Chapter 214: World Collapse

"Texas Smash."

All Might's right foot stomped hard on the ground, the concrete surface cracking instantly, spiderweb-like fissures spreading outward.

His leg muscles swelled violently at the limit, every vein clearly visible.

"Shockwave!"

A sonic boom cloud exploded behind him, his whole body shooting toward Madara like a shell from a barrel, the air emitting a sharp whistling at high speed, ground rubble kicked up by the air wave tumbling endlessly in the sky.

Madara merely turned his head slightly, slowly raised his index finger, and flicked lightly, instantly blocking All Might's attack.

"Not over yet!"

All Might's web of thumb and forefinger went numb, his right foot tapped hard on the ground, his whole body spinning like a top. "Alaska Smash."

His elbow traced an afterimage in the high-speed rotation, straight for Madara's temple: "Elbow Strike!"

Madara raised his hand to block, but his brow furrowed slightly. All Might's strength was greater than before, and his speed faster, angles more tricky.

"Interesting." A trace of interest flashed in Madara's eyes, "This kind of power that constantly breaks through limits"

"Texas Smash Combo!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

All Might's fists rained down like a storm, every punch carrying terrifying power. The air emitted a sharp whistling at high speed, ground rubble constantly shaking in the air wave.

Madara blocked quickly with both hands, each time precisely catching the angle of All Might's fist. Where their fist winds met, air waves constantly exploded.

No matter how All Might attacked, Madara Uchiha's force was always a step stronger than All Might's.

"Not enough! Not enough! 400%"

All Might's expression twisted, muscles swelling again, dense blood vessels surfacing on his skin, his fist speed faster, every strike pouring in all his strength.

"500%!"

The blood vessels on his skin burst, blood spraying like rain. All Might's eyes were already full of blood vessels, but his offense grew fiercer.

The ground kept cracking under the terrifying pressure, rubble flying in the air wave.

"New Mexico Heavy Fist!"

"Michigan Combo!"

Every move was a killing blow, every strike full power, All Might's figure leaving afterimages in the air, blood flung into blood mist at high speed, enveloping both of them.

Madara remained calm, even a smile on his face: "Not bad, but"

"Still far from enough." Madara raised his hand to catch All Might's strongest strike, terrifying power instantly exploding between them.

"Boom!"

A white shockwave exploded with both as center, accompanied by a huge sonic boom, the ground within ten kilometers shattering with a boom, countless rubble shooting into the sky like splashing water.

All Might felt an unmatched power surging in, his whole body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, drawing a long blood line in the air.

"Bang!" His body slammed heavily onto the ground, smashing another large crater in the already shattered ground.

All Might forced himself not to fall, kneeling on one knee, blood dripping down his arm, but his eyes still staring fixedly at Madara.

"How..." All Might looked at the proud figure in the distance, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart for the first time.

No matter how he exploded, the other could easily suppress him. This feeling was like striking a high wall that could never be crossed.

In the distance, the surviving news helicopter was still broadcasting live. Countless people watched this scene through screens, clenching their fists.

"Stand up! Symbol of Peace!"

"We believe in you!"

"Absolutely cannot lose!"

Heroes' shouts came from all directions, their voices carrying anxiety and expectation. These voices penetrated the smoke and dust, entering All Might's ears.

Madara Uchiha's eyes twitched, the magatama in his Rinnegan slowly turning, his Byakugan opening, blue veins spreading across his face. Suddenly, his pupils shrank.

"Interesting. This kind of power" Madara gazed at this scene, a trace of interest flashing in his eyes.

An invisible aura was surging toward here from all over the world, penetrating the barrier of space, pouring into All Might's body, this power invisible and intangible, yet truly existing.

"I'm fine now!"

Amidst the dust, All Might staggered to his feet. His uniform soaked with blood, right arm twisted and deformed, but he still struck that familiar pose—hands on hips, chest thrust out.

Blood dripped down his cheek, but could not hide that signature smile: "Want to know why? Because! I'm here!"

"Last... let me fight one more time." All Might said softly, his voice carrying determination, "ONEFORALL, 600%!"

A roar shook heaven and earth, All Might's muscles swelling instantly, veins on his skin coiling like horned dragons, his originally broken bones gathering again under the muscles' constraint.

"Bang!"

All Might's figure suddenly vanished from the spot, appearing before Madara the next instant. His fist fell instantly.

Madara crossed his hands, precisely blocking these attacks. But this time, he could clearly feel the opponent's power surging at an unbelievable speed.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

All Might's fist shadows turned into countless afterimages, every strike breaking through limits. Fist speed grew faster and faster, bit by bit exceeding what the human eye could capture.

Blood seeped from every pore of his, bones emitting unbearable cracking sounds, muscles on his arms beginning to separate, but his offense grew fiercer and fiercer.

Numbers kept climbing in his roar: "700%! 800%! 900%!"

His pupils had lost focus, his whole person seeming to become a mad striking machine. Fist shadows completely tore the air apart.

Madara could feel this had already exceeded the limit his flesh could bear, All Might now like a candle about to burn out.

"Final strike!"

All Might's voice rang out, his legs suddenly exerting force, the ground collapsing instantly under huge pressure, forming a giant crater tens of meters in diameter.

"Boom!"

The air wave exploded, All Might's figure vanished from the spot, appearing above Madara the next instant. The air was torn by his high-speed movement, emitting a sharp whistling.

"ONEFORALL, 1000%!" All Might's roar shook heaven and earth, "United States."

All Might's figure plunged down from the sky, his right leg wrapped in world-shattering power, slashing down toward Madara's head.

His right leg swelled violently at its limit, muscle fibers snapping inch by inch, his bones emitting the sound of shattering under unbearable weight.

"Smash!!"

Madara raised both hands and crossed them, precisely blocking this fatal blow.

"Boom!"

The moment the leg struck the arm, a terrifying shockwave swept horizontally in the direction of All Might's attack.

A white mushroom cloud shot into the sky; the entire city was instantly vaporized under this force, and a huge ravine appeared on the ground, extending backward for over ten kilometers.

Wherever the air wave passed, steel and concrete were torn apart like paper.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The heroes in the distance, even though not directly facing the attack, were blown away by this terrifying air wave and pushed several kilometers away.

"How is it?"

"Did All Might win?"

The surviving heroes anxiously looked toward the center of the battlefield.

Hawks spread his wings, flew into midair, and activated his Eagle Eye ability; when he saw the scene in the dust and smoke clearly, his pupils contracted sharply: "No impossible."

All Might stood quietly there, maintaining his signature pose with hands on his waist.

But his eyes had lost their luster; countless bare holes appeared on his body, blood seeping from the cracks, dyeing his uniform completely red.

And Madara Uchiha not far away was unscathed; even the God Tree behind him had only slight damage to its bark.

"Truly astonishing." Madara looked at All Might before him, his voice carrying a hint of admiration, "In such a short time, he actually increased his power tenfold."

At this moment, Madara's Rinnegan captured an abnormal scene. That mysterious energy suddenly flowed out from within All Might's body and instantly entered the ground beside him.

"I see..." Madara narrowed his eyes, thoughtful, "The will of this world has already begun to seek the next vessel?"

"Boom!"

The ground in the distance suddenly cracked open, rocks flying. A pitch-black figure burst out from underground. "Full Factor Release!"

All For One let out a roar, his body beginning to twist violently.

"Crack, crack!"

The sound of bones breaking and reassembling never ceased; his body rapidly expanded, reaching a height of a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

Countless twisted, deformed human bodies writhed on his surface, each corpse maintaining a posture of agony before death. They were connected through thick blood vessels, blood threads covering his surface like spider webs.

"Is this your true form?" Madara looked up at this disgusting monster, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes.

"Hahaha!" All For One's voice came from that mass of twisted flesh and blood, "This is true power! All the Quirks I have collected are now my power!"

The flesh-and-blood giant raised his right arm; that arm was densely covered with human faces. Each face was releasing different Quirk powers—flames, lightning, frost. Hundreds of powers stacked together.

"Die!"

A huge fist smashed down toward Madara; the air was compressed by immense pressure, emitting a piercing whistle.

A trace of impatience flashed in Madara's eyes. He was too lazy to dodge, merely slowly raising his right fist.

"Space Quake."

Madara's fist was swung out casually. A visible ripple suddenly appeared in the air.

"Boom!"

The ripple swept over All For One's body; that mass of twisted flesh was instantly torn apart by an invisible immense force, shattering inch by inch.

"No this impossible!"

All For One stared wide-eyed, watching this scene in disbelief. That force instantly tore his huge body into pieces; countless twisted human faces exploded in the air, dissipating into blood mist.

"I am the strongest"

"Too disgusting." Madara turned around, his eyes full of disgust, "This kind of disgusting thing doesn't even give me the desire to fight."

"Pfft!"

Amidst the ruins with flesh and blood flying, a figure suddenly darted out. Tomura Shigaraki's figure flew past like a ghost, fingers spread open, aiming straight for Madara's back of the heart.

"Opportunity!" Tomura Shigaraki's eyes were bloodshot, a crazy smile on his face.

Madara didn't turn his head; his left hand blocked behind him, precisely catching Tomura Shigaraki's wrist.

"Hahaha!" Tomura Shigaraki let out a sharp laugh, "Finally caught you! Decay!"

His Quirk activated instantly. Gray decaying power spread along his palm, touching Madara's arm. A small piece of skin flaked off Madara's arm, turning into dust in the air.

Tomura Shigaraki's smile froze on his face. He stared wide-eyed, the madness in his eyes gradually replaced by fear: "No impossible. Why."

"Is this the ability you pride yourself on?" A trace of mockery flashed in Madara's eyes, "It doesn't even count as helping me clean dead skin."

"Crack." Madara's fingers exerted slight force, and Tomura Shigaraki's wrist emitted a crisp bone-cracking sound.

"Ah!" He screamed in pain.

"Too noisy." Madara said, lightly waving his right hand.

"Whoosh."

Amidst the sound of air being torn, a blood line suddenly bloomed on Tomura Shigaraki's neck.

"Crack."

Tomura Shigaraki's skull slowly slid down, his eyes still retaining an expression of disbelief. His body swayed a few times, then fell heavily to the ground.

Just as Tomura Shigaraki's corpse hit the ground, the huge God Tree suddenly emitted a pulsing sound.

On the thick trunk, countless flower buds began to bloom. A faint light radiated from beneath the petals; in the center, a huge Sharingan opened.

"The time has come."

Madara's body slowly rose into the air, his long black hair fluttering in the airflow. His chest suddenly opened, revealing a huge golden Rinnegan.

A large amount of chakra surged into it like substance, causing the Rinnegan to emit a dazzling light.

"Gravity Manipulation."

Madara's voice was light, yet it made the entire world tremble; the ground suddenly began to shake violently, as if some colossal force was altering the rotation of this planet.

"Heavens, my god."

Hawks stared with stark wide eyes, looking at the sky in disbelief. He saw the sun in the sky sinking westward at an inconceivable speed.

The light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye; in just a few short seconds, night fell upon the land.

Immediately after, a bright moon slowly rose from the east. But the speed was shockingly fast, as if an invisible giant hand was pushing it forward.

"This..." No. 13 slumped onto the ground, his voice trembling, "This is simply the power of a god."

The distant heroes slumped to the ground one by one, their eyes filled with despair. They gazed up at that proud figure standing in the sky, for the first time truly feeling the chasm between humanity and god.

Madara looked down condescendingly at these tiny lives, his eyes holding not a shred of pity: "This world, too, should welcome its end."

"Infinite Tsukuyomi!"

Madara's hands formed hand seals; the moon in the sky abruptly changed. Eerie patterns emerged on the surface of the full moon, transforming in an instant into a giant Sharingan. Crimson light enveloped the earth.

"Ah"

"What's going on"

People on the streets looked up at the sky one after another; the next moment, their eyes turned dull. One by one, like puppets with cut strings, they fell.

This scene spread like dominoes, from the city to the countryside, and then to the entire world.

In just a few seconds, the world fell into an eerie silence.

"Boom—!"

The earth trembled; countless thick tree roots burst from the ground. They spread in all directions at an astonishing speed, each as thick as a mountain ridge.

Where the tree roots passed, buildings collapsed, roads cracked.

Vines danced in the air like giant pythons, scooping up the unconscious people one by one and entwining them around the tree trunks.

"Sizzle."

Tree roots pierced into human bodies, beginning to extract energy. The energy of flesh and spirit flowed toward the God Tree at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into chakra.

The surviving heroes in the distance witnessed all this, lacking even the strength to struggle. They could only watch helplessly as they were devoured bit by bit.

The God Tree's branches and trunks continuously extended outward, soon covering the entire Earth. Countless people were suspended on the tree.

"Now, just need to wait for the fruit to ripen." Madara floated in the high sky, looking down at this world covered by the God Tree.

"Crack."

A faint crisp sound suddenly reached Madara's ears. This sound seemed to come from the void, yet also seemed to come from the depths of the world.

"This is." Madara's pupils contracted slightly.

The sky suddenly began to develop cracks, like a shattered mirror dimension. Black cracks spread in the void, revealing endless nothingness behind them.

The earth began to collapse; piece by piece, landmasses broke free of gravity and floated upward, the distant horizon began to distort, as if the entire space was collapsing.

"The world... is collapsing?" Madara frowned tightly; this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

In the distant Main God Space, Uchiha Feng watched this scene, a trace of shock flashing in his eyes; he also had not anticipated this situation would appear.

At this moment, strands of strange energy flowed out from the collapsing world, like invisible rivers, converging into the Main God Space.

The Main God Space was rapidly absorbing this world's origin energy, converting it into a usable form.

Simultaneously, streams of the world's residual information poured into Uchiha Feng's mind; he soon understood the reason: "The creatures of this world are the center of the world, like the world's anchor points. Every life form carries a part of the world's rules.

When all life is absorbed by the God Tree, it is equivalent to pulling out the pillars supporting the world."

"The life on this planet is the core maintaining the world's operation. Now the core is destroyed, the entire world begins to collapse."

"However, this is also because this world is too small." Uchiha Feng mused, "Those worlds with vast backgrounds often have multiple pillars.

Even if one collapses, the other pillars can still maintain the world's operation, and give birth to new pillars."

Uchiha Feng estimated the speed of the world's collapse: "But this time is enough for Madara Uchiha to collect the Chakra Fruit."

(Chapter End)