Chapter 212: Planting the God Tree

"Destroy the world!"

Madara Uchiha's pupils shrank. Although he had already anticipated that this mission was extremely special, such a mission still exceeded his expectations.

Within 24 hours, destroy an entire world.

Why would the Main God issue such a mission? Madara couldn't figure it out; he only vaguely felt that behind this mission seemed to hide a deeper intention.

Perhaps... this world itself possessed some fatal flaw. Something even the Main God could not tolerate.

Judger Mission; perhaps, this was a Judgment.

And he would become the executor of this Judgment.

"24 hours is enough." Madara Uchiha's cold smile at the corner of his mouth had not yet faded, but he sensed a disturbance behind him.

"Stop!" Izuku Midoriya leaped up from the ground, emerald-green electricity erupting from his entire body, "Let go of Kacchan!"

Madara turned his head to look at Izuku Midoriya, a hint of playfulness in his gaze: "Is this kind of person worth you risking your life to save?"

"I..." Izuku Midoriya gritted his teeth, both fists clenched tightly.

"Tell me, why?" Madara increased the force in his hand, and Bakugo Katsuki let out a pained groan, "Even though he hurt you, bullied you, why still risk your life for this kind of person?"

"Of course! Kacchan is my classmate, my friend!" Izuku Midoriya gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. The power of One For All surged within his body, and his muscles swelled instantly.

"Friend?" Madara sneered, and Bakugo Katsuki struggled even more violently in his hand, "Is this the guy who bullied you from childhood to adulthood, treating you like trash?"

"That's in the past! The current Kacchan already..."

"Already what?" Madara interrupted him, "Just now he was still hitting you, even wanted to kill you. Is this your so-called friend?"

"You're right." Izuku Midoriya suddenly raised his head, stronger green electricity erupting from his entire body, "Kacchan indeed did many wrong things, but..."

"Bang!"

Great force erupted beneath Izuku Midoriya's feet, and the ground shattered instantly. His entire body like a shell leaving the barrel, he charged straight at Madara.

"But I believe him! I believe he can definitely become a true hero! So..." Izuku Midoriya's muscles swelled instantly, a terrifying power surging within his body, "I absolutely will not let you hurt Kacchan!"

"One For All, Full Cowling!"

"Ridiculous!"

Madara's eyes turned cold, and an invisible chakra surged out from within his body. He didn't even raise his hand, merely releasing chakra outward to form an invisible force field.

"Bang!"

Izuku Midoriya slammed heavily into this force, his entire body flying backward instantly.

His body crashed through three walls in succession, a mouthful of fresh blood spurting out, staining his school uniform red.

Madara's voice was full of mockery, "What difference is there between your naive idea and expecting a murderer not to kill? This kind of twisted kindness is the world's greatest tumor!"

As his voice fell, Madara suddenly exerted force with the hand gripping Bakugo Katsuki's right hand.

"Crack!"

Amidst the crisp sound of bones breaking, Bakugo Katsuki's skull shattered like a watermelon, fresh blood and brain matter splattering. The headless corpse fell softly, smashing into a pool of blood on the ground.

"No..." Izuku Midoriya's body trembled violently, his eyes wide open, tears uncontrollably welling up, "No! Kacchan!"

"Why did you do this?" Izuku Midoriya cried out in grief, "Kacchan he he just..."

"Just what?" Madara sneered, tossing the corpse aside like trash, "Just a bad personality? Just a rebellious phase? Or perhaps, you've already grown accustomed to the feeling of being trampled?"

"In this twisted world, even victims make excuses for the perpetrators. A world like this, no wonder it was chosen for destruction." A glint of cold light flashed in Madara's eyes.

He raised his finger, looking at Izuku Midoriya slumped in the pool of blood on the ground: "Now, it's your turn."

Madara flicked his index finger lightly, and instantly an invisible "Air Bullet" wrapped in terrifying power shot straight toward Izuku Midoriya's Eyebrow Center.

Izuku Midoriya's pupils shrank violently; in this moment he clearly sensed the breath of death.

Even after activating One For All, his body could not react to this attack in any way.

"Bang!"

A loud bang exploded in the corridor, but the expected pain did not arrive.

An air wave exploded in the air, sending the surrounding rubble flying in all directions. Amidst the smoke and dust, that person's golden hair fluttered in the airflow.

"It's already fine, young man!" That familiar voice penetrated the smoke and dust, carrying an incomparable sense of power, "Why? Because! I am here!"

"All Might teacher!" Izuku Midoriya's tears instantly welled up in his eyes.

But the next moment, he discovered something was wrong.

All Might's right arm was trembling slightly, veins bulging on his arm; that seemingly effortless block just now seemed to have injured him quite badly.

All Might clenched his numb right fist, shocked in his heart; merely a finger flick could cause an attack of this degree.

But at this moment, his gaze was fixed tightly on Madara before him, with unprecedented anger burning in his eyes.

"As a teacher, yet unable to stop all this in time..." All Might's voice was terribly low, his muscles constantly swelling under extreme anger, "This is my dereliction of duty!"

"Young Izuku Midoriya," All Might said without turning back, "leave here immediately, go find the other teachers!"

Then he pressed his right hand to his earpiece: "Attention! All teachers, the Final Exam is immediately suspended!

An unknown Intruder has invaded U. A. High School, and has already caused a student's death!

Repeat, a student has died! All assessment Areas immediately enter Emergency State; all teachers please immediately head to District A!"

Sharp alarms sounded throughout U. A. High School, red warning lights flashing continuously.

"Oh?" Madara Uchiha raised his head, his gaze sizing up All Might, "The world's number one hero? Let me see just how strong this world's power really is."

"Murdering innocent students" All Might slowly took a step forward, each step shaking the ground, rubble cracking beneath his feet, "Such a thing, absolutely unforgivable!"

All Might stomped both feet hard, the ground collapsing instantly, his entire body shooting up into the sky like a shell, his right fist wrapped in terrifying power smashing down: "Texas Smash."

The air was instantly compressed into substance, forming a thick pillar of air: "Smash!"

Boom! The moment the fist wind was unleashed, the air exploded, forming a thick pillar of air.

Madara's eyes flickered slightly, his figure lightly flashing to the left; that pillar of air brushed past his hair and howled over, heavily slamming into the Skyscraper behind him.

"Boom!"

Amidst a deafening explosion, the entire skyscraper collapsed as if struck by a giant, with fragments of reinforced concrete dancing in the air, forming a field of ruins.

Madara's figure landed on a floating fragment, looking down at All Might from above.

"Carolina Smash!"

All Might gave Madara no chance to catch his breath; he kicked off again with both feet, launching into the sky like a shell from a cannon. Air currents howled beside him, forming a sonic boom cloud.

In the next instant, All Might had already appeared before Madara. He crossed his arms, his muscles bulging like mountain ranges at their limit, and suddenly struck downward.

Madara neither dodged nor evaded, simply raising his right arm with casual ease.

"Boom!" The arms of both sides collided in midair, erupting with a tremendous roar.

Air blades swept backward, and everywhere they passed, an entire industrial district was torn apart like paper; steel structures deformed and collapsed under this force, and amidst billowing smoke and dust, everything was in utter disarray.

All Might's pupils shrank; this was the first time someone had so casually received his full-power strike.

Madara looked at the man giving his all before him, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned: "Do you also wish to dance?"

Before his voice fell, Madara's right leg had already risen; the movement seemed casual but was astonishingly fast. Air exploded beneath his foot, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

"Bang!"

All Might didn't even have time to make any defense before feeling a sharp pain in his abdomen. The force of that kick was so great that he felt his five viscera and six bowels had shifted position.

"Cough!" All Might spat a mouthful of blood, his entire body flying backward like a shell.

His body shattered more than ten buildings in succession, finally slamming heavily into the training ground's wall.

"Bang!"

The wall collapsed with a tremendous crash under the immense impact, smoke and dust spreading.

At this moment, several figures rushed over from all directions.

"Hmm?" Madara looked up, only to see Aizawa Shota, Mic, Midnight, and Thirteen already surrounding this place.

Their eyes all held shock and anger; obviously they had already seen Bakugo Katsuki's corpse.

At this moment, All Might, covered in blood, crawled out from the ruins, supporting himself with one hand and standing up with difficulty: "Be careful, he is not an ordinary opponent. Even with my full power... cough cough!"

The surrounding teachers heard this and their pupils suddenly shrank. To make the world's number one hero say such words, just how strong was this man? "Understood!"

Aizawa Shota suddenly pulled down his goggles, his blood-red eyes staring directly at Madara Uchiha, his hair floating upward as his Quirk activated: "I will erase his Quirk!"

At the same time, Mic had already taken a stance, terrifying sound waves accumulating in his chest: "Voice Quirk!"

"Boom!"

Deafening sound waves swept out, the air trembling under these sound waves. Rubble on the ground kept jumping, and glass fragments exploded one after another.

At the same time, Cementoss slapped the ground with both hands: "Cementosis!"

The ground instantly melted, turning into scalding cement slurry surging toward Madara. Tens of tons of cement, under his control, entangled upward like living things.

However, Madara stood motionless in place, allowing the cement to envelop him. In an instant, a huge cement ball completely sealed him off.

"Midnight!" Aizawa Shota shouted loudly.

"Sleeping Gas Aroma!" Midnight suddenly tore open her collar, a pink gas rapidly spreading from her body.

The hazy smoke soon seeped into the cracks of the cement. This was a powerful sleeping agent that could make anyone fall into a coma.

Madara Uchiha stood in place, feeling a strange power affecting his consciousness, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned: "Not bad an ability, but too weak."

"Boom!"

Madara's body suddenly trembled, an invisible force erupting outward from him as the center. The pink smoke was instantly dispersed, turning into specks of fluorescence dissipating in the air.

A powerful air wave swept the entire field, everyone feeling a tremendous force coming at them head-on. Their feet kept sliding on the ground, unable to stand firm.

"What, what is this power?!" Mic crossed his arms in front of him, the ground beneath his feet already carved with two deep grooves.

"Crack!"

Spiderweb-like cracks suddenly covered the ground, rubble constantly flying in the air wave. Everyone felt breathing becoming increasingly difficult, as if a great mountain pressed on their chests.

At this moment, Madara's entire body suddenly burst forth with dazzling white light, his hair moving without wind, his clothes turning pure white, with black Truth-Seeking Balls floating behind him.

In the next second, Madara's body slowly rose into the air, looking down at everyone from above:

"Shinra Tensei."

Madara's voice was soft, but everyone present heard it clearly.

In the next instant, a terrifying repulsive force erupted with him as the center.

"Boom!"

The entire world seemed to freeze at this moment, and then everything collapsed under this force. Buildings, ground, trees, everything was crushed by this power.

"Ah!" The heroes' screams were drowned out by the roar.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the original factory had disappeared, leaving only a huge circular pit several kilometers in diameter. The bottom of the pit was perfectly flat, as if shaved by a giant with a carving knife.

Madara had deliberately not dealt a fatal blow; although the heroes present were severely injured, they were all still alive.

They lay on the ground, breathing with difficulty, their eyes full of disbelief.

Madara floated in the air, looking down at these "heroes," a cold smile curling at the corners of his mouth: "Let you become fertilizer for the Ten-Tails to become my power."

Madara's hands quickly formed hand seals, his fingers changing rapidly, a terrifying chakra erupting from within him, the entire sky instantly covered by dark clouds.

Suddenly behind Madara, the huge figure of the Ten-Tails emerged from the void, landing heavily on the ground.

"Boom!"

The earth cracked under the Ten-Tails' immense weight, spiderweb-like cracks spreading outward, the flower bulb behind the Ten-Tails suddenly swelling violently, its trunk extending upward at a visible speed.

"Crack, crack!"

The thick branches kept growing, in the blink of an eye breaking through a hundred meters in height. The crown rapidly spread in the high sky, blocking out the sun.

The roots drilled into the ground like giant pythons, spreading in all directions. Everywhere they passed, the ground cracked inch by inch.

"What is that?!"

"Oh my god! Is that a tree?"

"How is this possible—"

Pedestrians on the street came to a halt one after another, tilting their heads back to look at this Colossus that had suddenly Appeared.

Someone took out a phone to film, but in front of this giant tree, the phone's wide-angle lens simply could not capture it in its entirety.

The Ten-Tails God Tree's branches and trunk continuously extended, its crown spreading out in all directions, enveloping the entire City in Shadow.

"Aaaah! Run!"

Someone shouted, and the street instantly fell into chaos. The People scattered in flight, car horns blaring one after another.

A TV station Helicopter circled in the high sky, broadcasting this scene to the whole country.

Everyone who saw this scene widened their eyes, unable to believe the sight before them—a giant tree towering a kilometer high had just abruptly Appeared in the city center.

Madara Uchiha stood at the very top of the crown, looking down at the continuously growing God Tree, his brow furrowing slightly: "Does it still need some time to Finish growing?"

At This Moment, Madara's Observation Haki detected a massive number of presences. In the distance, countless figures were rushing in from every Corner of the City. "Since that's the case, then I'll play with you so-called Heroes."

(Chapter End)