Dimension Slash: Void Severance! Time Severance!

Kiyomizu-dera Kiyomizu-dera

On the wooden corridor of the temple, blood trickled down the steps like a stream.

Vergil and the Angel appeared in mid-air above the temple through a portal.

"Hey, Vergil..." the Angel whispered, the feathers on his wings bristling involuntarily, "The stench of blood here... is too strong."

Vergil did not answer. His magic spread out, encompassing the entire temple. Deep within the main hall lay mountains of corpses—the bodies of countless monks and high-ranking officials, piled up in fragments. At the top of this mountain of corpses, a figure draped in a tattered red overcoat was feasting with his back to them.

"Click, click"

The gruesome chewing sounds suddenly stopped. The figure slowly turned its head, half a piece of intestine still hanging from the corner of its rotting mouth, its face covered in blood and bits of flesh.

--Zombie Wanda

Vergil frowned and looked at the Angel. "Get away from here."

The Angel did not yet understand Vergil's meaning.

"Boom--"

The entire main hall of Kiyomizu-dera exploded with a deafening roar, but the shattered building materials did not fly everywhere. Instead, they were enveloped in crimson energy and suspended in mid-air. Zombie Wanda atop the mountain of corpses in the main hall, let out a mournful howl at Vergil and the Angel in the sky.

"Wanda?! Shouldn't she be in Kamar-Taj?" the Angel exclaimed.

Twisted chaotic energy erupted from Zombie Wanda's fingertips, and the beams and rubble floating in the air were instantly enveloped in Red Devil, pouring down on the two like a torrential rain. Just as the Angel's metal wings unfolded in a defensive stance, Vergil's figure had already flashed in front of him like a ghost.

"Roll."

The moment the Yamato was drawn, the air was torn apart with a piercing shriek. Countless white beams of Dimension Slash intertwined in the Void, forming a web of death, each precisely cleaving through the flying debris of buildings. Wood chips and stone bricks were decomposed into countless powders in mid-air, and even the chaotic energy enveloping them was cleaved into dissipating red mist.

Numerous flashes of light appeared throughout the Kiyomizu-dera grounds, Dimension Slash through everything from the temple buildings and the ground to even Wanda Vergil.

Before the glint of the blade had faded, the world was already shattered.

Vergil's Dimension Slash is not a simple cut—it's a power that completely cleaves space itself.

When the first wave of white light flashed, the beams, rubble, and mountain of corpses of Kiyomizu-dera, and even the body of the Zombie Wanda, all turned into particles finer than grains of sand. But immediately afterward, the second and third waves of blade light followed one after another, each one precisely striking the scattered powder.

The Angel's pupils contracted violently. In his vision, the matter that had been chopped into powder split apart again—the wood chips decomposed into fibers, the fibers broke into molecules, the molecules split into atoms, and finally even the basic particles were reduced to Void under the Strangle of the white light.

The Red Devil attempted to reconstruct itself, but was torn apart by an even finer web of blades the moment it was born. The entire space surrounding Kiyomizu-dera was like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, leaving not a trace of its existence.

"Whoosh--"

What was once a temple is now just a perfectly hemispherical pit. The pit walls are as smooth as a mirror, even the atomic arrangement has been neatly arranged by the Dimension Slash. Vergil sheathed his sword, the blue magical flames on his arm flickering in the rising mist at the bottom of the pit.

Kiyomizu-dera, this famous Japanese temple, along with its surrounding hilltop, has been completely erased from the map.

"This... this..." The Angel was dumbfounded. This was the first time he had seen Vergil display such power, and he was so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

Vergil flicked his hand, dispelling the magical blue flames from his arm, took a deep breath, and pressed his headset. "Melina, I found a zombified Wanda at Kiyomizu-dera. I have eliminated her."

"Wanda? Fu!@#x, what's wrong with this world?" Melina exclaimed.

"What?" Vergil asked.

"Logan and the Zombie Hulk having a major battle in New Kabukicho, what do you think... wait a minute..." Melina's words were cut short by the intelligence officer's voice, "Giants? Eric's there?"

Melina quickly returned to the communication, "Vergil, I need you to go to Eric's place. A giant zombie has appeared there, and Eric has now encased it in steel and lifted it into the sky."

"Received." Vergil hung up the communication, looked at the pit again, closed his eyes, and used his magic to sense the area to make sure there were no remnants.

Then, he opened his eyes, drew the Yamato, and slashed open a cross-shaped portal in the air. The portal opened, and he saw Eric hesitating.

"Wanda?" Eric frowned. "This is very strange. Have you confirmed where Wanda is?"

Vergil nodded. "Yes, Kamar-Taj, she's alright."

Eric took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Thank goodness. If Wanda had really been in trouble, I reckon Chen Tian would have gone crazy."

Vergil said softly, "I won't let anything happen to my daughter-in-law."

Eric chuckled after hearing this, "You're still Chen Tian' kid'? Be careful he hears you and beats you up."

Vergil smiled, a rare occurrence for him. "No, he won't."

Just then, Logan's voice came through their communicator again, "Hey, are you two done yet? I've found a really tough guy here."

"What do you mean?" "What?" Vergil and Eric asked simultaneously.

"Thanos, Zombie Thanos, on the Mount Fuji, didn't you feel his power?" Logan's voice, exhaling a smoke ring, came through the headset. "I saw from afar that he had five different colored lights on him, sparkling like a disco DJ."

At that moment, the night sky in the direction of Mount Fuji was torn apart by five-colored light.

Vergil and Eric exchanged a glance; without a word, they instantly reached a consensus.

"I'll go and destroy him." Vergil's magical blue flames swirled around his arm.

Eric nodded, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes beneath the metal mask. "Logan and I will try to contain the battlefield near Mount Fuji."

With a wave of his hand, countless discarded steel bars and sheet metal on the ground twisted and deformed as if they were alive, transforming into dozens of giant metal pythons that snaked toward Mount Fuji.

"Be careful," Eric said in a low voice, "The power of the Zombie Thanos is probably more troublesome than the Hulk."

Vergil didn't answer, only nodded slightly. The next second, his figure turned into a blue afterimage and disappeared into the portal.

At the Mount Fuji, the Zombie Thanos stands atop the crater.

His skin was a putrid grayish-purple, his face rotting to the bone, but his right eye gleamed with a chilling purple light. The five Infinity Gauntlet Stones—Power, Space, Reality, Soul, and Time—were still embedded in it, only their once brilliant light was now covered by a layer of murky blood.

"Roar--" The Zombie Thanos roared, thick pus dripping from his rotting mouth. He slowly raised his left hand, the Power Stone suddenly lit up, and slammed his fist into the ground!

"Boom--!!!"

The entire Mount Fuji trembled violently, its body cracked, and lava gushed out! The shockwave spread outward from Thanos, instantly leveling a forest within a radius of several kilometers.

Just as Thanos was about to throw another punch—

"Whoosh!"

A blade of light slashed out from the Void, aimed straight at his throat!

Thanos, the Thanos, reacted with lightning speed. The Space Stone flashed blue, and he instantly appeared a hundred meters away. However, a blade followed closely behind. Vergil emerged from the dimensional rift, his Yamato aimed directly at Thanos's heart!

"Roar--" The Zombie Thanos roared, and the Reality Stone suddenly burst forth with red light!

The air around Vergil froze instantly, and space was distorted into countless shattered mirrors, each reflecting the illusion of his being torn apart. However, Vergil merely snorted coldly, and the blue flames of magic exploded forth, burning through the distorted reality!

"Your jewels can't save you."

The Yamato slashed out again, this time the blade's light directly aimed at the Infinity Gauntlet!

Meanwhile, at the foot of Mount Fuji.

Eric hovered in mid-air, a torrent of metal swirling around him. Logan stood on the ground, a cigar dangling from his lips, hands on his hips.

Eric slammed his hands together!

"Boom!"

The earth trembled, and countless metals rose from the ground, forming a huge ring-shaped barrier that enveloped the entire Mount Fuji.

The night sky above Mount Fuji was torn into countless fragments, and the light of five-colored gemstones intertwined and collided with the eerie blue light of swords, dyeing the entire sky with strange colors.

Vergil's figure appeared and disappeared in the dimensional rift, each flash accompanied by a crisp sound of space shattering.

The blade of Yamato traced a perfect trajectory, aiming directly at the vital points of the Zombie Thanos —throat, heart, and wrist—but the power of the Infinity Stones made this battle transcend the boundaries of common sense.

"Roar--!" The Zombie Thanos roared deafeningly from his rotting vocal cords, and the Power Stone emitted a blinding purple light.

He unleashed a punch, compressing the air into a tangible shockwave. The instant Vergil dodged, the entire mountain behind him collapsed, shearing off a third of Mount Fuji's north slope. Before the debris even hit the ground, Vergil had already transformed into a blue lightning bolt, his Yamato slashing down with the force to cleave through dimensions—

"Clang!!!"

The yellow light of the Soul Stone clashed with the Blade, unleashing a shockwave that spread out in a ring. The steel barrier Eric had constructed twisted and deformed under this force, the metal groaning under its strain.

Vergil felt the erosion emanating from the soul level, but he merely snorted, and a burst of blue magical flames suddenly erupted, burning away the spiritual pollution.

"Roar!!!!" The zombie Thanos roared as he activated the Space Stone, and the space around Vergil began to fold and compress wildly. The entire area was forcibly peeled away from reality, forming a shrinking dimensional cage.

Vergil's figure split into dozens of afterimages, each assuming a different sword-drawing stance.

"Dimension Slash: Chaos!"

Countless flashes of light erupted from within, shattering the compressed space like glass. The instant Vergil broke free of his restraints, the main peak of Mount Fuji collapsed in the aftershocks, and Eric's steel barrier completely crumbled. Metal fragments rained down like a storm, before Eric and Logan could even react—

Susanoo: Shinra Tensei!

A barrier of blue flames suddenly rose, and Six Paths Madara had appeared at the edge of the battlefield. His hands Hand Seals, and his Rinnegan and Sharingan gleamed with fighting spirit. "Continue your performance."

Vergil's figure flickered in the shattered space, each flash accompanied by a blade of light tearing through dimensions.

The sharpness of the Yamato and the power of the Infinity Stones clashed repeatedly, and the resulting energy shock caused the spatial structure of the entire Mount Fuji area to begin to distort and deform.

The mountain collapsed amidst the aftershocks of the energy, spewing out magma, which was then firmly contained by the barrier of Six Paths Madara Susanoo.

"Roar--!" The Zombie Thanos swung the Infinity Gauntlet again, and five-colored light intertwined to form a destructive energy torrent. Vergil drew a perfect blue trajectory in the air, his Blade precisely cleaving the energy flow, but Thanos had already seized the opportunity to activate the Time Stone —a flash of green light, and all the damage Vergil had caused was reversed.

"This is never going to end," Vergil said coldly, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.

He hovered in mid-air, his magical blue flames suddenly surging, making him resemble a burning blue comet.

Thanos clenched his fist again, the red light of the Reality Stone distorting the surrounding space, attempting to rewrite Vergil's very existence. But this time, Vergil did not dodge.

"Dimension Slash - Time Break"

The moment the Yamato was drawn, the entire world seemed to freeze. Where the Blade sliced through, the continuity of time and space was abruptly severed. Vergil's figure split into countless afterimages in the frozen spacetime, each attacking from a different point in time.

The first strike aimed at Zombie Thanos's left wrist— the Infinity Gauntlet's connection was precisely severed by a dimensional rift. The second strike cleaved the purple light of the Power Stone, directing its energy flow into another dimensional rift. The third strike went straight for the Time Stone; the moment the Blade collided with the green light, the timeline set by Zombie Thanos was severed.

"Roar!!!!" Thanos, the zombie Thanos, let out an unbelievable roar from his rotting vocal cords. He frantically activated the Infinity Stones, but Vergil's blade was faster than he expected—

The fourth, fifth, sixth cuts... each strike precisely landed on a point in the timeline. The Zombie Thanos's body began to show bizarre fractures, like ripped photos clumsily pieced back together.

"Resurrect using time nodes." Vergil's voice echoed through the shattered spacetime. "Then sever all your nodes."

With the final strike, a transparent demon emerged from behind Vergil's figure. The demon Vergil simultaneously assumed a sword-drawing stance, unleashing a white light that pierced the heavens and earth. This strike not only aimed at Thanos's body but also at the very point in time that sustained his existence.

"Click--"

A crisp cracking sound echoed through the sky. The Zombie Thanos's body gradually disappeared in the white light. The Infinity Gauntlet fell from mid-air and was caught steadily by Vergil.

As the last glimmer of white light dissipated into the night sky, Vergil slowly sheathed his sword. He glanced down at the Infinity Gauntlet in his hand; the five gems were still intact, though their light had dimmed somewhat.

"Mission accomplished." Vergil's voice remained calm, as if the battle that had defied the laws of physics was merely routine training. He stored the gloves in his dimensional space, ensuring their safety.

The barrier of Six Paths Madara Uchiha's Susanoo was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and blue Chakra flames flickered at the edges.

He looked down at his palm, his Rinnegan filled with shock—even with his Six Paths body, he had almost failed to completely withstand the aftershocks of Vergil's Dimension Slash.

Or rather, if the Dimension Slash had struck him directly, his fate wouldn't have been much better than that of the Zombie Thanos.

"Click... click click..."

With a final, crisp sound, Susanoo's barrier shattered completely, turning into countless blue specks of light that dissipated in the night wind. Madara's white robe was lifted by the energy turbulence, revealing the Six Paths Tomoe faintly emerging on his chest. He crossed his arms, his gaze fixed solemnly on Vergil as he slowly sheathed his sword.

"To sever space and time?" Madara's voice was deep. "It seems I've fallen far behind."

Vergil flicked away non-existent blood from Yamato, the blade clicking as it returned to its sheath. He met Madara's gaze and chuckled, "Madara, you need more Power."

Madara frowned slightly, Sharingan on his forehead slowly rotated. "Oh?"

"Go find your master." Vergil turned, a vortex of blue magical flames forming beneath his feet. "That child... perhaps he can find a way to give you more Towa."