On the moon, the withered figure remained motionless, as though it had stood upon that barren satellite since the beginning of time itself.
Its existence alone crushed the will of everyone present on the battlefield.
Tatsumaki's full power had been effortlessly erased, and she now lay weakly in Bang's arms, her emerald eyes dimmed by exhaustion and helplessness.
Genos's Incineration Cannon had failed to even approach the moon's orbit.
The despair spreading across the battlefield only deepened after Sol's disappearance.
"Even Tatsumaki's full power wasn't enough...?" Child Emperor's voice trembled as he dropped to his knees. The screen on his computer had gone completely black.
Drive Knight's mechanical frame emitted a low hum.
"Target energy level immeasurable. Physical laws surrounding the target are distorted. Evacuation is recommended."
"Evacuate?!" Sitch shouted from the Hero Association command center, sweat soaking through his clothes. "Where exactly are we supposed to run to?!"
His eyes remained locked on the indifferent figure displayed on the main screen while an invisible pressure gripped his heart tighter and tighter.
Then suddenly, space itself rippled near the edge of the battlefield.
A portal formed quietly in midair, built from multiple overlapping geometric rings of light. Violent energy fluctuations spread outward instantly, drawing everyone's attention.
The first thing to emerge was a boot clad in advanced blue and gold armor.
A towering figure stepped through immediately after.
His body was completely covered in sleek blue and gold armor with sharp edges and heavy shoulder plating. His helmet concealed most of his face, leaving only a rugged jawline and sharp, battle worn eyes visible beneath the visor.
Streams of faint energy pulsed across the armor, radiating technology far beyond anything modern civilization possessed.
The moment he appeared, the suffocating despair on the battlefield weakened slightly.
"That..." Bang's eyes widened faintly.
"Blast?!" Child Emperor exclaimed in disbelief.
The legendary Rank 1 S-Class hero, missing for years, had finally appeared.
Blast scanned the battlefield quickly.
His gaze moved across the ruined landscape, past the injured Tatsumaki and the shaken heroes, before finally settling on the withered figure standing on the moon.
There was no shock in his eyes.
Only grim understanding.
And exhaustion.
"So it finally came to this..." Blast muttered.
"Mr. Blast!" Genos stepped forward immediately. "Do you know what that thing is?"
Blast's voice carried the weight of countless years.
"That is God's Avatar. I've spent years pursuing it, obstructing it, fighting against it, all to delay its interference with this world."
His eyes hardened.
"But now it has fully arrived."
The words slammed into everyone like a hammer.
"God's Avatar..." Atomic Samurai tightened his grip around his sword. "Sol mentioned something similar before."
"That was only a weaker projection," Blast interrupted. "A mere extension of its gaze into this world."
He looked back toward the moon.
"But this one is different. It has invested far more power into this manifestation. This avatar is likely close to its true form."
A tense silence followed.
"The reason it appeared now..." Blast continued slowly, "is because Sol tore open a large enough crack for it to interfere more directly."
His expression darkened further.
"And Sol himself likely touched something forbidden, which resulted in complete erasure."
The word alone sent chills through everyone.
"Then what do we do?" Flash asked coldly while maintaining his combat stance.
Blast turned toward the gathered heroes, then toward the Monster Association executives watching from afar.
"There is only one option."
The energy flowing beneath his armor surged violently as blue and gold light illuminated the sky around him.
"We fight."
His voice rang with absolute certainty.
"I cannot promise victory. Defeating that thing is nearly impossible."
He clenched both fists.
"But survival is still possible."
Space around him began to distort subtly.
"I'll hold it back directly. Every one of you, heroes and monsters alike, attack with everything you have."
His eyes sharpened.
"If you don't want this world erased along with you, then stop holding back. Alliances don't matter anymore."
Before anyone could respond, Blast vanished.
An instant later, he appeared thousands of meters above the battlefield.
He crossed both arms in front of his chest as the energy patterns across his armor reached maximum output.
Then he thrust both hands forward.
"Hyperspace Crush!"
A spiraling torrent of distorted energy exploded toward the moon.
The attack resembled a storm made from shattered dimensions themselves. Space warped and fractured wherever it passed, as though reality was being torn apart and reassembled simultaneously.
For the first time, God's Avatar moved again.
Its withered finger lifted slightly.
Blast's devastating attack halted instantly before reaching the moon, as though it had struck an invisible wall.
Then the entire attack silently collapsed into nothingness.
No explosion.
No impact.
Nothing.
But this time, the invisible barrier surrounding the moon rippled faintly.
Blast noticed it immediately.
"Did you all see that?!" he roared from the sky. "It can be affected! Focus all attacks on the same point!"
The heroes immediately snapped out of their despair.
"Everyone attack!" Bang shouted first, his martial aura surging upward like a dragon.
Though his power could not physically reach the moon, the pressure behind his technique felt sharp enough to split the sky itself.
"Atomic Concentration Slash, Secret Art!"
Atomic Samurai drew his blade in one fluid motion, condensing every ounce of power into a single slash.
A razor thin stream of sword energy ripped through the heavens.
Flash vanished instantly.
A moment later, he appeared behind Atomic Samurai's attack, accelerating alongside it at maximum speed while driving his kunai forward like a drill to push the slash even further.
Genos activated every rear thruster simultaneously and rose into the air.
His arms merged together.
"Maximum output, Incineration Cannon!"
A massive golden beam erupted toward the moon once again.
Superalloy Darkshine roared as he slammed both fists into the earth with overwhelming strength. The resulting shockwave compressed into visible force and blasted skyward.
Tanktop Master hurled a gigantic chunk of concrete like an artillery shell.
Metal Bat gripped his broken bat tightly, pouring all his rage and fighting spirit into a savage swing that unleashed a violent shockwave.
Child Emperor activated every weapon attached to his giant backpack. Missiles, lasers, and energy blasts flooded the sky.
Even Tatsumaki forced herself upright.
Blood trickled from the corner of her lips as she raised a trembling hand.
Using the last remnants of her power, she condensed her psychokinesis into an incredibly dense green beam and fired it directly toward the exact point Blast had targeted.