In Galactus's eyes, where the remains of stars burned,
Su Ming had remained wrapped in that strange arc of light for an amount of time that had begun to irritate him.
Every subsequent attack he launched to increase his power,
whether torrents of energy or erosions of laws,
vanished into that arc of light like mud sinking into the sea,
unable to raise even the faintest ripple.
Yet just as he was about to give up on breaking through this "turtle shell" head-on,
a crisp, thunderous crash like shattering glass rang out!
"Crack—BOOM!!!"
The enormous energy barrier behind Su Ming, protecting all of human civilization,
finally buckled beneath the aftershocks of his repeated, savage attacks,
and exploded into countless drifting motes of light!
The barrier had shattered!
The Cosmic Demon froze for a moment, then the corners of his enormous mouth curled into a savage, cruel grin.
Since he could do nothing to that coward hiding in his shell for the moment,
he would crush what Su Ming wanted to protect first!
He would force him out with despair and wailing!
He stopped pouring out useless energy, his colossal body leaning back slightly,
before drawing in a long, terrifying breath.
This was no ordinary breath,
but Galactus's innate, core ability—the art of Devouring!
Its target was the urban jungle behind Su Ming, "filled" with humans as insignificant as ants!
Bzzzt—!!!
An indescribably terrifying force of suction
erupted from Galactus's enormous mouth and spread outward!
Above New York City, it was as though a black hole large enough to cover heaven and earth had suddenly appeared!
The first to bear the brunt were the skyscrapers.
Their glass facades, metal frames, concrete structures...
were ground away by an invisible millstone, starting from their outermost layers,
rapidly stripped apart and reduced into the