Crackle!
A fist crackling with Lightning Release descended from the sky and slammed brutally into the heated, softened ground. Electricity instantly surged through the earth, spreading along the shattered trenches carved by the force of the blow.
Amid a series of sharp cracking sounds, electric currents raced through the ground's fissures like a sprawling web. In an instant, they had spread to the edge of the forest, covering a quarter of the clearing with electrified cracks.
"This is bad!"
Just then, a startled cry suddenly rang out.
Boom!
At the same moment, the Chakra gathered in the fist exploded violently. The ground itself seemed to tremble as plumes of smoke burst from the fissures and trenches. Chunks of earth and stone rose along the cracks, thrusting upward amid rumbling vibrations like bamboo shoots after rain. The cracked zone around the quarter-circle clearing spread farther, sweeping into the forest as well. Trees toppled, their roots ripped from the soil, falling crookedly in great swathes. Dust and smoke filled the air, and in an instant, nothing could be seen.
Bang!
The figure who had cried out in alarm while flying backward through the air had been far too close to the center. Before his words had even faded, a massive chunk of earth and stone that had surged upward struck him head-on, sending him flying hard into another boulder rising behind him. He was then swallowed by the smoke and dust, completely engulfed amid the repeated sounds of earth and stone shattering.
Rumble—!
After that faint figure vanished into the dust, the upturned earth and stone, along with the violently scattering force powerful enough to shake the ground, sent dust soaring into the sky. In an instant, it swallowed a third of the clearing, along with a large section of forest filled