Chakra surged toward the heavens like lava erupting from a volcano.
"Tengai Shinsei!" Madara Uchiha ignored everyone else, his presence overwhelming. His eyes were fixed on Kazan alone.
In all these years, Hashirama Senju had been the only ninja Madara took seriously. Everyone else was no more than a blade of grass by the roadside to him.
Today, he had met a second!
Madara Uchiha was thrilled. He would fight with everything he had.
When the Asura of the shinobi world went all out, the spectacle was extraordinary.
Something descended from the boundless sky. Kazan looked up, his Observation Haki already detecting the falling "stone." Its mass and density were terrifying. If it struck, Konoha would turn to ash in an instant.
The fighting stopped. Many noticed the disturbance and watched Kazan, following his lead as they raised their heads.
One glance revealed the sky collapsing upon them, making their pupils tremble uncontrollably.
A huge hole had opened in the heavens.
Literally.
A hole had appeared in the cloud-choked sky amid rolling thunder, and a meteorite was descending through it.
This was a catastrophe. If it actually hit, there might not be a single survivor in Konoha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth. This was Madara Uchiha's power, his way of doing things. A single move shook the entire battlefield.
Everyone had stopped now, staring blankly at the sky.
"B... bastard..."
Despair overwhelmed many of them, and their weapons fell from their hands.
After this strike, who needed to care about winning or losing? Everyone would die. Who could possibly withstand such might?
"So this is... Madara Uchiha's power!"
"There's no escape..."
The meteorite stretched across the sky, covering the entire battlefield as it descended with an aura of utter destruction. Even the air seemed crushingly heavy, the sight suffocating.
"Now,