Magnet Release: Heavenly Punishment!
Several iron pillars plunged from the sky, trailing blinding flames as they crashed toward the Root Base like meteors.
Each pillar was several meters long, its surface heated red-hot, carving straight streaks of fire through the night sky.
Boom, boom, boom, boom-!
The iron pillars struck the ground, erupting into fireballs.
Shock waves hurled the surrounding rubble into the air. The ground shook violently, and cracks spread in every direction.
Though the many Root ninja were well trained and scattered the instant the pillars began to fall, the attack was too fast and covered too wide an area.
Many were knocked to the ground by the shock waves before they could leap clear of the blasts.
Before they could regain their footing, small black metal spheres appeared before their eyes.
The spheres were only the size of a fist, their surfaces engraved with Flying Thunder God Marks that gleamed coldly in the firelight.
Flying Thunder God Formation!
White light flashed as every sphere activated at once. Space warped, and waves of chakra spread like ripples.
The eyes of the Root ninja who had been struggling moments earlier instantly lost focus. Their bodies went limp, and they collapsed one after another.
Some let kunai slip from their fingers. Others froze in place with their hands still forming hand seals. Still others remained in mid-stride before pitching forward.
In mere seconds, every Root member in the area lay gravely injured, sprawled across the ruins. Groans rose from all directions, and not one of them could stand again.
Tianyi hovered in the air, looking down at the cleared battlefield with a faint smile.
He turned toward the edge of the forest. His voice was quiet, but it reached everyone's ears clearly:
"Fugaku, the show's over. Have you decided what