The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 22 Payne's Fate

"Aww..."

After the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared, it immediately roared to the sky, its voice shaking the surrounding area. The sound waves rippled through the air as if they were real, making everyone's faces turn pale.

The Konoha ninjas who were originally protecting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were the most unlucky. The closest ninjas bled from their ears and noses on the spot and knelt down in pain, becoming the first targets of the Nine-Tails' venting. In just a few moments, a number of them died.

The nine tails behind the Nine-Tailed Fox are like giant pillars supporting the sky, sweeping wildly in all directions. Trees and rocks are easily torn to shreds as if they were fragile pieces of paper.

Amidst the flying debris, everything within a radius of 100 meters was completely destroyed.

Because it had been repeatedly tormented by the Sharingan, Kurama hated the Uchiha clan the most. So when it emerged and saw the familiar Susanoo, it immediately flew into a rage. Its crimson beast eyes burned with boundless fury, and as it opened its mouth, a black sphere began to rapidly condense.

The sphere emitted suffocating energy fluctuations, and the surrounding space was slightly distorted due to the energy overload, making it terrifying to look at.

But before it could unleash the Tailed Beast Ball, tens of thousands of explosive tags rained down from the sky like a blizzard, each one gleaming with a dangerous cold light, instantly covering and enveloping the Nine-Tails' massive body.

"Boom boom boom..."

A series of violent explosions rang out, and one after another, explosive tags exploded on the Nine-Tails' body, shaking the earth, sending flames soaring into the sky, and thick smoke obscuring half the sky.

The shockwave from the explosion blasted the Tailed Beast Ball, which had not yet fully condensed, back into place.

"roar……"

Enraged, the Nine-Tailed Fox looked up and saw Xiao Nan standing in mid-air, high above its head, her paper wings unfurled, gleaming coldly in the sunlight, like a celestial judge descending to earth, with feather-like white paper still flying down from her body.

"This is the Land of Rain. No one is allowed to run wild here, not even the Tailed Beasts!"

Xiao Nan's cool voice contained an undeniable authority. As she finished speaking, more explosive tags poured out from her sleeves, once again overwhelming everything.

She didn't know that the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was meant to be aimed at Uchiha An, but she didn't dare to gamble. If the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball were to hit Amegakure, it would be much more difficult to stop it.

Although her bombardment interrupted the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, it also aroused the Nine-Tails' hatred.

It immediately abandoned Uchiha An beside it, raised its head, and aimed at Konan. Its massive body crouched slightly, its hind leg muscles tensed, and it suddenly leaped up, pouncing towards Konan in the sky.

However, Konan simply leaped upwards and dodged the Nine-Tails' attack.

After brandishing its claws for a while, Kurama realized its short arms couldn't reach Konan in the sky, and its body crashed heavily back to the ground under gravity, creating a deep crater. As soon as it landed, it opened its mouth again, and a new Tailed Beast Ball quickly condensed once more.

Xiao Nan's face turned cold, and she fired even more explosive tags, which fell like snowflakes, trying to bury the Nine-Tails inside.

The explosion, with its sparks and smoke, completely obscured the Nine-Tails' original red color.

But amidst the continuous flames, the pitch-black sphere continued to solidify and grow stronger little by little.

While the explosive tags are powerful, their effectiveness is limited to vulnerable ninjas. If they were to fall on the Nine-Tails, their power would be equivalent to that of a firecracker.

Although it may cause some pain, it's not a big problem at all.

After the smoke cleared, the chakra skin on Kurama's body, though damaged, was visibly recovering.

Nine-Tails shook its head, ignoring the attack of that level, and simply condensed the Tailed Beast Ball and blasted it towards Konan.

The moment the Tailed Beast Ball left her mouth, the air was torn apart by a deafening sonic boom, and the jet-black energy ball, trailing a long tail of flame, shot straight into the sky, instantly bridging the brief distance between them and arriving in front of Konan.

However, the Akatsuki organization had been trying to capture the Tailed Beasts for many years and knew a lot about them. As soon as Kurama opened its mouth, Konan already knew what it was going to do.

Thanks to the convenience of flight, she could easily dodge the attack.

But she immediately realized that once she dodged the Tailed Beast Ball's attack, the final landing point of the missed Tailed Beast Ball would be difficult to determine.

Even if Pain were in the village, it would be impossible for the Tailed Beast Ball to fall into Amegakure, but it might just fall into a nearby forest or farmland.

The power of the Tailed Beast Ball is so immense that once it lands, it will completely level everything around it.

Left with no other choice, Konan clasped her arms together, gathering a large number of explosive tags into a paper whip. When the Tailed Beast Ball came at her, she used the paper whip to meet it, lashing it upwards and detonating the whip at the same time.

With a series of booming sounds, and relying on the shockwaves generated by the explosion of numerous explosive tags, she finally adjusted the firing direction of the Tailed Beast Ball, shooting it straight into the sky.

With a "whoosh," the jet-black Tailed Beast Ball shot straight up, carving a huge hole in the clouds and revealing the azure sky hidden behind it.

A moment later, the Tailed Beast Ball exploded with a deafening roar in the distant heavens.

Even from a distance of several thousand meters, the light from the explosion was so bright that it was impossible to open one's eyes, as if a second sun were shining in the sky.

A violent shockwave swept down from the sky, scattering the clouds with overwhelming force.

Even on the ground, everyone was blown about by the hurricane and couldn't stand steadily.

"Aww..."

Seeing that its first attack had failed, Kurama roared in anger once more and began to condense a second Tailed Beast Ball.

As a pure energy being with endless chakra, Kurama can unleash this Tailed Beast Ball for a whole day, but Konan can't possibly endure it like that.

She lowered her body slightly, intending to use a different tactic to deal with the Nine-Tails.

But the moment she moved, a figure flashed beside her, and Payne appeared. His short orange hair remained motionless in the gale, and his Rinnegan gleamed with a cold light.

"Alright, Xiao Nan, I'll handle this!"

"Although we are not ready yet, since the tailed beasts have delivered themselves to our doorstep, we have no reason to let them go."

"Those guys are watching from behind. Perfect, let them see what true divine power is."

After hearing this, Xiao Nan turned around and looked down. Sure enough, she saw a group of people dressed in black robes with red clouds standing in the distance, silently watching them. The expressions on each of their faces were quite intriguing.

The previous battle had already alarmed the members of the Akatsuki organization, but it did not attract much of their attention.

As a ninja, when is there a day when you don't fight?

Moreover, it's perfectly normal for people from Konoha to come knocking on Itachi Uchiha's door after he had just accepted the defector from Konoha.

But after the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki appeared, everything changed.

One of Akatsuki's goals was to collect the Tailed Beasts. Now that the Tailed Beasts have been delivered to their doorstep, how could their leader possibly miss out?

When they were recruited, they had all witnessed Payne's formidable strength and knew they were no match for him. However, taking the opportunity to see the leader's potential and gather more relevant intelligence was not a bad thing.

So a group of people immediately came out of the village and hid in the distance to watch the commotion; not one of them came to help.