The rock formations below were still collapsing.
More and more shinobi were dragged into the sky by gravity. Some had barely leaped from the rubble before their bodies flew upward beyond their control. Nearby companions reached out to grab them, only to be pulled off the ground themselves.
Naruto had already rushed toward the nearest black sphere.
But just as he flew some distance, cries of alarm rose from below.
A rock formation dozens of meters wide suddenly split down the middle. More than a dozen shinobi atop it fell at once, only to be yanked into the air by several gravitational forces pulling in different directions.
Naruto glanced down and immediately stopped.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Massive clouds of white smoke burst open in midair.
Dozens of Shadow Clones charged downward. Some caught the falling shinobi, some used chakra arms to bind the crumbling rock formations, and several clones positioned themselves directly above the Allied Shinobi Forces, blasting apart the oncoming debris.
Naruto's original body raised his head again.
But in that brief delay, the nearest black sphere had already been wrapped in countless rocks, its size swelling severalfold.
Elsewhere, Sasuke controlled Susanoo and charged before one of the black spheres.
The purple longsword swept through the air.
Boom!
The rocks that had just gathered were cleaved apart in a single strike, exposing the black core hidden within.
Sasuke was about to press the attack when the six tomoe in his Rinnegan suddenly tightened.
A Limbo clone had already blocked the black sphere.
Susanoo's longsword had barely descended before it abruptly halted in midair.
Bang!
A tremendous recoil surged along the blade, flinging Susanoo's entire arm upward. Then another Limbo clone slammed into it from the side, throwing the purple giant off balance and sending it