The instant Madara's chakra swept across the battlefield, the tension reached its breaking point.
The Five Kage immediately took up a battle formation, while tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces tightened their grips on their weapons, ready to attack at any moment.
Chiya stood at the center of the raised platform, his hand steady around Ryūjin Jakka. He calmly watched Madara in midair as flames rose slowly around him, blocking the surging wave of chakra.
Just then, Madara's chakra surged again. He raised his hand toward the ground and slammed his palm down.
An enormous chakra palm descended from the sky, crashing toward the platform.
Space rippled in its wake, and the rocks on the ground were instantly pulverized.
That strike targeted Chiya, Kakashi, who was pinned to the rock face, and Obito, who lay collapsed beneath it.
Chiya was just about to raise his blade and cleave through the chakra attack when a muffled groan came from Kakashi by the rock face.
The shock waves from the descending chakra palm shattered the rock face. Countless boulders the size of millstones broke loose and hurtled toward Kakashi, who was pinned there by black rods.
The black rods held Kakashi's body fast against the rock face. He could not move an inch.
He could only watch the rocks hurtle toward him, his pupils contracting, unable to make any move to dodge.
The rocks flew so fast that they were in front of him in an instant.
Even if he could activate Kamui, he would never make it in time.
Just then, Obito, who lay collapsed beneath the rock face, suddenly moved.
Both his arms had been severed. His grievously wounded body was on the brink of death, and his chakra was almost exhausted.
Yet in that moment, he poured the