The Kamui Channel twisted violently like glass on the verge of shattering, purple-black cracks spreading through the void. The will emanating from its far end, cold and vast as a sea of stars, crashed over the entire island like a tangible tsunami. The sky went completely dark, as though drenched in thick ink, and even the air grew viscous and suffocating.
"Sacred Lord... my lord..." Obito hovered in the air, his Rinnegan fixed on the unstable channel, a barely perceptible trace of doubt and alarm in his voice.
Yet that terrifying will paid Obito no heed. All its "attention" was focused on the seemingly insignificant boy lying limp on the ground below.
"Purifying Karma... found... you..."
The immense will became a tangible attack! Countless invisible tendrils formed from pure malice and dark energy pierced through space like predators from the abyss, coiling around and stabbing straight at the core of Ling's soul! This was annihilation that transcended conventional ninjutsu, striking directly at the very source of existence!
"Ling-!" Naruto let out an agonized scream, but the immense will pinned him down, leaving him unable to move. Sasuke, Killer B, and Gaara were equally desperate, yet powerless to stop it.
Zetsu lay prostrate on the ground, babbling fanatically, "We welcome the Sacred Lord's descent! Purify this blasphemer!"
Cold despair seized everyone's hearts in an instant.
Just as those deadly tendrils were about to touch Ling's soul-
A calm voice, carrying even a hint of a resolute smile, suddenly sounded in the deepest reaches of Ling's heart:
"Kid, it looks like... this is the end of the road."
It was Tobirama Senju!
"Master... Tobirama?" Ling's consciousness murmured in the void. He felt a warm, powerful force being forcibly awakened and ignited in some corner of his soul!
"Listen. There's no time." Tobirama's