A purge began.
A powerful gravitational field thundered down from the enormous circular hole in the sky, locking onto the entire Land of Iron fortress. Vast stretches of ground collapsed. Boulders weighing hundreds and thousands of tons broke free of gravity and hurtled skyward. The remains of the Five Kage Summit chamber fell apart under the savage pull, wooden planks and masonry shattering into fragments.
Ōnoki desperately channeled the earth release chakra inside him, pressing both hands against the ground and forcibly increasing his own weight to resist the pull. Mei Terumi's feet were dragged off the ground by the gravitational force. She could only use water release to freeze a pillar of ice onto the ground and cling to it to steady herself.
Chiya stood in midair, his fingers twitching as he prepared to crush the entire area along with everyone in it.
Just as the gravitational field was about to grind everything to pieces, a violent streak of lightning shot skyward from deep within the rubble below.
"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"
A vast expanse of rubble exploded. Raikage A was covered in dust, his sole remaining left arm blazing with blue light. He concentrated lightning release chakra along the edge of his hand and forcibly sliced open one corner of the gravitational field overhead. The Raikage landed heavily, gasping for breath. Lightning release chakra formed tangible chakra armor over his skin, and arcs of electricity danced violently through the air with piercing crackles.
"Tsuchikage! Forget the buildings! Buff me!" the Raikage roared, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Chiya above.
Ōnoki understood that this was no time to worry about whether the Land of Iron fortress survived. Enduring the sharp pain in his lower back, he abandoned control over his own gravity, floated behind the Raikage, and slammed both