When the light of the explosion rose from the center of the valley, it was as though something had awakened deep underground, a terrifying beast slowly stretching its body.
Minato Namikaze had precisely calculated the arrangement of the Explosive Tags planted in the cracks of the rock walls.
Once detonated, they first sent the shock waves through the natural fissures in the rock, layer by layer.
The cliffs on either side did not collapse immediately in the first few seconds. Instead, they first contracted inward, like a spring compressed to its limit, gathering force.
Only then came the terrifying blast that blew the entire stretch of valley apart from the middle. Hundreds of meters of rock walls rapidly expanded outward at the same instant, and whole slabs of rock fell from above, smashing onto the road at the bottom of the valley.
Smashing onto the Iwa Shinobi who had come to provide support.
For a moment, the sight was unbearable.
Dust mixed with fine debris rose into the air, forming a grayish-white wall of smoke above the valley, obscuring both sight and light.
A raging, mushroom-shaped fireball shot into the clouds.
The shock waves spread along the valley, sweeping away the forests and shrubs on the ground. The violent tremors could be clearly felt several kilometers away.
An earthquake?!
The valley road was completely buried beneath the collapsed rock, with rubble piled several stories high.
The collapsed cliffs on either side left newly exposed rock faces, their edges riddled with cracks. Aftershocks sent small fragments sliding down the slopes.
The thick dust was still slowly settling, drifting through the last of the twilight.
With this explosion, Konoha had completed its mission. Iwagakure's supply line had been completely severed.
Even Earth Release ninja would need a great deal of time to