Planetary Devastation!
Deva Path Pain took a direct hit from Dust Release, but the pitch-black sphere in his palm slowly rose into the air, hovering directly above the battlefield like a black moon.
Its surface was utterly black, yet it radiated a pressure that made people instinctively want to flee, as though it had swallowed even the light.
Then an irresistible gravitational pull erupted from the black sphere, sweeping toward the ground below.
The ground began to tremble. Cracks spread across the scorched earth, and loose stones, dust, and broken trees tore free from the ground and flew toward the black sphere above.
Ōnoki had been hovering in midair, but now that gravitational pull dragged him toward the sphere as well.
A flash of horror crossed his eyes, his voice breaking in the wind. "What kind of technique is this?!"
He controlled his Light-Weight Rock Technique, struggling to steady himself with his feet as chakra gathered over his body in an attempt to resist the pull.
But the pull grew stronger and stronger. It was as though an invisible giant hand had seized him, dragging him into the sky inch by inch.
Everything around him flew toward the black sphere-stones, dirt, shattered rock walls, even the kunai and scraps of cloth scattered across the battlefield shot upward like fallen leaves caught in a whirlpool.
In moments, layer upon layer of rock and dirt had encased the pitch-black sphere, forming an enormous stone ball that hovered in midair like a miniature moon.
"Earth Release: Golem Technique!" Ōnoki rapidly formed hand seals, and a stone golem dozens of meters tall rose from the ground.
Its entire body was formed from dark gray stone, its face rough and its thick limbs like massive pillars. An oppressive weight radiated from it.
The moment the