Give Me Back My Chakra!

Kushimaru Kuriarare had just tried to use Nuibari to slip through the Tree World when two vines wrapped around his waist.

"Break!"

He pulled the steel wire taut, trying to cut through the vines.

More roots surged in from every direction.

His legs.

His arms.

His neck.

Every part of his body was bound tight.

Munashi Jinpachi detonated his explosive blade.

The violent blast tore apart a wide swath of trees.

Before the flames had cleared, a dozen thicker roots burst through the smoke and pinned him to the ground.

Jinin Akebino swung Kabutowari in a frenzy.

For every branch he smashed, ten roots coiled around him.

Within moments, Kabutowari was wrenched from his hands, and his massive body was dragged deep into the Tree World.

Hozuki Mangetsu used the Hydrification Technique at once.

His body turned to liquid and flowed between the roots.

But these trees could absorb Chakra.

The moment his liquid body touched a root, his Chakra began draining away beyond his control.

"Something's wrong!"

Hozuki Mangetsu tried to pull his body back together.

Dozens of fine rootlets had already pierced the stream of water.

His Hydrification Technique was forcibly broken, and his body turned solid again.

The next instant, dense layers of roots closed around him and bound him in midair.

In the distance, Might Guy forgot his grief.

He looked up at the Tree World spreading across the battlefield, and his breath caught.

"So this is Fang Xu's Wood Release?"

Ebisu stared up at the towering trees that kept growing.

Moments ago, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had left him unable to stand. Now they couldn't even get close to Fang Xu.

Aoba Yamashiro's glasses slid down his nose, but he forgot to push them back up.

"One jutsu..."

"Caught four of them