Thankfully for Athos, the increase to his strength and speed weren’t the only thing granted to him by the infamous Raiton no Yoroi, powered by this explosive and almost literally overwhelming chakra the redhead was emitting and utilizing currently. The other ability that would be granted would be the processing of the brain, which was also aided with the Golden Mangekyo Sharingan that he was using, meaning that his reaction time was on outstanding levels. It was because of this insane feat that a proper counter would be able to be made.
The clone that had casted the chakra chains had been staring at the Ryoji(s) within the dome, processing each of their motions with ease. As the water started to pour from the one Ryoji’s mouth, the clone of Athos acted immediately, with an action that came as easy to him like a muscle reflex. All of the chakra chains, the plethora that covered a majority of the arena’s ground that they had access of, moved quickly together and soon formed a Chakra Chains Barrier just as the real Ryoji seemed to disappear. Before the water dome would have reached full fruition, thanks to the predictive nature of the Sharingan and enhanced brain function of the clone, a dome of chains would be formed around the water to keep it from expanding outwards. Of course, the water would start to eat away swiftly at their makeshift container, so this clone would copy the other. Pouring it’s chakra into its chains so that they would repair almost just as fast as they were destroyed. Of course, this rose urgency immediately in the man’s clone, causing him to pour the rest of its chakra into the Uzumaki Sealing Technique. With this, he hoped not only to speed and power up the process, but build a resistance to the water so it wouldn’t be eaten away immediately, if the water did manage to break through this layer of chains.
The second clone, which had been focusing its chakra into keeping the dome up against the rain, let out a grunt as it saw the water spew from the clone’s mouth, the way raiton was being poured out, and even how the real Ryoji started to disappear just as the Chakra Chains Barrier fully took form. Without a real moment’s thought, it was obvious what the man had to do. Chains exploded from his back and dug into the ground before exploding in thick chains that would come and wrap around the already formed barrier of chains. These would act as second level that would be fueled and replenished by the second clone’s chakra.
As for the Real Athos, he hadn’t the same clear view that the other two had, nor any magical mental connection, or even the Rinnegan, to help him with this. Instead, what he reacted on wasn’t the water coming out, or Ryoji disappearing, or even the Raiton or chakra that would be expelled. As the Chakra Chains from the first clone, and then the second not even a whole second later, erupted from the ground, the only option left would be to join in the action. So as the other two barriers went to form, the real Athos left spiked chains explode out his back and tunnel into the ground to explode in giant, thick, chains that seemed to glow. This was the Adamantine Sealing Technique that would be the third barrier on the outside of the other two, even if the water or Ryoji had managed to beat the other two, this would act as the final defense. This ability was able to even restrain the Nine Tails, meaning something only greatly stronger than such a beast would be able to shatter out of these defenses. And with a smirk on his face, Athos would easily pour chakra and keep his ability up against the poisonous water, knowing that it should hold fine any assault that could be thrown at it.
With the three layers of defense, and with the super charged Uzumaki Triangle Seal only need a few seconds to do its job, the three Athos hoped to keep Ryoji trapped and end this fight in a few seconds.