As he spoke, Furina gently closed her eyes. When she opened them again, a faint blue tint appeared at the corners, and her entire aura became even more ethereal and otherworldly.
"It's Sage Mode. Be careful."
Seeing this, Obito quietly warned Nagato. He had seen Furina use this ability before and knew roughly what it did, but the pressure she gave him back then was far less intense than now.
While speaking, Obito placed his hand on Nagato's shoulder, ready to use Kamui to protect him at any moment. In a battle of this level, the disability in Nagato's legs was still too great a hindrance.
At the same time as he spoke, Obito suddenly realized Furina had vanished without a trace at some point. Sensing danger, he hurriedly pulled Nagato into the Kamui dimension.
The instant Nagato disappeared, a blade shimmering with azure light arrived at the spot where he had just been standing, then pierced straight through Obito beside it, making his eyelids twitch.
Although Furina's attack missed, Obito had no intention of counterattacking. Instead, he quickly retreated backward.
"That was really close. If she had been just a bit faster or I a bit slower, we probably would have been dead or gravely injured just now."
As he retreated, Obito felt a surge of lingering fear in his heart. Over all these years, Kamui had been countered before—for example, by the Yellow Flash—but those were only due to his own lack of experience back then.
Now the situation would surely be completely different. But what was it this time? Someone had nearly caught the exact instant he used Kamui purely through sheer speed.
And this was even with him constantly keeping an eye on her. If that was the case, how could they even fight? He could originally maneuver around with Kamui to some extent, but now he could not attack at all. The moment he materialized, he worried he would be beheaded in a single slash.
"Your strength is indeed very formidable, but how will you break this technique?"
"Oh?"
Hearing Obito's calm tone, Furina felt a flicker of interest. She had thought he would throw out some harsh words and then run away again, but it seemed he still had another trump card.
But that didn't make sense. At this point in time, Obito should only have Kamui as a real threat. His other techniques, while not weak, shouldn't affect her—and Obito should be well aware of that.
Unable to figure it out, Furina simply stopped thinking about it. Since he was so intent on turtling up and she would have trouble breaking through anyway, she might as well see what tricks he had in store.
Seeing Furina looking completely at ease, Obito gave a light chuckle. Then a black sphere shot out from the Kamui dimension and arrived above Furina in an instant.
Upon seeing this, Furina immediately understood what was happening. At the same time, inside the Kamui dimension, Nagato was breathing heavily, hands clasped together, and spoke in a low voice.
"Chibaku Tensei."
After the black sphere reached the sky, an irresistible, massive attractive force appeared, as if it intended to absorb everything around it. Furina, along with a vast stretch of land nearby, was pulled toward the black sphere.
In mere moments, a gigantic rock sphere nearly a kilometer in diameter formed around the black core. Although Furina could still hold steady, she could clearly feel the pulling force continuing to grow stronger.
If she let it continue unchecked, even she would likely end up in a bad state.