Outside the fortress, Apokolips' scarlet, molten earth had already transformed into a boiling, purgatorial meat grinder!
Boom!!!
The Hellfire Colossus's massive hammer, forged from spines and skulls, carrying immense power capable of shattering mountains, slammed viciously into a line of Terminator steel arrays!
The ear-splitting sound of twisting metal was instantly drowned out! The Terminators' sturdy alloy armor shattered and dented like biscuits! Parts, oil, and energy conduits, squeezed out from their metal skeletons by the immense force, exploded like fountains!
The upper half of one Terminator was directly flattened into an iron pancake, its lower half stumbled two steps, then crashed down.
The Hellfire Colossus roared, its massive hammer, covered in metal fragments and black oil, lifted again, smashing towards another cold steel jungle!
"Screech—!!!"
Hordes of Torment Queens swept across the battlefield like ghosts! Their twisted limbs writhed, and chilling frost and malevolent curse auras instantly spread!
A dozen Terminators, who were raising their energy weapons, suddenly stiffened, thick blue ice crystals congealed at their joints, and the light from their energy cores rapidly dimmed!
The next second, the Banshees' sharp claws slashed through, and the Terminators' frozen alloy bodies shattered into pieces like glass!
The Parademon nearby were even more miserable; swept by the curse aura, their bodies melted like candles, emitting desperate, inhuman wails, turning into a bubbling puddle of pus and blood before even hitting the ground!
"Roar!"
Under the command of the Goat-Headed Demons, the Hellfire Hounds charged like a burning tide, frantically pouncing on Kalibak's remaining Mad Beasts!
These war beasts, clad in biological armor, angrily swiped with their massive claws, sending several hounds flying, sparks of fire scattering everywhere! But more hounds, fearless of death, bit onto them, their barbed tongues greedily licking the Mad Beasts' biological armor, and foul demonic flames furiously corroded the areas they licked!
Hissing sounds! A Mad Beast howled in pain, trying to shake off the hound on its back, only for another hound to seize the opportunity and pounce on its neck, its fanged maw biting down hard!
Scalding beast blood gushed out, instantly igniting into a towering pillar of fire! The Mad Beast struggled wildly in the demonic flames, eventually crashing to the ground!
Foul reanimated corpses and twisted flesh abominations rolled like a tide of putrid meat, hissing and shrieking as they overwhelmed the vast numbers of Parademon.
Rusty swords hacked at the Parademon' bat wings, and burning bone clubs smashed against their carapaces!
The individual power might have been insufficient, but their numbers formed an overwhelming deluge! The Parademon were knocked down, torn apart, struggling and sinking in the sea of vile creatures, leaving only scattered wingtips twitching in the putrid mire!
Apokolips' proud War Machines were retreating steadily before this chaotic and violent tide from purgatory!
Bones and steel flew, pus and oil mixed! The earth groaned and cracked under countless massive hooves and heavy footsteps!
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Inside the fortress's Throne Hall, the atmosphere was as frozen as ten thousand years of ice.
Kalibak was the first to be unable to restrain the furious rage and the humiliation of being underestimated!
His massive body erupted with terrifying speed, the battle-axe in his hand tearing through the air, carrying the might to cleave mountains, its target directly the bald man who had just spoken disrespectfully to Darkseid!
"Filth! Die!!!"
The heavy battle-axe fell with an ear-splitting shriek! This strike contained the destructive divine power of an Apokolips Prince, enough to cleave a starship in half!
Saitama merely tilted his head slightly, with a hint of... confusion in his eyes? As if contemplating the speed and angle of the axe. "Oh."
He casually raised his right hand—the one wearing a red glove.
Bang!!!
A muffled, extreme sound exploded, like a million-ton hammer striking an invisible barrier!
Kalibak's fierce and ferocious expression instantly froze!
He felt as if his massive axe hadn't struck flesh and blood, but rather the hardest core substance in the Universe!
A violent backlash force surged back into his body like a tsunami, through the axe blade and his arm!
His tough muscles and bones, which could withstand direct hits from a starship's main cannon, groaned under the overwhelming burden!
Crack!
A bone-chilling crack of bone clearly rang out! Kalibak's incredibly thick arm bent backward at a strange angle!
The massive battle-axe flew out of his hand, spinning as it embedded itself deeply into the thick fortress wall in the distance, right up to its hilt!
Kalibak's colossal, mountain-like body was sent flying backward as if struck head-on by a supernova explosion!
He crashed through the remaining Terminator wreckage and huge metal fragments along the way, finally slamming heavily into the dark metal wall at the other end of the Throne Hall!
Boom!!!
The entire hall shook again! A clear humanoid dent was left on the wall, and cracks spread out from it!
Kalibak was embedded in the wall, blood gushing from his nose and mouth, his twisted arm dangling limply, his eyes filled with incredulous horror and pain!
"Prince!"
Granny Goodness was furious and shocked, but her reaction was lightning fast!
The moment Kalibak was sent flying, her incredibly heavy giant warhammer had already torn through the air, its target no longer Saitama, but the Saiyan floating in golden flames, radiating infinite battle intent—Sun Wukong! "Taste the wrath of the Goddess of Revenge!!!"
Before the warhammer even arrived, the terrifying sonic boom and palpable oppressive force had already pushed Wukong's golden aura backward!
"Ha! An opponent!" Wukong's golden eyes flashed brightly; instead of retreating, he laughed wildly and charged towards the giant hammer!
He didn't meet it head-on; his body, in the nick of time, transformed into a golden streak of light, barely discernible to the naked eye, flashing past the hammer's surface at an incredible angle!
At the same time, his fist, wreathed in golden aura, exploded like a supernova, slamming heavily into Granny Goodness's steel-like, rippling muscles of her waist and abdomen!
Dong!!!
A muffled sound like a beating drum! Large ripples of force visibly spread out from the point of impact!
"Ugh!" Granny Goodness grunted, her massive body actually staggered a large step backward from that punch!
The biological armor covering her waist and abdomen instantly became covered in cracks! A hint of astonishment flashed in her eyes; how could this tiny creature possess such terrifying strength?!
"It's not over yet!" Wukong's figure was like a golden lightning bolt, instantly appearing at her side, his whip kick, carrying a golden glow that tore through space, lashed fiercely towards her head! Granny Goodness roared, raising her thick arm to block!
Boom! Golden energy and brute physical force collided again!
On the other side.
"Annoying."
Uchiha Madara stood on Susanoo's brow, his Reincarnation Eye overlooking the chaotic battlefield below.
The Perfect Susanoo once again swung its chakra giant blade, targeting the Terminator squads and Parademon warriors attempting to pour in through the side passages to support the Throne Hall!
Buzz—!
The massive chakra blade swept horizontally!
Cold blue light illuminated half the hall! Thick armored barriers were silently sliced open like hot knives through butter!
A dozen Terminators, along with several Parademon warriors behind them, were instantly bisected!
Their upper halves flew, spraying electrical sparks and blood, while their lower halves remained in a charging posture! The cuts were as smooth as a mirror!
"The struggles of ants." Madara's tone was utterly devoid of emotion, as if he were simply clearing dust.
"Hey! Bro, playing pretty flashy, huh!" Dante, moving like he was on a skateboard, dodged an energy beam fired by a Terminator, Rebellion spinning in his hand, then he unleashed a powerful upward slash!
Whoosh!
A massive crimson sword energy whistled out, instantly cleaving that Terminator, along with a large shield in the hand of a Parademon warrior next to it, in half! Hellfire burned at the cuts!
"But it's a party, so the more lively, the better!" Dante fired both guns simultaneously, the elegant barrage from Ebony and Ivory precisely detonating the energy cores of several distant Terminators, creating dazzling bursts of sparks. "The music can't stop!"
"Enough!" Desaad's sharp voice carried uncontrollable rage and a hint of imperceptible fear!
His withered fingers danced frantically across the few remaining control screens in front of him, which glowed with a scarlet light!
"Terminator Dreadnought formation! Lock onto all intruders! Saturation strike!!!"
At the same time, data streams surged through his eyes, his mental will frantically connecting to the depths of the fortress: "My Lord! The Omega Matrix's charge has reached criticality! It can be fired at any moment! But the World Forge coordinates require absolute stability! These interference sources must be cleared!"
Upon the Throne, Darkseid's massive hand, enveloped in destructive energy, gripped the armrest tightly.
The dark metal surface of the armrest groaned continuously and unsettlingly under his terrifying grip! His scarlet gaze swept across the battlefield:
Kalibak, blasted away by Saitama's punch, embedded in the wall, his life uncertain;
Granny Goodness, directly clashing with Wukong, caught in a bitter struggle;
The Commander of the Terminator Dreadnought formation, forced to retreat repeatedly and in disarray by Vergil's ghostly sword light;
The madman controlling the blue giant and playing with guns, wantonly harvesting his warriors;
And outside the fortress... that blasphemous purgatorial battlefield brought by the incarnation of that demonic God...
And the instigator, Chen Tian, stood with his arms crossed, watching it all with keen interest, the mocking smile on his lips never fading!
Humiliation! Unprecedented humiliation! Apokolips' dignity, his Darkseid's supreme authority, was being trampled underfoot by these intruders!
He could not wait any longer! The blueprint of destruction had been torn apart; now, only... absolute annihilation!
Darkseid's scarlet eyes, like a deep abyss of blood, suddenly locked onto Desaad! His will struck like a heavy hammer:
"Activate the World Forge! Coordinates—Blue Star! Energy output—maximized! Now!!!"
"Heh."
A disdainful sneer, like an ice pick piercing through the sound of Desaad operating the machinery.
Chen Tian, who had been standing with his arms crossed, suddenly straightened the mocking curve of his lips. His arms slowly lowered, his eyes instantly sharp as a spear of judgment tearing through the void, piercing fiercely into the dark overlord on the Throne who sought to annihilate Blue Star!
"Old Black Coal," Chen Tian's voice was not loud, yet it carried a penetrating force that tore through dimensional barriers, clearly exploding amidst Desaad's frantic command echoes and the chaotic sounds of battle in the Throne Hall, "Did you... forget something?"
He casually extended his right hand to his side, fingers spread.
Buzz!
Space, like water into which a stone had been thrown, rippled violently! A blade appeared out of thin air, firmly grasped in his hand!
The blade!
It was, surprisingly… an extremely worn, even tattered, blade!
The scabbard was mottled and faded, the metal dull, and the wooden parts even showed fine cracks.
The entire blade exuded the sloppiness of a cheap night market stall, completely out of place with the atmosphere of the Universe's ultimate fortress, which was filled with destructive energy and high-tech armor!
"Hmm?" From his throne, Darkseid's scarlet pupils, which had been locked on Desaad and were about to project annihilation beams, shifted ever so slightly.
For the first time, his destructive will paused for a moment, truly focusing on this suddenly appearing, strange "Neon Broken Blade."
A nearly imperceptible trace of doubt—like a dragon gazing at a withered branch held by an ant.
Chen Tian gripped the worn scabbard with his left hand, his right hand resting firmly on the scratched hilt.
He lowered his head slightly, the shadow of his hair obscuring his eyes, only his utterly indifferent voice, like the declaration of the God of Death, reverberating through every corner of the fortress:
"Or rather…"
Buzz—!!!
Before he finished speaking, a furious blue demonic flame suddenly burst forth from Chen Tian's entire body without warning!
It was a highly compressed, boiling, roaring tsunami of demonic power!
The ethereal blue light surged skyward, instantly distorting the air within several meters around him, the demonic flames churning and roaring like countless overloaded engines!
"—Are you looking down on me?!"
The last word fell, like igniting the fuse of a powder keg!
"Big nephew is about to unleash a big move!!!" Dante suddenly did a backflip, even slinging Rebellion back onto his shoulder, and let out a strange cry towards Sun Wukong, Uchiha Madara, and Vergil, who were still fiercely fighting, his voice so sharp it could pierce eardrums.
This strange cry was like the highest level of retreat alarm!
"Huh?!"
Sun Wukong, who was casually punching away Granny Goodness's heavy hammer, suddenly had his golden flames surge, instantly transforming into a golden lightning bolt that surpassed the limits of vision,
"Whoosh" and disappeared through the fortress's massive breach! Only the remnants of Terminators, sent flying by the air current, were left behind!
"Hmm?" Uchiha Madara, standing in the center of Susanoo's brow, swept his Reincarnation Eye over the worn blade in Chen Tian's hand, which was now burning with blue flames, and the demonic power surging skyward.
Without needing any words, the massive dark blue Susanoo instantly dissipated, and his figure vanished like a ghost! Clean and decisive!
Saitama patted the dust off his clothes, glanced at Kalibak, who was embedded in the wall, his fate unknown, then at Darkseid on the throne, whose aura had instantly become extremely dangerous, and finally, his gaze settled on Chen Tian.
"Let's go," he replied casually, then… he lifted his foot and gently stepped on the already cracked fortress floor beneath him.
Boom!!!
A crack tens of meters wide, centered on his foot, was left behind! Saitama's figure, like a cannonball, once again crashed through the wall, bursting out of the fortress, simple and brutal!
"Hey! Put the bill on Darkseid!" In Dante's strange laugh, Rebellion was plunged into the ground, his arms crossed over his chest, in an extremely flamboyant and arrogant leaning-back pose, his figure transforming into a mass of crimson demonic shadow particles, dissipating on the spot!
Vergil's actions were the most cold and efficient; Yamato didn't even leave its scabbard, he simply made a casual slash at the void in front of him!
Rip!
A deep Dimension Slash instantly opened, like a passage to a cold, alien realm.
He didn't even look at the storm about to erupt behind him, stepping into it, and the slash immediately closed, as if it had never appeared!
All intruders, within 0.1 seconds of Dante's strange cry, completely disappeared from the fortress throne room in their most skilled, exaggerated, and swift ways!
Leaving behind only a ravaged battlefield, strewn with debris, and… Chen Tian, alone, facing the Dark Throne!
The moment everyone disappeared!
Boom—!!!!
The ethereal blue demonic flames on Chen Tian's body were like billions of nuclear bombs being thrown into them, instantly ignited, compressed, and transformed!
From the cracks of the worn scabbard, flames, like lava suppressed for billions of years, wildly overflowed!
An unimaginable, terrifying high temperature instantly descended!
The air wailed as if ignited! Various metal fragments scattered within the fortress began to silently melt and vaporize! The ground, centered on Chen Tian, visibly turned into glowing orange sludge!
"All of Creation—"
Chen Tian's voice pierced through the roar of the demonic flames, like the whisper of a deity, every syllable carrying the power to incinerate all things!
Darkseid's body, for the first time, rose from the throne!
His Eyes of Destruction contracted violently, reflecting not contempt, but… a solemnity facing a cosmic cataclysm!
That worn blade! It was not scrap metal at all! What was contained within that scabbard was a flame capable of burning through dimensions!
He could even feel the indestructible dark metal beneath his throne groaning in pain!
Absolute threat! Surpassing his previous assessment of any individual!
"Defend!!!"
Darkseid's deep roar, like abyssal thunder, lost its absolute sense of control, carrying a hint of urgency even he hadn't noticed, exploding forth!
He instinctively raised his colossal arms, enveloped in destructive energy, crossing them in front of him for protection! A layer of dark red energy shield, condensed to an almost tangible state, instantly formed!
Desaad let out a shriek of terror, his voice distorted, his withered fingers frantically pressing keys on the sparking control panel! The remaining Terminator Dreadnoughts wildly swung their cannons, attempting to lock onto Chen Tian!
Kalibak, embedded in the wall, stared with wide, terrified eyes!
Granny Goodness roared, holding her war hammer horizontally in front of her, her bio-armor erupting with dazzling light!
But—
It was too late!
The moment Darkseid roared "Defend!"
"—All turn to ash!!!"
Chen Tian's cold voice, like the tolling of the bell of the end!
Clang—!!!
The worn scabbard was completely discarded!
A blade of destruction, purely condensed from billions of degrees of extreme high temperature, indescribable by "light" or "fire," was grasped by Chen Tian with both hands and raised high!
The space around the blade was wildly twisting, collapsing, and burning! All light within the fortress was swallowed by it, leaving only that blade, symbolizing the incineration of everything!
The next second!
The blade reversed!
Chen Tian, holding the hilt with both hands, plunged this World-ending blade, capable of burning through dimensions—fiercely into the fortress floor, which had already melted into lava, beneath his feet!
Thud—!!!!!!!
Not an explosion!
It was annihilation!!!
The moment the blade tip pierced the ground, a torrent of flames capable of burning through dimensions erupted from the ground!
It was not ordinary fire, but billions of degrees of annihilation fire, compressed to the extreme, appearing as pure white-gold, pouring out wildly from the blade like a supernova explosion!
The torrent of flames instantly formed a destructive vortex hundreds of meters in diameter, sweeping through the entire fortress with overwhelming force.
The alloy armor of the Terminators melted like wax figures in these flames;
The bio-weapons of the Parademon warriors vaporized into green smoke before they could even be raised;
The dark metal skeleton of the fortress let out one last wail before turning into molten iron.
Desaad's withered figure was swallowed by the flames the moment he raised his arm, and the alarm on the control panel abruptly ceased;
Kalibak, the moment he struggled free from the wall, disappeared along with the entire metal wall into the incandescent flames;
Granny Goodness's war hammer, just raised in a defensive stance, turned to ash along with her proud muscles.
The torrent of flames not only swept horizontally but also surged upward into a colossal pillar of flame, equal in diameter to the fortress, burning a massive hole in Apokolips's crimson sky.
The Hellfire Colossus on the battlefield stopped swinging its bone hammer, the Queen of Torment froze her piercing shriek, all beings instinctively looked up at that white-gold pillar of fire connecting heaven and earth—that was not an attack, that was divine punishment!
That was a Universe-level torch—that ignited the entire Apokolips!!!
The fortress? The fortress no longer existed! Along with everything inside it, except for Darkseid's throne area, all turned into nothingness! Only a bottomless, giant pit, with glowing molten edges, remained on the spot!
Only at the center point of the deep pit.
Darkseid's magnificent throne, like an isolated reef surviving a raging sea, still stood.
But the indestructible dark metal base beneath the throne had largely melted! The throne itself was melting like ice cream exposed to the scorching sun.
On Darkseid's arms, crossed in front of him for protection, the layer of dark red shield, condensed to the extreme, was now covered in cracks, like glazed pottery struck by a heavy hammer!
On the surface of the shield, residual white-gold flames were fiercely eroding the destructive energy, emitting terrifying sizzling sounds!
Wisps of black smoke curled up from the edges where his arms met the shield!
His body maintained its defensive posture, but the thick armor covering his entire body showed multiple signs of melting, with dark red metallic liquid dripping from the edges.
His Eyes of Destruction stared intently at the center of the deep pit, at the figure holding the blade hilt plunged into the ground.
Chen Tian slowly stood up.
The white-gold, billion-degree annihilation fire, like docile spirits, flowed and danced around him, outlining his tall silhouette—the Sundered Hell Garb.
Beneath his feet was a surging sea of lava, and behind him was a white-gold pillar of fire piercing Apokolips's sky.
He stared across the still steaming and churning superheated lava pit, his gaze clashing fiercely with that of the cosmic tyrant on the throne.
A slow smirk appeared on his lips.
Not mockery, not provocation.
It was… an indifference of looking down upon dust.
Chen Tian slowly raised the blade in his hand, pointing it at Darkseid.
"Come on, it's just you and me left."
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