The blue giant spread both hands, forming a long string of tomoe between its palms.
The tomoe seemed linked by some invisible force, hovering before the Susanoo and radiating an eerie blue glow.
Madara Uchiha swept one hand, and the tomoe shot in three different directions like hurled stones.
Gaara reacted quickly.
He flung his hands wide, stirring every grain of sand in his gourd. It surged out like a tide and swiftly formed a massive sand giant before him.
The sand giant stood over ten meters tall, its arms crossed in front of it as it shielded them from the incoming attacks like a mother.
The first tomoe struck the sand giant's arm and pierced straight through it. The second blasted its other arm apart, while the third skimmed its shoulder, blowing half of it into a shower of sand.
After enduring that barrage, the sand giant was riddled with holes and had nearly lost its original shape.
But it had not collapsed entirely. Gaara gritted his teeth and maintained its form, gathering the scattered grains to plug the gaps and keeping it firmly planted in front of Naruto.
Much the same happened on Ōnoki's side.
He pressed his palms together, and a giant made of rock rose from the ground before him.
The rock giant towered imposingly, bringing its arms together before itself like a stone wall.
The tomoe struck its chest, blasting the rock apart. Before even one volley had finished, it was already riddled with holes.
Ōnoki stood behind the rock giant, his aged hands trembling slightly and fine beads of sweat forming on his forehead, while Tsunade stood behind him, continuously supplying him with chakra.
He had already expended a great deal of chakra blocking the meteorites earlier, and maintaining this rock giant was now