"Cut it off! Naruto, cut it off now!" Blood seeped from the corners of Hinata's eyes. Her Tenseigan Prototype screamed warnings, and her voice cracked from shouting.
Naruto reacted instantly. Without a moment's hesitation, he stamped his right foot hard against the ground.
The Great Evolution Divine Soul Art surged into action.
Deep underground, the icy presence racing up the golden chakra network cables was like a venomous snake catching the scent of flesh and blood, heading straight for Naruto's mental sea.
"Trying to hack my account through the network?" Naruto sneered. "I've got a nice big gift package for you!"
Rather than retreat, he mixed a highly compressed surge of pure yang chakra with a trace of the Nine-Tails' savage deathly energy and hurled it straight back down the cable.
Boom!
A muffled, agonized groan came from a thousand meters underground. The frigid presence shuddered as though scalded and abruptly withdrew into a fissure beneath the earth.
Naruto seized the opening, raised his hand, and clenched all five fingers hard.
Several main cables connected to the leyline snapped on the spot, completely cutting off any chance of a second tracking attempt.
But his face also went deathly pale, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood-streaked saliva. Forcibly severing the cables and taking the backlash head-on pushed his already overburdened body even closer to collapse.
"Naruto!" Karin cried, starting toward him.
"Don't move! Hold your barrier position!" Naruto wiped the blood from his mouth and stared fixedly at Six Paths Obito in the air.
Obito hovered above them, his Nine-Tomoe Sharingan looking down coldly on everything below.
"These are the trash you're risking your life to protect?" Obito raised the Black Tin Staff in his hand. "Now that you've cut off chakra sharing, how will you stop the