Veins bulged on the two Village Kage as they gave it everything they had. Finally, just before the meteorite struck the ground, they brought it to a complete halt in midair.
At the sight, everyone collapsed to the ground like deflated balloons.
Just as everyone was savoring the joy of surviving the disaster, Madara Uchiha's voice rang out again:
"Not bad, little brat of the Two Scales. You've gotten a lot more capable. But what will you do about the second one, Ōnoki?"
Everyone's expression changed drastically at those words, and a sense of impending disaster welled up within them!
The next second, a deafening crash rang out. Another meteorite had clearly fallen, and the one above their heads could not withstand the impact. It actually broke apart, crashing down toward the people below.
Just then, a gigantic golden Nine-Tails suddenly appeared, its nine tails immediately bracing the main mass as it fell again.
Yet even that strength could not stop the meteorite's downward momentum.
At that moment, countless wooden arms suddenly burst out of the earth, reaching straight for the falling meteorite.
As more and more wooden arms emerged, the falling meteorite actually slowed to a halt.
Only then did everyone notice that these wooden arms came from a wooden Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, and the one responsible was none other than Hashirama Senju.
As the First Hokage, he could not stand by and watch these youngsters die here in vain.
Although the two largest meteorites had been stopped, countless enormous pieces of rubble still fell through the gaps.
Then a purple Susanoo abruptly appeared, wielding two long swords. It swung them through the air without pause, slashing away all the falling rubble.
Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze also darted swiftly beneath the meteorites, moving the endangered Ninja out of