Pulling the Network Cable
"Bang!"
A deafening sonic boom cloud exploded at an altitude of 10,000 meters, as if to tear the dark, rainy night apart completely.
Naruto's powerful punch, enveloped in dazzling Golden Yang Release Chakra, without any fancy moves, smashed the Absolute Defense repulsive force wall in front of Deva Path Pain with an extremely savage force.
A sharp, shattering sound, like glass breaking, echoed through the air.
"You..." On the eternally unchanging icy face of the Deva Path, a trace of undisguised astonishment finally cracked due to this illogical scene.
"What do you mean, 'you'?! Get down here!"
Naruto gave his opponent no chance to breathe. With a sudden flick of his wrist, using the residual force from shattering the repulsive wall, his fist whistled past Deva Path's nose.
The violent force of the punch transformed into a tangible blade, directly slicing away the two Black Rod on Deva Path's cheek. Black blood seeped from the wound, only to be instantly washed away by the torrential rain.
The Deva Path reacted extremely quickly. At this critical moment, he crossed his hands tightly in front of his chest and used the remaining gravity of the Rinnegan to forcefully retreat in mid-air.
"Boom!"
Even though he dodged the direct blow that would have blown his head off on the spot, the glancing punch still felt like a heavy hammer, sending Deva Path flying hundreds of meters like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a thick thundercloud and exploding in a circle of pale white lightning.
"You run pretty fast." Naruto hovered in mid-air, flicking the rainwater off his fists, and grinned with an extremely arrogant sneer. "But your skills have cooldowns, my fists don't!"
He lightly touched the ground with his foot, about to transform into golden light to give chase, when he suddenly heard a strong feedback from Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
Below, in the area of Hidden Leaf's North Gate, a Chakra reaction carrying an extremely disgusting and chilling aura was exploding exponentially.
"Trying to multitask?" Naruto's eyes turned cold, and he immediately used his mental power to lock onto the battlefield below. "Fine, I'll see if your blind cheat is stronger, or the people I trained are more ruthless!"
Meanwhile, at the North Gate of Hidden Leaf.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Huge plumes of white smoke rose continuously from the once bustling commercial street, violently tearing apart the sturdy bluestone pavement.
A giant dog with three heads and covered in black spikes; a giant rhinoceros covered in heavy armor, whose breath could blast out waves of air; and a Yatagarasu that blotted out the sky and whose wings were like steel blades, roared and smashed into the buildings on both sides of the street.
Screams and the sounds of buildings collapsing mingled together.
The petite Pain, the Animal Path Pain, stood atop the central head of the three-headed giant dog, his hands rapidly forming Hand Seals. His unwavering purple Rinnegan coldly surveyed the Konoha Ninja fleeing in panic below.
"Amplified Summoning Technique"
The girl's indifferent voice pierced through the rain.
"Aww--!"
The three-headed giant dog let out a chilling roar, its hind legs surging forward, its massive body like a mountain of flesh lunging at the Anbu squad evacuating civilians. Its gaping maw instantly shattered the defensive light barrier that the Barrier Team had just erected.
"Scatter! Don't try to take the hit!"
Kakashi shouted sharply, formed a hand Hand Seals, and his figure turned into a blurry afterimage, barely avoiding the giant dog's fatal bite.
The moment he landed, the ruins beneath his feet were reduced to dust by the giant dog's claws.
Pakkun and several other Ninja Dog frantically fled through the ruins, their tails tucked between their legs, barking as they ran. "Kakashi! The Chakra on this monster smells weird! It's definitely not a normal summoning beast!"
"Nonsense, how could a normal summoning beast look like this?" Kakashi pulled down his Forehead Protector, his crimson Sharingan spinning rapidly as he stared intently at the giant dog that had turned its head again.
A piercing bird cry rang in his palm, and the blue light of the Chidori illuminated the surrounding rain.
"Kakashi! Get out of the way! You have to rely on me at a time like this!"
A green blur crashed through the low wall on the side, charging forward with unstoppable momentum.
Might Guy leaped into the air, his body steaming with blinding green Chakra vapor, instantly evaporating even the raindrops that fell on him.
"The flame of youth must not be extinguished by these few hairless beasts!"
Kai clenched his fists in mid-air, his muscles bulging to their maximum.
"Eight Gates, Sixth Gate, Gate of View —Open!"
Boom!
A visible shockwave exploded outwards from Kai. He unleashed a barrage of punches like a storm, the extreme speed creating intense friction with the air and instantly generating blinding flashes of Kakkō.
"The Morning Peacock!"
Fireballs rained down like a meteor shower, carrying devastating heat, and slammed into the three-headed giant dog.
"Boom!"
The continuous explosions were deafening. Flames completely engulfed the giant dog's massive body, and the stench of burning filled the air.
Below, Rock Lee clenched his fists excitedly, his face flushed. "Amazing! Teacher Kai took down that monster in one strike!"
"No! Lee, back off!" Kakashi 'Sharingan snapped shut as he shouted.
Before the flames had completely dissipated, the giant dog, which had been blown to pieces, did not turn into white smoke and disappear. Instead, it began to wriggle and grow rapidly from its broken limbs!
With a nauseating sound of flesh tearing, the giant dog split into two, and then instantly into four!
Four identical three-headed giant dogs barked wildly to the sky, completely blocking any escape routes in all directions, instantly quadrupling the suffocating sense of oppression.
"What?!" Kai landed beside Kakashi, panting heavily, his thick eyebrows furrowed. "Physical attacks are not only ineffective, but they also cause them to split? Is there any logic to this?!"
Kakashi frowned, his mind racing as he rapidly analyzed the enemy's information.
"Calm down, Kai. Don't attack the main body. These summoned beasts have no independent consciousness and no normal Chakra circulation system. They are connected through some special medium."
He raised his head, his gaze passing over the giant dog to the Animal Path standing at the very back, and said, "The medium must be on the caster, or hidden in..."
"Kakashi-sensei, Guy-sensei! Look at the back of that bird's neck on the right!"
A clear and confident voice came from above, interrupting Kakashi's analysis.
Hinata stood atop a half-collapsed Clock Tower. The torrential rain soaked her long hair, but her expression was unusually stern. Veins bulged around her eyes, and her Pure Byakugan shone with a light brighter than ever before.
In her super vision, the flow of Chakra within those summoned beasts was magnified to the extreme, revealing everything.
"They don't have meridians!" Hinata spoke rapidly and clearly, "All their Chakra is transmitted through a black metal rod! As long as that Black Rod is removed or sealed, they will immediately disappear!"
"Black Rod?" Following Hinata's direction, Kakashi's Sharingan instantly locked onto it.
Sure enough, deep within the thick fur of the four giant dogs' backs, and in the nape of the neck of the Yatagarasu in mid-air, were inserted a Black Rod about the thickness of a finger. The Black Rod was emitting Chakra ripples exactly the same as those of the Deva Path in the sky.
"Well done, Hinata. Found it." Kakashi pulled two Kunai from his ninja tool pouch on his thigh. "But it's too far away. The giant dog is very protective; its outer fur is extremely hard, and ordinary ninja tools can't penetrate it at all."
"No ordinary ninja tools are needed."
A clear, crisp female voice, tinged with a touch of sassiness, cut in.
Tenten glided over on a simple flying ninja tool and landed steadily beside Hinata. With a flick of her hands, two huge scrolls covered with intricate incantations unfurled in front of her.
"Young Master Naruto said that the most effective way to deal with these clueless guys who insist on plugging in cables is to just unplug the internet cable!"
Tenten Tian smiled confidently, her hands moving rapidly as she formed Hand Seals.
"Twin Rising Dragons!"