Who said preta path was used at all?no proof?
Then who used preta path to absorb amatersu arrow?
Why did kishi show amatersu arrow being absorbed then showed a screen shot of madara looking satsifyed?
I didn't see it get absorbed, All i saw was the arrow and the rods clashing and that was that.
^This is a far better explanation.He certainly didn't shoot the chakra rods out with Bansho Tenin to use Preta-Path through them.It's just that the Rinnegan's powerful chakra runs through the rods and thus, the flames chakra was destabilized when coming near to them.