Chương 294: Even Payne himself made an appearance!

The C2 clay dragon, pierced by the Kusanagi sword imbued with lightning release, crashed to the ground. Yang Cheng used it as a springboard, accelerating a second time in mid-air and rushing directly towards the unconscious Deidara in the pit.

"Multiple Paper Shuriken!"

"Hiryu Koko: Thousand Prosthetic Hands!"

When they saw Yang Cheng attempting to kill Deidara, Konan and Sasori, who were still in shock, reacted immediately and attacked Yang Cheng at the same time.

Previously, it wasn't that they didn't want to intervene, but the situation changed so quickly that they hadn't even fully reacted.

Just a second ago, Deidara was riding a clay dragon and had the upper hand in the air, but who knew that the next second he would suddenly crash and even suffer the consequences of his own technique.

Was Deidara strong? There is no doubt about that.

Otherwise, Xiao Nan and the others wouldn't have felt comfortable letting him have a one-on-one fight with Yang Cheng.

To their surprise, Yang Cheng's strength was far greater than the intelligence reports indicated!

Although I considered that the other party might have grown in the past three years, the extent of this growth is really absurd.

Defeating the reanimated Fourth Kazekage at the age of twelve is indeed a testament to his extraordinary talent. However, the Fourth Kazekage was not particularly strong to begin with, and with his opponent in the reanimated state, his strength was far inferior to that of his prime.

With Deidara's strength, defeating the Fourth Kazekage wouldn't be a problem.

Even if Deidara was no match for Yang Cheng, Konan and the others never imagined that Deidara would lose so quickly.

In Yang Cheng's view, it was not surprising at all that Deidara would lose so quickly in his hands.

Deidara is incredibly strong, but his weaknesses are also too obvious. With a thorough understanding of Deidara's abilities and even stronger aerial combat skills, Yang Cheng is practically the natural counter to him.

As the paper shuriken and the poisoned senbon needles hurtled towards him, the paper shuriken was instantly reduced to ashes by the blue flames unleashed by Yosei, while Sasori's poisoned senbon needles were all deflected by Yosei's Armament Haki.

However, because Yang Cheng intervened to block Xiao Nan and the others' attacks, the two of them took this opportunity to get in front of Deidara.

"Your information is clearly wrong. This brat is far stronger than you previously stated!"

Although it was only a brief exchange, the experienced Scorpion could tell at a glance that Yang Cheng was far more troublesome than they had previously thought.

Deidara's quick defeat was due to two main reasons: firstly, the fool was too careless; secondly, Yang Cheng's abilities were too versatile, and they couldn't see his weaknesses.

Konan frowned but did not refute Sasori's words.

She originally thought that it was already cautious enough for the three of them to try to recruit the other party, but she never expected that they would ultimately underestimate this genius from Konoha!

The three of them came, but now that Deidara has lost his ability to fight, and only she and Sasori are left, to be honest, after seeing the strength that Yang Cheng had shown before, Konan felt that even if they were two against one, they would not have an absolute chance of winning.

"There is no reason for us to fight. The reason we approached you and made you a member of the organization is because we have no reason to fight between us."

It's not just because of your talent and ability, but also because we see the same ideals in you.

When confronting Yang Cheng again, Xiao Nan did not make a move directly. Instead, she looked at Yang Cheng with a serious expression and spoke.

"The same ideal?"

"That's right. We've heard about the Land of the Sea before, but the Hidden Sea Village you established can only protect the ordinary people in the Land of the Sea, but it can't take care of the ordinary people in the entire ninja world."

We share the same background and similar experiences, and even our expectations are so alike.

In fact, compared to other members of the Akatsuki, we are the true like-minded people.

Our Akatsuki organization has the capability to bring true peace to the entire ninja world.

Therefore, Yang Cheng, let us become our true partners.

Looking at Konan with her angelic paper wings unfurled behind her and her body floating in the air, and hearing the words she was saying, Yang Cheng couldn't help but admire her. Konan truly lived up to her reputation as the social butterfly of the Akatsuki organization.

If it were just Pain, that pained guy who only wanted to carry rice all day, the Akatsuki organization probably wouldn't be in its current state.

Within the Akatsuki organization, Pain was able to command respect because of his strength.

Xiao Nan is able to earn the respect of others because she is sincere to them.

What she just said was indeed what she was thinking.

Yang Cheng, like her and Nagato, was an orphan whose parents died in the conflict. They were also commoners, so they knew the hardships of those at the bottom of the ninja world.

In Konan and Nagato's view, Yang Cheng's act of establishing the Hidden Sea Village was just like Hanzo the Salamander of the Hidden Rain Village.

Once upon a time, Hanzo the Salamander was also Yahiko and his friends' idol. It was because of the Amegakure he led that they were able to intimidate other ninja villages and prevent them from starting wars in the Land of Rain at will.

But Yahiko probably never expected that Hanzo the Salamander would betray his expectations and that he would die at the hands of his former idol.

Konan didn't want Yosei to become like Hanzo the Salamander of the past. They shared the same desire for peace, so they should be allies rather than enemies facing each other with blades drawn.

"Leaving aside the fact that your origins are unknown, I cannot easily trust you."

"Bring true peace to the ninja world? This isn't something that can be accomplished simply by talking. Even the legendary God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, couldn't achieve it. Do you really have the ability?"

Xiao Nan was about to speak when another figure suddenly appeared after she got up.

The other person had a blank expression, and his body was covered with black sticks like a non-mainstream person. The most conspicuous thing about him was his pair of round eyes that looked like mosquito coils.

"Because I am God, I can do things that people cannot do."

People go to war because they haven't yet experienced pain. Only after they lose something do they feel pain and reflect on their actions.

So we intend to make the whole world suffer, and then build a new peace from the ruins!

When Yang Cheng saw the figure in front of him who kept talking about "carrying rice," he was also stunned for a moment.

He hadn't expected that Payne would also come, in addition to the three of them, including Konan.

Yang Cheng felt that he had a good chance of winning if he faced Konan and Sasori alone.

But now that Pain has been added to the mix, even knowing their abilities, Yang Cheng can only say that he is confident he can protect himself.

But Ghost Island is his territory. If Pain were to unleash a Super Shinra Tensei, or if Konan were to unleash an 800 million explosive tags, he might still be able to protect himself, but what about the Hidden Sea Village that he had worked so hard to rebuild on the island?

Even Konoha, the strongest of the five great ninja villages, couldn't withstand Pain's "rice-carrying power," let alone a small ninja village like theirs.