The land, already riddled with cracks, now began collapsing on a massive scale. Bottomless ravines spread like a web, countless mountains toppled amid violent tremors, and rocks rained down on the fleeing ninjas below;
Rivers, lakes, and seas ran completely wild. Towering waves swept huge boulders toward the land, swallowing everything in their path;
Forests were ablaze across the entire continent. The scorching flames seared the air, engulfing the whole Shinobi World in a sea of fire;
Magma kept erupting from beneath the earth, forming towering volcanoes. The molten rock streamed across the land, turning it into a living hell.
More terrifying still, the laws of nature were being forcibly rewritten. Sky and earth began to turn upside down, day and night fell into disarray, and the air grew thinner by the moment. In some areas, space itself began to shatter, forming terrifying rifts that swallowed everything around them.
Life was rapidly draining from the Shinobi World. Plants withered, living beings suffered, and once-prosperous villages had long since become ruins, leaving only endless cries of anguish and despair.
"Not good! The Shinobi World is collapsing too quickly!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki glanced at the apocalyptic scene below, his face turning deathly pale. His voice was full of urgency. "If we keep dragging this out, then even if we defeat Genki, the Shinobi World will be destroyed completely, beyond all hope of recovery!"
His blue Susanoo Armor faltered. His anxiety mounted—he was the progenitor of the Shinobi World, and protecting it was his duty. Yet now, he was caught between two impossible demands: fighting Genki and stopping the world's collapse. His power simply wasn't enough to do both.
Naruto Uzumaki could feel the despair of the land just as clearly. He watched their home being swallowed by magma and towering waves, and the