The bone spike advanced slowly.
Under the absolute gravity of Origin Ball Space, its gray tip moved as though trapped in thick glue. Each second seemed to stretch without end. But Naruto knew that if it so much as broke his skin, his whole body would crumble to dust.
"Mother, kill the reincarnations of Indra and Asura first... drain their chakra..." Black Zetsu's damp, sinister voice came from within Kaguya's wide sleeve.
Expressionless, Kaguya looked down on Team 7, sprawled on the ground like mud. Her chakra surged around her in waves so dense they seemed solid, threatening to crush them all into the earth.
Naruto gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. He struggled to form a hand sign. With a pop, two Shadow Clones appeared beside him, only to be crushed into puffs of white smoke before they could move.
The Pure Yang Golden Body that had covered him was like a flame doused with ice water, forced back inside him.
"Damn it... Is that old hag trying to flatten us into dumpling filling?" Naruto forced the curse through his throat. His lungs felt packed with iron.
Beside him, the Rinnegan in Sasuke's left eye contracted wildly. The purple ribs of his Susanoo had barely extended half a meter when a sharp crack rang out and spiderweb fractures spread across them. Blood spilled from Sasuke's mouth. He braced himself against the ground with one hand, his fingernails tearing back under the strain.
The gravity kept multiplying.
"Nobody move!" Sakura roared like a lioness.
The black markings of the Strength of a Hundred Seal on her face blazed at full intensity, and her eyes were bloodshot. Even in a gravitational field that made every breath wrench at her insides, Sakura forced her back straight.
She did not attack