129: Payne: I am God! Tang Yan: You know nothing about Gundam!

The dust settled.

A suffocatingly massive shadow enveloped the entire ruins of Hidden Sand Village.

The world seemed to stand still at this moment.

Rasa and Bunpuku sprawled on the ground, their mouths agape wide enough to fit a fist, their clouded eyes fixated only on that gigantic, indescribable terror.

They had spent their entire lives researching Puppet Master, yet at this moment, they felt like children who had just learned to pull strings, gazing up at a true miracle.

That wasn't a Puppet Master; that was "creation."

Their lifelong pride and skill were as fragile as a joke before this demonic god.

It was a war demon god, twenty meters tall, shimmering with a metallic and rocky texture all over its body.

Its head was the cold owl head of Owl · Stealth, its crimson single lens slowly rotating three hundred and sixty degrees, scanning every speck of dust on the battlefield, cold and merciless.

Its torso was reconstructed from Kou Ken's obsidian steel armor plates, and the endless adamantine sand formed by the Senro · Myriad Unbinding core flowed slowly over the plates like a living entity, forming a dynamic liquid metal armor.

The demon god's left arm was the embodiment of Asura · Modified, with its six arms merging into a monstrous steel giant arm, its densely packed hidden weapon launchers concealing countless killing intents like the Peacock Plume, Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, and King of Hell's Letter.

The right arm was an extension of Shanxiao - Giyan, its eight-legged blade limbs intertwined to form a bizarre arthropod-like long arm, with sand iron barbs at its end shimmering with a poisonous, eerie glow.

Its legs stomped on the ground, causing the surrounding sand to show signs of gray petrification, which was the power of Netherworld's termination.

Run through This was all permeated by Pharmacist Qin's tens of thousands of hair-thin invisible threads, and in its chest, the burning "pseudo-core" core was transforming into an energy heart, beating steadily.

Seven Puppets, merged into one.

Its name was, Seven-star Conjunction - Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth!

"This... what... what kind of monster is this?"

Heaven Realm's voice, for the first time, carried unconcealed shock and trembling.

The aftershocks of Super Shinra Tensei hadn't even left a single scratch on this demon god.

No, it wasn't that it didn't leave any.

Nagato saw clearly through his Rinnegan that the destructive repulsive force, upon contact with the gray petrifying Qi Poison on the demon god's surface, was forcibly "converted" and "annihilated"!

The power of a god was... devoured by a Puppet Master?

Nagato's mind went blank for the first time, lasting three seconds.

In this dead silence, a figure slowly stood upright on top of the demon god's head.

Tang Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his robes flapping in the energy aftershocks. He looked down, overlooking the six paths of Pain, who were as small as ants below, his eyes as calm as if he were looking at a few lifeless stones.

It was a gaze... of a creator examining a failed creation.

"God?"

Tang Yan's voice wasn't loud, but through some resonance, it clearly entered the minds of every Pain.

"Are you worthy?"

"Arrogant!" Heaven Realm was furious, the killing intent in his Rinnegan almost boiling.

He abruptly pointed his single hand towards the giant demon god in the sky.

"Universal Pull!"

A terrifying gravitational pull, enough to attract a mountain, erupted instantly!

The surrounding rubble was uprooted and flew into the sky, and the earth groaned under the unbearable weight.

However, the demon god named Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth only caused the ground beneath its feet to crack and collapse from the suction; its legs, as if stakes had been driven into space, remained completely motionless!

"What?!" Nagato's heart was greatly shaken as he saw this scene through his Rinnegan.

The weight and core stability of this thing have already exceeded the normal scope of Ninjutsu!

"Asura Path!"

At Heaven Realm's command, the repaired Asura Path, without hesitation, reappeared in its three-headed, six-armed form, with huge sawblades extending from its back, and its arms transforming into cannons, countless missiles trailing long exhaust flames, covering Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth!

Human Path locked his eyes on Tang Yan atop the demon god's head, activating his invisible soul-sucking power!

Animal Path once again summoned the splitting Hellhound, surging forward like a tide!

Preta Path opened the barrier of the Sealing Jutsu Absorption Seal, ready to absorb all Ninjutsu counterattacks!

"Boom boom boom!"

The missile rain squarely hit the chest of Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth, the explosion's flames barely stirring any dust.

The flowing adamantine sand armor only rippled slightly, completely engulfing all the explosion's impact, even the sound was greatly diminished.

At the same time, Human Path Pain stumbled suddenly, clutching his eyes, a look of Pain on his face.

Nagato only felt a chaotic, cold, non-living torrent of information rushing back through Human Path's power—it wasn't a soul, but an abyss composed of countless commands and energy!

Attempting to extract its "soul" was like a mortal trying to drink the ocean with a straw!

And those fearless splitting Hellhounds, just as they rushed to the feet of Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth, the arthropod-like long arm transformed from Shanxiao - Giyan suddenly swept out!

No loud noise, no impact.

The sand iron barb, shimmering with an eerie glow, streaked across like a black lightning bolt, reaching extreme speed.

The dozen or so Hellhounds at the very front, before they could even let out a scream, were neatly severed in the middle, turning into handfuls of black sand, scattering with the wind.

Clean and precise, even with a touch of artistry.

The combined assault of the Six Paths of Pain was like a farcical comedy.

Tang Yan stood atop the demon god's head, not even bothering to raise an eyelid.

His gaze passed over the futile attacks of the few Puppets below and landed on Preta Path, who had assumed a defensive stance.

He finally spoke, with a hint of playfulness.

"Are you waiting for me to use Ninjutsu?"

"And then, for you to absorb it?"

Tang Yan's lips curled slightly upward, revealing a look of pity.

"Sorry, to kill things like you..."

"I don't need such high-level toys."

Hell Realm summoned the giant King of Hell, preparing to judge again!

The Five Paths of Pain, at this moment, launched their final combined strangulation!

Facing this world-destroying offensive, Tang Yan didn't even twitch an eyebrow; he simply raised a finger and gently swiped downwards.

The command was given.

Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth moved.

Its left arm, the steel giant arm composed of Asura · Modified, suddenly lifted, and hundreds of densely packed hidden weapon holes on its arm opened simultaneously!

"Buzz—!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a fine, dense, scalp-tingling hum of machinery!

The next second, a death torrent composed of three hundred and sixty-five bone-piercing needles, fire-thunder needles, armor-piercing needles... and twelve types of poisoned steel needles, erupted from the Peacock Plume's launcher!

Twenty-seven Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, powerful enough to pierce mountains, tore through the air in a triangular formation!

Furthermore, several Twin-serpent Soul-chasing Death Pills exploded in mid-air, transforming into a large area of ghastly green, highly toxic mist that blocked perception, instantly enveloping the battlefield!

This was the Tang Clan's mechanism-type hidden weapon, an utterly unreasonable saturation strike!

The missiles Asura Path had just launched plunged into the needle rain, failing to even fly a hundred meters before being prematurely detonated by countless steel needles in mid-air, turning into harmless, dazzling fireworks.

The wave of splitting Hellhounds couldn't even let out a single cry of agony before crashing into the highly toxic mist, melting and corroding in large swathes, leaving behind pools of foul-smelling black liquid on the ground.

As Human Path's soul absorption jutsu just touched the energy shell of Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth, a cold, chaotic, non-living torrent of information rushed back, mixed with the "life annihilation poison" remaining from Pharmacist Qin's core!

"Ah!"

Human Path shrieked, clutching his eyes and stumbling backward, his eyes rapidly losing their luster, as if his consciousness was being corroded by an invisible, potent poison!

"Roar!"

Only Hell Realm's King of Hell opened its giant mouth, attempting to swallow this entire domain of poisonous mist and hidden weapons.

However, the moment its giant mouth opened.

Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth's right arm, the arthropod-like long arm formed by Shanxiao - Giyan, suddenly shot out at a speed beyond the limits of visual capture!

Rip—!

The massive sand iron barb directly pierced through the King of Hell's illusory lower jaw, pinning it firmly to the ground!

The Netherworld petrification poison and toxic sand iron on the barb began to furiously inject!

The King of Hell's supposedly illusory body actually showed signs of physical corrosion, with countless black spots spreading across it, and it let out a truly pained roar, unlike that of a mere imitation!

"Judgment?" Tang Yan's voice echoed in Heaven Realm's mind, with a hint of pure curiosity, "This thing has no soul for you to judge, only a pile of killing commands."

"Impossible!" Hell Realm, whose senses were linked to the King of Hell, let out a desperate roar.

Only one clash.

In just one breath of time.

The combined attack of the Five Paths of Pain disintegrated!

Inside the dark cave.

"Pfft—!"

Nagato could no longer suppress it; a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments gushed out, staining the instruments in front of him crimson.

His body trembled violently, his Rinnegan's vision already dominated by a chaotic scramble of static and corrupted data.

The Chakra consumption and mental backlash had far exceeded the limits of his emaciated body.

"Damn it... damn Puppet Master..."

He lost.

Lost so thoroughly, so unbelievably.

On the battlefield.

Heaven Realm looked at the war demon god before him, completely unscathed, not even a ripple in the flowing sand armor on its surface, and for the first time, an emotion called "fear" appeared on his perpetually cold face.

His remaining Chakra was not enough to unleash another Shinra Tensei.

And his opponent, it seemed, had only just begun.

"It's over."

Tang Yan's voice, from atop Myriad Creations of Heaven and Earth, sounded like a final judgment.

Just then, at the edge of the battlefield, within a twisted spatial vortex.

"Useless things, I still have to do it myself after all."

The Masked Man's figure slowly emerged; he was already prepared to intervene in this completely out-of-control battle.

However, before he could finish speaking.

"Click—"

A slight, teeth-grinding mechanical turning sound.

The giant war demon god, the owl head composed of Owl · Stealth, suddenly rotated two hundred and seventy degrees.

Its cold, emotionless crimson single eye pierced through the spatial barrier, precisely locking onto the Masked Man.

A crosshair composed of data streams suddenly lit up in the crimson lens, and instantly contracted!

The space-time Ninjutsu the Masked Man was about to activate froze in place.

He was locked on.

An unprecedented chill shot up his spine to the crown of his head.

It wasn't the feeling of being locked on by killing intent, but a purer, colder threat.

It was like a piece of iron placed under a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press about to crush it.

His proud intangibility, at this moment, for the first time gave him a feeling of... insecurity.