Gaara, Karin: Yes, Lord Menma!

Vmmm—!

A massive surge of chakra, carrying a sense of restraint and sealing power, erupted from the center of the dense fog!

Immediately after, several dazzling golden rays, like lightning tearing through the night, pierced the thick mist!

"What the hell is that?!" Hozuki Suigetsu's startled cry rang out from within the fog, as if he had slammed into some invisible barrier.

Samui, who had been about to break out, also felt a powerful resistance ahead of her, as though she had crashed into an unseen but unyielding wall. She was violently bounced back and staggered several steps.

"This is... a barrier?" Ao, who possessed the Byakugan, was less hindered by the fog than the others.

He saw in shock that several incomparably thick golden chains, formed entirely from chakra, had extended from Karin's back. They rapidly interwove and spiraled through the air, connecting end to end. In the blink of an eye, they had constructed a huge hemispherical barrier cage over and around the area they occupied!

The barrier emanated an indestructible aura, enveloping every last one of them inside!

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Temari's voice rang out. She swung the Three-Star Fan, and several powerful whirlwinds howled forth, swiftly blowing away the dense fog that filled the air.

As the mist dispersed, everyone trapped inside the barrier finally saw the scene before them clearly.

"Y-you've gotta be kidding me!" Hozuki Suigetsu climbed up from the ground and looked up in shock at the hemispherical barrier dome overhead, woven from five golden chains and giving off a faint golden light. Then he looked at the surrounding edges, likewise sealed off by the barrier walls, and his jaw nearly hit the floor.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?!" Chojuro also raised his head, pushed up his glasses, and swallowed hard,