At this moment, all the vines were cleared away by Naruto alone. Naruto seemed to have consumed a large amount of chakra and once again fell from his golden body state, returning to normal mode.
Naruto panted heavily from his mouth but showed a smile and said, "I did it, blocked all the attacks."
However, all of this was seen by Obito floating in the sky, who only revealed a trace of mockery.
He said calmly, "Naruto, I told you, doing this is just a waste of your own chakra. If you blocked the first one, then what about the second?"
Obito once again formed seals. Compared to Naruto going all out to block the God Tree's attack, activating the God Tree for Obito consumed so little it was almost negligible.
Thus, the vines of the God Tree swept in once again, no different from last time.
Naruto looked at the attack that barely gave him any breathing room and froze. Just now, he had already consumed a large amount of chakra. At this moment, he had no strength left.
If such attacks continued without end, then what could he use to block them?
Just as Naruto was in a daze, the God Tree's vines had already spread over. This time, it was the people behind Naruto, the ninjas who had received his chakra share, that stepped forward.
With the boost of the Nine-Tails' chakra, these ninjas' basic attributes skyrocketed, especially their chakra, which became extremely abundant. They all activated their best ninjutsu.
In an instant, all kinds of dazzling ninjutsu were unleashed, colliding with the God Tree's vines. After another violent round of bombardment and impacts, all the God Tree's vines were blocked again.
But the price was, all the people who received Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra also exited that mode.
Even so, to stop a divine power with human strength still made the Allied Shinobi Forces excited. They let out bursts of cheers. On this silent and vast battlefield, the sound was so clear.
Naruto once again looked at Obito and said, "You bastard, don't underestimate the power of people united!"
Obito also nodded appreciatively and said frankly, "Naruto, although you often do some foolish things, you really are very much like me when I was young."
"Never giving up, never admitting defeat, persevering to the end, saying it and doing it."
"But…", Obito's tone shifted, "Precisely because of that, when despair comes, it hurts even more!"
Obito waved his hand again. The previously held-back God Tree vines came at the Allied Forces for the third time…
This time, Naruto was no longer in Sage Fox Mode, and the Allied Shinobi Forces were no longer wearing the Nine-Tails chakra cloak. Everyone's pupils dilated violently. Some ordinary ninjas at this moment couldn't help but mutter, "This is... fake, right? How many more times can such an attack continue?"
Most people froze in place, including Naruto, just staring blankly as the vines spread toward everyone, then grabbed one ninja after another, hung them on the roots, and absorbed them into dried husks.
Naruto, for a moment, entered a soul-lost state. The heroic words he had just shouted still echoed in his ears, but now, tragic scenes were unfolding all around him.
In this state, he didn't even notice that a vine from the God Tree, as if it smelled a delicious aroma, was coming straight at him, trying to wrap him up too and plunder the massive and delicious chakra on his body.
At the critical moment, Sakura and Hinata in the distance noticed something was wrong. Sakura no longer cared about her cold war with Sasuke and shouted, "Sasuke, save him!"
Sasuke dodged an attacking vine, transformed into Susanoo, and slashed it with his blade. Then, hearing Sakura's shout, he instinctively looked in Naruto's direction.
Logically speaking, although the God Tree's vines were ferocious, to experts of their level, they weren't a huge threat. Sasuke didn't think Naruto would be in danger, so he hadn't paid attention to that side's situation.
However now, Sasuke saw Naruto frozen on the spot doing nothing, just waiting to be caught by the vines.
Because of the distance, Sasuke couldn't make it in time to save him and could only shout loudly, "What are you doing, dodge it now!"
Perhaps hearing Sasuke's call, Naruto finally came back to his senses slightly, but, it was already too late. The vines had already wrapped up to his front.
At this critical moment, Hinata, who had been watching everything and had rushed toward Naruto as soon as she sensed something wrong, arrived.
Hinata leapt into the air and struck out hard with her palm.
This palm was not aimed at the spreading vine, because she knew in her heart that her Eight Trigrams Palm couldn't shake the God Tree.
This palm was aimed at Naruto.
The next moment, Hinata's palm struck Naruto's chest, and with one blow, sent Naruto flying, out of the range of the God Tree's entanglement.
But she herself, in the very next moment, was caught up by the vines, wrapped, and then lifted high into the air.
Neji, who had already noticed something wrong, was the second to arrive, but it was a little late.
He activated the Byakugan, and the bulging veins around his eyes were more ferocious than ever. He shouted at the God Tree's roots, "Let go of Lady Hinata!"
As he spoke, he had already arrived, jumping up to Hinata's position. Aimed at the root grabbing Hinata, his whole body spun rapidly.
"Rotation!"
Neji wanted to use Rotation to bounce away the God Tree's roots and rescue Lady Hinata.
However, the God Tree's roots completely ignored the power of Rotation and remained unmoved, still grabbing Hinata and lifting her into the sky.
Seeing this, Neji didn't hesitate. His figure rushed forward, grabbing the root entangling Hinata with both arms, hugging it tightly and pulling back with all his strength.
"Let go of Lady Hinata!"
The slogan was loud, but Neji's strength was too small, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, unable to shake the God Tree in the slightest.
His body was already covered in wounds from the spikes on the God Tree, bleeding nonstop.
The God Tree seemed to sense Neji's interference and instinctively launched a counterattack. Another vine split off and whipped toward Neji's position fiercely.
Smack!
Neji was hit squarely. With a "Wah", he coughed up a large mouthful of blood. His hands loosened slightly, and then the God Tree's root fiercely threw him down and sent him flying.
Neji's figure fell heavily to the ground not far from Naruto. His abdomen, under the combined effect of the vine's spikes and the whipping blow, had been torn open with a huge bloody gash.
Blood seeped out, dyeing the ground red, but Neji did not lose consciousness immediately. Because his injuries were too severe, he entered a state of last radiance before death.
Naruto, who had just been knocked away by Hinata and gotten back up, witnessed this scene. His pupils shrank again. Instinctively, he rushed to Neji's side.
He reached out to press on Neji's abdomen, trying to stop the bleeding, but the blood only flowed more and more.
His tone carried an unprecedented panic as he asked, "Neji, how are you?"
Neji, however, showed a relieved smile and looked at Naruto, "Naruto, Lady Hinata once again protected you. I hope in the future, you won't let down her feelings."
Then, Neji's eyes closed. The forehead protector on his forehead also slid off at that moment, revealing beneath it the Caged Bird seal… which was gradually fading away…
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