"Understood." Rasa nodded. Pakura did not answer, but she formed hand seals with both hands, and fierce waves of firelight slowly flowed between them.
Rasa and the Third Kazekage wore equally solemn expressions. They pushed their Magnet Release to the limit, filling the sky with Gold Dust and Iron Sand that spread overhead like a vast ocean floating in the heavens.
With a thunderous crash, countless enormous trees burst into fragments, revealing Sarutobi Toru's figure.
"Sand Sea Eternal Burial!" the Third Kazekage and Rasa shouted at the same time. The ocean of fine metal sand in the sky suddenly descended, forming a pyramid upon the earth.
Pakura tilted her head slightly and glanced at Kinnara. Seeing him nod, she immediately fired the wave of flaming light in her hand, scorching the entire pyramid until it glowed crimson.
Ebizo opened his mouth and exhaled Wind Release. The wind fed the flames, and Pakura's Scorch Release was far hotter than ordinary Fire Release. Every inch of the pyramid was permeated by terrifying heat, welded shut as though by electric welding.
A few minutes later, yellow sand drifted slowly past. All that remained on the ground was a towering dark-gold pyramid cast from metal.
"Phew—" The Third Kazekage slowly exhaled. "Finally..."
"Crack!" A strange sound slowly came from within the pyramid. The Third Kazekage's expression changed at once. The others from Sunagakure stared at the pyramid with horror in their eyes.
"Boom!" Amid a deafening roar like a volcanic eruption, the entire pyramid split apart. Strange black lightning shot violently through its cracks.
"So this is your ultimate move? Not bad. You actually made me use Lightning Release Armor." Amid the flying rubble, metal fragments, massive smoke, and storm winds, a figure clad from head to toe in black lightning armor slowly emerged.