A figure suddenly shot up onto the meteorite!
"Oh! That old man Ōnoki. I haven't seen him in over a decade, and he's finally got a bit of a Kage's bearing!" Madara said with an interested smile.
"But you won't be enough on your own!"
High in the air!
Ōnoki held the enormous rock aloft with both hands, his face grim as Chakra surged through his body.
Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique!
Hum!
An invisible ripple enveloped the entire meteorite. At Ōnoki's low shout, its crushing descent began to slow.
In the end, Ōnoki forced the entire meteorite to a halt high in the air!
"H-how is that possible? Lord Tsuchikage actually..."
"Whew! We're saved! Lord Tsuchikage stopped the meteorite!"
"That's Lord Tsuchikage for you..."
One by one, the Allied Shinobi Forces snapped out of their daze at the sight of Ōnoki holding the meteorite back and burst into cheers.
"Heh. How foolish!" Madara sneered.
"I wonder if you can stop the next one."
As soon as he spoke, immense Chakra surged again, sending a powerful gravitational pull into outer space!
A meteorite even larger than the first came hurtling down from above, visible to the naked eye.
"No! It can't be!"
"We're finished!"
The Allied Shinobi Forces, who had only just been given a second chance, stared blankly once more at the falling meteorite.
They had barely managed to stop one. If another came down, the entire fourth battlefield would collapse.
Boom!
At that moment, the second meteorite plummeted from above and slammed into the first.
The weight of both meteorites crushed the breath out of Ōnoki, dragging him down with them.
"Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique
!" Ōnoki roared hoarsely.
The Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique had greatly reduced the weight of both meteorites.
But Ōnoki could never hold