In the blink of an eye, Naruto's deadline arrived.
Only the Iwa ninja, Naruto, and Hikari remained in Iwagakure.
The moment time ran out, both sides moved.
"Earth Release: Golem Technique!"
Ōnoki did not hesitate. Astonishing chakra erupted from his small frame.
With his low shout, countless rocks heaved up from below with a thunderous rumble, then flew in front of him.
In an instant, those rocks coalesced into a stone giant dozens of meters tall, its entire body formed from dark brown rock!
The stone giant swung its enormous rocky fist and punched toward Naruto and Hikari high in the sky, with the momentum to crush everything in its path.
Wherever the wind from its punch swept past, the air gave off muffled booms.
Almost at the exact moment Ōnoki made his move!
Below, over a thousand elite Iwagakure ninja, already standing ready in multiple formations, launched their long-planned combination ninjutsu under the command of Kitsuchi and the other jonin!
"Earth Release: Rock Pillar!"
"Earth Release: Moving Earth Core!"
"Earth Release: Earth Moving Core!"
"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"
Earth-shaking roars rang throughout Iwagakure!
Every Iwa ninja taking part finished their hand seals, then slammed their palms onto the ground or the rocks before them in perfect unison.
Vast quantities of earth-nature chakra flooded into the ground!
A scalp-prickling crash thundered from every direction!
The ground beneath and on either side of where Naruto and Hikari hovered underwent a cataclysmic transformation!
The earth shook. Countless stone pillars emerged, then were shattered by Moving Earth Core, becoming rock and soil that Earth Moving Core gathered together.
Next came the utterly awe-inspiring Mountain Earth Technique!
As though given life, that rock and soil surged upward and transformed!
In just a few breaths, two hemispherical barriers made of mingled rock and soil,