Arbitrator Tower · Tactical Conference Room
In the center of the conference room, a dazzling, deep blue holographic star map glowed.
A crimson dot, "Fourth Universe · Apokolips," flickered like a cancerous growth.
The core members were gathered; Tony leaned back in his chair, his face pale from staying up all night, his fingers tapping restlessly on the table.
Captain America's brows were knitted into a knot, while Banner sat restlessly.
Natasha held a cup of coffee.
Cyclops, Bobby, Sam, and Quicksilver wore solemn expressions.
In the corner, Daredevil Murdoch "listened" to the taut strings in the air.
Chen Tian walked directly to the star map, his back eclipsing the red dot, his voice decisive: "I've gathered you for one thing."
He pointed at the crimson dot, "I'm preparing to launch a surprise attack on Apokolips."
"What?!" Tony shot up as if stung, "Are you crazy?! That's Darkseid's lair! We just stirred up a hornet's nest!"
He pointed at Saitama, who was playing with gravity by patting his vest, and the seemingly dazed Saitama next to him, "Are you sure this is a surprise attack? This is called a delivery service! Darkseid's special today!"
Captain America said in a deep voice: "This is a risk, Chen Tian! Earth needs you to hold the rear! Rebuilding defenses, being vigilant against other threats, and consolidating our strength is the cautious approach!"
Banner's voice was filled with worry: "The environment there, from what I understand, physical laws might just be a joke there! The risk is too high!"
Cyclops: "The X-Men can provide support; your numbers are too few!"
Sam echoed: "Earth cannot lose its pillar of strength!"
Quicksilver flashed into existence: "Take me! My speed will definitely be useful!"
Natasha said nothing, her gaze fixed intently on Chen Tian's face.
Chen Tian let the wave of opposition wash over him until silence fell, leaving only heavy breathing.
He looked at everyone: "Are you done? I know your concerns."
He pressed his hands on the table: "You also know the dangers there, but this is necessary."
"Passive defense? Wait for his 'Planet Annihilation Order' to fall, and we all perish together! Actively smashing his War Machine is the only solution!"
He stared at Tony: "Otto delivered the 'delivery order.' Environment?" A cruel arc formed on his lips, "Distorted physical laws? Then shatter them and reshape them to our advantage!"
His gaze swept over everyone: "As for Earth… your missions: Tony, upgrade the defenses; you should have salvaged the remnants from Steppenwolf, see if there's anything that can improve our defenses! Steve, Natasha, Sam, stabilize the rear, integrate forces, and keep a close eye on the entire World! Banner, you and Shuri work with Tony on the shields, especially for defense against high-dimensional Impact! Scott, Bobby, handle the Mutants' side! Pietro, your speed is more useful for Earth's vigilance!"
Chen Tian said in a deep voice: "If we can't defend our home, smashing Apokolips and returning will be useless! Protect it well! Your missions are far more important than mine! Only with you here can I launch a surprise attack with peace of mind!"
Tony clicked his tongue in annoyance, vigorously ran his hand through his hair, and conceded.
Captain America took a deep breath, his eyes resolute: "Understood."
Everyone assented, their worry barely concealed.
Chen Tian turned to Tony and added: "Tony, one more thing. When I'm not here, run an errand."
Tony raised an eyebrow: "Delivering warmth or collecting corpses?"
"Find Hank Pym. Dig out all his secrets regarding the Quantum Channel and Quantum Realm for me."
Tony's eyes sharpened: "Quantum Realm? What does that have to do with Apokolips?"
Chen Tian said meaningfully: "Apokolips is the immediate trouble. The key is to thoroughly clean up Ultron's mess and retrieve the Soul Stone. Quantum technology might be the key."
Tony pouted, "Fine, even though I don't want to talk to that old stubborn man who always disliked Stark, but since you said so, I'll go 'talk' to him nicely."
On the star map, the crimson dot flickered silently, like Darkseid's eye.
Chen Tian took a deep breath, and seeing that no one had any further objections, he smiled, "You don't need to worry too much; just leave it to me. I'm your Assault Captain."
After he said this, Chen Tian, who usually would have made everyone laugh, found that no one was smiling.
Natasha walked up to him, straightened his collar, and said, "Once all this is resolved, you need to properly upgrade all of us, otherwise, we'll feel very left out."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tian ruffled Natasha's red hair, "Nat, don't worry, once your brother is back, I'll definitely stay put and upgrade your 'equipment'."
Natasha slapped Chen Tian's hand away, rolled her eyes at him, "I'm the older sister."
Chen Tian smiled without speaking, his gaze sweeping over everyone, then his expression suddenly turned stern, his voice like thunder: "Arbitrators!"
The air in the conference room instantly solidified—
"Whoosh!" Tony, Banner, and others who were sitting instantly straightened their backs; Natasha and Quicksilver, who were standing, tensed like bows; Captain America and Sam reflexively snapped their legs together and stood at attention, their military posture so standard it could be a textbook example.
Everyone's gaze, like burning torches, was fixed immovably on Chen Tian.
"Earth is entrusted to you," Chen Tian grinned, "Now—"
"Act!"
As the two words fell, the conference room exploded into action!
Tony snatched the holographic star map data and shoved it into his wristband; Captain America grabbed his Vibranium shield and, with Sam, jogged out the door; Quicksilver transformed into a silver hurricane, sweeping away a tactical bag; even Banner sprinted towards the laboratory, his glasses frames bouncing wildly on his nose.
Natasha was the last to leave, giving Chen Tian a deep look before quickly exiting the conference room.
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The surface of Apokolips, where crimson lava flowed, trembled.
Parademon! Endless Parademon! Their sky-darkening bat wings beat the air, thick with the smell of sulfur, emitting piercing, teeth-grinding shrieks, coalescing into a cloud of Death that covered the land.
Their crimson compound eyes gleamed with a morbid hunger for destruction, claws scraping, eager to tear the fragile World called "Earth" into shreds.
Steppenwolf's defeat was like a brand of shame, searing the nerves of every Apokolips soldier.
Beside this boiling ocean of howls and steel stood Darkseid's war phalanx. These were the true elite, the iron fist the Dark Tyrant used to crush Worlds!
Granny Goodness's "Parademon": Muscular, murderous giantesses lined up menacingly, their heavy war hammers resting on the blood-stained ground, their eyes cruel and bloodthirsty.
Kalibak's "Savage Beast Legion": War beasts, clad in thick bio-armor, snorted sulfurous steam from their nostrils, their backs bristling with savage bone spikes, their low roars coalescing into a ground-shaking sound wave.
Desaad's "Terminator Corps": Silent, cold killing machines, their bodies covered in dark alloy armor reflecting the red glow of the lava, their energy weapon matrices glowing eerily, exuding an aura of precise, efficient Death.
Deep Space Fortresses, enormous as moving mountains, hovered at low altitude, countless muzzles on their surfaces calibrating and charging, their core "Omega Matrix" emitting an ominous, heart-stopping fluctuation;
Grotesque "Apokolips War Engines" lay like crouching steel beasts, awaiting the command to unleash destruction.
The entire Planet was like an immense, boundless war grinder, its bloodthirsty gears already locked, waiting only for a command to spew forth a torrent of destruction that would incinerate the galaxy!
However, at the eye of the storm—Darkseid's throne room—there was a suffocating silence and oppression.
Darkseid sat upon his throne, forged from unknown dark metal.
His crimson eyes, filled with savagery, pierced through the thick fortress walls, as if he were deducing a panorama of destruction in the endless void.
Below, Desaad, Kalibak, Granny Goodness, and Apokolips's top generals and war lords held their breath, not daring to make a sound.
The low growls of the Savage Beasts and the shrieks of the Parademon outside the throne room were like muffled background noise, unable to disturb the icy atmosphere within.
Kalibak restlessly twisted his spiky neck, a grunt of dissatisfaction rumbling in his throat.
Granny Goodness's scarred fingers clenched her war hammer handle tightly, veins bulging.
Desaad stood by, seemingly calm, but the rapidly flickering data streams in his hand betrayed the calculations within his mind.
They were all waiting for the supreme command, waiting for the trumpet call that would completely ignite their accumulated desire for destruction!
Darkseid's massive fingers slowly tapped on the cold armrest of his throne, each tap striking the hearts of every general present.
His thoughts moved far beyond the speed of light, deducing countless attack plans, evaluating the risks brought by every minute variable.
Steppenwolf's failure not only cost a fleet but also revealed the existence of "anomalous individuals" and mysterious powers on Earth capable of threatening Apokolips's foundation—that erupting golden-flamed individual, that bald man who shattered a fleet with one punch, and Chen Tian…
"Power…" Darkseid's deep voice echoed in the throne room, like the reverberation of an abyss, making all the generals instantly tense, "Requires absolute power suppression! Saturated strike! Leaving no gap! Segment the battlefield! Isolate reinforcements!" Every word carried icy killing intent.
"The Parademon prepare to tear apart their core!"
"The Savage Beast Legion crushes all resistance on the surface!"
"The Terminator Corps precisely eliminates high-value targets!"
"World Forge… target the Planet's core… How is the Omega Matrix charging?" His crimson gaze turned to Desaad.
Desaad immediately bowed: "My Master, the Omega Matrix charge has reached 93%, and the World Forge can project a 'Planet-level Annihilation Beam' at any time! The 'War Engine' assault array is also ready!"
Darkseid slowly nodded, but the gravity in his eyes did not dissipate.
What he wanted was not victory, but eternal annihilation! To completely erase Arbitrator Chen Tian and those two damned individuals, along with the entire resistance will of Earth, from the multiverse's map!
Any oversight in any link could be seized by the opponent, evolving into unpredictable variables.
He needed to ensure that this poised torrent of destruction, upon its arrival on Earth, would instantly turn everything… into absolute nothingness!
Darkseid was still on his throne, deducing the perfect plan for annihilating Earth, the rhythm of his tapping fingers like a countdown to destruction.
Outside the fortress, the muffled clamor, like waves crashing against rocks, grew louder and closer.
Apokolips's eternal, sulfurous, and bloody war cries changed their tune—interspersed with a sharp, metallic wail of violent tearing, the dull thud of massive structures collapsing, and… an unprecedented, heart-stopping energy burst!
A flicker of interrupted savagery flashed deep within Darkseid's crimson eyes, his displeased brow just beginning to furrow.
"Boom—!!!"
A colossal roar, far more terrifying and direct than the World Forge's thunder, erupted like billions of stars exploding in his ears!
The entire war fortress, forged from dark metal, was struck as if by an invisible giant god!
The walls, sturdy enough to withstand direct hits from Planet-destroying cannons, let out a teeth-grinding groan, countless massive cracks instantly spreading for hundreds of meters, and blinding, lava-like red light burst from the fissures, illuminating the throne room like a purgatory!
Huge metal blocks fell from the crumbling dome, hitting the ground with dull thuds.
The data stream in Desaad's hand flickered wildly, almost crashing: "Warning! Unknown high-dimensional energy Impact! Outer defense array… all offline! Energy readings… unanalyzable!"
Kalibak let out a roar of shock and fury: "What is it?!!"
Granny Goodness's war hammer was suddenly raised, her muscles bulging.
Before any reaction could occur—
A terrifying blade light, piercing through the entire fortress, like lightning tearing the sky, accompanied by a cold declaration: "Dimensional Slash - Absolute!"
The fortress's dome was completely sliced open like a fragile eggshell!
Above, it was no longer Apokolips's crimson sky, but chaotic turbulence churning within a shattered dimensional rift!
Above the turbulence, a figure floated.
White hair, blue robe, Yamato pointing diagonally downwards, eyes as cold as ten thousand years of profound ice—it was Vergil!
Immediately following, a laugh, arrogant to the extreme, more piercing than all the Parademon' shrieks on Apokolips combined, violently assailed the eardrums of every being:
"Hahahahaha—!! Darkseid!!!!!" Chen Tian's figure slammed onto the cracked ground in the center of the Throne Room, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread beneath Darkseid's throne!
He looked up, baring his teeth in a wild grin, his voice tearing through all the dead silence and clamor within the fortress: "I'm here!!!!!"
He spread his arms, as if to embrace this heart-like fortress, which represented the ultimate horror of the Universe: "Let's start a—grand party!!!!!"
Before his words even finished, a larger scale of explosions continuously erupted!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The four walls of the fortress exploded with a thunderous roar as if struck by countless giant hammers from outside, creating several massive holes! Broken metal fragments swirled into the hall like a storm!
Amidst the smoke and flames, figures appeared one after another:
From the eastern breach, golden flames soared into the sky! Goku floated in mid-air, arms crossed, his golden aura like a burning stellar furnace, evaporating the sulfurous mist that poured in. He grinned, his eyes filled with pure, excited battle intent: "Haha, let's have a big fight!!"
From the western breach, a bald man in a yellow tight-fitting battle suit and a hooded cape casually brushed dust from his jacket. His gaze swept over the ferocious Granny Goodness and the Parademon, finally resting on the mountain-like Dark Lord on the throne, a hint of… seriousness in his eyes: "Oh… so you're the boss?" (Saitama's battle suit refers to Shazam's, but the color scheme is still his style: yellow, red, white.)
From the southern breach, flames and smoke were repelled by a force! The deep blue complete Susanoo stood majestically like a demon god descended! The chakra giant blade in Susanoo's hand swept across, slicing several Terminators, who had just raised their muzzles, along with the thick armored wall, into two pieces, exploding into a sky full of sparks! Madara stood in the diamond-shaped crystal on Susanoo's forehead, his Reincarnation Eye overlooking the ant-like army below, a cold arc forming at the corner of his mouth: "No matter how many ants there are, they are just dust."
The northern breach was the most arrogant! A fiery red figure, stepping on the wreckage of a spinning, out-of-control bat-shaped fighter jet, crashed into the hall like a surfer! Rebellion was slung over his shoulder, and Ebony and Ivory spun out dazzling gun flourishes in his hands.
Dante kicked away the twisted metal, then exaggeratedly bowed towards the throne, his smile blindingly bright: "Yo! How can a party be without the signature 'Devil May Cry'?"
He casually pointed his gun at the nearest Female Fury warrior, "Music, start!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A magnificent triple shot, precisely hitting the female warrior's massive warhammer, sending up dazzling sparks.
Darkseid, whose body was as stable as a mountain, for the first time on the throne, trembled ever so slightly. His huge fingers, enveloped in destructive energy, sank deeply into the cold armrest of the throne, and the hard dark metal groaned under the pressure in his palm!
His crimson gaze swept over Chen Tian, Vergil, Goku, Saitama, Madara, Dante… The aura emanating from each intruder was like cold water thrown into boiling oil, tearing his meticulously constructed blueprint of destruction to shreds!
A grand party?
These lunatics… they're treating Apokolips as their playground!
Facing Darkseid's generals, who were ready for battle, Chen Tian completely ignored them, simply looking up at the Dark Tyrant seated steadily on the throne.
Darkseid's crimson eyes were like two pools of blood leading to the end, coldly looking down at the small challenger at his feet. Chen Tian's smile, however, bloomed wantonly, carrying a hint of provocation.
"Hey!" Chen Tian raised a hand, his index finger impolitely pointing directly towards the throne, "Guests have arrived, are you, the Master, welded to your seat?" He exaggeratedly slapped his forehead, "Oh! I get it! You're upset I didn't bring a welcome gift?"
His smile suddenly vanished, his eyes filled with burning battle intent, fiercely piercing those Eyes of Destruction: "Don't rush—"
"I'll present the 'souvenir'… to you!"
"Snap!"
A crisp snap, amidst the deafening noise of the battlefield, was like shattering the boundary between reality and the abyss!
Outside the fortress, the sky of Apokolips, eternally burning with sulfurous flames and flowing lava, suddenly changed dramatically!
Buzz—Rumble rumble!
A dull roar, enough to crush souls, came from the depths of the extremely distant void!
The crimson clouds were violently churned, and countless massive vortices appeared out of nowhere, spinning wildly!
In the center of the vortices, space cracked and shattered like fragile glass, revealing behind it a churning, broken, fiery, lava-filled, sulfur-smelling World of Destruction!
The next second—
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Meteors burning with the fire of purgatory!
Like the angry hammer of divine punishment, they tore through the shattered sky, dragging black tails of all-consuming fire as they descended from the heavens! Their speed ripped through the sound barrier, emitting a continuous, heart-bursting terrifying shriek!
Their target—was precisely the boundless Apokolips army gathered and waiting below!
"No—!" Desaad's shriek was drowned in the roar of destruction.
The first meteor struck the flank of Kalibak's Parademon!
The ground violently rebounded like a drumhead struck hard!
The raging Impact wave instantly spread, and hundreds of war beasts, covered in bio-armor and of astonishing tonnage, were torn into burning fragments by the violent energy and extreme high temperature without even a grunt!
Bone spikes mixed with internal organs and metal armor fragments shot out like a deadly rain! A giant crater, thousands of meters in diameter, was left on the spot, its bottom churning with a viscous mixture of lava and purgatorial fire!
But this was only the beginning!
Boom! Rumble rumble!
Purgatorial meteors rained down like a curtain! Precisely "targeting" the dense army formations!
The Female Fury squad was directly hit in the core by a meteor. A dozen muscular, incomparably ferocious female giants writhed, expanded, and finally exploded into clumps of scorched blood mist under the burning purgatorial fire!
The cold ranks of the Terminator legion were scattered by a meteor, their metal bodies rapidly melting and twisting under the scour of purgatorial energy!
The cloud of Parademon was torn open, and countless bat wings turned to ash in the flames!
Purgatorial meteor craters spread like a plague across the ground! Searing Hellfire magma churned and boiled in the pits, emitting the stench of sulfur and burning flesh! However, what came from the bottom of those pits was not silence, but…
"Roar—!!!"
"Hiss-ga—!!!"
"Urgh ah—!!!"
Countless soul-freezing roars, bellows, and shrieks erupted from the depths of every meteor crater! The sounds contained pure evil, brutality, and a thirst for destruction! Immediately following—
Crack! Crack!
The rocks of the crater walls were torn open by thick, sharp claws covered in hard keratin or flowing with magma-like skin! Huge, twisted figures climbed out of the purgatorial abyss!
Giant goat-headed demons burning with Hellfire, their heavy great axes dragging on the ground, plowing lava furrows!
Mountain-sized Hellfire Colossi, each step making the Earth ooze pus and blood, wielding giant hammers forged from spines and skulls!
Hordes of twisted, screaming Torment Queens, where they passed, the air itself twisted from extreme pain!
Packs of Hellfire Hounds, their skin like charred charcoal, joints twisted backward, mouths spewing foul demonic flames, snarling and pouncing on the nearest Terminators, licking the melting metal with barbed tongues!
Rotting corpses, writhing flesh aggregations, and Shadows formed from pure pain and resentment, overflowing from the pits like a plague, emitting mind-shattering hisses, drowning the remaining Parademon!
At the core of this blasphemous scene, the crimson pillar of fire that descended from the sky suddenly changed color!
It was no longer a pure flame of judgment, but transformed into a deep, viscous, dark red evil light, as if condensed from congealed blood and boiling hatred!
It violently pierced the Earth like a profane scepter! The rocks around the Impact point silently annihilated, and lava was pushed aside, forming a charred domain flowing with profane runes.
The evil light dissipated.
A figure appeared.
A human girl with brown hair appeared, but in her crimson eyes, excited light constantly flickered.
Behind her, a tall, demonic phantom loomed — Lia.
Her appearance instantly froze all the demons who had just crawled out of the volcanic pits and fallen into a berserk bloodlust!
The screams of the Torment Queens abruptly ceased, the Hellfire Hounds tucked their tails between their legs, and the goat-headed demons and Hellfire Colossi heavily knelt…
An absolute submission to the "Source of Fear" from the deepest part of their souls overwhelmed all their desires for destruction!
Countless eyes, burning with evil fire or oozing pus and blood, focused intently on the figure radiating ultimate evil!
Dark red evil energy surged behind her like a profane cloak.
She did not look at the billions of bowing demon armies behind her, nor did she look at the Apokolips army in front, whose ranks were in disarray due to chaos and profanity.
Her abyss-condensed eyes pierced through the spatial barrier, ignoring the ruins of the fortress, like two poisoned daggers steeped in original sin, precisely and accurately nailing themselves onto the throne—that existence symbolizing the ultimate violence of the physical Universe!
Lia's lips slowly stretched into a grin, revealing sharp, inhuman teeth.
Her voice emerged, not a roar, but a soft female voice, yet behind the voice, it was as if countless souls were wailing together in an endless abyss, directly branded into the deepest consciousness of every living and dead thing, and also like a cold viper, coiling around Darkseid's iron-like nerves:
"My little ones...."
"Please me...."
"So…."
"Slaughter!"
Lia's declaration ignited the signal of destruction for the purgatorial army.
"Ow—!!! Roar—!! Hiss-ga—!!!"
The endless hatred and desire for destruction accumulated by the billions of purgatorial demon armies were completely ignited!
They were no longer just charging, but transformed into a blasphemous tidal wave sweeping across Heaven and Earth!
Carrying Hellfire evil flames that could incinerate souls, foul pus and blood that could corrupt Planets, and madness that could tear apart all order, they launched the most thorough annihilation charge against the Apokolips army, which had just undergone a baptism of profanity!
The blasphemous tidal wave of demons and the steel torrent of Apokolips collided with a thunderous roar!
Bone great hammers crushed alloys, foul breath corroded armor, Hellfire Hounds tore at steel bodies, energy rays evaporated twisted flesh! Dismembered limbs, pus and blood, burning scrap metal, shattered soul fragments… instantly formed the most profane and bloody scene of destruction in the Universe!
Inside the fortress Throne Room, the red glow emanating from the cracks was no longer that of lava, but the dark red of the profane abyss.
Darkseid's five fingers, embedded in the armrest of the throne, slowly loosened, leaving five deep scorch marks on the armrest's surface. The dark metal at the edges sizzled and emitted wisps of black smoke as if corroded by strong acid.
His eyes, crimson like a pool of blood, slowly shifted, for the first time truly focusing on the dark red figure outside the fortress that radiated an ultimate destruction utterly different from his own, yet equally potent—the incarnation of Diablo.
"Hey."
Chen Tian's voice recaptured Darkseid's gaze.
Chen Tian was looking at him with a beaming smile, though that smile contained endless mockery, and the flames of war in his eyes burned even brighter.
"Dark Tyrant, do you like this 'souvenir' of mine?"
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