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@Princeharris1993 Deva path can keep his Shinra Tensei going for a prolonged period of time, as seen against Naruto’s shadow clones. It is only when he stops using the technique that the 5 second interval starts.

A prolonged Shinra Tensei would prevent Obito from getting an opening to materialise, and thus would be either pushed back if he did materialise or would lose his opportunity. Shinra Tensei is also omnidirectional, so Obito can’t attack him from the otherside whole he does this. Not to mention, its not like the other paths are dead at this point, Pain would be using his push/pull technique to defend them at all times.