The End of the Great Battle

Sprawled like a giant character 大 on the rubble of collapsed buildings, the Abomination couldn't accept the reality before him—that his body, rivaling or even surpassing the Hulk's, was the one knocked to the ground.

This was the last thing that should have happened!

"ROAR!"

The Abomination let out a furious roar, but even his cry sounded somewhat weak.

He wanted to tear that man apart alive, grind every piece of flesh and every bone into dust, and use the enemy's blood to wash away the shame of being wounded and humiliated!

The Abomination thought this with venomous malice, but before he could even get back up, with his left eye obscured by blood, a gleam of light suddenly flared in his green-tinted vision!

Swish!!

The cloud of dust hanging over the ruins was pierced through by a sword tip, and along with it, the sound barrier was also breached! So it was that the sword tip arrived first, and only then did the sound of the blade breaking the sound barrier follow!

The Abomination reacted quickly, grabbing the blade of the longsword, but the tip still reached his throat. The sharp, archaic sword cut through his tough hide and immediately stabbed deep into the muscle, spurting blood!

It all happened too suddenly.

Only then did the Abomination see the silver-haired youth charging right up to him.

"You think you're still the only hunter on the field?"

Xi Nian's shoulder-length silver hair flew wildly behind him, his eyes devoid of any emotion as he stared at the Abomination.

From the moment he chose to meet the enemy with his shield, the roles of hunter and prey had been reversed! And when he unintentionally triggered his ability to blast the Abomination away and retrieved the archaic longsword, he had seized the initiative in that moment of battle.

Now, pressing the advantage and going all out, Xi Nian was determined to turn that brief window of superiority into victory!

"I've never killed a person before, but you're a monster, so it doesn't matter." Xi Nian spoke without emotion, and at the same time, he channeled all the remaining divine energy and every last ounce of his own strength into his hands and feet, pushing the longsword forward with all his might.

Sizzle!

Green blood with corrosive properties kept spilling from the Abomination's throat and palms, and the archaic longsword inched deeper, like a giant nail being driven into the Abomination's throat!

Completely caught off guard at being forced into a corner, the Abomination's remaining single eye widened to its limit. The disbelief on his face gradually faded, replaced by a mad, frenzied grin.

Xi Nian suddenly felt a bad premonition, but he couldn't stop now or retreat. If he lost this chance and the Abomination recovered, not only would he fail to kill the monster, he probably couldn't even escape from here!

Yes.

Right now, he had also backed himself into a corner!

The Abomination abruptly let go of the hand gripping the blade, allowing the sword to sink deeper into his body without resistance. This move caught Xi Nian completely off guard.

Then.

The Abomination's hands reached forward, his ten fingers gripping Xi Nian's body and head, squeezing tight.

In an instant, Xi Nian felt as if his body was being crushed between two mountains, unable to breathe!

"So that's it." Xi Nian understood the Abomination's intent.

At this life-or-death moment, he had given up defense and chosen to keep attacking!

Crackle crackle!

Xi Nian's bones popped like beans being fried, every inch of his body compressed, his whole frame seeming on the verge of bursting past its limit! Because the Abomination's massive hand enveloped him, he couldn't even see the monster's current condition.

Even with his throat pierced, he still couldn't be killed?

"At this rate, I might be the first to die."

Xi Nian knew this very well, but he also understood that the Abomination was forcing him to stop.

The enemy must have reached his limit too; otherwise, with his close-combat strength, Xi Nian wouldn't have lasted ten seconds. Now over ten seconds had passed, meaning the enemy's power was fading!

If he stopped, if he gave up, he would truly lose.

Xi Nian gritted his teeth and persisted, pushing the sword forward with all his remaining strength, then swinging it to the left.

But the blade seemed stuck between muscle and bone; no matter how hard Xi Nian tried, he couldn't move the archaic longsword even a fraction!

In the dark building.

Xi Nian and the Abomination faced off against each other, Xi Nian's sword buried in the Abomination's throat, the Abomination's hands gripping Xi Nian's body. Their struggle was nearing its end!

But until the last second, no one could tell who would lose, who would win, or if they would both fall together!

"My body... can't hold out much longer!"

Xi Nian was on the verge of collapse, yet he still couldn't move the sword in his hands.

Was this the end?

Full of unwillingness, Xi Nian poured his last shred of strength into the longsword.

Shluck!

The sword in his hand suddenly sliced to the left. Xi Nian blinked in surprise. The massive hands gripping him lost their strength and fell to the ground with a thud. He opened his eyes and saw the Abomination nearly decapitated, only a strip of skin connecting his throat to his head, the same thick unwillingness lingering in his remaining eye!

"In the end... did I win?"

For a moment, Xi Nian could hardly believe it. He even forgot he was completely drained, and his legs gave out, sending him tumbling down. But instead of hitting the rubble, his back landed in a very familiar embrace.

"What do you think?"

A clear, pleasant voice sounded by his ear. Xi Nian's eyes went wide as he saw the person he most wanted to see at this life-or-death moment.

"Aunt. Aunt."

Even Xi Nian didn't know when he had started calling out involuntarily.

"Look at what you've done to yourself." Diana looked at Xi Nian, her tone carrying a hint of reproach.

"Aunt, I was wrong."

The Xi Nian who had been gambling his life against the Abomination moments ago now had his ears drooping as he obediently accepted the scolding, making Diana both exasperated and amused.

But more than anything, she felt relief.

Relief that she had still made it in time.

"We'll talk when we get home."

Diana stood over 1.8 meters tall, and at this moment she wore a suit of gleaming golden armor, like a golden knight.

She acted with swift decisiveness, scooping up Xi Nian's legs and lifting him in a princess carry.

In the arms of the mature, tall Diana, the middle-school-aged Xi Nian looked petite, his silver hair lightly draped over the Golden Battle Armor, like a knight and a princess.

Well, there wasn't really anything wrong with that.

Xi Nian even tugged at the hem of his skirt to avoid any accidental exposure, though no one was watching anyway.

Diana glanced at the Abomination's corpse on the ground, then pulled her hand away from Xi Nian, somehow drawing out that golden rope from who knows where.

She smashed straight through the remaining ceiling of the building, and with Xi Nian in her arms, Diana shot into the sky. The Lasso of Truth latched onto something in the night, and the two of them vaulted away, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

"By the way." High in the air, holding tightly around his aunt's slender neck, Xi Nian seemed to remember something.

"What is it?" Diana asked, using the Lasso of Truth to swing him across the city's skyline.

"Mm... nothing." Xi Nian turned his head, catching a glimpse in his peripheral vision of a small, fleeting figure darting between the high-rises in a district below, and shook his head.

At that moment, in the district where flames and smoke had yet to dissipate.

"Is it over?"

Staring at the massive decapitated corpse of the Abomination in the distance, the American soldier remained lost in thought for a long time, until the communicator in his hand rang: "Reinforcements are about to arrive on scene. Report your status, surviving soldiers!"

"Status? The target is dead. Does that count as status?"

The American soldier felt like he was dreaming. The monster that had effortlessly slaughtered his entire unit had been decapitated and killed by someone?

He gave a brief report over the communicator, but he knew that once he returned to base, the subsequent oral and written reports would be terrifyingly long!

But still.

To be alive after tonight was already God's blessing. What more could he complain about?

The American soldier turned back to look inside the room and froze again.

The sofa in the living room was empty. The Spider-Woman who had been lying there unconscious moments ago was now gone.

And no one noticed.

On the edge of the city district that had been the battlefield, a green figure, similar to the Abomination but slightly smaller, lurked in the shadows of a building.

Sensing that the Abomination's life force had vanished, the green giant's presence looked toward a corner of the night sky, curious and somewhat battle-hungry. Finally, its body melted back into the darkness behind it, as if it had never been there.

Undercurrents surged through this city. What had happened here, including some detailed footage, would spread across the world to the other side of the ocean within just half an hour.

Regardless.

Now that this extraordinary battle had reached its final curtain, the repercussions it would set off were bound to be even more far-reaching!