Chapter 285: The Defeated Akatsuki

"What is this?!"

Sasori and Juzo were horrified to discover that the entire frozen farmland beneath their feet had quietly transformed into a sea of paper, and the entire ground began to sink continuously and crazily.

Noticing that the ground under their feet had turned into paper and was collapsing like a swamp, all the ninjas present from various villages were startled and their bodies began to plummet.

"This scale of technique... is it Konan..."

At this moment, Sasori, who was rotating the pair of spiral blades on his back, immediately stretched out his hands to grab Juzo, and the two of them flew into the air together.

However, after flying into the air, Sasori and Juzo were even more shocked to find that not only the ground beneath their feet, but the entire vast frozen farmland had transformed into an ocean of paper.

After transforming the earth into a sea of paper, a massive crack suddenly split open in the middle. Everything on the surface began to gradually fall into this enormous fissure in the ground, creating a scene of unimaginable grandeur.

"What is this..."

Though Yu was standing on invisible lines beneath his feet and did not fall into the paper sea fissure created by Konan's Paper Person of God Jutsu, his Observation Haki sharply noticed the paper sea beneath him surging up and trapping him within the crack. All the densely packed pieces of paper on either side turned into Explosive Tags.

"Paper Person of God Jutsu... this contains a total of 600 billion Explosive Tags, enough to destroy any opponent without leaving a trace."

"This was originally intended for a certain masked man who can't see the light of day, but now I'll have to use it on you first."

Looking at Yu, who, along with all his Devil Puppets, had fallen into the paper sea fissure, Konan, hovering in the sky, murmured as if in a trance. With the reflection of the enormous white wings behind her, she appeared like a holy angel, majestic and inviolable. "Don't worry... Akatsuki still needs your strength. I'll control the force so as not to kill you."

"Control the force so as not to kill me, huh..."

"How very matter-of-factly said..."

Facing the final judgment delivered by the angelic Konan, Yu, surrounded by 600 billion Explosive Tags and standing on the invisible lines beneath his feet, shook his head and smiled wryly. However, there was no ripple of emotion in his clear eyes.

"Although it is indeed a very spectacular and shocking technique, but..."

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Before Yu could finish his sentence, the explosions of billions of Explosive Tags began to resound continuously.

The massive explosions reverberated throughout the entire Land of Rice Fields, and the soaring flames illuminated the entire foggy and overcast sky. The surrounding land vanished without a trace in an instant.

The earth-shaking explosions roared for a full ten minutes before finally starting to subside. White smoke filled the entire area, and the once frozen and lush forest was completely obliterated.

"Did... did it kill him..."

A murmuring voice came from mid-air. Sasori, holding Juzo with one hand, looked somewhat shaken at the desolate land below them, his mind filled with various thoughts.

"The scale of this Ninjutsu..."

"I never expected Konan to have such a hidden ace up her sleeve..."

Turning his gaze to Konan, who was gently flapping her white paper angel wings not far away, a deep sense of apprehension appeared in Juzo's eyes. From then on, he no longer dared to have any thoughts of challenging her.

"Although the interval between explosions was reduced..."

"It seems I might have overdone it... Could he have been killed already..."

Gently flapping her angel wings, Konan stared intently at the smoke-filled ground below, her cold, indifferent gaze seeming to try to penetrate the thick smoke to see what was inside.

"How unfortunate..."

"It seems I might disappoint you..."

As a familiar voice rang out, a cold wind howled across the frozen fields like a mournful wail. The dense smoke covering the fissures in the ground, bombarded by Konan's six hundred billion Explosive Tags, finally began to disperse.

Under the watchful eyes of Sasori, Juzo, and Konan, the smoke revealed a massive, dark fissure in the ground, intermittently flickering with sparks. Within this fissure, a giant spherical barrier made of a transparent shield slowly floated.

"Is that..."

Seeing the huge transparent barrier sphere floating in the fissure below, Konan couldn't help but bite her lip slightly. It seemed that she still couldn't deal with this guy...

Sure enough, the enormous barrier sphere slowly opened, revealing Yu inside, completely unscathed. He was controlling four Devil Puppets, which floated in the air with blue Chakra Threads emanating from his hands.

"That damn barrier again..."

Seeing Yu emerge unscathed from the giant Barrier Sphere, Konan bit her lip. "He actually used a barrier to form a sphere... and defended against the explosion of the six hundred billion Explosive Tags from the Paper Person of God Jutsu?"

As Konan spoke, fine beads of sweat appeared on her fair face, and she was panting heavily. It was clear that the Paper Person of God Jutsu had consumed a massive amount of her Chakra.

"You're still too naive..."

Seeing Konan's seemingly unacceptable expression, Yu shook his head silently. "Even without the Barrier Sphere, I could have escaped into Kaio's Space-Time. You couldn't possibly harm me."

"And your Chakra... it seems to be almost completely depleted..."

With a slight glance, Yu's Observation Haki naturally sensed Konan's exhausted state. He slowly raised a finger, already gathering a cluster of Pistol Threads aimed at her. "So... this pointless farce should come to an end..."

"Don't get too cocky, kid!!"

"The one who should be ending is you!!"

At that moment, a deep, fierce shout accompanied by a swift gale came from the side. Sasori, rapidly spinning the pair of spiral blades on his back, charged at him at high speed, pulling Juzo along.

"Just the two of you?"

"I think you should worry about yourselves first!"

Yu, with his Observation Haki capturing the swiftly approaching Sasori and Juzo, didn't even bother to turn his head. A mocking smile appeared on his lips as he and all his Devil Puppets instantly disappeared into the alternate space opened by Kaio.

What is that...

Seeing Yu and all the Devil Puppets step into the mysterious alternate space and vanish, Sasori and Juzo's faces suddenly turned pale with shock.

After Yu disappeared, a highly compressed white energy sphere was left behind. This sphere, created by Tyrant using the Paw Fruit's ability to apply pressure to the atmosphere, formed a large air shockwave.

Oh no... this is bad!!

At the same time, Konan noticed the bear paw-shaped shockwave air bomb floating weightlessly in the air like a balloon. Her large white wings instinctively flapped frantically.

Boom!

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