Rumble-!
An indescribable crash, accompanied by an utterly violent tremor, announced the end of this mad "ascent."
Uesugi Sasuke felt as though he had been sealed inside an iron box and slammed into the ground from ten thousand meters up. Even Susanoo's energy shield groaned under the strain of this final impact, its surface covered in spiderweb cracks.
The irresistible upward force enveloping them all vanished.
In its place came a deathly silence.
"Is it... over?"
One Corps member asked in a trembling voice, but no one could answer.
Sasuke's Rinnegan had already seen the scene outside clearly.
The air had changed.
Gone was the lifeless smell of blood and dust that permeated the Infinity Castle. In its place was the air of the real world, carrying the scents of scorching, asphalt, and damp earth.
Through Susanoo's gradually turning transparent shield, everyone saw the world they now stood in.
It was a vast, boundless expanse of utterly devastated ruins.
Beneath their feet lay countless twisted, shattered remnants of Japanese-style buildings. These structures, which did not belong in reality, had now burst out of the earth like a massive, misshapen tumor, tearing the original city beyond recognition.
Utility poles snapped in half spat dangerous sparks. In the distance, steel high-rises had been sheared down one side, and countless modern buildings had been smashed to pieces as the "spatial behemoth" that was the Infinity Castle burst forth. Several kilometers away, the city lights still flickered, forming an absurd, eerie contrast with these apocalyptic ruins.
They... had truly returned to the surface.
Sasuke's plan had succeeded. He had actually brought the entire Infinity Castle to the surface as a "coffin" imprisoning Muzan Kibutsuji!
Holy shit, all this commotion... tomorrow's headlines are going to blow up.
*"Massive geological disaster of unknown origin leaves giant