Chapter 118: Trinity Xi Nian
From the birth of the universe until now, such a scene had occurred only once, and perhaps would never happen again.
The Wisdom of Apocalypse, the Power of the Old Gods, the Physiology of Krypton—
The Trinity.
Xi Nian instinctively moved his hands, and the space beside his palms twisted and compressed. The once indestructible Mother Boxes, which had only just begun to crack, shattered like fragile bubbles, succumbing to total annihilation.
Sizzle!
Xi Nian became a being of pure white light, black lightning crackling beside him, combining destructive and creative power. Space tore and reshaped itself, everything within three meters turned into particles and vanished.
Xi Nian could hear countless invisible strands snapping inside his body. Even with his spider-like abilities aiding him, loss of control and collapse had already begun. His fingers trembled with effort.
He struggled to maintain control, his perfect state utterly broken, yet he felt omnipotent.
This time, it was no illusion.
At the edge of the alien base's empty terrain, a faint, glass-like mirror appeared, isolating the area from any Earth-based scanning.
Xi Nian heard a familiar, calm female voice whisper: "If you stay here, you will destroy many things, and yourself. I will pull you into the Mirror Dimension."
It was the Supreme Sorcerer, the Ancient One.
Xi Nian quickly understood, and through the unknown barrier, his eyes discerned her standing in the Mirror Dimension.
Being pulled into the Mirror Dimension was indeed a better solution than entering Xiao Huang's devouring space.
As the Ancient One prepared to act, Xi Nian spoke: "Sorcerer, wait!"
He had one final thing to try.
"Step aside, Superman, Kara." Xi Nian lifted his eyes with difficulty, speaking to the two about ten meters away.
His right hand clenched slowly into a fist, rising with painstaking determination.
Superman and Superwoman quickly stepped aside.
Inside Apocalypse's hall, connected to the Boom Tube,
Darkseid seemed to sense something. "Desaad, close the portal immediately!"
Even the conqueror of countless worlds sounded panicked.
Desaad felt a chill down his spine. Without hesitation, he raised his hands, and a strange box, similar yet completely different from a Mother Box, flew from his chest, vibrating violently and emitting tech beams that formed a protective shield, shrinking the open Boom Tube.
Meanwhile,
Trinity Xi Nian finally threw a punch. Even slower than normal human speed, let alone super-transcendent, the punch unleashed a blast that distorted sound, light, and space itself, combining particle atomization, Old God destructive power, and Kryptonian biofield energy!
Boom!
Even though his target was the Boom Tube, the shockwave radiated sideways, annihilating vast swaths of land.
Superman and Superwoman raised their hands, deploying all their biofield defenses to block the energy.
The main shockwave surged forward toward the collapsing Boom Tube.
In the nick of time,
The Boom Tube closed completely, disappearing in the low sky.
On Apokolips, inside the king's hall, Desaad breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not see that on Earth,
Xi Nian's punch followed the vanished portal, as if an intelligent energy wave tracked the last trace of the Boom Tube, vanishing on the spot with the Tube's effects.
Meanwhile,
Far across countless light-years, in areas unreachable even by interstellar warships, inside Apocalypse's kingly hall,
Desaad's eyes widened in terror as the energy wave appeared, carrying an ominous judgment-like force.
The floating box autonomously constructed defenses.
Darkseid's white-glowing eyes unleashed a red, distorted lightning bolt.
Boom!
The ancient hall was violently torn apart by chaotic energy. Destroyed corpses and debris were instantly reduced to particles. The shockwave surged outward toward Apocalypse's city like a flood.
Xi Nian no longer knew what happened afterward.
After delivering the punch in Trinity mode, he was pulled into the Mirror Dimension by the Ancient One.
Thus,
When the black Batwing finally arrived at the remains of Bozarnov's alien base,
Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg stepped out, seeing only a barren expanse stretching thousands of meters, with Superman and Superwoman standing in the center.
Steppenwolf's corpse lay completely cold on the ground.
"Did you do this?" Batman asked, holding a container, directing the question at Superman.
Superman shook his head, glancing at his scorched hand.
"Is he okay?" Wonder Woman asked quickly.
"He's fine." Superwoman knew whom Diana meant and shook her head gently. "If anything, the trouble came from Apocalypse's side."
"Steppenwolf is dead, the Mother Boxes destroyed. Is the war over?" Cyborg looked around in disbelief.
He had intended to die with the Mother Boxes, yet now the battle was already finished?
"Feels like I just came to watch," Flash shrugged, and Aquaman patted him in agreement.
"At least the crisis is over," Batman said.
"This may only be the beginning," Cyborg added, looking at the darkening sky. "Apocalypse sees Earth as a hunting ground. I don't know what they want, but they won't stop easily."
The group fell silent until Batman spoke firmly: "This is why the Justice League exists!"
For now, the war with Apocalypse's forces had ended.
In terms of outcome, Earth had achieved victory.
But in the long term, more known and unknown threats awaited.
After this day, no hero would ever forget the sun-like figure of Xi Nian. In future crises, he would inevitably be seen as the last hope—
For he was truly the ultimate combat power of Earth.
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