Chapter 104: Scorpion

Wang Bo raised an eyebrow. Although the power of the Planetary Devastation was immense, he had many ways to avoid this technique.

For example, by using the power of Kamui to make his body intangible, he could easily evade the force of the Planetary Devastation.

But Wang Bo did not do so; instead, he allowed the black sphere to suck him in.

Then, a large amount of steel, rubble, and earth were drawn in by the black sphere, attempting to crush Wang Bo with immense pressure. However, having trained in Iron Body, Wang Bo's body was extremely hard.

He was not crushed by the mass of earth and rock, but he was trapped inside.

Soon, the Planetary Devastation expanded into a massive stone ball over a hundred meters in diameter, suspended in midair and slowly rising.

Nagato saw this and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had thought this technique might not work on Wang Bo, but it seemed he had worried for nothing. With the Rinnegan, he was truly invincible.

So Nagato planned to control the Planetary Devastation and send it into outer space.

The huge stone ball rose slowly, soon reaching a certain height. But just then, the stone ball suddenly emitted a loud bang and stopped moving.

Nagato's face darkened.

Then, another tremendous roar came from the stone ball, and it suddenly exploded, shattering into countless pieces of rock that fell from the sky. Wang Bo lightly freed himself from the stone.

Then Wang Bo fell freely.

A few minutes later, Wang Bo returned to the Rain Village from the sky, only to find that Pain had already left the Rain Village, along with Nagato and Konan, who were nowhere to be seen.

Clearly, these two had sneaked away from the Rain Village while Wang Bo was free-falling from the sky.

Because they realized Wang Bo was too powerful; if they continued fighting, they would definitely not gain the upper hand, so they left.

This caught Wang Bo somewhat off guard.

In the story, Nagato had become twisted and arrogant after his friend Yahiko died. He spoke of himself as a god, believing that possessing the Rinnegan made him a deity.

So Wang Bo thought Nagato wouldn't run and would fight to the death.

But in the end? That's it?

Wang Bo couldn't help but sneer. This god was too cowardly.

Using repulsive force, he flew into the sky and circled the Rain Village, but found no trace of Nagato and Konan. In a few minutes, they couldn't have gone too far; they were clearly hiding.

Of course, another possibility was that they had used summoning jutsu to go to the place where the summoning beasts lived.

If so, even if Wang Bo destroyed the Rain Village, he wouldn't find them.

After all, the place where summoning beasts live is different from the ninja world.

Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest are the three legendary sacred lands, but they are not in the ninja world; they are in the world where summoning beasts reside.

And the world where summoning beasts live and the ninja world are two completely different spaces.

This is normal in the ninja world.

For example, Obito Uchiha's Kamui connects to a peculiar space that is not in the ninja world.

Another example is Kaguya Otsutsuki's Amenominaka.

Amenominaka can instantly transport herself and those around her to other spaces, including lava, ice, supergravity, sand, acid, and other spaces. These five spaces are directly connected to the core space. In the core space, Kaguya can absorb the chakra of those caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi to recover and enhance her strength.

From this, it can be seen that there seem to be many unknown spaces around the ninja world.

Without a way or jutsu to enter these spaces, Wang Bo could only stare helplessly.

In his view, Nagato and Konan had likely entered the summoning beast space; otherwise, he should have found them by now.

Since Wang Bo had no way to enter the world of summoning beasts, he simply couldn't catch them.

Helpless, Wang Bo had to leave.

But after openly leaving the Rain Village, Wang Bo secretly returned and hid, planning a surprise attack.

He didn't believe Nagato and Konan could stay in the summoning beast space for long.

However, one day passed, three days passed, a week passed... Nagato and Konan never showed up. It seemed they really intended to lie low in the summoning beast space.

But Wang Bo couldn't wait; there were many things in the Land of Fire waiting for him to handle.

Helpless, Wang Bo had to give up on capturing Konan and Nagato and left the Rain Village. But before leaving, Wang Bo left a clone disguised as a ninja of the Rain Village to monitor every move there.

Once Nagato and Konan returned, this clone would alert him.

Then Wang Bo truly left the Rain Village and returned to the Land of Fire.

The first thing Wang Bo did upon returning to the Land of Fire was to issue a wanted notice for the members of the Akatsuki organization, from Nagato and Konan down to Deidara and Hidan, all becoming his wanted criminals.

The reward Wang Bo offered was very tempting.

Anyone who could capture Deidara, Hidan, and others would receive a bounty of fifty million ryo.

Even providing information would earn a bounty of five million ryo.

As for Nagato and Konan, Wang Bo set a bounty of one hundred million ryo; those providing accurate information would receive a bounty of ten million ryo.

The rewards he set were definitely the highest in the ninja world.

Even the head of a Kage wasn't worth that much.

So when the wanted notice spread across the ninja world, many people became excited, red-eyed, eager to find members of the Akatsuki.

And the allure of the reward was endless; soon someone provided information about the Akatsuki. Not about Nagato and Konan, but about Scorpion.

According to the informant, he had seen Scorpion in the Land of Wind. Wang Bo thought this information was somewhat credible, because Scorpion of the Akatsuki was indeed from the Land of Wind.

To be precise, Scorpion was a ninja from Sunagakure.

Moreover, he was the grandson of Sunagakure's elder Chiyo. But this child was quite tragic; in his early years, his parents died at the hands of the White Fang of Konoha, that is, Kakashi Hatake's father, Sakumo Hatake.

Having lost his parents, Scorpion felt extremely lonely. Later, under the guidance of Granny Chiyo, he learned puppetry and created two puppets named 'Father' and 'Mother' to soothe his inner loneliness.

But later, this guy went astray, believing that art is something that can be preserved and passed down for a long time, i.e., 'eternal beauty' is art. So he turned everything into puppets that would not disappear.

This naturally included himself.

That's right, Scorpion was such a ruthless person. Not only did he make puppets, but he also transformed himself into a puppet. Anyone who dares to lay hands on themselves is no simple character.