my former teacher. However, I am no longer Nagato. I am a god."

"NAGATO!" Jiraiya roared in pain and fury, his voice trembling with immense sorrow. "How dare you… How dare you trample on your fallen companions like this! Is this what you, a so-called 'god', do?! This is not the peace that Yahiko and Konan dreamed of!"

The Deva Path remained expressionless, his voice cold. "This is a necessary sacrifice for true peace. You cannot understand the thinking of a god, Jiraiya-sensei."

Endless anger and sadness overwhelmed Jiraiya. Filled with grief and rage, his attacks became fiercer but also more desperate.

"Sage Art: Wild Lion's Mane Technique!" His long white hair grew wildly, like living white pythons, splitting into several strands and wrapping around the different Paths of Pain, trying to restrict their movements.

"Bunta, you guys deal with the new summoning beast and the one that shoots missiles! Leave the two that can be resurrected and absorbed to me and the two sages!"

"Understood! Be careful!" Gamabunta knew Jiraiya was in an emotional state, but he trusted his strength. He immediately led Gamahiro and Gamaken to engage the beasts summoned by the Animal Path and the Asura Path, which continued to fire missiles and lasers. The battlefield was divided once more.

Jiraiya had a clear goal: he had to completely destroy the Naraka Path and prevent it from resurrecting the others. He used the enhanced perception and speed of Sage Mode to flexibly avoid the occasional sneak attacks from the Deva and Human Paths, focusing all his strength on the Naraka Path.

"Sage Art: Frog Kata!" With the blessing of natural energy, Jiraiya's physical attack range expanded invisibly. He punched towards the Naraka Path through the air. The Naraka Path tried to dodge but was still hit by the invisible wave of natural energy and stumbled back.

"Little Jiraiya, good opportunity!" Fukasaku reminded him.

"Sage Art: Twin Massive Rasengan!" Jiraiya condensed a huge Rasengan in each hand simultaneously and smashed them toward the Naraka Path and the Preta Path, which had rushed to protect it, like a pair of falling meteors.

The Preta Path tried to absorb them again, but faced with two Sage Art Rasengans, its absorption speed was far too slow.