Crimson cracks spread across the God Tree at a visible rate, covering the entire towering tree in an instant.
The trunk tilted and crashed into the ground. Amid the thunderous boom, the entire wasteland trembled three times.
The surging sand rose over a hundred feet high, burying half of the distant dunes.
Yet the Infinite Tsukuyomi did not disperse as expected.
On the contrary, the red moon in the sky seemed to have been provoked by the destruction.
The moonlight was now expanding outward at a visible pace, even staining the drifting clouds at the horizon the color of blood.
Six Paths Madara stood beside the fallen trunk, his white robes snapping in the wind. There was not the slightest trace of panic in his Rinnegan.
A curve tugged at his lips. "I told you, your attacks cannot undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"This God Tree is merely an extension of my will. You can sever its branches, but can you sever the moonlight that fills heaven and earth?"
The sleeping civilians hanging from the God Tree's roots did not awaken. Instead, the smiles on their faces grew even deeper.
On the Spirit Tamer Great Wall, Zhao Wenguo slowly lowered his communicator.
Through the Spirit Tamer Alliance's response system, he had just received urgent reports from seventeen branch bases:
Northwestern Yumen Pass, Southwestern Jinguan City, Central-Southern Bianliang Prefecture...
In just three minutes, another twelve major cities had been engulfed by moonlight. The sleeping civilians were wrapped into translucent cocoons by roots drilling out of the ground, hanging densely from ruined walls and broken structures. From afar, they looked like an eerie forest of red coral.
"One-third... A third of our territory is already gone!" Zhao Wenguo's voice cracked. "The moonlight is spreading even faster. At this rate, in less than two