Immediately afterward, a blinding white light flared at the point of impact, swallowing every color between heaven and earth. Both the lush green of Wood Release and the fiery red of the meteors paled before that pure white radiance.
Only then came the devastating shock wave.
RUMBLE-!!!
A visible mushroom cloud, roiling with crimson flames and green wood chips, erupted from the point of impact and soared into the heavens, tearing a massive hole through the ominous orange-red clouds!
Close behind it came a hurricane powerful enough to overturn the earth!
"GET DOWN-!!!"
Fourth Raikage A roared with every ounce of strength he had, but the voice he took such pride in was no louder than a mosquito against the roar of heaven and earth. He tried to shield Killer B and Darui with his hulking body, but the irresistible hurricane had already swept over them.
Like leaves caught in a gale, the entire Cloud Ninja force was lifted into the air, along with the ground beneath their feet! Solid rock was torn apart and pulverized in the hurricane. The chakra the ninja took such pride in was as fragile as paper before that power. Screams and cries of alarm were instantly swallowed by the howling storm.
Even the distant members of the Akatsuki were not spared.
"AAAAAH! Art is an explosion! But this is way too much, hmm!" Deidara spun like a top in the wind, shouting excitedly as he whirled.
"Shut up, Deidara!" Sasori of the Red Sands had anchored his puppet, Hiruko, firmly to the ground with several chakra threads, but it still swayed precariously in the wind. "Something on this scale... this isn't ninjutsu anymore!"
Kakuzu used Earth Release to bury half his body in the ground, barely managing to keep himself from being blown away.