Beckett's Severed Tail, Thanos's Shattered Longblade

Darkseid, come forth.

The sheer power of a silent gaze was enough to bring the entire battlefield to a standstill without a sound.

Even Hela, when she met the man's eyes, couldn't help but tremble.

It is a fear etched into biological instincts, a fear of higher life forms.

"Lord Darkseid!"

Loki, kneeling on one knee, was utterly respectful, his previous sinister expression completely gone. Meanwhile, the Justice League members, manipulated by Darkseid's Anti-Life Equation, withdrew from the battlefield in the blink of an eye, flanking him.

"As expected, it is the center of this universe."

After landing, Darkseid lowered his eyes, glanced at the ground beneath his feet that had stopped cracking, then looked up at the dark, cloud-covered sky with its lightning and thunder, and sighed with an ambiguous expression.

He had forgotten how long it had been, how long it had been since he had acted in his original form.

Because his power is so immense, once he sets out, the Multiverse he belongs to will be affected by him. Even in intercosmic wars, his true form rarely intervenes, since he has yet to encounter anyone who would compel him to fight personally.

"That guy... is Darkseid ..."

Even Hela couldn't withstand the fear brought by this Lord of Apokolips, so one can only imagine the emotions that Stephen Strange and others, as Earthlings, would feel.

"Sir, the nuclear launch has been forced to be aborted."

"Countries around the world are engulfed in endless earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and all coastal cities have been directly submerged by tsunamis."

Although Earth, as the center of the universe, is strong enough to support Darkseid's interdimensional arrival, damage is still inevitable.

As an Artificial Intelligence composed of a mass of data, J.A.R.V.I.S. can be considered the only "person" among everyone present whose thinking is still functioning normally.

Even Woz, who had evolved into Artificial Intelligence life form, was unable to erase the suddenly disordered data in Darkseid's core chip after Darkseid's main body descended.

"The center of this universe is so solid, yet the powerful beings born here are only of this level. It's even more of a pity." Darkseid, with his hands behind his back, glanced at Hela and the others in front of him, shook his head, and his eyes were full of disappointment.

"Actually, I don't think so."

As the Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange fulfilled his duty, overcoming his trembling body to strike Darkseid first.

However, the crimson magic circle vanished before it could even take shape, with a single glance from Darkseid.

"Beckett, are you scared?" Darkseid remained motionless with his hands behind his back, but Stephen Strange, who had only been glared at, was surprised to find that his limbs were starting to go out of control. Then, he chopped his own heart with a chop!

Puff!

Blood splattered, and Stephen Strange's eyes widened in horror as the lifeless body slowly slumped backward...

"Stephen?!"

The sudden death left everyone present, except Beckett, stunned.

Loki, standing behind Darkseid, was secretly glad that he hadn't done anything underhanded.

"Hela, get out of here."

Pushing aside The Other's support, Beckett wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth under the latter's worried gaze, walked through the crowded people, looked directly at Darkseid standing in front of him with his hands behind his back, and spoke calmly.

"Beckett!"

Boom!!

A beam of silvery light exploded beneath Hela's feet, but the torn dimensional space was instantly restored to its original state in Darkseid's eyes.

Hela, who was attacked for no reason, lay on the ground rolling around, opening her mouth and closing her eyes in pain.

"Do you remember what I once told you, Beckett?"

"You cannot kill me, but I will come and kill you."

Darkseid laughed, a laugh that made Beckett's face grow even darker.

"I won't say the same thing a third time."

"Now, get out of here!"

Boom!!

A low, menacing warning descended with overwhelming force, the outermost layer of the pitch-black aura now tinged with a sinister crimson, the same color as its hair.

The silver earrings began to sway irregularly as the flames rose, Dimensional Form Beckett - Full Power!

The earth, which had stopped trembling, cracked open as Beckett leaped up, and dozens of magenta energy beams shot into the sky, instantly engulfing Darkseid's figure in a sea of energy!

Only...

When the dust settled, Darkseid's figure remained firmly planted on the ground. His left hand was behind his back, while his right hand reached out to grasp the Iron Fist that Beckett had thrown at him.

"Impressive strength; your progress has indeed exceeded my expectations."

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, Beckett's expression gradually contorted.

"Nidhogg!"

With lightning-fast Pharaoh Menis drew his Eye of Horus, and the Demon Dragon Nidhogg, forced to obey, spread its wings, roared, and swooped down toward Darkseid on the ground.

Buzz!

The next second, Darkseid stretched out his left hand from behind his back, and an unparalleled force caused the swooping dragon to plummet to his feet, trembling helplessly.

"But it's just good, nothing more."

Darkseid stepped onto the dragon's trembling body with his right foot, and the terrifying power instantly tore its wings apart, splashing black Venom all over Beckett.

"Roar!!"

"Ah!!"

Two species, two completely different cries of pain, yet the meanings they contain are not entirely the same.

Unable to break free from its restraints, Beckett loosened the tail coiled around his waist, and the red tail, as hard as steel, swept straight towards Darkseid's face!

Thump!

A dull thud of flesh hitting flesh rang out as the steel tail struck Darkseid's cheek, but the latter gave no reaction what Beckett had expected.

Instead, they caught him by the tail.

"Stop! Intruders!"

Thanos's teleportation beam appeared just in time, and a long sword covered in sharp edges flew towards Darkseid first.

Before the man arrived, the knife was already there.

However, it was too late.

Beckett's struggling movements, which were being held by Darkseid with his left arm raised above his head, stopped instantly. An unprecedented pain swept through every nerve in his body!

"Darkseid!!"

Driven by a near-heart-wrenching, impotent rage, Beckett's red tail, a symbol of his identity, detached from his body before the incredulous gazes of the onlookers.

Blood was everywhere.

"Not bad." Darkseid looked at the blood-stained tail in his hand, then glanced at the much weaker Beckett, and smiled. His gaze then fell on Thanos, who had emerged from the teleportation array, and the long sword that flew towards him.

He released his grip on Beckett's arm and lightly touched the longsword in front of him with his fingertips.

Buzz!

The long sword let out a mournful cry and shattered into pieces in an instant.