The moment Gaara finished speaking.
RUMBLE!!!
The sand gourd at Gaara's waist seemed connected to a bottomless abyss. Sand surged from it like a flood bursting through a dam—not the narrow streams he had used to defend or bind his enemies, but a vast, overwhelming tsunami of sand!
The sand gathered and rose behind him, forming a terrifying wave dozens of meters high and over a hundred meters wide in the blink of an eye!
Like a living yellow beast, the wave gave a low roar that seemed to rise from deep underground. With enough force to crush everything in its path, it crashed down toward the slope where Boruto and the others stood!
Its shadow blotted out the sky. Death rushed toward them!
"Defend yourselves!!" Shinki screamed, unleashing every last bit of his Chakra. "Iron Sand World Method: Absolute Defense!"
Iron Sand erupted from beneath his feet and the surrounding ground, rapidly gathering to form a hemispherical Iron Sand Fortress around them all!
Layer upon layer of Iron Sand thickened the fortress, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen.
Yeto bit her tongue. Spurred by the pain, she forced out more Psychokinesis despite her exhaustion! She thrust both hands forward, raising one nearly solid, translucent Psychic Barrier after another around the Iron Sand Fortress to cushion and disperse the impact.
Shikadai swiftly formed Hand Seals. "Shadow Imitation Technique!" His shadow shot outward and linked with Shinki's and Yeto's, sending them his Chakra and a faint boost to help sustain their defenses.
Boruto pulled Nameless close. Then he created two more Shadow Clones, and all three poured Chakra into the ground beneath their feet, trying to stabilize the slope.
The next instant, the towering wave of sand crashed down!
BOOM!!!!!!!!!
The thunderous impact defied description. It was as though the sky