Isshiki stared at the bottomless, charred crater below. He had been thoroughly humiliated.
Did these insects on the ground really think they could bring down an elephant?
The Cross-Shaped Pattern in his right eye spun wildly, so fast it blurred into a halo of light.
"Had enough fun? It's time to end this."
If these ants wanted to die so badly, he would bury them all here.
He raised both hands. The instant he spread his fingers, the sky seemed to split open.
A black fissure tore the clouds in two.
Tens of thousands of Black Rods poured from it, mixed with countless Black Cubes and enormous iron pillars wreathed in black flame.
They rained down across Konoha's position.
The barrage was so dense that even the air screamed beneath its weight.
Ishida Shigeru lay in a trench, staring at the shadows blotting out the sky. His lips trembled. He ground the last stub of his cigarette into the mud.
"Everyone... get under cover!"
His voice was swallowed by a tremendous crash.
The first wave of Daikokuten struck the Main Defensive Barrier, sending the blue curtain of light into violent convulsions.
Cracks spread across the dome in an instant. All twelve ninja maintaining the barrier's core spat blood, and three rolled their eyes back and collapsed on the spot.
"Hold the line!"
Obito roared in front of the trench.
He tore off his mask and flung it into the snow.
His ten-story Susanoo surged up to meet the attack, both arms straining overhead.
The moment it raised its hands, the largest Black Cube came crashing straight down!
The Susanoo's frame gave a bone-jarring crack. Its dark-purple body was forced onto one knee in the Frozen Ground.
Mud sprayed three feet into the air. More than half the armor on its