The battle between Wang Jian and All for One had transformed the Giza Plateau into an apocalyptic landscape rivaling a modern warzone. New craters replaced old ones, sand turned black, and pyramid debris scattered like pebbles.
In fact, Wang Jian had landed several lethal blows on All for One. With Blue's speed and Six Eyes' precision, he had breached his enemy's defenses and incapacitated him. Unfortunately, each time All for One teetered on the brink of death, his injuries healed in moments.
But this didn't discourage Wang Jian. On the contrary, he felt relieved and confident in his victory.
Why?
Each time All for One recovered from a normally fatal injury, his appearance changed slightly. He grew younger.
Clearly, this wasn't a super-regeneration Quirk. Normal regeneration didn't involve aging backward. This was a side effect of a drug derived from Eri's Quirk, Rewind, forced to operate on a massive scale to restore a body from fatal damage.
Wang Jian had followed My Hero Academia to its conclusion. He knew how All for One was defeated in the original timeline.
There was no other choice.
He could only do the same: exhaust his opponent's lifespan by forcing him to use Rewind repeatedly.
Unlike the calm, intimidating middle-aged man he was before, All for One now looked like a teenager after Wang Jian repeatedly brought him to the edge of death, forcing him to use Rewind.
"Annoying! You keep coming no matter how many times I wipe you out!"
Veins bulged on his forehead as All for One raged, humiliated at being reduced to his teenage form by an opponent he initially underestimated. His thick white hair contrasted with his childish, frustrated expression.
"How long will you hide, brat? Let's see you dodge this!"
"Spatial Breaker + Dark Ball!"
In the next moment, All for One unleashed countless black orbs from his palms, each carrying destructive power capable of obliterating anything they touched.
*POFF!* *POFF!* *POFF!*
The black orbs were too dense. Shadow Clones vanished one by one upon contact. Though the clones could use Infinity like the original, the black orbs, imbued with Spatial Breaker, easily tore through the infinite spatial barrier.
"Spatial Breaker + Telekinesis!"
Unsatisfied, All for One used his telekinesis Quirk to lift thousands of scattered pyramid stones. The massive rocks trembled and floated, forming a storm of debris ready to rain down on the entire area.
The real Wang Jian was now visible.
"I found you!"
"Tch."
Ignoring All for One's hateful glare, Wang Jian clicked his tongue and stepped out from behind the pyramid stone's cover.
"Die!"
*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*
The floating stones, ranging from truck-sized to car-sized, shot forward like bullets, aimed directly at Wang Jian's location—a man-made meteor shower.
Wang Jian moved. He couldn't rely on Infinity or Shadow Clones this time. He had to use his own speed and mobility.
*WHOOSH!* *WHOOSH!* *WHOOSH!*
Wang Jian leaped and weaved between the approaching boulders. Occasionally, he teleported short distances using the Limitless Technique, reappearing meters away to dodge house-sized rocks that barreled through his previous position.
In an instant, he evaded a car-sized boulder soaring over his head with Shunshin no Jutsu. As it passed, he was already running again. He deflected smaller stones with fists coated in Cursed Energy, shattering them into gravel.
*SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!*
Wang Jian didn't just have to navigate the deadly speeding rocks; he also had to dodge black tendrils with glowing red cracks, lunging like ferocious snakes from all directions, extending from All for One's fingers—the Rivet Stab Quirk.
Wang Jian glanced at the figure in the distance, standing casually as if the battle were a game.
(All for One isn't the type to fall for the same attack twice. Haaah… I really didn't want to use that method, but there's no choice. To defeat him, a sacrifice is needed. It's just pain—I can endure it.)
Wang Jian steeled himself for the reckless plan. With an acrobatic twist mid-air to dodge three black tendrils striking simultaneously, his hands formed seals.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
*POFF!* *POFF!* *POFF!*
One by one, white smoke suddenly filled the ravaged battlefield. In an instant, hundreds of Shadow Clones flooded the area, surrounding All for One, who remained unmoved.
"What's this, you rotten brat? You know this is useless! Ha ha ha… Let me guess, you're out of tricks, aren't you?"
Despite being surrounded by hundreds of attacking Shadow Clones, All for One stayed calm, even mocking. He was confident nothing could breach his defenses after learning the weakness of Wang Jian's Infinity.
From the crowd of clones, Wang Jian's voice rang out: "All for One! Ever heard the saying that villains lose because they talk too much? Today, you'll experience it."
At that moment, a clone in the back, shielded by the others, began gathering energy. Its hands opened, forming two small energy orbs.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."
A blue energy orb, pulling everything toward it like a mini singularity, appeared in its left palm.
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red."
A red energy orb, emitting a powerful repulsive force, appeared in its right palm.
"This again? I won't let you succeed!"
All for One remembered the terrifying destructive power of the attack called Hollow Technique: Purple from their previous encounter. It was the only attack he feared.
*SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!*
With swift movements, all the black tendrils, previously striking randomly, turned sharply and shot like deadly spears toward one target: the clone preparing Hollow Purple.
But before Rivet Stab reached its mark, dozens of other Shadow Clones heroically rushed forward, forming a living wall. They took the brunt of the tendrils, turning to white smoke one by one. Their sacrifice bought precious time.
Amid the growing clouds of white smoke, the clone's voice echoed with determination.
"200% Hollow Purple…"
The Shadow Clone completed the fusion, releasing purple energy—not mere energy, but imaginary mass that erased existence itself.
*BOOOOMMMM!*
The imaginary mass erupted in an omnidirectional blast covering a five-thousand-meter radius. It wasn't a physical explosion but a distortion of space. All for One tried to escape using a Quirk to evade, but he failed. Hollow Purple detonated, and he was caught in its devastating impact.
"BASTARD!!!"
His scream of rage and shock was drowned in the wave of destruction that finally engulfed him.
But it wasn't just the enemy—Wang Jian himself wasn't spared from the devastation. To make his plan work, he had to stay close to All for One within a certain range.