Animal Path

The grants a Rinnegan user the ability of summoning various animals and creatures to aid it in battle. These creatures appear to be immortal, as they were killed and later summoned again. Worthy of note, summoning creatures through the Animal Path require no blood sacrifice or hand seals. The Animal Path can also summon people, which requires hand signs, as in the case of Nagato's Paths and Konan. Tactics wise, the Animal Path's primary role in battle appears to consist on overwhelming multiple opponents with a barrage of summons.

In the case of Nagato, having originally channelled the Animal Path through the corpse of a Fūma clan shinobi and then the corpse of a young woman in life, the creatures summoned appeared to underwent the same modifications as his Paths of Pain, having chakra receivers embedded in their bodies. As they also display the Rinnegan, the creatures serve as extensions of Nagato. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Nagato used his summons for transport before being rejuvenated to move on his own power.


 * Summons:
 * Giant Drill-Beaked Bird
 * Giant Multi-Headed Dog
 * Giant Snake-Tailed Chameleon
 * Giant Panda
 * Giant Ox
 * Giant Rhino
 * Giant Crustacean
 * Giant Centipede
 * The other Paths of Pain
 * Konan

Influences
Buddhists believe in a realm of existence of the non-human animals on Earth, an unhappy plane of rebirth which revolves around ignorance, instinct, survival of the fittest, and servitude to humans.