But in the next second, his smile froze.
The "Xuandou" before him dissolved into a cloud of white smoke the instant he was stabbed, scattering in all directions.
It was a Shadow Clone!
"No!"
Obito's heart jolted as he immediately realized he had walked into a trap.
He tried to activate Kamui and make his body intangible,
but he was already too late.
A burst of searing pain had already shot through his right shoulder.
His entire right arm instantly lost its strength, and the kunai slipped from his hand.
The real Xuandou had appeared behind him at some unknown point.
The blue-green Ninja Blade swept past, slashing hard into Obito's right shoulder.
He knew the left half of Obito's body was White Zetsu, so he had deliberately targeted his right arm.
The blade cut into flesh, sending blood flying, but went no deeper.
Xuandou controlled his strength, cutting only half an inch deep without severing his arm.
Obito grunted and instinctively tried to make his body intangible.
But then something shocked him.
It was as though something had blocked the chakra inside him.
That familiar, vast power he could draw upon at any moment had actually become sluggish.
Kamui took several times longer than usual to activate!
Wild delight flashed through Xuandou's eyes.
The Ninja Blade's sealing effect had worked!
Without the slightest hesitation, he gripped the hilt with his left hand, pressed his right against the blade's spine, and drove it a little farther into Obito's body.
The fine patterns on the blue-green blade suddenly lit up. Blue-green light flowed as though alive, spreading along the blade into Obito's body.
Obito felt a strange suction at his right shoulder, drawing the chakra from his body in an unending stream.
His body grew heavier and heavier, and activating Kamui