Four colossal meteors summoned by Tengai Shinsei hurtled toward the battlefield in the Land of Iron, wreathed in roaring flames.
They were already less than a thousand meters above the ground.
Terrifying wind pressure slammed down ahead of them. Rocks on the ground instantly shattered, and the steel walls of the samurai fortress groaned under the strain, dense cracks spreading across them in an instant.
At the front of the battlefield, the Five Kage had finished their hand seals.
Tsuchikage Ōnoki poured every last bit of his chakra into a massive Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. Dozens of hundred-meter-high stone barriers rose in layers before the Allied Shinobi Forces.
The Raikage and Gaara stood on either side, combining lightning release chakra with gold dust to erect another defensive barrier of lightning and sand in front of the stone walls.
Mei Terumi unleashed lava release, filling the gaps between the barriers with a shield of acid, while Tsunade stood at the rear, ready to use medical ninjutsu at any moment to treat casualties from the impact.
But they all knew these defenses were no better than paper against the colossal meteors of Tengai Shinsei.
The moment the meteors struck, those defenses would be crushed instantly, serving no purpose at all.
This was all they could do.
For the rest, they could only place their hopes in Chiya.
Tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces troops huddled behind the defensive barriers, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
They gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes fixed on Chiya at the center of the battlefield.
Their gazes were filled with fear, but also with trust.
Since the beginning of this war, Chiya had worked far too many miracles.
He had shattered a Truth-Seeking Orb with one slash, cleaved apart the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb with another, casually broken