Toneri abruptly formed hand seals. As his ten fingers danced, he mobilized every last bit of the immense chakra remaining within him.
His chakra was already nearing exhaustion, yet the obsession burning in his Tenseigan blazed more fiercely than ever.
An unnatural flush rose over his pale face. His fingers formed seals so quickly they left afterimages, each seal carrying the resolve to shatter jade and stone alike.
The sky began to change unnaturally.
Countless points of light gathered from every direction across the moon's thin firmament, like a curtain woven from falling stars.
At first, there were only a few scattered points. In an instant, they blotted out the sky, staining the entire gray-white firmament a dazzling silver.
"Gravitational Meteorites."
Toneri spoke slowly, his voice hoarse and dry, carrying his final resolve. His gaze passed through the meteor shower and settled on the upright figure on the ground, while a bleak smile tugged at his lips.
"When I pull down all the rocks in the moon's sky, you and the land beneath your feet will be ground to dust. You cannot win this war, because you have no way to escape this celestial body."
Countless meteorites surged down like a dense, all-enveloping rain, each bearing enough force to destroy mountains and rivers.
They varied in size, the smaller ones like millstones and the larger ones rivaling hills. Gray-white gravitational chakra coiled around every surface, and their high-speed descent struck dazzling flames from the thin atmosphere. It was as though a hole had been punched through the moon's entire sky, and endless rocks poured through it with the might to destroy heaven and earth.
The fierce winds stirred up by the meteorites scattered dust across the ground, and the entire land trembled faintly.
Uchiha Yao stood where he was, looking