Sol's pupils suddenly shrank, and every muscle in his body tightened instantly.
The withered figure above the Moon had not moved, yet the pressure pouring from it felt as though the Moon itself had crashed directly onto his senses.
The suffocating aura was several times more terrifying than the God's previous projection.
The entire battlefield froze.
Even breathing became difficult.
"What… is that?" Child Emperor's voice trembled in the silence as every screen on his device turned completely black.
Drive Knight's mechanical body released harsh warning sounds.
"Alert! Unknown energy signature detected! Output exceeds all recorded parameters!"
Bang's aged face stiffened in horror.
"This pressure… it's at least ten times worse than before."
Tatsumaki instinctively wrapped herself in green psychic energy, but her barrier flickered unstably like a candle in a storm.
Her eyes locked onto the figure standing above the Moon before snapping toward Sol.
"Idiot! Get back here!"
Even Saitama stopped scratching his head.
The moonlight reflected faintly off his bald head as his expression slowly turned serious.
"Yeah… this one feels different."
At that moment, the twisted finger of the withered figure moved slightly.
No light appeared.
No sound echoed.
No energy fluctuations spread outward.
Yet Sol instantly felt something invade the very foundation of his existence.
An absolute force.
Irresistible.
It was not attacking his body.
It was erasing him.
His information, matter, energy, soul, everything that defined "Sol Mirek" was marked for deletion from the universe itself.
"RAAAAH!"
Sol released a furious roar unlike anything before.
Every ability inside him erupted at full power.
Dark crimson energy exploded outward like a collapsing star, violently distorting the surrounding space.
But the erasing force ignored it completely.
Time.
Space.
Matter.
Energy.
None of it mattered.
The force calmly carried out one absolute command.
Sol Mirek should not exist.
His dark crimson aura vanished silently.
Like ink being wiped from paper.
Sol's fierce expression froze.
The power capable of destroying entire stars, along with his overwhelmingly powerful body, began disintegrating from the particle level itself.
No explosion followed.
No flames.
No ashes.
It looked like a reflection disappearing from the surface of water.
In less than a fraction of a second, the man who had just destroyed a god's projection vanished completely.
Nothing remained.
Only empty space.
And the lingering terror of that absolute power.
The battlefield fell into complete silence.
The wind stopped.
Even sound itself seemed to disappear.
Nobody could process what they had just witnessed.
Gouketsu's four eyes widened to their limit.
Black Sperm's countless faces froze simultaneously.
Elder Centipede's enormous body stiffened like stone.
Tatsumaki hovered motionlessly in the air, staring blankly at the place where Sol had disappeared.
The color drained from her face.
Her lips parted slightly, but no words came out.
The psychic glow surrounding her body suddenly vanished.
Her small frame swayed weakly before falling from the sky.
"Tatsumaki!"
Bang reacted instantly, flashing forward fast enough to catch her before she hit the ground.
Her body felt ice cold.
She stared blankly upward as though her soul had been ripped away alongside Sol.
"Sol-senpai?!"
Genos' mechanical eyes flickered violently while sparks burst from his overheating processor.
"Energy signal lost. Life signs undetectable. Error. Error. Error..."
Saitama stood silently in place.
His gaze remained fixed on the empty space where Sol had vanished.
The confusion on his face slowly disappeared.
What replaced it was something far rarer.
Anger.
His fist slowly clenched.
"Give him back."
Atomic Samurai's toothpick slipped from his mouth onto the ground.
His hand unconsciously rested on his sword hilt, but for the first time in years, he felt no confidence in drawing it.
Flashy Flash slightly lowered his stance, his body entering full combat readiness.
Sweat rolled down Superalloy Darkshine's bronze skin as he subconsciously touched his chest, almost reassuring himself that he still existed.
Child Emperor collapsed onto the ground, his face pale with fear.
In the distance, Muzan's crimson eyes trembled with genuine terror.
"Ancestor!"
He repeatedly called out through their psychic connection.
No response came.
The connection had vanished completely.
As though it had never existed in the first place.
Above the Moon, the withered figure remained silent.
As if erasing Sol had been nothing more than crushing an insect.
Its faceless head slowly tilted downward.
The indifferent gaze sweeping across Earth felt like a god observing dust beneath its feet.
Then chaos erupted.
The heroes stood frozen in disbelief.
Moments ago, Sol had defeated a godlike being.
Now he had been erased effortlessly.
The monsters reacted even worse.
Panic spread instantly through the Monster Association ranks.
Their king.
Their symbol of absolute strength.
Their faith.
Gone.
"LORD SOL!!!"
Gouketsu slammed both fists into the ground with a roar filled with rage and grief.
Elder Centipede released a painful screech while its massive body twisted violently.
Black Sperm's countless clones rushed toward the spot where Sol vanished, shrieking incoherently without daring to approach fully.
Hellfire Flame's fire disappeared completely.
Gale Wind stood frozen in silence.
Every executive stared upward in fear and disbelief.
Muzan's expression twisted violently as he looked toward Kokushibo and Akaza.
Both of them were equally shaken.
Inside the Hero Association command center, complete silence filled the room.
Every executive stared at the screens in horror.
A tablet slipped from one staff member's trembling hands and shattered against the floor.
Sitch swallowed dryly.
"What… was that?"
Drive Knight's electronic eyes flickered nonstop.
"Unable to analyze. Unknown attack source. Unknown energy structure. Threat level impossible to calculate. Sol Mirek's life signal confirmed erased."
Across the ruined battlefield, the conflict between heroes and monsters no longer mattered.
Both sides were trapped beneath the same overwhelming fear.
The fear of something far beyond their understanding.